The UAE launched the UAE Drone One-Stop Platform, drones.gov.ae, in late 2024 to centralize pilot and drone registration, flight approvals, training information, and incident reporting, with full cross-emirate rollout by mid-2025. Abu Dhabi’s Department of Municipalities and Transport issued Administrative Decision No. 48 of 2024 on April 5, 2024, regulating civil drone use in the…
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Over 80% of companies worldwide now use some form of chatbot technology. The global chatbot market is projected to reach $9.4 billion by 2025. The release of ChatGPT in 2022 sparked massive interest in generative AI-powered business chatbots. Gartner predicted that by 2024, 40% of enterprise applications will have embedded conversational AI capabilities. Chatbots can…
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AI video generators use neural networks, including GANs and diffusion models, trained on large datasets to turn text, images, or clips into realistic videos. They storyboard from a text prompt, breaking a script into scenes and automatically assembling visuals and audio with automated edits and transitions. Text-to-video generation is available on platforms like Runway Gen-2…
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As of 2023, nearly 89% of all broadband connections in South Korea are fiber-optic, the highest share in the world. South Korea launched commercial 5G in April 2019, becoming the first country to do so. By late 2023, SK Telecom alone had over 15 million 5G subscribers, with KT and LG U+ close behind. The…
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Honeywell partnered with Verizon to integrate 5G connectivity into smart meters, achieving data speeds up to 10 Gbps for near real-time consumption data and improved demand forecasting. Eaton unveiled an AI-based wildfire prevention system called HiZ Protect that detects high-impedance power line faults with 95% accuracy in under 0.5 seconds. Hitachi Energy and AWS launched…
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By early 2025, fiber is available to over 7–8 million of about 9.3 million Dutch households, roughly 75–85% coverage. Fiber take-up reached about 3.2 million lines by end-2024. DSL is rapidly being phased out as KPN replaces copper with fiber and piloted copper network shutdowns in areas where fiber is live. Cable networks cover roughly…
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NIST published Special Publication 1800-35, “Implementing a Zero Trust Architecture,” in June 2025, offering 19 example ZTA implementations built with off-the-shelf commercial technologies. Gartner forecast that by the end of 2025, 60% of enterprises will embrace zero trust as a starting point for security. Illumio and NVIDIA announced an OT Zero Trust Segmentation partnership in…
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On June 28, SpaceX launched back-to-back Falcon 9s from Cape Canaveral (27 Starlink satellites) and Vandenberg (26 Starlink satellites), with boosters landing on the droneships “A Shortfall of Gravitas” and “Of Course I Still Love You.” These two Starlink launches in a single day pushed SpaceX’s active constellation to over 7,900 satellites in orbit. SpaceX…
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Brazil regulates drones through ANAC, DECEA, and ANATEL, distinguishing recreational model aircraft from non-recreational RPAs while applying many core rules to both. Drones must maintain a 30-meter horizontal distance from uninvolved people, and a single pilot may operate only one drone at a time. Recreational users can fly model aircraft with no minimum age, and…
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Japan’s H-2A completed its 50th and final launch on June 28, 2025, carrying the GOSAT-GW climate-monitoring satellite, after a 49-for-50 success rate (98%). Over its service, H-2A lofted payloads including SELENE (Kaguya), Akatsuki, Hayabusa 2, and the Emirates Mars Mission. H3, Japan’s next-generation launcher, is designed to be more cost-effective and flexible, standing about 57–63…
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