Today: 1 May 2026

Marcin Frąckiewicz

CEO of TS2 Space and founder of TS2.tech. Expert in satellites, telecommunications, and emerging technologies, covering trends in space, AI, and connectivity.

This Week in Space: Interstellar Visitors, Satellite Breakthroughs, and the Future of Space Policy / Updated: 2025, July 5th, 11:59 CET

This Week in Space: Interstellar Visitors, Satellite Breakthroughs, and the Future of Space Policy / Updated: 2025, July 5th, 11:59 CET

NASA’s ATLAS telescope identified interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, now 420 million miles from Earth, set to approach the Sun on October 30, 2025. The US Senate approved $85 million to move Space Shuttle Discovery to Houston. TURKSAT 6A, Turkey’s first home-built communications satellite, launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9. ESA’s Biomass satellite returned first images of Bolivian forests using P-band radar.
5 July 2025
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Black Box AI Exposed: Hidden Algorithms, Risks, and Breakthroughs in 2025

Black Box AI Exposed: Hidden Algorithms, Risks, and Breakthroughs in 2025

Anthropic announced in May 2024 it had mapped millions of human-interpretable concepts inside its Claude AI model, offering an unprecedented look inside modern AI. The EU’s AI Act took effect the same year, mandating transparency for high-risk systems and imposing fines up to €30 million. Regulators fined Allstate $1.25 million in 2023 for AI bias, while flawed algorithms have triggered scandals in insurance, lending, and criminal justice.
5 July 2025
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Hailuo AI – The Viral Video Generator Shaking Up 2025 Content Creation

Hailuo AI – The Viral Video Generator Shaking Up 2025 Content Creation

MiniMax’s Hailuo-02 model launched in June 2025, triggering the viral Cat Olympics trend with AI-generated cat diving clips. The update delivers native 1080p HD video, prompt-based camera effects, and advanced physics for realistic motion. Hailuo introduced paid subscriptions on June 18, with Standard tier at $14.9 per month. Features include Director Mode, image-to-video animation, and AI music and voice tools.
5 July 2025
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PixVerse AI is Taking Over 2025 – The Revolutionary Video Generator Shaking Up Content Creation

PixVerse AI is Taking Over 2025 – The Revolutionary Video Generator Shaking Up Content Creation

PixVerse released V4 in February 2025 and V4.5 on May 15, adding cinematic camera controls and a fusion system. The mobile app reached #1 in the US App Store’s Photo & Video category days after V4.5 launched. By March, PixVerse reported over 15 million monthly active users. In June, the company launched Pai I, a Chinese-language version powered by V4.5 algorithms.
5 July 2025
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AI News Today: Regulation, Innovation, and Societal Impact / Updated: 2025, July 5th, 00:00 CET

AI News Today: Regulation, Innovation, and Societal Impact / Updated: 2025, July 5th, 00:00 CET

The EU's AI Act will start regulating general-purpose AI in August 2024 and high-risk models in August 2026, with fines up to 7% of global revenue. More than 45 European CEOs urged a two-year pause, warning of harm to competitiveness. Nvidia’s market cap surged to nearly $4 trillion on AI chip demand. Wimbledon has replaced all human line judges with AI Hawk-Eye technology.
5 July 2025
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Tech News Deep Dive: July 2025’s Biggest Stories in Innovation, Gaming, and the Cosmos / Updated: 2025, July 5th, 00:00 CET

Tech News Deep Dive: July 2025’s Biggest Stories in Innovation, Gaming, and the Cosmos / Updated: 2025, July 5th, 00:00 CET

Microsoft cut about 9,100 jobs in 2025, mainly in Xbox, with major studios hit and projects like Perfect Dark canceled. The Stop Killing Games campaign topped 1 million signatures, prompting an EU review of remote game shutdowns. EA will shut down Anthem servers on January 12, 2026. NASA detected interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, which will pass at least 240 million km from Earth.
5 July 2025
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Space News Digest: July 2025 / Updated: 2025, July 5th, 00:00 CET

Space News Digest: July 2025 / Updated: 2025, July 5th, 00:00 CET

Starlink has over 4.6 million users and nearly 7,900 satellites in orbit as of mid-2025. The EU Space Act will impose unified debris, cybersecurity, and environmental rules on future satellite deployments, exempting existing Starlink satellites until 2030. France’s SNCF plans to add satellite internet on trains using Starlink and Eutelsat. Boeing secured a $2.8 billion US Space Force contract for two ESS satellites, with options for two more.
5 July 2025
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Tech News Today: Foldable Phones, AI Video, Interstellar Visitors, and the End of Exclusivity / Updated: 2025, July 4th, 12:01 CET

Tech News Today: Foldable Phones, AI Video, Interstellar Visitors, and the End of Exclusivity / Updated: 2025, July 4th, 12:01 CET

