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Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro vs. AirPods, Sony, Bose: Ultimate Earbud Showdown

Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro vs. AirPods, Sony, Bose: Ultimate Earbud Showdown

The Galaxy Buds 3 Pro were announced on July 10, 2024 at Samsung’s Unpacked event with a launch price of $249 in the US. They introduce a stemmed design with LED Blade Lights on the stems and weigh about 5.4 g per bud, available with three ear tip sizes. The Buds 3 Pro pair a new dual-driver system—10.5 mm dynamic woofer plus 6.1 mm planar tweeter—compared with the Buds 2 Pro’s 10 mm + 5.4 mm setup. Active Noise Cancellation is AI-enhanced and, according to RTINGS, delivers outstanding noise reduction, with 6 hours per charge (7 hours with ANC off)
15 July 2025
Norway Drone Laws 2025: Comprehensive Guide to Regulations & Recent Updates

Norway Drone Laws 2025: Comprehensive Guide to Regulations & Recent Updates

Norway adheres to EU drone rules since 2021, applying the Open, Specific, and Certified categories uniformly to recreational and commercial operations. In the Open category, drones must weigh under 25 kg, be kept in visual line of sight, and not exceed 120 meters above ground, with a possible exception to fly up to 15 meters above a structure taller than 120 meters if the owner consents. Drones over 250 g must maintain minimum distances from people and property, typically 30 meters from others and 150 meters from residential or commercial areas unless the drone has a class marker. Night operations
15 July 2025
AirPods Pro 2 vs the World: Best True Wireless Earbuds of 2025 Compared

AirPods Pro 3 Rumor Roundup: Health Sensors, H3 Chip & a Surprising Release Date

Most credible rumors expect a 2025 launch for AirPods Pro 3, with some analysts like Jeff Pu predicting a 2026 release. Launch price is expected to remain around $249, the same as AirPods Pro 2. AirPods Pro 3 will feature a refreshed design with smaller earbuds, a shorter stem, a slimmer case, and a charging-case design without a visible pairing button, in classic white. A new Apple H3 chip will power AirPods Pro 3, delivering faster processing, better audio quality, improved noise cancellation, and potentially Bluetooth 5.4. ANC is expected to be significantly better than AirPods Pro 2, with rumors
15 July 2025
Internet Access in Lithuania

Internet Access in Lithuania

4G LTE coverage reaches over 99% of Lithuania’s population, and 5G was rolled out in 2022–2023, with Telia Lietuva activating 5G in 2022 and reaching about 95% of the population and 99% of the territory by summer 2023 after mid-2022 spectrum auctions of 700 MHz and 3.5 GHz. By 2023, fiber-optic (FTTP) lines passed about 61% of residential premises, giving roughly 78% FTTP coverage nationwide, while around 77% of homes had access to some fixed broadband (fiber, cable, or DSL). Rural fixed broadband coverage was about 69% of rural households in 2023, with only about 23–24% of rural homes having
15 July 2025
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The Ultimate Flagship Showdown: iPhone 16 Pro Max vs iPhone 15 Pro Max vs iPhone 14 Pro Max vs Galaxy S25 Ultra

The Ultimate Flagship Showdown: iPhone 16 Pro Max vs iPhone 15 Pro Max vs iPhone 14 Pro Max vs Galaxy S25 Ultra

The iPhone 16 Pro Max uses a brushed Grade 5 titanium frame, weighs about 227g, and is Apple’s largest phone yet with a 6.9-inch display. It has a 6.9-inch 1320×2868 OLED (460 ppi) with 2,000-nit peak brightness and 1,600-nit HDR brightness, plus the Dynamic Island notch. The iPhone 16 Pro Max camera setup includes a 48MP main sensor (24mm f/1.78), a 48MP ultrawide (13mm f/2.2), and a 12MP 5× telephoto (120mm) with Camera Control hardware. Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra uses a 200MP main camera and dual telephotos with 3× and 5× optical zoom, plus a 50MP sensor for the 5×
15 July 2025
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MacBook Air M4 (2025) vs the World: Does Apple’s Latest Air Outshine Dell, HP, Surface & Lenovo?

MacBook Air M4 (2025) vs the World: Does Apple’s Latest Air Outshine Dell, HP, Surface & Lenovo?

