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Technology News News 2 October 2025 - 5 October 2025

Starship Soars, Starlink Swells & SpaceX Dominates: 10 Days of Spectacular SpaceX News (Oct 1–10, 2025)

Starship Soars, Starlink Swells & SpaceX Dominates: 10 Days of Spectacular SpaceX News (Oct 1–10, 2025)

Now, let’s dive into the details of each development from October 1–10, 2025, and what they mean for SpaceX, its competitors, and the future of spaceflight. Falcon 9 Launch Frenzy and Mission Highlights spaceflightnow.comSpaceX began October with Falcon 9 rockets flying at an unprecedented pace, underscoring the company’s capability to maintain a rapid cadence. On Oct. 3, a Falcon 9 from Vandenberg SFB completed SpaceX’s 125th launch of 2025, lofting 28 Starlink V2 Mini satellites to low Earth orbit spaceflightnow.com space.com. The booster (serial B1097) landed on the Pacific droneship Of Course I Still Love You minutes later, marking SpaceX’s
Google’s October 2025 Shockwave: AI Advancements, Big Bets & Alphabet’s Soaring Fortunes

Google’s October 2025 Shockwave: AI Advancements, Big Bets & Alphabet’s Soaring Fortunes

Corporate News: Leadership, Legal & Strategy Early October saw Alphabet tightening its corporate belt and focus. The company initiated a fresh round of layoffs mainly in its Google Cloud division, eliminating over 100 positions in user experience research and design teams sfchronicle.com. These roles were responsible for analyzing user behavior to inform product design, but were deemed non-critical as Google reallocates resources toward AI development. Many affected employees were offered a chance to find other roles internally by year’s end, but the cuts reflect CEO Sundar Pichai’s drive to “be more efficient as we scale up so we don’t solve
AI Stocks Soar as Nvidia Hits $4T, Apple Feels the Heat, and Musk Doubles Down – Daily Roundup

AI Frenzy Adds $200 Billion to Chip Stocks – Nvidia, AMD Soar on Record Rally

AI Hype Reignites Chip Rally After a brief lull in sentiment, enthusiasm about artificial intelligence came roaring back in early October 2025 – sparking a record-setting rally in semiconductor stocks. Globally, chipmakers added over $200 billion in combined market value within days as investors piled into the sector on fresh AI optimism electronicsforyou.biz. NVIDIA looked set to power higher, and fellow AI-exposed names like Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Broadcom were also climbing amid renewed spending excitement driven by OpenAI itiger.com. This marked one of the biggest tech stock booms since the initial ChatGPT craze, reaffirming that AI remains the
AI Breakthroughs, Cyber Attacks & a $50B Gaming Shock – Tech News Roundup (Oct 4-5, 2025)

AI Breakthroughs, Cyber Attacks & a $50B Gaming Shock – Tech News Roundup (Oct 4-5, 2025)

Consumer Technology & Gadgets This weekend saw notable moves in consumer tech, from innovative new apps to eyebrow-raising hardware findings. OpenAI’s Sora 2 app – a creative tool that turns text prompts into hyper-realistic videos with sound – officially launched and became a viral hit. Despite being invite-only and available only in the U.S. and Canada, Sora shot up to the No.1 overall free app on Apple’s App Store techcrunch.com. Industry data showed 56,000 downloads on day one, putting Sora’s debut ahead of other major AI app launches like Anthropic’s Claude and Microsoft’s Copilot techcrunch.com techcrunch.com. Analysts noted that demand
AI Browser Wars Ignite: Perplexity’s Comet Lands in India to Challenge Chrome & Co.

$200 AI Browser Now FREE for All: Perplexity’s Comet Takes on Chrome and Internet “Slop”

Comet Browser Goes Free for Everyone Perplexity first unveiled Comet in July 2025 as a paid add-on for its Perplexity Max users (a $200/month tier) techcrunch.com. Demand was strong: the company says millions joined the waiting list for access. Now the company has removed the paywall completely. On October 2, Perplexity announced on social media that “Comet is now generally available to download for everyone (free, Pro and Max users)!” livemint.com. The launch message was frank: “The internet is better on Comet” tomsguide.com. In remarks reported by Business Insider, Srinivas explained that Perplexity wants to “build a better internet…that needs
Quantum Computing Inc (QUBT) Stock Skyrockets on $500M Fundraising and New Tech Debut – Can the Rally Last?

Quantum Computing Inc (QUBT) Stock Skyrockets on $500M Fundraising and New Tech Debut – Can the Rally Last?

Key Facts: Quantum Computing Inc (NASDAQ: QUBT) has seen explosive moves recently. As of Oct 3, 2025, its stock trades around $19.98 (market open), up ~5% on the day google.com. This follows a volatile period: QUBT plunged ~11.4% on Oct 2 after news of its funding round and product launch swingtradebot.com, then rebounded Oct 3 amid a sector rally fastcompany.com. Trading volume has been very high (~45M shares on Oct 2 vs. 30-day avg ~28M google.com investing.com). The shares have swung dramatically over 2025, from a 52-week low of $0.65 to a high of $27.15 google.com (a multi-thousand-percent increase). Market cap is roughly $3.7 billion google.com. QUBT is
Quantum Leap: D-Wave (QBTS) Stock Skyrockets 2000% Amid Fed Rate Cuts and AI-Fueled Quantum Breakthroughs

Quantum Boom! D-Wave (QBTS) Stock Rockets 2,600% – Is the Rally Just Beginning?

