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China’s 2025 Drone Export Crackdown: DJI Grounded in the West While Russia Still Flies

In 2025 Beijing imposed sweeping new limits on drone exports, halting or sharply reducing sales to Ukraine, the United States, and Europe while shipments to Russia appear to continue. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that “Chinese Mavic is open for

24 July 2025

HP Spectre vs MacBook, XPS, Yoga & Surface – The Ultimate 2025 Laptop Showdown

HP Spectre x360 (2024 refresh) uses Intel’s 13th/14th-gen Core “Ultra” CPUs, delivering strong productivity performance and AI acceleration. In benchmarks, the Spectre x360 with an Intel Core i7 outpaced Dell XPS 13 in most tests thanks to a higher-wattage processor.

24 July 2025

2025 Gadgets · Comparison · Laptops · NASDAQ:AAPL · NASDAQ:INTC · NASDAQ:MSFT · NYSE:DELL · NYSE:HPQ · Premium Devices · Tech Showdown

This Common Phone Feature Could Land You in Jail Abroad: Inside the Global Crackdown on GPS and Satellite Phones

India bans unlicensed satellite communication and navigation devices, including Thuraya and Iridium phones and Garmin InReach, under the Indian Telegraph Act (1885) and Wireless Telegraphy Act (1933), with penalties up to three years in prison or ₹5 million in fines,

24 July 2025

GPS · International Law · Phones · Technology Risks · Travel Safety

Dell XPS vs MacBook Pro vs Spectre vs ThinkPad vs Surface vs ZenBook vs Razer: 2025’s Ultimate Premium Laptop Showdown

Dell will retire the XPS brand in 2025 and replace it with a new Dell Premium lineup, though XPS models will remain on sale for now. The 2025 Dell Premium 14 and 16 use a 16:10 chassis, offer 120Hz displays,

24 July 2025

2025 Technology · Buying Guide · Laptops · Premium Devices · Tech Comparison

Apple Watch Series 9 vs Galaxy Watch 6 vs Pixel Watch 2 vs Garmin Venu 3 vs Fitbit Sense 2: The Ultimate Smartwatch Showdown 2025

Apple Watch Series 9 has ECG for AFib, SpO₂, skin-temperature tracking, continuous heart-rate monitoring, on-device Siri via the S9 chip, and about 18 hours of typical battery life. Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 adds a bioimpedance body composition sensor, skin-temperature sensor

24 July 2025

2025 Trends · Gadgets · Smartwatches · Tech Comparison · Wearables

World Court Climate Bombshell, Hydrogen Stalls, and EV Breakthroughs – Climate Tech News Roundup (July 23–24, 2025)

The United Nations’ International Court of Justice on July 23 issued an advisory opinion declaring climate change an urgent and existential threat and urged states to cooperate to achieve concrete emission reduction targets, warning of potential compensation claims for wealthy

24 July 2025

Climate Tech · Electric Vehicles · Global News · Hydrogen · NASDAQ:ONVO · NYSE:GM · NYSE:NIO · NYSE:QS · Sustainability

Global Robotics Revolution – Breakthroughs, Big Deals, and Bold Moves (July 23–24, 2025)

The White House unveiled an AI Action Plan to cement U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence and robotics, including open-source models and reduced regulatory red tape. The plan proposed punishing states with burdensome AI regulations by cutting their federal tech funding.

24 July 2025

Automation · Global Innovation · Industry Deals · Robotics · Technology Trends

XR Revolution Unfolds: Major Spatial Computing News (July 23–24, 2025)

Apple WWDC 2025: Vision Pro gains visionOS 26 with integrated generative AI, smarter 3D widgets, enhanced photos and videos, and multi-user FaceTime in virtual spaces, plus support for external controllers including PlayStation VR2 Sense for 6DoF tracking and haptics. Bloomberg

24 July 2025

Augmented Reality · Spatial Computing · Tech Innovations · Virtual Reality · XR

Shockwaves in Silicon: Global Chip Industry’s Two-Day Upheaval (July 23–24, 2025)

SK Hynix plans to double its sales of high-bandwidth memory chips this year to meet surging AI demand and will boost CAPEX, especially for HBM production. Intel’s new CEO Lip-Bu Tan is shifting from the 18A process to the 14A

24 July 2025

Chip Industry · Global Markets · Industry Shifts · NASDAQ:INTC · NASDAQ:NVDA · NASDAQ:TXN · NYSE:SONY · NYSE:TSM · Semiconductors · Technology News

Quantum Tech Leap: Breakthroughs, Billion‑Dollar Bets & Bold Moves (July 23–24, 2025)

On July 23, 2025, French researchers led by Eleni Diamanti published a protocol in PRX Quantum to quantify the accuracy of quantum information transmissions with untrusted devices, enabling verification of entangled photon messages even with simulated loss and attacks while

24 July 2025

Future Tech · Industry Trends · Investments · NASDAQ:AMZN · NYSE:IBM · Quantum Computing · Technology Innovation

Battle of the Titans: Microsoft Surface vs Apple, Dell, HP, Lenovo & Samsung – The Ultimate 2025–2026 Laptop & Tablet Showdown

AI-Powered Gadgets and Game-Changing Tech: Consumer Electronics Roundup (July 23–24, 2025)

Microsoft unveiled the Surface Laptop 5G, a 13.8-inch business notebook powered by Intel’s Core Ultra with a neural processing unit capable of 40+ trillion operations per second and an integrated 5G modem, shipping in late August. Dell announced the Precision

24 July 2025

Electrónica de Consumo · Gadgets · Innovación · Inteligencia artificial · NASDAQ:META · NASDAQ:MSFT · NYSE:DELL · Tecnología

Smartphone Industry Shake-Up: Massive Launches, Leaks, and a Global Tech Showdown (July 23–24, 2025)

Major Launches and Announcements (July 23–24) (No other major global phone launches were reported in this two-day span, as most big brands’ summer launches – such as Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 7/Flip 7 reveal – occurred earlier in July. However, the new

24 July 2025

Global Market · Industry Trends · NASDAQ:SONM · NASDAQ:TMUS · Product Launches · Smartphones · Technology