MacBook Air M4 (2025) uses a 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU with a Geekbench 6 multi-core score of 14,849. Base RAM is 16GB, doubled from 8GB in the prior generation. It can drive up to two external 6K displays simultaneously, in addition to the built-in screen. Apple rates the Air M4 for up to 18 hours of battery life, with LaptopMag testing the 13-inch model at 15 hours 30 minutes. The display is a 13.6-inch Liquid Retina LCD at 2560×1664 resolution, 500 nits, 60 Hz, with no OLED option. The 13-inch model is 0.44 inches thick and about 2.7 pounds,
15 July 2025
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NVIDIA 2025: Dominating the AI Boom – Company Overview, Key Segments, Competition, and Future Outlook

Nvidia’s $4 Trillion Breakthrough: NVDA Surges on China Chip Deal – What Experts Are Saying

On July 11, 2025, Nvidia closed above a $4 trillion market cap, the first company ever to do so. On July 14, 2025, Nvidia closed at $164.07, down 0.5%, after trading between $162.02 and $165.49 intraday. Nvidia was up about 22% year-to-date and 27% year-over-year as of July 14–15, 2025. On July 15, 2025, Nvidia surged over 5% in pre-market trading to around $172 after news the U.S. would allow export licenses for its H20 AI GPUs to China. At a $4 trillion valuation, Nvidia accounts for roughly 7.5% of the entire S&P 500 by itself. Nvidia unveiled a China-tailored
15 July 2025
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Space Race Heats Up: Secret Satellite Launches, Mega‑Mergers & Cosmic Breakthroughs (July 14–15, 2025 Roundup)

Space Race Heats Up: Secret Satellite Launches, Mega‑Mergers & Cosmic Breakthroughs (July 14–15, 2025 Roundup)

Commercial Space & Satellite Industry Updates Government & Space Agency Highlights Military & National Security Space Developments Space Science & Exploration Breakthroughs Space Policy & International Developments Sources: Spaceflight Now spaceflightnow.com spaceflightnow.com nasaspaceflight.com nasaspaceflight.com nasaspaceflight.com; Reuters reuters.com reuters.com reuters.com; SpaceNews spacenews.com spacepolicyonline.com spacepolicyonline.com; NASASpaceflight nasaspaceflight.com nasaspaceflight.com; Reuters/AP reuters.com apnews.com; NASA/ESA releases science.nasa.govsciencedaily.com.
15 July 2025
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Tariffs, Tesla and a Twitter Hack: Top Tech News from July 14–15, 2025

Tariffs, Tesla and a Twitter Hack: Top Tech News from July 14–15, 2025

Broadcom scrapped plans to invest in a Spain microchip factory valued at up to $1 billion, derailing talks backed by €12 billion in EU recovery funds. Ericsson posted Q2 2025 adjusted operating profit of 7.0 billion kronor, beating a 6.1 billion forecast, but warned US tariffs could squeeze margins and may force production shifts. Tesla opened its first showroom in Mumbai, India, with the Model Y priced around ₹5.8 million ($70,000) due to a near-100% import duty, and a second showroom is planned for Delhi. Global EV sales rose 24% year-on-year in June, with China up 28% and Europe up
15 July 2025
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Trump’s $70 B AI Bet, Zuckerberg’s Manhattan-Sized Superclusters & Musk’s Bot Blunder – AI News Roundup (July 14–15, 2025)

Trump’s $70 B AI Bet, Zuckerberg’s Manhattan-Sized Superclusters & Musk’s Bot Blunder – AI News Roundup (July 14–15, 2025)

OpenAI paused the release of an upcoming open-source AI model indefinitely due to safety concerns, with Sam Altman warning that weights once released can’t be pulled back. Moonshot AI released Kimi K2, a 1-trillion-parameter open-source model launched on July 14, 2025, claimed to outperform GPT-4.1 on coding and reasoning benchmarks. Elon Musk’s xAI rolled out Grok 4, a multimodal chatbot touted as the world’s smartest AI that can browse the web and run code, with SpaceX investing $2 billion as part of a $5 billion round and Grok slated to power Starlink support and Tesla’s Optimus robots. Hugging Face released
15 July 2025
Samsung Galaxy S25 FE: Latest Leaks Reveal a Surprising Upgrade – All Specs, Rumors & Release Info

Samsung Galaxy S25 FE: Latest Leaks Reveal a Surprising Upgrade – All Specs, Rumors & Release Info

Launch is expected in fall 2025, with reports pointing to September or October 2025 and the phone hitting shelves by October or November. Its design is said to be nearly identical to the S24 FE and S25 base model, with dimensions 161.4 x 76.6 x 7.4 mm and a thickness of 7.4 mm. The S25 FE is expected to use a 6.7-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X display at 1080×2400 resolution with 120 Hz adaptive refresh rate and HDR10+ support, and slimmer bezels from a flexible OLED panel. Most leaks point to the Exynos 2400e processor (4 nm, octa-core with Xclipse GPU)
15 July 2025
Cybersecurity Mayhem: Major Hacks, Data Breaches & Bold Defenses – Roundup (July 14, 2025)

