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Innovation News 5 July 2025 - 9 July 2025

Space in July 2025: Budget Battles, Scientific Breakthroughs, and the New Space Race / Updated: 2025, July 9th, 00:00 CET

Space in July 2025: Budget Battles, Scientific Breakthroughs, and the New Space Race / Updated: 2025, July 9th, 00:00 CET

The FY2026 NASA budget proposal would cut overall funding by 24.3%, with science funding slashed by nearly 47%. Congress moved to restore nearly $10 billion for NASA’s human spaceflight programs including Artemis, SLS, Orion, and the Gateway lunar station, while transferring Space Shuttle Discovery to Houston and upgrading the Stennis Space Center. SpaceX accounted for 83% of U.S. launches in 2024 and marked its 500th Falcon 9 launch, while Starlink now operates more than 7,900 active satellites. The TraCSS space traffic coordination system faces an 84% budget cut, with hundreds of companies urging Congress to restore funding. <li NASA's Perseverance
9 July 2025
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Smart City Platforms & Urban Tech Update (June–July 2025)

Smart City Platforms & Urban Tech Update (June–July 2025)

In June 2025 Genoa, Italy was selected to host Project Hafnia, an AI-driven traffic management platform by Milestone Systems in partnership with NVIDIA, using a digital twin of the city via NVIDIA Omniverse to train vision AI models for real-time congestion mitigation. Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority signed a 42-month SaaS contract to deploy Iteris ClearGuide for citywide traffic monitoring, turning complex transportation data into actionable insights like bottleneck detection and congestion alerts. In Mumbai, India, JalVimana launched an initial fleet of 11 Candela P-12 electric hydrofoil ferries to form a new electric water transit network aimed at reducing road
8 July 2025
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The State of AI: Agentic Revolution, Healthcare Breakthroughs & Global Governance / Updated: 2025, July 8th, 12:00 CET

The State of AI: Agentic Revolution, Healthcare Breakthroughs & Global Governance / Updated: 2025, July 8th, 12:00 CET

In the United States, more than 777 FDA-cleared AI devices are in clinical use for medical imaging, slashing scan times and flagging urgent cases. Microsoft’s MAI-DxO AI system achieves up to 85.5% diagnostic accuracy, vastly outperforming doctors at about 20%. Chugai Pharmaceutical and Gero announced a $1B+ collaboration to discover targets for age-related diseases using Gero’s AI platform. Meta Platforms recruited Apple’s Ruoming Pang, head of foundational models, in a multi‑million‑dollar deal, while Meta maintains over $55 billion in cash reserves for AI investments. Ford Chairman Jim Farley warned that AI could eliminate up to half of white-collar jobs, a
8 July 2025
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FoodTech Mid-2025 Report: Alternative Proteins and Cellular Agriculture Breakthroughs

FoodTech Mid-2025 Report: Alternative Proteins and Cellular Agriculture Breakthroughs

In June 2025, Austrian startup Revo Foods partnered with Slovenia’s Juicy Marbles to debut a 3D-printed plant-based fish fillet called “Kinda Cod,” leveraging mycoprotein and high-throughput 3D printing, and it launched direct-to-consumer in the US via Juicy Marbles’ online store with UK and EU rollout planned. In April 2025, Bel Group teamed with Standing Ovation to upcycle acid whey into high-value casein proteins via precision fermentation for more sustainable cheese production. On July 17, 2025, GEA opened a 10,000 m² Food Application & Technology Center in Wisconsin, its second global pilot plant, housing 50–500 liter bioreactors to help startups scale
8 July 2025
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AgriTech and Precision Agriculture Update (June–July 2025)

AgriTech and Precision Agriculture Update (June–July 2025)

Major News Developments in AgriTech (June–July 2025) Innovations and Technology Deployments (AI, Drones, IoT, Robotics) In mid-2025, numerous precision agriculture technologies moved from concept to field deployment. Automation and robotics saw significant strides: major manufacturers and startups alike introduced autonomous farm machinery to tackle labor shortages and improve accuracy. Kubota’s partnership with Agtonomy will outfit Kubota’s popular M5N narrow tractors with automation for tasks like spraying in vineyards and orchards, reducing labor needs and pesticide use Agtechnavigator. Similarly, Monarch Tractor reported growing interest in its driverless electric tractors – “our latest feature, autonomous feed pushing, has seen strong uptake, especially
8 July 2025
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Vertical Farming and CEA Global Developments – June–July 2025 News Roundup

