From streaming shake-ups to space races and breakthrough gadgets, here are the biggest tech stories and expert insights from August 5–6, 2025 (excluding AI). Consumer Tech & Media: Price Hikes and Podcast Pivots Gaming & Entertainment: Nintendo’s Next-Gen Moves Big Tech & Market Moves: IPO Surges and Stock Milestones Electric Vehicles & Transportation: Bumpy Roads…
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Sodium-Ion vs All-Solid-State Lithium vs Lithium-Sulfur Batteries Lithium-ion batteries have powered our devices and electric cars for decades, but they come with drawbacks – from safety risks to expensive, scarce materials and environmental costs in mining and recycling. This has spurred a global hunt for better battery technologies. Three contenders leading the charge are Sodium-Ion…
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Consumer Tech: Price Hikes & Streaming Shifts Spotify Hits the High Note on Pricing: Music streaming giant Spotify announced it will raise the monthly price of its Premium individual plan to €11.99 (from €10.99) across numerous markets spanning Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America reuters.com. The hike, effective in September, comes as…
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In the world of mobile operating systems, 2025 presents a three-way battle among Apple’s iOS, Google’s Android, and Huawei’s HarmonyOS. iOS and Android have dominated globally for over a decade, forming a near duopoly in many markets rcrwireless.com rcrwireless.com. Now HarmonyOS, born in China amid tech sanctions, is emerging as a viable third player –…
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The foldable phone war is heating up in 2025. Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 7, Google’s Pixel Fold 2 (officially the Pixel 9 Pro Fold), and the anticipated OnePlus Open 2 represent the cutting edge of smartphone innovation. These book-style foldables promise to merge tablet-like productivity with smartphone portability, each with its own twists. In this comprehensive comparison, we’ll…
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Consumer Electronics August 3, 2025 – Nintendo Hikes Switch Prices Amid Tariff Pressures Nintendo raises console prices in the US: Nintendo quietly increased the price of its original Switch console from $299.99 to $339.99 – the first such hike since the Switch’s 2017 launch theverge.com. The Switch OLED and Switch Lite models jumped by $50…
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Consumer Tech & Gaming: iPhone Boom and Nintendo’s Switch Surge In consumer electronics, two industry giants are seeing strong demand. Apple Inc. delivered an upside surprise in its latest earnings, forecasting higher revenue for the upcoming quarter than analysts expected. The company credited an early rush of iPhone purchases by customers trying to beat incoming…
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The Micronesian region – encompassing the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), Palau, the Marshall Islands, Nauru, and Kiribati – has made significant strides in improving internet connectivity over the past decade. Once almost entirely reliant on slow, expensive satellite links, these Pacific island nations are now benefiting from new submarine fiber-optic cables, upgraded mobile networks,…
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Software & Gaming: Antitrust Feuds and a Blockbuster IPO Hardware, Chips & Earnings: Trade Deals and Mixed Fortunes Cybersecurity & Data Breaches: Government Hacks and Telecom Attacks Social Media & Platform Crackdowns Biotech & Health Tech: Drug Breakthroughs and Mega-Deals Electric Vehicles & Transportation Tech (On the manufacturing side, Taiwan’s Foxconn – the iPhone assembler…
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Introduction: A New Era for Battery Technology Battery technology is on the brink of a paradigm shift. Solid-state batteries (SSBs) – long touted as the “holy grail” of energy storage – are finally nearing reality after years of research. These next-generation batteries promise to revolutionize electric vehicles (EVs), portable electronics, and energy grids by delivering…
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