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Apple’s App Store age rating system is getting an overhaul, the company announced on Thursday. Users will soon see more granular age ratings for apps and games on the App Store, once developers adopt the new ratings. The changes were unveiled on the same day that the iPhone maker released public beta versions of its upcoming operating system updates including iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26, and watchOS. Apple says developers must adopt the ratings for their apps by the end of January 2026.Apple Says it Will Use Region-Specific Age Ratings According to an update posted on the Apple Developer blog,…

Russia sent two new Ionosfera-M satellites into orbit on a Soyuz-2 on July 25, 2025. Rocket 1b from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Siberia. The mission also placed Iran’s Nahid-2 communications satellite in orbit. These satellites will complement a four-satellite constellation aimed at keeping track of Earth’s upper atmosphere and space weather conditions, particularly the solar wind that can knock satellites and communications systems offline. The flight indicates Russia’s scientific ambitions and collaboration with Iran’s space program, showing Russia’s function in launching Tehran’s orbital assets. Both countries gain from the collaborative mission.Russian Space Weather SatellitesAccording to official sources, Russia’s new Ionosfera-M…

Welcome to Full Capacity, a weekly briefing on all the most important developments of the past week with a personal take on the news from our editor-in-chief, Mithun Varkey, delivered to your inbox every Saturday.  India (re)entry. Allianz has finally confirmed its JV with India’s Jio Financial Services, after an acrimonious end to its long-standing JV with Bajaj Finserv.  The German giant is targeting an H1 2026 launch for a reinsurance business in the country, as InsuranceAsia News reported this week.  Allianz Commercial’s existing India reinsurance business (operating as AGCS foreign reinsurance branch) will be transferred to the JV as…

In recent observations, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has significantly detected the presence of a variety of plasma waves. The emergence of these waves on Jupiter’s powerful magnetic field is projected to be surprising, as their existence was never marked in the planetary magnetospheres. However, scientists might have come out with an explanation. Furthermore, the current studies have been questioned by scientists surfacing the activity at the North Pole. The article below will exemplify the findings and shed light on the plasmas. Uncovering Mystery at Jupiter’s North Pole According to a paper published in the Physical Review Letters, the scientists have uncovered the explanation…

X-59 of NASA has been designed from the ground to fly at a faster speed of sound without making thunderous sonic booms, which are usually associated with supersonic flight. This 99-foot aircraft, which features a logically elongated design, jettisons the front windscreen and is now heading towards the runway. Pilots can see what is at the front through an augmented reality (AR) enabled closed-circuit camera system, which is termed by NASA as the External Vision System (XVS). NASA took control of an experimental aircraft and performed taxi tests on it during this month.X-59’s Futuristic Design: Eliminating Sonic Booms with External…

Who-Fi is a cutting-edge technology that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to identify and track individuals without needing any visual input. It is an experimental technology which remains to be thoroughly tested in the real world. However, based on the research paper that mentions and documents its proof of concept, it can be used to turn any ordinary Wi-Fi signal into a biometric scanner that can not only track the movement and active position of an individual but also identify their unique biometric signature.Understanding the Who-Fi TechnologyAccording to a paper published in the online preprint journal arXiv, regular 2.4GHz Wi-Fi signals…

The Xiaomi 15 Civi was expected to launch in India later this year, but the company has reportedly scrapped those plans. According to a report, the Chinese tech giant may be reconsidering its strategy to push more premium products in the country. While no official reason has been stated, the decision is speculated to be influenced by the lower-than-expected sales of its predecessor, the Xiaomi 14 Civi, which launched in India in June 2024. Notably, the rumoured handset was expected to be a rebadged version of the Xiaomi Civi 5 Pro.Xiaomi 15 Civi India Launch Reportedly CancelledAccording to a SmartPrix…

Google could be working to offer a cheaper Gemini plan called Google AI Lite to people who are not willing to pay for either the Google AI Pro or Google AI Ultra plans. The rumoured plan reportedly appeared in an Android application package (APK) teardown of the latest Google app beta version. It is said to be sold to users who want more artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled features than the ones available with the free version of Gemini, at a reasonable price. Currently, the Google AI Pro plan is free for the first month, however, the tech giant charges Rs. 1,950…

A US federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected claims by Apple customers that the iPhone maker gave them less iCloud data storage than they paid for when upgrading.In a 3-0 decision, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said reasonable consumers in the proposed class action would not have been misled by Apple’s promises about storage capacity in its iCloud+ plans.The plaintiff Lisa Bodenburg said she paid $2.99 a month for 200 GB of storage, believing Apple would add it to the 5 GB that all iCloud customers receive, and was shortchanged because Apple gave her only…

Apple’s first foldable iPhone is expected to arrive in 2026, seven years after Samsung launched its first Galaxy Fold handset. Details of the purported foldable’s specifications have previously surfaced online, and a tipster has now shed some light on the anticipated price of the foldable iPhone (or iPhone Fold). According to the latest leak, the first foldable iPhone could be more expensive than the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, which was launched earlier this month by the South Korean firm.iPhone Fold Price in China (Anticipated)In a post on Weibo, the Chinese microblogging website, tipster Setsuna Digital (translated from Chinese) claims…