In 1958, the Mirage III became the first Western European combat aircraft to exceed Mach 2 in level flight. The Mirage IIIC entered French service by 1961. The Mirage F1 first flew in 1966 and could land about 60 knots slower than the Mirage III. The Mirage 2000 first flew in 1978 and introduced fly-by-wire…
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Bitcoin briefly spiked to $120,000, retraced about 2%, and triggered liquidations of over 176,000 positions totaling more than $500 million in losses. On July 18, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the GENIUS Act, creating the first federal framework for stablecoins and requiring issuers to obtain federal or qualifying state licenses with reserve and monthly disclosure…
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India bans unlicensed satellite communication and navigation devices, including Thuraya and Iridium phones and Garmin InReach, under the Indian Telegraph Act (1885) and Wireless Telegraphy Act (1933), with penalties up to three years in prison or ₹5 million in fines, and limited DoT licensing for Inmarsat devices. The 2008 Mumbai attacks involved a Thuraya satellite…
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The 2025 iPad (11th Generation) was refreshed in March 2025 with a faster A16 Bionic chip, 128 GB base storage, USB-C, an 11″ Liquid Retina display, and a price around $349. The iPad Pro (11-inch and 13-inch, 2024) received a late-2024 update with an M3/M4 chip, an Ultra Retina OLED display, up to 16 GB…
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In 2024 the global space economy was valued at roughly $550–600 billion, with projections to approach $1 trillion within 10–15 years. North America, led by the U.S., accounted for about 60% of world space spending in 2024, with American firms building 83% of all commercial satellites launched that year and earning 69% of global satellite…
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Google plans to merge ChromeOS into Android, creating a single OS across phones, tablets, and laptops, with Chromebooks and tablets running Android and a desktop-optimized Android with multi-window UI. Apple’s iOS 26 introduces Liquid Glass, which faced beta backlash, saw Beta 2 increase contrast and Beta 3 nearly remove the effect, and adds features like…
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The Pixel Watch 4 is rumored to use the Snapdragon W5 Gen1 processor again, with Google reportedly not upgrading to a newer SoC this generation. The 41mm Pixel Watch 4 battery is 327 mAh and the 45mm is 459 mAh, with the case thickness increased to about 14.3 mm to fit the larger cells. Pixel…
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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…
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The iPhone 16 Pro Max uses a brushed Grade 5 titanium frame, weighs about 227g, and is Apple’s largest phone yet with a 6.9-inch display. It has a 6.9-inch 1320×2868 OLED (460 ppi) with 2,000-nit peak brightness and 1,600-nit HDR brightness, plus the Dynamic Island notch. The iPhone 16 Pro Max camera setup includes a…
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The Pixel 10 family will include four models: Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, and Pixel 10 Pro Fold, with codenames Frankel, Blazer, Mustang, and Rango. The launch is expected at a Made by Google event on August 20, 2025, with retail availability around August 28, 2025, marking the 10th Pixel anniversary.…
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