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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On July 24, 2025, the S&P 500 rose 0.07% to a fresh record close, its fourth consecutive such close. The Nasdaq Composite gained 0.18% to its own all-time high on July 24, 2025. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.7% on July 24, 2025. <liAlphabet (GOOGL) posted a strong Q2 beat and announced a $10…
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Apple plans the iPhone 17 lineup for September 2025, including iPhone 17, 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max and the new iPhone 17 Air, with a 3nm A19 chip and 120Hz ProMotion across all models. The iPhone 4 SE (SE 4) is expected in Spring 2025 as a 6.1-inch OLED budget iPhone with an A18 3nm…
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By early 2025, Starlink was available in over 100 countries across every inhabited continent. In the past year, Starlink launched in 42 new countries and territories and surpassed 6 million active customers worldwide. In the United States, the standard Starlink plan costs about $90 per month with a $599 equipment kit. SpaceX added about 2,300…
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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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GPT-5 could debut as early as August, according to Reuters, and will fuse several distinct systems rather than ship as a single monolith. The Verge reports mini and nano variants will launch alongside the flagship to offer tiered pricing and lower-latency or on-device use. Early testers say GPT-5 will be multimodal and agentic, able to…
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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 United Nations’ International Court of Justice on July 23 issued an advisory opinion declaring climate change an urgent and existential threat and urged states to cooperate to achieve concrete emission reduction targets, warning of potential compensation claims for wealthy polluters under international law. On July 23, the Trump administration moved to dismantle the EPA’s…
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Apple WWDC 2025: Vision Pro gains visionOS 26 with integrated generative AI, smarter 3D widgets, enhanced photos and videos, and multi-user FaceTime in virtual spaces, plus support for external controllers including PlayStation VR2 Sense for 6DoF tracking and haptics. Bloomberg reports an upgraded Vision Pro with a faster M4 chip and lighter design could arrive…
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SK Hynix plans to double its sales of high-bandwidth memory chips this year to meet surging AI demand and will boost CAPEX, especially for HBM production. Intel’s new CEO Lip-Bu Tan is shifting from the 18A process to the 14A process to make Intel Foundry Services more competitive and catch up to TSMC. Nvidia’s high-end…
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