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The ISP Revolution: How AI and Fiber Are Transforming Internet Access in 2025

The ISP Revolution: How AI and Fiber Are Transforming Internet Access in 2025

The United States has committed over $42.5 billion through the BEAD program to accelerate fiber deployment to unserved areas. South Korea now delivers fiber to about 89% of broadband subscribers, the highest share worldwide. India’s BharatNet project has extended fiber internet to over 214,000 villages, bringing Wi‑Fi connectivity to remote areas. In China, 95% of internet users could access 100 Mbps+ service in 2023, and by 2027 about 90% of broadband subscribers are projected to be on fiber connections. Next-generation standards are enabling 10 Gbps+ services: 10G-PON and XGS-PON, and China is commercially rolling out 50G-PON delivering up to 50
1 August 2025
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OpenAI’s $12B Revelation, ‘Study Mode’ Launch & 100k-GPU AI Hub – Experts React in 48-Hour AI Frenzy

OpenAI’s $12B Revelation, ‘Study Mode’ Launch & 100k-GPU AI Hub – Experts React in 48-Hour AI Frenzy

OpenAI’s revenue reached a $12 billion annualized run rate in the first seven months of 2025, implying about $1 billion per month. OpenAI’s weekly active users across consumer and business products reached about 700 million. OpenAI raised its 2025 cash burn forecast to roughly $8 billion, up from $7 billion. The second $30 billion tranche of OpenAI’s funding round is nearly finalized, with about $7.5 billion in new funding, as Sequoia Capital and Tiger Global each pledge hundreds of millions and SoftBank has committed $32 billion since late 2024. Microsoft is negotiating a new deal to ensure continued access to
31 July 2025
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Night Vision Revolution: Top Goggles, Scopes & Thermal Tech of 2025–2026

Night Vision Revolution: Top Goggles, Scopes & Thermal Tech of 2025–2026

Gen3 image intensifier tubes currently offer a Figure of Merit (FOM) over 2300, with white phosphor tubes replacing green for sharper, higher-contrast views. The L3Harris ENVG-B goggles fuse dual white phosphor image intensification with a thermal overlay and have already delivered over 10,000 units to military users. The Army’s Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) is a mixed-reality goggle based on Microsoft HoloLens tech, with IVAS 1.2 delivered in 2023 and field trials ongoing for potential limited deployment by 2025–2026. <li ATN ThOR 5 XD is a thermal rifle scope with a 1280×1024 HD thermal sensor and 4–40× zoom, plus an
31 July 2025
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AI Won’t Steal Your Job – It Will Supercharge Your Career in 2025 🚀

AI Won’t Steal Your Job – It Will Supercharge Your Career in 2025 🚀

The World Economic Forum’s Future of Jobs Report 2025 projects that 44% of worker skills will change by 2027 due to AI and related trends. In 2025 more than 80,000 job ads mentioned generative AI expertise, up from 3,700 in 2010. AI-related job listings grew roughly 29% annually over the past 15 years, with over 50% of AI-skilled postings in non-tech fields in 2024. AI skills are associated with about 28% higher salaries on average versus similar roles without AI requirements. Candidates optimizing resumes with AI-driven keyword suggestions report landing 3× as many interviews. GitHub Copilot helps developers complete tasks
29 July 2025
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Ultimate AI Showdown: Best Tools, Apps, and Websites of 2025 Revealed

Ultimate AI Showdown: Best Tools, Apps, and Websites of 2025 Revealed

ChatGPT Enterprise offers unlimited, faster GPT-4 access, a 32K-token context window, and data-privacy controls for organizations. Claude 2 can ingest up to 100,000 tokens in context; Claude Pro costs $20/month; Claude API pricing is $0.008 per 1K input tokens and $0.032 per 1K output tokens. Google Gemini is a family of models (Gemini Pro and Gemini Ultra) with DeepThink-style reasoning and tools like Mariner, announced at Google I/O 2025; access is limited and Google introduced a $30/month Google AI Ultra consumer add-on in research preview. Mistral 7B released in late 2023 as a 7B-parameter open model; by 2025, plans include
27 July 2025
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AI Assistant Showdown: ChatGPT vs Siri vs Alexa – Inside the 2025 Personal AI Revolution

AI Assistant Showdown: ChatGPT vs Siri vs Alexa – Inside the 2025 Personal AI Revolution

