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Google Pixel 10 Leaks Reveal 5× Zoom Camera, New AI Tricks & Early Launch – Everything We Know

Google Pixel 10 Leaks Reveal 5× Zoom Camera, New AI Tricks & Early Launch – Everything We Know

The Google Pixel 10 launch event is scheduled for August 20, 2025 in New York City, where the Pixel 10 lineup will be unveiled. For the first time on a base Pixel, Pixel 10 adds a telephoto camera with around 5× optical zoom alongside a 50 MP Samsung GN8 main sensor and a 13 MP Sony IMX712 ultrawide. The Pixel 10 base features a 6.3-inch flat OLED display with 120 Hz, while the Pixel 10 Pro uses LTPO 1–120 Hz with brighter panels and the Pro XL sits at 6.8 inches with similar specs. The Tensor G5 chip uses TSMC’s
20 July 2025
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Tech Turmoil: Crypto Hits $4 Trillion, SpaceX’s 8,000 Satellites & More Non-AI Bombshells (July 18–19, 2025)

Tech Turmoil: Crypto Hits $4 Trillion, SpaceX’s 8,000 Satellites & More Non-AI Bombshells (July 18–19, 2025)

In July 2025, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered Microsoft to halt China-based engineering on Pentagon cloud work, with Frank Shaw saying no China-based teams will provide technical assistance and the involvement ending immediately. Blackstone withdrew from the TikTok US sale bid led by Susquehanna and General Atlantic, a consortium that could have given US owners an 80% stake, as the forced divestment deadline was pushed to Sept. 17. On July 21, 2025, India’s Enforcement Directorate summoned Google and Meta executives for questioning in a probe into illicit online betting ads and whether the platforms accepted payments to promote them. Nvidia
19 July 2025
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AI Upheaval: 48 Hours of Breakthroughs, Big Tech Bets & Backlash (July 18–19, 2025)

AI Upheaval: 48 Hours of Breakthroughs, Big Tech Bets & Backlash (July 18–19, 2025)

OpenAI rolled out ChatGPT Agent on July 18–19, 2025, a mode that lets the chatbot act on the user’s behalf using a virtual browser and plugins like Gmail and GitHub to perform multi-step tasks with user permission. AWS unveiled AgentCore at its NY Summit, a toolkit for enterprises to build and deploy custom AI agents at scale, featuring seven core agent services and an AI Agents Marketplace, plus a $100 million fund for agentic AI startups. Meta Platforms formed Superintelligence Labs and vowed to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in AI, while carrying out a mass talent recruitment including
19 July 2025
2025’s Top Smartwatches & Fitness Trackers – Latest Innovations and 2026 Trends

2025’s Top Smartwatches & Fitness Trackers – Latest Innovations and 2026 Trends

Apple Watch Series 10 (2024) features a 1.9-inch OLED display, ECG, SpO₂, skin-temperature sensing, and about 18 hours of battery life, with Series 11 rumored for fall 2025 to bring major innovations such as a possible Watch X design and micro‑LED display. Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 (2025) comes in 41mm and 45mm sizes, adds the Antioxidant Index and Bedtime Guidance, uses a faster 3nm Exynos W930 chip, and starts at $349 for the 41mm Bluetooth model. Samsung Galaxy Ring launched in 2025 as a titanium smart ring with heart-rate, motion, and skin-temperature sensors and up to seven days of battery
19 July 2025
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Internet Access and Satellite Connectivity in Honduras: A Digital Lifeline in Central America

Internet Access and Satellite Connectivity in Honduras: A Digital Lifeline in Central America

As of early 2024, about 7.03 million Hondurans were internet users, representing 65.9% of the population. Internet penetration rose from roughly 25–30% in the mid-2010s to about 61% in 2023 and 66% in 2024. There is a sharp urban-rural divide, with about 55% of urban residents online in 2019 versus around 20% of rural residents. In 2024, Honduras had 8.41 million active mobile cellular connections, roughly 79% of the population, with many people using multiple SIM cards. By 2023, about 85% of the population had access to at least a basic 4G signal from Tigo and Claro, though speeds differ
19 July 2025
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2025–2026 Hi-Fi & Home Audio Gear Showdown: Amplifiers, Speakers & Soundbars Unveiled

2025–2026 Hi-Fi & Home Audio Gear Showdown: Amplifiers, Speakers & Soundbars Unveiled

