Google Dodges Antitrust Breakup, Shares Soar Alphabet, Google’s parent company, won a major reprieve in its landmark U.S. antitrust case. On Sept 2, Judge Amit Mehta ruled against breaking up Google, allowing it to retain control of Android and Chrome reuters.com. The decision lifted a huge cloud of uncertainty: Alphabet stock rocketed over 9% in one…
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Consumer AI: New Tools for Translation and Shopping Both Google and Amazon introduced significant AI-powered features for everyday users. Google Translate added major upgrades that blur the line between translator and language teacher. Users can now carry on a conversation with someone in another language, and the app will automatically translate both sides in real-time…
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Corporate Moves and New AI Tools Microsoft Debuts Homegrown AI Models After years of exclusively backing OpenAI’s models, Microsoft announced two powerful AI systems built in-house semafor.com. The first is MAI-1-preview, a text generative model intended to power future versions of Microsoft’s Copilot assistant across Windows and Office semafor.com. The second is MAI-Voice-1, an advanced…
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Key Facts Space & Astronomy: Cosmic Revelations Webb Discovers “Impossible” Early Galaxies: Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are astonished by 300 unusually bright objects that may be among the earliest galaxies ever to form sciencedaily.com sciencedaily.com. These galaxies appear far brighter and more massive than expected so soon after the Big Bang.…
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Key Facts Launches & Spaceflight SpaceX’s Record-Breakers: SpaceX achieved back-to-back milestones with its Starlink launches. In the pre-dawn hours of Aug. 28, a Falcon 9 rocket (booster B1067) blasted off from Kennedy Space Center carrying 28 Starlink satellites – notably the booster’s 30th launch and landing, a new reuse record space.com mynews13.com. “Falcon 9’s first…
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Key Facts Space and Astronomy August 27–28 delivered big news from the cosmos. Astronomers witnessed a planet in the making for the first time: using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, a team directly imaged WISPIT 2b, a gas giant forming within the dusty rings of a young star sci.news sci.news. The newborn planet, about five times Jupiter’s…
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Apple Preps New iPhones and More for Sept 9 Event Apple officially sent out invites for a September 9 event at its Cupertino headquarters, where it’s expected to unveil its latest slate of devices reuters.com. Topping the list will be new iPhones, potentially including a dramatically thinner model dubbed the “iPhone Air,” echoing Apple’s MacBook Air…
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Major Satellite Launches and Deployments (Aug 22–23, 2025) New Space Technologies and Innovations in Orbit Government Policy and Funding Developments Space Science and Astronomy Highlights International Collaboration and Space Industry Trends Sources: SpaceX/Space Force launch updates space.com space.com; Spaceflight Now spaceflightnow.com spaceflightnow.com; Space.com News space.com space.com; Keeptrack.space briefs keeptrack.space keeptrack.space; SatNews (Aug 19, 2025) news.satnews.com news.satnews.com; Business Insider…
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Major AI Breakthroughs and Launches (Aug 22–23, 2025) Big Tech Corporate Moves & AI Strategy Updates AI Regulation & Governance Developments Public Debates, Controversies & Societal Implications AI Applications Across Industries Sources: The information in this report is sourced from Reuters, BBC, Time, TechCrunch, and other reputable outlets covering AI news on Aug 22–23, 2025.…
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