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Mateusz Kaczmarek

A technology and finance expert writing for TS2.tech. He analyzes developments in satellites, telecommunications, and artificial intelligence, with a focus on their impact on global markets. Author of industry reports and market commentary, often cited in tech and business media. Passionate about innovation and the digital economy.

Beyond AI: 8 Must-Read Tech News Highlights from August 11–12, 2025

Beyond AI: 8 Must-Read Tech News Highlights from August 11–12, 2025

Google sets August 20 for the Pixel 10 launch, unveiling the Pixel 10, 10 Pro, 10 Pro XL, and Pixel 10 Pro Fold with IP68 water and dust resistance that outclasses Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold7. GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke will resign to found a new startup, with Microsoft having acquired GitHub for $7.5 billion in 2018 and Julia Liuson named interim to oversee engineering, revenue, and support. Marks & Spencer restored Click & Collect on August 11 after almost four months offline due to a cyberattack that cost about £300 million in lost profit for the 141-year-old retailer. Paramount agreed
12 August 2025
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AI Breakthroughs, Billion-Dollar Bets & Backlash – The Global AI News Roundup (Aug 11–12, 2025)

AI Breakthroughs, Billion-Dollar Bets & Backlash – The Global AI News Roundup (Aug 11–12, 2025)

OpenAI released GPT-5 on August 7, 2025, but by August 11 users reported sluggish responses and a less personal feel, prompting Sam Altman to admit the rollout was bumpy and to keep GPT-4 available for paying users while fixes are rolled out. OpenAI released GPT-OSS models with 20 billion and 120 billion parameters, the first freely downloadable large language models since 2019, available via AWS and excelling at coding, science, and math. Caltech researchers used reinforcement learning with a two-agent system called “player” and “observer” to crack the 60-year Andrews–Curtis Conjecture, showing AI can find solutions to long-standing group-theory problems.
12 August 2025
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Drone Laws in Turkey 2025: The Ultimate Guide to Safe Flying (Permits, No-Fly Zones & Big Fines!)

Drone Laws in Turkey 2025: The Ultimate Guide to Safe Flying (Permits, No-Fly Zones & Big Fines!)

The General Directorate of Civil Aviation (SHGM) is the primary regulator for drones in Turkey, maintaining the national drone registry, issuing permits, and coordinating enforcement, while the State Airports Authority (DHMİ) manages airspace near airports. Turkey classifies drones into İHA0 (500 g–4 kg), İHA1 (4–25 kg), İHA2 (25–150 kg), and İHA3 (above 150 kg), with drones under 500 g largely exempt from registration and licensing. Drones ≥500 g must be registered in the SHGM system (iha.shgm.gov.tr) and pilots must be registered, with foreigners using a special foreign-operator process rather than direct online registration. For recreational use, drones under 4 kg
11 August 2025
The Truth About Internet Access in Slovakia: How Fast, How Cheap, and Is Satellite the Future?

The Truth About Internet Access in Slovakia: How Fast, How Cheap, and Is Satellite the Future?

FTTH/B fiber is the dominant fixed broadband in Slovakia, delivering up to 1 Gbps download and hundreds of Mbps upload, with typical latency 5–20 ms, and by 2022 about 66.8% of households were covered by FTTP, with gigabit targets by 2030. DSL remains in use where fiber is not available, offering ADSL up to 8–20 Mbps and VDSL up to 50–100 Mbps, and as of late 2023 about 53% of households had ADSL/VDSL access. Cable Internet via DOCSIS 3.1 (UPC/Vodafone) provides up to 500–1000 Mbps down and 50–100 Mbps up with 10–30 ms latency, and about 17.9% of households are
11 August 2025
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Breakthrough Trials, FDA Greenlights & Global Health Alerts: Biotech & Health News (Aug 10–11, 2025)

Breakthrough Trials, FDA Greenlights & Global Health Alerts: Biotech & Health News (Aug 10–11, 2025)

Novartis announced that two Phase III trials, NEPTUNUS-1 and NEPTUNUS-2, met their primary endpoints in Sjögren’s disease, marking the first global Phase III evidence of significant disease activity reduction with ianalumab and its dual B-cell depletion and BAFF signaling blockade. IO Biotech will disclose topline results from its Phase III melanoma trial of Cylembio (IO102-IO103) in combination with Merck’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) as a first-line therapy, with an August 11 webcast planned and the therapy having earned Breakthrough Therapy designation. GSK’s gepotidacin received Priority Review from the U.S. FDA for uncomplicated gonorrhea, with a decision expected by December and the potential
11 August 2025
Global Markets Surge, Tech Tariffs Twist & Oil Slumps – Business Roundup (Aug 10-11, 2025)