Denon’s AVR-A1H is a 15-channel flagship AV receiver weighing about 70 pounds, delivering 150 W per channel with four independent sub outputs and 9.4.6 Dolby Atmos support. Marantz launched the CINEMA Series AV receivers, including the 9×110 W Cinema 50 and 11-channel Cinema 40, with 8K HDMI 2.1, Dirac Live upgradeability, and HDAM amplification. Yamaha’s flagship Aventage RX-A8A is an 11.2-channel AV receiver. Sony’s STR-AZ7000ES is a 13.2-channel 8K-capable AV receiver, built on a rugged steel chassis and introducing 360 Spatial Sound Mapping in its ES lineup. KEF LS60 Wireless speakers combine four force-canceling Uni-Core woofers, a Uni-Q driver array,
19 July 2025
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Future-Proof Your Home Theater: 2025-2026 TVs & Streamers Showdown

Future-Proof Your Home Theater: 2025-2026 TVs & Streamers Showdown

LG G5 OLED (2025) is part of the OLED evo line, features a four-stack panel, up to 165Hz refresh, Alpha 9 Gen8 processor, HDMI 2.1, and comes in 55″–97″ sizes with the 55″ model launched around $2,499. Samsung S95F OLED (2025) delivers up to 2,000 nits peak brightness, a 165Hz panel, four HDMI 2.1 ports, a matte anti-glare screen, and uses the Neo Quantum processor (NQ4 AI Gen3) with Vision AI, with sizes 55″–83″ and no Dolby Vision. Sony Bravia 8 II (2025) is a flagship QD-OLED with ~25% higher peak brightness than the A95L, 55″–77″ sizes, Cognitive XR processor,
19 July 2025
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2025 Wireless Audio Showdown: Hottest New Earbuds & Headphones (and 2026’s Next Big Things)

2025 Wireless Audio Showdown: Hottest New Earbuds & Headphones (and 2026’s Next Big Things)

Sony WH-1000XM6 over-ear headphones, launched mid-2024 and priced around $449, feature a 12-microphone adaptive ANC system, about 30 hours of battery with ANC, a foldable design, a 30mm carbon-fiber Soft Edge driver, LDAC, Bluetooth LE Audio with Auracast, and Speak-To-Chat. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones introduce Bose Immersive Audio with head tracking, offer up to 24 hours of battery with Immersive Audio off (about 18 hours with it on), have a $429 MSRP, and provide customizable ANC with a microphone array. Apple AirPods Max remain a premium over-ear option at $549 and 385 g, featuring Spatial Audio with dynamic head tracking
19 July 2025
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XR Face-Off: The Top Smart Glasses & Mixed Reality Headsets of 2025–26

XR Face-Off: The Top Smart Glasses & Mixed Reality Headsets of 2025–26

Apple Vision Pro, unveiled in 2023 and shipping in early 2024, uses dual 4K micro-OLED displays totaling 23 million pixels, is powered by an M2 chip plus a custom R1 processor, offers eye and hand tracking with about 12 ms passthrough latency, an external battery delivering around 2 hours, and starts at $3,499 in the US. Meta Quest 3, released in October 2023, is a standalone VR/MR headset priced at $499 for 128GB, with 2064×2208 per-eye LCD (~25 pixels per degree), ~110° field of view, 6DoF inside-out tracking, full-color passthrough, and pancake optics that are 40% thinner. Microsoft HoloLens 2,
19 July 2025
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2025’s Hottest Phones Face Off: Flagship vs. Budget (and Feature Phones) and What’s Coming in 2026

2025’s Hottest Phones Face Off: Flagship vs. Budget (and Feature Phones) and What’s Coming in 2026

In 2025 flagship smartphones use premium materials—Apple’s Pro iPhones with titanium alloy frames and Gorilla Glass Victus 2/3—while foldables such as Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7 showcase improved Ultra-Thin Glass hinges. Displays in 2025 feature OLED panels with 120Hz LTPO refresh rates, QHD+ resolution on many flagships, and brightness over 1,500 nits, with foldables refining durability and crease handling. Performance centers on 3nm/4nm chips like Apple A18 Bionic (~3nm, 10+ billion transistors) and Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, with RAM up to 16GB on top models and 6–8GB on mid-rangers. Android and iOS remain dominant, with Android
19 July 2025
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Latest Laptops, Ultrabooks & 2-in-1s (2025–2026): In-Depth Comparison

Latest Laptops, Ultrabooks & 2-in-1s (2025–2026): In-Depth Comparison

The Apple MacBook Air 13″ (M4, 2025) delivers a fanless design with about 15 hours of battery life and starts at around $999. The Dell XPS 13 (2025) uses Intel 14th-gen Core Ultra (or ARM Snapdragon X Elite), features a 13.4″ 3K OLED display, and offers up to ~24 hours of battery life. The Microsoft Surface Laptop 13.8″ (7th Edition, 2025) runs on Snapdragon X Elite and achieves roughly 12–15 hours of all‑day battery life with a fanless design. The HP Spectre x360 14 (2024) uses an Intel Core i7-1360P with a 13.5″ OLED 3:2 display and around 10 hours
19 July 2025
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2025-2026 Tablet & E-Reader Showdown: iPads, Galaxy Tabs, Kindles & More Compared

