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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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Smart Grid and Energy Management Systems – Latest Developments (June–July 2025)

Smart Grid and Energy Management Systems – Latest Developments (June–July 2025)

Honeywell and Verizon integrated 5G into smart meters, reaching data speeds up to 10 Gbps for near real-time consumption data. Eaton introduced HiZ Protect, an AI wildfire prevention system detecting power line faults with 95% accuracy in under 0.5 seconds. The U.S. DOE announced $7.6 billion for 105 grid projects nationwide. Iberdrola set a record €150 billion investment plan for 2024–2030.
4 July 2025
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Global Battery Tech and Energy Storage Developments (June–July 2025)

Global Battery Tech and Energy Storage Developments (June–July 2025)

BYD is field-testing solid-state EV batteries with nearly 400 Wh/kg energy density, enabling about 1,500 km range on a 12-minute charge, and targets industrial scale by 2030. Global EV sales through May 2025 reached 7.2 million units, with China accounting for 4.4 million. Nissan plans its first solid-state EV in 2028. The UK’s AESC Sunderland gigafactory secured £1 billion to supply batteries for up to 100,000 EVs annually.
4 July 2025
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Industrial IoT News & Trends Roundup – June–July 2025

Industrial IoT News & Trends Roundup – June–July 2025

Zoox opened a 220,000 sq ft robotaxi plant in California, aiming to assemble 10,000 autonomous vehicles annually with a Las Vegas launch set for 2025. Samsara introduced a rugged safety wearable on June 24, 2025, with real-time accident detection and cloud alerts. Nordic Semiconductor acquired Memfault for $120 million to offer integrated IoT lifecycle management. KORE Wireless completed its takeover of Ericsson’s IoT Accelerator, adding 15,000 enterprise customers.
4 July 2025
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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Internet Access in the Netherlands: 2025 Status and Outlook

Internet Access in the Netherlands: 2025 Status and Outlook

By early 2025, fiber broadband reaches 7–8 million of 9.3 million Dutch households, with 3.2 million active fiber lines by end-2024. KPN phases out DSL as copper is replaced by fiber. Ziggo covers about 90% of homes with DOCSIS 3.1 and plans DOCSIS 4.0 by mid-decade. Odido’s fiber footprint hits 8.1 million addresses in 2025, the widest in the country.
3 July 2025
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Drone Laws in Paris

Drone Laws in Paris

Paris is covered by a permanent LF-P 23 no-fly zone up to 6,500 feet within the périphérique. Drone flights require written authorization from the Paris Police Prefecture, with applications due at least 10 working days in advance from April 2025. Violations can result in up to one year in prison and fines up to €75,000. Enforcement includes CCTV, anti-drone units, and police intervention during major events.
3 July 2025
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Tech News Deep Dive: July 2025’s Biggest Stories in Devices, AI, Cloud, Gaming, and Space / Updated: 2025, July 3rd, 12:01 CET

Tech News Deep Dive: July 2025’s Biggest Stories in Devices, AI, Cloud, Gaming, and Space / Updated: 2025, July 3rd, 12:01 CET

Oracle signed a $30 billion annual cloud deal to lease 4.5GW of computing power to OpenAI for the Stargate data center, aiming to double cloud sales by 2028. Nothing Phone (3) launched with a transparent chassis and Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, starting at $799. Nintendo Switch 2 reportedly faces overheating issues with demanding games. Interstellar object A11pl3Z will pass near Mars in October 2025, posing no threat to Earth.
3 July 2025
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The Global AI Surge: Disruption, Opportunity, and the New World Order / Updated: 2025, July 3rd, 12:00 CET

The Global AI Surge: Disruption, Opportunity, and the New World Order / Updated: 2025, July 3rd, 12:00 CET

Chinese AI model DeepSeek, priced at 1/17th the cost of top US rivals, was adopted by HSBC, Standard Chartered, and Saudi Aramco in 2025. Microsoft pledged $80 billion and Meta $68 billion for AI infrastructure. OpenAI agreed to lease 4.5 GW of power from Oracle for the $500 billion Stargate project. Nevada passed a law requiring disclosure of AI-generated political ads, effective January 2026.
3 July 2025
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Stock Market Today

  • Corcept Therapeutics (CORT) Shares Show Volatility, Discounted Cash Flow Model Suggests Undervaluation
    April 3, 2026, 3:08 PM EDT. Corcept Therapeutics (CORT) shares have been volatile, with a 10.3% gain over the last week and a 20.4% rise over 30 days. Despite a 46.5% drop in the past year, the stock is up 11.2% year to date and has returned over 85% across 3 and 5 years. A Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model estimates an intrinsic value of $332.45 per share, compared to the recent price near $42.49, indicating the stock may be undervalued by 87.2%. This DCF model discounts future free cash flows to present value, factoring analyst estimates through 2030. Corcept scores 2 out of 6 on Simply Wall St's valuation checks, reflecting mixed signals amid recent optimism and underlying business reassessment.
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