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Marcin Frąckiewicz

CEO of TS2 Space and founder of TS2.tech. Expert in satellites, telecommunications, and emerging technologies, covering trends in space, AI, and connectivity.

The Ultimate 2025 iPhone Showdown: Every Current Model Compared (and What’s Next)

Comparison Report: iPhone 16 vs. iPhone 16 Pro vs. iPhone 16 Pro Max

The iPhone 16 and 16 Plus use an aluminum frame with color-infused glass backs in Black, White, Pink, Teal, and Ultramarine. The iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max use a Grade 5 titanium chassis with a micro-blasted texture, finished in Natural, Black, White, and Desert Titanium. The iPhone 16 Pro measures 149.6×71.5×8.25 mm and weighs 199 g, while the Pro Max is 163.0×77.6×8.25 mm and 227 g, with the base iPhone 16 at 6.1 inches and 170 g and the 16 Plus at 6.7 inches and 199 g. The iPhone 16 and 16 Plus use 6.1″ and 6.7″ displays at
15 August 2025
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Flagship Face-Off 2025: OnePlus 13 Pro vs Xiaomi 15 Pro vs Realme GT7 Pro

Flagship Face-Off 2025: OnePlus 13 Pro vs Xiaomi 15 Pro vs Realme GT7 Pro

OnePlus 13 Pro offers dual IP ratings (IP68 and IP69) for dust and water resistance, with a weight of about 210 g and a thickness around 8.5 mm. The phone uses a 6.82-inch LTPO 4.1 AMOLED display with QHD+ resolution (3168×1440), 1–120 Hz adaptive refresh, and up to 4500 nits peak brightness. A 6000 mAh battery powers the OnePlus 13 Pro, supporting 100W wired charging (about 36–40 minutes to full) and 50W wireless charging. Its Hasselblad tuned triple 50 MP camera system comprises a 50 MP Sony LYT-808 main sensor (1/1.4″, f/1.6, OIS), a 50 MP Samsung JN5 ultrawide (115°,
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Mirrorless Titans Showdown: Canon EOS R3 vs Nikon Z9 vs Sony A1 Mark II – Which Pro Camera Reigns Supreme in 2025?

Mirrorless Titans Showdown: Canon EOS R3 vs Nikon Z9 vs Sony A1 Mark II – Which Pro Camera Reigns Supreme in 2025?

The Canon EOS R3 uses a 24.1‑MP stacked CMOS sensor and can shoot up to 30 fps with the electronic shutter, with a 195 fps burst mode available via firmware for ultra-fast sequences. The Nikon Z9 features a 45.7‑MP stacked CMOS sensor, base ISO 64, and can shoot 20 fps RAW or 30 fps JPEG bursts, plus a 120 fps mode at about 11 MP when cropping to DX format, with no mechanical shutter. The Sony Alpha 1 Mark II uses a 50.1‑MP stacked Exmor RS sensor and can shoot up to 30 fps at full resolution with lossy compressed
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Battle of the Hybrid Cinema Cameras: Sony FX3 vs Canon EOS R5 C vs Panasonic Lumix GH7 – Which Cinematic Powerhouse Reigns Supreme in 2025?

Battle of the Hybrid Cinema Cameras: Sony FX3 vs Canon EOS R5 C vs Panasonic Lumix GH7 – Which Cinematic Powerhouse Reigns Supreme in 2025?

