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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
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Stock Market Today

Kenvue stock price holds near $18 as Kimberly-Clark deal math tightens — what to watch next week

Kenvue stock price holds near $18 as Kimberly-Clark deal math tightens — what to watch next week

7 February 2026
Kenvue shares closed Friday at $18.13, up 0.33%, with about 63.5 million shares traded. The Kimberly-Clark offer values Kenvue at roughly $18.76 per share, leaving a deal spread of about 3%. Both companies’ shareholders approved the merger, which is expected to close in the second half of 2026 pending regulatory approvals. Kenvue’s dividend record date is Feb. 11, with earnings due Feb. 17.
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