More than half a year before Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 18 lineup, the loudest argument is no longer about performance or cameras, but about something far more symbolic: what Apple plans to do with the front of the display. Across tech forums and social media, a design rumor has triggered a surprisingly heated debate over whether the next Pro iPhones will abandon the familiar cutout layout altogether. The initial claim was bold. According to early reports, the iPhone 18 Pro would move to a single punch-hole camera placed in the top-left corner of the screen. Apple, the…
Author: Helena Sutan
For years, European leaders spoke of “de-risking” from China as if it were a strategic choice they could carefully choreograph. Now, a series of diplomatic slights, economic realities and internal divisions are forcing a more uncomfortable conclusion: the European Union no longer sets the tone in its relationship with Beijing—and China is no longer pretending otherwise. The shift became visible last year, the symbolic 50th anniversary of EU–China diplomatic relations, when European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen traveled to Beijing. In Brussels, the trip was framed as a moment to press China for concessions on trade. In Beijing, the…
The most revealing cargo aboard China’s Shenzhou-20 spacecraft was not a person, not scientific samples, and not even a new piece of equipment. It was an old, battered veteran of spaceflight. On the morning of January 19, 2026, dust rose over the Dongfeng landing site as the return capsule touched down. When recovery crews opened the hatch, they did not help astronauts out. Instead, they carefully lifted out a silver-and-blue extravehicular spacesuit, weighing well over 100 kilograms — China’s first space station suit to be retired and returned intact to Earth. The suit, known as EVA Suit B, had spent…