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Technology News 17 August 2025 - 20 August 2025

Thuraya Satellite Phone Face-Off 2025: XT‑LITE vs XT‑PRO vs X5‑Touch – Which Reigns Supreme Off-Grid?

Thuraya Satellite Phone Face-Off 2025: XT‑LITE vs XT‑PRO vs X5‑Touch – Which Reigns Supreme Off-Grid?

The XT-LITE is Thuraya’s entry-level satphone, measuring 5.0 × 2.1 × 1.1 inches and weighing about 186 g. The XT-LITE supports only voice calls and SMS, with no built-in GPS or SOS emergency button. The XT-LITE delivers up to 6 hours of talk time and around 80 hours of standby on a full charge. The XT-LITE typically sells for about $600–$700, making it one of the cheapest Thuraya handsets in 2025. The XT-PRO is a rugged premium model at roughly 5.4 × 2.2 × 1.1 inches, 222 g, with IP55 dust and water spray resistance and Gorilla Glass. The XT-PRO
20 August 2025
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The Gambia’s Internet Revolution: How Fiber, 5G, and Satellite Broadband Are Connecting a Nation

The Gambia’s Internet Revolution: How Fiber, 5G, and Satellite Broadband Are Connecting a Nation

The Gambia has used the ACE submarine fiber-optic cable since 2011, but a 2022 ACE outage knocked the country offline for over eight hours and backup links via Senegal failed, prompting plans for a second submarine cable landing in Banjul under the World Bank-funded Western Africa Regional Digital Integration Program (WARDIP). Gamtel launched the National Broadband Network (NBN) backbone in 2019 with Huawei’s support to extend high-speed links across the country. An Internet Exchange Point (IXP) was established in 2014 to localize Gambian internet traffic, though its impact has been muted so far. QCell launched the country’s first 5G service
20 August 2025
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Tariff Tsunami, Tech Tumble & Peace Talk Buzz – Global Business Roundup (Aug 19–20, 2025)

Tariff Tsunami, Tech Tumble & Peace Talk Buzz – Global Business Roundup (Aug 19–20, 2025)

Nvidia shares plunged on August 19, 2025, as part of a tech-led market selloff that dragged the Nasdaq about 1.5% lower. Futures priced in at least two 25-basis-point Fed rate cuts by year-end, while the U.S. 10-year yield eased to about 4.31% after hitting multi-year highs. On August 19, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump met Ukraine’s President and signaled the United States would help guarantee Ukraine’s security in any peace accord. New Zealand’s central bank cut rates by 25 basis points to 3.00% on August 20, 2025, sending the New Zealand dollar to around $0.584. Banco do Brasil fell about
20 August 2025
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AI Stock Frenzy Cools as SoftBank’s $2B Intel Bet Meets Palantir Plunge and Nvidia Slide

AI Stock Frenzy Cools as SoftBank’s $2B Intel Bet Meets Palantir Plunge and Nvidia Slide

SoftBank announced a $2 billion equity investment in Intel at $23 per share for a stake just under 2%. Intel’s stock rose about 7% on the news, seen as a morale lifeline for its turnaround. Nvidia’s shares fell 3.5% on Tuesday, the biggest one-day drop in four months, ahead of its Aug. 27 quarterly results. Palantir plunged over 9% on Aug. 19, its fifth straight daily decline, with the weekly drop exceeding 15% after reporting first-half 2025 revenue above $2 billion and GAAP profitability. OpenAI private-market talks reportedly value the company at $500 billion, with employees potentially selling up to
20 August 2025
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75 Mice, a Secret Spaceplane & a New Moon: Major Space News Roundup (Aug 19–20, 2025)

75 Mice, a Secret Spaceplane & a New Moon: Major Space News Roundup (Aug 19–20, 2025)

On August 19, CAS Space launched the Lijian-1 (Kinetica-1) Y10 from Jiuquan, deploying seven satellites including ThumbSat-1 and ThumbSat-2 (~100 grams each) built in Mexico. The Lijian-1 is the eighth flight in the Kinetica-1 series and CAS Space says it can loft 50+ satellites per mission with launch costs below $10,000 per kilogram to orbit, including an X-band radar Earth-imaging satellite and a Tianyan-26 cubesat. Roscosmos launched the Bion-M No.2 biosatellite on August 20 aboard a Soyuz-2.1b from Baikonur, carrying 75 mice, over 1,000 fruit flies, microorganisms, plant seeds and cell cultures for a 30-day microgravity and radiation exposure. NASA’s
20 August 2025
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Space Race Heats Up: Launch Milestones, Satellite ‘Bloom’ & a Lunar Showdown (Aug 18–19, 2025)

Space Race Heats Up: Launch Milestones, Satellite ‘Bloom’ & a Lunar Showdown (Aug 18–19, 2025)

United States: Moon Missions, Mega-Constellations & Scientific Milestones Europe: Weather Satellite Success & Space Safety Initiatives Asia: Ambitious Launches, New Satellites & Spaceflight Firsts Space Security & Policy: The Final Frontier Turns Battleground Sources: NASA News Releases and Blogs nasa.gov nasa.gov nasa.gov; Spaceflight Now spaceflightnow.com; Reuters reuters.com; Gizmodo gizmodo.com gizmodo.com; NDTV ndtv.com ndtv.com; Times of India timesofindia.indiatimes.com; United News of India uniindia.com uniindia.com; Xinhua/CGTN english.news.cn en.people.cn; Associated Press apnews.com apnews.com; SatNews news.satnews.com; KeepTrack Space Brief keeptrack.space.
19 August 2025
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Moldova’s Internet Revolution: From Lightning-Fast Fiber to Starlink’s Rural Lifeline in 2025

