Major Global AI Moves and Policy Updates Washington’s AI Playbook Unveiled: In the United States, the White House released a sweeping AI Action Plan aimed at cementing American dominance in artificial intelligence reuters.com. The plan calls for “open-source and open-weight AI models” to be freely available worldwide and seeks to slash regulatory hurdles to accelerate…
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Introduction: An Unprecedented Tech Revolution Artificial intelligence has exploded from a niche technology into a transformative force across the business world. Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently remarked that the rise of AI will be “far bigger than the shift to mobile or to the web”, calling it the most profound tech change of our lifetimes blog.google.…
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Evolution from Siri to ChatGPT: A Brief History The concept of a digital assistant has been around for decades in science fiction, but Apple’s Siri brought it into the mainstream in 2011 techradar.com. Debuting on the iPhone 4S, Siri was the first widely used voice assistant, allowing users to speak natural language commands for tasks…
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Defining Artificial Intelligence and Robotics – A “Brain” vs. “Body” Artificial Intelligence (AI) and robotics are closely related but fundamentally different fields. Artificial intelligence refers to software and algorithms designed to perform tasks that typically require human-like intelligence – such as learning, decision making, and problem-solving blog.robotiq.com bernardmarr.com. In contrast, robotics is the branch of…
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Comprehensive Overview of Frontier AI Models and Trends The year 2025 finds artificial intelligence at an inflection point. A handful of “frontier AI” models – ultra-advanced AI systems at the cutting edge of capability – are vying for supremacy, led by tech giants and well-funded startups. OpenAI’s GPT-4 (with GPT-5 on the horizon), Anthropic’s Claude…
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Rapid-Fire Launches Span US, Europe, and Australia SpaceX’s Starlink Doubleheader: SpaceX achieved two back-to-back Falcon 9 launches in under 24 hours, bolstering its Starlink internet constellation. Early Saturday morning (July 26) a Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 5:01 a.m. EDT carrying 28 Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit space.com. Less than a day…
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The past two days brought a flood of tech developments worldwide – from breakthrough space missions and big hardware launches to serious cybersecurity incidents and pivotal policy shifts. (Notably absent are any AI-related headlines, by design.) Here are the major tech stories from July 26–27, 2025, organized by sector: Consumer Electronics & Gadgets Semiconductors &…
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Market Movements: Bitcoin, Ethereum and Key Altcoins Bitcoin dipped below $115,000 overnight on the whale’s massive transfers, but rebounded above $117,000 after asset manager Galaxy confirmed it had completed the sale on the whale’s behalf as part of estate planning coindesk.com coindesk.com. With that selling pressure cleared, analysts suggested the local bottom was likely in…
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New Launches and Mission Milestones Russia and Europe – Science Satellites to Orbit: On July 25, Russia’s Roscosmos successfully launched a Soyuz-2.1b rocket from Vostochny Cosmodrome, carrying two Ionosfera-M research satellites into polar orbit nasaspaceflight.com. The mission, part of Russia’s “Ionozond” program, completed a constellation to monitor ionospheric space weather effects on Earth’s environment space.com…
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Consumer Electronics & Gadgets Computing & Chips Software & Operating Systems Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Telecommunications & Infrastructure Biotech & Health Tech Space & Aerospace Sources: Official corporate announcements, government releases, and reputable tech media were used in compiling this report. For more details, see NASA nasa.gov nasa.gov, Space Insider spaceinsider.tech spaceinsider.tech, Wired wired.com wired.com,…
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