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NASDAQ:META 21 July 2025 - 30 July 2025

AI’s 48-Hour Whirlwind: Tech Giants Launch Next-Gen Tools as Regulators Strike Back (July 29–30, 2025)

AI’s 48-Hour Whirlwind: Tech Giants Launch Next-Gen Tools as Regulators Strike Back (July 29–30, 2025)

OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Skild AI, and Anthropic each launched new AI products on July 29–30, 2025, including study tools and industry-specific assistants. Zhipu AI rebranded as Z.ai and released three open-source models. Italy’s antitrust authority opened a probe into Meta over WhatsApp AI. Reports said Microsoft is negotiating expanded OpenAI access, and Anthropic’s valuation may top $100 billion. Google signed the EU AI Code of Practice.
30 July 2025
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Digital Zen: How VR Meditation Is Becoming the Next Big Stress-Relief Trend

Digital Zen: How VR Meditation Is Becoming the Next Big Stress-Relief Trend

Headspace launched its first VR meditation app, Headspace XR, on Meta's Quest headset in early 2024 with Meta funding. TRIPP expanded to Apple's Vision Pro and reported over 5.5 million meditation sessions in its first two years. A 2024 Mayo Clinic trial found VR meditation reduced preoperative anxiety in heart surgery patients. The VR mindfulness and games market is projected to reach $500 million in 2025.
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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AI in Overdrive: Weekend of Breakthroughs, Big Tech Moves & Dire Warnings (July 27–28, 2025)

AI in Overdrive: Weekend of Breakthroughs, Big Tech Moves & Dire Warnings (July 27–28, 2025)

President Trump signed executive orders on July 27–28 to fast-track AI infrastructure and mandate political neutrality in federally funded AI. Premier Li Qiang announced plans for a new international AI cooperation group at WAIC in Shanghai. Huawei launched CloudMatrix 384, a 384-chip AI platform, and Meta named Shengjia Zhao as Chief Scientist of its Superintelligence Lab. Amazon acquired Bee, a startup behind a $50 AI-powered wristband.
28 July 2025
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AI vs. the Fakes: Inside the 2025 Race to Spot ChatGPT, Deepfakes and More

AI vs. the Fakes: Inside the 2025 Race to Spot ChatGPT, Deepfakes and More

OpenAI discontinued its AI text detector in 2023 due to low accuracy, while Turnitin's tool misidentified over half of essays in a Washington Post test. The EU's AI Act will require disclosure and watermarking of AI-generated content by 2026. Researchers in 2024 removed or faked watermarks with 85% success. Voice phishing attacks surged 442% in late 2024 as AI-generated voices and videos spread.
27 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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GPT-5 vs Gemini: Inside 2025’s High-Stakes Frontier AI Showdown

GPT-5 vs Gemini: Inside 2025’s High-Stakes Frontier AI Showdown

Gemini Ultra became the first AI to surpass human expert performance on the MMLU benchmark with a 90% score. Meta released LLaMA 4 in April 2025, reportedly featuring over 400 billion parameters. OpenAI’s O1 model scored 83% on the IMO math test, far ahead of GPT-4o’s 13%. Fifteen organizations signed the Frontier AI Safety Commitments at the 2024 Seoul Summit.
27 July 2025
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Weekend in AI: China’s Global Gambit, Tech Giants’ Moves & a “Godfather” Warning (July 26–27, 2025)

Weekend in AI: China’s Global Gambit, Tech Giants’ Moves & a “Godfather” Warning (July 26–27, 2025)

Chinese Premier Li Qiang announced plans for a new international AI governance body at WAIC 2025 in Shanghai and called for global collaboration. U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled an AI deregulation and export plan. DeepMind’s Aeneas AI decoded damaged Roman texts. Meta hired GPT-4 co-creator Shengjia Zhao to lead its Superintelligence Lab.
27 July 2025
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AI Revolution Roundup: Meta’s Secret Weapon, China’s Global Gambit & Breakthrough Tech (July 25–26, 2025)

AI Revolution Roundup: Meta’s Secret Weapon, China’s Global Gambit & Breakthrough Tech (July 25–26, 2025)

Meta hired Shengjia Zhao, co-creator of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and GPT-4, as chief scientist of its new Superintelligence Lab on July 25. The lab will consolidate Meta’s LLaMa models and AGI work, operating separately from FAIR. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the lab aims to build open-source general intelligence.
26 July 2025
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Wall Street Shocked by AI Surge: What Happened on July 24–25?

Wall Street Shocked by AI Surge: What Happened on July 24–25?

