Waymo’s robotaxis are now providing over 150,000 autonomous rides per week in U.S. cities. By 2025 AI drives an estimated 80–90% of trading volume in major stock markets. The EU AI Act entered into force in August 2024, with prohibitions enforceable by February 2025, general-purpose AI rules taking effect by August 2025, and high-risk requirements…
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In 2025, researchers unveiled the first topological quantum processor, an 8-qubit device using Majorana particles. D-Wave’s Advantage quantum annealing computer solved a complex magnetic simulation in minutes, a problem that would take classical supercomputers millions of years. In late 2024 Google debuted the 105-qubit Willow superconducting chip with unprecedented error-correction performance. IBM crossed the 1,000-qubit…
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Biomass was selected in May 2013 as ESA’s seventh Earth Explorer mission to quantify forest carbon from space. The mission uses a P-band synthetic aperture radar at ~435 MHz (about 70 cm wavelength) with a 12-meter mesh reflector deployed in orbit to penetrate canopies and sense trunks. It employs fully polarimetric SAR (HH, HV, VH,…
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT service is now one of the world’s top websites, with over 5 billion visits per month as of May 2025. In 2024, 78% of organizations reported using AI in at least one business function, up from 55% in 2023. U.S. venture funding for AI in 2024 reached $109 billion, nearly 12× China’s $9.3B…
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Global consumer tech sales are projected to reach $1.29 trillion in 2025, about 2% growth over 2024. Apple leads wearables with roughly a 20–25% global market share in recent quarters, driven by its Watch and AirPods lines. Wearable shipments grew 5.4% in 2024 to 534.6 million units and are expected to grow 4.1% in 2025…
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The global AI market is estimated at $758 billion in 2025 and is projected to rise to multiple trillions in the next decade. Apple’s 2025 software enables an iPhone to run a local large language model for Siri, marking edge AI in consumer devices. The AI semiconductor market is projected to exceed $150 billion in…
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Artemis I launched on November 16, 2022, marking NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) first flight and sending an uncrewed Orion around the Moon. The global space economy reached about $570 billion in 2023, with roughly 80% of that value produced by commercial activities. As of 2025, there are over 11,000 active satellites serving Earth, out…
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Apple WWDC 2025 (June 9–13) introduced iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26 Tahoe, watchOS 26, tvOS 26, visionOS 26, a unified Liquid Glass design, and on-device Apple Intelligence with Live Translation and Image Playground. Google I/O 2025 showcased Android 16, AI-powered features across services, Android XR, and NotebookLM as a standalone Android app powered by…
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The global AI market is valued around $758 billion in 2025 and is projected to reach $3.68 trillion by 2034. Generative AI and large language models drove a 76% increase in spending in 2025. 78% of companies use AI in at least one function as of mid-2025. At Apple’s June 2025 WWDC, Apple unveiled on-device…
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The June Bootids peak occurs on the night of 27 June 2025 at about 04:00 PDT / 11:00 UTC as Earth intersects the dust trail of periodic comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke. The parent body is periodic comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke with a 6.3-year orbit and a nucleus about 5 km in diameter. Meteor speeds are slow for Bootids, about…
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