Windows 11 overtakes Windows 10, reaching 50.88% of Windows devices by July 2025 according to StatCounter. Nvidia’s market capitalization tops Apple at $3.92 trillion as AI chip demand drives growth, with the Blackwell platform fueling expansion. OpenAI plans to launch GPT-5 this summer, aiming for AGI and combining elements from GPT-4o and GPT-4. The interstellar…
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Eeki, the Indian agtech startup, secured $7 million in funding led by Sixth Sense Ventures to expand its IoT-powered aeroponic network across India. The investment supports scaling after Eeki already built 100 acres of climate‑controlled farms in arid Rajasthan and rolling out third-generation growing chambers and R&D. Planet Farms (Italy) is investing £25+ million to…
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ChatGPT uses OpenAI’s GPT-4 with multi-turn dialogue and voice input/output, refined through RLHF, and offers a ChatGPT Plus plan at $20 per month. Google Bard runs on PaLM/LaMDA, can generate multiple draft responses and pull web results via Google Search, and is currently free to use in the experiment phase. Soul Machines builds digital-human avatars…
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Blockchain is a distributed, append-only ledger where each transaction is grouped into a block cryptographically linked to the previous one, making the system tamper-resistant. Smart contracts on platforms like Ethereum are self-executing code that enforces agreements when conditions are met, operating with no downtime, censorship, or fraud. Walmart and IBM demonstrated a blockchain-based food-traceability system…
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Qatar’s fixed internet is dominated by fiber-optic FTTH, with the Qatar National Broadband Network (QNBN) delivering fiber coverage to over 95% of the country and DSL largely obsolete. Ooredoo Qatar launched the world’s first live 5G network in May 2018 and both Ooredoo and Vodafone now offer nationwide 5G coverage with gigabit peak speeds. Mobile…
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SpaceX achieved its 500th Falcon 9 mission in early July 2025, with an overnight Starlink launch featuring a booster on its 29th reuse. By July 2, 2025, SpaceX had conducted 83 Falcon 9 missions in 2025, including 61 Starlink deployments. In June 2025, the United States saw 21 commercial launches across four providers, with SpaceX…
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Telefónica Tech’s AI and Data Director predicts AI agents will automate internal processes and boost productivity, signaling a transformative, long-term impact on organizations. US tech giants have laid off nearly 94,000 IT workers to reallocate resources for AI development, with Microsoft planning 15,000 layoffs by 2025. <liMIT research found that using ChatGPT reduces brain activity…
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Global IoT spending in 2025 is projected to approach $1 trillion, up from $805.7 billion in 2023. By 2025, the number of connected IoT devices is expected to reach 27 billion, rising to over 40 billion by 2030. Manufacturing is the leading IoT vertical by spending, with 2023 top use cases including manufacturing operations at…
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Snap announced the Specs AR glasses at AWE 2025 as a next-generation, lightweight glasses form factor due in 2026, backed by an 11-year, $3 billion investment, with Specs described as an ultra-powerful wearable computer with see-through lenses and major Snap OS updates including OpenAI and Gemini AI integration. At WWDC 2025, Apple unveiled visionOS 26…
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In mid-June 2025, Waymo applied for a New York City permit to begin autonomous car tests with safety drivers, potentially making NYC’s first AV pilot if approved. As of June 2025, Waymo operates about 1,500 self-driving vehicles and handles over 250,000 rides per week across San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Austin. In late June…
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