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Elon Musk's Starlink, Reliance's Jio Satellite Communications and Bharti-backed Eutelsat OneWeb all hold licences to offer satellite broadband in India, but none has launched commercial service. Security assessments and spectrum assignment remain pending for all three, and the government says they are at broadly the same regulatory stage.
Aravind Kumar
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Citizen Lab has published technical evidence that spyware makers including Candiru used an Israeli ad-tech intermediary to deliver "zero-click" infections through targeted online ads, compromising dozens of Al Jazeera computers and raising questions for the global advertising industry.
Bengaluru spacetech startup OXG Space, founded by former ISRO engineers Akash Shetty and Sanjay Gorur, has raised ₹17 crore led by Aum Ventures, with Skyroot's co-founders investing, to demonstrate in-orbit processing of satellite data.
German semiconductor startup Ubitium has raised $14 million in seed funding led by Ibex Investors, with personal backing from Quantum Systems co-CEO Florian Seibel, to commercialise a reconfigurable processor that handles sensing, AI inference and real-time control for drones and robots on one chip.
India’s ₹1 lakh crore Research, Development and Innovation Fund has approved 19 second-level fund managers and committed ₹7,131 crore to deeptech, even as reports on links between beneficiaries and panel members fuel a debate on governance.
Google has unveiled the Fitbit Edge, a $179.99 fitness tracker with an OLED display, built-in GPS, seven-day battery and a replaceable battery, positioned between the screenless Fitbit Air and the Pixel Watch as the wearables race intensifies.
The communications ministry called Musk's claim that Starlink is being blocked by "oligarchs" baseless, saying Starlink, Jio Satellite and Eutelsat OneWeb are all at the same stage of security assessment.
Pony.ai's seventh-generation robotaxis will begin testing on London roads in the coming weeks, as Uber pursues autonomous rides in up to 15 cities by the end of 2026 through more than 30 partners.
Spotify is extending audiobooks from 22 markets to more than 180 by the end of 2026, India among them, giving over 750 million users access to more than 350,000 titles in over 120 languages.