SpaceX conducted a secret Falcon 9 launch from Florida on July 13, 2025 carrying Israel’s Dror-1 communications satellite into geostationary transfer orbit, a $200 million “smartphone in space” project that will provide Israeli communications for 15 years, with the first stage landing on a droneship for the rocket’s 13th successful reuse. China rolled out Long…
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OpenAI indefinitely postpones the release of its open-source AI model, with Sam Altman saying safety reviews are needed and that once weights are released they can’t be pulled back. Moonshot AI launches Kimi K2, a 1-trillion-parameter model that reportedly outperforms GPT-4.1 on several coding and reasoning benchmarks. Elon Musk’s xAI debuts Grok 4, a multimodal…
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ChatGPT is a form of AI, a large language model developed by OpenAI that was publicly released in November 2022. GPT-4, released in 2023, scored in the top 10% on a simulated bar exam for lawyers. Siri and Alexa are AI-powered virtual assistants that rely on natural language processing and machine learning to understand voice…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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By the end of 2022, Palestine had about 457,700 fixed landlines in service, up 27% since 2010. By 2022, ADSL broadband subscriptions reached roughly 358,000, up 201% since 2010. By the end of 2022, fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) connected over 51,700 subscribers. All Palestinian international internet traffic runs through Israeli-controlled infrastructure with no independent undersea cables. 3G…
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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.…
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