The Vera C. Rubin Observatory released its first images from Cerro Pachón, Chile, featuring galaxies and the Trifid Nebula, and will generate 10 million alerts per night with the world’s largest digital camera. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope directly imaged a Saturn-mass exoplanet orbiting the star TWA 7. MTG-S1, a 1.8-ton satellite carrying the Sentinel-4…
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In summer 2025, TSMC reported near 90% yield on its 3 nm process, versus Samsung’s roughly 50% yield. Samsung, which pioneered 3 nm gate-all-around transistors in 2022, continues to struggle with yields but has won Google’s Tensor G5 on 3 nm and other new clients for older nodes. TSMC and Samsung are racing toward 2…
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Meta launched Meta Superintelligence Labs (MSL), led by Alexandr Wang and Nat Friedman, unifying all AI R&D to accelerate AGI with a multi-billion-dollar investment reportedly over $70 billion and recruiting top talent from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. Microsoft unveiled the AI Diagnostic Orchestrator (MAI-DxO), powered by OpenAI’s o3 model and others, achieving 80–85.5% diagnostic accuracy…
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In late June 2025, Xiaomi unveiled the YU7 EV, its first electric SUV, alongside the Smart Band 10 fitness tracker and prototype Xiaomi AI smart glasses. Samsara announced the Samsara Wearable at its Beyond conference on June 24, 2025, a rugged safety device with over one year of battery life that detects falls and alerts…
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In 2025 Meta launched Meta Superintelligence Labs led by Alexandr Wang (ex-Scale AI CEO) and Nat Friedman (ex-GitHub CEO), aiming to reach artificial superintelligence, backed by a $29 billion investment in AI data centers and a 49% stake in Scale AI, even as the Llama 4 model underperformed. Apple is reportedly considering replacing its in-house…
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On June 30, 2025, X hires Nikita Bier, founder of tbh and Gas, as Head of Product to revitalize the main feed and engagement features, after advising Musk’s xAI since late 2024. U.S. District Judge Julien Neals denied Apple’s motion to dismiss the DOJ antitrust case filed in 2024, allowing the suit alleging an App…
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AI in 2025: Breakthroughs, Risks, and the Road Ahead Table of Contents Introduction: The AI Tipping Point AI in Industry: From Automation to Transformation Manufacturing, Logistics, and Maintenance Healthcare and Biotechnology Finance, Insurance, and Investment Retail, Real Estate, and Marketing AI in Public Sector and Society Government, Administration, and Urban Planning Education and Research Law,…
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Starlink, SpaceX’s satellite internet constellation, now has over 5 million customers in 125 countries, with rivals including Eutelsat OneWeb, Globalstar, and Amazon’s Project Kuiper and government-led IRIS2 and QianFan programs. Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile formed SatCo, a Luxembourg-based joint venture aiming to deliver direct-to-device satellite connectivity across Europe by 2026, integrating with 4G/5G networks. MTG-S1,…
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In May 2025, Salesforce announced a definitive agreement to acquire data management firm Informatica for $8 billion. In May 2025, Microsoft announced a partnership with xAI to host Grok 3 and Grok 3 Mini on Azure via the Azure AI Foundry service. On May 22, 2025, Red Hat and AMD announced an expanded collaboration to…
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Tesla reaffirmed plans for affordable next-generation EVs on a new platform, with production targeted for the first half of 2025. Toyota announced 9 new BEV models for Europe in 2025–2026 (6 Toyota and 3 Lexus) as part of its multi-pathway carbon-reduction strategy. Ford unveiled a low-cost EV platform led by a 500-member skunkworks team, with…
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