You Won’t Believe What Just Happened in Tech — August 3–4, 2025
Nintendo raised the US price of the original Switch from $299.99 to $339.99, with the Switch OLED up $50 and the Switch Lite up $30 in August 2025 amid tariff pressures. President
AI Frenzy: Billion-Dollar Deals, Breakthroughs & Backlash (Aug 3–4, 2025)
On August 2, 2025, the EU AI Act reached a milestone with governance standards, general-purpose AI (GPAI) classification and a sanctions regime coming into force, as Alphabet’s Google signed the EU’s voluntary
Rocket Launches, Ransomware, and a Solar-Powered Vatican: This Weekend’s Top Tech News (Aug 2–3, 2025)
Apple forecast higher revenue for the upcoming quarter after a tariff-driven early surge in iPhone purchases aimed at beating U.S. import tariffs. Nintendo said its Switch 2 sold over 6 million units
AI Revolution in Overdrive – Tech Titans’ Launches, Mega-Deals, New Rules & Warnings (Aug 2–3, 2025)
Major AI Company Announcements Business & Investment News Policy & Regulation Updates Research & Innovation Breakthroughs Expert Commentary & Analysis Sources: News and press releases from Aug 1–3, 2025, including Reuters, TechCrunch, ScienceDaily,
Apple’s Big Week: Record Earnings, Huge iPhone 17 Leaks, and a Privacy Showdown (July 27–Aug 2, 2025)
On July 31, 2025, Apple reported a record June-quarter revenue of $94.0 billion, up 10% year over year, across all regions and product categories. During WWDC25 Apple announced a “beautiful new software
10 Non‑AI Tech Shockers: Space Triumphs, Gadget Surprises & More (Aug 1–2, 2025)
Intel announced layoffs of about 24,000 employees (roughly one-quarter of its workforce) as new CEO Lip-Bu Tan cuts projects and halts planned mega-fab factories in Germany and Poland. AMD released the Ryzen
AI News Roundup: Tech Giants Unveil Next-Gen AI, Billion-Dollar Bets, Regulatory Rush & Warnings (Aug 1–2, 2025)
OpenAI plans to launch GPT-5 this month (August 2025), integrating the ‘o3’ model and using multiple specialized models instead of a single system. Google DeepMind released Gemini 2.5 “Deep Think” as its
OpenAI’s $12B Revelation, ‘Study Mode’ Launch & 100k-GPU AI Hub – Experts React in 48-Hour AI Frenzy
OpenAI’s revenue reached a $12 billion annualized run rate in the first seven months of 2025, implying about $1 billion per month. OpenAI’s weekly active users across consumer and business products reached
From Foldable Phones to Moon Missions: The Biggest Tech News Roundup (July 29–30, 2025)
Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Z Fold7 and Galaxy Z Flip7, with the Fold7 starting at $1,999 and the Flip7 FE at $899, and the Fold7 being 26% thinner and 10% lighter than
Weekend in AI: China’s Global Gambit, Tech Giants’ Moves & a “Godfather” Warning (July 26–27, 2025)
At WAIC 2025 in Shanghai, Chinese Premier Li Qiang announced plans to create a new international organization to jointly develop and govern AI, warned that AI could become an exclusive game for
Wall Street Shocked by AI Surge: What Happened on July 24–25?
On July 24, 2025, the S&P 500 rose 0.07% to a fresh record close, its fourth consecutive such close. The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.18% to its own all-time high on July 24,
Tech Turmoil: Tesla’s Slump, Starlink Outage & Mass Layoffs – Top Tech News (July 24–25, 2025)
Chipmakers & Hardware Shake-Ups Electric Vehicles & Automotive Cybersecurity & Data Breaches Space & Telecom Tech Policy & Regulation Consumer Tech & Software Updates Sources: Reuters, TechCrunch, Engadget, TS2 Technology Roundups reuters.com reuters.com