2025-2026 Tablet & E-Reader Showdown: iPads, Galaxy Tabs, Kindles & More Compared

The 2025 iPad (11th Generation) was refreshed in March 2025 with a faster A16 Bionic chip, 128 GB base storage, USB-C, an 11″ Liquid Retina display, and a price around $349. The iPad Pro (11-inch and 13-inch, 2024) received a late-2024 update with an M3/M4 chip, an Ultra Retina OLED display, up to 16 GB RAM and 2 TB storage, and the Apple Pencil Pro with hover plus a redesigned Magic Keyboard with a larger trackpad; starting prices are $999 for the 11″ and $1299 for the 13″. The iPad Air (6th Gen, 2024) comes in 11″ and 13″ sizes
19 July 2025
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Ultimate 2025-2026 Desktop PC & All-in-One Showdown: Top Picks for Every User

Ultimate 2025-2026 Desktop PC & All-in-One Showdown: Top Picks for Every User

In 2025 Dell retired its XPS, Inspiron, and OptiPlex brands in favor of a three‑tier “good‑better‑best” lineup: Dell, Dell Pro, and Dell Pro Max. HP unified its consumer PCs under the Omni branding in 2025, introducing OmniDesk desktops, OmniBook laptops, and OmniStudio all‑in‑ones. Apple’s Mac Studio (M2 Ultra, 2023) is a compact 3.7L system with up to 128GB RAM and a 60‑core GPU, while the Mac Pro (2023) offers 7 PCIe slots but cannot upgrade its GPU. At CES 2025 NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5090 features 92 billion transistors and 32GB of GDDR7 memory with DLSS 4, while top gaming desktops
19 July 2025
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Internet Access in Vatican City: History, Infrastructure, Providers, and Modern Challenges

Internet Access in Vatican City: History, Infrastructure, Providers, and Modern Challenges

The Holy See published its first website, www.vatican.va, on December 25, 1995, marking Vatican City’s online debut and the creation of the Vatican Internet Service. By the late 1990s the Vatican established the Internet Office of the Holy See as its ISP, connected Vatican City to the global internet, and secured the .va domain for the state. In 2010 a contract with Telecom Italia deployed a fiber-optic network linking Vatican sites and extraterritorial properties such as Castel Gandolfo and the Vatican Radio transmission center. By 2020 about 5,000 Vatican telephone lines were connected through an IMS digital exchange, with fiber
18 July 2025
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AI Revolution: 48 Hours of Breakthroughs, Battles, and Backlash (July 17–18, 2025)

AI Revolution: 48 Hours of Breakthroughs, Battles, and Backlash (July 17–18, 2025)

On July 17, 2025, OpenAI launched ChatGPT Agent, introducing an agent mode that can take actions such as booking reservations, shopping, or drafting documents and can connect to apps like Gmail and GitHub, with safeguards that the system will always ask for user confirmation before major actions and can be interrupted. Starting immediately, subscribers to ChatGPT Pro, Plus, and Team plans can activate this agent mode. At the AWS Summit New York on July 17, Amazon announced Bedrock AgentCore, a platform with seven core services to enable autonomous AI agents, plus an AI Agents & Tools marketplace and a $100
18 July 2025
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Robotaxis, Rocket Launches, and Record Profits – Tech Highlights (July 17–18, 2025)

Robotaxis, Rocket Launches, and Record Profits – Tech Highlights (July 17–18, 2025)

Uber to deploy 20,000 robotaxis across the United States starting in 2026, with a $300 million investment in Lucid Motors and a partnership with Nuro to use Lucid Gravity SUVs with Nuro’s autonomous driving system. Fortinet FortiWeb faced a critical SQL injection flaw, CVE-2025-25257, compromising at least 49 instances as of July 17. Australian medical tech firm Compumedics disclosed a ransomware breach exposing more than 320,000 patient records across three countries. Google rushed out a patch for the fifth Chrome zero-day vulnerability of 2025. SpaceX launched 24 Amazon Kuiper satellites from Cape Canaveral on July 17, the third Kuiper deployment,
18 July 2025
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Battle of the Pro Tablets: Apple M2 iPad Pro vs Microsoft Surface Pro 11 – Which Reigns Supreme?

Battle of the Pro Tablets: Apple M2 iPad Pro vs Microsoft Surface Pro 11 – Which Reigns Supreme?

