NASA announced TRACERS, a pair of satellites to study Earth’s magnetosphere, slated to launch in late July 2025 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 from California, flying in tandem across the poles to observe magnetic reconnection, alongside three NASA tech demos including a “Polylingual” communications terminal and a smallsat radiation belt cleanup demonstrator. NASA announced SNIFS,…
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Pixel 10 is powered by Google’s Tensor G5 built on a 3 nm process from TSMC, with 12 GB of RAM on the standard model and a triple-camera setup led by a 50 MP GN8 main sensor and 5× telephoto, plus 4K60 HDR video support. Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL feature 16…
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In July 2025, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered Microsoft to halt China-based engineering on Pentagon cloud work, with Frank Shaw saying no China-based teams will provide technical assistance and the involvement ending immediately. Blackstone withdrew from the TikTok US sale bid led by Susquehanna and General Atlantic, a consortium that could have given US owners…
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In 2025 flagship smartphones use premium materials—Apple’s Pro iPhones with titanium alloy frames and Gorilla Glass Victus 2/3—while foldables such as Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7 showcase improved Ultra-Thin Glass hinges. Displays in 2025 feature OLED panels with 120Hz LTPO refresh rates, QHD+ resolution on many flagships, and brightness over 1,500…
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On July 17, 2025, OpenAI launched ChatGPT Agent, introducing an agent mode that can take actions such as booking reservations, shopping, or drafting documents and can connect to apps like Gmail and GitHub, with safeguards that the system will always ask for user confirmation before major actions and can be interrupted. Starting immediately, subscribers to…
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Uber to deploy 20,000 robotaxis across the United States starting in 2026, with a $300 million investment in Lucid Motors and a partnership with Nuro to use Lucid Gravity SUVs with Nuro’s autonomous driving system. Fortinet FortiWeb faced a critical SQL injection flaw, CVE-2025-25257, compromising at least 49 instances as of July 17. Australian medical…
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The Nothing Phone 3 was officially unveiled on July 1, 2025, with pre-orders opening July 4 and a full market release on July 15, 2025. Prices start at $799 for 12GB RAM/256GB storage and $899 for 16GB RAM/512GB, with India pricing ₹79,999 and ₹89,999. The 6.67-inch flat AMOLED display offers 1260×2800 resolution (460 ppi), 20:9…
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The iPhone Fold is tipped to debut in the second half of 2026, with mass production of key components planned to begin by late 2025. UBS analysts estimate a launch price around $1,800, with a bill of materials about $759 and gross margins of 53–58%. The device is described as a book-style foldable with a…
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Google launched the Search Generative Experience (SGE) in May 2023, an AI-driven results format that places an AI-generated snapshot at the top of the page using PaLM-era models and later Gemini. Google introduced the Knowledge Graph in 2012, a semantic database powering knowledge panels with over 500 billion facts about more than 5 billion entities.…
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In Q4 2024, YouTube’s advertising sales reached $10.5 billion, up from $9.2 billion in Q4 2023, boosted by U.S. midterm spending. Analysts estimated YouTube’s 2024 ad revenues at $35–36 billion, about 13–14% of Alphabet’s total ad intake, with some valuing YouTube at roughly $550 billion as a standalone enterprise. As of 2025, YouTube Premium and…
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