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iPhone Air Vanishes in Minutes: Sells Out Instantly in China
OpenAI's GPT bot surpasses Google's bot in indexing the web
Joel Joseph
October 20, 2025
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Happy Diwali to all our readers celebrating today! 🪔
May your day be filled with light, laughter, and a few shiny new gadgets too.
As the festival of lights brightens up India, the tech world is glowing with its own sparks — Apple’s iPhone Air sold out within minutes in China, despite rumors of slow sales globally.
Meanwhile, OpenAI’s GPT bot just overtook Google’s web crawler, Xiaomi fixed major issues in its latest HyperOS update, and Huawei’s Mate 80 series is tipped for a November debut alongside a new MateBook E 2025.
Oh, and if you’re waiting for Apple’s foldable — you might need a little more patience.
Here’s what you’ll discover in today’s tech roundup:
iPhone Air sells out instantly in China, highlighting Apple’s demand in the region
OpenAI’s GPT bot overtakes Google’s crawler as the most active on the web
Xiaomi’s HyperOS weekly update fixes account app errors and charging bugs
Huawei Mate 80 and MateBook E 2025 expected to launch in November
Apple’s first foldable iPhone reportedly delayed to 2027
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Read on for all the details — and have a tech-filled, joyous Diwali! 🪔
iPhone Air, the thinnest iPhone ever made, sold out within minutes of its official launch in China on Friday.
The strong demand highlights the enduring popularity of Apple in one of its most important markets, even as competition from local smartphone brands grows. Pre-sales for the iPhone Air began at 9 a.m. local time after receiving Chinese regulatory approval.
The model supports only e-SIM and was launched in China more than a month after most other countries. Read on to find out.
 The bots that quietly map the internet—the unseen engines behind search—are starting to shift the balance of power online. For decades, Google’s web crawler set the pace for how information was discovered and indexed. But that dominance is now being challenged by AI-focused crawlers, including those from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta, which are quickly expanding their reach across the open web. According to new data from Hostinger, OpenAI’s GPT bot has become the most active web crawler. |  Xiaomi has shared its latest weekly update on HyperOS, highlighting the issues being fixed and those still under review. This week’s report confirmed that the error message pop-up caused by the Xiaomi Account app has been fixed through a cloud service update. The problem had affected all devices but has now been resolved. Another issue involving slow charging on the Redmi Note 12 Pro 5G and Redmi Note 12 Pro+ 5G has also been addressed. |
 Huawei’s next flagship lineup, the Mate 80 series, could arrive as soon as November, according to a new leak from reliable tipster Digital Chat Station on Weibo. The post claims that the standard Mate 80 will come in black, white, and turquoise, while the entire Mate 80 lineup has been tentatively scheduled for release next month. Alongside the smartphones, Huawei has reportedly filed for a new 2-in-1 tablet release in the same month. It will be available in Moonlight Silver and Space Gray. |  The foldable phone trend has been thriving for years without Apple in the mix, but fans hoping for the company’s long-awaited entry might have to wait a little longer. Fresh reports suggest that Apple’s first foldable iPhone could be pushed back to 2027, with key engineering hurdles still being ironed out behind the scenes. According to a research note from Japan’s Mizuho Securities, cited by Korean outlet The Elec, Apple is still refining the hinge and display structure for its foldable model. |
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