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Italy’s 2025 Drone Law Shockers: Weight Classes, No-Fly Zones & Huge Fines You Must Know

Italy implements EU drone rules under EASA Regulation 2019/947, with the transitional regime ending 31 December 2023 and full alignment to Open-category limits in 2024. ENAC is the national regulator for day-to-day drone rules and enforcement, while ENAV’s D-Flight portal

17 June 2025

Drones·Law·Regulations

Satellites, Submarine Cables & Cell Phones: Inside Haiti’s Battle for the Internet

As of early 2025, about 39.3% of Haitians—roughly 4.65 million people—were using the internet. By 2025 there were about 10.2 million active mobile connections in Haiti, equating to 86% of the population, with many subscribers holding multiple SIMs. Approximately 93.7%

17 June 2025

Infrastructure·Internet·Technology·Telecommunications

The Ultimate 2025 Satellite Phone Guide – Best Models Compared for Off-Grid Communication

The Iridium Extreme 9575 is Iridium’s flagship rugged handset (MIL-STD 810F, IP65) at about 5.5 × 2.4 × 1.1 in and 8.7 oz, priced around $1,200–$1,500 (listed $1,349 in Jan 2025) with built-in GPS and an SOS button. The Iridium

17 June 2025

Gadgets·Product Comparison

Jam-Proof & Unstoppable: How Fiber-Optic Drones Are Rewiring the Future of UAVs

Fiber-optic drones carry control commands and high-bandwidth video via a tether, delivering a 1 Gbps (1000Base-T) link with near-zero latency and immunity to RF jamming. Fiber communications were pioneered by Charles Kao in 1966 and proven practical by 1977, enabling

17 June 2025

Drones·Fiber Optics·Future Tech·Security

Japan Drone Laws 2025: 10 Critical Facts You Must Know Before Flying

MLIT/JCAB is the central regulator for drones in Japan, handling registration, safety rules, and flight permissions. The National Police Agency enforces the Drone Act, banning flights over sensitive facilities and can intervene if drones pose security threats. Japan uses a

17 June 2025

Drone Laws·Regulations·Safety

Sukhoi Su-57: Russia’s Stealth Superfighter Unmasked – Full Specs, Costs, and Rival Showdown

The Sukhoi Su-57 Felon is Russia’s first fifth-generation stealth fighter, developed under the PAK FA program, with the T-50 prototype’s maiden flight on January 29, 2010 and the name Su-57 adopted in 2017. It measures about 20.1 m in length,

16 June 2025

Stock Market

Zimbabwe’s Internet Revolution: From Lagging Signals to Sky-High Satellites

In 2000 Zimbabwe’s internet penetration was about 0.3%, rising to around 15% by 2011. The first ISPs were Data Control & Systems in 1994 and MWEB in 1995, with ZISPA counting nearly 30 ISPs by the 2000s. By early 2023

16 June 2025

Internet·Satellites·Technology

ChatGPT vs the World: Inside Today’s Top AI Language Models

ChatGPT reached 100 million users in January 2023, making it the fastest-growing consumer app in history. GPT-4 is rumored to have around 1.76 trillion parameters across eight Mixture-of-Experts models. Claude 2 offers up to 100,000 tokens of context and uses

16 June 2025

AI·Artificial Intelligence·ChatGPT·Technology

Rocketing into the New Space Race: Inside the Global Boom of Private Spaceflight and Payload Companies

In 2023, the global space economy reached $570 billion, with private/commercial ventures accounting for about 78%. In 2023 there were 221 orbital launches (the most on record), more than 2,500 satellites launched, and experts project up to 100,000 satellites in

16 June 2025

Global Trends·Space Industry

2025 Satellite Internet Showdown: Starlink vs Viasat vs HughesNet vs OneWeb & More

Starlink (SpaceX) is a LEO constellation (~4,500 satellites) delivering residential speeds ~100–250 Mbps down / 10–20 Mbps up, business up to ~350–400 Mbps, with a median latency ~45 ms in Q1 2025 and no hard data caps, employing a Fair

16 June 2025

Comparisons·Connectivity·Satellite Internet·Starlink·Technology

Don’t Fly Blind: The Ultimate 2025 Guide to France’s Drone Laws for Hobbyists & Pros

France follows the EU drone framework, classifying drones by weight into Classes C0–C4 and dividing operations into Open, Specific, and Certified categories. In the Open category there are A1, A2, and A3 subcategories with distance rules: A1 over people for

16 June 2025

Drones·Regulations

Beyond Lithium-Ion: How Solid-State, Lithium-Sulfur, Sodium-Ion & Graphene Batteries Will Revolutionize EVs, Gadgets and Grid Storage

Solid-state batteries use a solid electrolyte and lithium-metal anodes, offering 50–100% higher energy density than today’s Li‑ion and 1,000+ cycles with about 95% capacity retention, with Toyota targeting 750 miles per charge and 10-minute charging by 2027–2028. Lithium-sulfur batteries have

16 June 2025

Innovation·Technology