Siri debuted in 2011 on the iPhone 4S as the first widely used voice assistant. Alexa launched in 2014 with the Echo, popularizing voice-controlled smart home devices. ChatGPT, built on GPT-4, launched in late 2022 and reached 100 million users by January 2023. Google introduced Gemini in 2024 as a major overhaul of its AI assistant, with multi-turn reasoning and deep Android integration, and by July 2025 Gemini could proactively interface with apps like Gmail and WhatsApp. Microsoft rolled out 365 Copilot and Windows Copilot in 2023, embedding GPT-powered copilots in Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Windows, with 365 Copilot
27 July 2025
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Minecraft’s AI Revolution: From Smart Creepers to GPT-4 Agents

Minecraft’s AI Revolution: From Smart Creepers to GPT-4 Agents

In 2016, Microsoft Research launched Project Malmo, an open-source AI experimentation platform built on top of Minecraft. Around NeurIPS 2019, MineRL released an OpenAI Gym interface for Minecraft with a large dataset of human gameplay and the flagship ‘Obtain Diamond’ task. In 2022, OpenAI trained a Video PreTraining (VPT) model on 70,000 hours of YouTube Minecraft videos, enabling the agent to craft wooden and stone tools and a diamond pickaxe after 24,000 actions. Baritone is an open-source Minecraft bot with advanced pathfinding, using an A-like search and reportedly 30× faster path calculation than its predecessor. In early 2025, Ryan Boulds
27 July 2025
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GPT-5 vs Gemini: Inside 2025’s High-Stakes Frontier AI Showdown

GPT-5 vs Gemini: Inside 2025’s High-Stakes Frontier AI Showdown

Gemini Ultra achieved 90.0% on the MMLU benchmark, the first AI to exceed human expert performance. GPT-4 Omni (GPT-4o) was introduced by 2025, handling text, images, and audio with about 232 ms response times and powering the free ChatGPT tier in mid-2025. Claude Opus 4 is billed as the world’s best coding model, achieving 72–73% on coding benchmarks and enabling extended tool use. Claude Sonnet 4 emphasizes efficiency and reliability with improved instruction-following and memory through local-file storage for long-term recall. Meta released LLaMA 4 in April 2025, featuring a Mixture-of-Experts design and reportedly over 400 billion parameters. Gemini 1.0
27 July 2025
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AI Art Revolution: How Free AI Painting Generators Are Transforming Creativity in 2025

AI Art Revolution: How Free AI Painting Generators Are Transforming Creativity in 2025

DALL·E 3, released in late 2023 and integrated into Microsoft’s Bing Image Creator, generated over 1 billion images in its first months. Craiyon (formerly DALL·E mini) launched in 2022 and has produced over 10 million images. StarryAI uses the backend Argo (powered by Stable Diffusion) and offers 1000+ stylistic presets, with a free plan of up to 25 images per day, watermarked outputs, and a daily 5-credit limit. Stable Diffusion, launched in 2022 as an open-source model, underpins tools like NightCafe, Leonardo.ai, and Hugging Face Spaces and supports user-trained custom models. In February 2025, Christie’s held a dedicated AI-generated art
27 July 2025
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HP Spectre vs MacBook, XPS, Yoga & Surface – The Ultimate 2025 Laptop Showdown

HP Spectre vs MacBook, XPS, Yoga & Surface – The Ultimate 2025 Laptop Showdown

HP Spectre x360 (2024 refresh) uses Intel’s 13th/14th-gen Core “Ultra” CPUs, delivering strong productivity performance and AI acceleration. In benchmarks, the Spectre x360 with an Intel Core i7 outpaced Dell XPS 13 in most tests thanks to a higher-wattage processor. The MacBook Air (M2) is fanless and achieves strong performance per watt, with PugetBench Premiere Pro showing the MacBook Air scoring about 50% higher than an Iris Xe Spectre in CPU tasks. Apple’s MacBook Pro 14/16 with M2 Pro/Max chips remains in a performance league of its own for demanding content creation, outperforming Windows ultraportables. Dell XPS 13 Plus (2023)
24 July 2025
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Dell XPS vs MacBook Pro vs Spectre vs ThinkPad vs Surface vs ZenBook vs Razer: 2025’s Ultimate Premium Laptop Showdown

Dell XPS vs MacBook Pro vs Spectre vs ThinkPad vs Surface vs ZenBook vs Razer: 2025’s Ultimate Premium Laptop Showdown

