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Tech Comparisons News 15 July 2025 - 31 July 2025

DJI’s 8K Osmo 360 vs Insta360, GoPro & More – 2025’s Ultimate 360° Camera Showdown

DJI’s 8K Osmo 360 vs Insta360, GoPro & More – 2025’s Ultimate 360° Camera Showdown

DJI Osmo 360, launched July 31, 2025, is DJI’s first 360° action camera, featuring dual 1″ HDR square sensors, 8K video up to 50fps, 120 MP stills, 105 GB internal storage, 183 g weight, RockSteady 3.0 + HorizonSteady stabilization, and a $549 standard kit. Insta360 X5 (2025) uses dual 1/1.28″ sensors, records 8K@30fps, 72 MP stills, is IPX8 rated to 15m, weighs about 200 g, and carries a base price around $549 with FlowState stabilization and Horizon Lock. GoPro Max 2 is expected to launch in late 2025 with rumors of 5.7K–8K 360 video, 8-bit plus GP LOG, HyperSmooth stabilization,
The Future Is Here: Top Gun Sights of 2025-2026 (Red Dots, Holographic, Thermal & More Compared)

The Future Is Here: Top Gun Sights of 2025-2026 (Red Dots, Holographic, Thermal & More Compared)

In 2025, enclosed-emitter micro red dots dominated the market, led by Aimpoint’s COA ultra-compact duty sight with an A-Cut mounting interface that locks directly into Glock slides. Trijicon released the Ruggedized Closed Reflex (RCR) for the RMR footprint, featuring a 7075-T6 Owl Ear housing, a top-loading battery, and waterproofing to 20 meters. C&H Precision introduced the EDC Enclosed micro red dot under $250 MSRP, using the RMSc footprint with shake-to-wake activation and a side-loading battery tray. The Burris FastFire E line expanded into a larger enclosed design with a 3.5 MOA dot, 60,000-hour battery life, and approximately a $420 MSRP.
31 July 2025
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
Galaxy S25 Ultra vs iPhone 16 Pro Max vs Pixel 9 Pro vs OnePlus 13 – The Ultimate 2025 Flagship Showdown

Galaxy S25 Ultra vs iPhone 16 Pro Max vs Pixel 9 Pro vs OnePlus 13 – The Ultimate 2025 Flagship Showdown

The Galaxy S25 Ultra uses Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy on a 3nm process with custom Oryon CPU cores, delivering about 9,829 Geekbench 6 multi-core points, ahead of the iPhone 16 Pro Max’s ~8,391. The S25 Ultra features a 6.9‑inch 1440×3120 Dynamic AMOLED 2X panel with up to 2600 nits peak brightness, Gorilla Glass Armor 2, and a flat-screen design larger than the S24 Ultra. The S25 Ultra camera array includes a 200MP main, 50MP ultrawide, 50MP 5× telephoto, and 10MP 3× telephoto, with up to 100× digital Space Zoom and the ProVisual Engine. The iPhone 16 Pro Max
Apple Watch Series 10 vs Series 9, Galaxy Watch, Pixel & More – The Ultimate 2025 Smartwatch Showdown

Apple Watch Series 10 vs Series 9, Galaxy Watch, Pixel & More – The Ultimate 2025 Smartwatch Showdown

Apple Watch Series 10 adds a 42mm and 46mm edge-to-edge LTPO OLED display with thinner bezels, and the 46mm panel has more display area than the 49mm Apple Watch Ultra. It introduces a titanium case option in slate, natural, or gold finishes, with titanium models lighter and more scratch-resistant than stainless steel. Series 10 inherits a water-depth sensor and a water-temperature sensor from the Ultra, enabling basic dive metrics up to 40 meters. It adds FDA-cleared sleep apnea detection that can alert wearers to potential sleep apnea events. The Double Tap gesture remains a highlighted one-handed control feature enabled by
Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro vs. AirPods, Sony, Bose: Ultimate Earbud Showdown

Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro vs. AirPods, Sony, Bose: Ultimate Earbud Showdown

The Galaxy Buds 3 Pro were announced on July 10, 2024 at Samsung’s Unpacked event with a launch price of $249 in the US. They introduce a stemmed design with LED Blade Lights on the stems and weigh about 5.4 g per bud, available with three ear tip sizes. The Buds 3 Pro pair a new dual-driver system—10.5 mm dynamic woofer plus 6.1 mm planar tweeter—compared with the Buds 2 Pro’s 10 mm + 5.4 mm setup. Active Noise Cancellation is AI-enhanced and, according to RTINGS, delivers outstanding noise reduction, with 6 hours per charge (7 hours with ANC off)
15 July 2025

Stock Market Today

Carnival stock price jumps 8% as SEC filing flags possible CFO share sale next week

Carnival stock price jumps 8% as SEC filing flags possible CFO share sale next week

7 February 2026
New York, Feb 7, 2026, 05:17 EST — Market closed. Carnival Corp & plc shares closed up 8.1% on Friday at $33.99, riding a broad risk-on move into the weekend as a regulatory filing flagged a possible executive share sale early next week. The timing matters. The stock’s sharp run leaves it sensitive to any fresh supply when Wall Street reopens Monday, and traders are already looking at a handful of near-dated corporate markers. One of them landed late Friday. A Form 144 notice listed Carnival executive officer David Bernstein as planning to sell 361,790 shares, with an aggregate market
Caterpillar stock price jumps 7% to $726 as Dow cracks 50,000 — what matters next week

Caterpillar stock price jumps 7% to $726 as Dow cracks 50,000 — what matters next week

7 February 2026
Caterpillar shares surged 7.1% to $726.20 Friday, driving the Dow above 50,000 for the first time. The move erased recent losses and followed insider selling by Group President Bob De Lange earlier in the week. Deere and CNH Industrial also gained as investors rotated into industrial stocks. Markets await next week’s U.S. jobs and inflation data.
Amazon stock slides as $200B AI spending plan meets cautious profit outlook

Amazon stock slides as $200B AI spending plan meets cautious profit outlook

7 February 2026
Amazon shares fell 9% Friday after the company announced plans for $200 billion in 2026 capital spending, mainly for AWS and AI, and issued a first-quarter profit outlook below estimates. The stock drop could erase $200 billion in market value. Fourth-quarter net sales rose 14% to $213.4 billion, while free cash flow declined due to higher spending on AI infrastructure.
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