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AI Gold Rush Accelerates as Tech Titans Unveil New Tools, Regulators Hit the Brakes (July 30–31, 2025)

AI Gold Rush Accelerates as Tech Titans Unveil New Tools, Regulators Hit the Brakes (July 30–31, 2025)

OpenAI’s Stargate Norway data center, built in Narvik with Norwegian partner Aker and infrastructure provider Nscale, will deploy 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs by 2026, start at 230 MW with plans to expand to 520 MW, run on 100% renewable hydropower, and operate under the OpenAI for Countries program to provide sovereign AI capacity. On July 29, OpenAI rolled out ChatGPT Study Mode, a Socratic-style tutor that guides learners step-by-step, is optional to toggle on/off mid-conversation, and, in early tests, refuses to directly write essays. Anthropic launched Claude for Financial Services, its first sector-specific AI assistant designed for banking, insurance, and investment
31 July 2025
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Space Race 2.0 Heats Up: Starlink Mega-Launch, Moon Deals & NASA-Russia Reunion Rock the Space World

Space Race 2.0 Heats Up: Starlink Mega-Launch, Moon Deals & NASA-Russia Reunion Rock the Space World

SpaceX launched 28 Starlink satellites from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 11:37 p.m. EDT on July 29, 2025, and the Falcon 9 first stage landed on the drone ship “Just Read the Instructions,” marking the booster’s 26th flight and pushing Starlink to over 8,000 active satellites. SpaceX marked its 96th launch of 2025 on July 29, 2025, underscoring a near-daily cadence for the year. NASA’s Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station is targeted for liftoff on July 31, 2025 at 12:09 p.m. EDT from the Kennedy Space Center, with four astronauts including Mike Fincke and a multinational crew, and NASA’s
30 July 2025
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Starlink Outage, New Launches and Space Alliances – Major Space Developments (July 25–26, 2025)

Starlink Outage, New Launches and Space Alliances – Major Space Developments (July 25–26, 2025)

On July 25, 2025, Russia’s Roscosmos launched a Soyuz-2.1b from Vostochny with two Ionosfera-M satellites into polar orbit as part of the Ionozond program, and deployed 18 secondary payloads (17 Russian CubeSats and Iran’s Nahid-2). Europe’s Vega-C rocket lifted off from Kourou on July 25, 2025, delivering MicroCarb and four CO3D satellites into orbit, with MicroCarb mapping global CO₂ sources and sinks to within 1 ppm accuracy and CO3D producing ~50 cm land-surface resolution. SpaceX launched 28 Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 booster (tail number B1078) from Cape Canaveral on July 26, 2025, marking the booster’s 22nd mission and
26 July 2025
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Giant Leaps in Space, Gigantic Gadgets & Shocking Breaches – Tech News Roundup (July 25–26, 2025)

Giant Leaps in Space, Gigantic Gadgets & Shocking Breaches – Tech News Roundup (July 25–26, 2025)

Consumer Electronics & Gadgets Computing & Chips Software & Operating Systems Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Telecommunications & Infrastructure Biotech & Health Tech Space & Aerospace Sources: Official corporate announcements, government releases, and reputable tech media were used in compiling this report. For more details, see NASA nasa.gov nasa.gov, Space Insider spaceinsider.tech spaceinsider.tech, Wired wired.com wired.com, Reuters reuters.com reuters.com, PCMag/CNET graphics-unleashed.com graphics-unleashed.com, Business Insider businessinsider.com businessinsider.com, and other sources as cited above.
26 July 2025
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From Space Breakthroughs to Medical Marvels: The Must-Read Science News of July 22–23, 2025

From Space Breakthroughs to Medical Marvels: The Must-Read Science News of July 22–23, 2025

On July 22, 2025, NASA, with SpaceX, launched TRACERS, a twin-satellite mission aboard a Falcon 9 to study magnetic reconnection in Earth’s magnetosphere. The University of Iowa-led TRACERS mission will fly two probes through Earth’s northern magnetic cusp in tandem to improve space weather forecasts. A UK study found that vaccinating pregnant women against RSV reduced newborn hospitalizations by 72 percent, based on analysis of over 500 newborns hospitalized in winter 2024–25. Svalbard’s Arctic winter is turning to rain, with the region warming 6–7 times faster than the global average, observed during February 2025 fieldwork. Finnish researchers from Aalto University
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

Nintendo Switch 2: Borderlands 4 will launch on the Switch 2 on October 3, 2025, according to Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford, with the Switch version running about 30fps to preserve feature parity. Google Pixel 10 Pro: Google released a Pixel 10 Pro teaser ahead of its August 21, 2025 launch, showing an evolutionary design and promising upgrades including improved camera capabilities and Android 16 integration. Chip tariffs affect TI: Texas Instruments warned new U.S. tariffs could dent demand, issuing a softer sales forecast and sending its stock down about 12%. TSMC profit with caution: TSMC posted a 60% year-on-year surge
23 July 2025
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Science Breakthroughs That Rocked July 21–22, 2025. News Roundup.

