2025 highlights: June

Tech highlights for June 2025 included: 

- Amazon Web Services (AWS) announces a new infrastructure region in Taiwan. Amazon also announced plans to invest more than US$5 B to support the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of its data centres in Taiwan. 

- In the spirit of teaching a man to fish instead of giving fish, Anthropic introduced coding ability into its Claude AI model. Typically, the creator of an app must pay for the use of any application programming interfaces (APIs) called as the app runs, but with Anthropic, users of the app will be charged through their Claude subscription instead.

"Simply describe what you want to create, and Claude will write the code for you.

"As you work together, Claude can debug and improve its own code based on your feedback. Once your app is ready, you can share it instantly through a link—no deployment process needed," said Anthropic in a blog post.

Google launched Gemini CLI around the same time. Targeted at developers who like using command line interfaces (CLIs) at terminals, Gemini CLI is an open-source AI agent that brings the power of the Gemini AI model directly to the terminal.  

- The Bank of Thailand has approved three licences for virtual banks. These were granted to ACM Holding Company; a consortium comprising Krung Thai Bank, Advanced Info Service (AIS), PTT Oil and Retail Business; as well as a group consisting of SCB X, WeTechnology, and KakaoBank.

- The D-Wave quantum computer successfully unraveled RSA-2048 encryption. According to the authors reporting the decryption, "The breach of RSA-2048 would lead to the complete paralysis of all encrypted networks."

- The Nintendo Switch 2 was launched, selling more than 3.5 million units worldwide in the first four days since launch. Nintendo said the device is the fastest-selling Nintendo game system ever. 

- Xbox and Asus announce the ROG Xbox Ally and higher-end ROG Xbox Ally X. Both handhelds allow players to play natively, via the cloud, or remotely with their Xbox console in another room.

 

Source: Xiaomi.

- Xiaomi and Polyphony Digital announced that the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra — Xiaomi EV’s top-of-the-line high-performance luxury electric vehicle — will debut in the Gran Turismo 7 racing simulator for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. It is the first Xiaomi model featured in the franchise.

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