Microsoft laid off about 4% of its workforce in July 2025, citing AI as a direct replacement for roles, notably in Xbox. More than 110 major European companies, including ASML, Airbus, Siemens, SAP, and Mistral AI, signed open letters urging a two-year delay to the EU AI Act due to its complexity and costs. Meta…
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In 2025, Chinese AI models like DeepSeek and Alibaba’s language models gained global traction, with DeepSeek reportedly priced at 1/17th the cost of leading US models and adopted by HSBC, Standard Chartered, and Saudi Aramco. US tech giants increased AI infrastructure spending in 2025, with Microsoft committing $80 billion and Meta $68 billion to data…
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Global telecom equipment revenues declined about 11% in 2024 and are forecast to be essentially flat in 2025. Huawei remains the leading telecom equipment supplier with about 31% global market share, ahead of Nokia at 14% and Ericsson at 13%. Ericsson’s Mobility Report (June 2025) projects 5G subscriptions reaching about 2.9 billion by the end…
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SpaceX marked its 500th Falcon 9 launch with the deployment of 27 Starlink satellites and the 29th booster reuse. MTG-S1, Europe’s first geostationary hyperspectral infrared atmospheric sounder, launched July 1, 2025 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 alongside the Sentinel-4 instrument for hourly air-quality data over Europe and North Africa. MethaneSAT, an $88 million climate satellite…
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In the United States, data scientists average about $156,790 in total pay annually, with New York around $160,000 and San Francisco topping $178,000. Switzerland leads Europe with data scientists averaging about $143,360 per year. OpenAI compensation data shows a median total of about $875,000, with entry-level around $238,000 and senior levels around $1.34 million, and…
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A viral AI deepfake song titled “Heart on My Sleeve” mimicked Drake and The Weeknd and racked up millions of streams before Universal Music Group demanded its removal. In June 2024, the RIAA and the Big Three labels (UMG, Sony, Warner) sued Suno and Udio for alleged en masse copyright infringement, seeking up to $150,000…
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The global AI market is valued at $391 billion in 2025, with a projected CAGR of 35.9% and an expected reach of $1.81 trillion by 2030. AI is now a business foundation, with over 6% of global startups and nearly 10% of unicorns AI-powered. 83% of companies say AI is a top priority, and daily…
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MTG-S1, launched July 1, 2025 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying Sentinel-4, will provide continuous 3D atmospheric profiles from geostationary orbit and hourly high‑resolution air‑quality data. MethaneSAT, funded by Jeff Bezos and the Environmental Defense Fund and launched in March 2024, stopped responding in June 2025 and is considered irrecoverable, despite revealing methane leaks up…
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Verizon Business launched the Edge Transportation Exchange, a 5G MEC-based V2X platform enabling real-time data sharing among vehicles, infrastructure, and pedestrians, piloted with Volkswagen, state transportation departments, and universities across Arizona, Delaware, and New Jersey. Rockwell Automation introduced OptixEdge, an on-site industrial gateway that processes factory machine data locally and integrates with FactoryTalk Optix, reducing…
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Revolut will integrate the European Payments Initiative’s Wero wallet into the Revolut app for customers in France, Belgium and Germany, a system launched in 2024 that already has over 40 million users and aims to add e-commerce payments by late 2025 (announced June 26, 2025). Lunar, the Nordic digital bank, announced in June 2025 partnerships…
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