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India sends Earth-imaging satellite toward geosynchronous orbit in milestone launch (video)

September 4, 2026
India notched a spaceflight milestone today (Sept. 3). A GSLV Mark II rocket launched an Earth-imaging satellite toward geosynchronous orbit from Satish Dhawan Space Centre today at 5:25 p.m. EDT (2:55 a.m. on Sept. 4 India Standard Time). The GSLV deployed the satellite, called EOS-05, into sub-geosynchronous transfer orbit about 18 minutes later as planned. The success marked a first for India…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Ollie is betting its focus on privacy can help it win the AI assistant race

September 4, 2026
For an AI assistant to become truly useful, it first has to know a lot about you. Ollie, a personal assistant for everyday life, is betting that doesn’t mean you have to hand over all your data and sacrifice your privacy in the process. While some enterprise-focused AI assistants have data privacy protections in place, Ollie is among the first mainstream, family-focused AI to achieve SOC 2…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Republicans are about to raise your fuel costs by 45% during an energy crisis

September 4, 2026
The Department of Transportation says it’s ready to announce fuel economy standards that will raise average fuel costs by 45%, right as the world struggles with the effects of a war of choice that has spiked energy prices globally. Since the 1970s, the US government has had various rules that guide auto manufacturers to make and sell more efficient vehicles. The main standards, Corporate…
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DefenseNews

Defense firms soar on ample military spending, testing manufacturing schemes

September 4, 2026
The year 2025 was another record setter for global defense companies, so much so that production bottlenecks in Western nations — not the usual industry lamentations about lacking government spending — began creeping up as the key problem many NATO countries are facing today. Companies in the United States and Europe rode a wave of significant defense-spending increases on both sides of the…
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