The national fiber-optic backbone, about 1,300 km long, was completed in 2018 by Huawei to connect major cities and border links in Malawi. In July 2023, ESCOM linked Malawi to Tanzania’s national broadband backbone, a move expected to lower international bandwidth costs and extend connectivity to rural areas. In 2023, Liquid Intelligent Technologies launched a…
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Nintendo Switch 2 launched on June 5, 2025, alongside a wave of first-party titles, with Mario Kart World as a day-one exclusive priced at $79.99. Enhanced Switch 2 editions of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild were released on launch day with improved performance.…
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Waymo’s robotaxis are now providing over 150,000 autonomous rides per week in U.S. cities. By 2025 AI drives an estimated 80–90% of trading volume in major stock markets. The EU AI Act entered into force in August 2024, with prohibitions enforceable by February 2025, general-purpose AI rules taking effect by August 2025, and high-risk requirements…
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Global consumer tech sales are projected to reach $1.29 trillion in 2025, about 2% growth over 2024. Apple leads wearables with roughly a 20–25% global market share in recent quarters, driven by its Watch and AirPods lines. Wearable shipments grew 5.4% in 2024 to 534.6 million units and are expected to grow 4.1% in 2025…
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Google announced the integration of Imagen 4 into its Gemini AI platform in June 2025, enabling high-quality image generation from chat prompts with improved in-image text generation and default watermarking. Meta unveiled V-JEPA 2 on June 11, 2025, a Video Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture that uses self-supervised learning to understand video and enables zero-shot robot…
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The global AI market is estimated at $758 billion in 2025 and is projected to rise to multiple trillions in the next decade. Apple’s 2025 software enables an iPhone to run a local large language model for Siri, marking edge AI in consumer devices. The AI semiconductor market is projected to exceed $150 billion in…
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Apple WWDC 2025 (June 9–13) introduced iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26 Tahoe, watchOS 26, tvOS 26, visionOS 26, a unified Liquid Glass design, and on-device Apple Intelligence with Live Translation and Image Playground. Google I/O 2025 showcased Android 16, AI-powered features across services, Android XR, and NotebookLM as a standalone Android app powered by…
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France 2030, launched in 2021 as a €30 billion investment plan, prioritizes converging 5G with space through end-to-end NTN pilots. The European Commission’s IRIS² programme, approved in 2022, will deploy hundreds of satellites (about 270 LEO and 18 MEO) and be fully operational by 2030, with Eutelsat as a prime contractor. In early 2025, Eutelsat…
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A 2-watt laser on a geostationary satellite delivered a 1 Gbps downlink to Earth from 36,000 km away. The AO-MDR system combines Adaptive Optics and Mode Diversity Reception to overcome atmospheric turbulence. The ground receiver used an 1.8-meter telescope with a 357-actuator deformable mirror to correct wavefront distortions. After AO correction, the beam was split…
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The global high-resolution SAR imaging market was about $5.4 billion in 2024 and is forecast to reach about $11.6 billion by 2030, a CAGR of roughly 13%. Capella Space had around 10–15 satellites in 2024 delivering 0.5 m and 0.25 m resolution imagery, while ICEYE operates the world’s largest SAR constellation with 20+ satellites. Recent…
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