Powell’s Jackson Hole speech signaled possible rate cuts, sending Bitcoin about 3.5% higher to over $116,000 and Ether up roughly 12%, with total crypto market cap above $4 trillion. Bitcoin broke above $117,300, triggering roughly $380 million in bearish short liquidations in a single day. Ethereum surged past $4,870 to a new all-time high, aided…
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Apple is reportedly in early talks to use Google’s Gemini AI to power Siri, a Bloomberg leak that sent Alphabet stock up 3.7% and Apple up 1.6%. Meta Platforms signed a deal with Midjourney to license its image-generation tech for Meta’s future AI products, linking Meta and Midjourney’s research teams under Meta’s new Superintelligence Labs.…
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Major Satellite Launches and Deployments (Aug 22–23, 2025) New Space Technologies and Innovations in Orbit Government Policy and Funding Developments Space Science and Astronomy Highlights International Collaboration and Space Industry Trends Sources: SpaceX/Space Force launch updates space.com space.com; Spaceflight Now spaceflightnow.com spaceflightnow.com; Space.com News space.com space.com; Keeptrack.space briefs keeptrack.space keeptrack.space; SatNews (Aug 19, 2025) news.satnews.com news.satnews.com; Business Insider…
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In 1856, William Thompson took the first submerged photo by lowering a box camera into a pool. In 1893, Louis Boutan built a crude waterproof housing and captured the first underwater photo while diving. Jacques Cousteau’s The Silent World (1956) used specially outfitted underwater cameras. The Nikonos V, introduced in 1984, made diving photography affordable…
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Apple TV+ launched in 2019 at $4.99/month and, after price hikes, reached $12.99/month in August 2025 in the U.S., with no ad-supported tier and annual plans around $99. Prime Video is included with Amazon Prime for $14.99/month or $139/year, or available as a standalone $8.99/month, and from early 2024 ads began by default with a…
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OnePlus 13R uses Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 with up to 12GB LPDDR5X RAM and 256GB UFS 4.0 storage, launched January 7, 2025 with sales starting January 15, 2025 at $599. Google Pixel 9a runs the Tensor G4 on a 4nm process, paired with 8GB RAM and up to 256GB UFS 3.1, features a 6.3-inch 2424×1080…
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All three cameras—the Fujifilm X-T30 II, X-E4, and X-S10—share the 26.1 MP X-Trans CMOS 4 sensor and X-Processor 4. The X-S10 is the only one with 5‑axis in‑body stabilization (IBIS), while the X-T30 II and X-E4 rely on lens stabilization. In video, all three record DCI/UHD 4K up to 30p and 1080p up to 240p,…
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Investors braced for Powell’s Jackson Hole speech as the S&P 500 fell 0.4% and the Dow and Nasdaq were down about 0.34%. Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack said there is ‘no case for reducing interest rates’ now, while Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic still penciled in a 2025 rate cut. Futures indicated a 70–75% probability…
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During Aug 21–22, 2025, the Nasdaq Composite and the S&P 500 tech sector each fell roughly 2% by Wednesday. Ahead of Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole address, traders de-risked amid hopes of rate cuts. An MIT study found 95% of companies see no returns on AI spending, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman cautioned investors…
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Commercial Space Sector: Launches, Satellites & Space Tourism Government Space Agencies: Programs, Missions & Collaboration Military & Defense Space: Secret Launches and Surveillance Science & Exploration: New Discoveries and ISS Experiments Sources: Space.com space.com space.com; KEYT News keyt.com keyt.com; NASA (news releases & blogs) nasa.gov nasa.gov ts2.tech; India Today indiatoday.in indiatoday.in; TS² Space News ts2.tech…
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