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NASDAQ:GOOG 14 July 2025 - 8 August 2025

AI Just Changed Forever – Here’s Everything That Happened in the Last 48 Hours

AI Just Changed Forever – Here’s Everything That Happened in the Last 48 Hours

OpenAI launched GPT-5 on August 7, making the new AI model available to all 700 million ChatGPT users. The release follows $400 billion in AI data center investments by major tech firms this year. OpenAI is reportedly seeking a $500 billion valuation in a secondary share sale. Google, meanwhile, announced a $1 billion initiative to provide AI tools and training to over 100 U.S. universities and nonprofits.
8 August 2025
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NVIDIA Blackwell B200 vs AMD MI350 vs Google TPU v6e – 2025’s Ultimate AI Accelerator Showdown

NVIDIA Blackwell B200 vs AMD MI350 vs Google TPU v6e – 2025’s Ultimate AI Accelerator Showdown

NVIDIA’s Blackwell B200 GPU offers 180 GB HBM3e and up to 18 PFLOPS FP4, with DGX B200 systems priced around $515,000 and delivering up to 15× inference gains over DGX H100. AMD’s MI350X features 288 GB HBM3e, up to 10 PFLOPS FP4/FP6, and ships in 2025 at about $25,000 per GPU. Google’s TPU v6e, available on Google Cloud, delivers 918 TFLOPS BF16 per chip and scales to 256-chip pods.
5 August 2025
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Foldable Phone Face-Off: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 vs Google Pixel Fold 2 vs OnePlus Open 2

Foldable Phone Face-Off: Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 vs Google Pixel Fold 2 vs OnePlus Open 2

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 7 debuts at $1,999 with a 200 MP main camera, Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, 8.9 mm folded thickness, and 215 g weight. Google’s Pixel Fold 2, priced from $1,799, features a 48 MP main camera, Tensor G4, 16 GB RAM, and weighs 257 g. OnePlus Open 2 was canceled for 2025; the original Open (2023) launched at $1,699 with a Hasselblad triple camera and 239 g weight.
4 August 2025
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AI Revolution in Overdrive – Tech Titans’ Launches, Mega-Deals, New Rules & Warnings (Aug 2–3, 2025)

AI Revolution in Overdrive – Tech Titans’ Launches, Mega-Deals, New Rules & Warnings (Aug 2–3, 2025)

Google DeepMind released Gemini 2.5 “Deep Think” on August 1, offering advanced reasoning via parallel AI agents to users of its $250/month AI Ultra plan. An advanced version of Deep Think solved five of six problems at the International Math Olympiad, a first for AI. OpenAI is preparing to launch GPT-5 this month, featuring multiple specialized sub-models. Amazon introduced AgentCore, a toolkit for managing AI agents on AWS.
3 August 2025
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AI Stock Frenzy: Tech Titans Shatter Records Amid Earnings Blowouts and Bold Moves (July 30–31, 2025)

AI Stock Frenzy: Tech Titans Shatter Records Amid Earnings Blowouts and Bold Moves (July 30–31, 2025)

The S&P 500 rose 0.7% and the Nasdaq gained 1.2% on July 31, 2025, hitting record highs after strong Big Tech earnings. Microsoft’s stock jumped 5%, lifting its market cap above $4 trillion, while Meta surged 12.2% to an all-time high. Tesla signed a $16.5 billion chip deal with Samsung, and OpenAI announced its first European data center in Norway. Alphabet, Meta, and Microsoft raised 2025 capital spending targets for AI.
31 July 2025
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Inside the NSFW AI Revolution: How AI-Generated Porn Is Changing the Game and Courting Controversy

Inside the NSFW AI Revolution: How AI-Generated Porn Is Changing the Game and Courting Controversy

The U.S. enacted the Take It Down Act in May 2025, criminalizing nonconsensual AI-generated intimate imagery and mandating swift removal by platforms. Mr. Deepfakes, a major deepfake porn site, shut down after losing key support. France, the UK, Denmark, and South Korea passed laws targeting AI-generated sexual content. Sensity reported 95–96% of online deepfakes are nonconsensual sexual images.
30 July 2025
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Beyond ChatGPT: The Next Wave of AI Can See, Hear, and Create Worlds

