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Global Renewable Energy Developments (May–June 2025)

Global Renewable Energy Developments (May–June 2025)

Global energy investment is projected to reach $3.3 trillion in 2025, with about $2.2 trillion directed to clean energy technologies. Solar is expected to attract $450 billion in 2025, making it the single biggest area of energy investment. China added 198 GW of solar and 46 GW of wind between January and May 2025, with 93 GW of solar installed in May alone, pushing cumulative solar capacity above 1,000 GW. In the United States, clean power sourced from renewables and nuclear provided a majority of electricity from March through May 2025, with solar output up 19% year over year in
30 June 2025
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AI in the European Union: Latest Developments and Trends (June 2025)

AI in the European Union: Latest Developments and Trends (June 2025)

The EU’s AI Act, agreed in late 2023, is being rolled out in phases with August 2, 2025 as the deadline for major obligations on providers of advanced general-purpose AI models. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson urged the EU to pause the AI Act’s implementation at the European Council meeting in late June 2025. European Commission Vice-President for digital policy Henna Virkkunen indicated flexibility, saying a targeted delay could be considered if standards and guidelines are not ready in time. Reuters reports that over two-thirds of European businesses struggle to understand their AI Act responsibilities. The European Commission aims to
30 June 2025
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China’s rapid advancements in AI – from cutting-edge models to new regulations – made headlines in June 2025.

China’s rapid advancements in AI – from cutting-edge models to new regulations – made headlines in June 2025.

ByteDance launched Doubao-1.6 multimodal reasoning model and cut AI API prices by more than 60% in June 2025. SenseTime unveiled SenseChat upgrades powered by SenseNova V6, enabling real-time audio, video, and visual reasoning, including a Cantonese version for Hong Kong in June 2025. <li Alibaba's DAMO Academy and Zhejiang Cancer Hospital announced the DAMO GRAPE AI model for early gastric cancer screening, published in Nature Medicine on June 24, 2025, from a 100,000-patient study. Huawei began mass production of the Ascend 910C AI chips and rolled out the AI CloudMatrix 384 training system (384 Ascend 910C chips) in June 2025,
30 June 2025
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AI News / Updated: 2025, June 30th, 00:00 CET

AI News / Updated: 2025, June 30th, 00:00 CET

AI News Table of Contents Introduction: AI’s Ubiquity and Disruption AI in the Global Economy: Growth, Jobs, and Talent Wars AI Policy, Regulation, and Public Trust AI in Industry: From Agriculture to Finance AI in Healthcare and Medicine AI in Education: Promise, Pitfalls, and Policy AI and the Future of Work AI in Consumer Technology and Daily Life AI Safety, Ethics, and Deception AI Innovation Hotspots: China, US, and Beyond AI in Robotics: Humanoids, Sports, and Industry AI and Creativity: Arts, Language, and Cultural Heritage Conclusion: The Road Ahead for AI Introduction: AI’s Ubiquity and Disruption Artificial Intelligence (AI) is
30 June 2025
Latest Satellite News / Updated: 2025, June 29th, 23:59 CET

Latest Satellite News / Updated: 2025, June 29th, 23:59 CET

Commercial Maxar satellite imagery shows Fordo bomb craters rapidly clearing and heavy engineering near damaged ventilation shafts after Iran’s airstrikes, with General Dan Kane confirming the use of 12 Massive Ordnance Penetrator bombs described as turning “night into day”. Natanz enrichment complex repairs have begun, with ISW analysts noting restoration work and reports of a destroyed radar installation in Khuzestan province. Japan launched the final H-2A rocket carrying the GOSAT-GW greenhouse gas and water-cycle satellite, retiring the H-2A after 50 missions with a 98% success rate and equipping GOSAT-GW with a microwave radiometer and greenhouse gas sensor. The H-2A retirement
29 June 2025
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Artificial Intelligence in Iran: Recent Developments and Outlook (June 30, 2025)

Artificial Intelligence in Iran: Recent Developments and Outlook (June 30, 2025)

In June 2024, the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution approved the National Artificial Intelligence Document, a comprehensive policy blueprint for AI development. By July 2024, Iran established the National AI Organization as an independent body under the President’s supervision to steer the AI ecosystem and aim to be among the world’s top 10 AI powers within the next decade. In May 2025, Iran’s parliament approved a National AI Plan with an overwhelming majority of 187–33, deeming AI an urgent national imperative. At the start of 2025, the government allocated about $115 million USD for AI research and development in
29 June 2025
Taiwan’s Internet Access – Fiber Power, 5G Expansion, and Satellite Horizons

