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Green Energy Goldmine: How to Profit from the Renewable Revolution

In 2024, global clean energy investment was projected to reach $2 trillion, nearly twice the amount spent on fossil fuels. Renewable power, grid upgrades, and storage now attract more capital than oil, gas, and coal combined. Renewable energy jobs jumped to 16.2 million in 2023, up 18% from 2022. Solar PV module prices have fallen about 85% since 2010, making solar cheaper than new coal or gas in many countries. Solar investment is projected to exceed $500 billion in 2024, more than all other power generation sources combined. The U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 dedicates $369 billion to

7 July 2025

Blockchain’s Global Social Impact Revolution: From Banking the Unbanked to Fighting Corruption

1.7 billion adults lack access to formal banking, about 31% of all adults, and 55% of the unbanked are women. BitPesa, a crypto-powered remittance firm in sub-Saharan Africa, has cut transfer fees by up to 90% compared with traditional methods. In Kenya, the Red Cross and Grassroots Economics launched a blockchain-backed community currency, enabling 25 women with feature phones to create a credit and savings pool, with expansion planned to 320,000 users across Africa. In Haiti, a 2020 World Bank-backed blockchain pilot allowed 1,342 small producers to export directly, lifting mango revenues by 262% and cocoa by 348%. Sierra Leone

7 July 2025

Anti-Corruption · Blockchain · Financial Inclusion · Global Change · Social Impact

Blockchain Revolution: How the ‘Trust Machine’ Is Transforming Business by 2025

Blockchain is a distributed, append-only ledger where each transaction is grouped into a block cryptographically linked to the previous one, making the system tamper-resistant. Smart contracts on platforms like Ethereum are self-executing code that enforces agreements when conditions are met, operating with no downtime, censorship, or fraud. Walmart and IBM demonstrated a blockchain-based food-traceability system in which tracing a batch of mangoes took 6 days 18 hours with traditional methods but 2.2 seconds on the blockchain. In 2023, JPMorgan, HSBC, and BlackRock announced deepened involvement in blockchain projects, signaling major financial institutions’ adoption. Forecasts suggest that by 2027 as much

7 July 2025

Blockchain · Business · Digital Transformation · Innovation · NYSE:BLK · NYSE:HSBC · NYSE:IBM · NYSE:JPM · NYSE:WMT · Technology

Today in Tech: July 7, 2025 / Updated: 2025, July 7th, 12:01 CET

Tesla shares fell over 7% in pre-market trading after Elon Musk announced the formation of the “America Party,” with CFO Vaibhav Taneja named Treasurer and Custodian of Records for the party. Retail listings and leaks confirm Galaxy Z Flip7 and Z Flip7 FE have 4,174 mAh and 3,887 mAh nominal batteries, while Galaxy Z Fold7 is expected to feature a Snapdragon 8 Elite, 16GB RAM, and a 4,400mAh battery. Galaxy Watch 8 Series leaks reveal Exynos W1000 chip, 2GB RAM, up to 64GB storage across Watch 8, Classic, and Ultra 2, with Ultra housing a titanium case and emergency siren,

7 July 2025

Daily Updates · Innovation · IT Industry · Tech Events · Technology News

July 7th, 2025 AI Brief: Agents Transform Work, Half Million Tech Jobs at Risk & Global Policy Moves / Updated: 2025, July 7th, 12:00 CET

Telefónica Tech’s AI and Data Director predicts AI agents will automate internal processes and boost productivity, signaling a transformative, long-term impact on organizations. US tech giants have laid off nearly 94,000 IT workers to reallocate resources for AI development, with Microsoft planning 15,000 layoffs by 2025. <liMIT research found that using ChatGPT reduces brain activity and memory, with the best results when individuals think independently first. Microsoft’s MAI-DxO diagnostic system achieved 85.5% accuracy on complex clinical cases, four times higher than human doctors. The Velvet Sundown, an AI-generated band, surpassed 1 million monthly Spotify listeners, and Deezer reports the music

7 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Future of Work · Job Market · NASDAQ:AMD · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:MSFT · NASDAQ:NVDA · NASDAQ:SPOT · NYSE:TEF · NYSE:TSM · Technology Policy · Workforce Trends

Space News Today: Global Advances, Challenges, and New Frontiers / Updated: 2025, July 7th, 12:00 CET

Boeing secured a $2.8 billion contract to develop next‑generation nuclear communications satellites for the U.S. military. Spanish operator Hisdesat completed two satellites in orbit and signed for two more in 2025, backed by Indra, targeting €1 billion in space revenue by 2030. SpainSat NG II, developed by Hisdesat and Airbus, is set to launch October 22–29 with NATO as its first client for both military and civil applications. SpaceX’s Starlink now accounts for more than 60% of all active satellites, following launches including Starlink 10-28 from Cape Canaveral and a Vandenberg mission delivering 70 small satellites. SpaceX plans a 40-antenna

