Key Facts Overview: A Nation Still Largely Offline Papua New Guinea (PNG) faces an uphill battle in bringing internet access to its population, which is dispersed across difficult terrain and hundreds of islands. General internet penetration remains very low – only about 24.1% of the population were internet users at the start of 2025 datareportal.com…
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Key Facts Fixed Broadband Internet Access Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has seen a dramatic leap in fixed broadband availability and speeds in recent years. The country’s two main Internet Service Providers – Flow (the incumbent, formerly Cable & Wireless) and Digicel – now deliver broadband via hybrid fiber-coaxial cable networks and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH), respectively.…
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Key Facts and Insights Introduction Germany is quietly transforming into a space industry powerhouse at the heart of Europe. Long known for its engineering excellence in automobiles and machinery, Germany is now applying that same precision and ambition to the final frontier. In recent years, the German space and satellite sector has surged with new…
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Key Facts Summary Hardware & Devices (Chips, EVs & Gadgets) US-China Tech Tensions: In a blow to Beijing’s chip ambitions, the U.S. Commerce Department revoked the “validated end-user” fast-track export status that had allowed Taiwan’s TSMC (and previously Samsung and SK Hynix) to import advanced American chipmaking tools into China without a license reuters.com. The…
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Key Facts Introduction: A Market at a Crossroads Thailand’s real estate industry in 2025 is navigating a post-pandemic crossroads – with certain sectors booming and others facing headwinds. On one hand, tourists and foreign investors are back in force, filling hotels and snapping up condos in beach towns. Industrial parks in the Eastern Economic Corridor…
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Key 2025 Market Highlights Residential Market Overview: Prices, Rents and Affordability After a brief downturn, the residential property market rebounded strongly through 2025. August marked the seventh consecutive month of home price gains, with values rising +0.7% nationally for the month abc.net.au. Prices are now up ~4% year-on-year, and the median Australian dwelling costs about…
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Key Facts Introduction Virtual Private Networks – better known as VPNs – have become essential online tools by 2025. With internet censorship rising, data privacy under threat, and streaming services fragmenting content by region, VPN usage has reached record highs worldwide. Roughly 4 in 10 internet users in tech-savvy countries now report using a VPN…
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Crypto Market Turbulence and Trading Highlights Bitcoin and Ether Retreat: Late August saw notable profit-taking in crypto markets. Bitcoin (BTC) tumbled to about $108,400 – its lowest level since early July – after soaring to a record $124,000 on Aug. 13 cryptonews.com. This ~10% pullback from the all-time high extended BTC’s weekly losses to nearly…
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Overview: A Bold New Tri‑Fold Phone Huawei’s second-generation tri-fold phone, the Mate XTs Ultimate Design, shown in a teaser with its sleek white-and-gold finish and octagonal quad-camera module. techadvisor.com 9to5google.com Huawei has pulled back the curtain on the Mate XTs, its latest tri-folding flagship smartphone. Announced via an official Weibo teaser on August 27, 2025,…
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Drug Approvals & Clinical Trial Results Updated COVID Boosters Get Narrow Nod: The U.S. FDA approved new fall COVID-19 booster shots from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna on August 27 – but with strict eligibility limits. Only adults 65+ and younger people with certain medical conditions are cleared for the updated vaccines, and emergency use authorizations for…
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