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Roscosmos head Dmitry Rogozin criticized Sunday billionaire Elon Musk for allegedly providing the Ukrainian troops with military communication equipment and warned him about possible repercussions. Earlier on Sunday, the captured chief of staff of the 36th Ukrainian marines brigade said that Musk's satellite constellation was providing internet connection to Ukrainian troops in Mariupol."Per our information, the delivery of Starlink internet terminals to the Ukrainian armed forces was done by the Pentagon," Rogozin said…

In a new book, titled A Road Well Travelled, former CBI Director RK Raghavan, known for his role as the Special Investigation Team head in the 2002 Gujarat riots, revealed how he was harassed for giving a clean chit to then Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi. Raghavan tells in the book that in a petition filed before the Supreme Court, widow of Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, Zakia Jafri, alleged that the chief minister (Narendra Modi) and his officials were complicit in the riots of 2002. Jafri also charged that her…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain When people living in poverty in countries like Malawi, Indonesia and Ecuador receive cash payments without having to do anything in return, they have better health, according to a scientific review of a large body of research. …

Credit: Shutterstock "Going home" is a classic metaphor for exiting prison. But most people exiting prison in Australia either expect to be homeless, or don't know where they will be staying when released. …

Pineau helped change how research is published in several of the largest conferences, introducing a checklist of things that researchers must submit alongside their results, including code and details about how experiments are run. Since she joined Meta (then Facebook) in 2017, she has championed that culture in its AI lab.  “That commitment to open science is why I’m here,” she says. “I wouldn’t be here on any other terms.” Ultimately, Pineau wants to change how we judge AI. “What we call state-of-the-art nowadays…

The federal government’s plan to provide a tax credit for electric bike purchases doesn’t appear to be coming off of life support any time soon, but that hasn’t stopped Denver from creating its own e-bike rebate program. In fact, the city might have done an even better job making these effective car alternatives more accessible to a wider range of incomes and budgets. That’s because Denver’s new electric bike rebate program is an actual point-of-sale rebate. Unlike the proposed federal tax credit that could…

Vi (formerly Vodafone Idea) has reduced data benefits with its Rs. 359, Rs. 539, and Rs. 839 prepaid recharge plans. As a result of the update, the three Vi prepaid plans are now offering 2GB of daily data benefits — down from the earlier 4GB data allocation per day. The latest revision comes alongside the increase in the pricing of the same prepaid recharge plans by the telecom operator, announced earlier this week. Vi had said that the updated prices of its prepaid plans are aimed to bring improvements to its average…

Bharti Airtel on Friday started giving 500MB of additional data free per day with four of its prepaid recharge plans to cut down the impact of its latest revision. The four plans that are offering the additional data benefit are specifically the Rs. 265, Rs. 299, Rs. 719, and the Rs. 839. While the Rs. 265 Airtel prepaid recharge plan normally offers 1GB daily data, the Rs. 299 and Rs. 719 plans come with 1.5GB data per day and the Rs. 839 plan carries 2GB daily data.As a result of the update, the Rs. 265 Airtel prepaid…

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is giving 5GB of free data to customers switching to the state-owned telecom network from an existing service provider. The free data will be valid for 30 days. The new offer is aimed at helping BSNL expand its user base in the country. Users switching to BSNL need to share their reason for the move on social media and send its proof to the service provider to get the additional data benefit.The free data offer for new BSNL customers is valid until January 15, as announced on Twitter.…

Twitter has accepted Elon Musk’s offer to purchase the company for $44 billion, the company announced in a press release today. Musk purchased the company at $54.20 a share, the same price named in his initial offer on April 14th. “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” said Musk in a statement included with the release. “I also want to make Twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with new…