Tech Trends News 28 June 2025

2025’s Hottest Phones Face Off: Flagship vs. Budget (and Feature Phones) and What’s Coming in 2026

In 2025 flagship smartphones use premium materials—Apple’s Pro iPhones with titanium alloy frames and Gorilla Glass Victus 2/3—while foldables such as Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7 showcase improved

19 July 2025

Inside YouTube’s 2025 Empire: Ads, Algorithms, and the Fight for Video Dominance

In Q4 2024, YouTube’s advertising sales reached $10.5 billion, up from $9.2 billion in Q4 2023, boosted by U.S. midterm spending. Analysts estimated YouTube’s 2024 ad revenues at $35–36 billion, about 13–14%

16 July 2025

Algorithms · Digital Marketing · NASDAQ:GOOGL · Tech Trends · Video Platforms · YouTube

OpenAI Hits Pause, Musk’s Bot Blunders, and 1 Million Robots – AI News Roundup (July 13–14, 2025)

July 15, 2025: AI’s Next Frontier – Generative Breakthroughs, Robotic Milestones, and Global Policy Shifts

OpenAI delayed its first open-weight model release, initially expected this summer, with CEO Sam Altman saying safety tests require more time and that weights, once released, can’t be pulled back. Moonshot AI

15 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Generative AI · Robotics · Tech Trends · Technology Policy

60 AI Tools That Don’t Exist Yet—But Should: The Missing Pieces of the Future

Manus AI in China is described as the first “general AI agent” able to take a natural-language request and independently perform all steps, such as finding a pet-friendly 2-bedroom apartment under $50k

10 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence · Future Technology · Innovation · Tech Trends · Tools

June–July 2025 Update: Workflow Automation & RPA Industry Report

Gartner’s 2025 Magic Quadrant for RPA, released in late June 2025, again names Automation Anywhere, Microsoft, SS&C Blue Prism, and UiPath as Leaders for the seventh consecutive year. Gartner warned about ‘agent

8 July 2025

Industry Report · NASDAQ:MSFT · NASDAQ:PATH · NASDAQ:SSNC · Productivity · RPA · Tech Trends · Workflow Automation

AI, Cloud & Cybersecurity Boom: Inside the 2025 CIO Tech Agenda

In 2025, 58% of global tech leaders named AI as the most important technology area for the year ahead. Gartner’s 2025 ANZ CIO poll found 88% of ANZ CIOs identified cybersecurity as

7 July 2025

Artificial Intelligence · CIO Strategy · Cloud Computing · Cybersecurity · Tech Trends

Global IoT Market 2025 Forecast: Inside the $1 Trillion Tech Revolution

Global IoT spending in 2025 is projected to approach $1 trillion, up from $805.7 billion in 2023. By 2025, the number of connected IoT devices is expected to reach 27 billion, rising

7 July 2025

Industry Analysis · Innovation · IoT · Market Forecast · NASDAQ:KORE · NASDAQ:MSFT · NASDAQ:SMTC · NYSE:TWLO · NYSE:VOD · Tech Trends

Smart Homes Just Got Smarter: New Gadgets, Big Trends & Surprising Challenges in Summer 2025

In June 2025 Generac launched ecobee by Generac Smart Thermostat Enhanced with built-in Home Energy Management, promising up to 26% savings on annual heating and cooling and direct coordination with Generac generators

6 July 2025

Challenges · Gadgets · Home Automation · Smart Homes · Tech Trends

XR Revolution Unleashed: June–July 2025’s Biggest Extended & Mixed Reality Breakthroughs

Snap announced the Specs AR glasses at AWE 2025 as a next-generation, lightweight glasses form factor due in 2026, backed by an 11-year, $3 billion investment, with Specs described as an ultra-powerful

6 July 2025

Breakthroughs · Innovation · Mixed Reality · NASDAQ:AAPL · NASDAQ:META · NASDAQ:SNAP · Tech Trends · XR

Tech News Deep Dive: July 2025 / Updated: 2025, July 4th, 00:01 CET

Microsoft laid off about 9,000 employees, roughly 4% of its global workforce, in July 2025, with the Xbox division heavily affected. Microsoft’s AI push includes an $80 billion investment in AI infrastructure

4 July 2025

2025 Updates · Deep Dive · Innovation · NASDAQ:MSFT · Tech Trends · Technology News

Claude AI Revolution: An Up-to-Date 2025 Guide to Anthropic’s ChatGPT Rival

In May 2025, Anthropic released Claude 4 as Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4, introducing a 200K+ token context window, code execution, and agentic tool use with a new Files API.

3 July 2025

2025 Guide · Artificial Intelligence · ChatGPT Alternatives · Claude AI · NASDAQ:AMZN · NASDAQ:GOOGL · Tech Trends

Major Tech Developments in June 2025 and H2 2025 Outlook

At WWDC 2025, Apple opened on-device AI—a ~3-billion-parameter LLM—to third-party developers. Microsoft reported 33% year-over-year Azure growth in Q1 2025 and noted roughly 30% of its code is AI-authored. Google rolled out

28 June 2025

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