Samsung will debut the Galaxy Z Fold7 on July 9, 2025, with an 8.2-inch display and Snapdragon 8 Elite chip. Google’s Veo 3 AI video tool launched globally for AI Pro subscribers. 3I/ATLAS, the Solar System’s third confirmed interstellar object, will approach the Sun in October 2025. Nvidia’s market cap briefly topped Apple’s, nearing $4 trillion on AI chip demand.
4 July 2025
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The State of Artificial Intelligence: Global Impacts, Controversies, and the Road Ahead / Updated: 2025, July 4th, 12:01 CET

The State of Artificial Intelligence: Global Impacts, Controversies, and the Road Ahead / Updated: 2025, July 4th, 12:01 CET

Over 45 major European firms, including ASML and Airbus, urged the EU to delay the AI Act by two years. Microsoft’s MAI-DxO diagnoses diseases at 80% accuracy, four times more efficiently than doctors. IBM launched the Hermes AI chip in Zurich, claiming over 100-fold energy savings. OpenAI signed a $30 billion annual infrastructure deal with Oracle for 4.5 GW of AI computing.
4 July 2025
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Space News Roundup: Strategic Satellites, Interstellar Visitors, Quantum Networks, and More / Updated: 2025, July 4th, 12:00 CET

Space News Roundup: Strategic Satellites, Interstellar Visitors, Quantum Networks, and More / Updated: 2025, July 4th, 12:00 CET

Boeing won a $2.8 billion U.S. Space Force contract to build two ESS satellites for NC3, with first delivery set for 2031. MethaneSAT, a $134 million climate-monitoring satellite, was lost after 15 months in orbit. NASA’s Mars orbiter is rolling to improve subsurface scans. Congress approved nearly $10 billion for Artemis, as cost overruns linked to Orion drew scrutiny.
4 July 2025
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OpenAI’s Meteoric Rise: Breakthroughs, Billions, and Backlash in 2025

OpenAI’s Meteoric Rise: Breakthroughs, Billions, and Backlash in 2025

OpenAI and Mattel announced an AI-powered toy partnership in June 2025, with the first product expected later this year. In April, OpenAI unveiled GPT-4.1, featuring a 1,000,000 token context window and improved coding. OpenAI posted $5 billion in 2024 losses despite $3.7 billion in revenue. By early 2025, ChatGPT had reached 500 million weekly active users.
4 July 2025
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Tech News Deep Dive: July 2025 / Updated: 2025, July 4th, 00:01 CET

Tech News Deep Dive: July 2025 / Updated: 2025, July 4th, 00:01 CET

Microsoft cut about 9,000 jobs in July 2025, with the Xbox division hit hard. The company committed $80 billion to AI infrastructure for fiscal 2025 and signed a $30 billion annual cloud deal with Oracle for Project Stargate. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Z Fold7, Z Flip7, and G Fold, with the G Fold featuring a 10-inch OLED display and 200MP camera. 3I/ATLAS, a 20–40 km comet, will be visible through September 2025.
4 July 2025
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AI in July 2025: Disruption, Opportunity, and Uncertainty Across the Globe / Updated: 2025, July 4th, 00:00 CET

AI in July 2025: Disruption, Opportunity, and Uncertainty Across the Globe / Updated: 2025, July 4th, 00:00 CET

Microsoft cut about 4% of its workforce in July 2025, citing AI as a direct replacement, especially in Xbox. Nvidia became the world’s most valuable company at a $3.92 trillion market cap as AI chip demand soared. Meta recruited top AI talent with signing bonuses exceeding $100 million. OpenAI and Oracle signed a $30 billion cloud deal to support next-generation AI models under the Stargate initiative.
4 July 2025
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Space Science in July 2025: Breakthroughs, Setbacks, and the Expanding Frontier / Updated: 2025, July 4th, 00:00 CET

Space Science in July 2025: Breakthroughs, Setbacks, and the Expanding Frontier / Updated: 2025, July 4th, 00:00 CET

Astronomers confirmed 3I/ATLAS as the third interstellar object in the solar system, about 20 km wide, set to pass inside Mars’ orbit in October 2025. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope directly imaged exoplanet TWA 7 b, the lightest planet ever imaged. MethaneSAT lost contact after just over a year in orbit and is unlikely to be recovered.
4 July 2025
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Claude AI Revolution: An Up-to-Date 2025 Guide to Anthropic’s ChatGPT Rival

Claude AI Revolution: An Up-to-Date 2025 Guide to Anthropic’s ChatGPT Rival

Anthropic released Claude 4 in May 2025 as Sonnet 4 and Opus 4, adding code execution, agentic tool use, and a 200K+ token context window. Amazon invested $4 billion, with AWS Bedrock and Google Cloud Vertex AI hosting Claude. Pricing for Claude Opus 4 starts at $75 per million output tokens. Claude supports multimodal input, is multilingual, and uses an internal AI Constitution to reduce unsafe outputs.
3 July 2025
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Google Gemini’s 2025 Takeover: How Google’s AI Powerhouse Stacks Up Against GPT-4, Claude & More

Google Gemini’s 2025 Takeover: How Google’s AI Powerhouse Stacks Up Against GPT-4, Claude & More

