SoundHound AI posted Q2 revenue of $42.7 million, up 217% year-over-year, about $10 million above expectations, and lifted full-year revenue guidance to $160–$178 million. Palantir Technologies reported Q2 revenue above $1 billion for the first time, with U.S. government sales up 53% to $426 million (over 42% of total revenue), and raised full-year revenue guidance…
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Astronaut Homecoming & ISS Updates Rocket Launch Drama & Satellite Missions Moon Exploration & Global Programs Science & New Discoveries Commercial & Industry Developments Sources: This report compiles information from official agency releases, trusted news outlets, and expert commentary. Key sources include NASA press releases nasa.gov spacepolicyonline.com, Spaceflight Now spaceflightnow.com spaceflightnow.com, Space.com space.com space.com, SpaceNews…
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AOL will discontinue its Dial-up Internet service on September 30, 2025 after a 34-year run. AOL will retire the AOL Dialer software and the AOL Shield browser, both optimized for older operating systems, alongside the dial-up shutdown. Marks & Spencer relaunched its online click-and-collect service on August 11, 2025 after a 15-week ransomware outage that…
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OpenAI launched GPT-5, touted as a significant step toward artificial general intelligence and now accessible to free ChatGPT users with usage limits, while being integrated into Microsoft Copilot. OpenAI released two open-weight models, gpt-oss-120b (117-billion parameters) and gpt-oss-20b (21B parameters), which can run on a single high-end GPU (~80 GB VRAM) or a laptop (~16…
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The Celestron NexStar 8SE is a 203 mm Schmidt-Cassegrain with a GoTo computerized fork mount and f/10 optics, delivering bright, detailed views but at a high price for beginners. The Sky-Watcher 8-inch Dobsonian is a 203 mm reflector on a manual alt-azimuth mount with f/6, offering a large light bucket at low cost but no…
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Researchers in China unveiled a hydrogel-based “smart” wound dressing that speeds diabetic ulcer healing, with a single application achieving about 90% wound closure in 12 days by delivering microRNA-loaded vesicles that suppress the vessel-growth inhibitor TSP-1. A Swedish study published August 8 identified 87 DNA methylation sites in blood from 752 newly diagnosed diabetics followed…
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The Nasdaq Composite notched its 18th record closing high of 2025. OpenAI released GPT-5 on August 7, billed as the “smartest, fastest, most useful” model, now available to 700 million ChatGPT users, with a target of a $500 billion valuation in secondary-share sales. Federal Reserve Vice Chair Michelle Bowman signaled three rate cuts likely by…
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AMD’s Q2 data-center chip sales rose 14% to $3.2 billion but missed forecasts, while Nvidia’s stock surged 73%. SMCI shares plunged 18% in one day after missing revenue targets and cutting guidance amid Nvidia delays and rising competition, erasing over $6 billion in value overnight. By Aug. 7–8, the AI-chip rally resumed as Nvidia and…
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NASA’s Crew-10 returned four astronauts—Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, Takuya Onishi, and Kirill Peskov—from nearly five months aboard the ISS, as SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endurance splashed down off San Diego at 11:33 a.m. EDT on Aug. 9, marking NASA’s first Pacific Ocean crew recovery in 50 years. Crew-11 arrived at the ISS a week before Crew-10’s…
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Apple’s Next iPhone May Come with a Higher Price Tag Trump Targets Intel’s CEO, Raising Chip Industry Jitters Trump Family’s Crypto Venture Seeks $1.5 Billion Windfall Google Hack Exposes Millions of Business Contacts in Salesforce Breach University Cyberattack Affects 870,000 People’s Data Space Triumph: Astronauts Splash Down off California Coast Drone Giant DJI Debuts Robot Vacuum…
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