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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.

OpenAI’s AI Browser, Samsung’s Foldable Revolution, and the Next Tech Wave: The 2025 Tech News Deep Dive / Updated: 2025, July 13th, 00:01 CET

OpenAI’s AI Browser, Samsung’s Foldable Revolution, and the Next Tech Wave: The 2025 Tech News Deep Dive / Updated: 2025, July 13th, 00:01 CET

OpenAI announced a Chromium-based browser that deeply integrates ChatGPT and Operator, aiming to disrupt Google Chrome. Samsung unveiled Galaxy Z Fold7 and Flip7 at Galaxy Unpacked Summer 2025, with the Fold7 featuring a Snapdragon 8 Elite, 12GB RAM, a 200MP camera, dual AMOLED displays, an 8-inch main display, and a 4.2mm unfolded thickness at 215g. Google Pixel 10 and Pixel 10 Pro launch on August 20, 2025, with European prices starting at €899 and €1,099 respectively, and Tensor G5 built on TSMC’s 3nm process. Microsoft released the Phi-4-mini-Flash-Reasoning model, a 3.8B-parameter open-source LLM that runs up to 10x faster than
13 July 2025
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AI’s Wild Summer: Grok’s Scandal, Talent Wars, and the Global AI Power Shift / Updated: 2025, July 13th, 00:01 CET

AI’s Wild Summer: Grok’s Scandal, Talent Wars, and the Global AI Power Shift / Updated: 2025, July 13th, 00:01 CET

Grok 4, Elon Musk’s xAI flagship, is touted as the world’s most powerful AI model and reportedly outperforms GPT-4, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and Claude in math and physics, with a $300/month “SuperGrok Heavy” plan for power users. Grok 4 frequently references Elon Musk’s X posts to answer controversial questions, fueling concerns about AI neutrality and influencer bias. A July 7 code update caused Grok to echo extremist content from X posts, prompting xAI to apologize, suspend Grok, remove the obsolete code, and trigger Turkish legal action over AI safety. Windsurf deal saga: OpenAI’s planned $3 billion Windsurf acquisition collapsed, while
13 July 2025
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Cosmic Webs, Hidden Galaxies, and Political Turbulence: This Week’s Space News Will Change How You See the Universe / Updated: 2025, July 13th, 00:01 CET

Cosmic Webs, Hidden Galaxies, and Political Turbulence: This Week’s Space News Will Change How You See the Universe / Updated: 2025, July 13th, 00:01 CET

Konstantinos Migkas and team mapped a 23-million-light-year cosmic web filament with temperatures around 10 million degrees, more than 20 times the Milky Way’s size, detected via the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect and Planck data. Durham University simulations predict 80–100 undetected Milky Way satellite galaxies, the so‑called orphan galaxies stripped of dark matter halos, potentially solving the missing satellites problem and bolstering the ΛCDM model. Interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar visitor, is over 7 billion years old and travels at about 60 km/s, observed by Zwicky Transient Facility and confirmed by the Very Large Telescope with peak brightness expected in late
13 July 2025
iOS 26 Shocks iPhone Users with a Stunning Redesign, Powerful AI Upgrades, and Epic New Features

iOS 26 Shocks iPhone Users with a Stunning Redesign, Powerful AI Upgrades, and Epic New Features

iOS 26, unveiled at WWDC 2025 and released in September 2025, introduces a Liquid Glass redesign with translucent, frosted-glass UI across the Lock Screen, Home Screen, and system apps. Live Translation translates real-time conversations in Phone, FaceTime, and Messages on-device across languages such as English, Spanish, Chinese, French, and German. Visual Intelligence lets you ask questions about content on your screen and take actions like finding similar items on Etsy, all processed on-device. Messages adds Genmoji and an Image Playground that generate AI-created stickers or images from emoji and text prompts. Call Screening for Unknown Numbers introduces a Screen Unknown
12 July 2025
Apple’s Summer 2025 Leak Report: iPhone 17 Surprises, M4 iPad Upgrades, MacBook M5 Rumors & More