Gemini Ultra became the first AI to surpass human experts on the MMLU academic exam with a 90.0% score and led 30 of 32 benchmarks. Google began integrating Gemini across products in 2024–2025, including Bard, Pixel 8 Pro, and Search. The Gemini API launched in December 2023, with Gemini CLI and expanded enterprise features following in 2025. Over 9 million Google Workspace organizations now have Gemini AI by default.
3 July 2025
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Janitor AI: The Unfiltered Chatbot Revolution Hooking Millions (and Stirring Controversy)

Janitor AI: The Unfiltered Chatbot Revolution Hooking Millions (and Stirring Controversy)

Janitor AI reached 3 million users by September 2023 after launching in June, and served nearly 2 million daily users by spring 2025. OpenAI cut off its GPT API access in July 2023, prompting Janitor AI to launch its own JanitorLLM and on-premise GPU infrastructure. By mid-2025, privacy concerns persisted over non-end-to-end encryption and chat data storage. In May 2025, new features and moderator applications were announced.
3 July 2025
Why Everyone’s Talking About Character.AI in 2025 – Major Updates, New CEO & Controversy

Why Everyone’s Talking About Character.AI in 2025 – Major Updates, New CEO & Controversy

Karandeep Anand, ex-Meta VP, became CEO of Character.AI in June 2025, replacing co-founder Noam Shazeer. The company launched new features including Chat Memories and AvatarFX, and reported 20 million monthly active users by early 2025. A 2024 Google licensing deal valued at up to $3 billion kept Character.AI independent. In May 2025, a federal judge allowed a Florida lawsuit over alleged harm to minors to proceed.
3 July 2025
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Global AI Powerhouses Clash: China’s AI Revolution Challenges U.S. Tech Dominance

Global AI Powerhouses Clash: China’s AI Revolution Challenges U.S. Tech Dominance

DeepSeek now costs about $0.55 per million tokens, compared to $15 for OpenAI. HSBC, Standard Chartered, and Saudi Aramco have adopted DeepSeek, while Amazon, Microsoft, and Google offer it on their clouds. Alibaba’s Tongyi Qianwen was open-sourced, spawning over 100,000 variants. Microsoft plans to spend $80 billion on AI data centers in 2025; OpenAI aims to add 4.5 GW of cloud capacity.
3 July 2025
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Stock Market Today

  • Stock futures dip after mixed earnings from Microsoft and Meta; S&P 500 hits record high
    May 1, 2026, 6:24 AM EDT. Stocks surged Thursday with the S&P 500 closing above 7,200 for the first time, reaching an all-time high driven by strong earnings from Caterpillar and Alphabet. Caterpillar's nearly 10% jump and positive outlook suggest resilience despite lackluster U.S. economic growth in Q1. Alphabet's revenue beat and increased 2026 capital spending also buoyed markets. However, Meta and Microsoft shares declined 8.6% and 3.9%, respectively, due to rising capital expenditure concerns and disappointing user growth. Experts remain cautious about long-term tech valuations amid heavy investment in AI infrastructure. Still, April marked a strong month for major indices: the S&P 500 up 10.4%, Nasdaq 15.3%, and Dow 7.1%, signaling investor optimism despite underlying uncertainties.

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US Stock Market Today: Live Updates 01.05.2026

1 May 2026
LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: May 1, 2026, 12:00 AM EDTUpdated: May 1, 2026, 6:37 AM EDT Tech Stocks Post Strongest Monthly Gains Since April 2020 May 1, 2026, 6:37 AM EDT. The Nasdaq Composite surged 15.29% in April, marking its best monthly performance since the pandemic's onset in 2020. **Tech giants Alphabet, Amazon, and Microsoft** outperformed earnings expectations, driving the rally. Alphabet's shares jumped 34% in April, its strongest month since going public in 2004. Notably, chipmakers Micron, AMD, and Intel recorded exceptional gains of 53%, 74%, and 100%, respectively, as demand for data centers rose. Despite earlier fears of **artificial
Sandisk Stock Falls After Blowout Q3 Earnings as AI Storage Rally Hits a High Bar

Sandisk Stock Falls After Blowout Q3 Earnings as AI Storage Rally Hits a High Bar

1 May 2026
Sandisk shares dropped about 6% in after-hours trading Thursday despite reporting fiscal Q3 revenue of $5.95 billion, up 251% from a year earlier, and net income of $3.62 billion. The company announced a $6 billion buyback and forecast Q4 revenue of up to $8.25 billion. Gross margin rose to 78.4%. Shares had closed at $1,096.51 before slipping to about $1,030.
Apple Stock Slips After Earnings Beat as iPhone Supply Snag Clouds $100 Billion Buyback

Apple Stock Slips After Earnings Beat as iPhone Supply Snag Clouds $100 Billion Buyback

1 May 2026
Apple reported fiscal Q2 revenue of $111.2 billion and earnings of $2.01 per share, beating analyst estimates. The board approved a $100 billion share buyback and raised the dividend. Shares fell about 1% after hours as iPhone sales missed forecasts and chip supply remained tight. Investors are watching for clarity on AI strategy and the upcoming CEO transition to John Ternus.
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