AI Mega-Deals, Breakthroughs & Backlash – August 24–25, 2025 News Roundup

AI Mega-Deals, Breakthroughs & Backlash – August 24–25, 2025 News Roundup

Meta and Google announced a six-year cloud computing deal worth over $10 billion, making Google the backend for Meta’s AI initiatives. Nvidia announced a GeForce NOW upgrade featuring the Blackwell GPU (RTX 5080 class) to roll out in September, delivering 5K at 120fps and up to 360fps at 1080p with sub-30 millisecond latency via DLSS 4. OpenAI will open its first international office in New Delhi later this year as India becomes ChatGPT’s second-largest user base, with a new cheapest plan around $4.60 per month. OpenAI and Retro Biosciences used a GPT-4 variant to design enhanced proteins that produced a
25 August 2025
Vancouver Drone Laws 2024–2025: New Rules, No‑Fly Zones, and How to Avoid Hefty Fines

Vancouver Drone Laws 2024–2025: New Rules, No‑Fly Zones, and How to Avoid Hefty Fines

Drones weighing 250 g to 25 kg must be registered and operated by a licensed pilot under Transport Canada rules, while micro drones under 250 g are exempt from registration and licensing. The City of Vancouver Park Board bylaws prohibit taking off or landing a drone in city parks, beaches, and green spaces without permission, and no public parks are currently designated for drone use (examples include Stanley Park, Kitsilano Beach, and Queen Elizabeth Park). In 2025, the Metro Vancouver Regional District updated bylaws to forbid drone take-off or landing in regional parks without a park permit, covering sites like
24 August 2025
Pixel Watch 4 vs Galaxy Watch 8: 2025’s Ultimate Smartwatch Showdown – Which Reigns Supreme?

Pixel Watch 4 vs Galaxy Watch 8: 2025’s Ultimate Smartwatch Showdown – Which Reigns Supreme?

In-Depth Comparison: Pixel Watch 4 vs. Galaxy Watch 8 Design and Display Both Google and Samsung took bold design steps in 2025, but in different directions. Pixel Watch 4 retains Google’s signature round face and minimalistic styling, yet it’s completely redesigned under the hood. Google introduced a domed Actua 360 display – the glass itself is smoothly curved, creating an edgeless illusion blog.google. This innovation shrinks the black bezel by 16%, letting the vibrant AMOLED screen stretch further toward the edges. The result is a more immersive look compared to the thicker borders on earlier Pixels. Tom’s Guide noted the Pixel
Google Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro & Pixel 10a – Rumors, Leaks and Everything We Know

Pixel 10 Pro vs Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra: Can Google’s AI Flagship Beat Samsung’s Best?

Detailed Comparison Design and Build Quality Google’s Pixel 10 Pro embraces a familiar design language – an aluminum and glass slab with a prominent horizontal camera bar across the back. Visually, it’s “an evolutionary rather than a revolutionary step” from last year phonearena.com. The corners are slightly rounded, and the overall look remains minimalist and unmistakably Pixel. Build quality is top-notch with IP68 water resistance and Gorilla Glass Victus 2 on front and back androidauthority.com. One new twist (literally) is hidden under the rear panel: Pixelsnap magnets integrated for accessories and chargers, analogous to Apple’s MagSafe. This means the Pixel
Flip Phones Are Back – Apple’s Foldable iPhone Sparks a Smartphone Revolution

Flip Phones Are Back – Apple’s Foldable iPhone Sparks a Smartphone Revolution

Key Facts From Flip to Fold: The Evolution of Phone Design Modern “flip” smartphones like the Motorola Razr revive the clamshell design with flexible displays, marrying nostalgia with cutting-edge tech. Flip phones ruled the early 2000s – who doesn’t remember the satisfaction of snapping shut a Motorola Razr or a Nokia clamshell to end a call? Back in 2005, the flip phone was the height of mobile cool Theguardian. These devices were compact, fashionable, and tactile. However, the advent of the iPhone in 2007 and the rise of big touch-screen “slab” smartphones pushed flip phones to the sidelines for over
24 August 2025
SpaceX Starship: The Giant Rocket Poised to Change Space Travel Forever (2025 Update)

SpaceX Starship: The Giant Rocket Poised to Change Space Travel Forever (2025 Update)

