Today: 2 July 2026

Marcin Frąckiewicz

Marcin Frąckiewicz is the founder and CEO of TS2 Space, a satellite communications company serving customers around the world. A graduate of the Warsaw School of Economics (SGH), he has more than two decades of experience in telecommunications, satellite services and technology ventures. He writes about satellite communications, space technology, artificial intelligence and the stock market, with a particular focus on technology companies, semiconductors, emerging industries and the trends shaping global innovation.

iOS 26 Unleashed: Apple’s ‘Liquid Glass’ Redesign and Next‑Level AI – An In-Depth Review

iOS 26’s Dazzling ‘Liquid Glass’ Overhaul: Bold Leap or Big Mistake?

After a summer of beta testing, Apple officially launched iOS 26 to the public on September 15, 2025. The rollout began in the evening in tandem with Apple’s worldwide release schedule bizzbuzz.news. The update comes on the heels of Apple’s iPhone 17 event, but it isn’t only for new phones – anyone with a compatible iPhone can download iOS 26 for free via Settings > General > Software Update bizzbuzz.news mezha.net. This also marks the end of the line for certain older models: Apple confirmed iOS 26 will not support the iPhone XS, XS Max, or XR, which were all released back in 2018 financialexpress.com. Those users will remain on iOS 25 and only receive security patches hereafter. In contrast, the iPhone 11 and every flagship released since will get all the new goodies iOS 26 offers financialexpress.com. Apple didn’t stop at the iPhone – it simultaneously pushed out iPadOS 26 for recent iPads and watchOS 26 for Apple Watch as part of this launch financialexpress.com. The coordinated release underscores Apple’s ecosystem approach, with iOS 26 as the “soul” of the iPhone/iPad experience driving these devices forward financialexpress.com. Notably, watchOS 26 requires an iPhone running iOS 26 financialexpress.com.
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Battle of the Adventure Smartwatches: Apple Watch Ultra 3 vs. Garmin Fenix 8 Pro – Which Reigns Supreme?

Smartwatch Showdown 2025: Apple Watch Ultra 3 vs. Garmin Fenix 8 Pro vs. Samsung Galaxy Watch Ultra

Apple Watch Ultra 3: The Ultra 3 retains Apple’s bold 49mm case design in aerospace-grade titanium apple.com. Apple even uses an innovative 3D-printed case manufacturing process with 100% recycled titanium apple.com. It’s built to be tough – rated to 100m water resistance and certified for recreational scuba dives to 40m with the Oceanic+ app apple.com. The case meets MIL-STD durability tests and includes the signature Orange Action Button, dual speakers, and a loud 86 dB siren for emergencies. Apple kept the same dimensions as previous Ultras, but shaved the display borders 24% thinner to maximize screen area apple.com apple.com. At ~61 g, it’s hefty but balanced by a broad strap. The Ultra’s aesthetic is rugged yet premium, straddling a “sports watch” and an elegant smartwatch look apple.com, suitable for both mountain trails and daily wear. Garmin Fenix 8 Pro: The Fenix line has long been synonymous with durability, and the Fenix 8 Pro continues that tradition. It comes in 47mm and 51mm case sizes dcrainmaker.com. The housing is titanium on the higher-end models, built to withstand serious abuse. It’s tested to MIL-STD-810 standards and 10 ATM water resistance, sufficient for swimming, surfing, and heavy rain. Garmin’s design is utilitarian: a
15 September 2025
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Battle of the Earbud Titans: AirPods Pro 3 vs Pixel Buds Pro 2 vs Galaxy Buds3 Pro – Which Reigns Supreme?

AirPods Pro 3 vs Bose QuietComfort Ultra II vs Galaxy Buds3 Pro – 2025’s Ultimate Earbud Showdown

In conclusion, AirPods Pro 3, Bose QC Ultra II, and Galaxy Buds3 Pro each dominate in certain areas: Apple in seamless smart integration and new features, Bose in noise cancellation and all-around audio excellence, and Samsung in tech-packed value and customization. All three have earned their spot among 2025’s top wireless earbuds. Your choice might come down to your device ecosystem and which features you treasure most. The good news is, regardless of which you pick, you’ll be getting a pair of world-class earbuds that offer clear sound, hush the chaos around you, and pack enough intelligence to feel almost futuristic. These are the kind of leaps in personal audio that make listening to music, podcasts, or simply enjoying silence a delight – truly showing how far wireless earbuds have come in just a few years. apple.com tomsguide.com Sources:
15 September 2025
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iPhone 17 Pro Debut Shocks Fans with Record Battery Life and Radical Redesign

iPhone 17 Pro Max vs Galaxy S25 Ultra vs Pixel 10 Pro XL: 2025’s Ultimate Flagship Showdown

