PixVerse released V4 in February 2025 and V4.5 on May 15, 2025, adding cinematic camera controls and a multi-element fusion system. The mobile PixVerse app rose to #1 in the US App Store’s Photo & Video category and #4 overall within days of the V4.5 launch. In June 2025, PixVerse launched Pai I, a Chinese…
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The EU’s AI Act is moving forward without delays, with general-purpose AI obligations beginning in August 2024 and high-risk models following in August 2026, with penalties up to 7% of global revenue. More than 45 European CEOs signed open letters urging a two-year pause, warning that overly complex regulation could hinder Europe’s global competitiveness and…
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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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Samsung unveils the Galaxy Z Fold7 for the July 9, 2025 Galaxy Unpacked event, featuring an 8.2-inch main display, Snapdragon 8 Elite, up to 16GB RAM and 1TB storage, Android 16 with One UI 8, a 4,400mAh battery with 40-hour life, IP48 water resistance, a drop rating A, average repairability C, Blue Shadow color, and…
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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 9,000 employees, roughly 4% of its global workforce, in July 2025, with the Xbox division heavily affected. Microsoft’s AI push includes an $80 billion investment in AI infrastructure for fiscal 2025, plus a $30 billion annual cloud deal with Oracle to support Project Stargate via Azure. Microsoft’s gaming division seismic changes…
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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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Janitor AI was founded by Australian software developer Jan Zoltkowski and launched in June 2023. In its first weeks, Janitor AI attracted over 1 million users within a week or two of launch. By September 2023, the platform had amassed around 3 million users, having hit the 1-million mark in 17 days. As of early…
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In June 2025 Karandeep Anand, formerly Meta VP, was named CEO of Character.AI, succeeding co-founder Noam Shazeer, and he pledged a 60-day plan to improve memory, filters, and creator features. In 2025 Character.AI launched Scenes, AvatarFX, Streams, and memory tools, with Chat Memories available in May 2025, AvatarFX live on web in June, and Streams…
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