Huawei regained the top spot in China’s smartphone market in Q2 2025 with 12.5 million units shipped, the first time it led for more than four years. China saw the launch of more than 100 AI-native devices across smartphones, PCs, and AR glasses in 2025. JD.com reported a 7x year-over-year jump in AR glasses sales…
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Consumer Electronics & Gadgets Space & Aerospace A SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage lands on a droneship after launching Starlink satellites on July 18, 2025 space.com space.com. Cybersecurity & Data Privacy Biotechnology & Health Tech Automotive & Transportation Tech Computing & Hardware Telecom, Social Media & Tech Policy Crypto & Fintech Sources: Reuters Technology News (July 20–21,…
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Major AI Company Announcements and New Launches Notable Research Breakthroughs and AI Milestones Government and Regulatory Updates in AI Funding Frenzy, Acquisitions and Partnerships Investors and tech giants opened the checkbooks in July, signaling that the generative AI boom is still in full swing: Expert Reactions and Industry Perspectives With so many rapid developments, leaders…
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SpaceX Falcon 9 launched 24 new Starlink satellites on July 18 from California, with the booster landing for the 14th time on the Of Course I Still Love You droneship, expanding the constellation to nearly 8,000 active satellites. Raytheon delivered the OCX GPS control software to the U.S. Space Force, upgrading the Global Positioning System…
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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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The global drone market is projected to grow from about $42 billion in 2025 to nearly $90 billion by 2030, a CAGR of roughly 13–14%. The Drone Industry Insights forecast excludes passenger eVTOLs and estimates the overall drone market at $57.8 billion by 2030, up from about $40.6 billion in 2025. DaaS (Drones-as-a-Service) is projected…
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China formally unveiled a stealth aircraft carrier program in 2025, highlighted by CCTV footage showing two J-35 prototypes in a Shenyang hangar and Fujian sea-trial progress. The Type 003 Fujian is the first Chinese carrier with electromagnetic catapults (EMALS), configured with three EMALS launchers, displacing about 80,000–85,000 tons and measuring roughly 318 meters. The J-35…
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Security analysts reported a 133% rise in Iranian state-sponsored attacks through May–June 2025, with Nozomi Networks tracking 28 incidents across six APT groups (MuddyWater, APT33, OilRig, CyberAvengers, Fox Kitten, Homeland Justice), and MuddyWater alone carrying out five breaches targeting OT/ICS. A joint alert by CISA, the FBI, NSA and DoD warned Iranian hackers may target…
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Meta’s AI power play: the first mega-cluster, Prometheus, comes online in 2026, with a second (Hyperion) scaling to 5 gigawatts later, and Zuckerberg boasts that one cluster covers a significant part of Manhattan’s footprint. Zuckerberg personally leads a “talent raid” to hire top engineers after Meta invested $14.3 billion in Scale AI, and in 2025…
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Nvidia briefly reached a $4 trillion market value in July 2025, with shares peaking at $164.42 on July 9 and closing that day at about a $3.97 trillion market cap. Nvidia guided about $45 billion in quarterly revenue for Q2 FY2026 (the quarter ending July). Nvidia unveiled the GeForce RTX 5050 desktop GPU with the…
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