Conclusion: Which of these three is the best? The truth is, in 2025 these flagships are more alike than ever in core capabilities – and each is outstanding in its own right. The iPhone 17 Pro Max is a tour-de-force of design and battery life, perfect for those who want a luxurious device that “just works” with their Apple universe, and it pushes boundaries with its camera plateau design and pro-grade video features. The Galaxy S25 Ultra is the spec-sheet champion, a device that does it all: gigantic and gorgeous display, crazy zoom cameras, a built-in stylus, and now a dose of new AI smarts – it’s a technological buffet, especially suited for power users who want maximum versatility. The Pixel 10 Pro XL is the dark horse that’s incredibly compelling for users who value software experience and AI innovation; it may not have a flashy new design, but it delivers an insanely helpful everyday experience and an excellent camera that leverages Google’s computational magic. As one expert reviewer put it, the Pixel 10 Pro “has all the stuff you’d want from a phone that starts at $999 – a high-end finish, flagship-worthy processor, and an excellent camera – [plus]
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Microsoft’s Multi‑Agent AI Gambit: How MAI Stacks Up vs OpenAI and DeepMind

Microsoft’s Multi‑Agent AI Gambit: How MAI Stacks Up vs OpenAI and DeepMind

Microsoft’s new AI initiative – often referred to as MAI – signals that the company is no longer content to merely be a reseller of OpenAI’s tech, but intends to develop its own AI brainpower and distinct approach to AI assistants. In August 2025, Microsoft unveiled two homegrown AI models that serve as the foundation for this vision: MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-1-preview theverge.com. In summary, Microsoft’s MAI strategy is about owning the full stack and optimizing it for integrated, multi-capability assistants. By blending their own models with OpenAI’s and others, they keep flexibility. And by focusing on multi-agent orchestration, Microsoft is preparing for a future where your personal AI isn’t a single monolithic “brain,” but a team of specialized AI experts working in concert under a unified Copilot interface.
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The $350B Shake-Up: How AI Summaries Rewire Publisher Traffic

The $350B Shake-Up: How AI Summaries Rewire Publisher Traffic

In the past two years, AI-generated answers have moved from novelty to a core feature of search engines and digital assistants. Google’s Search Generative Experience is perhaps the most consequential implementation due to Google’s dominant market share. Rolled out in beta to U.S. users in mid-2024 and expanded since, SGE produces an “AI Overview” at the top of search results for many queries. This overview is a few sentences to a few paragraphs long and synthesizes information drawn from multiple web sources. Crucially, it includes small citation links to those sources – usually 3 or more are cited for each answer pewresearch.org. Visually, it’s a boxed summary that often contains an AI-generated image or graphic, with clickable source names or an expansion button. Google has also introduced an “AI Mode”, allowing users to ask follow-up questions in a chat-like interface blog.google. Google’s stated approach is to keep users informed of where info is coming from while reducing friction. “Our AI responses feature prominent links, visible citation of sources, and in-line attribution,” Google’s VP of Search Liz Reid wrote, emphasizing that the system is “built to highlight the web” rather than replace it blog.google. In Google’s view, AI summaries help answer
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AI vs AI: The Autonomous Cybersecurity Arms Race Reshaping the SOC

AI vs AI: The Autonomous Cybersecurity Arms Race Reshaping the SOC

Imagine a near future where a malware strain is not hand-coded by a human, but generated on the fly by an AI, and where the security system defending your network is itself an AI that detects and neutralizes the threat in milliseconds. This scenario is quickly moving from science fiction to reality. Recent advances in artificial intelligence – particularly large language models and generative AI – are transforming the cyber battlefield on both offense and defense. Attackers are equipping themselves with AI tools that can write phishing emails, find software vulnerabilities, and create polymorphic malicious code at a scale and speed impossible for humans to match. In parallel, defenders are deploying AI copilots and autonomous “blue team” agents that can sift through massive alert volumes, hunt for anomalies, and even initiate responses without waiting for human direction. This report examines the emergence of autonomous AI in cybersecurity, focusing on the escalating arms race between AI-powered offensive tools and AI-enabled defensive systems. We explore how these technologies are upending the traditional Security Operations Center stack, review real-world developments, and assess strategic implications for security leaders. In the words of veteran cyber executive John Watters, “The security gap is the difference between
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The $300B Bet: How Oracle Became AI’s Dark-Horse Supercloud

