Swiss Space Industry Soars: Inside Switzerland’s Satellite & NewSpace Revolution

Swiss Space Industry Soars: Inside Switzerland’s Satellite & NewSpace Revolution

Introduction Switzerland may be known for its precision watches and banks, but it’s also quietly becoming a powerhouse in the space and satellite industry. With a dynamic ecosystem that blends academic excellence, deep-tech entrepreneurship, and strong public support, the Alpine nation is making its mark beyond Earth’s atmosphere. Renato Krpoun, head of the Swiss Space Office, attributes this success to Switzerland’s unique environment: “Switzerland’s stable political environment, neutrality and high standard of living are fundamental pillars for the success of the Swiss space ecosystem.” globalairspaceradar.com. In recent years, the Swiss space sector has seen record investments, pioneering start-ups, and major
18 September 2025
6,000 Alien Planets & a Healing Ozone Layer: Biggest Science News (Sept 17-18, 2025)

6,000 Alien Planets & a Healing Ozone Layer: Biggest Science News (Sept 17-18, 2025)

Key Facts Space Exploration: 6,000 New Worlds & Starship Progress In a milestone for astronomy, NASA confirmed the 6,000th exoplanet – planets orbiting other stars – in its records this week. The official tally of alien worlds crossed the 6k mark after only ~30 years of exoplanet hunting, reflecting an exponential discovery rate space.com. “We’re entering the next great chapter of exploration – worlds beyond our imagination,” a NASA video proclaimed space.com. NASA noted that because new planets are added on a rolling basis by scientists worldwide, “no single planet is considered the 6,000th entry… There are more than 8,000
18 September 2025
Skywatch Alert: Auroras, “Smiling” Conjunction & Satellite Trains Dazzle on Sept 18–19, 2025

Skywatch Alert: Auroras, “Smiling” Conjunction & Satellite Trains Dazzle on Sept 18–19, 2025

Key Facts Auroras on the Move: Geomagnetic Storms and Equinox Glows Skywatchers in mid-latitudes, keep your eyes north! This week brings an elevated aurora borealis potential, thanks to both increased solar activity and a seasonal phenomenon. The Sun is near the peak of its 11-year cycle, “with activity at its highest level in 23 years” timesofindia.indiatimes.com. In mid-September, a gigantic “butterfly-shaped” coronal hole in the Sun’s atmosphere unleashed a gale of solar wind, sparking a surprise G3 (strong) geomagnetic storm on Sept. 14 timesofindia.indiatimes.com timesofindia.indiatimes.com. That storm produced auroral displays down to Colorado and Missouri in the U.S., far below
18 September 2025
Cosmic Revelations: Space Launch Frenzy, Mars Life Hints & Asteroid Near-Miss – This Week’s Space Highlights

Cosmic Revelations: Space Launch Frenzy, Mars Life Hints & Asteroid Near-Miss – This Week’s Space Highlights

New Cargo Ships and Space Station Updates First “Cygnus XL” arrives after scare: A tense 48 hours at the ISS ended in relief as Northrop Grumman’s upsized Cygnus XL freighter resolved its in-orbit propulsion glitch and received a “go” for final approach nasa.gov. The cargo ship’s main engine had shut off early during two orbit-raising burns on Sept. 16, delaying an arrival originally set for Sept. 17 space.com. Engineers quickly developed alternate maneuvers, and NASA astronaut Jonny Kim captured Cygnus with Canadarm2 early on Sept. 18, allowing the spacecraft to be installed on the station as planned nasa.gov. NASA noted all other systems performed normally
18 September 2025
Tech Shockwaves: Gadgets, Breaches, and a New Space Race Unfold

Tech Shockwaves: Gadgets, Breaches, and a New Space Race Unfold

Key Facts Consumer Tech & Gadgets Apple’s iPhone 17 Launch: Apple’s latest iPhones officially hit shelves on Friday, and the tech giant is smoothing out last-minute wrinkles. Reviewers discovered a camera flaw in the iPhone 17 Pro and new iPhone Air (a 6.1-inch ultra-thin model replacing the former Plus) – in rare cases, photos taken under intense LED concert lighting showed black boxes and squiggly artifacts macrumors.com macrumors.com. Apple acknowledged the issue (caused by extremely bright LED panels confounding the camera sensor) and confirmed it has a fix underway in an upcoming iOS update macrumors.com macrumors.com. Despite this quirk, early
Xiaomi 17 Pro Unleashed: Dual Screens, Leica Cameras & Monster Battery – Can It Topple Apple & Samsung?