Dell will retire the XPS brand in 2025 and replace it with a new Dell Premium lineup, though XPS models will remain on sale for now. The 2025 Dell Premium 14 and 16 use a 16:10 chassis, offer 120Hz displays, support RTX 5070 GPUs, and claim up to 27 hours of battery life in some configurations. The MacBook Pro 14 and 16 with M2 Pro/Max boast 14.2-inch 3024×1964 and 16.2-inch 3456×2234 mini-LED panels, a 16:10 aspect, 120Hz ProMotion, and around 1000 nits sustained brightness (HDR up to 1600 nits). HP Spectre x360 models offer OLED options, including a 13.5-inch 3:2
24 July 2025
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Battle of AI Titans: ChatGPT vs Google Gemini – The Ultimate 2025 Showdown

Battle of AI Titans: ChatGPT vs Google Gemini – The Ultimate 2025 Showdown

ChatGPT launched in late 2022 and quickly gained hundreds of millions of users, while Google released Gemini (then Bard) in 2023 as its competing AI assistant. ChatGPT runs on the GPT-4 model and is renowned for strong text reasoning and coding, whereas Gemini is natively multimodal (text, images, audio, video) and can use live Google Search and even execute code in Gemini Pro. Gemini Pro can handle context windows up to 2 million tokens, far larger than ChatGPT’s 32,000-token extended window, enabling whole-project analysis. In February 2025, Gemini Advanced gained the ability to recall past chats to personalize responses, while
23 July 2025
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iPad Pro 11 vs The Best Tablets of 2025 – Ultimate Premium Tablet Showdown

iPad Pro 11 vs The Best Tablets of 2025 – Ultimate Premium Tablet Showdown

The iPad Pro 11-inch (2024/2025 model) uses the Apple M4 chip, an 11-inch Ultra Retina XDR OLED display with a 2420×1668 resolution (264 ppi) and ProMotion 120Hz. Storage spans 256 GB to 2 TB, with 8 GB of RAM on 256/512 GB models and 16 GB on 1 TB/2 TB configurations. The iPad Pro 11 carries a 31.3 Wh (~8160 mAh) battery rated for about 10 hours of web/video on Wi‑Fi and roughly 9 hours on 5G, charging via USB‑C Thunderbolt 4 with a 20 W adapter. It supports the Apple Pencil Pro (magnetically attaches/charges on the side) and a
22 July 2025
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Battle of the Titans: Microsoft Surface vs Apple, Dell, HP, Lenovo & Samsung – The Ultimate 2025–2026 Laptop & Tablet Showdown

Battle of the Titans: Microsoft Surface vs Apple, Dell, HP, Lenovo & Samsung – The Ultimate 2025–2026 Laptop & Tablet Showdown

Apple’s M4-based MacBook Air Geekbench 6 score is 14,849, and the 16-inch MacBook Pro delivers desktop-class performance with 18–20 hours of battery life in light use. Surface Pro 11 uses the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite ARM chip, with reviewers saying it closes much of the CPU gap to Apple and provides long battery life. The new Surface Pro 12-inch starts at $799. The Surface Laptop 13-inch starts at $899, a $100 reduction from last year’s model. The 2025 MacBook Air M4 13-inch starts at around $999, about $100 cheaper than the M2 model. <li Dell’s XPS 13 base models hover
22 July 2025
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2025 Console & Handheld Gaming Showdown: PS5 vs Xbox vs Switch 2 vs Steam Deck & More

2025 Console & Handheld Gaming Showdown: PS5 vs Xbox vs Switch 2 vs Steam Deck & More

The PlayStation 5 Pro released on November 7, 2024, featuring a 16.7 TFLOP GPU, a 2 TB SSD, all-digital design, Wi-Fi 7, and a target of 60+ FPS at 4K with PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution. <li/Nintendo Switch 2 launched on June 5, 2025, with a 7.9-inch 1080p LCD, 12 GB RAM, 256 GB base storage, 1440p/120Hz docked output with HDR and DLSS-like 4K upscaling, Joy-Con 2 with a built-in camera for GameChat, backward compatibility with Switch 1, and base price of $449.99 (bundle $499). Metroid Prime 4: Beyond was re-revealed as a Switch 2 exclusive, launching in 2025. The Valve
21 July 2025
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Everything We Know About the PlayStation 6: Leaks, Specs, Release Date & Expert Predictions

