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Trump’s Shocking $100,000 H‑1B Visa Fee Plan Sparks Tech Industry Uproar and Talent Exodus Fears

Trump’s Shocking $100,000 H‑1B Visa Fee Plan Sparks Tech Industry Uproar and Talent Exodus Fears

Trump’s $100K H‑1B Visa Fee: What Is Being Proposed? In September 2025, President Trump signed a proclamation overhauling the H‑1B visa program by imposing an unprecedented $100,000 fee for each H‑1B visa bloomberg.com whitehouse.gov. Under the new directive, any employer petitioning for an H‑1B work visa must pay $100,000 per year of the visa’s duration – effectively up to $300,000 for a typical 3-year H-1B term reuters.com. This enormous fee would be on top of existing application costs, which until now were only a few thousand dollars in total reuters.com. According to the proclamation, H-1B petitions will be denied if
20 September 2025
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SpaceX Launches 28 Starlink Satellites at Dawn – Boosts World’s Largest Satellite Fleet Toward Global Internet

SpaceX Launches 28 Starlink Satellites at Dawn – Boosts World’s Largest Satellite Fleet Toward Global Internet

Falcon 9 Dawn Launch Delivers 28 New Starlink Satellites SpaceX notched another predawn launch on Florida’s Space Coast, sending 28 fresh Starlink satellites into orbit as part of its ongoing mission to blanket the globe in internet coverage. The Falcon 9 rocket lit up the early morning sky at approximately 5:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Sept. 18, 2025, lifting off from Cape Canaveral’s SLC-40 pad space.com. The mission – designated Starlink Group 10-61 – marked yet another routine flight for SpaceX but one that continues to build an unprecedented satellite network overhead. According to SpaceX, the launch window opened at
19 September 2025
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The AI Titans of 2025: Inside the Power Index Rankings and Global Race for AI Dominance

The AI Titans of 2025: Inside the Power Index Rankings and Global Race for AI Dominance

About the 2025 AI Power Index – Methodology and Significance Observer’s 2025 A.I. Power Index is a curated ranking of the 100 most influential individuals steering the future of artificial intelligence. According to the Observer, the list spans “CEOs, researchers, policymakers to investors shaping the future of artificial intelligence” observer.com. Unlike lists that focus solely on company metrics or academic citations, the Power Index takes a broad view of “power” in AI, blending technical impact with business and policy influence. Selections were made by the Observer’s editorial team (with input from industry experts and even public nominations via email) to
19 September 2025
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AI Gold Rush or Bubble? Tech’s Trillion-Dollar Question

AI Gold Rush or Bubble? Tech’s Trillion-Dollar Question

Is the AI Boom a Bubble? Comparing Hype vs. Reality in 2025 Introduction: Boom, Bubble, or Both? The rise of generative AI has unleashed a wave of innovation and investor euphoria not seen in decades. Breakthroughs like OpenAI’s ChatGPT (launched late 2022) triggered a stampede of capital and countless startups, as well as ambitious AI initiatives at nearly every major tech company. By 2023–2025, headlines touting AI’s revolutionary potential were everywhere, and any business even tangentially tied to artificial intelligence saw its stock soar. This AI gold rush has drawn comparisons to past tech frenzies – from the dot-com boom
19 September 2025
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Amazon’s Finance Teams Unleash AI for Complex Tasks – Transforming Corporate Finance

Amazon’s Finance Teams Unleash AI for Complex Tasks – Transforming Corporate Finance

In summary, Amazon’s bold embrace of AI in its finance function illustrates a watershed moment for corporate finance at large. Generative AI is rapidly moving from an experimental tool to a core part of how finance teams operate, enabling analysis and decision support at a speed and scale previously unimaginable. While early automation mostly took the drudgery out of accounting, today’s AI is tackling judgment-intensive tasks like interpreting complex regulations, explaining business drivers, and even drafting strategy documents. This has the potential to elevate the role of finance – shifting professionals toward more strategic, analytical work – but it also
18 September 2025
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Swiss Space Industry Soars: Inside Switzerland’s Satellite & NewSpace Revolution

