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SpaceX initiates eighth long-duration crew mission to International Space Station orbit
Science | Mar 05, 2024, 01:52 PM ISTA live NASA-SpaceX webcast showed the 25-story-tall rocketship ascending from the launch tower as its nine Merlin engines roared to life in billowing clouds of vapour and a reddish fireball that lit up the night sky. The rocket consumes 700,000 gallons of fuel per second during launch, SpaceX said.
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Moon Lander declared 'Alive and Well' following tense Lunar touchdown: Details
Technology | Feb 25, 2024, 12:21 PM ISTThe six-legged, uncrewed robot spacecraft reached the lunar surface on Thursday after a nail-biting final approach and descent in which a problem surfaced with the lander's navigation system, requiring engineers on the ground to employ an untested work-around at the 11th hour.
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Apple agrees to resolve trade secrets lawsuit with chip startup Rivos
Technology | Feb 11, 2024, 06:22 PM ISTRivos denied the allegations and claimed that Apple had "sought to punish Rivos and any Apple employees who may seek to work there since the moment Apple learned about the promising startup." It countersued Apple last September for unfair competition.
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Elon Musk's Neuralink transfers incorporation to Nevada
Technology | Feb 11, 2024, 05:16 PM ISTThe development comes about a week after Musk said Tesla (TSLA.O), opened a new tab that would hold a shareholder vote to transfer its state of incorporation to Texas from Delaware after a judge invalidated his $56 billion pay package.
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Apple's upcoming Vision Pro Headset: The fusion of Mac and TV technology
Technology | Feb 04, 2024, 04:58 PM ISTApple has had mixed results courting developers. Netflix, one of the most popular consumer video apps, said late Friday it is not making a new app for the Vision Pro, though consumers can watch movies and series on the device's web browser.
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Foxconn anticipates slight improvement in 2024, issues warning about AI chip shortage
Technology | Feb 04, 2024, 04:43 PM ISTApple has recently forecasted a drop in iPhone sales and targeted overall revenue of USD 6 billion below Wall Street expectations as its China business took a hit.
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Court ruling strikes down Elon Musk's USD 56 billion compensation package at Tesla
Technology | Jan 31, 2024, 12:51 PM ISTThe ruling nullifies the largest pay package in corporate America as the judge found that the share-based compensation was negotiated by the directors who appeared beholden to Elon Musk.
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Mars rover data confirms ancient lake sediments on Mars: Details
Science | Jan 28, 2024, 07:02 PM ISTSoundings from the rover's RIMFAX radar instrument allow scientists to peer underground to get a cross-sectional view of rock layers 65 feet (20 meters) deep, "almost like looking at a road cut," said UCLA planetary scientist David Paige, the first author of the paper.
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AI rise will lead to increase in cyberattacks | GCHQ warns
Technology | Jan 25, 2024, 07:09 AM ISTIt suggested the biggest increase in capability for malicious actors in cyberspace would go to opportunistic hackers who do not necessarily possess the skills needed to carry out higher-level attacks.
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Google set to invest USD 1 billion in UK data centre
Technology | Jan 22, 2024, 05:15 PM ISTGoogle, which employs over 7,000 people in Britain, also said that waste heat generated from the data centre would be an opportunity for energy conservation that can benefit the local community.
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Can generative AI help bridge the learning gaps in Indian schools?
Technology | Dec 20, 2023, 04:11 PM ISTIndia's landmark Right to Education Act, of 2009 made education a fundamental right of every child aged six to 14, yet spending on education as a share of total GDP (gross domestic product) is less than 3% - among the lowest of developing nations.
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Adobe terminates 20 bn dollar deal with Figma, pays USD 1 bn as termination fees
Technology | Dec 19, 2023, 01:01 PM ISTAdobe, whose shares rose about 1%, had refused to offer fixes to the CMA on grounds that no remedy that preserved the benefits of the deal would be sufficient to ease its concerns.
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Google India's Head of Public Policy quits after 5 months- Everything you need to know
Technology | Sep 27, 2022, 05:33 PM ISTDr Archana Gulati was a long-time Indian government employee, who worked until as a joint secretary for digital communications at Modi's federal think tank, Niti Aayog, a body that is critical to the government's policy-making process across sectors.
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Banned in India, TikTok is giving severe headache to Facebook in the US - Here's how
Technology | Aug 24, 2022, 11:22 AM ISTIf Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) would like to beat TikTok, he will have to copy it as soon as possible.
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CES organiser unable to confirm Covid-19 cases after 70 South Korean nationals tested positive
Technology | Jan 14, 2022, 06:27 PM ISTAs per the recent report by news agency Reuters, the organiser of CES 2022 were unable to confirm the number of Covid-19 cases which grew exponentially post their event. It was further stated by South Korean authorities that around 70 attendees from the country were tested positive.
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'He was our eye': Tributes pour in for photojournalist Danish Siddiqui
World | Jul 17, 2021, 11:26 AM ISTDanish Siddiqui, 38, had been embedded with Afghan special forces for the past few days and was killed as the commando unit battled for control of the Spin Boldak crossing.
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Ground Report | Indian photojournalist Danish Siddiqui killed in Afghanistan
News | Jul 16, 2021, 06:30 PM ISTDanish Siddiqui, an Indian photojournalist working for an international news agency, has been killed in Afghanistan's Kandahar, multiple reports confirmed on Friday. Siddiqui had been in Kandahar covering the situation in the region after the US forces pulled out of Afghanistan recently.
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US welcomes release of Reuters journalists in Myanmar
World | May 08, 2019, 07:55 AM ISTThe journalists, working for Reuters, were jailed for 500 days by Myanmar. Their reports on atrocities against Rohingya Muslims won them international acclaim.
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Myanmar Reuters journalists lose appeal against seven-year sentence
India | Jan 11, 2019, 06:48 PM ISTTwo Reuters journalists jailed for seven years while investigating atrocities committed against the Rohingya in Myanmar had their appeal dismissed on Friday, dismaying colleagues and tearful family members who had held slim hopes they would walk free.
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Foreign journalists violating Indian laws liable to be punished: MHA
India | Dec 28, 2018, 04:18 PM ISTAll foreigners have to respect Indian law and those found in violation are liable to be punished but that does not mean they are blacklisted forever, a Home Ministry official said on Friday after a Reuters journalist was denied entry into India for allegedly violating visa rules.