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No Signal? No Problem – T-Mobile’s Starlink Satellite Service Launches to End Dead Zones

No Signal? No Problem – T-Mobile’s Starlink Satellite Service Launches to End Dead Zones

T-Mobile’s satellite service, T-Satellite, is now live nationwide and out of beta, making it the first major U.S. carrier to offer direct satellite coverage for ordinary smartphones. The service piggybacks SpaceX’s Starlink satellites and requires no extra antenna or app, automatically connecting when the phone can see the sky. T-Satellite relies on a constellation of over 650 Starlink satellites and initially supports SMS and location sharing, with MMS partially supported and iPhone MMS to follow. Intro pricing is $10 per month for a limited time, rising to $15 later, with top-tier plans such as Experience Beyond at $100/month and Go5G
23 July 2025
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Senegal’s Internet Revolution: How Fiber, 5G, and Policy Are Connecting a Nation

Senegal’s Internet Revolution: How Fiber, 5G, and Policy Are Connecting a Nation

As of January 2025, about 11.3 million Senegalese use the internet, representing 60.6% of the population, with roughly 4 in 10 still offline. There were 22.7 million active mobile connections in early 2025, about 121% of the population due to multiple SIM cards. Approximately 90% of Senegal’s mobile connections are on 3G/4G/5G networks, i.e., broadband capable. Senegal gained access to the 45,000 km 2Africa subsea cable after landing in Dakar in late 2023, backed by Meta and partners. Senegal’s 5G era began with Orange Sonatel launching 5G services on June 8, 2024 in Dakar, after Free obtained a 5G license
23 July 2025
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Battle of AI Titans: ChatGPT vs Google Gemini – The Ultimate 2025 Showdown

Battle of AI Titans: ChatGPT vs Google Gemini – The Ultimate 2025 Showdown

ChatGPT launched in late 2022 and quickly gained hundreds of millions of users, while Google released Gemini (then Bard) in 2023 as its competing AI assistant. ChatGPT runs on the GPT-4 model and is renowned for strong text reasoning and coding, whereas Gemini is natively multimodal (text, images, audio, video) and can use live Google Search and even execute code in Gemini Pro. Gemini Pro can handle context windows up to 2 million tokens, far larger than ChatGPT’s 32,000-token extended window, enabling whole-project analysis. In February 2025, Gemini Advanced gained the ability to recall past chats to personalize responses, while
23 July 2025
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AI’s 48-Hour Frenzy: Breakthroughs, Billion-Dollar Bets & Bold Policies (July 22–23, 2025)

AI’s 48-Hour Frenzy: Breakthroughs, Billion-Dollar Bets & Bold Policies (July 22–23, 2025)

Google and OpenAI won gold medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad by solving 5 of 6 problems with new general-purpose reasoning based on natural language understanding. OpenAI disclosed its experimental model scaled up test-time compute to think longer and in parallel, a very expensive undertaking. Google DeepMind’s Gemini Deep Think, unveiled in May, solved IMO problems within the 4.5-hour limit entirely in natural language. MIT CSAIL and Facebook AI researchers presented ICML 2025 work showing image generation with encoder-only tokens, enabling inpainting without a generator and morphing a red panda into a tiger. Alibaba’s Qwen-3 Coder, open-sourced for software development,
23 July 2025
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From Space Breakthroughs to Medical Marvels: The Must-Read Science News of July 22–23, 2025

From Space Breakthroughs to Medical Marvels: The Must-Read Science News of July 22–23, 2025

On July 22, 2025, NASA, with SpaceX, launched TRACERS, a twin-satellite mission aboard a Falcon 9 to study magnetic reconnection in Earth’s magnetosphere. The University of Iowa-led TRACERS mission will fly two probes through Earth’s northern magnetic cusp in tandem to improve space weather forecasts. A UK study found that vaccinating pregnant women against RSV reduced newborn hospitalizations by 72 percent, based on analysis of over 500 newborns hospitalized in winter 2024–25. Svalbard’s Arctic winter is turning to rain, with the region warming 6–7 times faster than the global average, observed during February 2025 fieldwork. Finnish researchers from Aalto University
23 July 2025
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Global Tech Roundup: Space Triumphs, Cyber Breaches & Gadget Surprises Rock July 22–23, 2025

Global Tech Roundup: Space Triumphs, Cyber Breaches & Gadget Surprises Rock July 22–23, 2025

