For 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 platform and the second most popular social media network…
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Introduction: A New Era of Drone Technology In the forests of eastern Ukraine, thin glinting strands now drape from treetops – the telltale webs of fiber-optic drone cables scattered across the battlefield businessinsider.com. These fiber-optic drones represent a breakthrough in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology, enabling operators to pilot drones via a wired fiber-optic tether…
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Newly Unveiled and Upgraded Fighter Jets in 2025 – Global Military Fighter Jet News Roundup from 2025 China publicly unveiled its new fifth-generation carrier jet program this year, revealing the Shenyang J-35 stealth fighter and an upgraded J-15T naval fighter asiatimes.com asiatimes.com. In a state media broadcast, at least two J-35 prototypes were seen at…
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Palestine – encompassing the West Bank and Gaza Strip – has made strides in expanding internet access, but it lags behind global and regional standards due to unique political and infrastructural challenges en.wikipedia.org. Decades of Israeli occupation and the terms of the Oslo Accords have constrained the development of telecommunications, limiting spectrum access and hindering…
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NASA in Crisis: Budget Cuts, Mass Resignations, and a Reality TV Administrator The U.S. space agency NASA faces an unprecedented leadership and workforce crisis as deep budget cuts threaten its future missions. Over 2,000 senior-level employees have resigned amid uncertainty, with many citing a lack of direction and the specter of a 25% funding reduction.…
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Europe’s Space Ambitions: Breaking Free from US Launch Dominance Europe is accelerating its efforts to reduce dependence on the United States for space launches, a move driven by both strategic necessity and the explosive growth of the global space economy. In 2024, the US conducted a staggering 154 orbital launches, while Europe managed only three—a…
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Introduction: Blockchain for Social Impact: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Road Ahead Could blockchain – the technology behind Bitcoin – also fight poverty, corruption, and injustice? Around the world, a growing movement thinks so. Innovators are applying blockchain’s distributed ledger to humanitarian aid, community development, and governance. “Blockchain for social impact offers numerous exciting applications that…
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Complete Guide to Satellite Internet WiFi Introduction: Satellite internet has gone from a last-resort connection to a game-changing way to get online, thanks to a new generation of satellites beaming broadband down to Earth. Once known for slow speeds and high latency, satellite internet “WiFi” is now undergoing a revolution. Companies like SpaceX’s Starlink are…
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Turkey has developed a comprehensive regulatory framework for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs or “drones”) to ensure safe and responsible integration of drones into its airspace. Drone usage – whether for recreation, commerce, or government purposes – is legal in Turkey but heavily regulated by the national civil aviation authority. The General Directorate of Civil Aviation…
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Prelude to the Strike: Escalation of a Long-Simmering Conflict For months, tensions between Iran and its adversaries had been building toward a breaking point. In mid-June 2025, Israel launched a daring military campaign against Iran’s nuclear program, saying it “wanted to remove any chance of Tehran developing nuclear weapons” theguardian.com. Israeli airstrikes beginning on June…
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