Global Trends News 2 June 2025

The State of Artificial Intelligence in 2025: Opportunities, Challenges, and Global Shifts / Updated: 2025, July 5th, 12:00 CET

Ford CEO Jim Farley warned that AI will concretely replace half of US white-collar workers. The IMF estimates up to 60% of jobs in advanced economies may be directly affected by AI. Jiahui Yu, co-creator of GPT-4.1 and GPT-4o, moved

5 July 2025

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

BYD field-tested solid-state EV batteries with nearly 400 Wh/kg energy density, enabling about 1,500 km ranges on a 12-minute (80%) charge, with prototypes in real cars and aims for industrial scale by 2030. Nissan plans its first solid-state EV in

4 July 2025

Battery Technology · Energy storage · Global Trends · Innovation · NYSE:ARMCO · NYSE:STLA · Sustainability

AI in July 2025: Disruption, Opportunity, and Uncertainty Across the Globe / Updated: 2025, July 4th, 00:00 CET

Microsoft laid off about 4% of its workforce in July 2025, citing AI as a direct replacement for roles, notably in Xbox. More than 110 major European companies, including ASML, Airbus, Siemens, SAP, and Mistral AI, signed open letters urging

4 July 2025

2025 Insights · Artificial Intelligence · Disruption · Global Trends · Technology

Global AI Powerhouses Clash: China’s AI Revolution Challenges U.S. Tech Dominance

DeepSeek and Alibaba’s Tongyi Qianwen now rival top U.S. models in capability, and DeepSeek costs about $0.55 per million tokens versus roughly $15 for OpenAI. OpenAI’s ChatGPT has more than 910 million downloads, while DeepSeek has about 125 million. HSBC

3 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence · China Tech · Global Trends · Innovation · NASDAQ:AMZN · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:MSFT · NASDAQ:NVDA · NYSE:BABA · US Tech

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

In 2025, Chinese AI models like DeepSeek and Alibaba’s language models gained global traction, with DeepSeek reportedly priced at 1/17th the cost of leading US models and adopted by HSBC, Standard Chartered, and Saudi Aramco. US tech giants increased AI

3 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Disruption · Global Trends · NASDAQ:ASML · NASDAQ:META · NASDAQ:MSFT · NASDAQ:NVDA · NASDAQ:ORCL · NYSE:BABA · NYSE:F · NYSE:HSBC · NYSE:SAP · Technology · World Order

Global FinTech Developments – June–July 2025

Revolut will integrate the European Payments Initiative’s Wero wallet into the Revolut app for customers in France, Belgium and Germany, a system launched in 2024 that already has over 40 million users and aims to add e-commerce payments by late

2 July 2025

Finance · Fintech · Global Trends · Innovation · NASDAQ:DLO · NYSE:DB · NYSE:MA · NYSE:V · NYSE:WU · Technology

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

30 June 2025

Clean Tech · Global Trends · NYSE:ENLAY · Policy · Renewable Energy · Sustainability

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

29 June 2025

2025 Updates · Artificial Intelligence · Breakthroughs · Global Trends · Technology

100 Quantum Computing Companies Shaping the Global Quantum Revolution (2025)

Google Quantum AI achieved quantum supremacy in 2019 with the 54-qubit Sycamore processor performing a random circuit sampling task in 200 seconds. IBM Quantum progressed from the 127-qubit Eagle milestone in 2021 to 433-qubit Osprey in 2022, with a plan

21 June 2025

Global Trends · Innovation · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:IONQ · NYSE:IBM · Quantum Computing · Quantum Revolution · Tech Companies

Global Art Market Report 2024–2025

In 2024, global art and antiques sales reached $57.5 billion, down 12% year-on-year, while transaction volume rose 3% to about 40.5 million transactions and roughly 85% of dealer sales were for works under $50,000. Two leading houses Sotheby’s and Christie’s

21 June 2025

2024-2025 Reports · Art Investment · Art Market · Global Trends · Market Analysis · NYSE:BID

Rocketing into the New Space Race: Inside the Global Boom of Private Spaceflight and Payload Companies

In 2023, the global space economy reached $570 billion, with private/commercial ventures accounting for about 78%. In 2023 there were 221 orbital launches (the most on record), more than 2,500 satellites launched, and experts project up to 100,000 satellites in

16 June 2025

Global Trends · NYSE:SPCE · Payload Companies · Private Spaceflight · Space Industry · Space Race

Global Drone Market Outlook (2025–2030)

In 2024, the total global drone market was about $73 billion, with forecasts to reach roughly $163–165 billion by 2030 at around a 14% CAGR. Some analyses forecast growth from about $30 billion in 2022 to $260.5 billion by 2030,

2 June 2025

Drones · Global Trends · Market Analysis · NASDAQ:ESLT · NYSE:NOC · Reports · Technology

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