<li Rumors for the September 2025 iPhone lineup peg four models—iPhone 17, 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max, and a new 6 mm thick iPhone 17 Air—featuring a 6.6-inch display, ProMotion 120Hz, an in-house 5G modem, and a triple‑sensor 48MP camera on the Pro Max. <li Apple restored Blood Oxygen monitoring on Apple Watch Series 9,…
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OpenAI released GPT-5 on August 7, 2025, with a 256,000-token context window and added GPT-5-mini and GPT-5-nano variants. OpenAI published open-weight models GPT-OSS 120B and GPT-OSS 20B under the Apache 2.0 license on August 5, 2025, to run and fine-tune locally and counter China’s open-source progress. Anthropic expanded its Claude model to a 1,000,000-token context…
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Canon EOS R100, R50, and R10 all use a 24 MP APS-C sensor family with the RF mount, with the R50 and R10 using newer 24.2 MP sensors and the R100 using a 24.1 MP sensor. The EOS R100 is Canon’s most affordable entry model, launched at $479 for the body, with current street prices…
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Falcon 9’s first flight occurred in June 2010; the two‑stage rocket is 70 m tall, 3.7 m in diameter, uses nine Merlin 1D engines on the first stage and one Merlin Vacuum on the second, delivers about 7,600 kN of thrust at liftoff, carries ~22.8 t to LEO, and its first stage (Block 5) is…
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Major Research Breakthroughs in AI Major research breakthroughs in August underscored AI’s growing capabilities across reasoning, science, and biotechnology. Key advances this month included: Developments in Generative AI (Language, Image & Music) August brought a flurry of developments in generative AI, from powerful new language models to creative tools in image, video, and music generation:…
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<li Researchers from the University of Cambridge (UK) and Université Paris-Saclay (France) unveiled an organic diradical molecule whose fluorescence hue depends on spin alignment, orange for parallel (triplet) and near-infrared for antiparallel (singlet) spins, in Nature Chemistry with Rituparno Chowdhury as first author. <li A France-based team from C12 Quantum Electronics and École Normale Supérieure…
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Zurich follows Swiss federal drone law under FOCA; there are no separate Zurich drone laws, though local rules may restrict use near parks, events, or sensitive sites such as the Kasernenareal. There is no distinction between recreational and commercial drone use in Switzerland; both follow the same rules, including registration, pilot testing, insurance, altitude limits,…
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Nikon D780 (2020) features a 24.5MP FX BSI sensor with native ISO 100–51,200 (expandable to 204,800) and a 273-point on-sensor hybrid AF in Live View. Nikon D850 (2017) uses a 45.7MP FX BSI sensor (no AA filter) with native ISO 64–25,600 (expandable to 102,400) and a 153-point Multi-CAM 20K AF system. Nikon D500 (2016) employs…
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The Fujifilm X100VI uses a 40MP APS-C X-Trans 5 BSI sensor, the same as the X-H2 and X-T5. The Ricoh GR IIIx uses a 24.2MP APS-C sensor with a 26.1mm f/2.8 lens (40mm-equivalent) and a 3-axis shake-reduction system delivering roughly 4 stops. The Leica Q3 uses a 60.3MP full-frame BSI sensor with a fixed 28mm…
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The iPad Mini 6 runs on Apple’s A15 Bionic with a 6-core CPU and 5-core GPU, paired with 4GB RAM, delivering Geekbench 5 multi-core around 4450 and about 61 FPS in 3DMark Wildlife. The Xiaomi Pad SE uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 with 4GB RAM, supports microSD expansion up to 1TB, and can run lighter…
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