The $300B Bet: How Oracle Became AI’s Dark-Horse Supercloud

In September 2025, news broke that OpenAI had agreed to spend an eye-popping $300 billion on cloud computing from Oracle over about five years techcrunch.com. According to The Wall Street Journal’s scoop, OpenAI would start drawing on this capacity in 2027 techcrunch.com. The deal, if confirmed, is historic – on the order of a Pentagon defense contract, but for AI compute – and by far one of the largest cloud commitments ever signed techcrunch.com cio.com. It sent shockwaves through the tech sector and sent Oracle’s stock price skyrocketing over 30% in a day theregister.com. What exactly is OpenAI buying with $300 billion? Essentially, raw computing power on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Reports indicate this translates to about 4.5 to 5 gigawatts of data center capacity reserved for OpenAI’s use theregister.com. In practical terms, that could mean millions of GPU chips and supporting hardware dedicated to training and running AI models. One estimate put it at roughly 2 million Nvidia GPUs when the full capacity is online theregister.com. That scale of compute is hard to fathom – it’s like building several of the world’s largest supercomputers and turning them over to one customer. By comparison, the entire U.S. government IT budget for
14 September 2025
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Oracle’s ‘Truly Awesome’ AI Cloud Quarter Sends Stock Soaring 36%, Making Ellison World’s Richest

From Legacy to AI Leviathan: Inside Oracle’s Unlikely Run

Oracle’s transformation from enterprise software stalwart to cloud contender began to show tangible results in fiscal Q1 2025. In that quarter, Oracle reported $13.3 billion in revenue, up 7% year-on-year, fueled by strong cloud uptake stocktitan.net. Cloud services revenue grew 21% to $5.6 billion stocktitan.net, with Oracle’s Infrastructure-as-a-Service business up 45% and its Fusion and NetSuite cloud applications each growing ~16–20% stocktitan.net. Perhaps most telling, Oracle’s remaining performance obligations – essentially its contracted backlog – reached $99 billion, up 53% from the prior year stocktitan.net. This was a then-record backlog for Oracle, signaling robust demand in the pipeline. Crucially, Oracle was already positioning itself for the AI era during 2024. In June 2023, it announced a partnership with generative AI startup Cohere to train and deploy Cohere’s large language models on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure oracle.com oracle.com. Through this deal, Oracle began offering native generative AI services on OCI, allowing enterprise customers to tap Cohere’s AI models securely with their own data oracle.com oracle.com. This move – alongside Oracle’s incorporation of AI features across its apps and databases – showed Larry Ellison’s company gearing up to “embed generative AI in all our cloud applications” as EVP Clay Magouyrk put it oracle.com
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Spotify’s Hi‑Res Lossless Streaming Is Finally Here – How It Compares to Apple Music and Amazon Music HD

Spotify’s Hi‑Res Lossless Streaming Is Finally Here – How It Compares to Apple Music and Amazon Music HD

After years of anticipation, Spotify’s high-fidelity streaming has arrived in late 2025. All Spotify Premium users will soon have the ability to stream music in lossless CD-quality. Here’s an overview of Spotify’s technical approach and how the feature works: In short, Spotify’s implementation strives to make lossless listening simple but intentional – users turn it on when they want the best quality, and the app gives feedback that it’s working. Technically, the service is now delivering the maximum quality that the majority of music recordings are mastered in. It’s a conservative hi-res approach, but one that covers the essential needs of music lovers seeking better sound.
14 September 2025
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The Solid-State Audio Revolution: How xMEMS Silicon Drivers Could Upend Headphones

The Solid-State Audio Revolution: How xMEMS Silicon Drivers Could Upend Headphones

In summary, xMEMS solid-state drivers marry the silicon chip revolution with high-fidelity sound. They work on a microscopic scale but promise a macro impact on how we experience audio. With key industry players already onboard and technical challenges rapidly being overcome, MEMS speakers are poised to fundamentally disrupt personal audio – potentially becoming as ubiquitous in future headphones as MEMS microphones are now in our phones Audioxpress Eejournal. For tech-savvy listeners, it’s a development to watch closely. As xMEMS’ marketing VP Mike Housholder put it: “Unlike conventional coil speakers, our speakers are monolithic… offering far better material stiffness and exponentially faster impulse response… resulting in superior sound performance” Audioxpress. In other words, welcome to the solid-state sound era – your ears may never want to go back.
14 September 2025
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Nikon ZR: Can a $2,199 6K RAW Cam Shake Up Indie Film?

Nikon ZR: Can a $2,199 6K RAW Cam Shake Up Indie Film?

