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Space Systems Command (SSC), the U.S. Space Force’s field command responsible for procuring and providing tools for the space warfighter, said: Awarded Four contracts worth $100 million to develop space laser communications capabilities. The contract winners, Blue Origin, CACI International, General Atomics and Viasat, will work on developing prototype technology as part of the first of three phases of the Enterprise Space Terminal (EST) program. “The EST program, part of SSC’s Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power Program Executive Office, seeks to achieve on-orbit crosslink compatibility between future space systems using standardized Enterprise waveforms implemented on a small, lightweight, low-power,…

LAHORE: As many as 455 Sikhs arrived from India on Friday to take part in celebrations marking the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.They were received at Wagah border in Lahore by Punjab’s first Sikh clergyman and chairman of Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (PSGPC), Ramesh Singh Arora and officials of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB).”Around 455 Indian Sikh pilgrims arrived here from Wagah border on Friday to celebrate the death anniversary of Maharaja Ranjit Singh,” ETPB’s Ghulam Muhayuddin said. PTI.He said the Sikh pilgrims were provided complete security and accommodation during their 10-day stay in Punjab.Speaking on the…

CNN — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal law banning domestic violence perpetrators from owning guns, rejecting arguments by gun rights groups that the ban violates the Second Amendment. The 8-1 ruling, in one of the Supreme Court’s most closely watched cases, limited the scope of a shocking ruling the justices handed down just two years ago that sparked a surge in lawsuits challenging other gun control laws across the country. The decision put most of the Supreme Court’s conservative and liberal wings in the same position, but it could help tighten similar federal gun restrictions that…

The Biden administration on Friday outlined plans to restrict new U.S. investment in key Chinese technology industries that could be used to bolster China’s military power, further straining economic ties with Beijing amid rising trade tensions.The Treasury Department’s proposed rules would ban certain U.S. investments in Chinese companies developing semiconductors, quantum computers and artificial intelligence systems. The Biden administration is seeking to limit U.S. funding for helping China develop advanced technologies that could be used for weapons tracking, government espionage and surveillance.The restrictions are expected to be finalized later this year, nearly a year after President Biden signed an executive…

There are lots of ways to dissect this season’s biggest trends: we could discuss silhouettes (did you hear bubble skirts are back?), textures, fabrics, hardware, hem lengths, etc. But for this article, I want to focus on one of my favorite ways to categorize: color. Kirsten Dunst’s latest outfit suddenly made me want to add some butter yellow to my wardrobe this summer.Shot at the New York premiere Types of kindnessDunst teamed her ethereal yellow gown by Erdem with gold heels by Jimmy Choo. As our colleagues reported in April, butter yellow was a hugely popular color trend on the…

Mumbai (IANS) – One might imagine Indian film director Anurag Kashyap as a guarded, serious guy who spends all day buried in a book or his favorite DVD collection and who never smiles. His films may have contributed to this impression, but the truth is far from it. The filmmaker has a knack for humor and boasts a repertoire of “dad jokes and morbid jokes.” During the conversation, Anurag spoke about finding humour in everyday things. He said, “I have a lot of dad jokes, morbid jokes and inappropriate jokes (laughs). Humour is something you have to find which genre…

Juneau Mayor Beth Weldon announced her intention to seek a third three-year term this week. (Juneau Empire file photo) A lot has changed for Juneau and Mayor Beth Weldon over the past three years, and the next three years promise to continue to be a time of great transformation for the community. This week, Mayor Weldon announced that she is seeking a third term as mayor and wants to continue leading those developments. Since the start of her last term, Juneau has been engulfed in a contentious political climate as it climbed out of the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic,…

MUMBAI: Hindu Samaj Party’s Bharat Khimji Shah, who contested from Mumbai North West constituency in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections, filed an election suit in the Bombay High Court on Friday challenging Rabindra Waikal’s victory. The petition cited concerns about the transparency of the electoral process and sought that Waikar’s victory be declared “null and void.” On June 4, the BJP’s Waikar was declared the winner by 48 votes over his nearest rival, Amol Kirtikar. Waikar received 452,644 votes. Shah received 937 votes out of the 954,939 votes polled. According to Shah’s petition, he has gone into the “legality”…

Andrea Shalal, David Lauder, Karen FreifeldWASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United States on Friday unveiled targeted proposed rules that would ban or require notification of U.S. investments in Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) and other key technology areas that could threaten U.S. national security.The Treasury Department published the proposed rules and a set of exceptions after an initial comment period following an executive order signed by President Joe Biden last August that puts the onus on U.S. individuals and companies to decide which transactions to restrict or prohibit.Public comments will be accepted until August 4th, meaning the US is on track…

Ally Song/Reuters A man checks his phone near the Apple logo outside an Apple store in Shanghai, China, on September 13, 2023. Editor’s note: Sign up for CNN’s “Meanwhile, China” newsletter to find out what you need to know about the country’s rise and its impact on the world. CNN — Apple is hoping that upcoming AI features will boost iPhone sales, especially in China where demand is sluggish, but there’s a problem: ChatGPT, which will soon be integrated into Siri, is banned in China. During a presentation earlier this month, Apple (AAPL) unveiled a unique technology called Apple Intelligence…