The number of ChatGPT users has exceeded 800 million, said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, speaking at the TED 2025 conference. According to him, today 10% of the Earth's population is already actively using the system, and the growth rate continues to amaze: in March, the company registered a million new users in just one hour.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX was forced to halt the launch of the Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) less than an hour before takeoff. According to company representatives, the flight, scheduled for the night of March 12, was canceled due to an issue with the hydraulic system.

Starting March 20, 2025, the Chinese Temu marketplace will be blocked in Uzbekistan. The authorities advise citizens not to place new orders and, if possible, cancel purchases already made by requesting a refund.

Uzbekistan's Minister of Digital Technologies, Sherzod Shermatov, and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of IT Park Uzbekistan, Farhod Ibragimov, met with representatives of FOM Group, including entrepreneur Murat Maxkamov, in Dubai to discuss digital economy development and business opportunities in the country.

The legendary Chevrolet Spark has undergone a radical transformation—now it’s a compact crossover. The updated model has been named Chevrolet Spark EUV.

Today, on January 31, a plenary session was held in Almaty as part of the "Digital Almaty 2025" International Digital Forum. During the plenary session, Uzbekistan's Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov delivered a speech on large-scale reforms in digitalization and the implementation of modern technologies in socio-economic sectors. He also emphasized Uzbekistan's ambition to become one of the global leaders in the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

On January 22, 2025, Presidential Decree No. 17, “On Measures to Introduce a System for Training Professional Personnel to Combat Crimes Committed Using Digital Technologies,” was adopted. According to the decree, starting from the 2025/2026 academic year, the following programs will be introduced within the framework of annual admission quotas:

The Yangwang U9 hypercar, developed by China's BYD, has gained global attention for its technological innovations. In recent tests, the car showcased a unique capability: it can jump over obstacles in autopilot mode.

Telegram has launched a new service for phone number verification called Telegram Gateway, announced by the platform’s founder, Pavel Durov.

Mark Zuckerberg, the head of Meta, has unveiled glasses with augmented reality features and a voice chatbot. He referred to the Orion glasses as a "Time Machine" that opens the door to an innovative future. The glasses can project digital images, games, and communication into the real world, marking the company's next step in creating smart glasses that could replace computers and smartphones.

Recently, there has been a surge in questions from Uzbek citizens regarding the "Hamster Kombat" game and its associated "HMSTR" crypto token. People are particularly concerned about how they can legally buy or sell this token, and what operations they can perform with it.

South Korean corporation Samsung has announced plans to cut up to 30% of its overseas employees. These measures will affect employees in the marketing, sales and administrative staff by the end of the year.

OpenAI is reportedly in talks for a new funding round that could value the company at over $100 billion, with Microsoft among the expected investors.

On June 5, astronauts Suni Williams and Barry Wilmore launched aboard Boeing’s "Starliner" spacecraft to the International Space Station, planning to return to Earth in eight days. However, their mission could now extend to eight months.

Google parent Alphabet is in talks to buy cybersecurity startup Wiz for $23 billion in what could be the biggest deal in Alphabet's history, Bloomberg reports.

SES, a world-leading satellite operator, and Uz-Sat, the Republic of Uzbekistan’s pioneering National Broadband Satellite Service Provider, are signing an agreement to deliver unparalleled connectivity services throughout Uzbekistan via SES’s GEO satellite, NSS-12. This collaboration aims to support mobile backhaul services across the nation, according to the official SES website.

Openinfo.uz has become the first platform in Uzbekistan to integrate Token.uz solution. This was reported by the UZINFOCOM press service.

On 8 March a delegation of Uzbekistan, led by Minister of Digital Technologies Sherzod Shermatov, met with Peter Young, USAID Director for Central Asia, Olga Kalashnikova, Senior Officer in the South and Central Asia Office, and Ani Berk, Head of Communications with the state of Hewlett Packard (HP).

Startup QuEra Computing has announced its plans to introduce the world's first commercially available fault-tolerant quantum computer by the end of 2024.

Two foldable devices, the iPhone and iPad, will be likely competitors to the Galaxy Z Flip and Z Fold, respectively.