NASA announced live space coverage on Netflix in 2025, following the launch of NASA+ on Amazon Prime. From July 2025, Starlink Direct to Cell, launched with T-Mobile, will let smartphones connect directly to Starlink satellites for calls and messages, backed by 657 Starlink V3 satellites. Starlink received regulatory clearance to deliver satellite internet to rural…
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The article compares AirPods Pro 2 against a lineup that includes Sony WF-1000XM5, Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II and Ultra, Samsung Galaxy Buds 2 Pro/3 Pro, Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3/4, Jabra Elite 10, Beats Fit Pro, and Google Pixel Buds Pro in 2025. Bose QC Earbuds II are described as delivering the strongest ANC, with…
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As of early 2025, CAAM requires a permit for every drone flight in Malaysia, with an Authorisation To Fly (ATF) permit required before take-off for all operations. Drones are categorized by weight as ‘small’ up to 20 kg and ‘large’ above 20 kg, with drones heavier than 20 kg banned from operation unless specially authorized…
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Kyivstar is Europe’s pilot market for Starlink Direct-to-Cell (D2C), beating larger EU operators by at least 12 months in field tests. The rollout is two-phase: OTT messaging and SMS by end-2025, followed by full mobile broadband with voice by Q2 2026. The system is designed to keep phones alive during blackouts and grid outages, providing…
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June 17–18, 2025, the Confidential Computing Summit featured OPAQUE Systems unveiling Confidential Agents, a platform that runs AI agents inside TEEs for secure RAG workflows with encrypted data, policy enforcement, and auditability. On the same dates, OPAQUE joined the AGNTCY open‑source consortium led by Cisco’s Outshift and LangChain to build a trust infrastructure for the…
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On June 5, 2025, United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) detected unauthorized activity on its IT network, shut down large portions of its systems, activated its incident-response plan, and caused nationwide disruptions to food deliveries. Qantas disclosed on June 30, 2025, a cyber breach in a third-party call center platform exposing personal data of about 6…
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On June 10, 2025, Cisco Live announced Universal ZTNA and AI-Era Security, including Universal Zero Trust Network Access that authenticates users, devices and AI agents, plus Hybrid Mesh Firewall and Splunk integrations. At Zenith Live on June 3, 2025, Zscaler unveiled the Zero Trust Everywhere Suite with Zero Trust Branch, Zero Trust Gateway for Cloud…
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In early 2024, 92.1% of Israelis—about 8.51 million people—were online, according to DataReportal. Israel has about 10.40 million mobile subscriptions, yielding 112.5% mobile penetration due to multi-SIM usage. Roughly 92.9% of Israelis live in urban areas, with 7.1% rural. Median speeds are high: fixed broadband 167.4 Mbps and mobile 40.2 Mbps (early 2024), and Speedtest…
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GPT-5 will be a unified model that merges OpenAI’s GPT series with its experimental o-series reasoning models, so ChatGPT-5 will automatically know when to think deeply or to use tools without users selecting a mode. GPT-5 will be OpenAI’s first chain-of-thought AI, enabling step-by-step internal reasoning and integrating the o3 reasoning model to improve math,…
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On June 19, 2025 UK RegTech firm CUBE announced the acquisition of Acin, its fourth deal since 2023, folding Acin’s controls benchmarking network into CUBE’s platform to form an end-to-end link from regulations to risk controls for about 1,000 institutional clients in 20+ countries with 700 staff, backed by Barclays, BNP Paribas, Citi, J.P. Morgan,…
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