Alphabet raised its 2025 capital spending plan by $10 billion to $85 billion after a strong Q2, with cloud revenue up 32%. The S&P 500 rose 0.07% to a record close, while the Nasdaq gained 0.18% to an all-time high; the Dow fell 0.7%. Nvidia climbed 1.7%. Tesla dropped 8.2% after warning of rough quarters ahead.
25 July 2025
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XR Revolution Unfolds: Major Spatial Computing News (July 23–24, 2025)

XR Revolution Unfolds: Major Spatial Computing News (July 23–24, 2025)

Apple unveiled visionOS 26 for Vision Pro, adding generative AI, multi-user FaceTime, and PlayStation VR2 Sense controller support. Bloomberg reports a faster, lighter Vision Pro could launch this year. Google and Samsung's Project Moohan Android XR headset will debut in 2025 with Gemini AI and 100,000 units. IDC says XR headset shipments rose 18.1% in Q1, with Meta's Quest holding 50.8% market share.
24 July 2025
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AI Breakthroughs, Bold Plans & Backlash: Inside the 48‑Hour Global AI Frenzy (July 23–24, 2025)

AI Breakthroughs, Bold Plans & Backlash: Inside the 48‑Hour Global AI Frenzy (July 23–24, 2025)

President Donald Trump on July 23 unveiled the U.S. AI Action Plan, aiming for “global dominance” by promoting open-source AI and tightening chip export controls targeting China. OpenAI and Oracle announced Project Stargate, planning $500 billion in U.S. AI supercomputing. The EU’s AI Act takes effect August 2, imposing new rules on major AI models. Amazon shut its Shanghai AI lab amid U.S.–China tensions.
24 July 2025
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Senegal’s Internet Revolution: How Fiber, 5G, and Policy Are Connecting a Nation

Senegal’s Internet Revolution: How Fiber, 5G, and Policy Are Connecting a Nation

Senegal had 11.3 million internet users in January 2025, covering 60.6% of the population, while mobile connections reached 22.7 million, or 121% penetration. Orange Sonatel launched 5G in Dakar on June 8, 2024, following Free’s 5G license in 2023. Fixed broadband subscriptions rose to 747,000 by end-2024, with fiber making up 57%. The 2Africa subsea cable landed in Dakar in late 2023.
23 July 2025
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AI’s 48-Hour Frenzy: Breakthroughs, Billion-Dollar Bets & Bold Policies (July 22–23, 2025)

AI’s 48-Hour Frenzy: Breakthroughs, Billion-Dollar Bets & Bold Policies (July 22–23, 2025)

Google and OpenAI models each solved five of six problems at the International Mathematical Olympiad, earning gold medals with natural language-based reasoning. OpenAI scaled up test-time compute for its model, while Google DeepMind’s Gemini Deep Think completed the challenge in under 4.5 hours. MIT CSAIL and Facebook AI showed new image generation methods. Amazon closed its Shanghai AI lab amid U.S.–China tensions.
23 July 2025
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Global Tech Roundup: Space Triumphs, Cyber Breaches & Gadget Surprises Rock July 22–23, 2025

Global Tech Roundup: Space Triumphs, Cyber Breaches & Gadget Surprises Rock July 22–23, 2025

Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford said Borderlands 4 will launch on Nintendo Switch 2 on October 3, 2025, running at about 30fps for feature parity. Google released a Pixel 10 Pro teaser ahead of its August 21 launch, promising camera upgrades and Android 16. Texas Instruments warned new U.S. chip tariffs could hit demand, sending shares down 12%. TSMC posted a 60% profit jump but warned of tariff and currency risks.
23 July 2025
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Beyond Smartphones: AR Glasses, Brain Chips & the Race to Replace Your Phone

Beyond Smartphones: AR Glasses, Brain Chips & the Race to Replace Your Phone

Global smartphone shipments fell to 1.17 billion in 2023 as replacement cycles stretched past three years. Apple launched the $3,499 Vision Pro headset in 2024, but sales lagged. Meta spent over $10 billion on AR glasses development, while Neuralink and Paradromics made first human brain-computer interface implants in 2024–2025. IDC expects AR glasses shipments to top 5 million by 2027.
22 July 2025
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Massive Microsoft Hack, Space Surprises & EV Shakeups – Non‑AI Tech Roundup (July 21–22, 2025)

Massive Microsoft Hack, Space Surprises & EV Shakeups – Non‑AI Tech Roundup (July 21–22, 2025)

A cyber-espionage campaign exploited a zero-day flaw in Microsoft SharePoint, breaching about 100 organizations, mostly in the U.S. and Germany, according to Eye Security. Microsoft warned of ongoing attacks on self-hosted servers; SharePoint Online was not affected. Thousands more servers may remain at risk until patches are released.
22 July 2025
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AI Revolution Unfolds: Big Tech Bets, Breakthroughs & Bold Policies (July 21–22, 2025)

AI Revolution Unfolds: Big Tech Bets, Breakthroughs & Bold Policies (July 21–22, 2025)

Google will invest over $25 billion in U.S. AI data centers and infrastructure and $3 billion to modernize Pennsylvania hydropower plants. Project Stargate has been reduced to a small Ohio data center after disputes between OpenAI, SoftBank, and Oracle. Apple delayed advanced Apple Intelligence features until 2026. The U.S. plans three AI-focused Executive Orders before the July 23 AI Action Plan.
22 July 2025
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Meta’s AI Revolution Unleashed: July 2025 Breakthroughs, Billion‑Dollar Bets & Backlash

Meta’s AI Revolution Unleashed: July 2025 Breakthroughs, Billion‑Dollar Bets & Backlash

Meta AI added generative video editing with MovieGen in July 2025, enabling one-click changes to outfits, backgrounds, and lighting. WhatsApp launched an AI concierge for business chats, with tests in Mexico and new cloud-based calling features. Meta announced Meta Superintelligence Labs after a $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI. A security bug in the Meta AI chat app, patched in January, could have exposed private conversations.
21 July 2025
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