Global Markets Surge, Tech Tariffs Twist & Oil Slumps – Business Roundup (Aug 10-11, 2025)

Europe’s STOXX 600 rose 0.3%, the MSCI World index traded within 0.2% of its all-time high, and Wall Street’s S&P 500 and Nasdaq hovered near records. Bank of America’s fund-manager survey shows 45% of managers are long Nvidia and Microsoft, making the Magnificent 7 the world’s most crowded trade again. Only 5% of investors now expect a hard-landing recession, while a net 14% are overweight equities—the highest since February. Corporate bond spreads have narrowed to near 27-year lows as investors price in a rosier outlook, with Fidelity International’s Mike Riddell saying some managers are hedging by staying very defensive in
11 August 2025
AI Stocks Frenzy: Soaring Earnings, Mega-Deals & Chip Shocks Drive Market (Aug 10–11, 2025)

AI Stocks Frenzy: Soaring Earnings, Mega-Deals & Chip Shocks Drive Market (Aug 10–11, 2025)

SoundHound AI posted Q2 revenue of $42.7 million, up 217% year-over-year, about $10 million above expectations, and lifted full-year revenue guidance to $160–$178 million. Palantir Technologies reported Q2 revenue above $1 billion for the first time, with U.S. government sales up 53% to $426 million (over 42% of total revenue), and raised full-year revenue guidance to $4.14–$4.15 billion, with the stock up about 4%. C3.ai pre-announced weak Q1 results, with CEO Thomas Siebel calling sales “completely unacceptable,” sending the stock down over 14% after hours as the company began a leadership search and D.A. Davidson cut the target to $13.
11 August 2025
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All the Breakthroughs You Missed: The Biggest Science Stories from August 10–11, 2025

All the Breakthroughs You Missed: The Biggest Science Stories from August 10–11, 2025

Medicine & Health Space & Astronomy Climate & Environment Physics & Materials Science Technology & Innovation Sources: The above summaries are based on reports and press releases from reputable outlets and journals, including The Guardian theguardian.com theguardian.com, Science sciencedaily.com sciencedaily.com, NASA space.com, ScienceDaily/RAS sciencedaily.com sciencedaily.com, Euronews (AP) euronews.com euronews.com, Reuters reuters.com reuters.com, Nature sciencedaily.com sciencedaily.com, and university press releases sciencedaily.com sciencedaily.com. Each story’s details and quotes are drawn from the original research publications or official statements by experts involved.
11 August 2025
Dazzling Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight – Your Skywatch Guide for August 11–12, 2025

Dazzling Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight – Your Skywatch Guide for August 11–12, 2025

Perseid meteor shower peaks August 11–12 (into the pre-dawn hours) with an 84% full Moon washing out fainter meteors, so expected rates drop to about 10–20 per hour instead of the usual 50–100. The best viewing window is midnight to dawn, with a peak surge around 2–3 a.m. local time as the Perseid radiant in Perseus climbs high. Fireballs may still appear, and occasional long-lasting earthgrazers could skim the atmosphere early in the night even under moonlight. Venus and Jupiter form a close dawn conjunction on August 11–12, about 1 degree apart, visible to the naked eye about 1–2 hours
11 August 2025
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Rocket Scrubs, Astronaut Splashdown & Moon Race Milestones – Space News Roundup (Aug 10–11, 2025)

Rocket Scrubs, Astronaut Splashdown & Moon Race Milestones – Space News Roundup (Aug 10–11, 2025)

Astronaut Homecoming & ISS Updates Rocket Launch Drama & Satellite Missions Moon Exploration & Global Programs Science & New Discoveries Commercial & Industry Developments Sources: This report compiles information from official agency releases, trusted news outlets, and expert commentary. Key sources include NASA press releases nasa.gov spacepolicyonline.com, Spaceflight Now spaceflightnow.com spaceflightnow.com, Space.com space.com space.com, SpaceNews ts2.tech ts2.tech, SatNews news.satnews.com, SpacePolicyOnline spacepolicyonline.com spacepolicyonline.com, and other referenced publications as noted above. Each cited link provides further details on the respective news item for readers seeking more information.
11 August 2025
Tech Shocks: Chips Squeezed, Hacks Mended & Space Race Delays – Tech News Roundup (Aug 10–11, 2025)

Tech Shocks: Chips Squeezed, Hacks Mended & Space Race Delays – Tech News Roundup (Aug 10–11, 2025)

AOL will discontinue its Dial-up Internet service on September 30, 2025 after a 34-year run. AOL will retire the AOL Dialer software and the AOL Shield browser, both optimized for older operating systems, alongside the dial-up shutdown. Marks & Spencer relaunched its online click-and-collect service on August 11, 2025 after a 15-week ransomware outage that began in late April, with four suspects linked to the DragonForce group arrested. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency ordered urgent patches for a Microsoft Exchange Server vulnerability that could enable total domain compromise, with federal agencies told to patch by August 11, 2025. Nvidia
11 August 2025
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AI’s Weekend Shockwave: GPT-5 Launch, Chip War Heats Up & ‘Deathbots’ Stir Debate (Aug 10–11, 2025)