Beyond ChatGPT: The Next Wave of AI Can See, Hear, and Create Worlds

OpenAI launched GPT-4o in May 2024, offering GPT-4-level multimodal performance at half the cost and increased speed. Google DeepMind’s Gemini and Genie 2, Meta’s AudioCraft and MovieGen, and OpenAI’s Sora and Runway Gen-2 have expanded AI capabilities to video, audio, and 3D environments. Apple’s Vision Pro debuted in 2024 with real-time spatial computing. Training relies on massive multimodal datasets and supercomputing partnerships.
29 July 2025
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NSFW AI Companions Unfiltered: Janitor AI, Character.AI, and the Chatbot Revolution

NSFW AI Companions Unfiltered: Janitor AI, Character.AI, and the Chatbot Revolution

OpenAI issued a cease-and-desist to Janitor AI in July 2023 over sexual content, prompting the platform to switch from GPT-3.5/4 to its own JanitorLLM. Janitor AI reached over 1 million users in its first week after launching in June 2023 and had about 3 million by September. Monetization plans were delayed in 2025; the service remains free and funded by founder Jan Zoltkowski.
28 July 2025
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AI Assistant Showdown: ChatGPT vs Siri vs Alexa – Inside the 2025 Personal AI Revolution

AI Assistant Showdown: ChatGPT vs Siri vs Alexa – Inside the 2025 Personal AI Revolution

ChatGPT, based on GPT-4, launched in late 2022 and reached 100 million users by January 2023. Meta AI, launched in 2023, surpassed 400 million monthly users by September 2024. Google introduced Gemini in 2024, with deeper Android integration and app interfacing by July 2025. Amazon announced Alexa+ in February 2025, but early adoption remained limited.
27 July 2025
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The 2025 Google Cloud AI Revolution: New Services, Strengths, and Surprising Developments

The 2025 Google Cloud AI Revolution: New Services, Strengths, and Surprising Developments

Google announced Gemini 2.5 "Flash," a smaller, cost-efficient AI model, and unveiled Vertex AI Agents and an AI Agent Marketplace at Next ’25. Over 4 million developers use Gemini models on Vertex AI, with usage up 20× in a year. Cloud TPU v5e delivers up to 2.5× better inference per dollar, and "Ironwood" TPUs are coming. Google Cloud partners with Hugging Face, Anthropic, SAP, Mayo Clinic, Deloitte, and Accenture.
27 July 2025
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Google AI Studio Unleashed: Inside Google’s Gemini-Powered AI Playground Taking on ChatGPT

Google AI Studio Unleashed: Inside Google’s Gemini-Powered AI Playground Taking on ChatGPT

Google AI Studio gave developers browser-based access to Gemini multimodal models, including Gemini 1.5 and 2.5 Pro, with context windows up to 2 million tokens by mid-2025. In May 2025, Google added a Build tab for instant web app deployment from natural-language prompts. The platform supports text, image, and audio inputs, with plans for multimodal outputs. Use is free in-browser, with paid options and deployment to Vertex AI or Cloud Run.
21 July 2025
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Google Glass: From Futuristic Hype to Privacy Nightmare to Enterprise Hero (2025 Update)

Google Glass: From Futuristic Hype to Privacy Nightmare to Enterprise Hero (2025 Update)

Google announced Google Glass in April 2012 and began Explorer Edition shipments in April 2013 at $1,500. Time named it Invention of the Year in 2012, but privacy concerns and bans followed. Google halted consumer sales in January 2015, shifted to enterprise use, and released Glass Enterprise Edition 2 in 2019. Sales and support ended in 2023, with the project canceled the same year.
20 July 2025
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Pixel 10 vs. iPhone 17 – 2025 Flagship Showdown Leaks Reveal Shocking Upgrades

Pixel 10 vs. iPhone 17 – 2025 Flagship Showdown Leaks Reveal Shocking Upgrades

Google’s Pixel 10 launches August 20, 2025, with a Tensor G5 chip, triple-camera system led by a 50 MP GN8 sensor, and starts at $799 in the US. iPhone 17 Pro models use Apple’s A19 Bionic chip, 48 MP telephoto, and 12 GB RAM, with the Pro Max offering up to 5× zoom. Pixel 10 Pro and Pro XL feature 16 GB RAM and up to 1 TB storage. iPhone 17 models move to 120 Hz LTPO displays up to 6.9 inches.
20 July 2025
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AI Upheaval: 48 Hours of Breakthroughs, Big Tech Bets & Backlash (July 18–19, 2025)

AI Upheaval: 48 Hours of Breakthroughs, Big Tech Bets & Backlash (July 18–19, 2025)

