Drug Approvals & Regulatory Developments (In Europe, regulators also made news: the EMA’s committee recommended approving darolutamide (Bayer’s Nubeqa) with hormone therapy for metastatic prostate cancer based on positive Phase 3 data onclive.com.) Clinical Trials & Research Breakthroughs Public Health & Policy Industry & Business Updates Sources: Key information and quotes in this report were…
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Nasdaq Composite reached a record high for the second consecutive day on Friday, August 8, 2025, led by Apple and other tech shares. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% and the Dow Jones rose 0.5% on Friday, August 8, 2025, with Nasdaq up 3.9% for the week. The pan-European STOXX 600 climbed 0.2% on Friday and…
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OpenAI launched GPT-5 on Aug. 7, 2025, touting expert-level capabilities and 700 million ChatGPT users. On Aug. 7, 2025, the U.S. Commerce Department began licensing Nvidia to export its H20 AI chips to China, reversing a ban and potentially restoring access to a huge market. AMD shares fell 5.1% and SMCI dropped 18.2% after Q2…
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In preclinical tests on diabetic mice, a single application of a hydrogel-based “smart” wound dressing achieved 90% wound closure in 12 days by silencing thrombospondin-1 with microRNA-loaded extracellular vesicles. The James Webb Space Telescope’s MIRI directly imaged a gas-giant planet roughly the mass of Saturn orbiting Alpha Centauri A at about 2 AU, about 4…
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The Perseid meteor shower is active August 9–10, 2025, with peak activity expected August 12–13 and up to 100 meteors per hour at peak under ideal dark skies. The full Moon, known as the Sturgeon Moon, reaches full on August 9, 2025 at 3:55 a.m. EDT (07:55 GMT) and will dominate the sky that night.…
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NASA’s Crew-10 astronauts Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, Takuya Onishi, and Kirill Peskov completed a 146-day mission with a splashdown off the California coast at 11:33 a.m. ET on Aug. 9, 2025, the first crewed West Coast splashdown under NASA’s Commercial Crew Program. China completed the first full-scale test of the Lanyue (“Embrace the Moon”) crewed…
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Sony raised its annual profit forecast 4% to ¥1.33 trillion ($9 billion) on tariff relief and strong PlayStation demand, with tariff impact now expected at ¥70 billion, down from ¥100 billion. Sony’s PlayStation division sold 2.5 million PS5 consoles in Q1, up 4%, helping gaming profits double on software and network services. SMIC reported Q2…
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OpenAI released GPT-5 on Aug 8, 2025, the first major upgrade to ChatGPT in over two years, with 700 million weekly users and reinforced safety guardrails. Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.1 on Aug 5, 2025, improving software engineering accuracy to 74.5% on its coding benchmark (from 72.5%) and making the model available via API, GitHub…
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Honor Watch 5, launched in late 2024, features a square Apple Watch–like design, a 1.85-inch AMOLED display, up to 1000 nits brightness, and a typical battery life of 14–15 days. Samsung Galaxy Watch 7, unveiled in July 2024, comes in 40mm and 44mm sizes with aluminum cases, sapphire crystal, MIL-STD-810H durability, 5ATM/IP68 water resistance, and…
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Iridium 9575 Extreme, launched in 2011, is Iridium’s rugged flagship with MIL-STD-810F shock/vibration and IP65 protection plus built-in GPS and a one-touch SOS button. The 9575 measures about 14 × 6 × 2.7 cm and weighs roughly 247 g, and is described as smaller and lighter than the Iridium 9555. Battery life for the 9575…
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