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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.

Android’s PS2 Emulation Revolution: New ARMSX2 Emulator Brings PlayStation 2 Classics to Your Phone

Android’s PS2 Emulation Revolution: New ARMSX2 Emulator Brings PlayStation 2 Classics to Your Phone

ARMSX2 Debuts: Turning Android Phones into Mini PlayStations Have you ever wanted to carry a PlayStation 2 in your pocket? Thanks to a new app called ARMSX2, that retro gaming dream is closer to reality. ARMSX2 is an Android emulator that lets users run PS2 games on modern phones. It just hit a major milestone – version 1.0 went live over the weekend – marking the emulator’s first stable release Notebookcheck. Early adopters could already test preview builds since August, but now the project is official, complete with open-source code and (soon) an easy install via Google Play Store Indiatimes Timeextension.
29 October 2025
Microsoft’s Next-Gen Xbox Could Play PlayStation Games – as a $1000 PC-Console Hybrid

Microsoft’s Next-Gen Xbox Could Play PlayStation Games – as a $1000 PC-Console Hybrid

A Console- PC Hybrid That Plays (Almost) Anything Microsoft’s upcoming Xbox is shaping up to be unlike any console before it. Reports indicate the device will essentially be a gaming PC in console form, running a full version of Windows 11 with an Xbox-oriented interface on top windowscentral.com. In practice, that means players can boot it up like a normal Xbox – with the usual dashboard and controller-friendly menus – or switch to a desktop mode to install and run software just like a PC. According to Windows Central’s Jez Corden, the Xbox team has been integrating PC capabilities so
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48 Hours Without AI: Why Some People Are Unplugging from Artificial Intelligence

48 Hours Without AI: Why Some People Are Unplugging from Artificial Intelligence

The Backlash: Why Some Are Saying No to AI Ellen Rugaber, a 16-year-old student from Virginia, might seem like a typical high schooler – except she refuses to use AI on principle. “It’s part of growing up to learn how to do your own work,” she says, noting that many of her classmates rely on tools like ChatGPT for homework nzherald.co.nz. Rugaber worries outsourcing her thinking to a machine would stunt her skills, and she’s uneasy about the biases and errors AI text generators can produce nzherald.co.nz. In her eyes, using AI to write an essay or solve a problem
29 October 2025
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Tesla’s Trillion-Dollar Gamble: Musk’s Epic Pay Deal Divides Investors – What You Need to Know

Tesla’s Trillion-Dollar Gamble: Musk’s Epic Pay Deal Divides Investors – What You Need to Know

With the $1 trillion compensation package and a potential CEO transition dominating headlines, Tesla finds itself at a crossroads. Below, we unpack the latest developments, market reaction, expert opinions and what’s next for the EV giant. The Vote on Musk’s $1 Trillion Pay Package Tesla’s extraordinary CEO pay plan ties Musk’s compensation to an almost-unprecedented set of growth targets. It would grant Musk up to 12% of Tesla’s stock if the company hits an $8.6 trillion market cap by 2035 – a jump of nearly 8× today’s value. Meeting these goals also requires delivering robotaxis, humanoid Optimus robots, and other ambitious milestones
29 October 2025
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Volkswagen’s Bold Gambit: Used-Car Boom & Rental Push to Revive Profits (Plus One Driver’s Harrowing Pond Rescue!)

Volkswagen’s Bold Gambit: Used-Car Boom & Rental Push to Revive Profits (Plus One Driver’s Harrowing Pond Rescue!)

In summary, Volkswagen is doubling down on used-car and rental strategies to bolster revenues amid a tough market. Its finance arm is aggressively marketing pre-owned vehicles (a proven profit center) and expanding mobility offerings through partners like Europcar. At the same time, VW must navigate industry challenges – from chip shortages to collapsing used-EV values and fierce competition from Chinese automakers. Investors are watching closely: VW’s stock has been weak, but some technical charts hint at a bounce, and analysts remain cautiously optimistic that core sales and cost cuts will underpin a moderate profit rebound into 2025 reuters.com stockinvest.us. As
29 October 2025
Saudi Economy Rockets: IMF Ups Forecast, 5% GDP Growth on the Table – and a Nobel Laureate Boosts Innovation

Saudi Economy Rockets: IMF Ups Forecast, 5% GDP Growth on the Table – and a Nobel Laureate Boosts Innovation

