Sci-Tech

San Francisco: Meta is halting teens' access to artificial intelligence characters, at least temporarily, the company said in a blog post Friday. Meta Platforms Inc, which owns Instagram and WhatsApp, said that starting in the coming weeks, teens will no longer be able to access...

Mumbai: Zomato’s parent firm Eternal Limited Wednesday announced a major leadership change, with its CEO Deepinder Goyal, resigning from his position with effect from February 1, 2026. The company said Albinder Dhindsa, who is currently the CEO of Blinkit, will take over as the new...

New Delhi: Astronaut Sunita Williams said space travel has changed her perspective towards life in general, and the idea of humans arguing or having differences over issues seems so "silly" when you look at Earth as "one planet" from outer space. Williams, 60, who recently...

New Delhi: The first set of satellites of India's privately-built national earth observation constellation is expected to be launched next year by a consortium of start-ups led by Bengaluru-based Pixxel Space. The Pixxel-led consortium signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian National Space Promotion...

New Delhi: After 50 years of the Apollo 17 mission in December 1972, when man first landed on the Moon, NASA is planning to send a team of four astronauts on a journey around the Moon February 6. The Artemis II crew includes NASA’s commander...

New Delhi: Union Minister of State for Earth Sciences, Dr Jitendra Singh, launched India's first-ever open-sea marine fish farming project from the Andaman Sea Sunday. The minister described the initiative as one of the first major steps in the direction of realising the Blue Economy...

Cape Canaveral: An ailing astronaut returned to Earth with three others Thursday, ending their space station mission more than a month early in NASA's first medical evacuation. SpaceX guided the capsule to a middle-of-the-night splashdown in the Pacific near San Diego, less than 11 hours...

Bhubaneswar: A group of researchers at IIT Bhubaneswar has developed a satellite-based cost-effective technology for Bauxite prospecting and exploration in Odisha. Bauxite, the primary ore of aluminium, is a critical raw material for industries such as aerospace, construction, and packaging. With the global aluminium market...

New York/Washington: India highlighted its firm commitment to strengthening and securing critical mineral supply chains as it participated in a key ministerial meeting hosted by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting, Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw participated in the...

New York: Apple will rely on Google to help finish its efforts to smarten up its virtual assistant Siri and bring other artificial intelligence features to the iPhone as the trendsetting company plays catch up in technology's latest craze. The deal allowing Apple to tap...