Sci-Tech

July 8, 2026 12:55 PM

Russia tries to jam Musk’s Starlink systems to counter Ukrainian drones

Russian forces are trying to counter Ukrainian "mid-strike" drone attacks by camouflaging cargoes and installing powerful jamming systems to disrupt Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet system, Ukrainian drone commanders and pilots told Reuters. Kyiv's development of "mid-strike" drones that can...

July 8, 2026 2:46 PM

OpenAI set to launch most capable GPT model after delayed rollout

OpenAI will publicly launch its most capable model, GPT‑5.6, on Thursday, after delaying the release last month on the U.S. government's request amid mounting national security concerns that powerful AI systems could be misused. The United States and China are in a race to develop cutting-edge...

July 6, 2026 4:41 PM

High-resolution observations shed light on hidden black hole population

An international team of astronomers, including researchers from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), has uncovered a hidden population of weakly active supermassive black holes in nearby galaxies using high-resolution radio observations, offering fresh insights into how galaxies evolve over ...

July 3, 2026 12:07 PM

Here’s why the South Pole froze over before the North Pole

While it once was temperate and lush, Earth's southernmost continent Antarctica froze over about 34 million years ago, covered by an ice sheet that today is up to around 3 miles (5 km) thick. By contrast, the planet's northernmost realm, the Arctic region, did not freeze over for another 25 million ...

July 2, 2026 3:16 PM

Google loses fight against record €4.1 billion EU antitrust fine

Alphabet's Google on Thursday lost its fight against a record fine imposed by EU antitrust regulators eight years ago for using its Android mobile operating system to block rivals, a court ruling likely to boost Europe's crackdown on Big Tech. The European Commission had originally handed out a €...