OpenAI launched ChatGPT Agent on July 18–19, 2025, enabling the chatbot to act for users via a virtual browser and plugins. AWS introduced AgentCore and a $100 million fund for AI startups at its NY Summit. Meta formed Superintelligence Labs, recruiting key talent from Apple and Scale AI. The European Commission issued new AI risk guidelines, setting fines up to €35 million or 7% of global revenue.
19 July 2025
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AlphaEvolve: DeepMind’s Gemini-Powered AI That Invents Algorithms and Breaks a 56-Year Record

AlphaEvolve: DeepMind’s Gemini-Powered AI That Invents Algorithms and Breaks a 56-Year Record

Google DeepMind’s AlphaEvolve AI agent autonomously designed a 4x4 matrix multiplication method using 48 multiplications, surpassing Strassen’s 1969 record. It created a data-center scheduling algorithm that reclaimed 0.7% of Google’s global compute capacity and rewrote TPU hardware code. AlphaEvolve also improved Gemini’s training speed and advanced solutions to open mathematical problems. The system remains a research prototype.
17 July 2025
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Google’s Gemini AI: The Multimodal Supermodel Aiming to Outshine GPT-4 and Beyond

Google’s Gemini AI: The Multimodal Supermodel Aiming to Outshine GPT-4 and Beyond

Gemini Ultra scored 90.0% on the MMLU test, surpassing GPT-4 and leading 30 of 32 benchmarks. Google released Gemini 1.0 in December 2023, followed by Gemini 1.5 Pro with a million-token context window in May 2024. Gemini 2.0, announced December 2024, added Thinking Mode and external tool use. As of June 2025, Gemini 2.5 variants power Google Search and Workspace, with enterprise pricing at $30 per user monthly.
16 July 2025
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Inside YouTube’s 2025 Empire: Ads, Algorithms, and the Fight for Video Dominance

Inside YouTube’s 2025 Empire: Ads, Algorithms, and the Fight for Video Dominance

YouTube’s ad sales reached $10.5 billion in Q4 2024, up from $9.2 billion a year earlier, driven by U.S. midterm election spending. The platform surpassed 125 million paying subscribers for Premium and Music, with $14.5 billion in subscription revenue in 2024. Shorts generated over 70 billion daily views by 2023. In Q1 2025, YouTube held 50.3% of global live streaming watch time.
16 July 2025
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Google Pixel Watch 4: Big Battery Boost, New Features & All the Latest Rumors

Google Pixel Watch 4: Big Battery Boost, New Features & All the Latest Rumors

Google’s Pixel Watch 4 is expected to launch with the same Snapdragon W5 Gen1 chip, larger batteries—327 mAh for 41mm and 459 mAh for 45mm—and a thicker 14.3 mm case. Wireless charging replaces pogo pins, and two new left-side buttons or cutouts appear. The watch will run Wear OS 6, debut a moonstone gray case, and is set for announcement in August 2025 with a base price near $349.
15 July 2025
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Galaxy S25 Ultra vs iPhone 16 Pro Max vs Pixel 9 Pro vs OnePlus 13 – The Ultimate 2025 Flagship Showdown

Galaxy S25 Ultra vs iPhone 16 Pro Max vs Pixel 9 Pro vs OnePlus 13 – The Ultimate 2025 Flagship Showdown

The Galaxy S25 Ultra posts a Geekbench 6 multi-core score of 9,829 with its Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, outpacing the iPhone 16 Pro Max’s 8,391. The S25 Ultra features a 6.9-inch AMOLED display, 200MP main camera, and 17-hour battery life, priced at $1,299. The OnePlus 13 offers a 6,000 mAh battery, 80W charging, and an A++ DisplayMate-rated screen for $899. The Pixel 9 Pro XL and iPhone 16 Pro Max start at $1,099 and $1,199, respectively.
15 July 2025
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Google Gemini AI: July 2025 Updates and Developments

Google Gemini AI: July 2025 Updates and Developments

Google confirmed in July 2025 it will merge ChromeOS and Android into a single platform, making Android the base for Gemini AI across devices. Gemini Live launched on foldables, and Gemini will power Wear OS on the Galaxy Watch 8. A prompt-injection flaw in Gemini’s Gmail summaries was disclosed, leading Google to deploy new security measures. Google also introduced a new Gemini logo and offered free Gemini API access.
14 July 2025
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