AI’s Weekend Shockwave: GPT-5 Launch, Chip War Heats Up & ‘Deathbots’ Stir Debate (Aug 10–11, 2025)

OpenAI launched GPT-5, touted as a significant step toward artificial general intelligence and now accessible to free ChatGPT users with usage limits, while being integrated into Microsoft Copilot. OpenAI released two open-weight models, gpt-oss-120b (117-billion parameters) and gpt-oss-20b (21B parameters), which can run on a single high-end GPU (~80 GB VRAM) or a laptop (~16 GB RAM) and are available via Hugging Face, though training data specifics are withheld. NASA and Google unveiled a Crew Medical Officer Digital Assistant to aid deep-space crews, announced in a Google blog on Aug. 8, providing real-time health analyses during Artemis missions and succeeding
11 August 2025
Grenadines Internet Access 2025: Fiber, 4G, and Starlink Connecting Paradise

Grenadines Internet Access 2025: Fiber, 4G, and Starlink Connecting Paradise

In 2019, the World Bank–funded CARCIP project installed a subsea fiber-optic cable linking St. Vincent to the Grenadines, with over 150 miles laid by late 2019 and open access for both Digicel and Flow. Flow’s Bequia upgrade in 2021 migrated services from copper DSL and microwave backhaul to hybrid fiber-coax, delivering minimum speeds of 50 Mbps and top tiers around 250 Mbps, a 25× average speed increase. Digicel+ Fiber was launched as SVG’s 100% fiber-to-the-home network, with residential plans from 250 Mbps down (125 Mbps up) to 500 Mbps down (250 Mbps up), roughly EC$129/month for Fibre 250 and EC$225/month
10 August 2025
Breakthrough Cures, FDA Shake-Ups & Pharma Mega‑Deals: Global Health News Roundup (Aug 9–10, 2025)

Breakthrough Cures, FDA Shake-Ups & Pharma Mega‑Deals: Global Health News Roundup (Aug 9–10, 2025)

Researchers in China unveiled a hydrogel-based “smart” wound dressing that speeds diabetic ulcer healing, with a single application achieving about 90% wound closure in 12 days by delivering microRNA-loaded vesicles that suppress the vessel-growth inhibitor TSP-1. A Swedish study published August 8 identified 87 DNA methylation sites in blood from 752 newly diagnosed diabetics followed for seven years, creating a score that predicted cardiovascular outcomes with 96% accuracy for identifying low-risk patients. A natural compound in maple tree syrup, epicatechin gallate (ECG), blocked Streptococcus mutans biofilm formation in lab tests, suggesting potential as a safe plaque-preventing agent in mouthwash or
10 August 2025
Record Closing Highs, GPT-5 Unleashed, and a $500 Billion Surprise – Business News Roundup (Aug 9–10, 2025)

Record Closing Highs, GPT-5 Unleashed, and a $500 Billion Surprise – Business News Roundup (Aug 9–10, 2025)

The Nasdaq Composite notched its 18th record closing high of 2025. OpenAI released GPT-5 on August 7, billed as the “smartest, fastest, most useful” model, now available to 700 million ChatGPT users, with a target of a $500 billion valuation in secondary-share sales. Federal Reserve Vice Chair Michelle Bowman signaled three rate cuts likely by year-end, with easing possibly starting in September. The White House issued an executive order to expand 401(k) access to alternative assets like crypto and private equity, amid concerns about liquidity and higher fees on an estimated $10 trillion in 401(k) assets. Nexstar Media Group was
10 August 2025
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AI Stocks Frenzy: Mega Deals, GPT-5 Hype and Bubble Warnings Fuel Aug 9–10 Market Buzz

AI Stocks Frenzy: Mega Deals, GPT-5 Hype and Bubble Warnings Fuel Aug 9–10 Market Buzz

AMD’s Q2 data-center chip sales rose 14% to $3.2 billion but missed forecasts, while Nvidia’s stock surged 73%. SMCI shares plunged 18% in one day after missing revenue targets and cutting guidance amid Nvidia delays and rising competition, erasing over $6 billion in value overnight. By Aug. 7–8, the AI-chip rally resumed as Nvidia and Broadcom hit all-time highs, and AMD rebounded about 5% while TSMC rose roughly 5% on tariff optimism. The U.S. Commerce Department began issuing licenses for Nvidia’s H20 AI GPUs to China, potentially easing an export ban that Nvidia warned could cost $8 billion in sales
10 August 2025
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Breakthroughs, Blunders, and the Bizarre: The Biggest Science Stories You Missed This Weekend