Science Breakthroughs That Rocked July 21–22, 2025. News Roundup.

A Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research study estimated 27 million tons of nanoplastic particles are floating in the North Atlantic, solving the ‘missing plastic’ paradox. A July 21, 2025 Nature Reviews Biodiversity Perspective proposes using museum DNA and related species to reintroduce lost genes into endangered animals, exemplified by Mauritius’s pink pigeon, to boost immunity, climate resilience, and fertility. University of Pennsylvania researchers used a Mannich-reaction modification to lipid nanoparticles, creating C-a16 LNPs that in mice produced fivefold stronger COVID-19 vaccine responses and doubled CRISPR liver-disease gene editing efficacy, while reducing inflammatory side effects. The GW231123 black hole merger
22 July 2025
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You Won’t Believe What Google Did This Month: July 2025’s Biggest Stories

You Won’t Believe What Google Did This Month: July 2025’s Biggest Stories

In July 2025, Google rolled out Gemini Code Assist with an “agent mode” that can analyze an entire codebase and autonomously implement multi-file changes from a single prompt, with IDE context-control enhancements. Google DeepMind published mid-July 2025 a Mixture-of-Recursions (MoR) architecture that doubles inference speed and reduces memory by about 50% by looping over a compact set of layers to handle the toughest tokens. Google globally launched the Veo 3 video-generation model in 159+ countries, enabling AI-generated videos up to 8 seconds from text prompts and capping free use to three videos per day for AI Pro subscribers. Pixel 9
21 July 2025
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Tech Frenzy: Space Feats, Cyber Storms & Gadget Surprises – A 48‑Hour Roundup (July 20–21, 2025)

Tech Frenzy: Space Feats, Cyber Storms & Gadget Surprises – A 48‑Hour Roundup (July 20–21, 2025)

Consumer Electronics & Gadgets Space & Aerospace A SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage lands on a droneship after launching Starlink satellites on July 18, 2025 space.com space.com. Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Biotechnology & Health Tech Automotive & Transportation Tech Computing & Hardware Telecom, Social Media & Tech Policy Crypto & Fintech Sources: Reuters Technology News (July 20–21, 2025) reuters.com reuters.com; Reuters Business News reuters.com reuters.com; Space.com space.com space.com; TS2 Technology Weekend Roundup ts2.tech ts2.tech; TS2 Smartphone News ts2.tech reuters.com; etc.
21 July 2025
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AI in Overdrive: Breakthroughs, Billion-Dollar Bets, and Bold Policies – News Roundup (July 20–21, 2025)

AI in Overdrive: Breakthroughs, Billion-Dollar Bets, and Bold Policies – News Roundup (July 20–21, 2025)

OpenAI’s experimental large language model earned a gold medal at the 2025 International Math Olympiad, solving 5 of 6 problems for 35/42 points, with OpenAI’s Alexander Wei hinting that GPT-5 will be a system of multiple specialized models orchestrated by a routing algorithm. ChatGPT introduced an autonomous ‘Agent’ mode on July 17, enabling web browsing, plugins, and online purchases, though it remains unavailable in the EU due to regulatory uncertainty. AWS unveiled ‘AgentCore’ for building autonomous AI agents, including a sandboxed code interpreter and integrated web browser, and pledged $100 million to fund ‘agentic AI’ startups via its Generative AI
21 July 2025
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You Won’t Believe What OpenAI Did in July 2025: The Future of Generative AI Just Changed Forever

You Won’t Believe What OpenAI Did in July 2025: The Future of Generative AI Just Changed Forever

On July 17, 2025, OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Agent, a proactive AI assistant that can autonomously carry out multi-step tasks within a secure virtual computer environment for ChatGPT Plus, Pro, and Team subscribers. ChatGPT Agent can switch between web browsing, running code, plugins, and accessing Connectors to fetch emails from Gmail and files from GitHub to complete tasks. Early benchmarks show ChatGPT Agent achieved a 41.6% score on Humanity’s Last Exam. Sora, OpenAI’s text-to-video model, became broadly available in July 2025 within ChatGPT Plus and Pro, enabling up to 10-second 720p videos for all users and 20-second 1080p videos for Pro
20 July 2025
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The Future Is Here: AI’s Most Shocking Developments on July 20, 2025

The Future Is Here: AI’s Most Shocking Developments on July 20, 2025

OpenAI’s latest experimental reasoning model achieved a gold medal performance at the International Math Olympiad by solving 5 of 6 problems under contest conditions. GPT-5 is reportedly on the horizon as a system of specialized models with a smart router, not a single monolith. Demis Hassabis, CEO of DeepMind, predicted AI could reach human‑level problem‑solving within five years, calling the shift bigger than the Industrial Revolution. NVIDIA and university labs introduced DiffusionRenderer, a tool that can insert CGI elements into real videos, demonstrated with an AI-generated dragon casting lifelike shadows. OpenAI rolled out ChatGPT Agent mode, letting the chatbot browse
20 July 2025
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