Meta’s AI power play: the first mega-cluster, Prometheus, comes online in 2026, with a second (Hyperion) scaling to 5 gigawatts later, and Zuckerberg boasts that one cluster covers a significant part of Manhattan’s footprint. Zuckerberg personally leads a “talent raid” to hire top engineers after Meta invested $14.3 billion in Scale AI, and in 2025…
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Perplexity’s Comet is a Chromium-based AI browser available today to Perplexity Max subscribers and waitlisted users, with Windows and macOS support and mobile versions in development. Comet’s AI automation sidebar can automatically compare shipping options across online stores to find the fastest shipping or best return policies. xAI’s Grok 4 is now accessible to individual…
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The U.S. Department of Defense awarded up to $200 million contracts to four AI firms: OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and xAI. The contracts fund development of agentic AI systems to tackle critical national security challenges, according to DoD official Doug Matty. Musk’s Grok chatbot will be adapted for government use as part of a new “Grok…
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3I/ATLAS, an interstellar comet, was detected on July 1, 2025, possibly 10 km across, and is the third known interstellar visitor after ʻOumuamua (2017) and Borisov (2019). <li NASA’s Parker Solar Probe captured the closest-ever images of the Sun’s corona and solar wind from 3.8 million miles away during a December 24, 2024 flyby. <li…
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Global EV battery pack prices fell about 20% in 2024, dropping from roughly $149/kWh in 2023 to the low $100s by year-end. In 2024, LFP cell prices were just under $60/kWh, and some Chinese LFP packs were produced for well under $90/kWh, enabling price parity with ICE for certain models. In 2024, a NMC811 pack…
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Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Z Fold7 and Galaxy Z Flip7 in Summer 2025; Fold7 is the thinnest and lightest large-format foldable at 8.9 mm folded. Fold7 features a reengineered hinge that reduces the display crease and a 200 MP main camera—the first 200 MP on Samsung foldables. Fold7 includes an 8-inch inner display for multitasking,…
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In early 2025, ElevenLabs cloned Alain Dorval’s voice for the Armor (aka Armored) trailer without clear consent, triggering backlash and a withdrawal with the family retaining veto power. The proposed US NO FAKES Act would criminalize generating or using someone’s voice via AI without consent and is supported by SAG-AFTRA to provide actors legal recourse.…
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Samsung’s triple-foldable Galaxy G Fold uses two hinges and three panels, potentially delivering up to a 10-inch display, with a planned launch by late 2024 or early 2025 in South Korea and China. The G Fold is expected to run on a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, use silicon-carbon batteries, feature a titanium frame, and emphasize…
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The ESA Biomass satellite, launched on April 29, 2025, carries the first P-band synthetic aperture radar (435 MHz) to map the world’s forests in 3D and quantify their carbon content. The mission uses a 12-meter deployable antenna—the largest radar antenna ever flown—to enable detection of biomass changes as small as 10–20 tons per hectare. Biomass…
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Iran fired six or seven short- and medium-range ballistic missiles at the U.S. hub of Al Udeid in Qatar, all intercepted, and Tehran reportedly gave a heads-up via back-channels. The United States responded with B-2 bombers that flattened three Iranian nuclear sites. Israel bombed Evin prison, the Revolutionary Guard HQ, and multiple airports, claiming 15…
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