Nintendo Switch 2: Borderlands 4 will launch on the Switch 2 on October 3, 2025, according to Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford, with the Switch version running about 30fps to preserve feature parity. Google Pixel 10 Pro: Google released a Pixel 10 Pro teaser ahead of its August 21, 2025 launch, showing an evolutionary design and promising upgrades including improved camera capabilities and Android 16 integration. Chip tariffs affect TI: Texas Instruments warned new U.S. tariffs could dent demand, issuing a softer sales forecast and sending its stock down about 12%. TSMC profit with caution: TSMC posted a 60% year-on-year surge
23 July 2025
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Everything You Need to Know About Internet Access in Italy: From Fiber to Satellite

Everything You Need to Know About Internet Access in Italy: From Fiber to Satellite

As of June 2023, 59.6% of Italian households were passed by FTTH, roughly in line with the EU average of about 64%. Fixed broadband in mid-2023 relied on copper DSL for almost all households (99.8% coverage), with FTTC/VDSL coverage at 96.4% and VDSL2 speeds often exceeding 100 Mbps near cabinets. FTTH is the fastest-growing fixed broadband technology, with major deployments by TIM’s FiberCop and Open Fiber across the country. Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) is pivotal in rural areas, with EOLO covering 6,500+ municipalities and about 79% of homes in low-density areas, offering 30–100 Mbps services. 4G LTE coverage is near
22 July 2025
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F‑22 Raptor’s Explosive 2025: Combat Missions, Big Upgrades & a New Lease on Life

F‑22 Raptor’s Explosive 2025: Combat Missions, Big Upgrades & a New Lease on Life

In June 2025, F-22 Raptors from the 1st Fighter Wing deployed from Langley AFB to the Middle East as part of Operation Midnight Hammer, joining a strike package of 125 U.S. aircraft including B-2 bombers dropping 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs on Iran’s Fordow and Natanz, marking the Raptor’s first direct strikes against a nation-state. On July 8, 2025, a USAF KC-46A Pegasus tanker suffered a mid-air refueling boom separation while refueling F-22s off the U.S. East Coast, the F-22 returning safely with no damage, and it was the second such KC-46 boom detachment in a year. In January 2025 Lockheed Martin
22 July 2025
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B-2 Stealth Bomber’s Action-Packed 2025: Secret Strikes, High-Tech Upgrades & Pentagon Drama

B-2 Stealth Bomber’s Action-Packed 2025: Secret Strikes, High-Tech Upgrades & Pentagon Drama

March–May 2025: six B-2 Spirit bombers deployed to Diego Garcia to strike Houthi targets in Yemen, marking the bomber’s first combat employment in years. June 21–22, 2025: seven B-2s launched from Whiteman AFB for Operation Midnight Hammer, striking Iran’s Fordow and Natanz facilities after an 18-hour flight with multiple refuelings and dropping 14 GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrators. Simultaneously, a U.S. Navy submarine launched more than two dozen Tomahawk missiles to Isfahan to destroy surface infrastructure. By June 23, 2025, the B-2s had returned to Whiteman AFB, capping a mission described as the largest B-2 strike in history and the second-longest
22 July 2025
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F-35 Lightning Strikes in 2025: Upgrades, War Zones, and Global Controversies

F-35 Lightning Strikes in 2025: Upgrades, War Zones, and Global Controversies

In 2025 the F-35 program began full Block 4 modernization, adding more than 75 enhancements, including the APG-85 AESA radar replacing the APG-81 and the TR-3 hardware/software upgrade that enables sensor fusion and open-system architecture. By May 1, 2025 Lockheed Martin had cleared the TR-3 backlog and delivered the last of 72 TR-3-era airframes, reaching roughly 200 F-35s delivered with TR-3 hardware by mid-2025 while full Block 4 software awaited U.S. certification. 2025 was targeted as a record production year with 170–190 total F-35 deliveries planned. Israel’s F-35I Adir jets flew notional Iran strikes in June 2025 with one-way ranges
22 July 2025
China’s J-35 Stealth Fighter: Inside the Navy’s New F-35 Rival