Swiss Space Industry Soars: Inside Switzerland’s Satellite & NewSpace Revolution

Introduction Switzerland may be known for its precision watches and banks, but it’s also quietly becoming a powerhouse in the space and satellite industry. With a dynamic ecosystem that blends academic excellence, deep-tech entrepreneurship, and strong public support, the Alpine nation is making its mark beyond Earth’s atmosphere. Renato Krpoun, head of the Swiss Space Office, attributes this success to Switzerland’s unique environment: “Switzerland’s stable political environment, neutrality and high standard of living are fundamental pillars for the success of the Swiss space ecosystem.” globalairspaceradar.com. In recent years, the Swiss space sector has seen record investments, pioneering start-ups, and major
18 September 2025
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From VAR to VR: How High-Tech is Revolutionizing the 2025 Champions League

From VAR to VR: How High-Tech is Revolutionizing the 2025 Champions League

Officiating Tech: VAR, Offside AI and More When it comes to refereeing, the Champions League is more high-tech than ever. VAR (Video Assistant Referee) was first introduced to the competition in 2019 and has since become a fixture of every match uefa.com. VAR focuses only on game-changing situations (goals, penalties, direct reds, mistaken identity) and steps in for “clear and obvious” errors refrsports.com. Over the years, UEFA has worked to make VAR quicker and less disruptive – a response to early criticisms that reviews took too long and broke the flow of the game. UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin himself urged
17 September 2025
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Spotify vs Apple Music vs YouTube Music – The 2025 Streaming Showdown (Pricing, Quality, AI & More)

YouTube Music’s Exclusive Fan Perks vs Spotify, Apple & More – A New Era of Superfan Rewards?

YouTube Music’s New Tools to Reward Superfans YouTube Music just announced a trio of new features aimed at bringing artists and fans closer together. Unveiled at YouTube’s “Made On” event in mid-September 2025, these tools mark a significant push to deepen artist-fan connections on the platform techcrunch.com. Here’s what’s new on YouTube Music: These features follow on the heels of YouTube Music’s 10th anniversary updates in August 2025, which added more social and interactive elements. The service introduced collaborative “Taste Match” playlists (combining friends’ music tastes, similar to Spotify’s Blend), badges for listeners (like “First to Watch” or “Top Listener”),
17 September 2025
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GPT‑5 Has Arrived: OpenAI’s Next‑Gen AI Stuns With Upgrades in Coding, Reasoning, and Safety

AI Titans at War: Inside OpenAI, Google, Meta and the Race to Build AGI

The New AI Arms Race: An Introduction A fierce global competition is underway to build the next generation of artificial intelligence – not just specialized tools, but general AI that could transform society at large. In 2023, the stunning success of OpenAI’s ChatGPT triggered an “AI arms race” among tech giants. By 2025, that race has only accelerated. Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Meta, and OpenAI (often backed by each other or investors) are collectively on track to spend hundreds of billions of dollars this year on AI research and infrastructure startupnews.fyi. Their goal? To outdo each other in creating more powerful,
16 September 2025
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Claude AI Revolution: An Up-to-Date 2025 Guide to Anthropic’s ChatGPT Rival

Claude 4 Storms into VS Code: Anthropic’s AI Challenges GitHub Copilot

Anthropic Claude 4: What It Is and How It Works in VS Code Claude 4 is the latest large language model (LLM) from Anthropic, designed with especially strong coding abilities. In particular, “Claude 4” comes in two modes: Claude Opus 4 (a max-power mode) and Claude Sonnet 4 (an optimized mode for faster responses), both introduced in mid-2025 anthropic.com anthropic.com. Anthropic touts Claude 4 as extremely capable at programming tasks – it topped key coding benchmarks (72% on a software engineering test suite) and can handle very lengthy code contexts without losing track anthropic.com. Claude’s design emphasizes following instructions closely
16 September 2025
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Space Races, Chip Wars & Cyber Shocks: Global Tech Roundup (Sept 15–16, 2025)

Space Races, Chip Wars & Cyber Shocks: Global Tech Roundup (Sept 15–16, 2025)

Key Facts Consumer Electronics: Big Bets and New Launches Meta’s $800 Smart Glasses: Meta Platforms is doubling down on augmented reality hardware. At its upcoming Connect event, CEO Mark Zuckerberg will debut Meta’s first consumer smart glasses with an integrated display reuters.com. Codenamed “Hypernova” (to be marketed as Celeste), the high-tech specs feature a mini display in the right lens for basic notifications reuters.com. Analysts expect a steep ~$800 price tag, reflecting Meta’s push to stay relevant in AR even as it lags rivals in AI software reuters.com. The glasses underscore Meta’s strategy to fuse AI and AR – offering
16 September 2025
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