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Musk seeks Twitter trial in early 2023, Agrawal wants 4 days to prove him wrong
San Francisco, July 16 Tesla CEO Elon Musk's legal team has reportedly asked the court to push back the Twitter trial by early 2023, saying that the case requires "forensic review and analysis" of a deep pool of data. While terminating his $44 billion Twitter takeover deal, Musk argued that ...WhatsApp may soon let you post voice notes on status updates
San Francisco, July 15 Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp is working on a new feature that may allow users to post voice notes on their status updates. According to WABetaInfo, this feature is under development so it is not ready to be released to beta users. "WhatsApp is planning to extend ...Italian watchdog probing Google over data portability abuse
London, July 15 The Italian anti-competition watchdog has ordered a probe against Google for alleged abuse of dominant position in data portability in the country. According to the Italian Competition Authority, Google allegedly hindered interoperability in sharing individuals' data with other platforms, and particularly with direct marketing platform called Weople. ...Agnikul Cosmos opens its first rocket engine facility
Chennai, July 13 Private sector rocket maker Agnikul Cosmos on Wednesday opened its first 3D printed rocket engine factory located at the IIT Madras Research Park. According to Agnikul Cosmos, the factory has been designed keeping in mind the ability to produce two rocket engines per week for its rocket ...TikTok rolling out maturity ratings, content filters for videos
San Francisco, July 13 Short-video platform TikTok, facing a controversy in the US for sharing users' date with the Chinese government, on Wednesday introduced 'Content Levels' feature to help further safeguard the viewing experience. In the coming weeks, the platform will introduce an early version to help prevent content with ...Tesla fires 229 employees from Autopilot team, shuts office
San Francisco, July 13 Elon Musk-run Tesla has laid off 229 annotation employees from its Autopilot team and closed one of its offices in the US. According to a regulatory filing in California state in the US and seen by TechCrunch, Tesla had laid off workers from its San Mateo ...Controlling rocket re-entries from space imperative to cut human risks: Study
Toronto, July 12 Most space launches result in uncontrolled rocket body re-entries, creating casualty risks for people on the ground, at sea and in aeroplanes, according to a study. While the risks have long been treated as negligible, the number of rocket bodies abandoned in orbit is growing. The rocket ...James Webb Telescope fully ready for science missions: NASA
Washington, July 12 The world's premier space science observatory, the James Webb Telescope is all set to start full scientific operations, NASA has announced. Launched on December 25, 2021, the $10 billion telescope is an international programme led by NASA, the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency. The ...Elon Musk’s SpaceX sends 46 Starlink satellites into orbit
San Francisco, July 11 Billionaire Elon Musk's space venture SpaceX has successfully launched 46 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit. Starlink provides high-speed, low-latency broadband Internet across the globe. It has more than 2,50,000 users globally. The 46 satellites took off to space on Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 4 ...Leaked ‘Uber Files’ reveal how it broke laws, lobbied govts to expand globally
San Francisco, July 11 A sensational leaked trove of internal Uber documents has revealed the dark side of the ride-hailing platform, that allegedly broke laws and secretly lobbied governments as it planned to expand globally. According to The Guardian that accessed 'Uber Files' with over 1,24,000 documents from 2013 and ...