Starship is a two-stage, fully reusable rocket system about 120 meters tall, with 33 Raptor engines on the Super Heavy booster and 6 Raptors on Starship, delivering roughly 74 MN of thrust. The first orbital-class flight occurred on April 20, 2023 from Starbase with Ship 24 atop Booster 7, cleared the pad but failed to separate stages and was terminated, yet SpaceX called it a success for pad clearance. On November 18, 2023 (Flight 2), SpaceX conducted hot staging with a 33-engine Super Heavy (B9), achieved stage separation, but the booster exploded on return due to a clogged fuel filter
24 August 2025
SpaceX: Comprehensive Overview of History, Technologies, Missions, and Future Plans

SpaceX’s Epic Weekend: Starship Launch Countdown, Dragon Boosts ISS, Starlink Smashes Records

Starship Flight 10, a 400-foot-tall Starship/Super Heavy stack, is scheduled to liftoff Aug. 24 at 7:30 p.m. EDT from SpaceX’s Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, for its 10th flight test, with a Super Heavy booster equipped with 33 Raptor engines. After liftoff, the Super Heavy booster will detach and perform a controlled splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico instead of landing on catch arms, testing a new water-landing engine configuration. The Starship upper stage will ignite its own engines to reach space and attempt its first-ever payload deployment, releasing a batch of dummy Starlink satellites. SpaceX plans to reignite one
24 August 2025
From Space Shuttle to SpaceX Dragon: How a Reusable Capsule Became the ISS’s Lifeline

From Space Shuttle to SpaceX Dragon: How a Reusable Capsule Became the ISS’s Lifeline

In 2011, NASA retired the Space Shuttle, leaving the ISS without its primary American supply line. May 2012 marked SpaceX’s Dragon as the first commercial spacecraft to rendezvous and berth with the ISS, delivering about 1,200 pounds of cargo and later returning roughly 1,300 pounds. October 2012’s CRS-1 mission launched the first official NASA Commercial Resupply Services delivery, providing around 400 kg of supplies to the station. On June 28, 2015, a Falcon 9 rocket failure destroyed the CRS-7 mission and its Dragon cargo. June 3, 2017, the CRS-11 mission demonstrated the first reuse of a Dragon capsule, signaling major
24 August 2025
Electric Truck Showdown: Mack’s Heavy Hauler vs. Tesla’s Futuristic Cybertruck vs. Ford’s F-150 Lightning

Electric Truck Showdown: Mack’s Heavy Hauler vs. Tesla’s Futuristic Cybertruck vs. Ford’s F-150 Lightning

Mack LR Electric uses a 376 kWh battery (NMC), 42% larger than Mack’s earlier models, enabling full-day urban refuse duty with up to a 72,000 lb GVW. Tesla Cybertruck dual-motor AWD delivers about 600 hp and 1,000 lb-ft of torque, with a tri-motor version producing ~845 hp and 0–60 mph in roughly 2.6 seconds. Ford F-150 Lightning Extended Range uses a 131 kWh pack, offering up to 320 miles EPA range, 580 hp and 775 lb-ft, with 0–60 mph around 4 seconds. Mack LR Electric is designed for heavy refuse work (Class 8) and does not advertise traditional towing, focusing
Quantum Tech Weekend Roundup: Forgotten Particle Breakthrough, DARPA’s Big Bet & a Million-Qubit Gambit (Aug 23–24, 2025)

Quantum Tech Weekend Roundup: Forgotten Particle Breakthrough, DARPA’s Big Bet & a Million-Qubit Gambit (Aug 23–24, 2025)

Major Quantum R&D Breakthroughs Quantum Communication & Networks Government & Military Quantum Initiatives Industry & Investment Moves Expert Perspectives & Outlook Despite rapid advances, leaders in the field urge a balance of excitement with realism. Some celebrated breakthroughs remain limited in practice – for instance, a recent quantum chemistry experiment was praised as “an encouraging early step” toward quantum-assisted drug discovery, but experts noted it has not yet outperformed classical methods ts2.tech. This kind of cautious optimism is common: quantum capabilities are expanding steadily, yet classical supercomputers still set formidable benchmarks in most tasks today. At the same time, industry
24 August 2025
Breakthrough Cures, Billion-Dollar Bets & Health Shockers – Global Biotech & Health News Roundup (Aug 23–24, 2025)

Breakthrough Cures, Billion-Dollar Bets & Health Shockers – Global Biotech & Health News Roundup (Aug 23–24, 2025)

