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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.

August 2025 Skywatch Alerts: Meteor Showers, Planetary Parades & Celestial Surprises

August 2025’s Meteor Shower Spectacle: Perseids vs. Bright Moon & Other Shooting Star Shows

The Perseid meteor shower peaks on August 12–13, 2025, with 50–75 meteors per hour under dark skies and up to ~100 per hour in ideal conditions, though moonlight will reduce counts to about 10–20 per hour. The Moon will be full on August 9, 2025 and will be a waning gibbous about 84% illuminated during the peak, washing out fainter meteors. The Perseids originate from debris of Comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. A recommended viewing strategy is to watch on the peak night before Moonrise or about a week after peak when the Moon is dimmer, with early-evening Earthgrazers possible. The Virtual Telescope
9 August 2025
3 Urban E-Bikes Battle for 2025’s Best Commuter — The Results Will Surprise You

3 Urban E-Bikes Battle for 2025’s Best Commuter — The Results Will Surprise You

Specialized Turbo Vado 4.0 uses the Turbo Full Power 2.0 mid-drive with 250W nominal output and 70Nm of torque, enabling up to 28 mph Class 3 assistance. Trek FX+ 7S uses a TQ HPR50 mid-drive delivering 250W continuous (about 300W peak) and 50Nm of torque, also supporting up to 28 mph. Gazelle Medeo T10 HMB runs a Bosch Performance Line mid-drive with up to 65Nm of torque and Class 1 20 mph assist, while the Medeo T10+ version offers up to 28 mph with roughly 85Nm torque. Specialized Turbo Vado 4.0 features a 710Wh integrated downtube battery, rated for about
9 August 2025
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Xiaomi 15 Ultra vs Xiaomi 15 vs Xiaomi 14T Pro: The Ultimate Flagship Showdown

Xiaomi 15 Ultra vs Xiaomi 15 vs Xiaomi 14T Pro: The Ultimate Flagship Showdown

Xiaomi 15 Ultra, 15, and 14T Pro all use OLED displays, with the Ultra offering a 6.73-inch LTPO panel at 3200×1440 with 1–120Hz, the 15 at 6.36 inches and 2670×1200 with up to 120Hz, and the 14T Pro at 6.67 inches, 2712×1220, 144Hz and up to 4000 nits peak brightness. Xiaomi 15 Ultra and Xiaomi 15 are powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite, while the Xiaomi 14T Pro uses MediaTek Dimensity 9300+. All three offer 12GB or 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM, with 256GB to 1TB UFS 4.1 storage, while the 14T Pro uses UFS 4.0 storage. Xiaomi 15 Ultra features
9 August 2025
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Battle of the Laptops: Asus ROG Flow Z13 vs ROG Strix Scar 18 vs MacBook Air M4 (Ultimate 2025 Showdown)

Battle of the Laptops: Asus ROG Flow Z13 vs ROG Strix Scar 18 vs MacBook Air M4 (Ultimate 2025 Showdown)

Flow Z13 (2023) pairs an Intel Core i9-13900H (14-core, up to 5.4 GHz) with an RTX 4060 Laptop (65 W) and supports the external ROG XG Mobile GPU dock. ROG Strix Scar 18 (2023) uses Intel Core i9-13980HX (24-core, up to 5.6 GHz) and an RTX 4090 Laptop (16 GB, up to 175 W), delivering 181 FPS in Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p and 60+ FPS at 2560×1600 with ray tracing. Apple MacBook Air M4 (2025) runs on the Apple M4 with a 10-core CPU and 8– to 10-core integrated GPU and remains completely fanless. Flow Z13 display is
9 August 2025
Honor Watch 5 vs Galaxy Watch 7 vs Pixel Watch 3 – The 2025 Smartwatch Showdown

Honor Watch 5 vs Galaxy Watch 7 vs Pixel Watch 3 – The 2025 Smartwatch Showdown

Honor Watch 5, launched in late 2024, features a square Apple Watch–like design, a 1.85-inch AMOLED display, up to 1000 nits brightness, and a typical battery life of 14–15 days. Samsung Galaxy Watch 7, unveiled in July 2024, comes in 40mm and 44mm sizes with aluminum cases, sapphire crystal, MIL-STD-810H durability, 5ATM/IP68 water resistance, and a digital bezel for navigation. Google Pixel Watch 3, released in September 2024, is offered in 41mm and 45mm sizes with a 1.27-inch 408×408 display on the 41mm and 1.43-inch 456×456 display on the 45mm, brightness up to 2000 nits, LTPO 1–60Hz, curved Gorilla Glass
8 August 2025
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Apollo 13’s “Successful Failure”: The Epic Journey of Jim Lovell, NASA’s Legendary Commander

