Microsoft laid off thousands of employees in 2025 to redirect $80 billion toward AI development. xAI plans data centers powered by 1,000,000 Nvidia GPUs. Ford CEO Jim Farley warns AI could replace up to half of all white-collar jobs. MASAI reduces radiologist workload by 44% and achieves 96% diagnostic accuracy. Microsoft o3 model solves over…
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Samsung announced global launch of the Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Galaxy Z Flip 7 for July 9, 2025, with IP48 durability, user-replaceable batteries, and the Fold 7 offering a 16GB RAM option and a 4,272mAh battery. Leaks indicate the iPhone 17 Pro Max will include a 5,000mAh battery, enabling about 35 hours of battery…
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Ford CEO Jim Farley warned that AI will concretely replace half of US white-collar workers. The IMF estimates up to 60% of jobs in advanced economies may be directly affected by AI. Jiahui Yu, co-creator of GPT-4.1 and GPT-4o, moved from OpenAI to Meta in a $100 million deal to lead Meta Superintelligence Labs. Nvidia…
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NASA’s ATLAS telescope identified the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, currently about 420 million miles from Earth, with closest approach to the Sun on October 30, 2025, and it will pass safely between Mars and Earth as the third confirmed interstellar visitor after 1I/ʻOumuamua and 2I/Borisov. July marks Aphelion Day, when Earth is about 94.5 million miles…
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Starlink has over 4.6 million users and a constellation of nearly 7,900 satellites in orbit as of mid-2025. The EU Space Act would unify space regulation with debris mitigation, cybersecurity, and environmental standards, with existing Starlink satellites exempt through 2030 but future deployments subject to the Act. France’s SNCF plans to deploy satellite internet on…
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Over 45 major European firms—including ASML, Airbus, Mercedes-Benz, and Siemens Energy—urged the EU to delay the AI Act by two years to protect innovation. AI engineers now command $2–10 million per year, as Meta commits up to $72 billion to AI in 2025. Microsoft’s MAI Diagnostic Orchestrator (MAI-DxO) diagnoses diseases four times more accurately and…
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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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Astronomers confirmed 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1) as the third confirmed interstellar object to visit our solar system, about 20 km wide, detected by NASA’s ATLAS survey, and it will pass inside Mars’ orbit in October 2025 at a minimum distance of 1.6 AU. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope directly imaged exoplanet TWA 7 b, a Saturn-mass…
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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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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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