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Technology Updates News 23 June 2025 - 13 November 2025

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

ChatGPT 5.1 vs Gemini 2.5: What Changed Today (Nov 12, 2025) — And Which AI Should You Use Now

Updated: November 12, 2025 TL;DR What’s new today (Nov 12, 2025) OpenAI: ChatGPT 5.1 launches. OpenAI introduced two refreshed models—GPT‑5.1 Instant and GPT‑5.1 Thinking—aimed at making replies feel more natural while improving reliability on both simple and complex tasks. OpenAI says Instant is warmer and better at following directions, while Thinking adapts how long it “thinks” based on task complexity. Rollout starts now for paid ChatGPT plans, with API access “later this week,” and GPT‑5 remains as a legacy option for three months. OpenAI also expanded built‑in tone/personalization controls. OpenAI Independent coverage confirms the new personality presets (Default, Professional, Friendly,
13 November 2025
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ChatGPT Crashes Worldwide — Downdetector Alarms, OpenAI Responds, Markets React

ChatGPT 5.1 vs ChatGPT 5: What’s New Today (Nov 12, 2025) — Features, Performance, Rollout, and Real‑World Advice

Published: November 12, 2025 Key takeaways (today) What changed in ChatGPT 5.1 vs ChatGPT 5? 1) Two models, one goal: smarter, more natural conversations 2) Measurable behavior shiftsOpenAI says 5.1 Thinking varies its reasoning time more dynamically than 5 Thinking—roughly twice as fast on the fastest tasks and twice as slow on the slowest—so you wait less for easy asks and get deeper analysis when it matters. On coding and math (e.g., AIME 2025, Codeforces‑style tasks), 5.1 Instant shows improved results while remaining responsive. OpenAI 3) Personalization that actually sticksBeyond presets (Default, Professional, Friendly, Candid, Quirky, Efficient, Nerdy, Cynical), you
13 November 2025
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Mauritius Drone Laws 2025: 8 Critical Rules & Recent Updates Every Pilot Must Know

Mauritius Drone Laws 2025: 8 Critical Rules & Recent Updates Every Pilot Must Know

Key Facts Summary (Keep reading for an in-depth breakdown of each rule and how to comply with the latest Mauritian drone regulations.) Rules for Recreational Drone Use General Allowed Use: Flying a drone recreationally (for personal enjoyment with no commercial intent) is legal in Mauritius, but strict rules apply to ensure safety drone-laws.com. Drones under 7 kg used purely for leisure were previously exempt from heavy regulation civil-aviation.govmu.org. This means that until recently hobby pilots did not need a license or to register their small drones, as long as they followed the safety guidelines. However, all recreational pilots are expected
21 September 2025
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Blue Origin’s New Shepard Roars Back: 40+ Experiments Soar on NS-35 After Delay

Blue Origin’s New Shepard Roars Back: 40+ Experiments Soar on NS-35 After Delay

Launch at Last After Avionics Delays Blue Origin’s NS-35 mission finally blasted off on September 18, 2025, after weeks of anticipation and troubleshooting. The New Shepard suborbital rocket lifted off from Launch Site One in West Texas at 9:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (8:01 a.m. local) space.com. This launch came after a “stand down” period of nearly four weeks – the company had attempted to fly the mission in late August but scrubbed the Aug. 23 and Aug. 26 launch attempts when an issue arose with the booster’s avionics system space.com. Engineers worked to resolve the technical glitch, and the
19 September 2025
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Camera World on Fire: New Gear, Big Updates and Bold Rumors (Sept 3–4, 2025)

Camera World on Fire: New Gear, Big Updates and Bold Rumors (Sept 3–4, 2025)

Expert Insights & Quotes Sources: This report draws on official press releases (Nikon, Panasonic, Sigma, Blackmagic), credible industry news sites and expert analyses nikon.com petapixel.com ts2.tech digitalcameraworld.com, ensuring an accurate and up-to-date roundup of the latest developments in cameras, lenses and video gear as of early September 2025.
4 September 2025
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Trump’s $70 B AI Bet, Zuckerberg’s Manhattan-Sized Superclusters & Musk’s Bot Blunder – AI News Roundup (July 14–15, 2025)

Trump’s $70 B AI Bet, Zuckerberg’s Manhattan-Sized Superclusters & Musk’s Bot Blunder – AI News Roundup (July 14–15, 2025)

OpenAI paused the release of an upcoming open-source AI model indefinitely due to safety concerns, with Sam Altman warning that weights once released can’t be pulled back. Moonshot AI released Kimi K2, a 1-trillion-parameter open-source model launched on July 14, 2025, claimed to outperform GPT-4.1 on coding and reasoning benchmarks. Elon Musk’s xAI rolled out Grok 4, a multimodal chatbot touted as the world’s smartest AI that can browse the web and run code, with SpaceX investing $2 billion as part of a $5 billion round and Grok slated to power Starlink support and Tesla’s Optimus robots. Hugging Face released
15 July 2025
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Secret SpaceX Launch, Starlink Triumphs, and Solar Storm Warnings – Space News Roundup (July 13–14, 2025)