Vertical Farming and CEA Global Developments – June–July 2025 News Roundup

Eeki, the Indian agtech startup, secured $7 million in funding led by Sixth Sense Ventures to expand its IoT-powered aeroponic network across India. The investment supports scaling after Eeki already built 100 acres of climate‑controlled farms in arid Rajasthan and rolling out third-generation growing chambers and R&D. Planet Farms (Italy) is investing £25+ million to construct a 20,000 m² vertical farm in the UK with production planned by 2027, mirroring its Milan flagship of 10,000+ m² that supplies over 25% of Italian retail leafy greens. Plenty Unlimited emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in late May 2025, refocusing on its Los
7 July 2025
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AI Gets a Human Touch: How ‘Humanize AI’ Tools Are Revolutionizing Interaction

AI Gets a Human Touch: How ‘Humanize AI’ Tools Are Revolutionizing Interaction

ChatGPT uses OpenAI’s GPT-4 with multi-turn dialogue and voice input/output, refined through RLHF, and offers a ChatGPT Plus plan at $20 per month. Google Bard runs on PaLM/LaMDA, can generate multiple draft responses and pull web results via Google Search, and is currently free to use in the experiment phase. Soul Machines builds digital-human avatars with AI-driven real-time facial expressions and lip-sync, with enterprise pricing custom and a consumer trial of $5.99 per month. Replika provides an AI companion with a 3D avatar and text/voice interactions, with a Pro subscription approximately $70 per year. Synthesia Studio turns text into videos
7 July 2025
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Blockchain Revolution: How the ‘Trust Machine’ Is Transforming Business by 2025

Blockchain Revolution: How the ‘Trust Machine’ Is Transforming Business by 2025

Blockchain is a distributed, append-only ledger where each transaction is grouped into a block cryptographically linked to the previous one, making the system tamper-resistant. Smart contracts on platforms like Ethereum are self-executing code that enforces agreements when conditions are met, operating with no downtime, censorship, or fraud. Walmart and IBM demonstrated a blockchain-based food-traceability system in which tracing a batch of mangoes took 6 days 18 hours with traditional methods but 2.2 seconds on the blockchain. In 2023, JPMorgan, HSBC, and BlackRock announced deepened involvement in blockchain projects, signaling major financial institutions’ adoption. Forecasts suggest that by 2027 as much
7 July 2025
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Today in Tech: July 7, 2025 / Updated: 2025, July 7th, 12:01 CET

Today in Tech: July 7, 2025 / Updated: 2025, July 7th, 12:01 CET

Tesla shares fell over 7% in pre-market trading after Elon Musk announced the formation of the “America Party,” with CFO Vaibhav Taneja named Treasurer and Custodian of Records for the party. Retail listings and leaks confirm Galaxy Z Flip7 and Z Flip7 FE have 4,174 mAh and 3,887 mAh nominal batteries, while Galaxy Z Fold7 is expected to feature a Snapdragon 8 Elite, 16GB RAM, and a 4,400mAh battery. Galaxy Watch 8 Series leaks reveal Exynos W1000 chip, 2GB RAM, up to 64GB storage across Watch 8, Classic, and Ultra 2, with Ultra housing a titanium case and emergency siren,
7 July 2025
Space News Today: Global Advances, Challenges, and New Frontiers / Updated: 2025, July 7th, 12:00 CET

Space News Today: Global Advances, Challenges, and New Frontiers / Updated: 2025, July 7th, 12:00 CET

Boeing secured a $2.8 billion contract to develop next‑generation nuclear communications satellites for the U.S. military. Spanish operator Hisdesat completed two satellites in orbit and signed for two more in 2025, backed by Indra, targeting €1 billion in space revenue by 2030. SpainSat NG II, developed by Hisdesat and Airbus, is set to launch October 22–29 with NATO as its first client for both military and civil applications. SpaceX’s Starlink now accounts for more than 60% of all active satellites, following launches including Starlink 10-28 from Cape Canaveral and a Vandenberg mission delivering 70 small satellites. SpaceX plans a 40-antenna
7 July 2025
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10 Game-Changing Tech Trends for 2025 Every Industry Must Watch

10 Game-Changing Tech Trends for 2025 Every Industry Must Watch

Agentic AI enables autonomous agents that plan and act on a user’s behalf, with Gartner projecting that at least 15% of day-to-day work decisions will be made autonomously by 2028. AI Governance Platforms provide bias detection, model explainability, usage tracking, and policy enforcement, with Gartner forecasting that by 2028 organizations using them will achieve about 30% higher customer trust and 25% better regulatory compliance scores. Disinformation Security covers deepfake detection, brand protection, and continuous identity verification, with Gartner predicting that by 2028 50% of enterprises will have anti-disinformation technologies in place. Post-Quantum Cryptography uses quantum-resistant algorithms such as CRYSTALS-Kyber and
7 July 2025
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Global IoT Market 2025 Forecast: Inside the $1 Trillion Tech Revolution

