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NASDAQ:META News 18 August 2025 - 27 August 2025

AI Stocks Soar Worldwide as Nvidia’s Big Test and China’s ‘AI Plus’ Plan Ignite a Frenzy

AI Stocks Soar Worldwide as Nvidia’s Big Test and China’s ‘AI Plus’ Plan Ignite a Frenzy

Wall Street Rallies Ahead of Nvidia’s AI ‘Moment of Truth’ U.S. markets climbed on Aug. 26 as investors braced for Nvidia’s highly anticipated earnings release, which has been likened to an economic event in its significance reuters.com. The Dow Jones rose about 0.3%, and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq each gained ~0.4%, finishing near session highs investopedia.com. Nvidia – now the world’s most valuable company at roughly $4.4 trillion market cap – has become the de facto bellwether of the AI era reuters.com. Its results “transcend the company, becoming a barometer of macroeconomic activity, a talisman for the artificial intelligence
27 August 2025
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Starship Soars, Pig Lung Transplant Breakthrough, and Heatwaves Speed Aging – Science’s Latest Shocks

Starship Soars, Pig Lung Transplant Breakthrough, and Heatwaves Speed Aging – Science’s Latest Shocks

Space: Starship’s Milestone and Asteroid Secrets SpaceX’s Starship rocket finally broke its streak of setbacks with a successful integrated test flight on August 26. The 120-meter behemoth lifted off from Starbase, Texas and reached space on its 10th test, deploying eight dummy Starlink satellites from its new “Pez dispenser” mechanism reuters.com. It then survived a blazing reentry in Earth’s atmosphere – a key trial of its heat shield tiles – before performing a controlled engine-guided splashdown in the ocean reuters.com reuters.com. This marks Starship’s first full mission success after several explosive attempts. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk emphasized that many challenges
27 August 2025
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AI Breakthroughs, Billion-Dollar Bets & Regulatory Showdowns – Aug 26–27, 2025 News Roundup

AI Breakthroughs, Billion-Dollar Bets & Regulatory Showdowns – Aug 26–27, 2025 News Roundup

AI Research & Innovation Climate modeling revolution: Scientists at the University of Washington unveiled an AI-driven climate simulator that compresses millennia of weather into hours. Dubbed DL-ESyM, the model couples two neural networks (for atmosphere and ocean) and was trained on historical data washington.edu. The result: it can accurately simulate 1,000 years of Earth’s climate in about 12 hours on a single processor washington.edu. (By contrast, a traditional climate supercomputer needs ~90 days to do the same.) This breakthrough promises cheaper, faster long-range climate forecasts. “We are developing a tool that examines variability in our current climate to ask: Is
27 August 2025
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AI Storm: $10B Cloud Deals, Biotech Breakthroughs & Backlash (Aug 25–26, 2025 AI News Roundup)

AI Storm: $10B Cloud Deals, Biotech Breakthroughs & Backlash (Aug 25–26, 2025 AI News Roundup)

Meta inked a six-year cloud deal worth over $10 billion with Google to power its AI push, as Meta raised its 2025 capital expenditure forecast to $66–72 billion and moved to offload $2 billion in data-center assets. Nvidia unveiled a GeForce NOW upgrade to run the Blackwell RTX 5080-class GPUs, enabling 5K at 120 fps and up to 360 fps at 1080p with DLSS 4, announced at Gamescom. OpenAI announced its first international office in New Delhi later in 2025 and launched the cheapest-ever ChatGPT plan in India at about $4.60 per month. The U.S. General Services Administration sealed a
26 August 2025
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AI Mega-Deals, Breakthroughs & Backlash – August 24–25, 2025 News Roundup

AI Mega-Deals, Breakthroughs & Backlash – August 24–25, 2025 News Roundup

Meta and Google announced a six-year cloud computing deal worth over $10 billion, making Google the backend for Meta’s AI initiatives. Nvidia announced a GeForce NOW upgrade featuring the Blackwell GPU (RTX 5080 class) to roll out in September, delivering 5K at 120fps and up to 360fps at 1080p with sub-30 millisecond latency via DLSS 4. OpenAI will open its first international office in New Delhi later this year as India becomes ChatGPT’s second-largest user base, with a new cheapest plan around $4.60 per month. OpenAI and Retro Biosciences used a GPT-4 variant to design enhanced proteins that produced a
25 August 2025
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AI Breakthroughs, Backlash & Big Moves – Global Roundup (Aug 23–24, 2025)

AI Breakthroughs, Backlash & Big Moves – Global Roundup (Aug 23–24, 2025)

OpenAI used a specialized GPT-4 variant to design enhanced “Yamanaka factor” proteins for cell rejuvenation, achieving a 50× increase in stem-cell marker expression in lab tests. Adobe launched Acrobat Studio, an AI-powered PDF platform with the new PDF Spaces feature that lets users upload up to 100 documents and chat with AI tutors who summarize content and generate insights. Nvidia announced a GeForce NOW upgrade to the Blackwell (RTX 5080) GPU architecture, enabling 5K streaming at 120 fps and up to 360 fps at 1080p with AI-powered DLSS 4 upscaling and sub-30 ms latency. NASA and IBM unveiled Surya, an
24 August 2025
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AI Stocks Whipsaw as Tech Titans Unleash Big Moves – Aug 22–23, 2025 Roundup

