Design & Build Quality Display Each phone offers a large, vibrant OLED display with high refresh rate, but there are some differences in resolution and brightness: Performance (Chipset, RAM, Storage) Camera Systems Rear Cameras: Front Cameras:All three phones cater well to selfie lovers, with Vivo and Oppo going especially high-res: Software & Features Battery Life…
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Novartis announced that two Phase III trials, NEPTUNUS-1 and NEPTUNUS-2, met their primary endpoints in Sjögren’s disease, marking the first global Phase III evidence of significant disease activity reduction with ianalumab and its dual B-cell depletion and BAFF signaling blockade. IO Biotech will disclose topline results from its Phase III melanoma trial of Cylembio (IO102-IO103)…
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In 2019, the World Bank–funded CARCIP project installed a subsea fiber-optic cable linking St. Vincent to the Grenadines, with over 150 miles laid by late 2019 and open access for both Digicel and Flow. Flow’s Bequia upgrade in 2021 migrated services from copper DSL and microwave backhaul to hybrid fiber-coax, delivering minimum speeds of 50…
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As of early 2025, Sri Lanka has 29.3 million mobile subscriptions, exceeding its population. SLT’s national fiber backbone spans about 45,000 km. By mid-2022, SLT had infrastructure for 1 million fiber connections, with about 500,000 households connected, and aimed to reach 2 million by end-2023. 4G LTE coverage is essentially 100% of the population as…
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On Aug 7, 2025, Dow Jones fell 0.5%, the S&P 500 fell 0.1%, the Nasdaq rose 0.3% to a record high, as Eli Lilly dropped 14% on weak weight-loss drug data. On Aug 7, 2025, the United States imposed about 100% tariffs on imported chips and electronics, with carve-outs for companies that manufacture in the…
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WIZ.AI is a Singapore-based voice-centric conversational AI provider that launched TalkGPT in 2023 as the region’s first ChatGPT-powered customer engagement solution. WIZ.AI claims 98% of users cannot tell they are speaking with a bot due to hyper-localized vocabularies and the ability to mimic local accents. By 2024, WIZ.AI had 300 clients across 17 countries, expanding…
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As of mid-2025, commercial N-type TOPCon cells reach about 23–24% efficiency, with best mass-produced TOPCon modules at 23.8% and JinkoSolar reporting 26.4% cell efficiency in tests. Heterojunction (HJT) solar cells regularly reach 25%+ efficiency in production, with Longi reporting a 27.3% lab cell efficiency. Perovskite–silicon tandem cells have surpassed 33% efficiency in labs (Longi 33.9%,…
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In 2021, more than 400 cell towers were destroyed amid fighting, crippling parts of Myanmar’s mobile network. MPT’s FTTH network expanded to 154 of 330 townships by early 2024, up from 27 townships in 2019. As of early 2024, Myanmar had about 64.3 million mobile connections (roughly 117% SIM penetration), with 4G coverage around 90%…
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Galaxy Z Fold 7 uses an Armor FlexHinge with 69 components, is 8.9 mm thick folded (4.2 mm unfolded), weighs 215 g, and uses an Advanced Armor Aluminum frame with Gorilla Glass Victus 2 back and Ceramic Glass 2 cover glass, plus IPX8 water resistance. Its cover display is 6.5 inches with a 21:9 aspect,…
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On August 2, 2025, the EU AI Act reached a milestone with governance standards, general-purpose AI (GPAI) classification and a sanctions regime coming into force, as Alphabet’s Google signed the EU’s voluntary AI Code of Practice while Meta declined. A U.S. Senate plan led by Ted Cruz and Marsha Blackburn to preempt state AI regulations…
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