The Pixel 9 family was announced on August 13, 2024 at Google’s Made by Google event and includes the Pixel 9, Pixel 9 Pro, and Pixel 9 Pro XL, all powered by the Tensor G4 with 12 GB RAM on the base model and 16 GB RAM on the Pro/XL, and storage options from 128…
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In late 2024, MiniMax released Hailuo’s first text-to-video model “Video-01,” and its current Hailuo-02 can generate 6‑second 720p videos at ~25 fps from text prompts and images. As of January 2025, Hailuo added a multi-shot “Director Mode” for controlled shot composition and an audio-generation feature to add sound or speech to videos. December 2024 saw…
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The original iPhone, released June 29, 2007, featured a 3.5″ multitouch display, 2G EDGE data, a 2 MP camera, iPhone OS 1.0, and no App Store, selling roughly 300,000 units in its first weekend. iPhone 3G arrived July 11, 2008, adding 3G data and GPS, launching the App Store, with 8GB or 16GB storage and…
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The iPad Pro 11-inch (2024/2025 model) uses the Apple M4 chip, an 11-inch Ultra Retina XDR OLED display with a 2420×1668 resolution (264 ppi) and ProMotion 120Hz. Storage spans 256 GB to 2 TB, with 8 GB of RAM on 256/512 GB models and 16 GB on 1 TB/2 TB configurations. The iPad Pro 11…
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Chiplet architecture splits monolithic chips into multiple dies in a single package, improving wafer yields and reducing cost, with AMD reporting up to 70% cost reduction in EPYC servers versus a comparable single-die design. Chiplets enable mixing of process nodes, for example high-density cores on 5 nm while I/O dies run on 16 nm, maximizing…
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Nvidia becomes the world’s first publicly traded company to reach a $4 trillion market capitalization in July 2025, reflecting AI hardware leadership and accounting for over 7% of the S&P 500. Samsung unveils Galaxy Z Fold7, Z Flip7, and Z Flip7 FE at Galaxy Unpacked 2025, with Fold7 at 4.4 mm unfolded, an 8-inch Dynamic…
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Google announced the integration of Imagen 4 into its Gemini AI platform in June 2025, enabling high-quality image generation from chat prompts with improved in-image text generation and default watermarking. Meta unveiled V-JEPA 2 on June 11, 2025, a Video Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture that uses self-supervised learning to understand video and enables zero-shot robot…
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On 24 June 2025, the iCloud outage began after lunchtime in the US, with Apple’s System Status dashboard flagging an outage at 2:36 p.m. ET for iCloud Web Apps and iWork for iCloud, and yellow warnings for Mail, Photos, and Storage Upgrades. Downdetector spiked around 1:00 p.m. ET, and by 4:11 p.m. ET reports reached…
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The global in-orbit servicing market is forecast to grow from about $2.4–$2.7 billion in the mid-2020s to roughly $8 billion by 2034, a CAGR of about 11–12%. Northrop Grumman SpaceLogistics’ Mission Extension Vehicle, MEV-1, docked to Intelsat-901 in 2020, restoring operations and extending life by more than 5 years. MEV-2 docked with IS-10-02 in 2021,…
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By end-2024, fiber coverage reached about 91% of premises in metropolitan France, passing over 40.6 million homes and offices, with roughly 4 million still awaiting coverage. Fiber accounts for about 75% of all internet subscriptions in France. Plan France Très Haut Débit (PFTHD), launched in 2013, aimed to cover 100% of the country with at…
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