Taiwan’s Internet Access – Fiber Power, 5G Expansion, and Satellite Horizons

In 2022 Taiwan had about 6.55 million fixed broadband accounts, with 4.12 million (63%) fiber-based and 2.17 million (≈33%) cable modem subscribers, while ADSL subscriptions fell to around 260,000. As of 2024, the median fixed download speed is about 198 Mbps (mean ~137 Mbps), over 45% of fixed accounts enjoy 100–500 Mbps, and gigabit subscribers reached 13.5% by 2022. Taiwan is connected to roughly 10–14 international submarine cables carrying more than 95% of its international data traffic, and the early-2023 Matsu cable cuts underscored the need for backup links. By Q4 2022, three major mobile carriers—Chunghwa Telecom, Far EasTone, and
29 June 2025
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E-Commerce Marketplace & Infrastructure Report (June–July 2025)

E-Commerce Marketplace & Infrastructure Report (June–July 2025)

Global Marketplace Highlights (B2C & B2B) Innovations in E-Commerce Infrastructure & Technology Leading e-commerce companies made significant infrastructure and tech upgrades in mid-2025 to improve performance and scalability: Payments and Fintech Updates in E-Commerce The intersection of e-commerce and financial technology saw major developments in June–July 2025, as platforms and payment providers rolled out new options: Logistics & Fulfillment Advances Fast and efficient order fulfillment is a key battleground for e-commerce, and June–July 2025 brought a number of advances in logistics: Regulatory & Policy Developments The mid-2025 period saw significant regulatory actions that impact e-commerce platforms and digital markets globally:
29 June 2025
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Nebula Awards 1965–2025: History, Winners, Categories, and Latest News

Nebula Awards 1965–2025: History, Winners, Categories, and Latest News

The Nebula Awards were established in 1965 by SFWA founder Damon Knight, with the first ceremony in 1966 when Frank Herbert’s Dune won Best Novel. The Nebula trophy, unveiled in 1966, is a block of clear Lucite embedding a spiral galaxy made of glitter and a crystalline landscape. In 1966 fantasy works were officially included alongside science fiction after members broadened Nebula eligibility. The Nebulas are decided by SFWA’s professional author members, making them a peer award rather than fan-voted. The Damon Knight Grand Master lifetime achievement award began in 1975, with Robert Heinlein as the first recipient. The Andre
29 June 2025
SpaceX Wins $81.6 Million U.S. Space Force Deal to Launch WSF-M2 Weather Satellite in 2027

Space News Roundup – June 29, 2025

Japan’s H-2A rocket completed its 50th and final mission on June 28 (US time), launching the GOSAT-GW (“Ibuki”) greenhouse gases and water-cycle satellite into a sun-synchronous orbit with an official 98% reliability rate for the H-2A family. Blue Origin’s New Shepard NS-33 flight from Launch Site One in West Texas on June 29 carried six space tourists, including a husband-and-wife team, with Carl Kuehner becoming the 750th person in space. SpaceX conducted a rapid-fire Falcon 9 doubleheader—one launch from Cape Canaveral just after midnight on June 28 and a second from Vandenberg 13 hours later—deploying dozens of Starlink satellites and
29 June 2025
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AI News Roundup – June 29, 2025 (Daily AI News and Analysis)

AI News Roundup – June 29, 2025 (Daily AI News and Analysis)

Alibaba unveiled the Qwen VLo image-generating AI model and pledged at least ¥380 billion ($53 billion) to AI infrastructure over the next three years, including a second data center in South Korea and a broader Qwen multimodal lineup for AGI ambitions. Anthropic’s Project Vend put the Claude-based agent Claudius in charge of a vending machine, triggering a 25% employee discount, freebies, tungsten-cube orders at a loss, an April 1 hallucination, and the conclusion they would not hire Claudius. Meta Platforms is recruiting at least eight OpenAI researchers, including Trapit Bansal, as Llama 4 underperforms and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman jokes
29 June 2025
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Latest Satellite News / Updated: 2025, June 29th, 16:39 CET

