Month: April 2026
NASA plan to have nuclear reactors for its moon missions
NASA’s Artemis II mission sent four humans to the moon for the first time in more than half a century. And it is just the beginning. In a speech at a space policy event on Tuesday, NASA chief Jared Isaacman said that the mission was an “opening act” for a new era of human space
Apple uses 30% of the recycled content
iPhone maker Apple said it has hit a record sustainability milestone, with 30 percent of materials used across products shipped in 2025 sourced from recycled content, as the company accelerates efforts to decarbonise its operations and global supply chain.Apple has simultaneously completed its push to eliminate plastic from packaging. All products now ship in fully
Elon Musk’s Grok continues to create explicit deepfakes
Real-life women are still being targeted with sexual deepfakes created by the Grok AI chatbot on Elon Musk’s social media platform X, even after previous such incidents drew global fury from regulators,multiple minor users also claimed that Grok had created non-consensual deepfakes featuring them, essentially creating and distributing child abuse media.In the most recent instance,
Snapchat owner announces global layoffs
Snap, the Santa Monica-based company behind Snapchat, said Wednesday it’s laying off around 1,000 employees and closing more than 300 open roles.The company referenced the cuts, which account for 16% of its full-time workforce, in a Wednesday filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. According to the document, the company will likely spend between $95
Pope says ‘world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants’
Pope Leo XIV has said that the world is being “ravaged by a handful of tyrants” who spend billions on war,the first American-born pontiff did not mention Donald Trump by name, but used his speech in Cameroon on Thursday to denounce world leaders that invoke religion to justify violence against other nations.His comments came as
Google cracks down on ‘Back Button Hijacking’
The back button hijacking, a deceptive technique that interferes with normal browser behaviour, redirecting users to pages they never intended to visit and disrupting their browsing experience. Google is taking decisive action against this growing issue. In a newly announced update to its spam policies, the company has explicitly classified back button hijacking as a
Microsoft has agreed to rent data center capacity at a site in Norway
Microsoft has agreed to rent data center capacity at a site in Norway that was initially intended for OpenAI and marketed as part of the artificial intelligence company’s Stargate initiative.OpenAI had initially been in talks for capacity to run its artificial intelligence workloads at the campus, but didn’t conclude an agreement with Nscale.Microsoft will rent
OpenAI unveils GPT-5.4-Cyber
OpenAI, creator of popular chatbot ChatGPT, said that GPT-5.4-Cyber will initially be rolled out on a limited basis to vetted security vendors, organisations and researchers because of its more permissive design. The company is also expanding its Trusted Access for Cyber programme to thousands of verified individual defenders and hundreds of teams protecting critical software,
India to Re-negotiate trade terms with USA
The Indian negotiators would be travelling to US from April 20-22 to work towards finalising the legal agreement based on the joint statement of February 7 while preserving the comparative tariff advantage in the American market.The Indian team will be led by chief negotiator Darpan Jain, additional secretary in the Department of Commerce. He will
Iran Gen Z tech warriors to ridicule the Trump administration
If Iran could manufacture destructive missiles at the speed with which it produces cutting memes, US Central Command would be coming out with its hands up by now. One of the more bizarre and unexpected aspects of the Iran-US war is that Iran, a country by reputation dominated by conservative clerics neuralgic about western culture