Global IoT Market 2025 Forecast: Inside the $1 Trillion Tech Revolution

Global IoT spending in 2025 is projected to approach $1 trillion, up from $805.7 billion in 2023. By 2025, the number of connected IoT devices is expected to reach 27 billion, rising to over 40 billion by 2030. Manufacturing is the leading IoT vertical by spending, with 2023 top use cases including manufacturing operations at $73 billion and production asset management at $68 billion. The IoT in healthcare market was about $72 billion in 2020 and is projected to grow to $446.5 billion by 2028 at a 25.9% CAGR. The automotive IoT market is projected to reach over $190 billion
7 July 2025
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Tech News Deep Dive: July 7, 2025 / Updated: 2025, July 7th, 00:00 CET

Tech News Deep Dive: July 7, 2025 / Updated: 2025, July 7th, 00:00 CET

The Nintendo Switch 2 launched in June 2025 with enhanced hardware and improved performance, though launch titles like Mario Kart World disappointed due to limited multiplayer and innovation. Arkane Studios co-founder Raphael Colantonio called Xbox Game Pass unsustainable and damaging amid massive Microsoft layoffs that included the closure of The Initiative and cancellation of Perfect Dark reboot and Forza Motorsport. Stardew Valley is the highest-rated game on Steam at 98.4% from nearly 900,000 reviews and has sold over 41 million copies. The James Webb Space Telescope captured a direct image of exoplanet 14 Herculis c, about 60 light-years away, using
7 July 2025
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The AI Video Revolution: How Generators Turn Text into Hollywood-Ready Clips

The AI Video Revolution: How Generators Turn Text into Hollywood-Ready Clips

AI video generators use neural networks, including GANs and diffusion models, trained on large datasets to turn text, images, or clips into realistic videos. They storyboard from a text prompt, breaking a script into scenes and automatically assembling visuals and audio with automated edits and transitions. Text-to-video generation is available on platforms like Runway Gen-2 and Pika Labs, which can produce short clips from a written scene description with appropriate imagery and style. AI Avatars and Digital Presenters exist, with Synthesia offering 160+ avatars speaking in 120+ languages and lip-syncing to AI voices. Image and video input for stylization enables
6 July 2025
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The State of AI in 2025: Regulation, Innovation, Risks, and Societal Impact / Updated: 2025, July 6th, 12:00 CET

The State of AI in 2025: Regulation, Innovation, Risks, and Societal Impact / Updated: 2025, July 6th, 12:00 CET

The EU’s AI Act is set to take effect in mid-2026, imposing strict, risk-based regulations and market access requirements. A 10-year moratorium on state-level AI regulation was removed from a major US Congressional bill, underscoring regulatory contention. The US and China are locked in a high-stakes AI race, with the US investing about $700 billion annually and China about $500 billion. Nvidia is approaching a $4 trillion valuation, while Oracle plans to buy 400,000 Nvidia GB200 processors for $40 billion. The UAE aims for AI to contribute 14% to GDP by 2030, with sovereign AI cloud networks and international leadership
6 July 2025
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Google AI Mode Unleashed: Inside the New AI Search Revolution

Google AI Mode Unleashed: Inside the New AI Search Revolution

Google unveiled AI Mode as an experiment in March 2025 and began rolling it out to all U.S. English-speaking users by May 2025 during Google I/O. AI Mode runs on Google’s Gemini AI family, initially using Gemini 2.0 before being upgraded to Gemini 2.5 at I/O 2025. The feature uses a query fan-out technique that breaks complex questions into sub-queries, searches in parallel, and synthesizes a cited answer. AI Mode appears as a dedicated ‘AI Mode’ tab in Google Search and provides AI-generated answers with links and citations. Unlike AI Overviews, AI Mode delivers a full-page narrative answer rather than
6 July 2025
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XR Revolution Unleashed: June–July 2025’s Biggest Extended & Mixed Reality Breakthroughs

XR Revolution Unleashed: June–July 2025’s Biggest Extended & Mixed Reality Breakthroughs