China’s J-35 Stealth Fighter: Inside the Navy’s New F-35 Rival

The J-35 naval variant traces back to the FC-31 “Gyrfalcon” program, with its first carrier-focused prototype flight in late October 2021 featuring enlarged folding wings, reinforced landing gear, and a catapult launch bar. By mid-2025, evidence indicates the J-35 naval version has entered low-rate initial production, with photos showing PLAN markings and serial numbers 0011 and 0012 on two examples. The land-based J-35A first flew on September 26, 2023 and was publicly unveiled at Airshow China in November 2024 wearing PLAAF insignia and the number 75. The J-35 is a twin-engine, single-seat stealth fighter about 17.3 meters long with an
22 July 2025
iPad Pro 11 vs The Best Tablets of 2025 – Ultimate Premium Tablet Showdown

iPad Pro 11 vs The Best Tablets of 2025 – Ultimate Premium Tablet Showdown

The iPad Pro 11-inch (2024/2025 model) uses the Apple M4 chip, an 11-inch Ultra Retina XDR OLED display with a 2420×1668 resolution (264 ppi) and ProMotion 120Hz. Storage spans 256 GB to 2 TB, with 8 GB of RAM on 256/512 GB models and 16 GB on 1 TB/2 TB configurations. The iPad Pro 11 carries a 31.3 Wh (~8160 mAh) battery rated for about 10 hours of web/video on Wi‑Fi and roughly 9 hours on 5G, charging via USB‑C Thunderbolt 4 with a 20 W adapter. It supports the Apple Pencil Pro (magnetically attaches/charges on the side) and a
22 July 2025
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Revolutionary Medical Breakthroughs of July 2025: Life-Changing Drugs, Diagnostic Wonders & Public Health Milestones

Revolutionary Medical Breakthroughs of July 2025: Life-Changing Drugs, Diagnostic Wonders & Public Health Milestones

On July 2, 2025, the FDA granted accelerated approval to linvoseltamab (Lynozyfic), a BCMA-targeting bispecific antibody, for adults with heavily pretreated relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma, after trials showed a 70% response rate. Also on July 2, 2025, the FDA approved sunvozertinib (Zegfrovy) as the first targeted oral therapy for advanced NSCLC with EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations following chemotherapy. In July 2025, the FDA granted Breakthrough Therapy designation to trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) plus pertuzumab for HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer. Relutrigine (PRAX-562) received FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation for two rare pediatric epileptic encephalopathies (SCN2A and SCN8A) after a Phase 2 study showed
22 July 2025
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Battle of the Titans: Microsoft Surface vs Apple, Dell, HP, Lenovo & Samsung – The Ultimate 2025–2026 Laptop & Tablet Showdown

Battle of the Titans: Microsoft Surface vs Apple, Dell, HP, Lenovo & Samsung – The Ultimate 2025–2026 Laptop & Tablet Showdown

Apple’s M4-based MacBook Air Geekbench 6 score is 14,849, and the 16-inch MacBook Pro delivers desktop-class performance with 18–20 hours of battery life in light use. Surface Pro 11 uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite ARM chip, with reviewers saying it closes much of the CPU gap to Apple and provides long battery life. The new Surface Pro 12-inch starts at $799. The Surface Laptop 13-inch starts at $899, a $100 reduction from last year’s model. The 2025 MacBook Air M4 13-inch starts at around $999, about $100 cheaper than the M2 model. <li Dell’s XPS 13 base models hover
22 July 2025
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Science Breakthroughs That Rocked July 21–22, 2025. News Roundup.

Science Breakthroughs That Rocked July 21–22, 2025. News Roundup.

A Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research study estimated 27 million tons of nanoplastic particles are floating in the North Atlantic, solving the ‘missing plastic’ paradox. A July 21, 2025 Nature Reviews Biodiversity Perspective proposes using museum DNA and related species to reintroduce lost genes into endangered animals, exemplified by Mauritius’s pink pigeon, to boost immunity, climate resilience, and fertility. University of Pennsylvania researchers used a Mannich-reaction modification to lipid nanoparticles, creating C-a16 LNPs that in mice produced fivefold stronger COVID-19 vaccine responses and doubled CRISPR liver-disease gene editing efficacy, while reducing inflammatory side effects. The GW231123 black hole merger
22 July 2025
San Francisco’s Drone Law Exposed: The Ultimate 2025 Guide to No-Fly Zones and Regulations

San Francisco’s Drone Law Exposed: The Ultimate 2025 Guide to No-Fly Zones and Regulations

Drones weighing over 0.55 pounds (250 grams) must be registered with the FAA for $5 every three years, via the FAA Drone Zone, and drones under 250 grams used recreationally are exempt from registration but commercial use still requires it. FAA rules cap small drones at 400 feet AGL, require visual line of sight at all times, and require FAA LAANC authorization to operate in controlled airspace near airports. There is a standing Stadium TFR that bans drones within a 3-mile radius of stadiums hosting MLB or NFL games from one hour before to one hour after the event, affecting
22 July 2025
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Smartphones vs. Satellite Phones: Are Off-Grid Cell Phones Killing the Satellite Phone?

