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August 7, 2026 9:29 AM

Meta ordered to pay $567 million in New Mexico for teen mental health fund

A New Mexico state court ordered Meta on Thursday to pay $567 million into a teen mental health fund and change how its platforms function for young users after finding the company is to blame for harming children's wellbeing. Judge Bryan Biedscheid...

August 6, 2026 9:37 PM

India targets first uncrewed Gaganyaan Mission with Vyommitra in late 2026; Human Spaceflight Programme achieves major milestones

India's first human spaceflight mission, Gaganyaan, has achieved significant milestones in the development and validation of critical human-rating systems, bringing the country's maiden indigenous human spaceflight mission closer to reality, Union Mi...

August 6, 2026 8:18 PM

Government expands MY Bharat platform, over 2.46 crore youth registered nationwide

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has stepped up efforts to strengthen youth engagement through the MY Bharat platform by expanding AI-enabled digital services, experiential learning programmes and grassroots outreach across the country. More...

August 6, 2026 6:07 PM

India strengthens global launch market position as LVM3 gains international commercial confidence: Jitendra Singh

India has significantly strengthened its position in the global commercial launch market following the successful LVM3-M6 mission, which placed the 6,100-kg BlueBird Block-2 communication satellite of US-based AST SpaceMobile into a 520-km Low Earth ...

August 6, 2026 6:06 PM

From queues to clicks: How Indian Railways’ passenger reservation system has transformed travel over four decades

Few technological transformations have touched the lives of Indians as profoundly as the evolution of the Passenger Reservation System (PRS) of Indian Railways. What began in 1986 as an effort to replace manual reservation registers and long queues a...

August 6, 2026 5:55 PM

Indian scientists develop new protocol to make future quantum networks more efficient

Scientists at the Bose Institute, Kolkata, have developed a new theoretical framework that could significantly improve the efficiency of future quantum communication networks by enabling stronger long-distance connections while using fewer network re...

August 5, 2026 7:51 PM

Gaganyaan Mission advances towards 2027 crewed flight; Bharatiya Antariksh Station targeted for 2035: Jitendra Singh

India's human spaceflight programme has achieved significant milestones, with the first uncrewed experimental Gaganyaan mission scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2026 and the country's first crewed mission targeted for 2027, the government informed...

August 5, 2026 4:03 PM

Piece of SpaceX rocket will crash into the moon Wednesday

A SpaceX rocket piece floating in space since last year is on track to smash into the moon at high speed early Wednesday morning. The school-bus-size object is the second stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that had launched a lunar lander from Firefl...

August 5, 2026 1:15 PM

Samsung Electronics launches next-generation AI memory technology

Samsung Electronics introduced a new generation of artificial intelligence memory technology on Tuesday, seeking to reinforce its chipmaking lead in the booming AI market. The world's largest memory chip manufacturer chose this year's Future of Memo...

August 5, 2026 12:57 PM

OpenAI, Anthropic AI agents implicated in new security breaches

An AI agent was caught creating fake online identities to gain unauthorized access to secure systems during tests of models from OpenAI and Anthropic which revealed a series of new breaches, Britain's AI Security Institute disclosed on Tuesday. The ...

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