<li Rumors for the September 2025 iPhone lineup peg four models—iPhone 17, 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max, and a new 6 mm thick iPhone 17 Air—featuring a 6.6-inch display, ProMotion 120Hz, an in-house 5G modem, and a triple‑sensor 48MP camera on the Pro Max. <li Apple restored Blood Oxygen monitoring on Apple Watch Series 9,…
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OpenAI released GPT-5 on August 7, 2025, with a 256,000-token context window and added GPT-5-mini and GPT-5-nano variants. OpenAI published open-weight models GPT-OSS 120B and GPT-OSS 20B under the Apache 2.0 license on August 5, 2025, to run and fine-tune locally and counter China’s open-source progress. Anthropic expanded its Claude model to a 1,000,000-token context…
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Falcon 9’s first flight occurred in June 2010; the two‑stage rocket is 70 m tall, 3.7 m in diameter, uses nine Merlin 1D engines on the first stage and one Merlin Vacuum on the second, delivers about 7,600 kN of thrust at liftoff, carries ~22.8 t to LEO, and its first stage (Block 5) is…
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All four devices include a dedicated SOS button that triggers a 24/7 emergency monitoring center, with Garmin inReach Mini 2, ZOLEO, and Somewear transmitting via Iridium and SPOT X via Globalstar. Two-way messaging varies: Garmin inReach Mini 2 supports two-way SMS and email with app typing, ZOLEO uses a dedicated SMS number and routes through…
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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…
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The Galaxy Z Fold 6 is powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy, paired with 12 GB RAM and UFS 4.0 storage, delivering about 18% faster CPU, 19% faster GPU, and 42% better NPU versus the Fold 5. Its inner display is a 7.6-inch Dynamic AMOLED 2X with QXGA+ (~2176×1856) resolution and 1–120…
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Major Corporate & Industry Announcements Clinical Trials & Drug Regulatory Updates Scientific & Medical Research Breakthroughs (Note: The above research highlights were reported in peer-reviewed journals and scientific news outlets around this time, underlining the broader scientific context during the news cycle.) Public Health & Policy Highlights Sources: Key information in this report is drawn…
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Space Exploration & Astronomy Medical Research & Biotechnology Environmental Science Climate Change Artificial Intelligence Energy Physics Sources: The above information is drawn from recent press releases, journal publications, and reports dated August 19–20, 2025, including NASA announcements science.nasa.gov science.nasa.gov, ScienceDaily and Sci-News summaries sciencedaily.com sci.news, university press releases sciencedaily.com sciencedaily.com, Reuters newswire reports reuters.com, and…
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The Perseids peak on Aug 12–13 and officially continue through Aug 23, so on Aug 20–21 you may still catch a few meteors, with rates around 10–20 per hour under darker skies when the Moon is about 8% illuminated on Aug 20 and 3% on Aug 21. The Kappa Cygnid shower peaks around Aug 18…
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Xiaomi reported a 30.5% surge in Q2 2025 revenue driven by smartphone shipments, especially in Southeast Asia, and trimmed its annual shipment forecast to 175 million units from 180 million. Google unveiled the Pixel 10 smartphone lineup on August 20, 2025, with four models—Pixel 10, 10 Pro, 10 Pro XL, and Pixel 10 Pro Fold—pre-orders…
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