The last week of August delivered a genuinely strange mix of tech news. Here’s everything worth knowing, broken down topic by topic.
Hardware prices are spiraling. Amazon raised prices on Fire TVs, Echos, Eeros, and Kindles by a staggering 60%, citing the rising cost of memory and storage components. This follows a 500% spike in RAM prices over the past year. Apple wasn’t far behind…
From AI Agents to Global Connections: Why Ashish Gaba Sees MAC as More Than Just Another Industry Conference
August 25, 2026
At MAC in Yerevan, international marketer and entrepreneur Ashish Gaba took the stage to discuss autonomous AI agents, creative automation and the future of media buying. But for Gaba, who works across India, the UAE and Europe, the conference itself became just as…
Armenia Engineering Week 2026 (AEW 2026) will take place on October 2–4, bringing together engineers, technology companies, researchers, students, and industry leaders.
This year’s theme is Physical AI: Engineering Intelligence for the Real World.
As AI moves beyond…
The Enterprise Incubator Foundation (EIF) has announced a new initiative called AI Agent Factory, aimed at bringing together people who build AI agents, work on solving real-world problems with AI, or are simply interested in the field.
According to EIF, the initiative will create a community where members can exchange experiences and ideas around AI agent development. As part of the program…
Starting from July 1, 2026, Coob Ads became an Official Google Ads sales representative in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, and Moldova.
This appointment is a logical continuation of the company’s international growth. For more than two years, Coob Ads (former…
The MAC Affiliate Conference returned to Yerevan from May 25 to 27, bringing together the worlds of iGaming and affiliate marketing at Meridian Expo, the region’s leading exhibition center. The event attracted over 5,000 professionals from 62 countries, featured 200…
GDG Yerevan, together with Yandex Hall Armenia, is hosting a full-day hands-on AI workshop on June 20 at Yandex Hall (Moskovyan 35, Yerevan). The event is focused on building practical multi-agent systems using modern cloud and AI tooling — and is designed for developers who want to move beyond theory and actually ship something.
Participants will explore agentic system design, work with agent…
RISE Powered by Silicon Mountains 2026
📍 Karen Demirchyan Sports and Concerts Complex | 🗓 June 3–4, 2026
RISE — which stands for Research, Innovation, Science, and Engineering — is Armenia’s new spring tech event, showcasing the products, solutions, and…
Join Google leaders for Google Marketing Live 2026 to explore how the marketing playbook is being rewritten for the AI era. This exclusive digital event offers a front-row seat to the latest innovations in digital advertising, focusing on how to turn the “Gemini…
Entering a new market over calls and emails may sound simple on paper: find the right contacts, reach out, set up calls, discuss terms, and move forward.
In reality, this approach often stalls at the very start. Some contacts turn out to be irrelevant, others talk a good game but have little decision-making power, and some seem interested, yet discussions never progress. The problem isn’t the…
