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India chases 'DeepSeek moment' with homegrown AI models
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 20, 2026 Fledgling Indian artificial intelligence companies showcased homegrown technologies this week at a major summit in New Delhi, underpinning big dreams of becoming a global AI power. But analysts said the country was unlikely to have a "DeepSeek moment" - the sort of boom China had last year with a high-performance, low-cost chatbot - any time soon. Still, building custom AI tools could bring benefits to the world's most populous nation. At the AI Impact Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ... read more |
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Dynamic terrain model boosts airborne gamma ray survey accuracyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 20, 2026 A research team led by Professor Hexi Wu and Dr Weicheng Li has developed a dynamic three dimensional terrain correction method that significantly improves the quantitative inversion accuracy of air ... more 
ST Engineering iDirect and G&S SatCom align network and service management on IntuitionSydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 20, 2026 ST Engineering iDirect has formed a strategic technology partnership with G and S SatCom to create a unified approach to satellite network and service management for operators and service providers. ... more 
Pale Blue opens Tsukuba site to scale satellite propulsion productionTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 18, 2026 Pale Blue has begun operating its new Tsukuba Production Engineering Base to support mass production of satellite propulsion systems and shorten delivery lead times. The Tsukuba Production Eng ... more 
SatService to supply Q V band satcom ground station for Bundeswehr universityBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 17, 2026 SatService GmbH, a Germany based provider of advanced satellite ground systems and a subsidiary of Calian Group Ltd, has secured a contract from the Federal Ministry of Defence of Germany to deliver ... more |
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Mohe ground station boosts polar satellite data coverageBeijing, China (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 For engineer Shi Shengpu and his colleagues, this Spring Festival will be their first spent at the Mohe Satellite Data Receiving Station of the China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station, which b ... more 
AST SpaceMobile deploys record low orbit cellular array on BlueBird 6Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2026 AST SpaceMobile has completed the unfolding of its next generation BlueBird 6 satellite, deploying what it describes as the largest commercial communications array antenna yet placed in low Earth or ... more 
Swift observatory changes operations ahead of planned orbit reboostLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 NASA has adjusted operations of the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory to reduce atmospheric drag and prepare the spacecraft for a planned orbit-raising mission. On Feb. 11 the mission team temporarily ... more 
KSAT prepares Hyperion in orbit relay test for satellite dataBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 23, 2026 Hyperion will move KSATs HYPER concept from design into on orbit demonstration, using relay satellites to act as ground stations in space and shorten the time it takes operators to receive satellite ... more
ST Engineering iDirect and G&S SatCom align network and service management on IntuitionSydney, Australia (SPX) Feb 20, 2026 ST Engineering iDirect has formed a strategic technology partnership with G and S SatCom to create a unified approach to satellite network and service management for operators and service providers. ... more |
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AI mapping sharpens global view of human development gapsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2026 Iceland, Switzerland, and Norway have long ranked near the top of the United Nations Human Development Index, which tracks well being and quality of life across countries, while nations with more po ... more 
Junk to high-tech: India bets on e-waste for critical mineralsKarnal, India (AFP) Feb 18, 2026 Hundreds of discarded batteries rattle along a conveyor belt into a crusher in a remote plant in northern India, fuelling a multi-billion-dollar industry that is bolstering the country's geopolitical ambitions. ... more 
Saudi's Humain invests $3 bn in Elon Musk's xAIRiyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Feb 18, 2026 Saudi Arabia's state-backed artificial intelligence firm Humain said Wednesday it had invested $3 billion in US billionaire Elon Musk's xAI. ... more 
Valen array advances multi-mission sensing techLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 17, 2026 Northrop Grumman has introduced Valen, a new multifunction active electronically scanned array that the company describes as a generational leap in sensing technology for U.S. and allied forces. The ... more 
India court clears mega project on sensitive islandMumbai, India (AFP) Feb 17, 2026 India's environmental court has given the go-ahead to the strategically significant Great Nicobar infrastructure project despite widespread concerns of ecological damage to the island in the Andaman Sea. ... more |
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AI prosthetic arm speed shapes sense of body ownership in VR
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 When prosthetic limbs move on their own, they promise powerful assistance but can also feel alien to the person using them. Researchers at Toyohashi University of Technology have now shown that the speed of an autonomous prosthetic arm critically shapes how strongly it is experienced as part of the body, as well as how usable and socially acceptable it seems when tested in virtual reality. The team used a virtual reality setup in which participants embodied an avatar whose left forearm was replace ... read more 
Light based computing module aims to cut AI power demandBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 A Penn State team has demonstrated an optical computing module that could lower the energy cost of artificial intelligence by shifting key calculations from electronic circuits to light based hardwa ... more |
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Hologram method boosts 3D image sharpness fivefoldBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 Researchers at the University of Tartu Institute of Physics have introduced a computational imaging method that sharpens three dimensional holographic images by increasing depth of focus fivefold af ... more 
Extreme heat flips strength rules for pure metalsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2026 For centuries, metalworkers have heated metals to soften them before hammering, bending or reshaping them, but new research shows that this basic rule breaks down when pure metals face extreme strai ... more 
India plans AI 'data city' on staggering scaleNew Delhi (AFP) Feb 15, 2026 As India races to narrow the artificial intelligence gap with the United States and China, it is planning a vast new 'data city' to power digital growth on a staggering scale, the man spearheading the project says. ... more 
AI's bitter rivalry heads to WashingtonWashington, United States (AFP) Feb 13, 2026 Anthropic's major donation to a political group that competes with an OpenAI-backed organization has highlighted a bitter rift over AI regulation - a key issue heading into the US midterm elections. ... more 
SoftBank rides AI boom to post $1.6 billion net profitTokyo (AFP) Feb 12, 2026 Japan's SoftBank Group said Thursday that net profit rebounded year-on-year in the third quarter as it reaped the rewards of its investment in artificial intelligence. ... more |
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