IMF Forecast and Growth Outlook Saudi Arabia’s outlook brightened this week after the IMF lifted its 2025 GDP forecast to 4.0% Reuters. Reuters notes this upgrade is driven by faster-than-expected unwinding of OPEC+ oil cuts and rebounding output Reuters. IMF Middle East director Jihad Azour has warned that oil price recoveries significantly improve the Kingdom’s finances – each additional 1 million barrels/day adds ~3.2% of GDP to the fiscal balance Worldoil. In practical terms, breakeven oil prices remain high (around $94/bbl excluding extra spending) Worldoil, so the recent rise of Brent back toward ~$70 supports the budget. Finance Minister Mohammed
29 October 2025
Putin’s Oil Nightmare: Ukraine’s Drone Blitz Cripples 20% of Russia’s Refining – Oil Markets Rally

Putin’s Oil Nightmare: Ukraine’s Drone Blitz Cripples 20% of Russia’s Refining – Oil Markets Rally

Ukraine’s Deep-Strike Oil Campaign Ukraine has dramatically expanded its drone and missile strikes against Russia’s energy sector. Since early 2025 Kyiv has carried out dozens of long-range raids “hundreds of kilometers” inside Russia, deliberately targeting refineries, pipelines and fuel depots ts2.tech. In an Oct. 24 speech Zelenskyy noted, “We hit a certain number of their refineries… When they started to restore and saw the queues of cars, they redistributed the volumes to other refineries.” He vowed to keep up pressure on every spare plant that is boosting output eenews.net. Independent analysis confirms the scope of the campaign. BBC Verify finds
29 October 2025
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Crypto Market Explodes: Bitcoin Nears $115K as Hot Presale Tokens (BlockchainFX, Nexchain, Ozak AI) Promise 100x+ Gains

Crypto Market Explodes: Bitcoin Nears $115K as Hot Presale Tokens (BlockchainFX, Nexchain, Ozak AI) Promise 100x+ Gains

US–China Trade Deal Sparks Rally Equity and crypto markets are celebrating progress on a US–China trade truce. A Reuters roundup notes global stocks “jumped” on Oct.28 after reports of a framework deal on tariffs reuters.com. The S&P 500 hit a record high (+1%), while China’s CSI 300 and Japan’s Nikkei also rose reuters.com. Multi-asset strategist Evelyne Gomez-Liechti observed the familiar pattern – Trump threats followed by market relief once talks resume reuters.com. Ross Hutchison of Zurich Insurance adds: “There is scope for investors to buy into positive news flow here” reuters.com. Cryptocurrency has moved in sync. CoinDesk reported that “preliminary
29 October 2025
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Australia’s Inflation Bombshell: RBA Cuts Wiped Off Table as Markets Recoil

Australia’s Inflation Bombshell: RBA Cuts Wiped Off Table as Markets Recoil

Shock CPI Report Upends Rate-Cut Hopes On Oct. 29, official data showed Australia’s consumer price index (CPI) surged unexpectedly in Q3 2025. Headline CPI rose 1.3% from the previous quarter – the largest jump in 2½ years – pushing the annual rate to 3.2% (vs. 2.1% in Q2) reuters.com. Underlying inflation was even more worrying: the RBA’s preferred “trimmed mean” measure jumped 1.0% in Q3 (annual 3.0%), well above the 0.8% gain analysts predicted reuters.com bloomberg.co.jp. (By contrast, trimmed mean inflation had been easing – from 6.8% in late 2022 down to 2.7% – until this quarter.) Nearly every category
29 October 2025
Meta’s Q3 Showdown: Can AI Spend and Ad Growth Drive Another Rally?

Meta’s Q3 Showdown: Can AI Spend and Ad Growth Drive Another Rally?

Meta’s Q3 Preview: Riding the AI Wave Meta will release its Q3 2025 earnings Wednesday after the close. Wall Street’s consensus sees ~$49.5 billion revenue and ~$6.7 EPS businessinsider.com ig.com. That implies roughly 22% organic growth – fueled by a rebound in ad spending and AI-driven ad targeting. (By comparison, in Q2 Meta reported $47.52B revenue, +22% YoY ig.com.) Management guided Q3 revenue at $47.5–50.5B ts2.tech, so analysts’ estimates are near the top end of that range. Investors will scrutinize advertising trends in the quarter. Meta’s business is still 98% ads, and “AI-powered recommendation models drove 5% more conversions on
29 October 2025
Fed Cuts Rates, Stocks Soar — But U.S. Mortgage Rates Refuse to Budge

Fed Cuts Rates, Stocks Soar — But U.S. Mortgage Rates Refuse to Budge

Fed’s Latest Move and Economic Context At its Oct. 28–29 meeting, the Federal Reserve cut the federal funds rate by 0.25% to a 3.75–4.00% range reuters.com, following a similar move in September. Fed officials, facing a softening job market and still-elevated inflation (~3% y/y), emphasized the need to tread carefully. Governor Christopher Waller and Boston Fed chief Susan Collins publicly backed further rate cuts, noting inflation risks have eased and unemployment is the bigger concern floridarealtors.org floridarealtors.org. In contrast, some Fed members (and JP Morgan economist Michael Feroli) want caution and will likely avoid promising future cuts reuters.com reuters.com. Powell’s
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Fiserv Earnings Miss Expectations, Shares Slide – What’s Next for the Fintech Giant?

