Several young companies are preparing to lift tourists to the edge of the earth’s atmosphere using balloons and pressurized comfortable capsules they lift, the American television channel CNBC reports.

Global smartphone shipments rose to 285.4 million units in the second quarter of 2024, or 6.5% year-on-year, according to a preliminary report from global research firm IDC. This is the fourth consecutive quarter of sales growth.

The creator of ChatGPT, a chatbot with generative artificial intelligence, Sam Altman, together with Arianna Huffington, introduced a new company called Thrive AI.

A group of Chinese telecommunications engineers have developed the world's first 6G field test network, China daily reports.

Korean tech giant Samsung held a major event in Paris called Galaxy Unpacked.

Eatron Technologies and Syntiant presented a joint development - a battery management system based on artificial intelligence. This is a universal module for upgrading energy storage devices in gadgets, household devices, electric vehicles, etc.

The new plant for the production of next-generation smartphones of the Chinese company Xiaomi in the Changping district in Beijing can operate 24 hours a day without people. This was stated by the company's CEO Lei Jun.

Google has stopped bulk purchasing carbon credits to offset its carbon emissions and abandoned the carbon-neutral status it had claimed since 2007. This was reported by the Bloomberg news agency.

President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev proposed developing a “Large Turkic language model” using AI. The initiative was announced during the informal summit of the Organization of Turkic States in Shusha, the international news agency of Kazakhstan reports with reference to the presidential residence.

The American company, developer and manufacturer of satellites AST SpaceMobile will provide stable connection of smartphones to communication satellites even indoors.