By mid-2023, 99% of German households had access to fixed broadband, and 95.6% were covered by next-generation NGA networks (≥30 Mbps). As of the end of 2023, Germany had about 37.0 million fixed broadband lines in service. DSL remained the most prevalent technology, but only about 40% of households could get full FTTH/B fiber by…
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Commercial Space & Satellite Industry Updates Government & Space Agency Highlights Military & National Security Space Developments Space Science & Exploration Breakthroughs Space Policy & International Developments Sources: Spaceflight Now spaceflightnow.com spaceflightnow.com nasaspaceflight.com nasaspaceflight.com nasaspaceflight.com; Reuters reuters.com reuters.com reuters.com; SpaceNews spacenews.com spacepolicyonline.com spacepolicyonline.com; NASASpaceflight nasaspaceflight.com nasaspaceflight.com; Reuters/AP reuters.com apnews.com; NASA/ESA releases science.nasa.govsciencedaily.com.
SpaceX launched a secret Falcon 9 mission from Cape Canaveral on July 13, 2025 at 1:04 a.m. EDT carrying Israel’s Dror-1 satellite, described as a $200 million “smartphone in space” and marking Falcon 9’s 500th flight with the booster’s 13th successful landing on a droneship. China prepared the Tianzhou-9 cargo mission to Tiangong by rolling…
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Global EV battery pack prices fell about 20% in 2024, dropping from roughly $149/kWh in 2023 to the low $100s by year-end. In 2024, LFP cell prices were just under $60/kWh, and some Chinese LFP packs were produced for well under $90/kWh, enabling price parity with ICE for certain models. In 2024, a NMC811 pack…
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Reflexión sobre la inteligencia artificial y la actualidad universitaria en Granada El artículo examina la inteligencia artificial desde una perspectiva escéptica, citando a Ortega y Gasset para cuestionar su impacto en la libertad y la selección humana. Se menciona la posible suspensión de clases en la Universidad de Granada y se reflexiona sobre cómo la…
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Solar Sail Spacecraft Could Enhance Early Space Weather Warnings A new satellite constellation, SWIFT, equipped with solar sails, aims to deliver earlier and more accurate warnings of space weather threats such as coronal mass ejections. These events can disrupt satellite operations, power grids, and pose risks to astronauts. “Our goal is to forecast extreme space…
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Apple Delays MacBook Pro M5 Release to Spring 2026, Breaking Annual Update Cycle Apple will delay the MacBook Pro M5 launch to spring 2026, breaking its usual annual update cycle. The new model will mainly feature the updated M5 chip, with major design changes expected for the M6 version. Other Apple releases in 2025–2026 include…
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The Buck Moon on July 10, 2025 will reach peak illumination at 4:37 p.m. UTC and appear as a micromoon due to its distance, coinciding with Earth’s aphelion and a Major Lunar Standstill. President Trump appointed Sean Duffy as interim NASA Administrator in July 2025, replacing Jared Isaacman amid a backdrop of budget cuts that…
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Microsoft’s MAI-DxO AI system achieved 85.5% diagnostic accuracy on NEJM benchmarks, outperforming doctors. Ford CEO Jim Farley warned that AI could replace up to 50% of US office workers, with accountants and cashiers most at risk. Turkey banned Elon Musk’s Grok AI chatbot after antisemitic outputs, marking the country’s first AI ban. The European Union…
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A new axion Dark Energy (aDE) model from Cornell and Shanghai Jiao Tong University predicts the universe will start contracting in about 7 billion years and collapse in roughly 33–34 billion years. Amazon Prime Day 2025 runs July 8–11, 2025, with US online sales forecast at $23.8 billion and record discounts on Apple, Samsung, Google,…
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