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AI Upgrades, Security Flaws, and SpaceX’s Record IPO Define the Week in Tech

AI Upgrades, Security Flaws, and SpaceX’s Record IPO Define the Week in Tech

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AI kept moving closer to the device, the workflow, and the boardroom this week, with OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Anthropic, Nvidia, and Zoom pushing smarter assistants and on-device tools while security researchers kept finding new ways for those same systems to go sideways. Add in major Android and web server flaws, AI-enabled scams, and SpaceX’s record IPO plans, and the message was clear: tech’s next era is arriving fast, carrying both productivity gains and a suspiciously large number of blinking warning lights. Top news AI assistants and on-device intelligence take center stage OpenAI introduced Dreaming V3, a new memory system for ChatGPT that integrates past chat details into user profiles. The update doubles storage for Plus and Pro users and adds privacy-focused features like Temporary Chats. While the system enhances personalization, it also raises new privacy concerns as ChatGPT surpasses one billion monthly users. Google DeepMind launched Gemma 4 12B, a 12-billion-parameter multimodal AI model that runs entirely on devices with 16 GB of RAM. Capable of processing text, images, audio, and video offline, Gemma 4 …

ISRO’s ‘Bahubali’ LVM3 vs SpaceX’s Falcon 9: Can India Beat Elon Musk On Space Economics? | India News

ISRO’s ‘Bahubali’ LVM3 vs SpaceX’s Falcon 9: Can India Beat Elon Musk On Space Economics? | India News

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Last Updated:December 25, 2025, 14:37 IST ISRO’s LVM3 can carry roughly 8-10 tonnes to low-Earth orbit (LEO) and Wednesday’s mission, at 6,100kg, marked one of its heaviest commercial payloads SpaceX routinely lands and refurbishes its boosters but LVM3 is still expendable as each rocket is used once and discarded. (AP/PTI) The Launch Vehicle Mark-III (LVM3), often dubbed as India’s heaviest rocket and ISRO’s ‘Bahubali’, roared off the pad at Sriharikota early on Wednesday, December 24, placing a 6,100kg US communications satellite, ‘Blue Bird’, into orbit. The success has once again ignited the long-running debate over who really rules the global launch market on cost; India’s space agency ISRO or Elon Musk’s SpaceX. On one side stands ISRO, celebrated for its frugal engineering and ‘jugaad’ mindset. On the other is SpaceX, which has rewritten the economics of spaceflight through reusable rockets. With both players now competing for the booming commercial launch market, the question is simple: whose ride is cheaper? SpaceX’s Falcon 9 is by far the world’s busiest rocket. Various reports peg the cost of …

SpaceX’s Fram2 Crew Captures First-Ever Views of Earth’s Polar Regions

SpaceX’s Fram2 Crew Captures First-Ever Views of Earth’s Polar Regions

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The first astronauts to orbit over both of Earth’s poles have shared new images from their journey. SpaceX launched the private Fram2 mission on March 31, sending four first-time astronauts into a polar orbit. The mission lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center and reached the orbit shortly after with the Crew Dragon spacecraft. The trajectory allowed the crew members to witness and document some of the most remotest regions of the planet. Interestingly, the images from the mission show views of the Arctic and Antarctic, which were never seen from a crewed spacecraft before. Mission Details and Crew Members According to reports, the mission is led by Chun Wang from Malta, who personally funded the journey. Serving as vehicle commander is Jannicke Mikkelsen from Norway, with German astronaut Rabea Rogge as mission pilot. Australian crew member Eric Phillips is onboard as mission specialist and medical officer. SpaceX confirmed that the mission is the first to place astronauts in a true polar orbit, a path typically reserved for satellite launches. Scientific Research on Board As …

SpaceX’s Starlink to Reportedly Secure Faster Regulatory Approvals in India After Deals With Airtel, Jio

SpaceX’s Starlink to Reportedly Secure Faster Regulatory Approvals in India After Deals With Airtel, Jio

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SpaceX’s Starlink satellite Internet services could reportedly secure faster regulatory approvals in India. As per the report, the expedited approvals could be due to the Elon Musk-owned space technology company entering partnerships with Bharti Airtel and Jio Platforms. Notably, both the telecom service providers will make Starlink equipment available in their retail stores as well as offer services on behalf of the company. The faster approvals for Starlink are said to set the path for Amazon’s Kuiper satellite Internet services when it enters the country. Starlink to Reportedly Get Faster Regulatory Approvals According to a Moneycontrol report, SpaceX recently submitted the required paperwork and agreed to the key conditions that are necessary for Starlink to get operational and commercial access in India. The company is said to be after the Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite (GMPCS) licence as well as authorisation approval from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe). Citing unnamed sources, the publication claimed that the separate partnerships with Jio Platforms and Airtel have …

SpaceX’s Starship launch halted at last minute due to technical issues, Elon Musk reacts

SpaceX’s Starship launch halted at last minute due to technical issues, Elon Musk reacts

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The countdown got down to the 40-second mark, but it was halted because of issues with the 403-foot (123-metre) rocket, the world’s largest and most powerful. SpaceX’s highly anticipated Starship launch faced a last-minute setback on Monday, as technical problems forced mission controllers to call off the attempt just 40 seconds before liftoff. The mega rocket, standing at an impressive 403 feet (123 meters), was poised for a dramatic comeback following an explosion during its last test flight. The exact nature of the issue was not immediately disclosed, but SpaceX engineers quickly stepped in to assess the problem. Starship, the world’s largest and most powerful rocket, is central to Elon Musk’s SpaceX ambitious plans for deep-space exploration, including future missions to Mars. Starship was supposed to blast off from the southern tip of Texas with four mock satellites on board for a space-skimming test flight. If the problems can be fixed quickly, another launch attempt could come Tuesday, according to SpaceX. The last Starship demo ended in an explosion over the Atlantic in January, with flaming debris …

