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NASDAQ:AMZN News 31 August 2025 - 6 September 2025

Apple HomePod 3 vs. The Smart Speaker Competition: 2025’s Ultimate Showdown

Apple HomePod 3 vs. The Smart Speaker Competition: 2025’s Ultimate Showdown

Sound Quality & Speaker Hardware When it comes to audio performance, Apple’s HomePod line has set a high bar for what a “smart speaker” can sound like. The HomePod 2nd generation inherited the original’s acoustic prowess: it features a single 4-inch high-excursion woofer for deep, authoritative bass and a ring of five horn-loaded tweeters for clear highs Theverge. Each tweeter is beamforming, meaning the HomePod actively shapes the sound field and, with an array of built-in microphones, it auto-calibrates to its environment in real time. Place it against a wall or in an open room, and it senses the acoustics
6 September 2025
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Internet Access Chaos: Blackouts, Crackdowns & Broadband Breakthroughs (Sept 5–6, 2025)

Internet Access Chaos: Blackouts, Crackdowns & Broadband Breakthroughs (Sept 5–6, 2025)

Major Outages and Internet Shutdowns In early September 2025, multiple outages and deliberate shutdowns disrupted internet access for millions across different regions. In the United States, a major Verizon network failure on August 30 demonstrated the fragility of even advanced telecom systems ts2.tech. Starting around midday (Eastern time), Verizon mobile users from California to New York suddenly lost service, with their phones stuck in emergency “SOS only” mode instead of connecting to any network ts2.tech. By mid-afternoon, outage reports spiked above 23,000 as people complained they couldn’t make calls or use mobile data ts2.tech. Verizon attributed the blackout to a
6 September 2025
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AI Chip Boom, Google’s New Tricks, and Hollywood’s Robot Wars – Today’s AI News Roundup

AI Chip Arms Race: Nvidia’s Dominance, Broadcom’s Bold Move, and the Future of Silicon Supremacy

Key Facts 1. Overview – What Are AI Chips and Why Do They Matter? Artificial intelligence chips (“AI chips”) are specialized microprocessors designed specifically for AI workloads. Unlike general-purpose CPUs, AI chips (such as GPUs, TPUs, FPGAs, and AI-specific ASICs) are architected to perform the massively parallel, math-intensive operations that machine learning models require cset.georgetown.edu cset.georgetown.edu. This means they can crunch matrices, tensors, and neural network calculations far more efficiently than traditional processors. AI chips have become the critical enablers of modern AI breakthroughs. The latest deep learning models – from image recognizers to large language models like ChatGPT – demand staggering computational power. For example, training a
5 September 2025
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Ring’s Flying Security Cam Takes Off Again? Inside the Ring Always Home Cam & the Future of Home Surveillance

Ring’s Flying Security Cam Takes Off Again? Inside the Ring Always Home Cam & the Future of Home Surveillance

A Flying Security Camera for Your Living Room The Ring Always Home Cam is unlike any security camera you’ve seen – because it doesn’t sit in one place. Announced at Amazon’s 2020 hardware event, this pint-sized indoor drone is designed to take off from its dock and fly preset routes through your house, giving you a roaming eye on your property digitaltrends.com digitaltrends.com. It essentially promises to be “an extension of your own two eyes”, reaching every corner that a fixed camera can’t digitaltrends.com. Ring’s pitch was simple: instead of buying a camera for each room, one flying cam could
5 September 2025
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AI Revolution in Overdrive: GPT-5 Debut, Billion-Dollar Bets & Global Crackdowns (Sept 4–5, 2025)

AI Revolution in Overdrive: GPT-5 Debut, Billion-Dollar Bets & Global Crackdowns (Sept 4–5, 2025)

Generative AI Breakthroughs and New Tools OpenAI’s GPT-5 launch took center stage, arriving as the company’s first major model upgrade since GPT-4. Announced in August and now rolling out broadly, GPT-5 is described as OpenAI’s “smartest, fastest, most useful model yet” openai.com. It integrates a novel “thinking” mode that allows longer reasoning when needed, giving expert-level responses in coding, math, writing, vision and more openai.com. The model is unified (one system handling both quick replies and deeper reasoning) and significantly improves factual accuracy, coding abilities and reduced hallucinations. GPT-5 is available to all ChatGPT users (with premium tiers getting extended
5 September 2025
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Nest Wifi Pro vs The Mesh Wi-Fi Competition (2025 Showdown) 🚀

Nest Wifi Pro vs The Mesh Wi-Fi Competition (2025 Showdown) 🚀

Meet Google Nest Wifi Pro (Wi-Fi 6E Mesh by Google) Google’s glossy Nest Wifi Pro router sports a minimalist design meant to blend into home decor. Each unit has two Ethernet ports and houses a tri-band Wi‑Fi 6E radio (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, and 6 GHz). Google’s Nest Wifi Pro is a mesh-capable wireless router system in the Nest smart home family, introduced in October 2022 en.wikipedia.org as the successor to the 2019 Nest Wifi. It’s Google’s first Wi-Fi 6E router, meaning it adds the new 6 GHz band alongside 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz theverge.com. Each Nest Wifi Pro unit is identical – there’s no separate “point” with reduced
3 September 2025
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Global Satellite Industry Skyrockets: Inside the $400B Space Boom and the Race to $1+ Trillion by 2035

Global Satellite Industry Skyrockets: Inside the $400B Space Boom and the Race to $1+ Trillion by 2035