7 July 2025

Global Technology · Innovation · NYSE:BA · Science News · Space · Space Exploration · Space Industry

Revolutionize Your Insights: How to Create a Market Research Report With AI in 2025

In 2025, market research must demonstrate ROI by linking insights to tangible business outcomes such as increased revenue, reduced costs, or improved customer satisfaction. Nearly 60% of researchers report their organizations depend on insights more today than a year ago. 83% of researchers say their organizations plan to significantly increase AI investment in 2025. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) notes that AI has increased the pace and decreased the cost of surveying, with survey design and question adaptation happening in hours instead of weeks. Synthetic data and “virtual respondents” can simulate responses for experts like CFOs or cardiologists in minutes. AI acts

7 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Business Strategy · Data Insights · Market Research · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NYSE:CRM · Reporting Tools

Top 10 Data and Analytics Trends That Will Transform Your Business in 2025 and Beyond

Traditional data projects are evolving into data products—composable, reusable “minimum viable” data assets refined over time to drive data ROI, such as a retail customer churn data product accessible to sales, marketing, and support. Metadata management provides the context that makes data understandable by linking assets to business glossaries and knowledge graphs, with semantic metadata enriched by definitions and owners, while AI and ML automate metadata discovery in real time. The multimodal data fabric unifies structured, unstructured, and streaming data into a single environment, with IDC predicting 60% of enterprises will adopt data fabric architectures by 2026. Synthetic data are

7 July 2025

Big Data · Business Intelligence · Data Analytics · Digital Transformation · NASDAQ:NFLX · Technology Trends

AI, Cloud & Cybersecurity Boom: Inside the 2025 CIO Tech Agenda

In 2025, 58% of global tech leaders named AI as the most important technology area for the year ahead. Gartner’s 2025 ANZ CIO poll found 88% of ANZ CIOs identified cybersecurity as their top tech investment for the year. A 2025 global CIO survey shows over 80% of CIOs plan to invest in cybersecurity & risk management, generative AI & ML, data analytics & business intelligence, and integration & APIs. 68% of U.S. CEOs in PwC’s survey believe generative AI will significantly change how their company creates and delivers value. Gartner’s 2025 data shows 71% of digital Vanguard organizations achieve

7 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence · CIO Strategy · Cloud Computing · Cybersecurity · Tech Trends

10 Game-Changing Tech Trends for 2025 Every Industry Must Watch

Agentic AI enables autonomous agents that plan and act on a user’s behalf, with Gartner projecting that at least 15% of day-to-day work decisions will be made autonomously by 2028. AI Governance Platforms provide bias detection, model explainability, usage tracking, and policy enforcement, with Gartner forecasting that by 2028 organizations using them will achieve about 30% higher customer trust and 25% better regulatory compliance scores. Disinformation Security covers deepfake detection, brand protection, and continuous identity verification, with Gartner predicting that by 2028 50% of enterprises will have anti-disinformation technologies in place. Post-Quantum Cryptography uses quantum-resistant algorithms such as CRYSTALS-Kyber and

7 July 2025

Future · Industry · Innovation · NASDAQ:AAPL · NASDAQ:GOOGL · Technology · Trends

Global IoT Market 2025 Forecast: Inside the $1 Trillion Tech Revolution

Global IoT spending in 2025 is projected to approach $1 trillion, up from $805.7 billion in 2023. By 2025, the number of connected IoT devices is expected to reach 27 billion, rising to over 40 billion by 2030. Manufacturing is the leading IoT vertical by spending, with 2023 top use cases including manufacturing operations at $73 billion and production asset management at $68 billion. The IoT in healthcare market was about $72 billion in 2020 and is projected to grow to $446.5 billion by 2028 at a 25.9% CAGR. The automotive IoT market is projected to reach over $190 billion

7 July 2025

Industry Analysis · Innovation · IoT · Market Forecast · NASDAQ:KORE · NASDAQ:MSFT · NASDAQ:SMTC · NYSE:TWLO · NYSE:VOD · Tech Trends

Tech News Deep Dive: July 7, 2025 / Updated: 2025, July 7th, 00:00 CET

The Nintendo Switch 2 launched in June 2025 with enhanced hardware and improved performance, though launch titles like Mario Kart World disappointed due to limited multiplayer and innovation. Arkane Studios co-founder Raphael Colantonio called Xbox Game Pass unsustainable and damaging amid massive Microsoft layoffs that included the closure of The Initiative and cancellation of Perfect Dark reboot and Forza Motorsport. Stardew Valley is the highest-rated game on Steam at 98.4% from nearly 900,000 reviews and has sold over 41 million copies. The James Webb Space Telescope captured a direct image of exoplanet 14 Herculis c, about 60 light-years away, using

7 July 2025

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