Musk Gifts PM Modi Heatshield Tile From SpaceX’s Starship Test Flight

Musk Gifts PM Modi Heatshield Tile From SpaceX’s Starship Test Flight

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, yesterday at the Blair House in Washington. Mr Musk, accompanied by his three children and partner Shivon Zilis, gave Prime Minister Modi a gift that drew a lot of attention. The billionaire, overseeing the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in the Trump regime, gifted PM Modi with what appears to be a heatshield tile that flew on SpaceX’s starship test flight 5 in October last year. The relic was engraved with the words: “Starship Flight Test 5. October 13, 2024.” The hexagonal ceramic heatshield tiles on SpaceX’s Starship are designed to protect the spacecraft from extreme heat encountered during atmospheric re-entry as it makes its way back to Earth. On October 13, 2024, SpaceX launched its Starship vehicle from South Texas. This mission is particularly notable for successfully capturing its Super Heavy booster at the launch site, marking a significant achievement in aerospace technology. In return, PM Modi gifted Musk’s children three Indian classic books – “The Crescent Moon” by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore, …

SpaceX’s Starship Explodes Over Atlantic Ocean After Successful Booster Landing

SpaceX’s Starship Explodes Over Atlantic Ocean After Successful Booster Landing

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The seventh test flight of SpaceX’s Starship rocket ended with an explosion over the Atlantic Ocean, as confirmed by sources. Launched from the company’s Starbase facility in South Texas on January 16, 2025, the 403-foot-tall spacecraft marked another significant step in SpaceX’s efforts to advance reusable rocket technology. The test featured successful stage separation and a return of the first-stage booster, Super Heavy, which was safely caught by the launch tower’s “chopstick” arms in a controlled descent. However, communication with the upper stage was lost roughly eight minutes into the flight, leading to its eventual disintegration. Details of the Incident As per a report by Space.com, the upper stage, known as Ship, exploded over the Atlantic Ocean near the Turks and Caicos Islands approximately 8.5 minutes after launch. Visuals of the event, described by witnesses as a dramatic sky show, were shared widely across social media platforms, adding to the visibility of the anomaly. SpaceX referred to the explosion as a “rapid unscheduled disassembly” and stated that data from the test would be analysed to …

SpaceX’s fiery Starship explosion put on a fantastic show but delayed and diverted flights

SpaceX’s fiery Starship explosion put on a fantastic show but delayed and diverted flights

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Falling debris from the SpaceX Starship explosion yesterday created what looked like a meteor shower, or a colorful fireworks show based on videos shared by people in the area, but it also delayed flights. The footage of the explosion’s aftermath was shared to social media and Reddit. Some of it was recorded inside planes flying nearby, and many flights were diverted around the debris field, or delayed until all the fragments touched down. The Federal Aviation Administration said it had “briefly slowed and diverted planes around the area where space debris was falling,” according to Reuters. The 7th test flight of Starship was at least a partial success, marking the second time SpaceX successfully caught the Super Heavy booster with its launch tower. It was also the first time one of the booster’s Raptor engines was reused from a previous flight. The launch was a testbed for a redesigned propulsion system, an improved flight computer, and the craft’s heat shield. It’s unclear if any of these were factors in the failure, but SpaceX says that, …

SpaceX’s Starship Breaks Up In Space After Launch, Forces Flights To Divert

SpaceX’s Starship Breaks Up In Space After Launch, Forces Flights To Divert

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Washington, United States: A SpaceX Starship prototype failed 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 program. SpaceX mission control lost contact with the newly upgraded Starship, carrying its first test payload of mock satellites, eight minutes after liftoff from its South Texas rocket facilities at 5:38 p.m. EST (2238 GMT). Video shot by Reuters showed orange balls of light streaking across the sky over the Haitian capital of Port-Au-Prince, leaving trails of smoke behind. “We did lose all communications with the ship – that is essentially telling us we had an anomaly with the upper stage,” SpaceX Communications Manager Dan Huot said, confirming minutes later that the ship was lost. The last time a Starship upper stage failed was in March last year, as it was reentering Earth’s atmosphere over the Indian Ocean, but rarely has a SpaceX mishap caused widespread disruptions to air traffic. At Miami International Airport, some flights …

SpaceX’s Starship to Deploy Mock Starlink Satellites in Flight 7 Test

SpaceX’s Starship to Deploy Mock Starlink Satellites in Flight 7 Test

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX said on Friday its upcoming Starship test flight would include the rocket’s first attempt to deploy payloads in space by releasing 10 model Starlink satellites, a key demonstration for Starship’s potential in the satellite launch market. “While in space, Starship will deploy 10 Starlink simulators, similar in size and weight to next-generation Starlink satellites as the first exercise of a satellite deploy mission,” SpaceX said in a blog post on its website. The Starship flight from SpaceX’s sprawling Boca Chica, Texas facilities, tentatively planned for later this month, will mark the seventh demonstration in a test-to-failure style of rocket development where the company tests new upgrades with each flight. In October, Starship’s “Super Heavy” first stage booster returned to its launch pad’s giant mechanical arms for the first time, a milestone for its fully reusable design. The rocket’s sixth test flight in November, attended by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, achieved similar mission objectives – besides the landing of Super Heavy, which was forced to target a water landing on the Gulf of …