Apollo 13’s “Successful Failure”: The Epic Journey of Jim Lovell, NASA’s Legendary Commander

Apollo 13, commanded by Jim Lovell, launched from Kennedy Space Center on April 11, 1970 at 2:13 PM EST with Jack Swigert replacing Ken Mattingly 48 hours before launch due to measles exposure, suffered an oxygen-tank explosion on April 13, and splashed down in the Pacific near Samoa on April 17. Aquarius, the Lunar Module designed for two men for 2 days on the Moon, was pressed into service as a lifeboat for three astronauts for four days. Oxygen Tank 2 exploded and Tank 1 began leaking in the Service Module, knocking out two of Apollo 13’s three fuel cells
8 August 2025
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GPT-5 Launches Today: OpenAI’s ‘PhD-Level’ AI Ushers in a New Era of ChatGPT

Battle of the AI Titans: GPT-5 vs Grok 4 vs Microsoft Copilot – Who Wins the Next-Gen AI Showdown?

GPT-5 launched in August 2025 with a 400,000-token context window, multimodal text-and-image input, test-time compute, and access for about 700 million ChatGPT users worldwide. GPT-5 comes in three tiers—GPT-5, GPT-5 Mini, and GPT-5 Nano—sharing the 400K context and multimodal input while offering different performance and cost profiles. The GPT-5 API pricing is $1.25 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens, plus $0.125 per million cached tokens. Grok 4 launched in July 2025, promoted as the world’s most powerful AI model, and introduced Grok 4 Heavy as a multi-agent variant capable of collaborating on problems. In Humanity’s Last
8 August 2025
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Satellite Phones: Comprehensive Global FAQ

Iridium 9575 vs Iridium 9555 vs Thuraya XT Lite Comparison. You Won’t Believe Which Satellite Phone Dominates in 2025

Iridium 9575 Extreme, launched in 2011, is Iridium’s rugged flagship with MIL-STD-810F shock/vibration and IP65 protection plus built-in GPS and a one-touch SOS button. The 9575 measures about 14 × 6 × 2.7 cm and weighs roughly 247 g, and is described as smaller and lighter than the Iridium 9555. Battery life for the 9575 is about 4 hours of talk time and 30 hours of standby, with an extended battery option pushing talk time toward 6 hours. The 9575 offers global pole-to-pole coverage via Iridium’s 66-satellite LEO constellation and supports walk-and-talk with an omnidirectional antenna. Iridium 9555, launched in
8 August 2025
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Framework Desktop vs Mac Studio vs Intel NUC 13 Extreme. You Won’t Believe Which Tiny PC Wins in 2025

Framework Desktop vs Mac Studio vs Intel NUC 13 Extreme. You Won’t Believe Which Tiny PC Wins in 2025

Framework Desktop (2025) is a 4.5-liter modular PC built around an AMD Ryzen AI Max CPU (8-core/16-thread Ryzen AI Max 385 or 16-core/32-thread Ryzen AI Max+ 395) with boost clocks around 5.0–5.1 GHz and a sustained 120W TDP. The Framework uses the Radeon 8060S iGPU with 40 RDNA3 compute units, up to 2.9 GHz, and up to 96 GB of shared memory for AI and compute tasks. RAM and storage: Framework soldered LPDDR5x-8000 RAM up to 128 GB (with up to 96 GB usable as VRAM) and two M.2 NVMe slots up to 8 TB each (total up to 16
8 August 2025
iPhone 17 Leaks Reveal Ultra‑Thin ‘Air’ Model, Big Upgrades & Everything We Know (Mid‑2025)

Battle of 2025’s Best Phones – iPhone 17 Pro Max vs Galaxy S25 Ultra vs Pixel 10 Pro