Everything We Know About the PlayStation 6: Leaks, Specs, Release Date & Expert Predictions

Sony confirmed PS6 development is underway, with CEO Hideaki Nishino saying in mid-2025 that the ‘next generation console strategy’ is top of mind and PS6 is ‘one of their main priorities’. Analysts and regulators peg a PS6 release around 2027–2028, with Microsoft also expecting a 2028 window. Sony filed trademarks for PS6 through PS10 as early as 2019, signaling intent to extend the PlayStation line for multiple generations. The PS6 is expected to use a custom AMD Zen CPU (likely Zen 5 or Zen 6) with 8 or more cores on a 3nm or 2nm process. The GPU is anticipated
21 July 2025
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You Won’t Believe What OpenAI Did in July 2025: The Future of Generative AI Just Changed Forever

You Won’t Believe What OpenAI Did in July 2025: The Future of Generative AI Just Changed Forever

On July 17, 2025, OpenAI introduced ChatGPT Agent, a proactive AI assistant that can autonomously carry out multi-step tasks within a secure virtual computer environment for ChatGPT Plus, Pro, and Team subscribers. ChatGPT Agent can switch between web browsing, running code, plugins, and accessing Connectors to fetch emails from Gmail and files from GitHub to complete tasks. Early benchmarks show ChatGPT Agent achieved a 41.6% score on Humanity’s Last Exam. Sora, OpenAI’s text-to-video model, became broadly available in July 2025 within ChatGPT Plus and Pro, enabling up to 10-second 720p videos for all users and 20-second 1080p videos for Pro
20 July 2025
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Ambient Listening Revolution: How Nuance’s Always‑On AI is Transforming Healthcare, Homes, and More

Ambient Listening Revolution: How Nuance’s Always‑On AI is Transforming Healthcare, Homes, and More

Nuance Communications, acquired by Microsoft in 2022 for about $19.7 billion, pioneered ambient clinical intelligence and Dragon Medical used by more than 550,000 physicians. In 2020 Nuance launched Dragon Ambient eXperience (DAX) to securely capture doctor‑patient conversations and automatically generate clinical documentation. In March 2023 Nuance announced DAX Express, the first fully AI‑automated clinical documentation app combining ambient AI with OpenAI’s GPT‑4. By mid‑2023 DAX Express was being integrated into Epic’s EHR software as a “co‑pilot” for clinicians. In 2025 Microsoft unveiled Dragon Copilot, a unified voice AI that merges Dragon Medical One with DAX ambient listening and new GPT‑based
20 July 2025
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XR Face-Off: The Top Smart Glasses & Mixed Reality Headsets of 2025–26

XR Face-Off: The Top Smart Glasses & Mixed Reality Headsets of 2025–26

Apple Vision Pro, unveiled in 2023 and shipping in early 2024, uses dual 4K micro-OLED displays totaling 23 million pixels, is powered by an M2 chip plus a custom R1 processor, offers eye and hand tracking with about 12 ms passthrough latency, an external battery delivering around 2 hours, and starts at $3,499 in the US. Meta Quest 3, released in October 2023, is a standalone VR/MR headset priced at $499 for 128GB, with 2064×2208 per-eye LCD (~25 pixels per degree), ~110° field of view, 6DoF inside-out tracking, full-color passthrough, and pancake optics that are 40% thinner. Microsoft HoloLens 2,
19 July 2025
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Latest Laptops, Ultrabooks & 2-in-1s (2025–2026): In-Depth Comparison

Latest Laptops, Ultrabooks & 2-in-1s (2025–2026): In-Depth Comparison

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 Surface Laptop 13.8″ (7th Edition, 2025) runs on Snapdragon X Elite and achieves roughly 12–15 hours of all‑day battery life with a fanless design. The HP Spectre x360 14 (2024) uses an Intel Core i7-1360P with a 13.5″ OLED 3:2 display and around 10 hours
19 July 2025
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Hongkong Land (SGX:H78) slides 4% despite fresh buyback as March results loom

Hongkong Land (SGX:H78) slides 4% despite fresh buyback as March results loom

8 February 2026
Hongkong Land shares fell 4.2% to $8.18 Friday, reversing earlier gains after hitting a decade high of $9.12 on Feb. 4. The company disclosed repurchases of 170,000 shares for cancellation at average prices above Friday’s close. Investors await March 5 annual results and details on an expanded $650 million buyback program. Trading volume stayed high.
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