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Future Tech 17 June 2025 - 29 July 2025

Beyond ChatGPT: The Next Wave of AI Can See, Hear, and Create Worlds

Beyond ChatGPT: The Next Wave of AI Can See, Hear, and Create Worlds

OpenAI launched GPT-4o in May 2024, offering GPT-4-level multimodal performance at half the cost and increased speed. Google DeepMind’s Gemini and Genie 2, Meta’s AudioCraft and MovieGen, and OpenAI’s Sora and Runway Gen-2 have expanded AI capabilities to video, audio, and 3D environments. Apple’s Vision Pro debuted in 2024 with real-time spatial computing. Training relies on massive multimodal datasets and supercomputing partnerships.
29 July 2025
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AI Assistant Showdown: ChatGPT vs Siri vs Alexa – Inside the 2025 Personal AI Revolution

AI Assistant Showdown: ChatGPT vs Siri vs Alexa – Inside the 2025 Personal AI Revolution

ChatGPT, based on GPT-4, launched in late 2022 and reached 100 million users by January 2023. Meta AI, launched in 2023, surpassed 400 million monthly users by September 2024. Google introduced Gemini in 2024, with deeper Android integration and app interfacing by July 2025. Amazon announced Alexa+ in February 2025, but early adoption remained limited.
27 July 2025
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OpenAI’s Meteoric Rise: Breakthroughs, Billions, and Backlash in 2025

OpenAI’s GPT‑5 Could Drop as Soon as August—Here’s What It Means for the Future of AI

Reuters reports GPT-5 could launch as early as August, combining multiple systems instead of a single model. The Verge says mini and nano versions will debut alongside the main release. Early testers describe GPT-5 as multimodal and agentic, with persistent memory and a million-token context window. The timeline may slip due to red-team testing or GPU shortages.
24 July 2025
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Quantum Tech Leap: Breakthroughs, Billion‑Dollar Bets & Bold Moves (July 23–24, 2025)

Quantum Tech Leap: Breakthroughs, Billion‑Dollar Bets & Bold Moves (July 23–24, 2025)

PsiQuantum began building a $1 billion quantum supercomputer facility in Chicago, targeting a million qubits by 2028. Governor J.B. Pritzker announced Infleqtion will base its global quantum computing division at Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park, backed by $50 million in state funds. Amazon and IBM launched new superconducting quantum processors. Congress held hearings urging faster adoption of post-quantum encryption.
24 July 2025
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Beyond Smartphones: AR Glasses, Brain Chips & the Race to Replace Your Phone

Beyond Smartphones: AR Glasses, Brain Chips & the Race to Replace Your Phone

Global smartphone shipments fell to 1.17 billion in 2023 as replacement cycles stretched past three years. Apple launched the $3,499 Vision Pro headset in 2024, but sales lagged. Meta spent over $10 billion on AR glasses development, while Neuralink and Paradromics made first human brain-computer interface implants in 2024–2025. IDC expects AR glasses shipments to top 5 million by 2027.
22 July 2025
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2025 Wireless Audio Showdown: Hottest New Earbuds & Headphones (and 2026’s Next Big Things)

2025 Wireless Audio Showdown: Hottest New Earbuds & Headphones (and 2026’s Next Big Things)

Sony launched the WH-1000XM6 headphones in mid-2024 at $449, featuring 12-mic adaptive ANC and 30-hour battery life. JBL’s Tour One M3 debuted in April 2025 for $399 with 70-hour battery and head-tracking. Apple’s AirPods Max remain at $549, while Sennheiser’s Momentum 4 Wireless offers 60 hours of ANC playback for $349. Samsung, Beats, and Google also updated their wireless earbud lines.
19 July 2025
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Unfolding the 2025 Foldable Phone Revolution – Top Models, Latest News & Future Trends

Unfolding the 2025 Foldable Phone Revolution – Top Models, Latest News & Future Trends

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Z Fold7 in July 2025 with an 8.0-inch display, 10% lighter body, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 3, and $1,999 starting price. Huawei’s Mate X5, China-only, offers a 7.85-inch OLED and Kirin 9000S 5G for about $950. Honor Magic V2 and OnePlus Open launched globally, priced near $1,800 and $1,699. Motorola expanded its Razr lineup in 2025, with models from $699 to $1,299.
11 July 2025
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This Week in Space: Reusable Rockets, Interstellar Visitors, and the Future of Earth Observation / Updated: 2025, July 6th, 23:59 CET

This Week in Space: Reusable Rockets, Interstellar Visitors, and the Future of Earth Observation / Updated: 2025, July 6th, 23:59 CET

Themis, Europe’s first full-scale reusable rocket stage demonstrator, arrived at Esrange Space Center in Sweden for hop-tests in late 2025. MethaneSAT, launched in March to map methane emissions, suffered a power failure and is likely lost. The James Webb Space Telescope produced the most detailed dark matter map of the Bullet Cluster. Congress approved a $10 billion boost for NASA’s Artemis lunar program.
7 July 2025
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Major Tech Developments in June 2025 and H2 2025 Outlook

Major Tech Developments in June 2025 and H2 2025 Outlook

Apple opened its on-device AI large language model to third-party developers at WWDC 2025. Nvidia reported Q1 fiscal 2026 revenue of $44.1 billion, up 69% year over year, and began full-scale Blackwell NVL72 chip production. Tesla deployed its first driverless robotaxi in Austin, Texas in June. OpenAI hit a $10 billion annual revenue run-rate and started using Google TPUs alongside Azure.
28 June 2025
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Jam-Proof & Unstoppable: How Fiber-Optic Drones Are Rewiring the Future of UAVs

Jam-Proof & Unstoppable: How Fiber-Optic Drones Are Rewiring the Future of UAVs

Russia used fiber-tethered kamikaze FPV drones in Ukraine in spring 2024, reaching 20–30 km ranges with jam-proof 1 Gbps links. By late 2024, Ukraine’s 3DTech Khyzhak REBOFF and Russia’s Ushkuynik Knyaz Vandal were among the first operational models. Ukraine allocated Brave1 funding to fiber drones in early 2025. The global tethered-drone market was $300 million in 2024, projected to exceed $460 million by 2033.
17 June 2025
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