Xiaomi 17 Pro Leak Unveils “Magic Back Screen” & Leica Cameras – A Flagship Game-Changer?

Bold New Design with a “Magic Back Screen” Xiaomi is making waves by blending familiar design cues with bold innovation. The Xiaomi 17 Pro’s design leak (first reported on September 17, 2025) reveals a flagship that looks strikingly similar to Apple’s new iPhone 17 Pro from the back – featuring a wide rectangular camera bump spanning the device’s width wccftech.com wccftech.com. Apple’s latest iPhone introduced a “plateau” camera bar stretching edge-to-edge, and Xiaomi appears to mirror this aesthetic. However, Xiaomi adds a headline feature: an embedded secondary display within that camera bar wccftech.com wccftech.com. Dubbed the “Magic Back Screen” (as
18 September 2025
Garmin’s $300 Kid-Tracker: Bounce 2 Smartwatch Raises Parental Hopes and Eyebrows

Garmin’s $300 Kid-Tracker: Bounce 2 Smartwatch Raises Parental Hopes and Eyebrows

Overview: What Is the Garmin Bounce 2? Garmin’s Bounce 2 is a 4G LTE-connected smartwatch designed specifically for kids – essentially a phone alternative worn on the wrist. Announced in September 2025, it updates Garmin’s original Bounce kids’ watch with a more stylish look and significant new features like two-way calling and an upgraded display werindia.com werindia.com. The Bounce 2 targets parents who want to stay connected with their children and keep tabs on their safety, but who aren’t ready to give their kids full smartphones tomsguide.com. In terms of design, the Bounce 2 looks much less like a toy now. It sports a
18 September 2025
Philips’ New Turntable Plays Vinyl and CDs – The Ultimate Retro Hi-Fi Combo?

Philips’ New Turntable Plays Vinyl and CDs – The Ultimate Retro Hi-Fi Combo?

A Vinyl-and-CD Hybrid for Modern Music Lovers Philips is returning to the home hi-fi arena with a unique combo device that caters to both analog and digital audio fans whathifi.com. The Philips Fidelio FT1 is a new turntable that not only plays vinyl records but also doubles as a CD player, blending two beloved physical formats in one sleek system. Looking much like a contemporary turntable, the FT1 hides a front-loading CD tray in its base, allowing listeners to switch from spinning LPs to spinning compact discs at the press of a button whathifi.com. This “two-in-one” design is being billed
18 September 2025
Garmin Venu 4 Shines Bright: Wellness Coach, Flashlight & Big Upgrades to Rival Apple Watch

Garmin Venu 4 Shines Bright: Wellness Coach, Flashlight & Big Upgrades to Rival Apple Watch

Garmin Venu 4 Officially Launches: Overview In a surprise fall announcement, Garmin unveiled the Venu 4 and Venu 4S, a major update to its popular Venu line of smartwatches Wareable. The Venu 4 represents Garmin’s fourth-generation model in this series and doubles down on the brand’s wellness-first focus. It was introduced as a “personal on-wrist coach” aimed at helping users not only track their fitness, but also understand and improve their overall health habits Nasdaq. Garmin’s launch event on September 17, 2025 highlighted a host of new features – from advanced sleep and recovery insights to a built-in flashlight –
18 September 2025
2025 Robot Dog Showdown: Unitree Go2 Pro vs. Spot, CyberDog 2 & ANYmal – Who Leads the Pack?

2025 Robot Dog Showdown: Unitree Go2 Pro vs. Spot, CyberDog 2 & ANYmal – Who Leads the Pack?

Introduction The race to build the best “robot dog” is heating up in 2025. Legged quadruped robots – once a futuristic fantasy – are now tackling real-world jobs, entertaining tech enthusiasts, and even patrolling for the military. Unitree’s new Go2 Pro has emerged as a disruptor, bringing advanced features at a shockingly low price, while established players like Boston Dynamics’ Spot, Xiaomi’s CyberDog 2, and ANYbotics’ ANYmal each target different niches. In this report, we’ll compare these quadrupeds head-to-head, covering their design, specs, AI smarts, use cases from home to industry, and the latest 2024–2025 developments. By the end, you’ll see
Green Chemicals Market Booming to $300 Billion – Inside the Eco-Friendly Chemistry Revolution