Cybersecurity Mayhem: Major Hacks, Data Breaches & Bold Defenses – Roundup (July 14, 2025)

Security analysts reported a 133% rise in Iranian state-sponsored attacks through May–June 2025, with Nozomi Networks tracking 28 incidents across six APT groups (MuddyWater, APT33, OilRig, CyberAvengers, Fox Kitten, Homeland Justice), and MuddyWater alone carrying out five breaches targeting OT/ICS. A joint alert by CISA, the FBI, NSA and DoD warned Iranian hackers may target defense, water, and aviation firms amid rising Middle East tensions. In Europe, Chinese state-backed hackers exploited a zero-day in Ivanti VPN appliances to infiltrate French government networks, with ANSSI linking the operation to the UNC5174 group. The U.S. Department of Justice announced the takedown of
15 July 2025
AI Supremacy, Space Odyssey & Tech Shakeups: The Biggest Tech News of July 2025

AI Supremacy, Space Odyssey & Tech Shakeups: The Biggest Tech News of July 2025

In July 2025, Nvidia briefly surpassed a $4 trillion market capitalization, becoming the world’s first company to reach a $4T valuation. In July 2025, Google DeepMind signed a $2.4 billion deal to license Windsurf technology after OpenAI’s $3 billion Windsurf bid collapsed, an acqui-hire boosting Project Gemini. Moonshot AI released Kimi K2, a 1-trillion-parameter open-source model that matches or outperforms top closed models on coding and reasoning benchmarks. Baidu open-sourced ERNIE 4.5, a model family up to 424 billion parameters, claiming it rivals top Western models at half the size. On July 2, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 achieved its 500th orbital
15 July 2025
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold7 – Samsung’s Ultra-Thin Foldable Redefines the Game

Samsung’s Jam-Packed July 2025: Foldable Frenzy, Chip Woes & Legal Showdowns

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Z Fold7, which is 10% lighter and 26% thinner than its predecessor, with a 7.6-inch main display, a 200MP main camera, and a Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset priced at $1,999. The Galaxy Z Flip7 features a 4.1-inch cover screen, a 6.9-inch internal display, a tougher hinge, and an Exynos 2500 processor, giving it a “more like a Galaxy S25 Ultra” feel. Samsung introduced the Galaxy Z Flip7 FE, the first Fan Edition foldable, with the same 6.7-inch internal and 3.4-inch cover displays, 4,000mAh battery, dual cameras, 8GB RAM, and an Exynos 2400, priced at $899. Samsung
15 July 2025
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Tech Titans Clash: AI Superclusters, $4 Trillion Milestone & Prime Day Records (July 14 2025)

Tech Titans Clash: AI Superclusters, $4 Trillion Milestone & Prime Day Records (July 14 2025)

Meta’s AI power play: the first mega-cluster, Prometheus, comes online in 2026, with a second (Hyperion) scaling to 5 gigawatts later, and Zuckerberg boasts that one cluster covers a significant part of Manhattan’s footprint. Zuckerberg personally leads a “talent raid” to hire top engineers after Meta invested $14.3 billion in Scale AI, and in 2025 Meta raises capital expenditures to $64–72 billion. Meta’s crackdown on unoriginal content includes removing about 10 million imposter profiles and penalizing over 500,000 accounts, while testing a feature to link duplicates to the original creator. Meta faces an $8 billion shareholder lawsuit in Delaware Chancery
15 July 2025
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AI Tool Bonanza: 7 New AI Releases & Updates on July 14, 2025 You Need to Know

AI Tool Bonanza: 7 New AI Releases & Updates on July 14, 2025 You Need to Know

Perplexity’s Comet is a Chromium-based AI browser available today to Perplexity Max subscribers and waitlisted users, with Windows and macOS support and mobile versions in development. Comet’s AI automation sidebar can automatically compare shipping options across online stores to find the fastest shipping or best return policies. xAI’s Grok 4 is now accessible to individual SuperGrok and Premium+ subscribers and via the xAI API, with live web search and the ability to run code. Grok 4 features advanced multi-modal understanding and a powerful reinforcement-learning backbone on a 200,000-GPU supercomputer, plus a new “Grok 4 Heavy” top-tier setting. Hugging Face’s SmolLM3
15 July 2025
AI Stocks Soar as Nvidia Hits $4T, Apple Feels the Heat, and Musk Doubles Down – Daily Roundup

AI Stocks Soar as Nvidia Hits $4T, Apple Feels the Heat, and Musk Doubles Down – Daily Roundup

