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Tech Shockwaves: Gadget Surprises, Chip Gambles & Space Feats Rock the Globe (Aug 25–26, 2025)

Google unveiled its Pixel 10 lineup in New York, with the base Pixel 10 at $799 and the Pixel 10 Pro at $1,799, adding a telephoto camera to the base model. The U.S. government announced a 9.9% equity stake in Intel worth about $8.9–$10 billion by converting CHIPS Act subsidies into stock. SpaceX launched CRS-33 to the ISS on Aug 24, 2025, from Cape Canaveral at 2:45 AM ET; the Falcon 9 booster landed on a drone ship for its 7th reuse and the Dragon capsule docked on Aug 25, as SpaceX reached 100 launches in 2025 by mid-August. NASA

26 August 2025

AI Storm: $10B Cloud Deals, Biotech Breakthroughs & Backlash (Aug 25–26, 2025 AI News Roundup)

Meta inked a six-year cloud deal worth over $10 billion with Google to power its AI push, as Meta raised its 2025 capital expenditure forecast to $66–72 billion and moved to offload $2 billion in data-center assets. Nvidia unveiled a GeForce NOW upgrade to run the Blackwell RTX 5080-class GPUs, enabling 5K at 120 fps and up to 360 fps at 1080p with DLSS 4, announced at Gamescom. OpenAI announced its first international office in New Delhi later in 2025 and launched the cheapest-ever ChatGPT plan in India at about $4.60 per month. The U.S. General Services Administration sealed a

26 August 2025

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AI’s Wild 48 Hours: Apple Opens Wallet, Musk Bends to EU, Breakthrough AI Models & More (July 31–Aug 1, 2025)

Major Research Breakthroughs in AI Corporate Announcements and AI Initiatives Government Policy and AI Governance Updates Noteworthy AI Applications & Business Impacts In sum, the last two days brought a flood of AI developments: breakthrough research in security (AI spotting code bugs and prison threats) and science (AI designing battery materials and health campaigns), major corporate bets (Apple loosening its purse strings, Meta doubling down on an AI future, Microsoft and NTT launching global AI programs), significant policy maneuvers (the EU corralling AI firms into a code of conduct, the US grappling with how to govern AI without throttling it),

1 August 2025

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Tech News Deep Dive: July 2025’s Biggest Stories in Innovation, Gaming, and the Cosmos / Updated: 2025, July 5th, 00:00 CET

Microsoft laid off about 9,100 employees in 2025, primarily in the Xbox division, with Turn 10, Rare, The Initiative, and ZeniMax Europe hit hardest and projects like Perfect Dark, Everwild, and Blackbird canceled. The Stop Killing Games campaign surpassed 1,000,000 signatures, prompting the European Commission to review remote game shutdowns and digital preservation, with supporters including Elon Musk and PewDiePie; examples cited include Ubisoft’s The Crew and Anthem. EA announced Anthem servers will shut down on January 12, 2026, with premium currency sales already ceased and the game removed from EA Play in August 2024, and no offline mode. 3I/ATLAS,

5 July 2025

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