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Category: Access

Ukraine’s Real Estate 2025: War Reshapes Markets with Surging Rents, High Yields & Rebuilding Hopes

Overview: A Resilient Market Amid Conflict Despite the ongoing war and economic turbulence, Ukraine’s real estate market in 2025 shows remarkable resilience and adaptation. Home prices are actually rising in many areas – especially the safer western regions – even as conflict pressures others. According to official data, new-build housing prices jumped 15.7% year-on-year in…
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Live Satellite Images and Real-Time Maps: Top Platforms for Web & Mobile

Live satellite imagery has become increasingly accessible, allowing anyone to view near real-time maps of Earth from space on web browsers or smartphones. This report reviews major platforms and services – both free public tools and professional-grade commercial systems – that provide live or near-real-time satellite images. We include official links, key features, platform availability (web/mobile), common use cases…
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Top 100 Hottest AI Tools Revolutionizing Life and Work in 2025

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the way we live and work. From automating routine tasks to unleashing new creative possibilities, AI tools in 2025 are more powerful and accessible than ever. Below we present 100 of the most important, popular, and emerging AI tools that enhance productivity and quality of life across a range of…
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Don’t Fly Blind: The Ultimate 2025 Guide to France’s Drone Laws for Hobbyists & Pros

France’s drone regulations have evolved significantly in recent years, especially with the adoption of unified European Union (EU) rules. As of 2025, flying a drone—whether for fun or for business—means navigating a comprehensive legal framework designed to ensure safety, privacy, and airspace security rcteam.com rcteam.com. This guide breaks down everything you need to know about…
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The 2025 Generative AI Rulebook: How New Laws Are Re-Wiring Innovation—And What’s Coming Next (AI Policy Report)

Executive snapshot 1. Where the law stands today (mid-2025) Jurisdiction Binding instrument Status & key 2025 deadlines Direct requirements for generative / foundation models European Union Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 – “AI Act” Entered into force 1 Aug 2024; prohibitions apply 2 Feb 2025; general-purpose model rules kick in 2 Aug 2025 and most other obligations…
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Eritrea’s Digital Desert: Inside the World’s Most Isolated Internet – and the Satellite Lifeline on the Horizon

Eritrea is notorious for its exceptionally limited internet connectivity – often likened to a “digital desert” or even called the “North Korea of Africa” in terms of information isolation. Despite being a coastal nation in the Horn of Africa, Eritrea has eschewed modern internet infrastructure and access for decades. Fewer than 1 in 4 Eritreans…
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The Digital Desert: Inside Equatorial Guinea’s Struggle for Internet Access

Equatorial Guinea is an oil-rich nation often dubbed a “digital desert” due to its severely limited internet access. Despite one of Africa’s highest GDPs per capita, the country has among the world’s worst connectivity in terms of cost, speed, and availability newscentral.africa connectingafrica.com. With internet prices reaching nearly $50 per gigabyte – the most expensive…
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Internet Access in The Bahamas

The Bahamas boasts one of the highest internet penetration rates in the Caribbean. As of January 2024, an estimated 390,800 Bahamians were internet users – roughly 94.4% of the population datareportal.com. This marks a dramatic rise from just 43% in 2010 statista.com. In other words, only about 5–6% of Bahamians remain offline datareportal.com. The vast…
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State of Internet Access in Azerbaijan: From Fiber to the Final Frontier

Historical Overview of Internet Development in Azerbaijan Azerbaijan connected to the global internet relatively early in the post-Soviet era, with the first internet connection established in 1994 and public access becoming available by 1996 az-netwatch.org. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, internet services were initially limited and expensive, dominated by dial-up connections and a…
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State of Internet Access in Angola: From Urban Hubs to Satellite Lifelines

Angola has made significant strides in expanding internet access over the past decade, yet connectivity remains very uneven between its urban hubs and rural hinterlands. With a population of about 37 million datareportal.com – most of them young and over two-thirds living in cities datareportal.com – Angola’s digital landscape is growing rapidly. As of early…
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