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Bitcoin Blasts Past $125K, AI Wars Escalate, and Space Tech Soars – Global Tech Roundup (Oct 5–6, 2025)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) OpenAI vs. Musk’s xAI – legal battle heats up: The Silicon Valley rivalry between Elon Musk and OpenAI turned into open warfare in court. Musk’s AI startup xAI sued OpenAI, accusing it of poaching staff to steal trade secrets related to xAI’s Grok chatbot. This week OpenAI hit back, asking a judge to dismiss the suit and blasting it as part of Musk’s “ongoing harassment” of the company reuters.com. OpenAI’s filing argued that “talented xAI employees are leaving in droves” under Musk and have every right to join OpenAI reuters.com. Musk, a co-founder turned critic of OpenAI,

6 October 2025

Tech Shockwaves: Space Spies, TikTok’s Lifeline & Cyber Chaos – Global Tech Roundup (Sept 22–23, 2025)

Global Tech Policy & Big Tech Battles TikTok’s Last-Minute Reprieve in U.S. A high-stakes TikTok divestment deal is coming to fruition in Washington, staving off a looming ban. President Donald Trump will sign an order declaring that TikTok’s U.S. operations have a buyer that meets legal requirements, a White House official said reuters.com. Under the plan, China’s ByteDance will retain less than 20% of TikTok, with the U.S. entity controlled by existing American stakeholders and new heavyweight investors reuters.com. Oracle and private equity firm Silver Lake are confirmed participants, and the full roster “is going to be real household names,”

23 September 2025

Cybersecurity · Global News · NASDAQ:ERIC · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:ORCL · NASDAQ:TSLA · NYSE:NOK · NYSE:VOD · Social Media · Space · Technology

Internet Access Upheaval: Censorship Crackdowns, Satellite Booms & Shutdowns Rock the Globe (Aug 31 – Sep 1, 2025)

Key Facts Government Crackdowns on Digital Access Russia doubles down on censorship: In a dramatic escalation of internet control, Russia implemented new laws on September 1 targeting both communication platforms and online content. The Kremlin is forcing a switch from WhatsApp and Telegram to a domestic messaging app called “Max,” which was launched in June by state-controlled tech firm VK thebarentsobserver.com thebarentsobserver.com. All phones sold in Russia from Sept 1 onward will come with “Max” pre-installed as the default, and officials are pressuring businesses and even universities to adopt it. At the same time, merely viewing or searching for banned information online

1 September 2025

Censorship · Global News · Internet Access · NASDAQ:CMCSA · NYSE:T · Satellite Internet · Technology Policy

Trade Truce, Tech Triumphs & Oil Drama: Global Business Bombshells (Aug 11–12, 2025)

The Reserve Bank of Australia cut its cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.6% on Tuesday, its third cut this year, with Governor Michele Bullock signaling further easing may be needed. China’s factory-gate prices fell 3.6% year on year in July while consumer prices were flat, underscoring deflationary pressures. U.S. markets were about 90% priced for a Federal Reserve rate cut in September, with expectations of at least two quarter-point reductions by year end and core inflation near 3%. The U.S. extended a tariff truce with China by 90 days, and Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 2.2% to 42,718 as

12 August 2025

Economic News · Global Business · NASDAQ:AAPL · NASDAQ:AMD · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:INTC · NASDAQ:MU · NASDAQ:NVDA · NYSE:F · Oil Markets · Technology · Trade

Global Tech Shockwave: Weekend Roundup (August 9–10, 2025)

Apple’s Next iPhone May Come with a Higher Price Tag Trump Targets Intel’s CEO, Raising Chip Industry Jitters Trump Family’s Crypto Venture Seeks $1.5 Billion Windfall Google Hack Exposes Millions of Business Contacts in Salesforce Breach University Cyberattack Affects 870,000 People’s Data Space Triumph: Astronauts Splash Down off California Coast Drone Giant DJI Debuts Robot Vacuum with Drone-Level Smarts Sources: The information in this report is drawn from Reuters, Bloomberg, Associated Press, MacRumors, Security Boulevard, CyberSecurity News, and other reliable outlets as cited above reuters.com abcnews.go.com. All quotes and data points are referenced to their original reporting for verification. This comprehensive

10 August 2025

Global Events · Industry Trends · Tech News · Technology · Weekend Roundup

Starlink Doubleheader, NASA Upheaval & Space Race Showdowns – Global Space News Roundup (July 26–27, 2025)

SpaceX launched back-to-back Falcon 9 missions for Starlink within 24 hours: on July 26 at 5:01 a.m. EDT from Cape Canaveral with 28 Starlink satellites and on July 27 at 12:31 a.m. EDT from Vandenberg with 24 Starlinks, with first-stage boosters landing on droneships on their 22nd and 19th flights respectively and the company pushing its 2025 launch total to 95 flights and the Starlink fleet above 8,000 satellites. Europe’s Vega-C VV27 launched July 25 at 10:03 p.m. ET from Kourou carrying five Earth-observation satellites including MicroCarb (180 kg, 1 ppm CO2 accuracy) and four CO3D satellites built by Airbus

27 July 2025

Global Events · NASA · NASDAQ:AMZN · Space · Space News · Space Race · Starlink

Vertical Farming and CEA Global Developments – June–July 2025 News Roundup

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 construct a 20,000 m² vertical farm in the UK with production planned by 2027, mirroring its Milan flagship of 10,000+ m² that supplies over 25% of Italian retail leafy greens. Plenty Unlimited emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy in late May 2025, refocusing on its Los

7 July 2025

CEA · Global Trends · Innovation · Sustainable Agriculture · Vertical Farming