GalaxEye acquires StarOps
Infosys-backed spacetech startup GalaxEye has acquired spacecraft engineering company StarOps to strengthen its in-house satellite development capabilities. StarOps traces its origins to TeamIndus, India’s first spacetech startup, set up in 2010, and secured a spot in the Google Lunar XPRIZE competition to land a spacecraft on the moon. Several members of the team previously worked
Microsoft warns that Hackers can use hotel Wi-Fi to steal passwords
Microsoft has warned travellers about a new cyberattack campaign in which hackers are targeting hotel Wi-Fi networks to steal passwords, access accounts and even spy on victims. The campaign, identified as ‘CaptiveCrunch’, is being linked to Storm-2945 — a cybercriminal group. These are the Wi-Fi networks commonly found in hotels, conference centres and other public
Apple explores Chinese memory chips from CXMT for iPhones
Apple is exploring memory chips from Chinese manufacturer ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) as it looks for ways to deal with a global shortage of memory chips fuelled by the artificial intelligence boom,The chips are being evaluated for several Apple products, including iPhones and MacBooks. Initial discussions between Apple and CXMT have focused on supplying components
Russia rolling out Starlink replacement faster than Ukrainian government expected
Russia has been rolling out its own satellite internet in the style of Starlink after Elon Musk’s US network blocked its services for the aggressor in the war. Ukraine has now found that Moscow’s attempt to replace Starlink has been going faster than expected, the deputy head of Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence service said. According
Meta launches Muse Glimmer AI model
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Monday released a new open-weight model Muse Glimmer, is much smaller than leading AI models from rivals and is instead designed for agentic tasks and can run on a Mac or PC with a single graphics card. He also said that Meta supports open source AI and that he believes
Nvidia to invest up to $3 billion in Stargate data centre developer
Nvidia will invest up to $3 billion in power infrastructure developer Lancium, the company behind the Stargate data centre campus in Texas. The chipmaker will invest an initial $2 billion for a stake of roughly 20% in Lancium, which is backed by Blackstone, according to the report. Nvidia could invest an additional $1 billion if
The Cold Antarctica with Full fire brigade
Antarctica holds roughly 75 per cent of the planet’s fresh water, locked away as ice, yet the continent is technically classified as a desert, and that combination makes fire one of the most serious hazards facing the people who live and work there. The United States maintains the only full-time professional fire department on the
OpenAI pauses work on new Astra model Over Cyber Concerns
OpenAI is pausing some internal work around one of its upcoming artificial intelligence models to implement stricter safeguards after the system was found to be significantly more adept at cybersecurity tasks. Over the past two weeks, OpenAI and Anthropic PBC have publicly acknowledged that they’ve inadvertently breached the systems of multiple institutions, including Hugging Face
Russia attacks on Kyviv
At least three people, including a child, have been killed in overnight Russian attacks near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. In the early hours of Saturday missiles hit east of the capital and witnesses reported hearing powerful explosions just days after strikes across Ukraine killed 21 people. The ballistic missile strikes killed three and wounded another
Indian Government asks Meta to revamp its algorithm on take down request
The government has asked Meta to revamp its algorithm following a recent “technical glitch” that led to the removal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s video on exam reforms on Facebook.The government is understood to have sought specific changes to Meta’s algorithm as part of its efforts to strengthen the detection and removal of harmful and