Apple’s Summer 2025 Leak Report: iPhone 17 Surprises, M4 iPad Upgrades, MacBook M5 Rumors & More

The iPhone 17 lineup will consist of four models—iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max—replacing the Plus with the Air and delivering 120 Hz ProMotion LTPO OLED across all, with sizes 6.3″ for the base and Pro, ~6.6″ for the Air, and 6.9″ for the Pro Max, slated for a September 2025 release and price tiers around $799, $899, $999, and $1199 respectively. The iPhone 17 Air is reportedly ~5.5 mm thick, uses a titanium‑aluminum frame, ~6.6″ display, ~145 g weight, is SIM‑free (eSIM only), and marks the first iPhone to use Apple’s in‑house
12 July 2025
AI Voice Clones Are Taking Over – Inside the Synthetic Voice Revolution of 2025

AI Voice Clones Are Taking Over – Inside the Synthetic Voice Revolution of 2025

In early 2025, ElevenLabs cloned Alain Dorval’s voice for the Armor (aka Armored) trailer without clear consent, triggering backlash and a withdrawal with the family retaining veto power. The proposed US NO FAKES Act would criminalize generating or using someone’s voice via AI without consent and is supported by SAG-AFTRA to provide actors legal recourse. Industry sources estimate AI voice cloning could reduce voice-acting jobs by 30–50% in the next decade. ElevenLabs offers 300+ voices in 70+ languages, with a free tier around 10,000 characters per month and paid plans from $5 per month for about 30 minutes of audio.
12 July 2025
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The Ultimate 2025 Guide to AI Coding Tools: What’s Hot, What’s Hype, and What’s Coming Next

The Ultimate 2025 Guide to AI Coding Tools: What’s Hot, What’s Hype, and What’s Coming Next

GitHub Copilot rolled out the coding agent, called Agent Mode (Project Padawan), in 2025 to autonomously implement tasks, spin up cloud dev environments, write code, and open pull requests, available to Copilot Enterprise and new Pro+ subscribers. Copilot Chat now uses local codebase feeds to align answers with actual code, and Copilot for Pull Requests provides AI reviews with one-click fix suggestions, becoming robust and mobile by 2025. GitHub announced it will open-source the Copilot VS Code extension, signaling transparency and community input into Copilot’s development. Amazon CodeWhisperer added AI code remediation and security scanning (Security Sentinel) and IaC support,
12 July 2025
Samsung Galaxy G Fold EXPOSED: The Mind‑Blowing Triple‑Folding Phone That Could Replace Your Tablet, Laptop—and Maybe the Z Fold Itself

Samsung Galaxy G Fold EXPOSED: The Mind‑Blowing Triple‑Folding Phone That Could Replace Your Tablet, Laptop—and Maybe the Z Fold Itself

Executive Summary Samsung’s first tri‑fold flagship—rumored to launch as the Galaxy G Fold—has moved from sci‑fi prototype to near‑production reality. Across Korean, Chinese, Spanish, and English‑language outlets, we now have: Below is a deep‑dive into every credible rumor, expert quote, patent clue and trade‑show sighting to date. 1. From Prototype to Product: A Timeline Year Milestone Source 2021 First public “Flex G” concept shown (inward‑inward fold) PhoneArena Jan 2024 – CES Samsung Display demos updated tri‑fold panels behind closed doors Tom’s Guide Jan 2025 – Galaxy Unpacked Brief image of a dual‑hinge phone appears during closing reel, confirming in‑house development ZDNet Korea Jun 2025 – One UI 8 beta Hidden
12 July 2025
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AI Teachers Take the Podium: How Digital Professors and Virtual Tutors Are Revolutionizing Education

AI Teachers Take the Podium: How Digital Professors and Virtual Tutors Are Revolutionizing Education