Stock Performance and Recent Trading D-Wave’s stock has been one of the market’s hottest stories. After languishing at single digits a year ago, QBTS has exploded higher. In late September 2025, the stock began a powerful run: it was in the mid-$18s in mid-September, climbed steadily, and then spiked ~14% on Oct 2, 2025 (Thursday) to close at a record $29.21 tokenist.com. This was a fresh all-time high (beating the prior high ~$29.23 hit on Oct 2 investing.com). In early pre-market trading on Oct 3 (Friday), the momentum continued: QBTS ticked up to about $30.35 tokenist.com, implying another ~3.9% gain.
Tech World Explodes: Unmissable AI, Cyber & Corporate Headlines (Oct 2–3, 2025)

Tech World Explodes: Unmissable AI, Cyber & Corporate Headlines (Oct 2–3, 2025)

Major Tech Companies and Industry Moves Google (Alphabet). In addition to the YouTube TV deal with NBCUniversal, Google is grappling with security threats. It warned corporate executives about mass extortion emails, part of a Cl0p ransomware campaign targeting Oracle and other enterprise software reuters.com reuters.com. Google emphasized it’s investigating but “does not currently have sufficient evidence to definitively assess” the claims reuters.com. On regulation, recent Reuters reporting notes Google is bracing for EU fines under the new Digital Markets Act for anti-competitive practices reuters.com reuters.com, highlighting escalating US-EU tech tensions. Amazon. AWS’s new “NBA Inside the Game” platform reuters.com and
Rigetti Computing’s Quantum Leap: Stock Soars on Breakthroughs and Bold Bets

Rigetti (RGTI) Stock Soars on New Quantum Wins — Breakthrough or Bubble?

Stock Price Movement Rigetti’s stock trajectory has been nothing short of dramatic. After languishing below $1 in 2023, RGTI took off in summer 2025. By mid-September it had “soared more than 80% in the past month and 160% in the last three months,”according to TipRanks tipranks.com. It reached an intraday 52-week high ~$34.40 in late Sept reuters.com. On Oct 2 it opened around $30.67 and climbed to trade near $35 early in the session (+17% intraday) stockanalysis.com; Reuters shows it at ~$31.95 (up +7.07%) later that morning reuters.com. In the days prior, the stock had run up on both good news and broader
Nebius Group Stock Soars on Microsoft AI Deal, $3B Funding Plan & Analyses: What You Need to Know on 2 October 2025

Nebius Group Stock Soars on Microsoft AI Deal, $3B Funding Plan & Analyses: What You Need to Know on 2 October 2025

In‑Depth Report Background and Business Model Nebius Group N.V., formerly part of the Russian internet company Yandex, rebranded and listed on Nasdaq in October 2024. The company positions itself as a “neo‑cloud” provider offering AI‑native cloud infrastructure built on Nvidia GPUs. Unlike traditional infrastructure‑as‑a‑service vendors, Nebius combines GPU compute with managed services like Kubernetes, PostgreSQL and data‑processing tools, allowing developers to build AI models more easily nasdaq.com. It operates a Finnish data centre, leases colocation facilities in Missouri, France and Iceland, and is constructing a new campus in New Jersey while negotiating a UK colocation deal nasdaq.com. Nvidia owns about
DroneShield Stock Skyrockets 40%: What’s Behind the Surge and What’s Next?

Defense Stock Plummets 19%: Why DroneShield’s Mega Crash Is All Over the Headlines (Plus EU’s ‘Drone Wall’ & ASML Boom)

The Rise and Fall of DroneShield’s Stock DroneShield, headquartered in Sydney, specialises in technologies that detect and defeat unmanned aerial systems. Its DroneGun and DroneSentry products combine radar, radio‑frequency sensors and signal jamming to intercept drones without kinetic damage. Over the past year, geopolitical conflicts and high‑profile drone attacks have driven governments and critical infrastructure operators to invest heavily in counter‑UAS solutions. DroneShield responded by signing new contracts, including two U.S. Department of Defense orders worth US$7.9 million, which pushed its total deliveries above 4,000 systems proactiveinvestors.com. Investors interpreted these contracts as validation of the firm’s technology and future revenue potential.
Snapchat Memories Paywall: Why the App’s New Storage Fees Might Change How You Use Social Media

Snapchat Memories Paywall: Why the App’s New Storage Fees Might Change How You Use Social Media

The Story Behind Snapchat’s New Storage Fees When Snapchat introduced its Memories feature in 2016, it promised to let users save their photos and videos safely in the cloud, separate from their camera roll. For nearly a decade the feature has served as a digital time capsule—allowing users to relive birthdays, graduations and everyday moments by pulling up Snaps from years past. The sheer volume of content is staggering: Snapchatters have stored more than one trillion memories on the platform newsroom.snap.com. This growth has outpaced the company’s expectations and, according to Snap, is straining its infrastructure. On 26 September 2025, Snap quietly
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