The iPad Pro 12.9″ (M2, 2022) uses an 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU, and a 16-core Neural Engine. Its 12.9″ display uses mini-LED Liquid Retina XDR with 2732×2048 resolution, 120Hz ProMotion, and up to 1600 nits peak HDR brightness. The Surface Pro 11 (13″, 2024) is powered by Snapdragon X Plus (10-core) or X Elite (12-core) ARM chips, with a base 13″ PixelSense Flow LCD 2880×1920 at 120Hz and an OLED option on higher configurations. Base RAM/storage: iPad Pro starts with 8 GB RAM and 128 GB storage (16 GB RAM on 1 TB/2 TB models, up to 2 TB storage);
18 July 2025
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Drone Laws in Poland (2025): Comprehensive Guide to Regulations & Requirements

Drone Laws in Poland (2025): Comprehensive Guide to Regulations & Requirements

Poland has implemented the EU drone framework since 31 December 2020 under Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/945 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947, with the Civil Aviation Authority (ULC) enforcing it. EU drone operations are categorized into Open (low risk), Specific (medium risk), and Certified (high risk); Open drones must be under 25 kg and fly up to 120 meters AGL in VLOS. Poland does not differentiate between recreational and commercial use by law; regulations depend on the operation’s risk category. Operator registration is mandatory for drones weighing 250 g or more or with a camera, registered online via the National
18 July 2025
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Apple Vision Pro vs Meta Quest 3: In-Depth Comparison and Review 2025

Apple Vision Pro vs Meta Quest 3: In-Depth Comparison and Review 2025

Apple Vision Pro was announced in mid-2023 and began shipping in early 2024 at $3,499 for 256GB (and $3,899 for 1TB). Meta Quest 3 launched in October 2023 worldwide, with a starting price of $499 for 128GB and $649 for 512GB. The Vision Pro headset weighs about 600–650 g and uses an external 353 g battery, while the Quest 3 headset weighs about 515 g. Vision Pro uses dual micro-OLED displays totaling about 23 million pixels (~4K per eye) with an approximate per-eye resolution of 3660×3200, whereas Quest 3 uses a 4K+-class LCD with 2064×2208 per eye. Vision Pro’s field
18 July 2025
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Apple AirPods Max vs Sony WH-1000XM6: Flagship Headphones Face-off (2025 Comparison)

Apple AirPods Max vs Sony WH-1000XM6: Flagship Headphones Face-off (2025 Comparison)

AirPods Max weighs about 385–386 grams with a stainless steel headband and anodized aluminum ear cups, while Sony WH-1000XM6 weighs about 250 grams with a plastic, memory-foam design. The Sony WH-1000XM6 adds a folding hinge for compact travel, whereas the AirPods Max has no hinge and uses a minimal Smart Case. AirPods Max uses 40 mm custom dynamic drivers, while Sony WH-1000XM6 uses 30 mm drivers. AirPods Max supports spatial audio with dynamic head tracking on Apple devices, while Sony WH-1000XM6 offers 360 Reality Audio with head tracking on supported services. AirPods Max uses AAC (plus SBC) with no LDAC
18 July 2025
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Stock Market Today

Big Tech’s $630B AI data-center spending surge is squeezing chips, electricians — and investor patience

Big Tech’s $630B AI data-center spending surge is squeezing chips, electricians — and investor patience

8 February 2026
Amazon shares fell 9% Friday after announcing a $200 billion capital spending plan for 2026. Alphabet and Meta also outlined record capex, raising concerns about free cash flow and forcing potential cuts to buybacks or increased borrowing. Investors punished several tech stocks, including Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, ServiceNow, and Salesforce, while Nvidia rose. The surge in AI infrastructure spending is straining supply chains and power capacity.
New MEXC safety review puts proof-of-reserves and withdrawal locks in the spotlight

New MEXC safety review puts proof-of-reserves and withdrawal locks in the spotlight

8 February 2026
A security review published Sunday highlighted MEXC’s use of withdrawal locks, two-factor authentication, and an account-freeze tool to counter account takeovers. MEXC restricts service in the U.S., Singapore, and other major markets. The company’s guides detail whitelist-based withdrawal controls and anti-phishing codes. Proof-of-reserves reports, often cited by exchanges, may not reveal all risks, according to U.S. audit authorities.
Nu Holdings stock jumps to $17.40 — what to watch next for Nubank shares

Nu Holdings stock jumps to $17.40 — what to watch next for Nubank shares

8 February 2026
Nu Holdings shares closed at $17.40 Friday, up 3.5%, as the Dow topped 50,000 for the first time. The Brazil-based fintech recently received conditional U.S. approval to form a national bank but still needs further regulatory sign-offs. Investors await Nu’s fourth-quarter earnings on Feb. 25.
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