Sensor and Video Quality: The ZR’s 24.5-megapixel sensor is a “partially stacked” design shared with Nikon’s Z6III, optimized for speed to minimize rolling shutter – crucial for video petapixel.com petapixel.com. In practice, it can capture 6K up to 60p in 12-bit RAW, with a switch to a Super35/DX crop for 4K 120p slow-motion petapixel.com. Full HD 1080 can go up to 240p for very slow motion bhphotovideo.com. Nikon rates dynamic range above 15 stops in RAW mode, which is on par with high-end digital cinema cameras nikon.com. Dual base ISO of 800 and 6400 in RAW helps maintain dynamic range in low-light or bright conditions nikon.com. Notably, internal fanless cooling allows extended takes – Nikon claims about 125 minutes at 6K/60 with external USB-PD power in moderate ambient temps nikon.com. Early tests by reviewers have indeed shown robust performance with no overheating in 6K RAW recording, even in summer conditions dpreview.com dpreview.com. Codecs and Formats: Nikon has thrown the kitchen sink at recording formats. The headline is RED’s .R3D codec support – branded R3D NE – which brings the efficient compression and fully tunable RAW workflow that RED users know cined.com cined.com. It’s 12-bit, but still retains extensive post flexibility:
14 September 2025
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Arm’s $65 Billion Nasdaq Debut: SoftBank’s Chip Champion Reignites Tech IPO Mania

Arm’s $65 Billion Nasdaq Debut: SoftBank’s Chip Champion Reignites Tech IPO Mania

Arm Holdings is a Cambridge, England-based semiconductor and software design company that has quietly become the backbone of the mobile computing world. Founded in 1990 as “Advanced RISC Machines,” Arm began as a joint venture between Acorn Computers, Apple, and VLSI Technology investopedia.com. Unlike traditional chipmakers, Arm doesn’t build chips itself. Instead, it licenses its processor designs and instruction set architectures to other companies, who then incorporate Arm’s intellectual property into their own chips. This model turned Arm into a ubiquitous force in tech: its designs are found in virtually all smartphones, tablets, and many other devices globally, thanks to their power-efficient performance reuters.com. Major firms like Apple have built their flagship chips on Arm’s architecture, and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon system-on-chips that run most Android phones are also Arm-based. By the mid-2010s, Arm’s low-power chip designs had made it a strategic asset, sometimes dubbed the “Switzerland of semiconductors” for its neutral licensing to hundreds of companies ig.com ig.com. In 2016, Japan’s SoftBank Group – led by CEO Masayoshi Son – acquired Arm for $32 billion, touting it as the “jewel in the crown” of UK tech ig.com. Under SoftBank, Arm remained privately held for seven years, during which it continued to
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Awe-Dropping Apple Event 2025 Shocks with Ultra-Thin iPhone 17 Air, New Watches & More

Beyond the iPhone 17: Apple’s Next Big Things – M5 Macs, AI Siri, New iPads and More

Key Facts Summary: In the sections below, we break down what’s known so far about Apple’s post-iPhone 17 product roadmap – spanning Macs, iPads, Apple Watch, Vision Pro, AirPods, home devices, and Apple’s evolving services – all in clear language for the general tech enthusiast. We’ll compare Apple’s rumored moves with competitor trends and include insights from analysts and tech experts along the way. Let’s dive into Apple’s next big things.
14 September 2025
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DJI Air 3S vs Air 3: Mid-Tier Drone Showdown – Is the Upgrade Worth It?

DJI Air 3S vs Air 3: Mid-Tier Drone Showdown – Is the Upgrade Worth It?

Dual-Camera Setup: The DJI Air 3 series pioneered a dual-camera system in a mid-tier drone. Both the Air 3 and Air 3S house a wide-angle primary camera and a 3× medium telephoto camera. The crucial difference is the sensor size of the main camera. The Air 3S bumps the wide camera up to a 1-inch CMOS sensor, whereas the original Air 3’s wide camera uses a smaller 1/1.3-inch sensor store.dji.com thedronegirl.com. In practice, a 1-inch sensor can capture more light and detail, especially in challenging lighting. DJI explicitly tuned the Air 3S for better dynamic range and low-light performance – it can retain more detail in shadows and highlights and handles dim scenes with less noise maisondudrone.com maisondudrone.com. Resolution and Image Quality: Both drones take high-resolution stills, but the Air 3S edges ahead with 50 MP photos on its main camera maisondudrone.com. The extra 2 megapixels isn’t a huge jump, and both use quad-bayer sensor designs. In fact, one expert noted the real-world difference in detail is subtle: “I found it challenging to spot immediate differences between the two cameras, which speaks to the quality of both. All modern drone cameras are good... with careful side-by-side comparisons, you’ll find minor
11 September 2025
DJI’s Auto-Follow Drone Showdown: Do These “Follow Me” Drones Really Have Your Back?