FX3 captures 4K Ultra HD up to 120 fps from a 12.1 MP full-frame sensor, can reach 1080p up to 240 fps, and pairs 5-axis in-body stabilization with an active cooling fan to enable unlimited 4K recording. Canon EOS R5 C offers 8K internal RAW up to 30 fps (60 fps with external power) from a 45 MP full-frame sensor, plus 4K oversampling and 12-bit Cinema RAW Light with no built-in IBIS. Panasonic Lumix GH7 records 5.8K open-gate, 4K up to 60p, internal ProRes RAW at 5.7K30p, and 4K/120p oversampled, with V-Log L plus ARRI LogC3 support via firmware and
15 August 2025
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Canon 90D vs Nikon D7500 vs Sony A6600: 2025 Ultimate APS-C Camera Showdown

Canon 90D vs Nikon D7500 vs Sony A6600: 2025 Ultimate APS-C Camera Showdown

The Canon EOS 90D uses a 32.5MP APS-C sensor—the highest resolution Canon crop DSLR; the Nikon D7500 uses 20.9MP and the Sony A6600 uses 24.2MP. Autofocus: Canon 90D uses a 45-point all-cross-type AF with Dual Pixel CMOS AF in Live View; Nikon D7500 uses a 51-point Multi-CAM 3500 II; Sony A6600 uses 425 phase-detect points plus 425 contrast-detect points with Real-Time Eye AF. Burst shooting: Canon 90D reaches 10 fps with the OVF and 11 fps in Live View; Nikon D7500 delivers about 8.2 fps; Sony A6600 reaches 11 fps with AF/AE tracking. Video: Canon 90D records uncropped 4K up
15 August 2025
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Mirrorless Battle 2025: Panasonic S5 II vs Fujifilm X-T5 vs Nikon Z7 II – Which Camera Reigns Supreme?

Mirrorless Battle 2025: Panasonic S5 II vs Fujifilm X-T5 vs Nikon Z7 II – Which Camera Reigns Supreme?

Panasonic S5 II features a 24.2MP full-frame BSI-CMOS sensor with dual native ISO and on-sensor phase-detect AF, plus a 96MP high-resolution multi-shot mode. It can record 6K open-gate (3:2) up to 30p and full-sensor UHD/4K up to 30p in 10-bit color, with a built-in cooling fan enabling unlimited recording. The S5 II is Panasonic’s first camera with phase-detect AF, and firmware updates in 2024 improved subject detection and tracking. Active I.S. and 5-axis IBIS enable exceptionally stable handheld video, with an 8-shot 96MP high-resolution mode and up to 30fps electronic bursts with continuous AF. The S5 II weighs about 740
15 August 2025
Astro Photography Showdown: Sony A7S III vs Canon EOS R5 vs Nikon Z6 II – Which Full-Frame Mirrorless Rules the Night Sky?

Astro Photography Showdown: Sony A7S III vs Canon EOS R5 vs Nikon Z6 II – Which Full-Frame Mirrorless Rules the Night Sky?

The Sony A7S III, released in 2020, uses a 12.1 MP full-frame BSI CMOS sensor with 8.5 μm pixels and a native ISO range of 80–102,400 (expandable to 409,600), delivering unparalleled low-light sensitivity. The Canon EOS R5, released in 2020, features a 45 MP full-frame CMOS sensor with 4.4 μm pixels, native ISO 100–51,200 (expandable to 50–102,400), and can shoot 8K up to 30p as well as 4K up to 120p RAW/Log. The Nikon Z6 II, released in 2020, offers a 24.5 MP full-frame BSI CMOS sensor, native ISO 100–51,200 (expandable to 50–204,800), and can shoot 4K up to 60p
15 August 2025
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Battle for the Final Frontier: Space Tourism Face-Off — Blue Origin vs SpaceX vs Virgin Galactic

Battle for the Final Frontier: Space Tourism Face-Off — Blue Origin vs SpaceX vs Virgin Galactic

Blue Origin’s NS-21 crewed flight took place on May 19, 2024, carrying 90-year-old Ed Dwight to about 106 km, making him the oldest space traveler at 90 years 8 months. SpaceX launched Inspiration4 in September 2021 as the first all-civilian orbital mission, spending about three days in orbit. Virgin Galactic reached space for the first time in December 2018 with the VSS Unity spaceplane. As of August 2025, SpaceX has flown five purely commercial crewed spaceflights to orbit, in addition to NASA missions. As of August 2025, Starship had not yet flown people, leaving Crew Dragon as SpaceX’s only passenger-carrying
15 August 2025
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Wi-Fi 7 Showdown: ASUS ROG Rapture GT-BE98 Pro vs Netgear Orbi 970 vs TP-Link Archer BE900

