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Musk to sign takeover deal as Twitter employees slam his layoff threat
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Musk to sign takeover deal as Twitter employees slam his layoff threat

San Francisco, Oct 26: Elon Musk has reportedly told investors and bankers that he is going to close the $44 billion Twitter takeover deal by Friday, as employees at the micro-blogging platform protest his plan to fire 75 per cent of the Twitter workforce. Musk must complete the acquisition by...
ISRO scripts history with successful commercial mission LVM3-M2
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ISRO scripts history with successful commercial mission LVM3-M2

Sriharikota/Bengaluru, Oct 23: Indian Space Research Organisations' heaviest rocket LVM3-M2 on its maiden commercial mission on Sunday successfully placed 36 broadband communication satellites of a UK-based customer into the intended orbits, the space agency said, describing the mission as...
Countdown begins for ISROs historic rocket launch
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Countdown begins for ISRO's historic rocket launch

Chennai, Oct 22: The Indian space agency on Saturday at 12.07 a.m. began the 24-hour countdown for the launch of its heavy-lift rocket GSLV Mk III - renamed for this mission as LVM3 M2 - carrying 36 'OneWeb' satellites.The 43.5 metre tall and weighing 644-ton LVM3 M2 rocket is scheduled to...
IIT-Madras and NASA researchers study microbes on space station
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IIT-Madras and NASA researchers study microbes on space station

Chennai, Oct 21: The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) researchers have studied the interactions between microbes in the International Space Station (ISS), the institute said on Friday. A key finding is that a microbe that resides on the ISS,...
Astronaut James McDivitt commander of Apollo 9 mission dies at 93
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Astronaut James McDivitt commander of Apollo 9 mission dies at 93

Washington, Oct 18: James A. McDivitt, who commanded the Apollo 9 mission testing the first complete set of equipment to go to the moon, has died. He was 93. McDivitt was also the commander of 1965's Gemini 4 mission, where his best friend and colleague Ed White made the first U.S. spacewalk. His...
Steve Jobs Macintosh SE from NeXT likely to fetch $300K at auction: Report
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Steve Jobs' Macintosh SE from NeXT likely to fetch $300K at auction: Report

San Francisco, Oct 16: A Macintosh SE used by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs at NeXt will be the highlight at an upcoming technology auction that could fetch $300,000. The History of Science and Technology, including the Space History auction held by Bonhams, features a wide array of documents and...
NASA set to break sound barrier again for future air travel
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NASA set to break sound barrier again for future air travel

Washington, Oct 16: NASA aeronautical innovators are poised to break the sound barrier again, this time in a very different way that could make it possible for all of us to one day travel by air just as fast as any of the X-1 pilots who flew supersonic. NASA's X-59, the centerpiece of the...
NASA set to break sound barrier again for future air travel
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NASA set to break sound barrier again for future air travel

Washington, Oct 16: NASA aeronautical innovators are poised to break the sound barrier again, this time in a very different way that could make it possible for all of us to one day travel by air just as fast as any of the X-1 pilots who flew supersonic.NASA's X-59, the centerpiece of the...
Russia trying to kill Starlink internet services in Ukraine: Musk
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Russia trying to kill Starlink internet services in Ukraine: Musk

San Francisco, Oct 15: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said on Saturday that his Starlink is the only internet service left in Ukraine, and Russia is actively trying to kill it too. The world's richest man said that Starlink is currently the primary communications system of the Ukrainian army on...
Several Facebook users complain losing followers, Mark Zuckerberg too loses millions
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Several Facebook users complain losing followers, Mark Zuckerberg too loses...

New Delhi, Oct 12: Several users of Meta's Facebook are complaining about losing the majority of their followers on the social media platform due to unknown reasons. Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has lost over 119 million followers which has brought down his follower count to below 10,000. ...
Giant impact may have formed Moon within hours: Study
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Giant impact may have formed Moon within hours: Study

London, Oct 9: A giant impact could have formed the Moon more rapidly within hours, scientists have revealed, opening up a whole new range of possible starting places for the Moon's evolution. The Moon is thought to have formed following a collision 4.5 billion years ago between the young Earth...
WhatsApps cloned app spying on Indians via recording video, audio
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WhatsApp's cloned app spying on Indians via recording video, audio

New Delhi, Oct 8: India is among the countries with highest number of Android trojan detections and a cloned, third-party unofficial version of WhatsApp is leading in spying on people's chats in the country, a new report has warned. Behind a large portion of Android spyware detection in the past...
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