Chandrayaan-3 rocket part hits the ocean from space

Chennai (IANS) The upper stage of the Indian rocket that put into orbit the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft came back to earth and hit the North Pacific Ocean, said the Indian space agency.

According to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), the…

Hackers exploiting ‘CitrixBleed’ bug for mass cyberattacks globally

San Francisco (IANS) Hackers are mass-exploiting a critical vulnerability in desktop virtualisation company Citrix’s NetScaler systems to apparently attack big organisations like Boeing, China’s ICBC and mega port operator DP World globally, cyber-security…

India’s wearable market grows 29.2% in Q3, smart ring category shows promise

New Delhi (IANS) India’s wearable market shipped a record 48.1 million units in the third quarter this year, a 29.2 per cent year-over-year (YoY) growth, a new report showed on Wednesday.

Apart from the new smartwatch and earwear models, smart…

1st-ever, quiet electric air taxi from Joby Aviation flies over New York

New York (IANS) Marking the first-ever electric air taxi flight in the US in an urban setting, Joby Aviation has successfully performed an exhibition flight in New York City.

Joby’s aircraft is optimised for rapid, back-to-back flights and…

Google creates free tool for small online platforms to tackle terrorist content

San Francisco (IANS) Google has created a free tool for small, user-created online platforms to deal with terrorist content.

Called Altitude, the free tool is built by Jigsaw -- a unit within Google that tracks extremism, disinformation and…

International Space Station yet again dodges orbital debris: Report

Washington (IANS) The International Space Station (ISS) has again dodged orbital debris, and this was hours before the arrival of a cargo ship, according to a media report.

Russian space agency Roscosmos said that the orbit of the ISS has been…

80% of CIOs in Asia-Pacific will harness AI by 2028: Report

New Delhi (IANS) About 80 per cent of chief information officers (CIOs) will leverage organisational changes to harness artificial intelligence (AI), automation and analytics by 2028 in Asia/Pacific Japan -- driving agile, insight-driven digital businesses.

Apple's next Swift Student Challenge to launch in Feb 2024

New Delhi (IANS) Apple has announced that its next "Swift Student Challenge" will open in February 2024 and include a new category recognising 50 distinguished winners, who will be named for standout submissions.

The challenge tasks students…

Chinese scientists show 1st live birth of a chimeric monkey using stem cells

Beijing (IANS) A team of researchers in China has reported for the first time the live birth of a monkey that contains a high proportion of cells derived from a monkey stem cell line.

This "chimeric" monkey is composed of cells that originate…

India now has 13.2 mn developers on GitHub creating GenAI projects

New Delhi (IANS) Microsoft-owned AI-powered platform Github now has 13.2 million developers in India, with 3.5 million joining the platform from the country this year alone.

Developers in India are the second biggest contributor to generative…