Nvidia briefly hit a $4 trillion market capitalization last week, with shares rising to an all-time high of $164.42. Nvidia’s value has roughly tripled in about a year after first crossing $1 trillion in mid-2023. Microsoft closed Monday at $503.51 as part of the AI rally lifting the Magnificent 7. Apple is down about 16% year-to-date, erasing more than $630 billion in market value and prompting talk of a bolder AI strategy, including rumors of Perplexity AI. Meta Platforms announced plans to spend hundreds of billions on AI infrastructure, with Prometheus online in 2026 and Hyperion scaling to 5 GW,
14 July 2025
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AI Shake-Up: Pentagon’s $200M Contracts, Meta’s Mega Investment, and an Open-Source AI Outsmarting GPT-4

AI Shake-Up: Pentagon’s $200M Contracts, Meta’s Mega Investment, and an Open-Source AI Outsmarting GPT-4

The U.S. Department of Defense awarded up to $200 million contracts to four AI firms: OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, and xAI. The contracts fund development of agentic AI systems to tackle critical national security challenges, according to DoD official Doug Matty. Musk’s Grok chatbot will be adapted for government use as part of a new “Grok for Government” suite under the DoD deal. President Trump announced plans to invest $70 billion in AI and energy initiatives to be unveiled on July 14 at a Pittsburgh innovation summit. The plan includes funding for new data centers and power grid upgrades to support
14 July 2025
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Google Gemini AI: July 2025 Updates and Developments

Google Gemini AI: July 2025 Updates and Developments

In July 2025, Sameer Samat confirmed that ChromeOS and Android would merge into a single platform, with Android serving as the base for Gemini-powered AI across devices. By early 2025 Google had launched Gemini 2.5 Pro as its most powerful model at the time, with a larger Gemini Ultra planned for broader release later in 2025. The ChromeOS–Android unification is intended to let Gemini AI features run system-wide, enabling consistent AI experiences across phones, tablets, and laptops. Gemini Live on foldables debuted in July 2025, allowing continuous AI assistance on foldable phones and access from the Galaxy Z Flip external
14 July 2025
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Smartwatch Showdown 2025: Top Models Compared, New Features, and Surprising User Insights

Smartwatch Showdown 2025: Top Models Compared, New Features, and Surprising User Insights

In 2024, global smartwatch shipments fell about 7% year-over-year, the first decline for the category, with Apple down about 19% and China becoming the largest single market. The Apple Watch Series 9, released in September 2023, runs watchOS 10 on a new S9 SiP with on-device Siri and a brighter 2000-nit display, includes ECG, SpO2, skin temperature, but lasts about 18 hours per charge. The Apple Watch Ultra 2, launched in 2023, delivers about 36 hours of normal battery life (up to 72 hours in Low Power Mode) with a 3000-nit display and titanium case. Samsung Galaxy Watch6 (2023) uses
14 July 2025
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Stock Market Today

Applied Digital stock jumps 25% as AI data-center names rebound — what’s next for APLD

Applied Digital stock jumps 25% as AI data-center names rebound — what’s next for APLD

7 February 2026
Applied Digital Corporation shares jumped 25.52% Friday to $34.95, then slipped to $34.60 after hours. The company reported fiscal Q2 revenue up 250% to $126.6 million and signed leases for 600 MW of data center capacity in North Dakota. Applied Digital broke ground on a new 430‑MW campus in the southern U.S. in January. Financing includes a $100 million promissory note with 8% interest, paid in kind.
Eli Lilly stock pops as FDA targets cheap weight-loss copycats — what to know before Monday

Eli Lilly stock pops as FDA targets cheap weight-loss copycats — what to know before Monday

7 February 2026
Eli Lilly shares rose 3.7% to $1,058.18 Friday after the FDA said it would act against telehealth firm Hims & Hers for marketing a $49 compounded weight-loss pill. The move followed a sharp selloff Thursday when Hims announced plans to sell a version of Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy. Investors remain uncertain how aggressively regulators will police copycat drugs and pricing in the obesity drug market.
Saudi Aramco share price set for Sunday test after Tadawul ends market-making deal

Saudi Aramco share price set for Sunday test after Tadawul ends market-making deal

7 February 2026
Saudi Exchange approved Merrill Lynch KSA’s exit as market maker for Saudi Aramco, effective Feb. 8. Aramco shares closed at 25.60 riyals Thursday, down 0.06, with 22.1 million traded. The Tadawul index fell 1.3% as Brent crude dropped to $67.93. Aramco set March official selling prices at $2.10 above Argus for North America and $0.65 above ICE Brent for Western Europe.
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