The Starcloud-1 satellite is launched into space from a SpaceX rocket on November 2, 2025. Courtesy: SpaceX | Starcloud Nvidia-backed startup Starcloud trained an artificial intelligence model from space for the first time, signaling a new era for orbital data centers that could alleviate Earth’s escalating digital infrastructure crisis. Last month, the Washington-based company launched…
The European Union has agreed to a legally binding climate target to cut emissions 90% by 2040, even as it pushes back a planned critical emissions trading scheme. The European Parliament and EU Member States came to a provisional agreement on the target and an amendment of the EU Climate Law on Tuesday night. “Today,…
The question “what present do you recommend for …” will be tapped into phones and computers countless times over this festive period, as more people turn to AI platforms to help choose gifts for loved ones. With a quarter of Britons using AI to find products, brands are increasingly adapting their strategies to ensure their…
IndiGo, the airline that positioned itself as one of India’s largest carriers in just two decades, has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. The airline, which controls over 60 per cent of India’s domestic market, has visibly been affected by its lean-staffing or ‘buffer-deficit’ model. The crisis surfaced when…
Today is like Christmas morning for markets: Will they be granted their wish for December, and have a final interest rate cut for the year delivered by Santa Jerome Powell? So far, the signs are pointing to yes. Investors priced in an 87.6% likelihood of a reduction from the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) this…
At 9:01am this Monday, something quietly historic happened on the National Stock Exchange. For the first time, options-crazed traders didn’t dive straight into live futures prices at the opening bell – they had to watch a call auction screen instead.NSE’s new 15-minute pre-open session for equity derivatives went live on December 8, in what traders…
Gold prices showed a mixed trend on Wednesday, with domestic futures inching up even as international rates dipped. On the Multi Commodity Exchange, February gold futures rose by Rs 173 to Rs 1,30,280 per 10 grams, while Comex gold for the same month traded marginally lower at $4,234.3 an ounce.Gold price in your city today:…
In this photo illustration, iPhone screens display various social media apps on the screens on February 9, 2025 in Bath, England. Anna Barclay | Getty Images News | Getty Images Australia on Wednesday became the first country to formally bar users under the age of 16 from accessing major social media platforms, a move expected…
Bholanath Ghosh, one of the prime witnesses in the attack on ED officials in Sandeshkhali and connected CBI cases which implicated the now-jailed TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan, was critically injured when a truck collided with his car in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday, a senior officer said. Ghosh’s younger son,…
The Federal Reserve is heading into a critical period as the United States prepares for 2026, with a change in leadership and heightened scrutiny of the central bank’s independence. Chair Jerome Powell’s term expires in May, and President Donald Trump is expected to announce a successor early in the year, likely in time for the…