Seven Indian private companies have been chosen for a first-of-its-kind India-US space and defence collaboration programme, unlocking a lucrative and strategic market for Indian firms, said three sources with knowledge of the matter. Under the programme, the companies - which the sources said incl
A SpaceX Starship rocket broke up in space minutes after launching from Texas on Thursday, forcing airline flights over the Gulf of Mexico to alter course to avoid falling debris and setting back Elon Musk's flagship rocket programme. SpaceX mission control lost contact with the newly upgraded Sta
Social media app TikTok, which is owned by China's ByteDance, will be banned in the United States on Sunday unless a deal comes together to sell it to a US investor or the US Supreme Court intervenes. The ban results from an April law signed by President Joe Biden and is the first time the United
A satellite model is placed on a picture of Earth in this illustration taken Nov 25, 2024. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration India became the world’s fourth nation on Thursday to achieve the feat of space docking, a technological milestone that underscores its ambitions to expand its share of
Users of the Chinese social media app RedNote welcomed “TikTok refugees” from the United States with selfies and messages on Wednesday, as Beijing said it encouraged stronger cultural ties with other countries in response to the sudden influx. Known in China as Xiaohongshu and as a pla
Elon Musk was sued on Tuesday by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, which accused the world's richest person of waiting too long to disclose in 2022 he had amassed a large stake in Twitter, the social media company he later bought. In a complaint filed in Washington, DC federal court, the
The European Commision said on Tuesday it was assessing its cases against Apple (AAPL.O), Alphabet (GOOGL.O), X and Meta (META.O) stressing and that President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House did not affect its commitment to enforcing its laws. The European Union has been at the fore
Brazil's government said on Tuesday it is "seriously concerned" about Meta Platforms' recently announced changes to its hate speech policy, adding it would hold a public hearing later this week to discuss the topic. Facebook owner Meta last week reduced curbs on discussions around contentious topi
Britain will use new regulatory powers to investigate Google’s search services to see how they impact consumers and businesses, including advertisers and rivals, following US calls to break up the tech giant. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), which gained a wider remit over big te
Indonesia plans to issue a regulation to set a minimum age for users of social media, a move aimed at protecting children, its communications minister has said. The plans follows Australia’s decision to ban children under 16 from accessing social media, with fines for tech giants from Instag