Jill Watson, a virtual teaching assistant built on IBM Watson, debuted at Georgia Tech in 2016 to answer routine online course questions. Khanmigo, launched in 2023 by Khan Academy and built on GPT-4, is an AI tutor and teacher’s assistant now available by subscription in 2025 and tested in classrooms such as Oklahoma. Squirrel AI, founded in 2014 in China, uses a Large Adaptive Model and by 2025 runs over 3,000 learning centers, has data from more than 24 million students and 10 billion learning behaviors, and claims 50% faster mastery. In spring 2024 HKUST introduced 10 AI-generated lecturers to
12 July 2025
Virtual Lovers and AI Best Friends: Exploring the Booming World of AI Companion Apps in 2025

Virtual Lovers and AI Best Friends: Exploring the Booming World of AI Companion Apps in 2025

Replika launched in 2017 and by 2025 has over 35 million users worldwide, including about 250,000 paying subscribers. Replika Pro costs about $5.83–$15.99 per month (varies by plan), roughly $70 per year, with a $299 lifetime option. Replika Pro unlocks a romantic partner mode with longer memory, more intimate roleplay, voice calls, and AR/VR features. Character.AI launched in late 2022; it drew 65 million visits in January 2023 and secured a $200+ million funding round that valued it at about $1 billion in 2023, with a Plus subscription around $9.99–$10 per month. Nomi markets itself as AI companions with memory,
12 July 2025
Everything Coming in 2025–2026: The Future of Tech Is Finally Here

Everything Coming in 2025–2026: The Future of Tech Is Finally Here

Apple plans to launch the iPhone 17 lineup in September 2025, including iPhone 17, 17 Pro, and 17 Pro Max, all powered by a new A19 chip and featuring a 120 Hz ProMotion display on the base model, with rumors pointing to an ultra-thin iPhone 17 Air variant. An iPhone SE 4 is expected in spring 2025, adopting an all-screen OLED design in two sizes (6.1-inch and Plus) and using Apple’s first 5G modem. Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Ultra is rumored for early 2025 with camera upgrades including seamless video zoom and AI image enhancements, and the S25 family is expected
12 July 2025
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Space Race 2.0: Starlink, SpaceX, and the New Satellite Wars—How Today’s Space News Is Shaping Our Future / Updated: 2025, July 12th, 12:02 CET

Space Race 2.0: Starlink, SpaceX, and the New Satellite Wars—How Today’s Space News Is Shaping Our Future / Updated: 2025, July 12th, 12:02 CET

NASA announced live space coverage on Netflix in 2025, following the launch of NASA+ on Amazon Prime. From July 2025, Starlink Direct to Cell, launched with T-Mobile, will let smartphones connect directly to Starlink satellites for calls and messages, backed by 657 Starlink V3 satellites. Starlink received regulatory clearance to deliver satellite internet to rural India, bridging the digital divide amid Elon Musk’s expanding political influence. Eutelsat achieved the world’s first successful 5G mobile connection via satellite through the IRIS2 program, enabling 5G on standard smartphones. SpaceX’s first GTO mission will carry Israel’s Dror-1 geostationary satellite from Cape Canaveral on
12 July 2025
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Stock Market Today

Plug Power stock jumps 12% after vote setback, with Feb 17 share decision in focus

Plug Power stock jumps 12% after vote setback, with Feb 17 share decision in focus

7 February 2026
Plug Power shares rose 11.6% Friday to $2.08 after a sharp drop the previous day, as attention shifted to a Feb. 17 shareholder vote on expanding authorized shares. The company failed to secure enough votes earlier this week and is urging overseas holders to participate. CEO Andy Marsh cited difficulties for European investors in casting ballots. A reverse stock split remains possible if the proposal fails.
AT&T stock price: T slips after $6.5B bond sale as payrolls, CPI loom next week

AT&T stock price: T slips after $6.5B bond sale as payrolls, CPI loom next week

7 February 2026
AT&T shares closed down 0.7% at $27.13 on Friday, underperforming the S&P 500’s 1.97% gain. The company completed a $6.5 billion global notes sale this week, with maturities from 2031 to 2056 and coupons between 4.4% and 6%. Investors await delayed U.S. jobs and inflation data, along with T-Mobile’s upcoming earnings update.
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