Deloitte forecasts global data center electricity use will nearly double from about 536 TWh in 2025 to over 1,000 TWh by 2030. S&P Global projects U.S. data center power demand rising about 12% annually through 2030, with roughly 60% of new demand potentially met by natural gas. Germany passed the Energy Efficiency Act (EnEFG) requiring…
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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…
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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…
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In June 2025, GitLab released version 18 with AI-native features called GitLab Duo, adding AI-assisted code suggestions, test generation, chat-based help, a Maven virtual registry, modular CI/CD pipelines, and built-in security templates (SOC 2 and ISO 27001). In mid-2025, Atlassian unveiled AI agents named “Rovo” for Jira and Bitbucket to auto-generate tests and code, review…
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SpaceX achieved its 500th Falcon 9 mission in early July 2025, with an overnight Starlink launch featuring a booster on its 29th reuse. By July 2, 2025, SpaceX had conducted 83 Falcon 9 missions in 2025, including 61 Starlink deployments. In June 2025, the United States saw 21 commercial launches across four providers, with SpaceX…
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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…
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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 2028 as part of a broader industry push including Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, CATL, and Stellantis. Kalmar…
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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 and Standard Chartered began testing DeepSeek, Saudi Aramco deployed it in its main data center,…
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The EU’s AI Act, agreed in late 2023, is being rolled out in phases with August 2, 2025 as the deadline for major obligations on providers of advanced general-purpose AI models. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson urged the EU to pause the AI Act’s implementation at the European Council meeting in late June 2025. European…
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Japan’s H-2A completed its 50th and final launch on June 28, 2025, carrying the GOSAT-GW climate-monitoring satellite, after a 49-for-50 success rate (98%). Over its service, H-2A lofted payloads including SELENE (Kaguya), Akatsuki, Hayabusa 2, and the Emirates Mars Mission. H3, Japan’s next-generation launcher, is designed to be more cost-effective and flexible, standing about 57–63…
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