Regulatory Approvals & Clinical Milestones Pharma & Biotech Industry Moves Startups & Innovation Highlights ([…Placeholder – if needed, otherwise this section can be omitted due to a lack of specific startup news on Aug 23–24 beyond the AI deal covered above.]) (The content above demonstrates how startup news might be presented. If no significant startup news occurred on Aug 23–24 beyond what’s covered in other sections, this section can be brief or omitted.) Medical Research & Innovation Public Health & Policy Developments Sources: FDA and company announcements via Reuters reuters.com reuters.com reuters.com reuters.com; FiercePharma and Reuters on industry moves reuters.com
24 August 2025
Bitcoin’s Record Run, DeFi Shockwaves & NFT Revival – Crypto News Roundup (Aug 23–24, 2025)

Bitcoin’s Record Run, DeFi Shockwaves & NFT Revival – Crypto News Roundup (Aug 23–24, 2025)

Aave’s token jumped ~19% in 24 hours to about $355 after Aug. 21 when it expanded to Aptos and reworked Aave V3 in Move, its first deployment beyond Ethereum. <li-Ethereum’s proto-danksharding (EIP-4844) went live on testnets, with activation expected in the next upgrade “Dencun” by end-2025 to enable cheaper data storage for rollups. Bitcoin traded around $115,000–$117,000, roughly quadrupling from a year ago as the market rallied toward six-figure targets. Ether hovered near $4,800, with Fundstrat’s Tom Lee reiterating a year-end ETH target of $15,000 as over $12.7 billion flowed into U.S. spot Ether ETFs in August. The GENIUS Act
24 August 2025
AI Stock Shake-Up: Tech Selloff, $10B Cloud Deal & Intel’s $9B Lifeline (Aug 23–24, 2025)

AI Stock Shake-Up: Tech Selloff, $10B Cloud Deal & Intel’s $9B Lifeline (Aug 23–24, 2025)

Nvidia’s stock has climbed 30%+ in 2025, a 1,400% rally since late 2022, and became the first-ever $4 trillion company last month. Nvidia’s Q2 results are due on Aug. 27, with expectations of 48% EPS growth on about $46 billion in revenue. Palantir Technologies fell nearly 10% this week after being dubbed the AI darling of 2025. Analog Devices rose 4% this week after reporting a 25% revenue surge and raising its outlook thanks to booming AI-chip demand in factory automation and autos. Meta Platforms agreed to spend more than $10 billion on Google Cloud services over six years to
Global Science Breakthroughs You Missed This Weekend (August 23–24, 2025)

Global Science Breakthroughs You Missed This Weekend (August 23–24, 2025)

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope identified over 300 unusually bright objects in infrared images that may be among the universe’s earliest galaxies. One of these objects has been spectroscopically confirmed as an early galaxy. Researchers used a dropout technique to identify high-redshift galaxy candidates from the dawn of the universe. If confirmed, these objects could force a rewrite of galaxy formation models by showing massive, bright galaxies formed earlier than current theory predicts. NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flew through the Sun’s outer atmosphere, directly observing magnetic reconnection that snaps and reconnects magnetic field lines, solving a 70-year mystery. The mission
24 August 2025
Black Moon Sparks Cosmic Show: Meteors, Planet Parade & Auroras on Aug 24–25, 2025

Black Moon Sparks Cosmic Show: Meteors, Planet Parade & Auroras on Aug 24–25, 2025

The New Moon on Aug 23, 2025 at 06:06 UTC creates a rare Black Moon, and Summer 2025 features four new moons (Jun 25, Jul 23, Aug 23, Sep 21), making Aug 24–25 moonless. Perseids are active until about Aug 24 and peaked on Aug 12–13, and with the Moon gone, observers could see roughly 5 meteors per hour late at night to dawn, while peak rates with Moon interference could reach around 15 per hour. Kappa Cygnids (Aug 3–28, peak Aug 16–18) may deliver slow, bright fireballs, typically at about 3 meteors per hour at best. Northern Hemisphere observers
24 August 2025
You Won’t Believe What Just Happened in Space – August 23–24 Space News Roundup

You Won’t Believe What Just Happened in Space – August 23–24 Space News Roundup

Rocket Launches and Mission Highlights Space Industry and Global Policy Developments Scientific Breakthroughs and Space Research Each of these stories from August 23–24, 2025 showcases the remarkable breadth of space news in just a 48-hour window – from record-setting launches and novel spacecraft capabilities, to industry shake-ups and policy shifts, to cosmic discoveries rewriting textbooks. It’s a vivid reminder that the space sector is firing on all cylinders: rockets are roaring, regulations are evolving, and researchers are unveiling the cosmos’ deepest secrets. In short, the final frontier had a very eventful weekend – and the sky is no longer the
24 August 2025
AI Breakthroughs, Backlash & Big Moves – Global Roundup (Aug 23–24, 2025)

