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Global semiconductor sales reached $75.3 billion in November 2025
SIA, citing WSTS data, said semiconductor sales hit a monthly record of $75.3 billion in November 2025, up 29.8% year over year.
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NASA’s confirmed exoplanet count reaches 6,000
NASA’s tracked count of confirmed exoplanets reached 6,000 in September 2025. The agency does not designate a single planet as the 6,000th.
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TSMC third-quarter 2025 revenue grew 30.3%
TSMC reported third-quarter 2025 revenue of NT$989.92 billion, up 30.3% year over year. Advanced process technologies accounted for 74% of wafer revenue.
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U.S. online retail sales were $310.3 billion in 2025 Q3
The U.S. Census Bureau estimated seasonally adjusted retail e-commerce sales at $310.3 billion in 2025 Q3, up 5.1% year over year.
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ESA launches Biomass satellite to measure forest carbon
ESA launched its Biomass satellite from French Guiana on a Vega-C rocket on 29 April 2025. Its first signal arrived 72 minutes after liftoff.
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AI use by EU enterprises rose to 20% in 2025
In Eurostat’s survey, 20% of EU enterprises with at least 10 employees reported using AI in 2025, up from 13.5% in 2024.
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Eurostat: 52.7% of EU enterprises used paid cloud services
In Eurostat’s 2025 survey, 52.7% of EU enterprises reported paid cloud use, up 7.4 percentage points from 2023.
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EU ICT specialist employment rose 59% in a decade
Eurostat data show that the number of employed ICT specialists in the EU rose 59.4% from 2015 to 2025, while total employment increased 9.8%.
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78% of EU internet users shopped online in 2025
Eurostat said 78% of EU internet users bought goods or services online in the previous 12 months in 2025, compared with 62% in 2015.
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ITU: 74% of the world was online in 2025
The ITU estimated that about 6 billion people used the internet in 2025, equal to 74% of the world population. Its revised 2024 estimate is 5.8 billion.
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NIST study benchmarked a quantum algorithm on three aluminum clusters
NIST researchers’ 2025 BenchQC study examined a variational quantum algorithm on three small aluminum clusters: Al⁻, Al₂ and Al₃⁻.
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International patent applications rose 0.7% in 2025
WIPO reported about 275,900 international applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty in 2025, a 0.7% increase from the prior year.
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