Green Chemicals Market Booming to $300 Billion – Inside the Eco-Friendly Chemistry Revolution

Introduction: What Are Green Chemicals? Green chemicals – sometimes called bio-based or renewable chemicals – are chemical products designed with sustainability in mind. Unlike conventional petrochemicals derived from oil and gas, green chemicals are made from renewable resources (such as plant biomass, algae, or waste) and engineered to minimize environmental and health impacts throughout their lifecycle einpresswire.com. This means using cleaner production processes, reducing hazardous byproducts, and creating end-products that are often biodegradable or easier to recycle. Green chemicals span a wide range of materials and compounds: bio-plastics, biofuels, organic acids, alcohols, solvents, and specialty chemicals produced via fermentation or
18 September 2025
Green Hydrogen “Gold Rush”: New Report Reveals $130B Market Boom by 2030

Green Hydrogen “Gold Rush”: New Report Reveals $130B Market Boom by 2030

What Is Green Hydrogen and Why It Matters Green hydrogen refers to hydrogen fuel produced using renewable energy (like solar or wind) to split water molecules via electrolysis, yielding hydrogen gas with zero greenhouse gas emissions businesswire.com. It contrasts with traditional “grey” hydrogen, made from natural gas via steam reforming (releasing CO₂), and “blue” hydrogen, which is similarly made from fossil fuels but with carbon capture to reduce emissions globenewswire.com. Because green hydrogen’s production doesn’t emit carbon and its use (in fuel cells, turbines or industrial processes) only produces water vapor, it is seen as a crucial clean energy carrier
18 September 2025
How Machine Learning Works and Why It’s Changing Everything in 2025

The Containerized Data Center Boom: How “Data Centers in a Box” Are Revolutionizing IT (Market to Hit $43B by 2030)

What Are Containerized Data Centers? Containerized data centers – often dubbed “data centers in a box” – are modular data center solutions built inside standardized shipping containers or similar portable structures. In practice, this means all the typical infrastructure of a data center (server racks, networking gear, power distribution units, cooling systems, fire suppression, security systems, etc.) is pre-installed inside a metal container at the factory statetechmagazine.com. The entire unit is delivered as a turnkey product to the customer’s site, where it only needs power, network, and cooling hookups to go live. This concept dates back to the mid-2000s. Notably,
StubHub IPO Raises $800 Million – Ticket Resale Giant Debuts on NYSE

StubHub IPO Raises $800 Million – Ticket Resale Giant Debuts on NYSE

StubHub’s long-awaited IPO has raised about $800 million at a valuation of $8.6 billion, marking a major milestone for the ticket resale marketplace. The New York-based platform priced its shares within the expected range and began trading on the NYSE under ticker “STUB,” amid high investor demand and a resurgent IPO market. This report delves into StubHub’s IPO details, its business background, the competitive ticketing landscape, and what this debut means for the industry and investors. StubHub’s IPO: Timeline and Key Details StubHub’s public debut on the New York Stock Exchange in September 2025 drew significant investor attention, capping years of anticipation.
18 September 2025
Massive $39B UK–US Tech Alliance Unites Microsoft, Google & NVIDIA in AI and Quantum Power Play

Massive $39B UK–US Tech Alliance Unites Microsoft, Google & NVIDIA in AI and Quantum Power Play

Inside the UK–US Tech Prosperity Deal: Who’s Involved and What It Entails The UK Parliament in London. The UK and US have agreed to a historic tech partnership aiming to revolutionize the AI and quantum sectors. In September 2025, the United Kingdom and United States unveiled a sweeping new technology partnership during a U.S. presidential state visit. Billed as a “Tech Prosperity Deal,” the agreement links the two nations in developing cutting-edge tech industries – chiefly artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing – with support from major companies on both sides of the Atlantic Thequantuminsider. The announcement came with splashy
AI Accelerator Chip Gold Rush: Inside the Global Race for a $300B Market by 2030

Shockwaves in Silicon: Nvidia’s AI Chip Ban in China Escalates the Tech Cold War

Background: Nvidia’s AI Chips “Not Welcome” in China In September 2025, reports emerged that the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) had directed the country’s largest tech companies to halt purchases of Nvidia’s AI chips reuters.com. Specifically, firms like Alibaba and ByteDance were told to cancel orders and stop testing Nvidia’s new RTX Pro 6000D GPUs reuters.com. This model was a China-tailored chip Nvidia unveiled in July after U.S. export rules blocked its most powerful processors. Several Chinese companies had planned to buy tens of thousands of these 6000D chips and were already working with server suppliers to deploy them reuters.com.
17 September 2025
Rare Interstellar Comet Racing Through Our Solar System Could Be the Oldest Ever Seen