Snap announced the Specs AR glasses at AWE 2025 as a next-generation, lightweight glasses form factor due in 2026, backed by an 11-year, $3 billion investment, with Specs described as an ultra-powerful wearable computer with see-through lenses and major Snap OS updates including OpenAI and Gemini AI integration. At WWDC 2025, Apple unveiled visionOS 26 for the Vision Pro headset, adding 90 Hz hand tracking, a spatial accessory API for tracked controllers, multi-user co-located experiences, enhanced RealityKit/ARKit tools, and on‑device AI branded Apple Intelligence, with Vision Pro shipping by late 2025. On June 20, 2025, Meta and EssilorLuxottica unveiled Oakley
6 July 2025
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The State of Artificial Intelligence in 2025: Transformations, Risks, and the Road Ahead / Updated: 2025, July 6th, 00:00 CET

The State of Artificial Intelligence in 2025: Transformations, Risks, and the Road Ahead / Updated: 2025, July 6th, 00:00 CET

Microsoft laid off thousands of employees in 2025 to redirect $80 billion toward AI development. xAI plans data centers powered by 1,000,000 Nvidia GPUs. Ford CEO Jim Farley warns AI could replace up to half of all white-collar jobs. MASAI reduces radiologist workload by 44% and achieves 96% diagnostic accuracy. Microsoft o3 model solves over 80% of complex medical cases, far surpassing doctors. Nvidia’s valuation surged to $4 trillion due to AI demand. CoreWeave became the first cloud provider to deploy Nvidia’s Blackwell Ultra AI chips, using 72 GPUs and 36 CPUs. AI data centers could account for 3.4% of
6 July 2025
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Tech News Deep Dive: July 2025’s Biggest Stories and Trends / Updated: 2025, July 6th, 00:00 CET

Tech News Deep Dive: July 2025’s Biggest Stories and Trends / Updated: 2025, July 6th, 00:00 CET

Samsung announced global launch of the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7 for July 9, 2025, with IP48 durability, user-replaceable batteries, and the Fold 7 offering a 16GB RAM option and a 4,272mAh battery. Leaks indicate the iPhone 17 Pro Max will include a 5,000mAh battery, enabling about 35 hours of battery life, and feature a slightly thicker body plus design tweaks like a repositioned Apple logo and a modified MagSafe ring, potentially switching from titanium to aluminum. NVIDIA’s RTX 5090 is expected to deliver top-tier performance, but reports warn of a 25%+ rendering and video editing
6 July 2025
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Industrial Robotics & Automation Breakthroughs – June–July 2025

Industrial Robotics & Automation Breakthroughs – June–July 2025

Hexagon unveiled its first industrial humanoid, AEON, a dual-locomotion robot, at the Hexagon LIVE Global event in 2025 to tackle labor shortages in manufacturing and logistics. Wandercraft introduced the Calvin humanoid robot as part of a Renault Group partnership, with Renault taking a minority stake and investing €50 million to co-develop Calvin for Renault factories. Germany’s NEURA Robotics premiered the third-generation 4NE1 cognitive humanoid at Automatica 2025, alongside the market launch of MiPA, a home and care service robot. Foxconn (Hon Hai) and Nvidia announced plans to deploy humanoid robots on the production line of a new AI server plant
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Stock Market Today

Oil stocks jump on Iran risk lift for crude — what to watch before Monday

Oil stocks jump on Iran risk lift for crude — what to watch before Monday

7 February 2026
U.S. oil stocks surged Friday as crude prices rose on renewed Middle East tensions. Exxon Mobil gained 2.0%, ConocoPhillips 2.5%, and Occidental Petroleum 2.7%. Refiners rallied after a national union deal eased strike risk, though BP’s Whiting plant faces a local dispute. Brent settled at $68.05 a barrel, up 0.74%.
Silver price rebound masks fresh stress after CME lifts margins again

Silver price rebound masks fresh stress after CME lifts margins again

7 February 2026
Spot silver surged 8.6% to $77.33 an ounce Friday after dropping below $65, but still lost over 8.7% for the week. CME Group raised margin requirements for COMEX silver futures to 18% from 15%, effective after Feb. 6. China’s UBS SDIC Silver Futures Fund hit its 10% down limit for a fifth session. Traders await key U.S. jobs and inflation data next week.
Gold price near $5,000: China keeps buying as CME margin hikes raise the stakes

Gold price near $5,000: China keeps buying as CME margin hikes raise the stakes

7 February 2026
China’s central bank raised gold reserves for a 15th month in January, reaching 74.19 million ounces worth $369.58 billion. Gold prices swung sharply, hitting a record near $5,600 before dropping to $4,403.24. CME Group hiked COMEX gold futures margins to 9% after recent volatility. U.S. jobs and inflation data are due next week after a delay.
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