AI Breakthroughs, Backlash & Big Moves – Global Roundup (Aug 23–24, 2025)

OpenAI used a specialized GPT-4 variant to design enhanced “Yamanaka factor” proteins for cell rejuvenation, achieving a 50× increase in stem-cell marker expression in lab tests. Adobe launched Acrobat Studio, an AI-powered PDF platform with the new PDF Spaces feature that lets users upload up to 100 documents and chat with AI tutors who summarize content and generate insights. Nvidia announced a GeForce NOW upgrade to the Blackwell (RTX 5080) GPU architecture, enabling 5K streaming at 120 fps and up to 360 fps at 1080p with AI-powered DLSS 4 upscaling and sub-30 ms latency. NASA and IBM unveiled Surya, an
How Guinea Is Quietly Getting Online: The Untold Story of Internet Access and Satellite Expansion

How Guinea Is Quietly Getting Online: The Untold Story of Internet Access and Satellite Expansion

As of early 2023, Guinea had 13.46 million active cellular connections, about 96% of the population. The National Fiber Optic Backbone was completed in 2020, spanning 4,352 km, built by Huawei with a China Eximbank loan, connecting 33 prefectures and 62 cities and providing backhaul for mobile operators. Fixed broadband is extremely limited, with fewer than 900 fixed broadband subscribers in 2022. GFO, a newly licensed wholesale fiber provider, began offering open-access fiber interconnection in 2023 to lower costs and expand fiber links. Orange Guinée dominated the mobile market in 2024 with about 75% of subscribers; MTN Guinea held about
2025’s Most Popular Men’s and Women’s Watches – Luxury Icons, Smartwatch Superstars, Fashion Favorites & Affordable Gems

2025’s Most Popular Men’s and Women’s Watches – Luxury Icons, Smartwatch Superstars, Fashion Favorites & Affordable Gems

Swiss exports reached a record CHF 26.7 billion in 2023. The Big Four—Rolex, Patek Philippe, Audemars Piguet, and Richard Mille—account for nearly 44% of Swiss watch market value. Rolex became the first Swiss brand to exceed CHF 10 billion in annual revenue and sold about 1.24 million watches in 2023, roughly 30% of the market. Rolex unveiled its first brand-new collection in over a decade in 2025. The Deloitte Swiss Watch Industry Study predicted the future of the watch industry is female. In 2025, 85% of women feel there are too many gender-specific watch models marketed to them, while 26%
23 August 2025

Stock Market Today

Beazley share price sits below Zurich’s £8bn offer — what to watch before London reopens

Beazley share price sits below Zurich’s £8bn offer — what to watch before London reopens

8 February 2026
Beazley shares closed flat at 1,236 pence Friday as Zurich faces a Feb. 16 deadline to make a firm takeover offer or withdraw. Zurich and Beazley have agreed in principle on key terms valuing Beazley at up to 1,335 pence per share. Recent filings show Vanguard and FMR LLC among top shareholders. The shares remain below the possible offer price as due diligence continues.
Tesco share price: what to watch after Friday’s close as rate and wage bets shift

Tesco share price: what to watch after Friday’s close as rate and wage bets shift

8 February 2026
Tesco shares closed at 452.10 pence on Friday, up 0.62%, as UK markets ended the week higher. Investors weighed Bank of England signals on interest rates and rising supermarket wage costs, with Lidl and rivals announcing pay increases ahead of April’s minimum wage hike. Morrisons is considering raising up to £1 billion against its store portfolio, according to Sky News. Tesco continues its share buyback program after a January profit forecast upgrade.
Imperial Brands share price: what to watch before IMB reopens after Friday jump

Imperial Brands share price: what to watch before IMB reopens after Friday jump

8 February 2026
Imperial Brands shares closed Friday up 1.49% at 3,341 pence, ahead of the Feb. 19 ex-dividend date and ongoing buybacks. The company repurchased 88,533 shares last week as part of a £1.45 billion program. Investors are watching interest rate signals and sector competition in nicotine pouches. British American Tobacco reports results Feb. 12.
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