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Smartphone Wars 2025: Inside the Global Market Shake-Up, Trends, and Future Tech Disruptions

Executive Summary The global smartphone industry is undergoing a pivotal transformation in 2025. After rebounding from pandemic-era slumps, worldwide smartphone shipments grew to around 1.24 billion units in 2024 iconnect007.com, marking a 6.4% annual increase and a return to growth after two years of decline. Revenues have surged past $500 billion annually, fueled by a…
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From Battlefields to Space: How Ukraine’s Satellite Program Skyrocketed in 2024-2025

Introduction: War Sparks a New Space Race in Ukraine Russia’s full-scale invasion has dramatically accelerated Ukraine’s drive into the satellite age. Once a quiet player in space, Ukraine in 2024-2025 is treating satellites as strategic necessities rather than luxuries mod.gov.ua. Under the pressures of war, the country has launched ambitious new programs, forged international partnerships,…
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Unstoppable “Unjammable” Drones: How Fiber-Optic Technology is Revolutionizing Warfare and Beyond

Introduction: A New Era of Drone Technology In the forests of eastern Ukraine, thin glinting strands now drape from treetops – the telltale webs of fiber-optic drone cables scattered across the battlefield businessinsider.com. These fiber-optic drones represent a breakthrough in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology, enabling operators to pilot drones via a wired fiber-optic tether…
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2025 Fighter Jet Revolution: New Stealth Fighters, Global Deals, and Sky-High Showdowns

Newly Unveiled and Upgraded Fighter Jets in 2025 – Global Military Fighter Jet News Roundup from 2025 China publicly unveiled its new fifth-generation carrier jet program this year, revealing the Shenyang J-35 stealth fighter and an upgraded J-15T naval fighter asiatimes.com asiatimes.com. In a state media broadcast, at least two J-35 prototypes were seen at…
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China’s July 2025 Tech Shockwave: AI Supercomputers, Chip Wars & EV Showdowns

AI Breakthroughs and Ambitions China’s artificial intelligence sector surged ahead in July 2025 with bold moves in both software and infrastructure. Early in the month, Beijing-based startup Moonshot AI open-sourced its latest large language model “Kimi K2,” claiming it outperforms other open models and even rivals top U.S. models in coding and complex tasks reuters.com…
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Global Tech Shake-Up: Massive Breakthroughs and Crises Rock the Industry (12–13 July 2025 Roundup)

Hypercar Hits 2,000HP, Bitcoin Breaks Records, and Hydrogen for 170,000 Years – Global Tech Roundup July 13, 2025 – It’s been a whirlwind weekend in tech. From record-shattering electric vehicles in China and Europe to major moves in crypto policy and renewable energy breakthroughs, the past 48 hours showcased the diverse innovations and headlines redefining…
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Cosmic Webs, Hidden Galaxies, and Political Turbulence: This Week’s Space News Will Change How You See the Universe / Updated: 2025, July 13th, 00:01 CET

The Universe’s Skeleton Revealed: Mapping the Cosmic Web Astronomers have achieved a milestone in cosmic cartography by mapping the cosmic web—the vast, filamentary structure that connects galaxy clusters across the universe. Using X-ray observatories, Konstantinos Migkas and his team detected a staggering 23-million-light-year filament, with temperatures soaring to 10 million degrees. This filament, more than…
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Internet Access in Palestine: West Bank and Gaza

Palestine – encompassing the West Bank and Gaza Strip – has made strides in expanding internet access, but it lags behind global and regional standards due to unique political and infrastructural challenges en.wikipedia.org. Decades of Israeli occupation and the terms of the Oslo Accords have constrained the development of telecommunications, limiting spectrum access and hindering…
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AI News Today: Shocking Breakthroughs, Job Shakeups, and the Battle for Human Values / Updated: 2025, July 12th, 12:01 CET

Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a distant promise—it’s the engine powering seismic shifts across industries, societies, and even our personal lives. From billion-dollar investments and regulatory showdowns to ethical dilemmas and emotional entanglements with chatbots, today’s AI news cycle is a microcosm of humanity’s hopes, fears, and ambitions. This exhaustive roundup unpacks the latest…
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AI News Today: Grok’s Scandals, Global Regulation, Job Losses & The Race for Ethical, Human-Centric Artificial Intelligence / Updated: 2025, July 12th, 00:02 CET

Introduction: A Week That Redefined Artificial Intelligence The past week in artificial intelligence (AI) has been nothing short of seismic. From Elon Musk’s Grok chatbot igniting global controversy with hate speech, to the European Union rolling out new codes of conduct for generative AI, and tech giants like Microsoft and Nvidia reshaping the economic landscape,…
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