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On 23 Aug 2026 China’s space agency cancelled the August launch window for the ice-drilling Chang’e-7 probe, citing safety reviews and an incoming tropical depression, and said liftoff will slip at least to September.
On 24 Aug 2026 SpaceXAI committed its terrestrial and space-bound AI infrastructure to NVIDIA’s new 88-core Vera CPUs and Vera Rubin NVL72 systems, unifying Grok’s data-center compute with the forthcoming Starmind satellite under one architecture slated to scale to gigawatt levels.
On 23 Aug 2026, ISRO chief V. Narayanan revealed that India’s first home-grown space-station module has cleared approval, committing the country to assemble the full Bharatiya Antariksha Station in orbit by 2035.
On 24 Aug 2026, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon announced an Online Safety Bill that would bar users under 16 from major social-media platforms and fine non-compliant companies, but the measure cannot advance without opposition votes after both coalition partners rejected it.
On 23 Aug 2026, China’s space agency withdrew the already-pad-integrated Chang’e-7 probe from its sole 2026 lunar launch slot, pushing the water-ice search mission beyond this year.
On 23 Aug 2026 ISRO chief V. Narayanan revealed that New Delhi has formally approved the first module of the Bharatiya Antariksha Station and fixed 2035 as the deadline for completing the Indian-owned orbital outpost.
On 17 Aug 2026 the Dutch privacy watchdog fined Uber €825 million for suspending European drivers via fully automated systems between 2020-22 without prior notice or meaningful human review.
On 22 Aug 2026 TikTok and parent ByteDance agreed to pay $400 million—$300 million upfront and $100 million once a 2019 consent decree is vacated—to close a DOJ/FTC case claiming the app unlawfully harvested data from U.S. users under 13.
On 22 Aug 2026, TikTok and parent ByteDance agreed to a $400 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice, closing a 2024 lawsuit that accused the platform of collecting data from children under 13 without parental consent.
On 22 Aug 2026, India’s Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) issued takedown notices compelling Google to erase dozens of Firebase-hosted sites and databases that cyber-criminals used to impersonate major banks and siphon user credentials.
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