Breakthroughs, Blunders, and the Bizarre: The Biggest Science Stories You Missed This Weekend

Space Climate & Environment Health & Medicine Technology & AI OpenAI Unleashes GPT-5: A major leap in artificial intelligence made headlines as OpenAI officially released GPT-5, the newest version of the AI model behind ChatGPT. Launched on Thursday and rolled out globally, GPT-5 is being touted as a significant upgrade in reasoning and expertise. The model has 700 million+ users via ChatGPT, and aims directly at business and professional applications. OpenAI says GPT-5 can “instantaneously” generate working software code, solve advanced math problems, and provide expert-level answers on a wide range of subjects – a notable jump toward AI that
10 August 2025
Epic Skywatch Alert (Aug 10–11, 2025): Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks under Bright Moon – Plus Venus & Jupiter’s Dazzling Conjunction

Epic Skywatch Alert (Aug 10–11, 2025): Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks under Bright Moon – Plus Venus & Jupiter’s Dazzling Conjunction

The Perseid Meteor Shower peaks on the night of August 11–12, 2025, under a waning gibbous Moon about 84% illuminated, with expected meteor rates of 10–20 per hour in bright conditions despite the usual 50–100 per hour under dark skies. Venus–Jupiter conjunction occurs August 11–12, 2025, with the two planets separated by about 0.5°–1°, Venus at magnitude −4 and Jupiter at magnitude −2, rising in the eastern pre-dawn sky around 4:30–5:00 a.m. Saturn rises around 10:30 p.m. in early August and by mid-August is up by about 8:30 p.m., shining in Aquarius with its rings visible in a small telescope.
10 August 2025
Astronaut Homecoming, Rocket Drama & Moon Race Milestones – Space News Roundup (Aug 9–10, 2025)

Astronaut Homecoming, Rocket Drama & Moon Race Milestones – Space News Roundup (Aug 9–10, 2025)

NASA’s Crew-10 returned four astronauts—Anne McClain, Nichole Ayers, Takuya Onishi, and Kirill Peskov—from nearly five months aboard the ISS, as SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Endurance splashed down off San Diego at 11:33 a.m. EDT on Aug. 9, marking NASA’s first Pacific Ocean crew recovery in 50 years. Crew-11 arrived at the ISS a week before Crew-10’s splashdown, restoring the station to seven crew and continuing the U.S.–Russian seat-swap arrangement through 2027, with every SpaceX Crew Dragon carrying a Russian cosmonaut and every Soyuz carrying an American. Roscosmos chief Dmitry Bakanov visited Florida for the Crew-11 launch, the first face-to-face meeting of
10 August 2025
Global Tech Shockwave: Weekend Roundup (August 9–10, 2025)

Global Tech Shockwave: Weekend Roundup (August 9–10, 2025)

Apple’s Next iPhone May Come with a Higher Price Tag Trump Targets Intel’s CEO, Raising Chip Industry Jitters Trump Family’s Crypto Venture Seeks $1.5 Billion Windfall Google Hack Exposes Millions of Business Contacts in Salesforce Breach University Cyberattack Affects 870,000 People’s Data Space Triumph: Astronauts Splash Down off California Coast Drone Giant DJI Debuts Robot Vacuum with Drone-Level Smarts Sources: The information in this report is drawn from Reuters, Bloomberg, Associated Press, MacRumors, Security Boulevard, CyberSecurity News, and other reliable outlets as cited above reuters.com abcnews.go.com. All quotes and data points are referenced to their original reporting for verification. This comprehensive
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Stock Market Today

Meta stock ends week down about 6% as Wall Street fixates on $135 billion AI capex

Meta stock ends week down about 6% as Wall Street fixates on $135 billion AI capex

7 February 2026
Meta closed down 1.3% Friday at $661.46, capping a 6.4% weekly drop as investors questioned heavy AI spending. Amazon and Alphabet also fell after outlining major capital outlays. Meta’s Instagram suffered a brief outage this week. Legal risks persist, with trials involving Meta set for next week in Los Angeles and New Mexico.
CleanSpark stock price jumps 22% after earnings and AI push — what CLSK traders watch next week

CleanSpark stock price jumps 22% after earnings and AI push — what CLSK traders watch next week

7 February 2026
CleanSpark shares jumped 22% to $10.08 Friday after quarterly results and an AI infrastructure update, following bitcoin’s rebound above $70,000. The company reported a quarterly net loss tied to bitcoin price swings and outlined plans to expand power capacity in Houston. Peers Marathon Digital and Riot Platforms also surged. Upcoming U.S. jobs and inflation data next week could add further volatility.
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