Sci-Tech

August 8, 2026 11:34 AM

PM Modi to address IIT Delhi’s 57th convocation ceremony today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the 57th Convocation Ceremony of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi as the Chief Guest on Saturday and address more than 3,000 graduating students. The convocation ceremony is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. More than 3,000 students, including 587 ...

August 7, 2026 9:27 AM

Meta ordered to pay $567 million in New Mexico for teen mental health fund

A New Mexico state court ordered Meta on Thursday to pay $567 million into a teen mental health fund and change how its platforms function for young users after finding the company is to blame for harming children's wellbeing. Judge Bryan Biedscheid in Santa Fe ruled the company had created a publi...

August 5, 2026 4:02 PM

Piece of SpaceX rocket will crash into the moon Wednesday

A SpaceX rocket piece floating in space since last year is on track to smash into the moon at high speed early Wednesday morning. The school-bus-size object is the second stage of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that had launched a lunar lander from Firefly Aerospace toward the moon in January 2025. Weig...

August 5, 2026 1:13 PM

Samsung Electronics launches next-generation AI memory technology

Samsung Electronics introduced a new generation of artificial intelligence memory technology on Tuesday, seeking to reinforce its chipmaking lead in the booming AI market. The world's largest memory chip manufacturer chose this year's Future of Memory and Storage (FMS) conference in Santa Clara, Ca...

August 5, 2026 12:56 PM

OpenAI, Anthropic AI agents implicated in new security breaches

An AI agent was caught creating fake online identities to gain unauthorized access to secure systems during tests of models from OpenAI and Anthropic which revealed a series of new breaches, Britain's AI Security Institute disclosed on Tuesday. The institute said agents powered by Anthropic's Mytho...

August 4, 2026 1:32 PM

Webb telescope finds signs of ancient disaster for Neptune’s moons

New observations of some of Neptune's moons and rings are providing evidence of a catastrophe that occurred billions of years ago around the solar system's outermost planet in which a Pluto-sized interloper caused a celestial demolition derby. Researchers used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to e...

August 4, 2026 1:14 PM

Telegram says Apple suspension followed content norms violation by one user

Telegram was briefly removed from Apple’s App Store globally after the iPhone maker reported one user had shared “child sexual abuse material,” the messaging app said on Tuesday. The incident follows a similar suspension in 2018, when Apple temporarily pulled Telegram for material the app’s...