June 21–22, 2025 – In a massive overnight strike, the United States unleashed a coordinated assault on Iran’s most fortified nuclear facilities – Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan – under the code name Operation Midnight Hammer. This unprecedented attack, conducted in the early hours of June 22 local time, brought together America’s most advanced stealth bombers,…
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Saudi Arabia’s satellite‑connectivity ambitions took a decisive leap this week: ST Engineering iDirect has signed a wide‑ranging, multi‑year agreement with Solutions by stc (the ICT arm of Saudi Telecom Company) to expand a next‑generation ground network that will feed everything from government broadband to 5G backhaul and mobility services across the Kingdom. The deal arrives just as Saudi Arabia’s…
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Introduction Saudi Arabia has undergone a dramatic transformation in internet access over the past decade. High-speed broadband is now widespread in cities, and even remote deserts are coming online. This report examines the state of internet services in the Kingdom – from the dominance of major providers and cutting-edge fiber optics to the spread of…
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Google Search’s 2025 Revolution: AI Breakthroughs, Controversies, and the Future of SearchEvolution of Google Search: 25 Years of Innovation and Growth Google Search launched in 1998 and rapidly became synonymous with finding information online. It was “far from the first search engine,” but Google quickly gained fame for delivering faster, more relevant results than rivals, thanks la…
Inside YouTube’s 2025 Empire: Ads, Algorithms, and the Fight for Video DominanceFor a platform that began with a single “Me at the Zoo” clip in 2005, YouTube in 2025 stands as a half-trillion-dollar behemoth that has “transformed culture through video and built a thriving creative economy” blog.google. Now two decades old, YouTube is the world’s largest video-sharing platfor…
Inside Samsung: How the Tech Giant is Dominating Every Industry It TouchesSamsung’s Global Tech Empire: History, Dominance, and What’s Next Samsung’s origins date back to 1938, when founder Lee Byung-chul started a small trading company in Japanese-occupied Korea en.wikipedia.org. Over the decades, Samsung diversified from selling dried fish and groceries into textiles…
Internet Access in Germany 2025: DSL, Cable, Fiber, 5G, and Satellite ConnectivityOverview of Germany’s Internet Infrastructure Germany boasts a well-developed internet infrastructure with widespread availability of broadband and mobile networks. By mid-2023, 99% of German households had access to at least one form of fixed broadband, and about 95.6% had access to “next-genera…
Global Drone Market Set to Soar: Inside the $90B+ UAV Boom by 2030Introduction Drones have rapidly evolved from niche gadgets into essential tools across military, commercial, industrial, and consumer realms. The global drones and UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) market is entering a phase of explosive growth, projected to roughly double in size over the next five…