Secret SpaceX Launch, Starlink Triumphs, and Solar Storm Warnings – Space News Roundup (July 13–14, 2025)

SpaceX launched a secret Falcon 9 mission from Cape Canaveral on July 13, 2025 at 1:04 a.m. EDT carrying Israel’s Dror-1 satellite, described as a $200 million “smartphone in space” and marking Falcon 9’s 500th flight with the booster’s 13th successful landing on a droneship. China prepared the Tianzhou-9 cargo mission to Tiangong by rolling out a Long March-7 Y10 on July 12, aiming to deliver about 6.5 tons of supplies, two new-generation spacesuits rated for 20 spacewalks each, and a backup Long March-7 rocket on standby. Rocket Lab conducted a suborbital HASTE mission from Wallops Island on July 12
14 July 2025
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Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) Hardware News – June–July 2025

Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) Hardware News – June–July 2025

Azure announced in June 2025 that SGX-based DCsv2 confidential VM instances will be retired by June 30, 2026, with SGX capacity restrictions starting July 1, 2025 and a migration to DCasv5/ECasv5 or DCasv6/ECasv6 confidential VMs using AMD SEV-SNP or Intel TDX. Intel’s 5th-Gen Xeon Emerald Rapids processors with Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) are debuting in cloud services, with Microsoft Azure launching a preview of TDX-powered VMs in April 2025. Linux kernel 6.16, released mid-2025, merged host support for Intel TDX, signaling readiness for broad deployment. Google Cloud has generally available AMD SEV-SNP-based VMs on 4th Gen EPYC Genoa servers, enabling
10 July 2025
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ChatGPT-5: The Next ‘Omnimodel’ AI Revolution is Coming – Here’s What We Know

ChatGPT-5: The Next ‘Omnimodel’ AI Revolution is Coming – Here’s What We Know

GPT-5 will be a unified model that merges OpenAI’s GPT series with its experimental o-series reasoning models, so ChatGPT-5 will automatically know when to think deeply or to use tools without users selecting a mode. GPT-5 will be OpenAI’s first chain-of-thought AI, enabling step-by-step internal reasoning and integrating the o3 reasoning model to improve math, coding, and multi-step analysis. GPT-5 will support multimodal inputs and outputs, including text, voice, and images, with OpenAI hinting at eventual video capabilities and a canvas feature for image generation and editing. GPT-5 will include integrated deep search and autonomous web research with citations, via
9 July 2025
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Telecom Infrastructure Equipment Update (June–July 2025)

Telecom Infrastructure Equipment Update (June–July 2025)

Global telecom equipment revenues declined about 11% in 2024 and are forecast to be essentially flat in 2025. Huawei remains the leading telecom equipment supplier with about 31% global market share, ahead of Nokia at 14% and Ericsson at 13%. Ericsson’s Mobility Report (June 2025) projects 5G subscriptions reaching about 2.9 billion by the end of 2025, roughly one third of all mobile subscriptions. 5G networks are expected to carry 80% of global mobile traffic by 2030. Over 80% of surveyed operators offer Fixed Wireless Access, with more than half selling tiered 5G speed plans, and FWA is projected to
3 July 2025
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Latest Digital Trends as of Mid‑2025 (Updated: June 27th, 2025)

Latest Digital Trends as of Mid‑2025 (Updated: June 27th, 2025)

Gartner projects worldwide generative AI spending will reach $644 billion in 2025, up 76% from 2024. By mid-2025, over 72% of companies have adopted some form of AI, with about 65% of firms using generative AI in 2024. Deloitte predicts 25% of AI-using companies will pilot autonomous “agentic AI” systems in 2025, rising to 50% by 2027. The global AI agent market is projected to grow from $5.1 billion in 2024 to $47.1 billion by 2030, a 45% CAGR. The EU AI Act, in force since 2024, bans AI with “unacceptable risk” from February 2025 and will add transparency and
27 June 2025
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Stunning Satellite Images Reveal Fordow Nuclear Facility Cratered by U.S. Airstrike

Latest Satellite News & Insights 23.06.2025

On June 23, 2025, ULA’s Atlas V launched 27 Amazon Project Kuiper satellites, bringing the constellation to 54 in Low-Earth Orbit and targeting a 3,232-satellite network. Spain’s INFOCA expanded wildfire response by integrating SPOT satellite devices with Globalstar and Technosylva wildfire modelling for real-time location tracking, with a webinar scheduled for June 30, 2025. A new batch of Starlink v2 mini satellites, Starlink 10-18, launched June 18, 2025 and will be visible over Ukraine in a 280 km orbit, with each satellite visible for 3–4 minutes and a 30-second interval between appearances, while Starlink operates about 7,000 satellites. NASA’s Perseverance
23 June 2025
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