From Foldable Phones to Moon Missions: The Biggest Tech News Roundup (July 29–30, 2025)
Samsung Unveils Thinner Foldables: Samsung launched its latest foldable smartphones – the Galaxy Z Fold7 and Galaxy Z Flip7 – touting them as the thinnest, lightest iterations yet. The premium Galaxy Z Fold7 now starts at $1,999, while a new cheaper Flip7 FE comes in at $899 reuters.com. Both devices sport slimmer profiles to address past bulkiness reuters.com. Analysts say the refinements help Samsung fend off growing competition from Chinese rivals in the niche foldables market reuters.com. The company is even teasing a tri-foldable phone by year’s end reuters.com, signaling Samsung’s aggressive roadmap for foldable consumer electronics innovation. Opera’s Antitrust Complaint: In software news, Norwegian browser-maker Opera escalated its rivalry with Microsoft by filing an antitrust complaint in Brazil. Opera alleges Microsoft gives its Edge browser an unfair edge by pre-installing it as the default on Windows, hindering competition reuters.com reuters.com. “Microsoft thwarts browser competition on Windows at every turn… and then frustrates users’ ability to download and use alternative browsers,” Opera’s general counsel Aaron McParlan said in a statement reuters.com. Microsoft had no immediate comment on the complaint.