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Google-backed Pixxel launches India’s first hyperspectral satellites with SpaceX

The satellites dim to use hyperspectral imaging, capturing detailed data across light bands to aid agriculture, mining, environmental monitoring, and defence.

US justice dept pushes to break up Google in search monopoly case. Chrome, Android in line of fire

Google was found to have monopoly over general search services in August. Judge has allowed DOJ & Google to file suggestions before end of year, with final decision likely in August 2025.

ChatGPT is boosting human creativity, not killing it. Here is how

The shift from Googling to asking ChatGPT marks a transformation in how people collaborate with technology to think, create and innovate.

Google has illegal monopoly over internet search, rules US judge in landmark antitrust case

The ruling paves the way for a second trial to determine potential fixes, such as requiring the company to stop paying smartphone makers to set Google as the default search engine.

Can you erase your case details from the internet? ‘Right to be forgotten’ walks a tightrope

The right to be forgotten allows a person to limit, de-link, delete or correct the disclosure of personal information on the Internet. But experts as well as high courts remain divided.

Competition Commission is Indian startups’ bugbear. It’s also causing global embarrassment

The DSM-Firmenich merger was just one of the 20-odd deals worth $1.5 billion pending before the CCI last year. Some experts blame the commission for trying to be too 'industry friendly'.

Why antitrust body CCI has ordered probe into Google’s Play Store policies amid tussle with Indian apps

Regulator says Google ‘prima facie’ appears to be violating the Competition Act, 2002. Applicants claimed the tech giant’s policies were ‘discriminatory and unfair’.

Google doodle celebrates ‘Flat White’, a coffee drink that originated in Australia & New Zealand

The beverage, known as Flat White, is a steamy espresso beverage that is topped with steamed milk and a thin layer of microfoam.

Why Telco body is citing Google-vs-Indian apps showdown in its own tussle with ‘global behemoths’

Google last week delisted nearly 10 Indian apps from Play Store citing non-compliance with the billing policy. However, many were reinstated later, as the Centre also intervened. 

Google lays off hundreds of employees across its voice assistant, augmented reality teams

Fitbit co-founders James Park & Eric Friedman also leaving, as tech giant continues to cut costs. As of September 2023, Alphabet had 182,381 employees globally.

On Camera

From Binodini to Mitin—Bengali cinema scripting its comeback this Christmas

As Park Street now anticipates the Christmas lights, Bangla cinema eyes a harmony. Colliding heritage, devotion and some detective grit, the year-ender comes with a rediscovery.

Niti Aayog CEO has a message for power stakeholders. Buckle up for surge to feed EVs, data centres

Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.