DJI’s Auto-Follow Drone Showdown: Do These “Follow Me” Drones Really Have Your Back?

DJI has incorporated its ActiveTrack autonomous follow technology into almost all of its recent consumer drones streamlife.live. ActiveTrack combines vision recognition and GPS to lock onto a subject, keep it framed, and navigate around obstacles – essentially letting the drone be your aerial cameraman streamlife.live. Here are DJI’s notable “follow-me” drone offerings and what they bring to the table: Use Cases: Broadly, DJI’s follow-me drones cover use cases from high-end film production to everyday personal footage. A Mavic 3/4 Pro might be used to autonomously track a skier down a mountain or a car through winding roads in a professional shoot, leveraging its superior sensors and camera. The Air 3 and Mini 4 Pro are popular among YouTubers, travelers, and athletes for hands-free filming of activities like biking, running, or surfing – drones under $1,000 can now reliably track action sports thedronegirl.com thedronegirl.com. And ultra-portable options like the Neo/Flip target casual scenarios: recording yourself while skateboarding in the park, vlogging your travel adventures, or capturing family moments – all without needing a dedicated pilot. Essentially, DJI’s lineup shows “follow-me” drones have scaled down in size and price, to the point where even a hobbyist or beginner can have a camera
11 September 2025
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DJI Osmo vs GoPro, Insta360 & Zhiyun – Who Wins the 2025 Showdown?

DJI Osmo Action 5 Pro vs. Action 4 vs. Action 3 – Ultimate 2025 Action Cam Showdown

Bottom Line: As of September 2025, DJI’s Osmo Action series offers three tiers of an excellent action camera. The Osmo Action 5 Pro is the no-compromise choice – it delivers class-leading image quality with its next-gen sensor, has the longest battery life, the best screens, and pro-oriented extras like built-in storage and wireless mic support. It’s geared toward enthusiasts and professionals who want the latest and greatest features to “be all in,” as DJI’s tagline suggests store.dji.com. The Osmo Action 4, meanwhile, remains a formidable option: it has essentially the same video capabilities and the same rugged build as the 5 Pro, minus a few new tricks. If you don’t need 40 MP stills or OLED screens, the Action 4 still offers best-in-class quality and may be found at a sweeter price point dji.com. Finally, the Osmo Action 3 stands as a durable, budget-friendly adventurer. It introduced many of the features that make these cameras great – dual touch screens, magnetic mount, long-life battery – and it can capture 4K/120 footage that will satisfy most casual users. It doesn’t perform as well in low-light and lacks the 10-bit color and expanded dynamic range of the newer models, but for everyday
11 September 2025
AirPods Pro 3 vs AirPods Pro 2: 6 Huge Upgrades You Need to Know

AirPods Pro 3 vs Nothing vs Soundcore – 2025’s Ultimate Wireless Earbud Showdown

Apple has refined the AirPods Pro 3 design subtly but meaningfully. The earbuds are slightly smaller and lighter than the previous generation, with a new ergonomic shape informed by 10,000+ ear scans to better sit in the ear canal apple.com. Each earbud now comes with five sizes of silicone ear tips for an optimal seal apple.com. Notably, the tips are foam-infused silicone, which helps fill gaps and improve passive noise isolation tomsguide.com tomsguide.com. Combined with the reduced size, this gives the AirPods Pro 3 a more secure fit – addressing complaints that some users had with AirPods Pro 2 falling out during movement tomsguide.com tomsguide.com. Build quality remains high; while AirPods still use hard glossy plastic, they’re now rated IP57 water-resistant, meaning they can survive sweat, rain, and even brief submersion, a step up from the IP54 of Gen 2 macrumors.com. The iconic white stemmed design persists, seamless with the Apple aesthetic, and the case now features Apple’s U2 ultrawideband chip for more precise tracking if you misplace it macrumors.com. Overall, AirPods Pro 3 look nearly identical to their predecessors at a glance, but the tweaks yield better comfort and durability. Nothing, by contrast, has made its mark through bold
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Stock Market Today

  • Stocks Gain as Weaker US Jobs Report Calms Fed Nerves
    July 2, 2026, 4:50 PM EDT. Stocks moved up after a softer June jobs report, which eased worries the Fed might turn more hawkish on rates. The pause in labor market strength gave a boost to highflying tech stocks and let the Fed take its time with any next moves on inflation.
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