Fiserv Earnings Miss Expectations, Shares Slide – What’s Next for the Fintech Giant?

Background: Fiserv (NYSE: FI) is a Fortune 500 payments and fintech company (owner of Clover point-of-sale systems, etc.). Before today’s release, analysts expected a solid quarter – roughly 9% revenue growth and $2.65 EPS stockstory.org. Instead, Fiserv’s adjusted EPS came in at only $2.04 gurufocus.com, missing estimates by about $0.60. Notably, GAAP EPS was $1.46 (up 49% YoY) due to a large one-time item in last year’s quarter gurufocus.com – a quirk of accounting that masked underlying weakness in the core business. Key Numbers: Revenue and profit details came in below forecasts. Analysts on average had expected ~$5.36 billion in revenue
29 October 2025
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Meet Neo: The $20K Humanoid Butler Coming to Your Home (With a Big Catch!)

Meet Neo: The $20K Humanoid Butler Coming to Your Home (With a Big Catch!)

With its launch on Oct 28, Neo has become a symbol of both promise and reality in home robotics. It embodies the cutting edge of AI and mechanical engineering – and a hint of sci-fi-level convenience – but it also underscores how far we have to go. As 1X’s CEO and robotics experts alike note, Neo will improve over time through data and software updates, but for now early adopters are effectively helping to train the robot. In the words of one expert, Neo is a “bold glimpse of our robot-assisted future” – exciting, but not yet the household Rosie
29 October 2025
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Tech Titans Hit Stratospheric Highs: Apple & Microsoft Smash $4T, Nvidia Eyes $5T Amid AI Frenzy

Tech Titans Hit Stratospheric Highs: Apple & Microsoft Smash $4T, Nvidia Eyes $5T Amid AI Frenzy

Tech Stocks Rally to Record Highs U.S. equity indexes opened the week with a bang as investors piled into 2025’s biggest winners. On Oct. 27 the Nasdaq jumped 1.4% and the S&P 500 0.8%, both closing at fresh all-time highs ts2.tech. Optimism over a looming Fed rate cut and a potential U.S.–China trade deal boosted sentiment ts2.tech ts2.tech. Most critically, Big Tech led the charge: Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and Meta (the so-called Magnificent Seven) are reporting earnings this week, and have collectively gained roughly $6 trillion in value this year ts2.tech. Investors point to strong fundamentals — about 87%
29 October 2025
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Market Mania: AI Frenzy and China Trade Hopes Send Stocks Soaring to Record Highs

Market Mania: AI Frenzy and China Trade Hopes Send Stocks Soaring to Record Highs

U.S. Markets Rally to Record Highs Wall Street’s rally continued on Tuesday, pushing all major indexes to new records reuters.com ts2.tech. The S&P 500 closed around 6,890, above its 6,800 milestone, while the Nasdaq Composite and Dow Industrials likewise hit fresh peaks. The advance was broad-based: by late afternoon, all three indexes had chalked up their 2nd or 3rd straight record close. “Momentum and earnings are pushing the market higher,” noted Peter Cardillo of Spartan Capital – a view shared by many investors who say strong corporate profits and policy shifts are fueling the buying reuters.com ts2.tech. Much of Tuesday’s
29 October 2025
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CVS Health Stock Rockets After Blockbuster Q3 Results, Raises Profit Outlook

CVS Health Stock Rockets After Blockbuster Q3 Results, Raises Profit Outlook

In Wednesday’s earnings announcement, CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) beat expectations across the board. The pharmacy-and-insurance giant reported Q3 total sales of $102.9 billion and adjusted profit of $1.60 per share cvshealth.com gurufocus.com, handily exceeding consensus. Revenue was about $7.5 billion higher than a year ago, driven by volume gains and modest price increases. The results “exceeded Wall Street’s expectations,” according to the Associated Press timesunion.com. Management simultaneously hiked its full-year guidance: adjusted earnings are now seen at $6.55–$6.65 per share cvshealth.com timesunion.com. This marks CVS’s third profit outlook raise in 2025, reflecting confidence in its turnaround plan. Investors rewarded the news –
29 October 2025
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Tax Season Shocker: Fewer Refunds but Bigger Payouts as New Tax Changes Loom

