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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.

Space Race Showdown, Mars Surprises & a New ‘Mini-Moon’ – Global Space News (Sept 15–16, 2025)

Space Race Showdown, Mars Surprises & a New ‘Mini-Moon’ – Global Space News (Sept 15–16, 2025)

Key Highlights Launches and Mission Updates China’s latest launch: On Sept. 16, China launched a test satellite for its planned satellite-internet network, using a Long March 2C rocket with a Yuanzheng-1S upper stage english.news.cn. Liftoff from Jiuquan at 9:06 a.m. Beijing time was successful, inserting the tech demo satellite into orbit to advance China’s broadband megaconstellation plans. This marked the 595th flight of China’s Long March rocket family english.news.cn, underscoring China’s rapid launch cadence. The mission highlights Beijing’s push into satellite internet – an area of growing strategic importance as China races to build its own Starlink-like network. SpaceX boosts ISS resupply: Over the weekend,
16 September 2025
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Space Races, Chip Wars & Cyber Shocks: Global Tech Roundup (Sept 15–16, 2025)

Space Races, Chip Wars & Cyber Shocks: Global Tech Roundup (Sept 15–16, 2025)

Key Facts Consumer Electronics: Big Bets and New Launches Meta’s $800 Smart Glasses: Meta Platforms is doubling down on augmented reality hardware. At its upcoming Connect event, CEO Mark Zuckerberg will debut Meta’s first consumer smart glasses with an integrated display reuters.com. Codenamed “Hypernova” (to be marketed as Celeste), the high-tech specs feature a mini display in the right lens for basic notifications reuters.com. Analysts expect a steep ~$800 price tag, reflecting Meta’s push to stay relevant in AR even as it lags rivals in AI software reuters.com. The glasses underscore Meta’s strategy to fuse AI and AR – offering
16 September 2025
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Galápagos Drone Ban REVEALED: Must-Read Rules for Tourists (2025 Update)

Galápagos Drone Ban REVEALED: Must-Read Rules for Tourists (2025 Update)

Key Facts Overview of Drone Regulations in the Galápagos Islands Drones in Ecuador are regulated by the Dirección General de Aviación Civil (DGAC) under national aviation law. In March 2024 the DGAC issued Resolution 0019-2024, a comprehensive update to the rules for remotely piloted aircraft (RPAS) es.scribd.com. However, the Galápagos Archipelago has a special conservation and legal status, so it imposes additional restrictions. Specifically, Galápagos park regulations explicitly require authorization for drone use. Ecuador’s Environment Ministry published visitor rules stating that “the use of drones requires authorization from the Galápagos National Park Directorate” ambiente.gob.ec. In other words, visitors must treat
15 September 2025
Australia’s Final Frontier: Inside the Rapid Rise of its Space & Satellite Industry

Australia’s Final Frontier: Inside the Rapid Rise of its Space & Satellite Industry

Key Facts and Figures Historical Context: A Decade of Ascent in Space Just over a decade ago, Australia’s space efforts were scattered across academia, defense, and niche industries. Unlike other nations, Australia had no central space agency until recently. In the 2010s, momentum built to coordinate and grow this sector. A 2017 expert review recommended forming a national agency to capitalize on booming global opportunities newspaceeconomy.ca. Consequently, the Australian Space Agency (ASA) was established on 1 July 2018, marking the nation’s return to space leadership after decades on the sidelines wa.gov.au. This followed high-profile moments like hosting the International Astronautical
15 September 2025
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From Black Hole ‘Stars’ to Miracle Eye Drops: Top Science News (Sept 14–15, 2025)

From Black Hole ‘Stars’ to Miracle Eye Drops: Top Science News (Sept 14–15, 2025)

Key Facts Health & Medicine Significant medical advances made headlines. An ophthalmology team in Buenos Aires introduced “special” eye drops that could make reading glasses obsolete for age-related farsightedness sciencedaily.com. In trials on 766 adults with presbyopia, drops combining pilocarpine and diclofenac quickly sharpened near vision (gaining around 3 lines on a reading chart) and maintained improvements for up to two years sciencedaily.com sciencedaily.com. “Nearly all patients experienced positive improvements in near visual acuity,” said Dr. Giovanna Benozzi, noting this non-surgical remedy could “significantly reduce dependence on reading glasses” for many sciencedaily.com. No serious side effects were observed, making the
15 September 2025
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This Weekend’s Sky Spectacle: Rare Meteor Outburst, Auroras Dance & Planets Align (Sept 15–16, 2025)

This Weekend’s Sky Spectacle: Rare Meteor Outburst, Auroras Dance & Planets Align (Sept 15–16, 2025)

Meteor Showers: Chi Cygnids Take Flight Skywatchers are buzzing about the Chi Cygnid meteor shower, a rare meteor display that appears to flare up about every five years. First noticed during a surprise outburst in 2015, the Chi Cygnids have shown heightened activity in 2010, 2015, 2020, and now 2025 earthsky.org. Astronomers report that this modest shower has been “showing increased activity this week” and could peak around the nights of September 13 to 15, 2025 earthsky.org. The most probable window for any burst of meteors is September 14–16 amsmeteors.org, so the evenings of the 15th and 16th are prime
15 September 2025
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Space Race Heats Up: Starlink’s 300th Launch, Lunar Rocket Breakthrough & a Trillion-Dollar Space Shield – Sept 14–15, 2025 Roundup

Space Race Heats Up: Starlink’s 300th Launch, Lunar Rocket Breakthrough & a Trillion-Dollar Space Shield – Sept 14–15, 2025 Roundup