Smartphones vs. Satellite Phones: Are Off-Grid Cell Phones Killing the Satellite Phone?

Apple launched Emergency SOS via satellite on the iPhone 14 series in late 2022 using Globalstar’s LEO network. Samsung Galaxy S25, launched in 2025, is the first commercially available phone to include Snapdragon Satellite for two-way messaging via Iridium’s LEO constellation, with Android 15 native support. Bullitt Group’s Bullitt Satellite Messenger rolled out in Q1 2023, enabling two-way SMS on the Motorola Defy 2 and CAT S75 via Skylo GEO satellites. Huawei Mate 60 Pro (2023) added two-way satellite texting and satellite voice calling via BeiDou’s Tiantong GEO network, requiring careful skyward pointing and delivering low bandwidth. By the end
22 July 2025
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War of the Drones: How Jammers, Lasers, and Nets Are Taking Down Rogue UAVs

War of the Drones: How Jammers, Lasers, and Nets Are Taking Down Rogue UAVs

NFL drone incursions rose from about a dozen in 2017 to 2,845 in 2023. The global anti-drone market quadrupled from 2018 to 2024 to about $2.4 billion and is projected to exceed $10 billion by 2030. Israel’s Rafael Drone Dome radar detects drone-sized targets out to about 3.5 km. RF jammers are a non-lethal countermeasure that typically work within a few hundred meters to 1–2 km, as seen with DroneShield’s DroneGun Tactical and Russia’s Stupor jammer in 2022. The Iran–U.S. GPS spoofing incident of 2011 involved spoofing a U.S. spy drone’s navigation signals. In 2023–2024, the U.S. Navy began deploying
22 July 2025
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AI Revolution in Your Pocket: The 2024–2025 Smartphone AI Showdown

AI Revolution in Your Pocket: The 2024–2025 Smartphone AI Showdown

At WWDC 2024, Apple unveiled Apple Intelligence, embedding AI across iOS with on-device processing via the Neural Engine and a Private Cloud Compute option for encrypted server-based tasks. Apple’s Siri gained context awareness, hundreds of new actions across apps, and on-screen context integration. Apple integrated OpenAI’s ChatGPT into iOS 18, enabling Siri to route complex queries to ChatGPT with user permission. Pages’ Writing Tools can generate text and images using ChatGPT-powered features, including a Compose tool to create content. Image Playground enables on-device image generation in Messages, Notes, and other apps, with all images created on-device. Genmoji allows generating custom
22 July 2025
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Beyond Smartphones: AR Glasses, Brain Chips & the Race to Replace Your Phone

Beyond Smartphones: AR Glasses, Brain Chips & the Race to Replace Your Phone

In 2023 global smartphone shipments were about 1.17 billion units, with average replacement cycles exceeding 3 years. AR glasses, brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), smart wearables, and ambient computing are identified as the leading contenders to replace or augment smartphones. Apple launched Vision Pro in early 2024 as a $3,499 mixed-reality headset, though its weight, battery life, and lack of apps limited mass-market appeal. IDC projects AR glasses shipments to surpass 5 million by 2027, up from under 1 million in 2023. Meta’s Reality Labs spent more than $10 billion in 2024 pursuing wearable AR glasses. On January 28, 2024, Neuralink implanted
22 July 2025
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Stock Market Today

Boeing stock jumps 2.6% to $243 — what Wall Street is watching before Monday

Boeing stock jumps 2.6% to $243 — what Wall Street is watching before Monday

8 February 2026
Boeing shares closed up 2.6% at $243.03 Friday, buoyed by reports of possible major aircraft orders from Saudi Arabia and India. India’s trade minister said a $70–80 billion Boeing deal could be signed by March. Supply-chain delays and regulatory scrutiny remain key risks. Boeing’s chief engineer sold over 10,000 shares earlier in the week.
Verizon stock snaps seven-day winning streak — what to watch for VZ into the new week

Verizon stock snaps seven-day winning streak — what to watch for VZ into the new week

8 February 2026
Verizon shares fell 1.7% to $46.31 on Friday, ending a seven-day rally and lagging a broad market rebound. The drop follows a leadership shakeup in the consumer unit, with Sowmyanarayan Sampath stepping down and Alfonso Villanueva named interim chief. Investors await delayed U.S. jobs and inflation data next week, which could affect rate-sensitive stocks.
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