Key Facts Industry Overview and Historical Context (A Decade of Transformation) Just 10–15 years ago, the satellite industry was a relatively stable domain dominated by government programs and a handful of commercial players focused on geostationary communications satellites. In 2010 the global space economy was around $277 billion thespacereport.org, heavily driven by broadcasting (satellite TV) and government-funded activities. Since then, the industry has nearly doubled in size, fueled by a wave of private-sector innovation often dubbed the “NewSpace” movement. Companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin – founded in 2002 and 2000 respectively – began to challenge traditional aerospace firms by the
2 September 2025
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2025 Streaming Wars: The Best Video, Music & Gaming Platforms Revealed

2025 Streaming Wars: The Best Video, Music & Gaming Platforms Revealed

Key Facts Video Streaming Platforms in 2025: Netflix vs. Disney+ vs. Prime Video (and More) Video streaming in 2025 is a mature but fiercely competitive market, now pivoting from breakneck growth to balancing profitability and subscriber satisfaction. Consumers have more choices than ever – the average American subscribes to nearly four streaming services – and the major players are refining their strategies. The “big three” global services are Netflix, Amazon’s Prime Video, and Disney+, each with its own strengths: Regional and Niche Players: In the U.S., services like Hulu (which Disney now controls and is merging with Disney+ content) and
1 September 2025
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Wi‑Fi Titans Clash: Starlink Gen3 vs TP‑Link Deco BE95 vs Netgear Orbi 970 – 2025 Mesh Router Showdown

Global Satellite Internet Showdown 2025: Starlink vs. Viasat vs. OneWeb – Who’s Winning the Race for Space Broadband?

Key Facts Introduction Satellite internet has entered a new era in 2025. Once a niche last-resort service with slow speeds and tiny data caps, it’s now a fast-growing sector powering everything from rural homes to airplanes in flight. The charge has been led by SpaceX’s Starlink, the low-Earth orbit constellation that proved satellite broadband can be fast and relatively low-latency. Hot on its heels are legacy players like Viasat and HughesNet upgrading their systems, new LEO networks like OneWeb targeting businesses, and tech giants like Amazon’s Project Kuiper preparing to launch full services. Even regional and government initiatives are joining
31 August 2025
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Agility Robotics’ DIGIT: The Humanoid Robot Revolutionizing Warehouse Work

Agility Robotics’ DIGIT: The Humanoid Robot Revolutionizing Warehouse Work

Key Facts Meet DIGIT: A Humanoid Built for Work DIGIT is Agility Robotics’ flagship humanoid robot, purpose-built to tackle physical work in human environments. Standing about 1.7 m (5’9”) tall and weighing ~64 kg (140 lbs) reemanrobot.com, DIGIT has a human-like bipedal form factor. It walks upright on two legs, giving it the ability to traverse terrain and spaces designed for people – from ramps and doorways to narrow warehouse aisles technologymagazine.com. DIGIT’s arms serve both for balance and manipulation; they’re equipped with grippers enabling it to pick up and carry containers, boxes, and other objects up to about 35
31 August 2025
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Beatbot AquaSense 2 Review & 2025 Pool Robot Showdown

Beatbot AquaSense 2 Review & 2025 Pool Robot Showdown

Is This Cordless Pool Cleaner a Game-Changer or Just Hype? Key Facts <br> In-Depth Review: Beatbot AquaSense 2 Cleaning Technology & Performance The AquaSense 2 promises “smart cleaning for the whole pool” with its 3-in-1 design beatbot.com. It uses a four-motor drive system (two for propulsion and two for vacuum suction) to traverse floors and climb walls. During each wall ascent, it performs a double-pass scrub of the waterline with rotating brushes amazon.com, a feature aimed at removing stubborn biofilm more effectively than single-pass cleaners amazon.com. In practice, users confirm it does climb walls well – one reviewer noted it
31 August 2025
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Swann EVO Wireless Solar Camera – Can This Solar Security Cam Outsmart Arlo & Ring?

Swann EVO Wireless Solar Camera – Can This Solar Security Cam Outsmart Arlo & Ring?

Key Facts Technical Specifications and Features Resolution & Optics: The Swann EVO Solar cam records in 2K Quad HD (about twice the detail of standard 1080p) t3.com. This yields clear video quality where faces and objects can be distinguished more easily than on older 1080p cameras. It uses a fixed lens with a 120° wide viewing angle, minimizing blind spots and covering more area with a single camera us.swann.com. Zoom is digital-only. In low light, the camera switches to infrared night vision, using IR LEDs to see up to roughly 8 meters au.swann.com. (Because it has no white LED spotlight, night
31 August 2025
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Stock Market Today

PLS Group share price slips into weekend as Morgan Stanley and MUFG filings land

PLS Group share price slips into weekend as Morgan Stanley and MUFG filings land

7 February 2026
PLS Group shares closed at A$4.12 Friday, down 1.2% after a 3.7% drop Thursday. Morgan Stanley and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group disclosed increased voting power in the lithium miner, both citing changes dated Feb. 2. The moves came as lithium prices fell and Australian equities posted their sharpest drop in months. PLS reports interim results Feb. 19.
Commonwealth Bank share price near A$159 as CBA earnings, dividend week looms after ASX rout

Commonwealth Bank share price near A$159 as CBA earnings, dividend week looms after ASX rout

7 February 2026
Commonwealth Bank of Australia shares closed at A$158.91, down 0.23% Friday, as the S&P/ASX 200 fell 2.03% and nearly A$70 billion was wiped from the market. The bank reports half-year results and an interim dividend on Feb. 11, with shares going ex-dividend Feb. 18. CBA flagged a A$68 million provision linked to ASIC’s Better Banking review. The RBA raised rates to 3.85% on Feb. 3, with CBA passing on the increase from Feb. 13.
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