Technology News 10 August 2025

Pixel 8a vs Galaxy A55 vs OnePlus Nord 4: Mid-Range Smartphone Showdown

Pixel 8a launched in May 2024 with a $499 starting price for the 128GB model. The Pixel 8a uses a plastic back with Gorilla Glass 3 front, measures 150.5×70.8×8.9 mm, weighs 187 g, and is IP67 rated. The Pixel 8a

12 August 2025

Inside Lesotho’s Digital Divide: The Truth About Internet Access and Satellite Connectivity

Lesotho’s internet use shows a stark urban–rural divide: about 77% of urban residents use the internet compared with 43% of rural residents, while roughly 31% of the population lives in urban areas and 69% in rural areas. Mobile broadband is

12 August 2025

Digital Divide · Internet Access · Lesotho · Satellite Connectivity · Technology

Trade Truce, Tech Triumphs & Oil Drama: Global Business Bombshells (Aug 11–12, 2025)

The Reserve Bank of Australia cut its cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.6% on Tuesday, its third cut this year, with Governor Michele Bullock signaling further easing may be needed. China’s factory-gate prices fell 3.6% year on year

12 August 2025

Economic News · Global Business · NASDAQ:AAPL · NASDAQ:AMD · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:INTC · NASDAQ:MU · NASDAQ:NVDA · NYSE:F · Oil Markets · Technology · Trade

Space Marvels, Climate Alarms & Medical Milestones: Major Science News (Aug 11–12, 2025)

Space & Astronomy Climate & Environment Medicine & Health Physics & Materials Science Technology & Innovation Sources: This report is based on science news and press releases from Aug. 11–12, 2025 (and surrounding dates) by reputable outlets and institutions, including Nature

12 August 2025

Climate Change · Medical Advances · Science News · Space · Space Exploration · Technology

Beyond AI: 8 Must-Read Tech News Highlights from August 11–12, 2025

Google sets August 20 for the Pixel 10 launch, unveiling the Pixel 10, 10 Pro, 10 Pro XL, and Pixel 10 Pro Fold with IP68 water and dust resistance that outclasses Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold7. GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke will

12 August 2025

August 2025 · Highlights · Innovation · NASDAQ:AMZN · NASDAQ:GOOGL · NASDAQ:MSFT · NASDAQ:PARA · NYSE:F · NYSE:MRK · Tech News · Technology

The Truth About Internet Access in Slovakia: How Fast, How Cheap, and Is Satellite the Future?

FTTH/B fiber is the dominant fixed broadband in Slovakia, delivering up to 1 Gbps download and hundreds of Mbps upload, with typical latency 5–20 ms, and by 2022 about 66.8% of households were covered by FTTP, with gigabit targets by

11 August 2025

Broadband · Internet Access · NYSE:ORAN · NYSE:TEF · NYSE:VOD · Satellite Internet · Slovakia · Technology

Global Markets Surge, Tech Tariffs Twist & Oil Slumps – Business Roundup (Aug 10-11, 2025)

Europe’s STOXX 600 rose 0.3%, the MSCI World index traded within 0.2% of its all-time high, and Wall Street’s S&P 500 and Nasdaq hovered near records. Bank of America’s fund-manager survey shows 45% of managers are long Nvidia and Microsoft,

11 August 2025

Business News · Global Markets · NASDAQ:AMD · NASDAQ:MSFT · NASDAQ:NVDA · NYSE:BAC · Oil & Energy · Technology · Trade

Tech Shocks: Chips Squeezed, Hacks Mended & Space Race Delays – Tech News Roundup (Aug 10–11, 2025)

AOL will discontinue its Dial-up Internet service on September 30, 2025 after a 34-year run. AOL will retire the AOL Dialer software and the AOL Shield browser, both optimized for older operating systems, alongside the dial-up shutdown. Marks & Spencer

11 August 2025

Chip Industry · Cybersecurity · NASDAQ:AMD · NASDAQ:AMZN · NASDAQ:MSFT · NASDAQ:NVDA · News Roundup · NYSE:TEF · Space · Technology

AI’s Weekend Shockwave: GPT-5 Launch, Chip War Heats Up & ‘Deathbots’ Stir Debate (Aug 10–11, 2025)

OpenAI launched GPT-5, touted as a significant step toward artificial general intelligence and now accessible to free ChatGPT users with usage limits, while being integrated into Microsoft Copilot. OpenAI released two open-weight models, gpt-oss-120b (117-billion parameters) and gpt-oss-20b (21B parameters),

11 August 2025

AI · Ethics · Future Trends · Industry News · Technology

Record Closing Highs, GPT-5 Unleashed, and a $500 Billion Surprise – Business News Roundup (Aug 9–10, 2025)

The Nasdaq Composite notched its 18th record closing high of 2025. OpenAI released GPT-5 on August 7, billed as the “smartest, fastest, most useful” model, now available to 700 million ChatGPT users, with a target of a $500 billion valuation

10 August 2025

Business News · Corporate Highlights · Financial Updates · NASDAQ:CG · NASDAQ:NXST · NYSE:TGNA · NYSE:TM · Stock Market · Technology

Breakthroughs, Blunders, and the Bizarre: The Biggest Science Stories You Missed This Weekend

Space Climate & Environment Health & Medicine Technology & AI OpenAI Unleashes GPT-5: A major leap in artificial intelligence made headlines as OpenAI officially released GPT-5, the newest version of the AI model behind ChatGPT. Launched on Thursday and rolled

10 August 2025

Discoveries · Science News · Technology · Weekend Highlights · Weird Science

Global Tech Shockwave: Weekend Roundup (August 9–10, 2025)

Apple’s Next iPhone May Come with a Higher Price Tag Trump Targets Intel’s CEO, Raising Chip Industry Jitters Trump Family’s Crypto Venture Seeks $1.5 Billion Windfall Google Hack Exposes Millions of Business Contacts in Salesforce Breach University Cyberattack Affects 870,000 People’s

10 August 2025

Global Events · Industry Trends · Tech News · Technology · Weekend Roundup

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