Moldova’s Internet Revolution: From Lightning-Fast Fiber to Starlink’s Rural Lifeline in 2025

Moldova ranks 3rd in the world for gigabit fiber coverage, with about 90% of the population having access to gigabit-speed plans. The average fixed broadband download speed is about 120 Mbps, placing Moldova around 40th globally for fixed speeds. Moldtelecom and StarNet together account for roughly 80–90% of fixed broadband subscribers, underpinning nationwide access. As of 2024, the average monthly fixed broadband price was $9.19 (about 162 MDL), making Moldova 3rd in Europe and 9th worldwide for affordability. By early 2025 there were about 3.86 million active mobile connections, equal to 128% of the population, with over 95% of connections
19 August 2025
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Kyiv’s Drone Law Crackdown: 2025 Guide to Permits, No‑Fly Zones & Wartime Rules

Kyiv’s Drone Law Crackdown: 2025 Guide to Permits, No‑Fly Zones & Wartime Rules

Recreational drones weighing 20 kg or less are exempt from state registration and do not require a pilot license in Ukraine. Commercial drones, regardless of weight, must be entered in the State Register of Civil Aircraft and require an operator certificate and a certificate of airworthiness. There is no dedicated drone pilot license or exam for civilian UAV operators in Ukraine. Ukraine currently has no Remote ID requirement for drones. The general maximum altitude is 120 meters above ground, but 50 meters in controlled or sensitive airspace near airports or special zones. Drones must be kept in visual line of
18 August 2025
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From Sand to Signal: The Shocking Reality of Internet Access in the Sahara

From Sand to Signal: The Shocking Reality of Internet Access in the Sahara

The Sahara spans about 9 million square kilometers (3.6 million square miles) across North Africa and covers ten countries: Algeria, Mali, Niger, Chad, Libya, Sudan, Egypt, Mauritania, Morocco, and Tunisia. A Trans-Saharan Fiber Backbone is under development to connect Algeria, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, and Tunisia along the Trans-Saharan Highway, tying inland towns to multiple submarine cable gateways, with Chad’s 559 km link from N’Djamena toward the Niger border nearly finished by late 2024. Chad obtained its first international fiber link in 2012 and today still has no nationwide fiber backbone connecting its towns. Only about 10–12% of Chadians have
18 August 2025
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Tech Titans Face Off, Rockets Soar, and Biotech Breakthroughs – Tech News Roundup (Aug 17–18, 2025)

Tech Titans Face Off, Rockets Soar, and Biotech Breakthroughs – Tech News Roundup (Aug 17–18, 2025)

Smartphones & Gadgets: Pixel Teasers and iPhone Rumors Cybersecurity: Telecom Ransomware Shock Space & Aerospace: Record Launches and New Missions Biotech & Health Tech: New Cures and Big Deals Tech Policy & Regulation: Trade Tensions and Antitrust Fines Autos & Mobility: Carmaker Alliances and EV Moves Sources: Reuters, Spaceflight Now, TechRadar, PhoneArena, MacRumors, TS2 Technology techradar.com techradar.com reuters.com reuters.com reuters.com cybernewscentre.com cybernewscentre.com ts2.tech ts2.tech, et al.
18 August 2025
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AI Breakthroughs, Billion-Dollar Bids & Backlash – Inside the Explosive 48 Hours of Aug 17–18, 2025

AI Breakthroughs, Billion-Dollar Bids & Backlash – Inside the Explosive 48 Hours of Aug 17–18, 2025

OpenAI released GPT-5 during Aug 17–18, 2025 rollout, billed as a major upgrade with strong coding, math, and science capabilities, while Sam Altman acknowledged it still lacks self-learning. In China, Pan Jianwei’s team used AI to position over 2,000 neutral-atom qubits in 3D in 1/60,000 of a second, a 10× larger array than prior work, in a result published in Physical Review Letters. MIT researchers designed novel antibiotic compounds with generative AI, generating 36 million candidate molecules and identifying compounds potent against MRSA and drug-resistant gonorrhea. Allen Institute for AI unveiled MolmoAct, an open-source robotics model that reasons in 3D,
18 August 2025
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Chicago Drone Laws 2025: The Ultimate Guide to Flying Legally in the Windy City

Chicago Drone Laws 2025: The Ultimate Guide to Flying Legally in the Windy City

<li Drone registration is required for drones over 0.55 pounds (250 grams), with a $5 fee via the FAA DroneZone and a validity of three years. <li Since 2023, FAA Remote ID is required for most drones, with a compliance deadline of March 16, 2024, and flying without Remote ID can result in FAA fines or suspension of your pilot certificate. <li Recreational flyers must pass the Recreational UAS Safety Test and follow FAA model aircraft rules, including visual line of sight, under 400 feet, and yielding to manned aircraft. <li Commercial operators must hold an FAA Remote Pilot Certificate
17 August 2025
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