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The Reserve Bank of India is currently engaged in discussions regarding potential penalties for Paytm Payments Bank. According to two sources familiar with the matter, a decision may be reached in the coming days. This development adds to the mounting troubles faced by the Indian financial services firm, which boasts …

SpaceX and Northrop Grumman are collaborating to transport over 8,000 pounds of cargo, including fresh food and scientific experiments, to the astronauts aboard the International Space Station. The NG-20 resupply mission is scheduled to launch from the Space Force’s Cape Canaveral in Florida on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at …

According to sources with knowledge of the situation, Aurora Innovation, a company that develops autonomous vehicles, recently made the decision to lay off several employees. This move comes as the company continues to work towards its goal of launching a “driverless” self-driving trucks business by the end of 2024. The …

On Wednesday, HPE announced that the hacking group Midnight Blizzard, which has ties to Russia, had gained access to its cloud-based email system. This group had previously breached Microsoft’s corporate network. Midnight Blizzard, alias APT29 or Cozy Bear, has compromised the business software giant’s cloud-based email system, according to a …

Serenity, a revolutionary fall-detection system that eliminates the need for conventional wearables, is the product of a successful collaboration with Alarm.com. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, it is debuting its product. It becomes an integral part of your routine the moment you plug it in. An explanation …

Elon Musk’s implantable brain wave reading chip company, Neuralink, has raised $43 million in venture capital, according to an SEC filing. According to this week’s filing, the company increased its early August tranche, which Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund led, from $280 million to $323 million. The filing lists 32 investors. …

A volcanic island in the southwestern Indian Ocean, Anjouan, has a strange geological mystery. Residents and geologists on the island keep finding an unusual rock. The island is made of basalt, which formed when tectonic plates shifted away and magma rose and cooled in an ocean basin. Quartzite, a sedimentary …

One-sided Möbius strips are fun geometric shapes. A strip of paper has a front and back. Twist and glue the short edges. Suddenly, no front or back. You could draw a line across its surface without lifting the pencil. Mathematicians proposed the minimum strip size 46 years ago but couldn’t …

The “Planet Nine” has been sought many times, but without success. In a new paper, a team proposes that gravity is wrong. Astronomers have been puzzled by a Kuiper Belt clustering for decades. Astrophysicists believe small objects are being “shepherded” by a large unknown planet far beyond Neptune’s orbit. Theoretical …

A few weeks ago, OSIRIS-REx delivered priceless Bennu samples to Earth. NASA’s Johnson Space Center will livestream the opening of the canister today, revealing the precious material. To avoid contamination from Earth’s atmosphere, the asteroid bits will be opened in a glovebox. On Wednesday, October 11, showtime is 11 am …