Tech Industry News 31 July 2025

AI Race Heats Up: Musk’s Showdown, $183B Startup & New Global AI Rules – Top Stories (Sept 3–4, 2025)

Microsoft Launches In-House AI Models, Signaling Independence Microsoft announced it has built two powerful homegrown AI foundation models after years of relying on OpenAI. The company introduced MAI-Voice-1, a lightning-fast speech generator, and MAI-1-preview, a text model for its Copilot assistant semafor.com semafor.com. Mustafa Suleyman, now CEO of the Microsoft AI division, said this marks a strategic shift: “We have to be able to have the in-house expertise to create the strongest models in the world” semafor.com. The move pits Microsoft directly against OpenAI – its close partner turned rival – in the race for cutting-edge AI models semafor.com semafor.com.

4 September 2025

AI Revolution Roundup: GPT-5, Billion-Dollar Bets, and Big Tech Showdowns – Top Stories (Sept 2–3, 2025)

Consumer AI: New Tools for Translation and Shopping Both Google and Amazon introduced significant AI-powered features for everyday users. Google Translate added major upgrades that blur the line between translator and language teacher. Users can now carry on a conversation with someone in another language, and the app will automatically translate both sides in real-time with spoken audio and on-screen text ts2.tech. Google also unveiled an AI-driven practice mode that acts as a personal tutor – generating interactive listening and speaking exercises tailored to the user’s skill level, directly challenging Duolingo’s AI language lessons ts2.tech ts2.tech. These beta features launched

3 September 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Big Tech · GPT-5 · News Roundup · Tech Industry

AI Stock Whiplash: Alibaba’s $50 Billion Surge, Nvidia’s Reality Check & More (Aug 31–Sep 1, 2025)

Key Facts AI Mega-Caps: Hype vs. Reality in Late-August Markets The final days of August saw a tug-of-war between AI-fueled optimism and growing caution among the market’s most valuable tech companies. Nowhere was this more evident than with Nvidia, the poster child of the AI boom. The GPU giant reported another quarter of blowout earnings, far exceeding analyst expectations. Demand for its AI chips (like the coveted H100) has been so overwhelming that CEO Jensen Huang likened the current AI build-out to “a new industrial revolution” with customers “buying everything [we have] – the buzz is: everything sold out” reuters.com

1 September 2025

Alibaba · Artificial Intelligence · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:META · NASDAQ:MSFT · NASDAQ:NVDA · NVIDIA · NYSE:BABA · Stock Market · Tech Industry

Weekend of Audio Bombshells: Headphone Surprises, Speaker Launches & Industry Shakeups (Aug 30–31, 2025)

Key Facts Product Releases & Announcements High-end headphone launches grabbed attention across the globe. In France, Focal expanded its lineup with the Bathys MG – a premium wireless ANC headphone that swaps in magnesium drivers for enhanced clarity ecoustics.com. First demoed at Audio Advice Live 2025, the Bathys MG aims to deliver audiophile-grade sound quality in a travel-friendly design, building on the success of Focal’s original Bathys model. Meanwhile, British audio innovator iFi Audio chose the World of Headphone expo in Essen, Germany to unveil the new Go Pod Max, a pocket-sized DAC/headphone amplifier. The Go Pod Max features lossless

31 August 2025

Audio · Headphones · Product Launches · Speakers · Tech Industry

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

AI News · Biotech · Cloud Computing · Market Trends · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:META · NASDAQ:NVDA · NYSE:IBM · Tech Industry

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

AI · Investments · Market News · NASDAQ:AAPL · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:INTC · NASDAQ:META · NASDAQ:NVDA · NYSE:TSM · Stock Market · Stocks · Tech Industry

GPT‑5 Has Arrived: OpenAI’s Next‑Gen AI Stuns With Upgrades in Coding, Reasoning, and Safety

OpenAI’s Explosive August 2025: GPT-5 Launch, $500B Frenzy & AI Controversies Rock Tech World

On August 7, 2025, OpenAI unveiled GPT-5, featuring a unified architecture with a fast default responder, a deeper “GPT-5 thinking” module, and a smart router, plus multimodal abilities. GPT-5 rolled out to ChatGPT on launch day, with nearly 700 million weekly active users by August 2025 and more than 5 million paying business users. GPT-5 is offered in three sizes — full GPT-5, mini, and nano — with scaled pricing to balance cost and latency. OpenAI introduced a novel “safe-completions” training approach that aims to maximize helpfulness within safety constraints rather than issuing binary refusals for sensitive prompts. On August

21 August 2025

AI News · Controversies · GPT-5 · NYSE:SNOW · OpenAI · Tech Industry

Tech Earthquake: What Just Shook the Industry on August 19–20, 2025?

