The iPhone 17 family will comprise four models—iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Air, iPhone 17 Pro, and iPhone 17 Pro Max—with the Plus variant dropped and a September 2025 launch tied to iOS 19/26. The iPhone 17 Air is expected to be ultra-thin at about 5.5–6mm, feature a centered rectangular camera bar, use an eSIM-only design,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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