Space Exploration & Astronomy Medical Research & Biotechnology Environmental Science Climate Change Artificial Intelligence Energy Physics Sources: The above information is drawn from recent press releases, journal publications, and reports dated August 19–20, 2025, including NASA announcements science.nasa.gov science.nasa.gov, ScienceDaily and Sci-News summaries sciencedaily.com sci.news, university press releases sciencedaily.com sciencedaily.com, Reuters newswire reports reuters.com, and…
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The Perseids peak on Aug 12–13 and officially continue through Aug 23, so on Aug 20–21 you may still catch a few meteors, with rates around 10–20 per hour under darker skies when the Moon is about 8% illuminated on Aug 20 and 3% on Aug 21. The Kappa Cygnid shower peaks around Aug 18…
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On August 19, CAS Space launched the Lijian-1 (Kinetica-1) Y10 from Jiuquan, deploying seven satellites including ThumbSat-1 and ThumbSat-2 (~100 grams each) built in Mexico. The Lijian-1 is the eighth flight in the Kinetica-1 series and CAS Space says it can loft 50+ satellites per mission with launch costs below $10,000 per kilogram to orbit,…
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Xiaomi reported a 30.5% surge in Q2 2025 revenue driven by smartphone shipments, especially in Southeast Asia, and trimmed its annual shipment forecast to 175 million units from 180 million. Google unveiled the Pixel 10 smartphone lineup on August 20, 2025, with four models—Pixel 10, 10 Pro, 10 Pro XL, and Pixel 10 Pro Fold—pre-orders…
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Business & Investment: AI Startups Score Massive Funding Breakthroughs in AI Research & Technology Major AI Product Launches & Updates Policy & Regulation: Governments Grapple with the AI Boom Ethics, Society & AI Controversies Conclusion: These past two days underscored that the AI revolution is touching every sphere – from startups raising fortunes to governments…
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The August 23, 2025 Black Moon is a seasonal Black Moon, the third new moon of summer in a season that contains four new moons (June 25, July 24, Aug. 23, and Sept. 21). The last time a seasonal Black Moon with four new moons in a season occurred was May 19, 2023, and it…
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The COROS Nomad, a rugged GPS multisport watch, launched in August 2025. Priced at $349 USD (about £319/€369), it undercuts many competitors while offering full-color offline maps, voice notes, and music playback. Battery life runs to up to 22 days in everyday use, about 50 hours in GPS mode, and around 34 hours with dual-frequency…
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Samsung announced the Galaxy Buds3 FE on August 18, 2025, with a starting price of $149.99. With ANC on, they deliver up to 6 hours of playback per charge, 8.5 hours with ANC off, and the 515 mAh charging case provides 24 hours (ANC on) or 30 hours (ANC off) total. The Buds3 FE adopt…
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Nvidia is developing a China-only AI chip named B30A, based on the Blackwell architecture, designed to outpace the current H20 while complying with U.S. export controls. The B30A will be a single-die design and is expected to deliver roughly half the raw computing power of Nvidia’s dual-die B300 accelerator. The B30A will include high-bandwidth memory…
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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told tech reporters in San Francisco that the AI industry is in a frenzy and warned of a bubble. OpenAI’s private funding rounds have pushed its valuation to around $300 billion or more, with talk of a potential secondary sale at about $500 billion. Mira Murati’s new AI venture reportedly raised…
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