The Galaxy S25 Ultra features a 6.9-inch 3120×1440 OLED, a 120Hz adaptive refresh rate, and up to 3000 nits peak brightness. The iPhone 17 Pro Max is expected to keep a 6.7-inch OLED display with ProMotion 120Hz and may introduce a rumored anti-reflective nano-texture coating. The Google Pixel 10 Pro is anticipated to land around 6.7 inches with 120Hz, and brightness in the 3000-nit range, with a Pixel 10 Pro XL rumored at 3200 nits. The iPhone 17 Pro Max will be powered by Apple’s A19 Pro on a 3nm process and reportedly upgrade to 12GB of RAM. The Galaxy
8 August 2025
Apple Vision Pro vs Meta Quest 3: In-Depth Comparison and Review 2025

VR Headset Showdown 2025: Meta Quest 3 & Quest Pro vs Apple Vision Pro vs HTC Vive XR Elite – Which XR Device Reigns Supreme?

Vision Pro uses dual micro-OLED displays totaling 23 million pixels, roughly near-4K per eye. Quest 3 resolves 2064×2208 per eye (about 9.3 million pixels combined), Quest Pro 1800×1920 per eye (≈6.9M), and XR Elite 1920×1920 per eye (≈7.4M), while Vision Pro emphasizes high pixel density with a ~90–100° horizontal field of view. Processing power varies across the line: Quest 3 runs Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2 (4nm), Quest Pro uses XR2+ Gen1, XR Elite uses XR2 Gen1, and Vision Pro uses Apple M2 with an R1 sensor processor. Weight and ergonomics differ: Quest 3 is about 515 g, Quest Pro
8 August 2025
GT3 Supercar Showdown: Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo vs Ferrari 296 GT3 vs Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2

GT3 Supercar Showdown: Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo vs Ferrari 296 GT3 vs Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2

Porsche 911 GT3 R Evo (992) features a 4.2-liter naturally aspirated flat-six, up to 557 hp, revs past 9,000 rpm, a 6-speed sequential gearbox, and a weight around 1,250–1,300 kg, with a 5.5-degree engine tilt to improve the rear diffuser. Ferrari 296 GT3 uses a 2.992-liter twin-turbo V6 mid-ship delivering about 600 hp at 7,250 rpm and 712 Nm of torque at 5,500 rpm, runs without the hybrid system under GT3 rules, via a 6-speed transverse sequential gearbox, with a dry weight around 1,250 kg. Lamborghini Huracán GT3 EVO2 runs a 5.2-liter naturally aspirated V10 producing roughly 580–585 hp under
8 August 2025
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Stock Market Today

CSL share price in focus after ASX sell-off: what investors watch before Feb 11 results

CSL share price in focus after ASX sell-off: what investors watch before Feb 11 results

7 February 2026
CSL Limited shares closed down 0.4% at A$180.50 Friday as the S&P/ASX 200 dropped 2.03% to 8,708.80. CSL will report half-year results and announce its interim dividend on Feb. 11, with the stock set to trade ex-dividend March 10. A filing showed 59,992 CSL conditional rights lapsed this week. The company’s market value stands near A$87 billion, down about a third in the past year.
Macquarie Group share price slips 2% after APRA eases liquidity curbs — what to watch next week

Macquarie Group share price slips 2% after APRA eases liquidity curbs — what to watch next week

7 February 2026
Macquarie Group shares fell 2.17% to A$207.83 Friday, marking a third straight decline as the ASX 200 slid 2%. Australia’s regulator trimmed liquidity requirements for Macquarie Bank after improvements in controls. Macquarie Asset Management announced two UK utility deals, including full ownership of Last Mile Infrastructure and the purchase of Energy Assets Group. Investors await Tuesday’s operational briefing.
Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

Stock Market Today 07.02.2026

7 February 2026
LIVEMarkets rolling coverageStarted: February 7, 2026, 12:00 AM ESTUpdated: February 7, 2026, 1:13 AM EST Crude Oil Prices Rise on Dollar Weakness, Geopolitical Tensions February 7, 2026, 12:52 AM EST. Crude oil prices edged higher on Friday, supported by a weaker U.S. dollar and escalating geopolitical risks in the Middle East. March WTI crude gained 0.41%, rebounding from early losses, while gasoline prices rose 1.38%. Doubts over a U.S.-Iran nuclear deal loom after reports of Iran's refusal to halt uranium enrichment, raising the risk of military action and potential disruption of vital shipping routes. Additionally, a surge in U.S. consumer
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