Wi-Fi 7 Showdown: ASUS ROG Rapture GT-BE98 Pro vs Netgear Orbi 970 vs TP-Link Archer BE900

The ASUS ROG Rapture GT-BE98 Pro is a quad-band Wi-Fi 7 router with two 6 GHz radios (6GHz-1 and 6GHz-2) delivering up to ~30 Gbps total throughput (BE30000) and a 2.6 GHz quad-core CPU with 2 GB RAM. It has seven LAN ports, including two 10 Gbps ports and four 2.5 Gbps ports plus one Gigabit port, and is AiMesh-ready with USB 3.0 and USB 2.0. The Netgear Orbi 970 is a quad-band Wi-Fi 7 mesh system that uses a dedicated backhaul across one 5 GHz band (and part of 6 GHz) and can cover up to 10,000 square feet
15 August 2025
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3D Generative AI Showdown: OpenAI Shap-E 2 vs Google’s AI Shopping View vs NVIDIA Picasso Edify

3D Generative AI Showdown: OpenAI Shap-E 2 vs Google’s AI Shopping View vs NVIDIA Picasso Edify

OpenAI’s Shap-E uses a two-stage pipeline where an encoder compresses 3D assets into latent implicit-function parameters and a conditional diffusion model generates new shapes from prompts. The original Shap-E, released in 2023, could turn text prompts or reference images into 3D objects in seconds and outperformed Point-E due to NeRF-based rendering and CLIP guidance. Shap-E 2 is expected to improve detail and realism but has not been formally released as of August 2025. Google’s 3D Shopping View (Veo) uses a diffusion-based Veo model to generate interactive 360° product spins from as few as three photos and is live for shoes,
14 August 2025
Sky-High Carbon Removal Showdown: Climeworks Gen 2 vs. Heirloom Limestone vs. Carbon Engineering’s AIR2 DAC

Sky-High Carbon Removal Showdown: Climeworks Gen 2 vs. Heirloom Limestone vs. Carbon Engineering’s AIR2 DAC

Climeworks’ Generation 2 DAC uses modular solid-sorbent containers; the Orca plant in Iceland has operated since 2021 at 4,000 t/yr, and Mammoth is designed for 36,000 t/yr (72 modules), though by May 2024 only 12 modules were online and capture was ~100 t. Gen3, unveiled in 2024, doubles CO₂ capture per module and cuts energy use by about 50%, with the first Gen3 deployment at the Project Cypress megaton-scale DAC hub in Louisiana planned for 2029 to reach 1,000,000 t/yr and a target cost of $250–$350/ton by 2030. Heirloom’s limestone DAC cycles CaCO₃ via calcination (~900°C) to CaO and back
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All the Ways You Can Go to Space: Commercial, Government, and Emerging Opportunities

All the Ways You Can Go to Space: Commercial, Government, and Emerging Opportunities

In July 2021, Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo carried a full crew above 80 km. In 2023, Virgin Galactic began commercial service for private space tourists. Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital flights cross the Kármán line at about 100 km and last 10–15 minutes. The first Blue Origin seat was auctioned for $28 million, with routine prices in the few hundred-thousand-dollar range. SpaceX’s Inspiration4 mission in September 2021 was the first all-civilian orbital flight, with a four-person crew trained for about six months. Axiom Space’s Ax-1 mission in April 2022 carried three private customers paying about $55 million per seat for a
14 August 2025
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360° Drone Showdown: Insta360 Antigravity A1 vs DJI’s 360 Drone vs HoverAir X1 ProMax

360° Drone Showdown: Insta360 Antigravity A1 vs DJI’s 360 Drone vs HoverAir X1 ProMax