Xiaomi reported a 30.5% surge in Q2 2025 revenue driven by smartphone shipments, especially in Southeast Asia, and trimmed its annual shipment forecast to 175 million units from 180 million. Google unveiled the Pixel 10 smartphone lineup on August 20, 2025, with four models—Pixel 10, 10 Pro, 10 Pro XL, and Pixel 10 Pro Fold—pre-orders starting immediately and shipping set for August 28. On August 19, 2025, SoftBank agreed to invest $2 billion in Intel for roughly a 2% equity stake. Around the same period, Washington floated taking government equity stakes in chip firms under the CHIPS Act, potentially up

20 August 2025

August 2025 · Breaking News · Innovation · Market Trends · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:INTC · NASDAQ:RKLB · NASDAQ:WDAY · Tech Industry

AI Stock Frenzy: Nvidia Near $4T, Tesla Scraps ‘Dojo’, Palantir Shines Amid Global AI Shake-Up

Nvidia reached a $4 trillion market capitalization, becoming the first public company to do so, with its shares closing above the milestone in early July. Nvidia remains near record highs as AI demand powers its chips, while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 posted fresh record closes in mid‑August driven by AI mega‑caps. AMD’s data-center chip revenue rose 14% but fell short of expectations, triggering a more than 5% drop in its stock. Super Micro Computer fell 18% after guiding lower results, as investors perceived a loss of AI server share to larger rivals. Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater more than doubled its

18 August 2025

AI · NVIDIA · Stock Market · Stocks · Tech Industry · Tesla

AI Stock Frenzy: Big Tech Bets, Billion-Dollar Deals & Market Shifts (Aug 15–16, 2025)

In Q2 2025, Ray Dalio’s Bridgewater more than doubled its Nvidia stake and added to Alphabet and Microsoft. Chase Coleman’s Tiger Global bought millions more Amazon shares and increased positions in Alphabet, Nvidia, Microsoft and Meta. A Bank of America fund manager survey in August 2025 named “long the Magnificent 7” the world’s most crowded trade, with 45% of respondents. On August 14, 2025, Oracle and Alphabet’s Google Cloud announced a partnership to offer Google’s Gemini AI models through Oracle Cloud, with Vertex AI integrated on the back-end. Insiders revealed talks to sell about $6 billion of OpenAI shares to

16 August 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Investments · Market Trends · NASDAQ:NVDA · Stock Market · Tech Industry

Global Tech Roundup (Non‑AI): Record EV Feats, Cyber Sabotage, and High‑Stakes Chip Moves (Aug 14–15, 2025)

Consumer Electronics & Hardware Cybersecurity Semiconductors Telecom Space Tech Automotive Tech Sources: TechCrunch techcrunch.com techcrunch.com techcrunch.com techcrunch.com techcrunch.com techcrunch.com techcrunch.com techcrunch.com; Kodak techcrunch.com kodak.com; TechCrunch techcrunch.com theguardian.com; The Guardian theguardian.com theguardian.com; Reuters reuters.com reuters.com reuters.com; Bank Info Security bankinfosecurity.com bankinfosecurity.com bankinfosecurity.com; Space.com space.com space.com; GM Press Release news.gm.com news.gm.com.

15 August 2025

Cybersecurity · Electric Vehicles · NASDAQ:AAPL · NASDAQ:GOOGL · Semiconductors · Tech Industry · Technology

AI Stock Frenzy: Tech Titans Shatter Records Amid Earnings Blowouts and Bold Moves (July 30–31, 2025)

On July 31, 2025, the S&P 500 rose 0.7% and the Nasdaq climbed 1.2% after blockbuster Big Tech earnings, pushing indices to record highs. Microsoft stock rose about 5% after earnings, lifting its market cap above $4 trillion; Azure sales exceeded $75 billion in the past year, and Copilot has over 100 million users, with capex raised to a record $30 billion this quarter. Meta Platforms jumped 12.2% to an all time high after beating Q2 estimates and guiding higher for next quarter, with AI driven ad targeting helping revenue growth and 2025 capex guidance raised to $66–72 billion. Alphabet

31 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Earnings Reports · Investment Trends · Stock Market · Tech Industry

Tech Industry News 31 July 2025 - 4 September 2025