On Aug 6, 2025, astronomers announced the discovery of the most distant black hole in galaxy CAPERS-LRD-z9, formed about 500 million years after the Big Bang, whose light has travelled 13.3 billion years to reach Earth and is estimated to have a mass up to 300 million solar masses. On Aug 15, 2025, NASA/ISRO’s NISAR…
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On Aug. 17, China launched the Long March-4C from Xichang at 4:55 p.m. local time with the Shiyan-28B 02 satellite for space environment exploration and technology tests. Hours later on Aug. 17, China launched a Long March-6 from Taiyuan at 10:15 p.m., deploying the ninth batch of low-Earth orbit satellites to form a new internet…
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The Tecno Spark 40, Spark 40 Pro, and Spark 40 Pro+ were officially unveiled in July 2025. The Spark 40 is 7.67 mm thick and ~188 g, the Spark 40 Pro is 6.69 mm and ~170 g, and the Spark 40 Pro+ is 6.49 mm and ~160 g, with Pro/Pro+ front glass Gorilla Glass 7…
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The Fusion X1 and Fusion 5G are powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 octa-core processor (2x Cortex-A78 at 2.2 GHz + 6x A55) with an Adreno 613 GPU. The Fusion X1 ships with 6 GB RAM and 128 GB storage, while the Fusion 5G offers 8 GB RAM and 256 GB storage, with…
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Ray-Ban Meta 2nd Gen glasses weigh about 48–50 g, resemble classic Wayfarers, have IPX4 water resistance, and ship with a charging case that provides about 32 extra hours of use from 8 full charges (2200+ mAh). Oakley Meta HSTN debuted as a limited-edition white frame with orange accents and Prizm 24K polarized lenses, is IPX4…
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The Mix Fold 4 weighs 226 g, is 9.47 mm thick when closed (4.6 mm open) and uses an all-carbon hinge with IPX8 water resistance. The Mix Mix Flip measures 4.01-inch outer and 6.86-inch inner displays, is about 7.6 mm thick when open and 15.99 mm when closed, supports 500,000 folds, and carries IP54 dust/water…
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All three devices can stream 4K Ultra HD at 60fps and support HDR formats including Dolby Vision, HDR10+, and HLG, with Dolby Atmos passthrough on compatible content. Fire TV Stick 4K Max (2nd Gen) uses a 2.0 GHz quad-core CPU, 2 GB RAM, and 16 GB storage, delivering faster performance than the regular model. Fire…
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In March 2024 Samsung launched the Galaxy A55 5G (global ex-US), Galaxy A35 5G (US and global), and Galaxy M55 5G (select markets). The Galaxy A55 5G uses the Exynos 1480 (5 nm) with four cores up to 2.75 GHz and an AMD Xclipse 530 GPU, faster in CPU and GPU than the A35’s Exynos…
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The trio of flagship phones in 2025 are the Apple iPhone 16 Pro, Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, and Xiaomi 15 Ultra, available as of August 15, 2025. The iPhone 16 Pro uses a titanium frame with a matte glass back, the Galaxy S25 Ultra uses a titanium alloy frame with Gorilla Glass Armor 2, and…
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All Xiaomi 15 models use Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (3 nm) octa-core with up to ~4.3 GHz, 12/16 GB LPDDR5X RAM, and UFS 4.x storage up to 1 TB. Xiaomi 15 Ultra’s camera system comprises a 50 MP 1-inch main (LYT-900, f/1.63), a 50 MP ultrawide, a 50 MP 3× tele, and a 200 MP…
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