Insta360’s Antigravity A1 is a 249 g quadcopter with dual-lens 360° cameras that shoot 8K/30fps spherical video and stitch in real time to produce an “invisible drone” effect. The A1 uses digital stabilization with no gimbal and lets you “fly first, frame later” using the FreeMotion control system with Antigravity goggles and a one-handed Grip controller. Flight specs for the A1 are not finalized as of August 2025, but prototypes report about 15 minutes of flight per battery, with a January 2026 global launch and a kit price rumored to be $1,300–$1,700. DJI’s rumored 360° drone, often called the Mini
14 August 2025
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AI Music Showdown: Suno v4 vs Udio v1.1 vs DeepMind’s Lyria 2 – Which Hits the Right Notes?

AI Music Showdown: Suno v4 vs Udio v1.1 vs DeepMind’s Lyria 2 – Which Hits the Right Notes?

Suno v4 arrived in late 2024, and by mid-2025 the v4.5 upgrade enabled songs up to 8 minutes in a single render with 48 kHz audio and features like Extend, Covers, and multi-part song structures. Suno originated in Cambridge, MA as a 2022 startup led by Mikey Shulman and secured a $125 million funding round in mid-2024 valuing the company at about $500 million, with roughly 12 million users by mid-2024. Suno’s licensing lets Pro and Premier subscribers monetize outputs commercially, while the free Basic plan restricts use to personal, non-commercial projects. Udio launched v1.0 in April 2024 and reached
14 August 2025
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Next-Gen Laptop Chip Showdown: Intel’s Lunar Lake vs. AMD’s Ryzen AI vs. Qualcomm’s X Elite – Who Wins the AI PC Crown?

Next-Gen Laptop Chip Showdown: Intel’s Lunar Lake vs. AMD’s Ryzen AI vs. Qualcomm’s X Elite – Who Wins the AI PC Crown?

Intel Lunar Lake Core Ultra 200V uses a disaggregated 3 nm TSMC N3B compute tile with 4 Lion Cove P-cores and 4 Skymont E-cores (8 cores total), SMT disabled to save ~15% die area and boost perf/W by ~5%. Intel also boosts single-thread IPC by ~14% versus Redwood Cove and widens caches to 2.5 MB L2 per P-core, while Skymont E-cores gain ~68% IPC over Crestmont. AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 “Strix Point” combines 12 CPU cores (4 Zen 5 and 8 Zen 5c) with base TDP 28 W up to 54 W and includes an on‑die XDNA 2
14 August 2025
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Powerhouse Showdown: Tesla Powerwall 3 vs. LG’s Stackable Home Battery vs. Sonnen Evo 10 – Which Reigns Supreme in 2025?

Powerhouse Showdown: Tesla Powerwall 3 vs. LG’s Stackable Home Battery vs. Sonnen Evo 10 – Which Reigns Supreme in 2025?

The Tesla Powerwall 3 stores 13.5 kWh usable, delivers 11.5 kW continuous output, and includes a built‑in solar inverter with up to 20 kW of PV input. LG ESS Home Stackable uses modular JF1/JF1R cells with usable capacities of 10.6, 14.1, or 17.7 kWh per stack and supports up to four stacks for a total of 57.6 kWh, with 5 kW or 7.6 kW continuous output. The Sonnen Evo 10 provides 10 kWh usable (11 kWh total) per unit, is IP56 outdoor rated, is AC-coupled with its own inverter, and supports up to three Evo units for about 30 kWh.
14 August 2025
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Drone Delivery Showdown: Wing vs. Zipline P2 vs. Amazon Prime Air MK30

