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Space & Astronomy NASA Launches Twin Satellites to Probe Earth’s Magnetic Shield: On July 23, NASA (with SpaceX) successfully launched TRACERS, a tandem-satellite mission to study how the Sun’s eruptions spark magnetic explosions in Earth’s atmosphere. After a brief 1-day delay due to airspace issues, a Falcon 9 rocket carried the twin TRACERS spacecraft into orbit…
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Consumer Electronics & Gadgets Google offered a sneak peek at its next flagship smartphone, the Pixel 10 Pro, in a 13-second teaser video ahead of an August 21 launch. The clip shows an evolutionary design – a “10” morphing into the phone’s familiar camera bar – with the Pro model sporting a new third rear…
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Mystery of the Missing Ocean Plastic Solved – and It’s Worse Than We Feared (July 21, 2025) An invisible pollution problem has been uncovered: Scientists have finally cracked the “missing plastic” paradox in our oceans, and the answer is nanoplastics. A study led by the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research revealed an estimated 27…
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Google had a blockbuster July 2025, with headlines spanning AI breakthroughs, surprise product updates, big-name partnerships, legal showdowns, and a few controversies. From rolling out cutting-edge AI features across devices to facing regulatory heat in courtrooms, the tech giant kept everyone buzzing. Below is a comprehensive roundup of Google’s most significant July 2025 developments, organized…
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China’s AI Ambitions and Open-Source Revolution Beijing’s Billion-Dollar AI Drive: China is pouring massive resources into AI as a matter of national strategy. A New York Times report notes that Beijing is taking an “industrial policy approach” to help its AI companies catch up to U.S. rivals intellinews.org. Indeed, China’s AI sector has grown explosively:…
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Broadcom Backs Out of Spanish Chip Plant Deal (Semiconductors) U.S. chip giant Broadcom has abruptly scrapped plans to invest in a major microchip factory in Spain, according to local media reuters.com. Talks with the Spanish government broke down for undisclosed reasons, derailing a project once valued at up to $1 billion and touted as “large-scale back-end”…
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a distant promise—it’s the engine powering seismic shifts across industries, societies, and even our personal lives. From billion-dollar investments and regulatory showdowns to ethical dilemmas and emotional entanglements with chatbots, today’s AI news cycle is a microcosm of humanity’s hopes, fears, and ambitions. This exhaustive roundup unpacks the latest…
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NASA in Crisis: Budget Cuts, Mass Resignations, and a Reality TV Administrator The U.S. space agency NASA faces an unprecedented leadership and workforce crisis as deep budget cuts threaten its future missions. Over 2,000 senior-level employees have resigned amid uncertainty, with many citing a lack of direction and the specter of a 25% funding reduction.…
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rewriting the rules of technology, business, and society at a breakneck pace. The past 24 hours have seen seismic shifts: from Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot scandal and the European Union’s sweeping new AI regulations, to the dawn of a new browser war led by OpenAI and Perplexity. Meanwhile, the AI boom…
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