Drug Approvals & Clinical Trial Results Updated COVID Boosters Get Narrow Nod: The U.S. FDA approved new fall COVID-19 booster shots from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna on August 27 – but with strict eligibility limits. Only adults 65+ and younger people with certain medical conditions are cleared for the updated vaccines, and emergency use authorizations for…
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Market Highlights: Bitcoin & Ether on the Rise, With Caution Bitcoin (BTC) spent the week on a roller coaster but showed resilience by Aug. 28. After dipping below $110,000 amid a mid-week risk-off pullback, BTC rebounded above $111K–$113K ts2.tech, buoyed by broader market strength – the S&P 500 hit fresh highs and chipmaker Nvidia’s stellar…
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What is Google Gemini 1.5 Flash? Gemini 1.5 Flash is a cutting-edge large language model (LLM) and part of Google’s Gemini AI family. Announced in 2024 as an upgrade to Google’s Gemini 1.0, it represents the company’s effort to leap ahead in the AI race. Google CEO Sundar Pichai described Gemini 1.5 as a “next-generation…
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Key Facts Market Overview: Bitcoin, Ether and Altcoins Rally (With Caution) Bitcoin (BTC) saw choppy trading on August 27, 2025, dipping under $110,000 before recovering above $111,000 by day’s end, as shown in the intraday price chart above nasdaq.com. After a volatile start to the week, Bitcoin (BTC) regained ground to trade around $112K–$113K by…
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SpaceX Launches & Reusability Milestones On Aug. 27 SpaceX’s Falcon 9 lifted off from Cape Canaveral carrying 28 Starlink V2 Mini satellites, and its first-stage booster (B1095) successfully returned to SpaceX’s droneship in the Atlantic. Spaceflight reports confirm this landing marks the company’s 400th ocean recovery of a Falcon first stage space.com space.com. The booster had…
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Wall Street Rallies Ahead of Nvidia’s AI ‘Moment of Truth’ U.S. markets climbed on Aug. 26 as investors braced for Nvidia’s highly anticipated earnings release, which has been likened to an economic event in its significance reuters.com. The Dow Jones rose about 0.3%, and the S&P 500 and Nasdaq each gained ~0.4%, finishing near session…
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Apple Preps New iPhones and More for Sept 9 Event Apple officially sent out invites for a September 9 event at its Cupertino headquarters, where it’s expected to unveil its latest slate of devices reuters.com. Topping the list will be new iPhones, potentially including a dramatically thinner model dubbed the “iPhone Air,” echoing Apple’s MacBook Air…
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Drones are allowed in Santorini but strictly regulated under Greek and EU rules, with no tourist exception. In the Open Category, drones must weigh under 25 kg, fly below 120 m, stay in sight, and use EU class ID 0-4 or a legacy model bought before 2023. Registration is required for any drone over 250…
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Introduction: A New Kind of TV on Wheels Is it a TV? A tablet? A monitor on wheels? LG’s StanbyME 2 manages to be all of the above – a portable 27″ touchscreen TV that you can roll around your home, detach and carry, or even prop up like a giant tablet. This second-generation StanbyME…
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Rocket Launches and Mission Highlights Breakthrough Scientific Discoveries and Tech Advances Policy and Regulatory Developments Commercial and Industry News Sources: Spaceflight Now spaceflightnow.com spaceflightnow.com spaceflightnow.com; Space.com space.com space.com space.com space.com; NASA/Wallops abc11.com abc11.com; ISRO isro.gov.in isro.gov.in; Copernical/SpaceNews copernical.com copernical.com; The Moscow Times themoscowtimes.com; EurekAlert (AURA/NSO) eurekalert.org eurekalert.org; RTL Today Luxembourg today.rtl.lu today.rtl.lu.