AI Stocks Whipsaw as Tech Titans Unleash Big Moves – Aug 22–23, 2025 Roundup

Apple is reportedly in early talks to use Google’s Gemini AI to power Siri, a Bloomberg leak that sent Alphabet stock up 3.7% and Apple up 1.6%. Meta Platforms signed a deal with Midjourney to license its image-generation tech for Meta’s future AI products, linking Meta and Midjourney’s research teams under Meta’s new Superintelligence Labs. Waymo received its first permit to test self-driving robotaxis in New York City, enabling limited testing with safety drivers in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Nvidia revealed six brand-new chips on TSMC lines for its Rubin supercomputer architecture, including a new GPU and a silicon-photonics processor, with
23 August 2025
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Fed Jitters, Mega-Deals & Oil Rebound: Global Business Shockwaves (Aug 21–22, 2025)

Fed Jitters, Mega-Deals & Oil Rebound: Global Business Shockwaves (Aug 21–22, 2025)

Investors braced for Powell’s Jackson Hole speech as the S&P 500 fell 0.4% and the Dow and Nasdaq were down about 0.34%. Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack said there is ‘no case for reducing interest rates’ now, while Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic still penciled in a 2025 rate cut. Futures indicated a 70–75% probability of a 25-basis-point rate cut in September. Meta Platforms and Google announced a six-year cloud deal worth over $10 billion to expand Meta’s AI workloads on Google Cloud. OpenAI announced plans to open its first India office in New Delhi to tap into India’s developer
22 August 2025
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AI News Blast: Generative AI Surges, Chip Wars Intensify, and Robots Rise (21–22 August 2025)

AI News Blast: Generative AI Surges, Chip Wars Intensify, and Robots Rise (21–22 August 2025)

OpenAI announced it will open its first India office in New Delhi and launched a ₹380/month ChatGPT plan in India. OpenAI Chief People Officer Julia Villagra departed on August 22, 2025, amid an unprecedented AI talent war. Nvidia paused production of its H20 AI chip for China on August 21, 2025, instructing Amkor Technology, Samsung, and Foxconn to halt related work. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang visited Taiwan on August 22, 2025, meeting with TSMC leadership in Taipei. South Korea announced a 2026 R&D budget boost to ₩35.3 trillion (about $25.2 billion), a nearly 20% increase targeting AI. Google expanded its
22 August 2025
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August 2025 Tech Tsunami: AI Breakthroughs, Hardware Surprises & Security Shocks

August 2025 Tech Tsunami: AI Breakthroughs, Hardware Surprises & Security Shocks

OpenAI released GPT-5 on August 7 with a 256,000-token context window. OpenAI released open-weight GPT-OSS models GPT-OSS 120B and GPT-OSS 20B under the Apache 2.0 license on August 5. Anthropic expanded Claude’s context window to 1,000,000 tokens in August. NVIDIA announced the GH200 Grace Hopper Superchip, a CPU+GPU combo designed for AI workloads and set to ship soon. NVIDIA allowed sales of its H20 AI chips to China only if the U.S. government takes a 15% cut of those sales. Apple pledged $600 billion in U.S. investment over five years to boost domestic manufacturing, including TSMC’s Arizona chip fab for
21 August 2025
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AI Stock Frenzy Cools as SoftBank’s $2B Intel Bet Meets Palantir Plunge and Nvidia Slide

AI Stock Frenzy Cools as SoftBank’s $2B Intel Bet Meets Palantir Plunge and Nvidia Slide

SoftBank announced a $2 billion equity investment in Intel at $23 per share for a stake just under 2%. Intel’s stock rose about 7% on the news, seen as a morale lifeline for its turnaround. Nvidia’s shares fell 3.5% on Tuesday, the biggest one-day drop in four months, ahead of its Aug. 27 quarterly results. Palantir plunged over 9% on Aug. 19, its fifth straight daily decline, with the weekly drop exceeding 15% after reporting first-half 2025 revenue above $2 billion and GAAP profitability. OpenAI private-market talks reportedly value the company at $500 billion, with employees potentially selling up to
20 August 2025
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AI Breakthroughs, Billion-Dollar Bids & Backlash – Inside the Explosive 48 Hours of Aug 17–18, 2025

AI Breakthroughs, Billion-Dollar Bids & Backlash – Inside the Explosive 48 Hours of Aug 17–18, 2025

OpenAI released GPT-5 during Aug 17–18, 2025 rollout, billed as a major upgrade with strong coding, math, and science capabilities, while Sam Altman acknowledged it still lacks self-learning. In China, Pan Jianwei’s team used AI to position over 2,000 neutral-atom qubits in 3D in 1/60,000 of a second, a 10× larger array than prior work, in a result published in Physical Review Letters. MIT researchers designed novel antibiotic compounds with generative AI, generating 36 million candidate molecules and identifying compounds potent against MRSA and drug-resistant gonorrhea. Allen Institute for AI unveiled MolmoAct, an open-source robotics model that reasons in 3D,
18 August 2025
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