Rare Interstellar Comet Racing Through Our Solar System Could Be the Oldest Ever Seen

A Mysterious Visitor from Beyond the Solar System Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS photographed under dark skies during a lunar eclipse, revealing an emerald-green coma surrounding its nucleus space.com. This rare alien comet carries chemical clues from a distant star system. In September 2025, skywatchers in Namibia captured a stunning sight: a ghostly green comet drifting against the starry backdrop of space. This was 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar comet – a piece of another star system – paying a brief visit to our cosmic neighborhood. Only two interstellar objects had ever been seen before (the infamous ‘Oumuamua in 2017 and comet 2I/Borisov in
17 September 2025
Global Markets on Edge as Fed Rate Decision Nears: Asia Optimistic, West Cautious

Fed’s First Rate Cut Since 2024 Sparks Market Whiplash – Dow Rallies as Tech Stocks Tumble

Market Overview: Indices & Sectors Wall Street wrapped up September 17 with a split decision. The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.56% to close around 46,013 reuters.com, extending its uptrend thanks in part to strength in financial and industrial stocks. The S&P 500 eased 0.1% to ~6,600 reuters.com, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite fell 0.33% to ~22,261 reuters.com. Earlier in the session, all three indices seesawed between gains and losses as traders reacted in real-time to the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate decision and Powell’s commentary. Notably, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq had been at record highs just a
Eli Lilly’s Weight-Loss Pill Sheds Pounds Fast—But Hits a Plateau: What New Trial Results Mean for the Obesity Drug Race

Eli Lilly’s Weight-Loss Pill Sheds Pounds Fast—But Hits a Plateau: What New Trial Results Mean for the Obesity Drug Race

Trial Results: Big Early Losses, Then Weight Loss Levels Off This highly anticipated trial put Lilly’s oral GLP-1 drug, orforglipron, to the test in a large group of adults struggling with obesity. The study enrolled 3,127 overweight or obese participants (none had diabetes, but all had weight-related health issues) and randomly assigned them to various daily doses of the pill or a placebo for 72 weeks reuters.com. The outcomes were encouraging yet mixed. Patients on the highest dose (36 mg daily) lost on average about 11–12% of their starting body weight by week 72 theguardian.com. In practical terms, that’s roughly
17 September 2025
Great Barrier Reef Drone Laws 2025: Permits, No‑Fly Zones & Huge Fines Exposed

Great Barrier Reef Drone Laws 2025: Permits, No‑Fly Zones & Huge Fines Exposed

Overview: Flying Drones in a Protected Paradise The Great Barrier Reef is a World Heritage marine park with unique regulations to safeguard its wildlife and natural beauty. Flying a drone here means following two layers of laws: the standard Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) rules that apply Australia-wide, and environmental rules set by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) and Queensland authorities for the reef and islands. In practice, this means hobbyist drone pilots and professional operators alike must be extra mindful. Below we break down the key requirements for recreational flyers, commercial and research operators, the needed
17 September 2025

Stock Market Today

KLA stock price jumps 8% as chip rebound lifts KLAC — what to know before Monday

KLA stock price jumps 8% as chip rebound lifts KLAC — what to know before Monday

8 February 2026
KLA Corp shares surged 8.4% to $1,442.95 Friday, leading gains in chip-equipment stocks after Amazon announced a major increase in capital spending. About 1.6 million KLA shares traded as the PHLX semiconductor index rose 5.7%. KLA’s board declared a $1.90 quarterly dividend, payable March 3 to holders as of Feb. 17. Applied Materials and Lam Research also rallied sharply into the close.
CBA share price: Commonwealth Bank stock steadies after ASX selloff as earnings loom

CBA share price: Commonwealth Bank stock steadies after ASX selloff as earnings loom

8 February 2026
Commonwealth Bank of Australia closed Friday down 0.23% at A$158.91, outperforming a 2.03% drop in the S&P/ASX 200. Investors await CBA’s half-year results on Feb. 11 and commentary from CEO Matt Comyn. The Reserve Bank’s recent cash-rate hike to 3.85% and upcoming mortgage repricing are in focus. CBA flagged A$68 million in provisions and A$53 million in non-recurring income items.
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