Tax Season Shocker: Fewer Refunds but Bigger Payouts as New Tax Changes Loom

Fewer Checks, Larger Refunds Mark 2025 Tax Season Americans saw slightly fatter refunds on average this year even as the number of people getting refunds dipped. Final IRS data through October shows the average refund climbed to $3,052, about $48 more than last year’s average accountingtoday.com. That uptick may reflect higher incomes and inflation adjustments that boosted tax withholding – leading many filers to overpay a bit more and get larger refunds. In total, the IRS disbursed $311.65 billion in refunds for the 2025 season, roughly 0.6% more than the prior year el-balad.com. However, those dollars were spread across slightly
29 October 2025
Verizon’s Q3 Surprise: Earnings Beat, Subscriber Surge & Bold 5G Moves Under New CEO

Verizon’s Q3 Surprise: Earnings Beat, Subscriber Surge & Bold 5G Moves Under New CEO

Q3 2025 Earnings – Profits Up, Sales Flat but Subscribers Impress Verizon’s third-quarter results delivered a mixed bag, topping profit expectations while coming in just shy on revenue. Adjusted earnings of $1.21 per share beat consensus by $0.02 seattlepi.com, even as revenue of $33.8 billion (about 3% year-over-year growth) was a tad below the ~$34.2 billion anticipated seattlepi.com investing.com. This marks a return to bottom-line outperformance for the telecom giant, which had missed revenue targets in several recent quarters. Cost controls and stable wireless service margins likely aided the EPS beat. Verizon also reaffirmed its full-year outlook, maintaining guidance for earnings and
29 October 2025
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Bitcoin Slides as Fed Meets – 98% of Traders Bet on Rate Cut Fueling Crypto Rally

Bitcoin Slides as Fed Meets – 98% of Traders Bet on Rate Cut Fueling Crypto Rally

Fed Meeting Looms with Near-Certain Rate Cut All signs point to the Federal Reserve lowering interest rates by 0.25% at this week’s meeting, which concludes Wednesday, Oct. 29. According to the CME FedWatch tool and other market indicators, there is roughly a 97–98% probability of a quarter-point cut ts2.tech. This would set the federal funds rate around 4.0%–4.25%, down from the current 4.25%–4.50% range, and would be the Fed’s second cut this year (after a similar cut in September) coindesk.com. Major Wall Street firms are overwhelmingly aligned with this expectation: in fact, most top brokerages predict a 25 bps cut
29 October 2025
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Boeing Scores Asia Mega-Deals Thanks to Trump – But Q3 Earnings Could Reveal a $4 Billion Shock

Boeing Scores Asia Mega-Deals Thanks to Trump – But Q3 Earnings Could Reveal a $4 Billion Shock

Trump’s Asia Tour Boosts Boeing Sales Boeing is riding a wave of major order wins from Asia as it heads into its Q3 earnings announcement. During a late-October trip through Asia, President Trump helped secure several big-ticket aircraft deals as part of new trade agreements. Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam committed to buying U.S.-made planes (primarily Boeing), and Cambodia agreed to partner with Boeing to develop its aviation sector flightglobal.com. According to the White House, Vietnam’s flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will purchase 50 Boeing jets (valued at about $8 billion) under a new trade framework flightglobal.com. Likewise, Thailand agreed to procure 80
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Stock Market Today

Semiconductor stocks surge as AI capex stays high; Nvidia and AMD lead into next week

Semiconductor stocks surge as AI capex stays high; Nvidia and AMD lead into next week

7 February 2026
The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index jumped 5.7% to 8,048.6 on Friday, with Nvidia up 7.87% and AMD rising 8.28%. The surge followed new forecasts showing global chip sales could hit $1 trillion in 2026. Amazon expects a 50% increase in capital spending this year, fueling demand for chips. The Dow Jones crossed 50,000, helped by gains in chipmakers.
Oil stocks jump on Iran risk lift for crude — what to watch before Monday

Oil stocks jump on Iran risk lift for crude — what to watch before Monday

7 February 2026
U.S. oil stocks surged Friday as crude prices rose on renewed Middle East tensions. Exxon Mobil gained 2.0%, ConocoPhillips 2.5%, and Occidental Petroleum 2.7%. Refiners rallied after a national union deal eased strike risk, though BP’s Whiting plant faces a local dispute. Brent settled at $68.05 a barrel, up 0.74%.
Silver price rebound masks fresh stress after CME lifts margins again

Silver price rebound masks fresh stress after CME lifts margins again

7 February 2026
Spot silver surged 8.6% to $77.33 an ounce Friday after dropping below $65, but still lost over 8.7% for the week. CME Group raised margin requirements for COMEX silver futures to 18% from 15%, effective after Feb. 6. China’s UBS SDIC Silver Futures Fund hit its 10% down limit for a fifth session. Traders await key U.S. jobs and inflation data next week.
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