Latest Satellite News / Updated: 2025, June 29th, 16:39 CET

Vera C. Rubin Observatory released its first images in Chile, capturing 10 million galaxies in a single frame and previewing the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) to map billions of galaxies. Curiosity rover on Mars captured a 360-degree panorama of boxwork ridges at Gale Crater using 291 Mastcam images. China’s Tianwen-3 Mars Sample Return mission targets a 2028 launch and a 2031 return. Japan’s final H-2A rocket launch deployed the GOSAT-GW climate satellite, as the country transitions to the H3 rocket with an overall 98% success rate over 50 launches. Amazon launched its second Kuiper internet satellite batch,
29 June 2025
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The Global AI Revolution: Breakthroughs, Challenges, and the Road Ahead / Updated: 2025, June 29th, 16:01 CET

The Global AI Revolution: Breakthroughs, Challenges, and the Road Ahead / Updated: 2025, June 29th, 16:01 CET

The 4th Hong Kong InnoTech Expo drew over 58,000 visitors and featured 120 AI-powered student teams, with winners set to represent Hong Kong at the Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions. Mayo Clinic’s StateViewer AI tool detects nine types of dementia from a single FDG-PET brain scan with 88% accuracy, doubling speed and tripling accuracy compared with traditional methods. NVIDIA shifted its focus to Sovereign AI, led by CEO Jensen Huang, partnering with governments to build national data centers and sovereign LLM infrastructure, with potential revenue in the hundreds of billions. A US federal court ruled that training AI models on
29 June 2025
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Drone Laws in Brazil

Drone Laws in Brazil

Brazil regulates drones through ANAC, DECEA, and ANATEL, distinguishing recreational model aircraft from non-recreational RPAs while applying many core rules to both. Drones must maintain a 30-meter horizontal distance from uninvolved people, and a single pilot may operate only one drone at a time. Recreational users can fly model aircraft with no minimum age, and drones below 250 grams require no license or registration. Flying above 400 feet (120 meters) triggers licensing and rating requirements, so hobbyists typically stay under 120 meters and within visual line of sight. All RPA pilots must be at least 18 years old; lightweight RPA
29 June 2025
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Ghost Signals and Laser Shields: The Pentagon’s 500-Satellite Orbital Defense Net

Ghost Signals and Laser Shields: The Pentagon’s 500-Satellite Orbital Defense Net

In June 2024, Australian astronomers traced a 30-nanosecond radio burst to NASA’s defunct Relay-2 satellite, offline since 1967, likely caused by a micrometeoroid hit or decades of charge buildup. The LES-1 Lincoln Experimental Satellite, silent since 1967, transmitted again in 2012 after 45 years of dormancy. The Pentagon plans a 500-satellite orbital defense net by 2028 to form the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, including laser-connected Transport and Tracking Layers. The PARCAE (White Cloud or NOSS) program deployed triplet satellite clusters in the 1960s to triangulate Soviet naval transmissions, declassified in 2023. The Vela satellites monitored nuclear detonations, with the 1979
29 June 2025
Quiet Goodbye, Bold Hello: Japan’s H3 Rocket Takes the Torch from H-2A to Slash Costs and Double Cadence

Quiet Goodbye, Bold Hello: Japan’s H3 Rocket Takes the Torch from H-2A to Slash Costs and Double Cadence

Japan’s H-2A completed its 50th and final launch on June 28, 2025, carrying the GOSAT-GW climate-monitoring satellite, after a 49-for-50 success rate (98%). Over its service, H-2A lofted payloads including SELENE (Kaguya), Akatsuki, Hayabusa 2, and the Emirates Mars Mission. H3, Japan’s next-generation launcher, is designed to be more cost-effective and flexible, standing about 57–63 meters tall with a 5.2-meter first-stage core and up to 6.5 metric tons to geostationary transfer orbit. The H3 uses LE-9 engines in configurations of two or three with an expander-bleed cycle, the first main-stage application of this cycle, delivering about 1,470 kN thrust per
29 June 2025
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ForgeStar-1: Pioneering the UK’s Orbital Chip Foundry in Space

ForgeStar-1: Pioneering the UK’s Orbital Chip Foundry in Space

ForgeStar-1 launched on June 12, 2025 aboard SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter-14 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, marking the UK’s first in-space manufacturing mission. The Welsh-built ForgeStar-1 is a fully retrievable, reusable space factory designed to survive re-entry and be reused for multiple missions. The Pridwen deployable heat shield protects ForgeStar-1 during atmospheric re-entry and will be demonstrated as a key proof-of-concept. On-Orbit Steering and the Aether software provide real-time tracking and predictive mapping to guide the satellite’s re-entry into a controlled corridor. ForgeStar-1 functions as an autonomous Microgravity Foundry, performing crystal growth and thin-film deposition without human operators. The mission
29 June 2025
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SpaceX Wins $81.6 Million U.S. Space Force Deal to Launch WSF-M2 Weather Satellite in 2027

