Innovation News 31 July 2025

AI’s Big Bang: Billion-Dollar Deals, Breakthroughs & Backlash (Aug 4–5, 2025 AI Roundup)

OpenAI raised $8.3 billion at a $300 billion valuation in a funding round led by Dragoneer with a $2.8 billion check, as SoftBank commits up to $40 billion in total (with $10

5 August 2025

You Won’t Believe What Just Happened in Tech — August 3–4, 2025

Nintendo raised the US price of the original Switch from $299.99 to $339.99, with the Switch OLED up $50 and the Switch Lite up $30 in August 2025 amid tariff pressures. President

4 August 2025

Gadgets · Highlights · Innovation · Tech News · Trends

AI Frenzy: Billion-Dollar Deals, Breakthroughs & Backlash (Aug 3–4, 2025)

On August 2, 2025, the EU AI Act reached a milestone with governance standards, general-purpose AI (GPAI) classification and a sanctions regime coming into force, as Alphabet’s Google signed the EU’s voluntary

4 August 2025

AI · Business · Controversy · Innovation · Tech News

AI Unmasked: How Artificial Intelligence Really Works and Is Changing Our World

OpenAI expects GPT-5 by summer 2025 with transformative improvements in understanding, memory, reasoning, and multimodal capabilities. The ImageNet dataset contains 14 million labeled images hand-tagged by thousands of workers, fueling modern vision

3 August 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Innovation · Machine Learning · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NYSE:JPM · Society · Technology

Quantum Race Heats Up: 10,000+ Qubit Leap, Grid Breakthrough & Big Tech Bets (Aug 1–2, 2025)

Fujitsu unveiled plans to build a superconducting quantum computer with over 10,000 qubits by fiscal 2030 in Japan, including a target of 250 logical qubits by 2030 and 1,000 logical qubits by

2 August 2025

Big Tech · Breakthroughs · Innovation · Quantum Computing · Technology

Inside Madagascar’s Internet Revolution: From Mobile Networks to Starlink Skies

Madagascar is connected to four major submarine cables—EASSy, LION/LION2, METISS, and 2Africa—with the 2Africa landing at Mahajanga in February 2023 and becoming operational in late 2023. Fixed broadband penetration is extremely low,

1 August 2025

Africa · Innovation · Internet · Starlink · Technology

The Great Content Marketing Shake-Up: 10 Trends Defining 2025

By mid-2025, 73% of marketing teams were using generative AI in some capacity. 62% of enterprise marketing teams now have formal generative AI guidelines. 75% of consumers are more likely to purchase

1 August 2025

Content-Marketing · Digital Marketing · Innovation · Strategy · Trends

Quantum Leaps & Bold Moves: Global Quantum Computing Breakthroughs, Big Bets & New Rules (July 31–Aug 1, 2025)

Corporate and Industry Announcements Academic Research Breakthroughs and Publications Government Policy and Regulatory Updates Expert Commentary and Analysis Sources: Official press releases, news articles and expert blogs from July 31 – August

1 August 2025

Global News · Innovation · NASDAQ:IONQ · Quantum Computing · Science · Technology

Space Setbacks, Cyber Hacks & Tech Triumphs: Major Tech News Roundup (July 31 – Aug 1, 2025)

Consumer Electronics & Big Tech Highlights Cybersecurity & Data Breaches Biotechnology & Health Tech Breakthroughs Semiconductor Industry & Hardware Electric Vehicles & Transportation Tech Space Exploration & Aerospace Tech Antitrust & Legal

1 August 2025

Cybersecurity · Innovation · News · Space · Technology

AI’s Wild 48 Hours: Apple Opens Wallet, Musk Bends to EU, Breakthrough AI Models & More (July 31–Aug 1, 2025)

Major Research Breakthroughs in AI Corporate Announcements and AI Initiatives Government Policy and AI Governance Updates Noteworthy AI Applications & Business Impacts In sum, the last two days brought a flood of

1 August 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Business · Innovation · News · Technology

AI Gold Rush Accelerates as Tech Titans Unveil New Tools, Regulators Hit the Brakes (July 30–31, 2025)

OpenAI’s Stargate Norway data center, built in Narvik with Norwegian partner Aker and infrastructure provider Nscale, will deploy 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs by 2026, start at 230 MW with plans to expand to

31 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Innovation · NASDAQ:CYBR · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:NVDA · News · NYSE:PANW · Regulation · Tech Industry

Beyond the Eyepiece: The Next-Gen Microscopes of 2025–2026 Revolutionizing How We See the World

In March 2025 Zeiss introduced Lightfield 4D, integrated into the LSM 910 and 990 laser-scanning confocal microscopes, enabling instant volumetric imaging at up to 80 volume stacks per second and adding the

31 July 2025

Future Tech · Innovation · Microscopes · NYSE:TMO · Science · Technology

Innovation News 31 July 2025 - 5 August 2025