Drone Delivery Showdown: Wing vs. Zipline P2 vs. Amazon Prime Air MK30

Wing became the first FAA-certified drone air carrier in 2019, and has completed more than 350,000 deliveries, mostly in Australia. Wing’s flagship delivery drone is a hybrid VTOL that carries about 2.5 pounds, with a larger 5-pound variant unveiled in January 2024. Wing drones cruise at up to 65 mph and operate within roughly a 6-mile radius (12 miles round trip) from the launch site. Packages are lowered on a tether from the drone’s fuselage, enabling hover deliveries without landing. Wing and Walmart launched in Dallas–Fort Worth in 2023, serving 18 Walmart Supercenters with plans to reach 100 stores by
14 August 2025
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NVIDIA RTX 5090 vs AMD RX 9070 XT vs Intel Arc A980: Ultimate GPU Showdown

NVIDIA RTX 5090 vs AMD RX 9070 XT vs Intel Arc A980: Ultimate GPU Showdown

RTX 5090 uses Blackwell on a 5nm process with 21,760 CUDA cores across 170 Streaming Multiprocessors, 32 GB GDDR7 on a 512-bit bus, and a Total Graphics Power around 575–600 W. At 4K, RTX 5090 typically posts 30%+ higher frame rates than the RTX 4090, with examples like 86 FPS average in Black Myth: Wukong at 4K Ultra. RTX 5090 has a reported 575–600 W TGP, idle around 46 W, and requires robust cooling and a 1000 W+ PSU. RX 9070 XT is based on RDNA4 on a 5nm process, with 64 CUs (4,096 shaders), 16 GB GDDR6 on a
14 August 2025
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Flying Taxi Showdown: Joby S4 vs Archer Midnight vs Volocopter VoloCity – Who Will Rule the Skies?

Flying Taxi Showdown: Joby S4 vs Archer Midnight vs Volocopter VoloCity – Who Will Rule the Skies?

Joby S4 is a five-seat eVTOL with a fixed wing and six tilting propellers (four on the wing and two on a V-shaped tail), about 21 ft long with a 39 ft wingspan, capable of cruising up to 200 mph and achieving a usable range of roughly 100 miles. The S4 uses six independent motors fed by lithium-ion packs totaling over 200 kWh usable energy (cell energy density around 288 Wh/kg) and can deliver about 236 kW peak power. The S4 is designed for low noise, measured at about 45 dBA during cruise at 500 meters, and its battery is
14 August 2025
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AI Coding Assistant Showdown: GitHub Copilot Enterprise vs Google Gemini vs Amazon Q Developer Pro

AI Coding Assistant Showdown: GitHub Copilot Enterprise vs Google Gemini vs Amazon Q Developer Pro

GitHub Copilot Enterprise runs on OpenAI Codex and GPT-4, provides real-time code suggestions and can generate entire functions from natural language prompts, with a six‑month enterprise trial showing 94% of developers staying “in the flow” and 88% of Copilot’s suggestions kept in final code. Copilot Workspace is planned to enable multi‑step tasks and autonomous code changes across a codebase. Copilot Enterprise is priced at $39 per user per month, launched as GA in early 2024, includes admin controls and privacy commitments, and does not train on private code unless explicitly opted in. Google Gemini Code Assist uses the Gemini family
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Stock Market Today

CapitaLand Investment share price jumps into earnings week as 9CI closes at S$3.12

CapitaLand Investment share price jumps into earnings week as 9CI closes at S$3.12

8 February 2026
CapitaLand Investment shares closed up 1.3% at S$3.12 on Friday, outperforming the STI, which fell 0.83%. CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust reported a 16.4% rise in second-half distributable income to S$449 million and a 9.4% increase in distribution per unit. Full-year results for CapitaLand Investment are due Feb. 11. Markets are closed for the weekend.
Hongkong Land (SGX:H78) slides 4% despite fresh buyback as March results loom

Hongkong Land (SGX:H78) slides 4% despite fresh buyback as March results loom

8 February 2026
Hongkong Land shares fell 4.2% to $8.18 Friday, reversing earlier gains after hitting a decade high of $9.12 on Feb. 4. The company disclosed repurchases of 170,000 shares for cancellation at average prices above Friday’s close. Investors await March 5 annual results and details on an expanded $650 million buyback program. Trading volume stayed high.
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