SpaceX Wins $81.6 Million U.S. Space Force Deal to Launch WSF-M2 Weather Satellite in 2027

The USSF-178 task order is an $81.6 million NSSL Phase 3 Lane 1 award to SpaceX to launch WSF-M2 on a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg SFB in the first half of FY2027, including a BLAZE-2 rideshare. This award marks SpaceX’s third consecutive Lane 1 win under NSSL Phase 3, following two earlier Lane 1 awards totaling $733.5 million for SDA and NRO missions. WSF-M2 is the second Ball Aerospace–built microwave weather satellite, following WSF-M1 (USSF-62) which flew on a Falcon 9 on 11 April 2024, with Ball renamed to BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems after the 2024 acquisition. Each
29 June 2025
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Space News Digest: June 2025 / Updated: 2025, June 29th, 07:59 CET

Space News Digest: June 2025 / Updated: 2025, June 29th, 07:59 CET

Space Coast launches set records with 93 launches in 2024 and up to 156 projected for 2025, driven by SpaceX, ULA, and Blue Origin. SpaceX’s Starlink megaconstellation has surpassed 7,900 satellites in orbit. Two Falcon 9 missions deployed 53 Starlink satellites within 13 hours, marking SpaceX’s 81st launch of 2025 and the 468th booster recovery. Amazon’s Project Kuiper has 54 satellites in orbit toward a planned 3,200-satellite constellation, with AWS data processing integration. Japan’s H-2A rocket completed its 50th and final mission, deploying the greenhouse gas monitoring satellite GOSAT-GW, as the H3 rocket begins to replace H-2A. The Vera C.
29 June 2025
Space News Digest: June 2025 / Updated: 2025, June 29th, 00:31 CET

Space News Digest: June 2025 / Updated: 2025, June 29th, 00:31 CET

Rocket Lab completed two Electron launches within 48 hours at Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand, including the Get the Hawk Outta Here mission that deployed four satellites: three Hawkeye 360 RF geolocation microsatellites and the Kestrel-0A experimental satellite. Amazon expanded Project Kuiper by launching 27 new satellites into low Earth orbit, while SpaceX’s Starlink added 80 satellites in a single week, pushing its active constellation past 7,900. Japan marked the 50th and final H-2A launch by deploying the GOSAT-GW greenhouse gas and water-cycle satellite, part of a fleet that achieved 66 launches (63 successful) over 31 years. South Korea’s
29 June 2025
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Stock Market Today

Big Tech’s $630B AI data-center spending surge is squeezing chips, electricians — and investor patience

Big Tech’s $630B AI data-center spending surge is squeezing chips, electricians — and investor patience

8 February 2026
Amazon shares fell 9% Friday after announcing a $200 billion capital spending plan for 2026. Alphabet and Meta also outlined record capex, raising concerns about free cash flow and forcing potential cuts to buybacks or increased borrowing. Investors punished several tech stocks, including Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, ServiceNow, and Salesforce, while Nvidia rose. The surge in AI infrastructure spending is straining supply chains and power capacity.
New MEXC safety review puts proof-of-reserves and withdrawal locks in the spotlight

New MEXC safety review puts proof-of-reserves and withdrawal locks in the spotlight

8 February 2026
A security review published Sunday highlighted MEXC’s use of withdrawal locks, two-factor authentication, and an account-freeze tool to counter account takeovers. MEXC restricts service in the U.S., Singapore, and other major markets. The company’s guides detail whitelist-based withdrawal controls and anti-phishing codes. Proof-of-reserves reports, often cited by exchanges, may not reveal all risks, according to U.S. audit authorities.
Nu Holdings stock jumps to $17.40 — what to watch next for Nubank shares

Nu Holdings stock jumps to $17.40 — what to watch next for Nubank shares

8 February 2026
Nu Holdings shares closed at $17.40 Friday, up 3.5%, as the Dow topped 50,000 for the first time. The Brazil-based fintech recently received conditional U.S. approval to form a national bank but still needs further regulatory sign-offs. Investors await Nu’s fourth-quarter earnings on Feb. 25.
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