Space in July 2025: Budget Battles, Scientific Breakthroughs, and the New Space Race The global space sector is experiencing a period of profound transformation, marked by political wrangling over budgets, rapid advances in technology, and a surge of new players in both government and commercial domains. From the halls of Congress to the surface of…
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The NISAR satellite, a $1.5 billion collaboration between NASA and ISRO, is set to launch from India. Weighing nearly 3 tonnes, it uses synthetic aperture radar (SAR) to monitor Earth's surface in real time, day or night, through clouds or smoke—revolutionizing disaster response, climate science, and agriculture.
Oppenheimer upgraded Microsoft to outperform, citing that AI-driven growth is not fully priced in. Analyst Brian Schwartz said, "Investors are underestimating the potential for Microsoft's AI business to drive durable consumption growth for Azure and scale fast in the agentic AI era." Risks remain if enterprise AI adoption lags.
Samsung introduces five major cybersecurity enhancements for Galaxy devices, including Knox Enhanced Encrypted Protection (KEEP), individualized encrypted storage for AI apps, and Knox Matrix Threat Response, a proactive distributed firewall. These features, launching with One UI 8, aim to protect sensitive data and anticipate future threats like quantum attacks.
High-Performance Computing Highlights (June–July 2025): Exascale Era, HPC-AI Convergence, and Global Supercomputing AdvancesThe early summer of 2025 saw major milestones in high-performance computing (HPC), marked by new exascale supercomputers coming online, significant product launches from leading vendors, and accelerating HPC-AI convergence. In June 2025, the latest TOP500 rankings confirmed three U.S. exascale sy…
ChatGPT-5: The Next ‘Omnimodel’ AI Revolution is Coming – Here’s What We KnowIntroduction: A New Leap in AI Intelligence ChatGPT-5 (powered by OpenAI’s forthcoming GPT-5 model) is generating both hype and caution as the potential next giant leap in artificial intelligence. Touted as a step towards an “omnimodel” AI – one that can see, hear, and reason – GPT-5 is rumored t…
