The United States has committed over $42.5 billion through the BEAD program to accelerate fiber deployment to unserved areas. South Korea now delivers fiber to about 89% of broadband subscribers, the highest share worldwide. India’s BharatNet project has extended fiber internet to over 214,000 villages, bringing Wi‑Fi connectivity to remote areas. In China, 95% of…
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Solar PV costs have fallen about 90% over the last decade. Modern home solar panels often exceed 20% efficiency, with typical residential systems of 5–10 kW. In the United States, over 4 million homes had solar panels by early 2024. Global rooftop PV adoption could reach about 100 million households by 2030. In the United…
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In the Netherlands, the open category limits are a maximum altitude of 120 meters, must be flown in Visual Line of Sight, with specific bystander distances (roughly 50 meters for 1–2 kg drones and 150 meters from residential/urban areas), and a maximum take-off weight of 25 kg. All drones with cameras or weighing 250 g…
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AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995WX workstation processor launched at $11,699 and features 96 cores, 192 threads, a Zen 5 design, and up to 5.4GHz, claiming the title of the world’s fastest CPU. Samsung’s 61.44 TB PCIe Gen5 SSD, the largest enterprise drive to date, went on sale for $5,593 (~$0.09/GB) and delivers 14.2 GB/s read…
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By mid-2023, fixed fiber passed over 92% of Portuguese homes, with end-2023 FTTH/B connections totaling 3.24 million households versus about 1.3 million on cable. By June 2023, 5G coverage reached about 98.1% of households (low-band), and rural 5G coverage jumped to 87.5% by mid-2023 from 20% in 2022. As of June 2023, 97.6% of households…
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The MiG-29 Fulcrum is described as agile, capable of speeds over Mach 2.25, with a roughly 700 km internal range, six external hardpoints, and a typical loadout of up to 4 R-73 and 2 R-27R missiles, plus the notable HARMs SEAD capability. The Su-27 Flanker serves as Ukraine’s heavyweight air superiority fighter with speeds over…
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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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A Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research study estimated 27 million tons of nanoplastic particles are floating in the North Atlantic, solving the ‘missing plastic’ paradox. A July 21, 2025 Nature Reviews Biodiversity Perspective proposes using museum DNA and related species to reintroduce lost genes into endangered animals, exemplified by Mauritius’s pink pigeon, to boost…
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NFL drone incursions rose from about a dozen in 2017 to 2,845 in 2023. The global anti-drone market quadrupled from 2018 to 2024 to about $2.4 billion and is projected to exceed $10 billion by 2030. Israel’s Rafael Drone Dome radar detects drone-sized targets out to about 3.5 km. RF jammers are a non-lethal countermeasure…
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Cybersecurity & Network Infrastructure Tech Policy & Legal Affairs Biotechnology & Health Tech Space & Aerospace Green Energy & Climate Tech Automotive & Transport Tech Finance & Cryptocurrency This comprehensive news roundup highlights the major technology developments (outside of AI) from July 21–22, 2025. From cybersecurity crises and regulatory battles to breakthroughs in biotech, space,…
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