Technology Innovations News: 10 August 2025 - 16 August 2025

Exposed: Inside the Secret AI Race – Leaks, Rumors, and the Hidden Quest for AGI
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Exposed: Inside the Secret AI Race – Leaks, Rumors, and the Hidden Quest for AGI

In late 2023, OpenAI researchers circulated an internal letter about a code-named model “Q” (Q-Star) that reportedly solved certain math problems at roughly grade-school level, fueling AGI speculation. OpenAI released GPT-4 in March 2023 with no architecture, training data, hardware, or training
August 18, 2025
Asteroid Gold Rush: Inside the Race to Scout and Mine Space’s Richest Rocks
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Asteroid Gold Rush: Inside the Race to Scout and Mine Space’s Richest Rocks

OSIRIS-REx, the NASA asteroid-sample-return mission (2016–2023), delivered a ~250-gram Bennu soil sample to Utah in September 2023, with early analysis showing carbon-rich material around 5% by weight and water-bearing clays. The Psyche mission, launched in October 2023, targets the metal-rich asteroid 16
August 16, 2025
Vertical Solar Farms: How Bifacial Panels Are Revolutionizing Solar Energy in 2025
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Vertical Solar Farms: How Bifacial Panels Are Revolutionizing Solar Energy in 2025

Vertical solar farms mount panels upright at 90° in north–south rows, using bifacial panels to harvest morning east light and afternoon west light for two daily power peaks. The Ashikaga City rice paddy project in Japan was installed in May 2024, yielded
August 10, 2025