Key Facts SpaceX Marks 300 Starlink Launches SpaceX notched a major milestone with its 300th Starlink mission, continuing its rapid deployment of the satellite internet constellation. A Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenberg Space Force Base carrying 24 Starlink satellites on Sept. 13, bringing SpaceX’s tally to “the 300th Starlink mission… launched to date, according to the company” space.com. The booster (tail number B1071) successfully landed at sea for its 28th reuse, just two shy of SpaceX’s reuse record space.com. This landmark launch highlights SpaceX’s “ambitious plan to provide global internet coverage via an extensive satellite network,” as space industry trackers noted
15 September 2025
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Tech Turmoil: iPhone 17 Stuns, Starlink Outage, Cyber Hacks & Chip Wars – Non-AI News Roundup (Sept 14–15, 2025)

Tech Turmoil: iPhone 17 Stuns, Starlink Outage, Cyber Hacks & Chip Wars – Non-AI News Roundup (Sept 14–15, 2025)

Key Facts Consumer Tech: Apple’s Big Launches and More Apple dominated headlines with a slate of new consumer devices launched at its Sept 9 “Awe Dropping” event, with products rolling out through mid-September. The company revealed four new iPhones – the iPhone 17, 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max, and a surprise iPhone Air – its slimmest iPhone ever at just 5.6 mm thick macworld.com. Despite the sleeker design and upgraded internals (all models sport variants of the new A19 chip), pricing held steady: the base iPhone 17 starts at $799 (now with 256 GB storage), and the Air at $999 macworld.com macworld.com. Reviewers noted that “we not only
15 September 2025
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Yellowstone Drone Laws Exposed: The Shocking Rules That Could Land You in Jail

Yellowstone Drone Laws Exposed: The Shocking Rules That Could Land You in Jail

Key Facts at a Glance National Park Service Regulations: Drones Banned in All Parks The National Park Service (NPS) has prohibited drones in all national parks since 2014. In June 2014, NPS Director Jonathan Jarvis issued Policy Memorandum 14-05, which instructed park superintendents to ban the launching, landing, or operation of unmanned aircraft on NPS lands uavcoach.com. This policy was implemented using the NPS’s authority under 36 C.F.R. § 1.5, which allows park officials to impose public use limits or closures for particular activities in the parks uavcoach.com pilotinstitute.com. Practically speaking, this created a blanket drone ban across the entire
14 September 2025
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Apple’s 2025 Wearables Unveiled: Hypertension Alerts, AI Translation, and More

Apple’s 2025 Wearables Unveiled: Hypertension Alerts, AI Translation, and More

Apple’s Big Bet on Health: Blood Pressure Alerts and Sleep Scores Apple’s newest watches mark a significant leap in personal health monitoring. The headline feature, hypertension notification, turns the Apple Watch into a passive blood pressure sentinel. Rather than measure absolute blood pressure values like a traditional cuff, the watch uses subtle signals from its optical heart-rate sensor to gauge how your blood vessels react with each heartbeat apple.com. Over a 30-day period, it applies a machine-learning algorithm (trained on data from over 100,000 people and validated in a 2,000-subject clinical study) to detect patterns indicative of chronically elevated blood
14 September 2025
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Luxembourg’s Space Boom: How a Tiny Country Became a Satellite Powerhouse

Luxembourg’s Space Boom: How a Tiny Country Became a Satellite Powerhouse

Key Facts (2024–2025): Historical Development (1980s–2010s) Luxembourg’s space ambitions began in the mid-1980s. In 1985 the government launched SES (Société Européenne des Satellites), Europe’s first private satellite operator ses.com. SES’s inaugural Astra 1A satellite was launched in 1988, opening up direct-to-home TV across Europe ses.com. Throughout the 1990s and 2000s SES expanded globally, acquiring U.S. satellites and building a fleet that today covers most of the Earth ses.com ses.com. Luxembourg joined the European Space Agency (ESA) in 2005, cementing its role in Europe’s space efforts gouvernement.lu. However, for decades space in Luxembourg was largely limited to satcom and broadcasting. In
14 September 2025
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Space Mystery, Medical Marvels & Climate Shocks – Top Science News (Sept 13–14, 2025)

Space Mystery, Medical Marvels & Climate Shocks – Top Science News (Sept 13–14, 2025)

Key Facts Astronomy and Space Exploration A new interstellar interloper? A cosmic visitor from beyond our Solar System made headlines as astronomers observed an object designated 3I/ATLAS hurtling toward the Sun on a hyperbolic path. Detected July 1, this enigmatic body is only the third confirmed interstellar object (after ʻOumuamua and Borisov). What’s extraordinary is its speed and size: 3I/ATLAS is barreling along at about 245,000 km/h, making it the fastest-known natural object in our Solar System scitechdaily.com. Early estimates suggest it could span up to 20 km across scitechdaily.com. Scientists are eager to study its composition and trajectory for clues to
14 September 2025
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Stock Market Today

SGX share price dips at week’s end after record profit; what investors watch next

SGX share price dips at week’s end after record profit; what investors watch next

7 February 2026
Singapore Exchange shares closed 0.4% lower at S$17.57 on Friday, despite reporting record half-year results and a higher dividend earlier in the week. Broker targets diverged after the update, with Maybank and DBS raising targets while Citi stayed bearish. Investors are watching for signs of momentum from derivatives and equity-market reforms as the next session opens Monday.
South32 share price drops 4% in ASX rout — what investors watch before results

South32 share price drops 4% in ASX rout — what investors watch before results

7 February 2026
South32 shares fell 4.1% to A$4.41 Friday as Australian miners dropped in the worst ASX session since April 2025. The S&P/ASX 200 lost 2%, erasing almost A$70 billion in value. South32’s half-year results and interim dividend decision are set for Feb. 12. Markets reopen Monday with investors watching for further volatility.
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