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When Indian space agency scientists set out to design the Chandrayaan-3 moon mission, they knew they had one more chance to make history with a landing on the lunar south pole after a failed attempt four years ago. They also had to do it on a shoestring budget and ended up spending only Rs. 6.15 billion on the mission. From managing costs on rockets to developing a built-in-India supply base, the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) success with the Chandrayaan-3 moon landing shows how it has honed a system of doing more for less, officials, suppliers and analysts say. ISRO's record for frugal innovation will be tested by upcoming missions, including a project to study the sun set to launch next month and a plan to put astronauts in orbit. Although India's government allocated the equivalent of $1.66 billion (nearly Rs. 13,700 crore) for the department of space for the fiscal year ending in March, it spent around 25 percent less. The budget for the current fisc...

Search engine giant  Google  on Thursday celebrated India's success in its third Moon mission Chandrayaan-3 with a special animated doodle. India scripted history on Wednesday with its touchdown on the lunar south pole, making it the first nation to land on the uncharted surface.  With this achievement, India was propelled into an exclusive club of four, becoming the fourth country after the US, China and the erstwhile Soviet Union to successfully land a spacecraft on the moon. Lauding this historic feat, the Internet behemoth has come up with a doodle "celebrating the first landing on the moon's south pole!". The graphically dynamic doodle depicts letters of 'GOOGLE' floating in outer space amid twinkling stars, with an animated 'moon' forming the second 'O' in the sequence. It also shows a spacecraft making a soft landing on the moon's south pole. "Today's doodle celebrates the first-ever landing on the moon's south pol...

Britain will host a global summit on artificial intelligence at the old home of Britain's World War Two codebreakers in November as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pitches Britain as global leader in guarding the safety of the fast-developing technology. The summit will take place on November 1 and 2 at Bletchley Park, the site in Milton Keynes where mathematician Alan Turing cracked Nazi Germany's Enigma code, the government said on Thursday. Executives from tech companies, government officials and academics will meet to consider the risks of AI and discuss how they can be mitigated. The summit will likely touch on issues such how to prevent AI being used to spread of misinformation during elections and the use of the technology in warfare, according to a government official, who asked not to be named. "The UK has long been home to the transformative technologies of the future, so there is no better place to host the first ever global AI safety summit than at Bletchley Pa...

Huawei Mate 60 series is expected to launch soon. The upcoming lineup is likely to succeed the Huawei Mate 50 series, which was released in September 2022. The Mate 50 series included the  Huawei Mate 50 , Huawei Mate 50 Pro , and the  Huawei Mate 50 RS Porsche Design . Huawei's new Mate 60 lineup may also similarly include a base and a pro model, although nothing has been officially confirmed yet. Now, a new report has surfaced that suggests the rumoured Mate 60 series handsets may offer advanced satellite connectivity features. An ITHome report suggests that the upcoming Huawei Mate 60 models may support satellite voice calling by using power amplifier chips. These PA chips help boost the signal created by the communication integrated circuit and feed it to an antenna, as per the report. This method of amplifying is needed for successful satellite communication, including voice communications. The PA chips that are rumoured to be included in the Huawei Mate...

Nokia 2660 Flip  feature phone was launched in India last year in August with a Unisoc T107 SoC, a single rear camera sensor, a cover display, and a slightly larger primary inner screen. The clamshell feature phone, initially offered in three colourways, is now being offered in two additional colour options. Nokia has recently been refocusing its efforts to launch durable phones with removable parts. The Nokia G310 5G with QuickFix technology for easy self-repairs was introduced earlier this month in the US alongside the Nokia C210 . Nokia 2660 Flip price in India, availability Offered in a lone 48MB + 128MB storage variant, the Nokia 2660 Flip is priced in India at Rs. 4,660. It is available for purchase in the country through the official Nokia website and Amazon. Last year, the clamshell flip phone was offered in Black, Blue, and Red colour options. On Wednesday, HMD Global, Nokia's parent company, announced the phone in two new colours - Lush Green and Pop Pink. Nokia 266...

Nvidia far exceeded expectations with its quarterly revenue forecast on Wednesday as an artificial-intelligence ( AI ) boom fueled demand for its chips and said it would buy back $25 billion (roughly Rs. 2,06,318 crore) in stock, sending its shares soaring after hours. Nvidia's forecast beat expectations by billions of dollars, demonstrating that a boom in generative AI technologies that can read and write in human-like ways - and powered almost exclusively by Nvidia's chips - shows no signs of slowing down. Nvidia's additional $25 billion in share repurchases announced on Wednesday come as shares have already tripled this year, making the company the first ever trillion-dollar chip business as investors bet Nvidia will be the key beneficiary of the AI boom. Analysts have estimated that demand for Nvidia's prized AI chips is exceeding supply by at least 50 percent, adding that the imbalance will stay in place for the next several quarters. "Companies worldwid...