Released April 23, 2026, GPT-5.5 scored 82.7% on Terminal-Bench 2.0 and 78.7% on OSWorld-Verified — outpacing Claude Opus 4.7 (69.4%) and Gemini 3.1 Pro (68.5%). It matches GPT-5.4 latency while using fewer tokens on Codex tasks. What changed behind the quiet launch, and what should engineering teams actually do?
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On April 24, 2026, President Erdoğan announced at Dolmabahçe that the Turkish Grand Prix returns to the Formula 1 calendar from the 2027 season for five years. Istanbul Park hosts again after 2005-2011 and 2020-2021. 5.338 km track length, the legendary Turn 8, and an F1 production reaching 827 million TV viewers in 2025. Estimated annual tourism impact \.5 billion — the picture behind the numbers.
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On April 1, 2026, Turkcell, Vodafone Turkey, and Turk Telekom simultaneously switched on 5G across 81 provinces, with Marmara-first coverage. But there's a reality check: of the ~95 million mobile phones in Turkey, only 32 million — one third — are 5G-compatible. Which side are you on?
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Two studies published in Science Advances in April 2026 show that AMOC, the so-called Atlantic thermostat, is much closer to collapse than previously thought. 51%±8 weakening (end of century, 90% probability), 20-year data from 4 deep-ocean stations, +0.2°C extra warming via Southern Ocean. If AMOC weakens, Europe cools, Mediterranean agriculture collapses, Turkey's drought risk multiplies. The picture behind the numbers.
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The IMF's April 2026 World Economic Outlook gave this year its name: "Global Economy in the Shadow of War." Brent crossed USD100, Europe is losing EUR500 million per day, Lufthansa cut 20,000 flights, and the US is seizing tankers in the Indian Ocean. IMF said the war will "permanently scar the global economy." Turkey ranks 16th — but most countries at that rank are struggling. The numbers behind the data and their impact on the Turkish consumer.
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Turkey aims to hard-land on the Moon with AYAP in 2026, its space budget surged 72% to ₺8.73 billion, and the International Astronautical Congress comes to Antalya for the first time. A software engineer's honest take on what's technically at stake and what changes for Turkish developers.
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Three weeks to Google I/O 2026 — the session list is out and expectations are running high. Gemini 4, 42.5 exaflop Ironwood TPU, Boston Dynamics integration, and Android 17. I cut through the marketing language to explain what actually changes for developers building real products.
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Released March 10, 2026 as an LTS, .NET 10 ships 300+ features and 5,000+ bug fixes. C# 14, redesigned GC, built-in OpenAPI, and MAUI 10 Native AOT — here are the 7 things that actually matter before you migrate production systems.
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On April 3, 2026, Justice Minister Akin Gurlek announced: Turkish national ID will be mandatory for social media within 3 months. Under-15 total ban. Platforms agreed — Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube. e-Government token system, TRY 1-30M fines, privacy debate, and global comparison — what does it mean for you?
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February 2026 saw the largest corporate merger in history: SpaceX acquired Elon Musk's AI company xAI for $1.25 trillion. The plan: orbital data centers, integrating Grok into Starship, and a June NASDAQ IPO targeting $75 billion — the biggest public offering of all time.
