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…
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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…
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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…
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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 &…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Themis arrives at Esrange Space Center in Sweden, Europe’s first full-scale reusable rocket stage demonstrator by ArianeGroup for ESA’s reusability roadmap, after a 3,000-kilometer journey and hop-tests expected to begin in late 2025 under the EU SALTO project. 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1), the third known interstellar object to visit our solar system, is traveling at about…
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In Russia, 40% of agricultural enterprises have adopted digital solutions, including agrodrones and predictive analytics, as part of a push toward 2030 productivity targets per Minister Oksana Lut. Renault’s AI-driven monitoring and generative AI cut urgent shipments and production halts by 50%, saving €260 million in inventory costs. Johns Hopkins researchers developed an AI algorithm…
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100 kW solar plants typically use about 250 panels of ~400 W each, cover roughly 600–1,000 m², and generate about 150,000–175,000 kWh per year, enough to serve 15–30 homes. 1 MW solar farms deploy about 2,500 panels of ~400 W each, require ~16,000–20,000 m² (4–5 acres) of land, and produce around 1,600,000–1,800,000 kWh annually, enough…
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