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Wellington: A global technology outage grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and media outlets off air Friday in a massive disruption that affected companies and services around the world and highlighted dependence on software from a handful of providers. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said...

Bengaluru: IT major Infosys Ltd Thursday reported a 7 per cent rise in first-quarter net profit and raised its growth outlook for the current financial year. The consolidated net profit of Infosys increased to Rs 6,368 crore in the April-June quarter, compared to Rs 5,945...

New Delhi: After spending $450 million on the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) moon rover programme, NASA Thursday announced cancelling the mission over budget concerns. The robotic mission, slated to launch in 2025, aboard an Astrobotic Griffin lander as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar...

New Delhi: Siblings of children with autism are at a 20 per cent higher chance of being diagnosed with the condition, compared to those without the neurodevelopmental disorder, new research has found. Other factors such as the sex of the first autistic child and that...

Mumbai: Meta Wednesday introduced verified subscription plans for businesses on Facebook and Instagram in India. The Meta Verified for businesses will offer them with a verified badge, enhanced account support, impersonation protection, and additional features to support discovery and connection. The plan starts at as...

New Delhi: In a first, the Perseverance Mars Rover Mission used Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the Red Planet to make autonomous decisions based on real-time analysis of rock composition, said mission officials at NASA. While the Rover Mission has been using AI for nearly three...

New Delhi: India Tuesday announced a fresh list of 346 military hardware, including "strategically-important" systems and weapons, that will only be procured from state-run domestic manufacturers after a ban on their import kicks in under a staggered time-line. The defence ministry said over 12,300 items...

Bengaluru: India's manufacturing sector is booming which has created more job opportunities as the sector is looking for new skills, a new report showed Tuesday. Between June 2022 and June this year, the manufacturing industry in India grew by an impressive 40 per cent. According...

New Delhi: The government is working on the FAME III scheme for promotion of electric mobility and it is likely to be implemented in the near future, Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy said Tuesday. The third phase of Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric...

New Delhi: NASA Tuesday informed of transmitting the first hip hop legend Missy Elliot's song The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly) to Venus via its deep space network. The song was transmitted at 10:05 a.m. PDT Friday, July 12 from the space agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory...