AppleCare One: Unify Your Device Protection Under a Single Plan Alex July 25, 2025 – 2 min read Share this post Photo by Andrew Neel / Unsplash News Top 10 Tech Issues Reshaping the IT Landscape in July 2025 In the summer of 2025, the evolution of technology is more dynamic than ever. The influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is spreading across all industries, and next-generation computing paradigms are knocking on the door of reality. Here at selectd.tech, we've compiled the 10 most critical IT issues By Alex • 4 min read News My Photo Comes to Life? The Magic of Gemini We all have smartphones and cloud storage brimming with photos, each holding its own unique story—the laughter at a birthday party, a stunning landscape from a trip, a child's first drawing. What if you could add motion and sound to these frozen moments? Google Gemini has turned By Chloe Kim • 2 min read News Microsoft's Masterstroke: The Faster, Smarter Phi-4-mini-flash Arrives Microsoft has unveiled another small yet powerful artificial intelligence (AI) model: Phi-4-mini-flash-reasoning. As its name suggests, the core of this model is 'speed' and 'reasoning'. It aims to deliver advanced reasoning capabilities even in environments with limited computing resources, such as smartphones and edge devices. Goodbye, By Alex • 2 min read Photo by Growtika / Unsplash AI Meet the Vector Database: AI's Smarter Brain While Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are changing the world, they have a critical flaw: hallucination, the tendency to generate plausible-sounding falsehoods. What happens when the AI we thought was brilliant confidently presents incorrect information? Trust in AI erodes, and technological progress slows. Enter the vector database, a key By Alex • 2 min read AI Smarter, More Human AI: Introducing GPT-5 A new AI, GPT-5, has finally arrived. This update is more than just a performance boost; it's a pivotal moment that will fundamentally change how we interact with artificial intelligence. GPT-5 not only demonstrates expert-level capabilities in fields like coding, writing, and health but also possesses the wisdom By Chloe Kim • 3 min read People The Quiet Giant: How Tim Cook Sculpted Apple's Soul When the titan Steve Jobs departed, the world predicted Apple's demise. The prevailing pessimism was that without its visionary, Apple, now in the hands of an "operations guy," would surely lose its way. Yet, more than a decade later, Apple stands firm as the most valuable By Chloe Kim • 2 min read Photo by Dima Solomin / Unsplash AI Superintelligence for All: Will Meta's Dream Come True? Yesterday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a significant vision for the future of AI. His message is clear: to make AI not an exclusive tool for a few experts or massive systems, but a "Personal Superintelligence" for all of us. The future Zuckerberg envisions is an era where By Chloe Kim • 2 min read AI Your Second Brain: A Deep Dive into Google's NotebookLM Google's AI research tool, NotebookLM, is rapidly becoming an indispensable asset for researchers, students, and anyone grappling with vast amounts of information. It goes beyond simple summarization and search, setting itself apart from existing AI services by grounding its analysis and creative ideation solely on the user-provided sources. By Alex • 3 min read AI Google Opal: The Dawn of Creating AI Apps Without Code In an age where AI is part of our daily lives, a question arises: can anyone create AI with just an idea? Google has just offered an answer. Introducing Opal, an experimental tool for building and sharing custom AI mini-apps—without a single line of code. Where Ideas Become Apps By Alex • 2 min read
Photo by Andrew Neel / Unsplash News Top 10 Tech Issues Reshaping the IT Landscape in July 2025 In the summer of 2025, the evolution of technology is more dynamic than ever. The influence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is spreading across all industries, and next-generation computing paradigms are knocking on the door of reality. Here at selectd.tech, we've compiled the 10 most critical IT issues By Alex • 4 min read
News My Photo Comes to Life? The Magic of Gemini We all have smartphones and cloud storage brimming with photos, each holding its own unique story—the laughter at a birthday party, a stunning landscape from a trip, a child's first drawing. What if you could add motion and sound to these frozen moments? Google Gemini has turned By Chloe Kim • 2 min read
News Microsoft's Masterstroke: The Faster, Smarter Phi-4-mini-flash Arrives Microsoft has unveiled another small yet powerful artificial intelligence (AI) model: Phi-4-mini-flash-reasoning. As its name suggests, the core of this model is 'speed' and 'reasoning'. It aims to deliver advanced reasoning capabilities even in environments with limited computing resources, such as smartphones and edge devices. Goodbye, By Alex • 2 min read
Photo by Growtika / Unsplash AI Meet the Vector Database: AI's Smarter Brain While Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are changing the world, they have a critical flaw: hallucination, the tendency to generate plausible-sounding falsehoods. What happens when the AI we thought was brilliant confidently presents incorrect information? Trust in AI erodes, and technological progress slows. Enter the vector database, a key By Alex • 2 min read
AI Smarter, More Human AI: Introducing GPT-5 A new AI, GPT-5, has finally arrived. This update is more than just a performance boost; it's a pivotal moment that will fundamentally change how we interact with artificial intelligence. GPT-5 not only demonstrates expert-level capabilities in fields like coding, writing, and health but also possesses the wisdom By Chloe Kim • 3 min read
People The Quiet Giant: How Tim Cook Sculpted Apple's Soul When the titan Steve Jobs departed, the world predicted Apple's demise. The prevailing pessimism was that without its visionary, Apple, now in the hands of an "operations guy," would surely lose its way. Yet, more than a decade later, Apple stands firm as the most valuable By Chloe Kim • 2 min read
Photo by Dima Solomin / Unsplash AI Superintelligence for All: Will Meta's Dream Come True? Yesterday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a significant vision for the future of AI. His message is clear: to make AI not an exclusive tool for a few experts or massive systems, but a "Personal Superintelligence" for all of us. The future Zuckerberg envisions is an era where By Chloe Kim • 2 min read
AI Your Second Brain: A Deep Dive into Google's NotebookLM Google's AI research tool, NotebookLM, is rapidly becoming an indispensable asset for researchers, students, and anyone grappling with vast amounts of information. It goes beyond simple summarization and search, setting itself apart from existing AI services by grounding its analysis and creative ideation solely on the user-provided sources. By Alex • 3 min read
AI Google Opal: The Dawn of Creating AI Apps Without Code In an age where AI is part of our daily lives, a question arises: can anyone create AI with just an idea? Google has just offered an answer. Introducing Opal, an experimental tool for building and sharing custom AI mini-apps—without a single line of code. Where Ideas Become Apps By Alex • 2 min read
