Mateusz Brzeziński

Airbus operated three private 5G sites in 2024 and plans to replace Wi-Fi with 5G in all industrial areas within five years. Hyundai’s new Georgia factory integrated private 5G using the CBRS band from the design stage. About 1,600 organizations had private networks globally, with 80 countries reporting at least one deployment. Analysts project the private 5G market will reach $5 billion by 2028.

IT emissions account for an estimated 2–4% of global CO2 output and could reach 14% by 2040 without intervention. Datacenters use about 1–1.5% of the world’s electricity. AWS, Microsoft, Google, and Apple have announced targets for renewable energy, carbon neutrality, and recycled materials. AMD reported a 38-fold energy efficiency gain in 2025 and set a new rack-level goal for 2030.

The global digital twin market is projected to reach $73.5 billion by 2027. In November 2024, the U.S. announced a $285 million CHIPS Act grant to establish the SMART USA institute in North Carolina for semiconductor digital twins. Orlando completed an 800-square-mile city twin in 2023, recognized by Fast Company in 2024. Siemens and NVIDIA added real-time ray-tracing to Siemens Teamcenter PLM in 2024.

Google’s Willow quantum chip solved a task in under five minutes in 2024/2025, a calculation that would take a classical supercomputer about 10^25 years. IBM operates quantum processors with over 400 qubits and plans a 1,121-qubit chip. China runs a 2,000 km quantum link between Beijing and Shanghai. Northwestern University demonstrated quantum teleportation over 30 km of fiber alongside regular internet traffic.

FDA approved the first CRISPR-based medicine, Casgevy, for sickle cell disease in December 2023. The first human CRISPR clinical trial began in China in 2016. In 2018, He Jiankui claimed to have created CRISPR-edited babies, leading to global condemnation and prison. Doudna and Charpentier received the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for CRISPR.

Alphabet will raise 2025 capital spending by $10 billion to $85 billion, mainly for AI chips and data centers, after beating Q2 profit forecasts and posting higher cloud revenue. Nvidia shares rose 1.7% to $174, with market value at $4.23 trillion. Intel cut 15% of staff and paused new factories despite Q2 sales of $12.9 billion. S&P 500 closed at 6,363 and Nasdaq hit records on July 24.

An anonymous trader placed a $23.7 million options bet that Bitcoin will reach $200,000 by year-end, buying 3,500 December calls at $140,000 and selling 3,500 at $200,000. Bitcoin hit a record $123,000 on July 14 and has since traded between $116,000 and $120,000. Open interest on Deribit neared record highs as institutions increased options activity.