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NASA's 47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft recently established contact with Earth after a brief halt with the help of a radio transmitter that has not been used since 1981.

NASA successfully reconnected with Voyager 1 after an unexpected communication disruption caused by a shutdown of the spacecraft’s primary transmitter. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California pinpointed the cause as Voyager’s fault protection system, which manages power by shutting down non-essential systems. With a second...

The MIT-led AXIS mission, a finalist in NASA's Probe Explorers competition, is set to investigate the origins of black holes and the universe's high-energy events. Featuring advanced X-ray technology, AXIS will push cosmic boundaries in search of answers to some of astrophysics' most profound questions. If approved, the $1 billion mission will revo...

Within a few short weeks, Kamala Harris created an election campaign out of nothing. She held rapturous rallies, raised more than $1 billion in funds and brought what she called a burst of joy to a party that had given up hope.

Bharti Airtel is in talks to acquire Tata Play direct to home (DTH) service which is currently said to be a loss-making business, according to a report. This move will reportedly strengthen Airtel’s presence in the digital TV segment, facing competition from the likes of D2H and DishTV.

Airtel has partly settled its outstanding spectrum fees from a 2016 auction. This is the first payment the country's second-largest telecom operator is making for the phone spectrum it acquired for $2.13 billion (roughly Rs. 17,852 crore) in 2016.

Google plans to invest $1 billion to build digital infrastructure in Thailand, including a new data centre, the US tech giant has announced, saying the move would support 14,000 jobs in the kingdom.

OpenAI is said to predict that its revenue will skyrocket to $11.6 billion in 2025, up from an estimated $3.7 billion this year. The AI firm is also said to offer Thrive Capital the opportunity to invest another $1 billion next year at the same valuation if OpenAI hits a revenue goal.

Flipkart's Big Billion Days Sale 2024 has kicked off with great discounts on products across different categories including mobile phones, accessories, laptops, wearables, home appliances, smart TVs, fashion products, and more. As always, smartphones ranging from the flagship iPhone 15 to CMF Phone 1 are listed with discounts during the sale.

Since 2020, India's cash incentives to boost domestic manufacturing have attracted over $17 billion (roughly Rs. 1,42,279 crore) of investment. The scheme, which offers four to six percent cash incentives on incremental sales to manufacturers, was launched across 14 sectors including electronics, pharmaceuticals, textiles and white goods.

A recent report by Bain has predicted that global market for AI-related products will hit as much as $990 billion (roughly Rs. 82,75,424 crore) in 2027. Companies are moving beyond an experimentation phase and beginning to scale generative AI across their operations, Bain said.

Apple's iPhone 15 Pro models are confirmed to get big discounts during the upcoming Flipkart Big Billion Days 2024 sale. Both iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are teased to be priced below Rs. 1,00,000 in the discount sale. Besides the general discount, there will be additional discounts on select bank cards and EMI transactions.

Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first individual on the globe to ever cross 1 billion followers mark across social media platforms.

India is getting an investment of over $1 billion (roughly Rs. 8,398 crore) from NXP Semiconductors. India expects its semiconductor market to be worth $63 billion (roughly Rs. 5,29,102 crore) by 2026.

The European Court of Justice has now sided with Vestager, agreeing Apple had unduly benefited from unfair loopholes in Ireland's tax regime, and that the company must now hand Ireland EUR 13 billion roughly Rs. 1,20,903 crore) in back payments.

NASA's 47-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft recently established contact with Earth after a brief halt with the help of a radio transmitter that has not been used since 1981.

NASA successfully reconnected with Voyager 1 after an unexpected communication disruption caused by a shutdown of the spacecraft’s primary transmitter. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California pinpointed the cause as Voyager’s fault protection system, which manages power by shutting down non-essential systems. With a second...

The MIT-led AXIS mission, a finalist in NASA's Probe Explorers competition, is set to investigate the origins of black holes and the universe's high-energy events. Featuring advanced X-ray technology, AXIS will push cosmic boundaries in search of answers to some of astrophysics' most profound questions. If approved, the $1 billion mission will revo...

Within a few short weeks, Kamala Harris created an election campaign out of nothing. She held rapturous rallies, raised more than $1 billion in funds and brought what she called a burst of joy to a party that had given up hope.

Bharti Airtel is in talks to acquire Tata Play direct to home (DTH) service which is currently said to be a loss-making business, according to a report. This move will reportedly strengthen Airtel’s presence in the digital TV segment, facing competition from the likes of D2H and DishTV.

Airtel has partly settled its outstanding spectrum fees from a 2016 auction. This is the first payment the country's second-largest telecom operator is making for the phone spectrum it acquired for $2.13 billion (roughly Rs. 17,852 crore) in 2016.

Google plans to invest $1 billion to build digital infrastructure in Thailand, including a new data centre, the US tech giant has announced, saying the move would support 14,000 jobs in the kingdom.

OpenAI is said to predict that its revenue will skyrocket to $11.6 billion in 2025, up from an estimated $3.7 billion this year. The AI firm is also said to offer Thrive Capital the opportunity to invest another $1 billion next year at the same valuation if OpenAI hits a revenue goal.

Flipkart's Big Billion Days Sale 2024 has kicked off with great discounts on products across different categories including mobile phones, accessories, laptops, wearables, home appliances, smart TVs, fashion products, and more. As always, smartphones ranging from the flagship iPhone 15 to CMF Phone 1 are listed with discounts during the sale.

Since 2020, India's cash incentives to boost domestic manufacturing have attracted over $17 billion (roughly Rs. 1,42,279 crore) of investment. The scheme, which offers four to six percent cash incentives on incremental sales to manufacturers, was launched across 14 sectors including electronics, pharmaceuticals, textiles and white goods.

A recent report by Bain has predicted that global market for AI-related products will hit as much as $990 billion (roughly Rs. 82,75,424 crore) in 2027. Companies are moving beyond an experimentation phase and beginning to scale generative AI across their operations, Bain said.

Apple's iPhone 15 Pro models are confirmed to get big discounts during the upcoming Flipkart Big Billion Days 2024 sale. Both iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are teased to be priced below Rs. 1,00,000 in the discount sale. Besides the general discount, there will be additional discounts on select bank cards and EMI transactions.

Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first individual on the globe to ever cross 1 billion followers mark across social media platforms.

India is getting an investment of over $1 billion (roughly Rs. 8,398 crore) from NXP Semiconductors. India expects its semiconductor market to be worth $63 billion (roughly Rs. 5,29,102 crore) by 2026.

The European Court of Justice has now sided with Vestager, agreeing Apple had unduly benefited from unfair loopholes in Ireland's tax regime, and that the company must now hand Ireland EUR 13 billion roughly Rs. 1,20,903 crore) in back payments.