The Sahara spans about 9 million square kilometers (3.6 million square miles) across North Africa and covers ten countries: Algeria, Mali, Niger, Chad, Libya, Sudan, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia. A Trans-Saharan Fiber Backbone is under development to connect Algeria, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, and Tunisia along the Trans-Saharan Highway, tying inland towns to multiple…
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On July 1, 2025, Google released Gemini 2.5 Pro and Gemini 2.5 Flash to GA, with Flash-Lite added as a low-latency, low-cost variant. On July 16, 2025, Gemini 2.5 Pro powered Google Search’s AI Mode for premium tiers (Google AI Pro and AI Ultra), introducing Deep Search that autonomously runs hundreds of web searches and…
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At Bletchley Park in the 1940s, Alan Turing and colleagues decrypted Enigma messages, providing ULTRA intelligence that aided Allied victory. The United States began launching military communications satellites in the 1960s, and by 1982 the second- and third-generation DSCS satellites offered nuclear-hardened, anti-jamming, high-data-rate links worldwide. In 1976, Diffie–Hellman introduced public-key cryptography, and DES was…
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In August 2022, Xperi announced TiVo OS at IFA Berlin and named Vestel as the first OEM partner. By November 2023, TiVo OS had six OEM partners shipping TVs in 15 European countries under 17 brand names. In mid-2023, the first TiVo OS TVs began shipping in Europe, with Vestel-produced models including Bush, JVC, Telefunken,…
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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…
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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…
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In Q4 2024, YouTube’s advertising sales reached $10.5 billion, up from $9.2 billion in Q4 2023, boosted by U.S. midterm spending. Analysts estimated YouTube’s 2024 ad revenues at $35–36 billion, about 13–14% of Alphabet’s total ad intake, with some valuing YouTube at roughly $550 billion as a standalone enterprise. As of 2025, YouTube Premium and…
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Samsung was founded in 1938 by Lee Byung-chul as a trading company and later diversified into electronics in the late 1960s, becoming South Korea’s largest chaebol. After Lee Byung-chul’s death in 1987 the group was split among family branches, but the Lee family still controls via cross-shareholdings and Samsung Group accounts for about 20% of…
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The global drone market is projected to grow from about $42 billion in 2025 to nearly $90 billion by 2030, a CAGR of roughly 13–14%. The Drone Industry Insights forecast excludes passenger eVTOLs and estimates the overall drone market at $57.8 billion by 2030, up from about $40.6 billion in 2025. DaaS (Drones-as-a-Service) is projected…
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In 2024 the global space economy was valued at roughly $550–600 billion, with projections to approach $1 trillion within 10–15 years. North America, led by the U.S., accounted for about 60% of world space spending in 2024, with American firms building 83% of all commercial satellites launched that year and earning 69% of global satellite…
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