From Wall Street hitting new highs to an AI upstart targeting a piece of Google’s empire, the past two days brought a flurry of major developments across global business. Below is a structured roundup of the top news from August 12 and 13, 2025, spanning finance, technology, energy, retail, automotive, and healthcare. Finance & Markets…
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Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max features a 6.9″ LTPO OLED display with 120Hz, the A18 Pro chip, a 48 MP main camera with a 5× telephoto, a titanium frame, iOS 18, and a price around $1,199. Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra has a 6.9″ AMOLED display at 120Hz, a Snapdragon 8 Elite chip, a 200 MP…
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The Galaxy S25 Ultra features a 6.9-inch 3120×1440 OLED, a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate, and up to 3000 nits peak brightness. The iPhone 17 Pro Max is expected to keep a 6.7-inch OLED display with ProMotion 120Hz and may introduce a rumored anti-reflective nano-texture coating. The Google Pixel 10 Pro is anticipated to land around…
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Apple commits $100 billion to US manufacturing as part of the American Manufacturing Program, expands Corning to 100 percent of iPhone and Apple Watch cover glass in Kentucky, and partners with Samsung at its Texas chip fab on a “never-before-used” chipmaking technology. Sony raises its annual profit forecast to ¥1.33 trillion (about $9 billion) and…
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iPhone 16 Pro Max features a 6.9-inch LTPO Super Retina XDR OLED display with 120Hz adaptive refresh (1Hz–120Hz) and around 2,000 nits peak brightness, but no anti-glare coating. Galaxy S25 Ultra uses a 6.9-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X display at Quad HD+ with LTPO 1–120Hz and an anti-reflective Gorilla Glass Victus 2 coating for improved outdoor…
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Software & Gaming: Antitrust Feuds and a Blockbuster IPO Hardware, Chips & Earnings: Trade Deals and Mixed Fortunes Cybersecurity & Data Breaches: Government Hacks and Telecom Attacks Social Media & Platform Crackdowns Biotech & Health Tech: Drug Breakthroughs and Mega-Deals Electric Vehicles & Transportation Tech (On the manufacturing side, Taiwan’s Foxconn – the iPhone assembler…
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Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Z Fold7 and Galaxy Z Flip7, with the Fold7 starting at $1,999 and the Flip7 FE at $899, and the Fold7 being 26% thinner and 10% lighter than its predecessor, with a tri-foldable phone teased for year-end. Opera filed an antitrust complaint in Brazil against Microsoft, accusing Edge’s default pre-installation of…
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At WAIC 2025 in Shanghai, Chinese Premier Li Qiang announced plans to create a new international organization to jointly develop and govern AI, warned that AI could become an exclusive game for a few nations or companies without a global governance consensus, and unveiled a governance action plan inviting worldwide collaboration via open-source communities. UN…
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Major Launches and Announcements (July 23–24) (No other major global phone launches were reported in this two-day span, as most big brands’ summer launches – such as Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 7/Flip 7 reveal – occurred earlier in July. However, the new devices above underscore the week’s theme of long battery life and specialized designs.) Software Updates…
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AWS announced an additional $100 million investment into its Generative AI Innovation Center to expand AI engineering capabilities and partner programs. AWS launched the Generative AI Partner Innovation Alliance to streamline AI projects from experimentation to production via a global network of system integrators. A built-in blue/green deployment feature for Amazon ECS was rolled out…
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