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23 May

SpaceX Launches Upgraded Starship V3 Ace Suborbital Test, Splashes Down in Indian Ocean

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Friday saw SpaceX pull off the historic 12th test flight of its Starship rocket system, and in doing so, unveil its much-anticipated Version 3 (V3) architecture in glorious action for the very first time. The giant 407-foot-tall megarocket embarked on a mission to push the boundaries of rapid reusability and hardware reduction from the newly finished Pad 2 at Starbase, Texas. The spacecraft of the next generation showed remarkable resilience in the face of multiple in-flight anomalies, including an engine shutdown early in the ascent that ultimately resulted in an in-space Raptor relight that was aborted. Starship’s upper stage, Ship…

10 Jul

Samsung Launches New Foldable Phones Galaxy Z Fold6 and Z Flip6 to Elevate Galaxy AI to New Heights

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Samsung today announced its all-new Galaxy Z Fold6 and Galaxy Z Flip6, along with Galaxy Buds3 and Galaxy Buds3 Pro at Galaxy Unpacked in Paris. With the introduction of the new Galaxy Z series, Samsung is opening the next chapter of Galaxy AI by leveraging its most versatile and flexible form factor perfectly designed to enable a range of unique mobile experiences. Galaxy AI uses powerful, intelligent, and durable foldable experience to accelerate a new era of communication, productivity, and creativity. “Samsung’s long history of innovation has allowed us to lead in the mobile space, creating the foldable form factor…

18 Apr

Apple Watch series 9 at affordable price

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The Apple Watch Series 9 is now available at an amazing discount on the e-commerce giant Amazon. Users can now experience the latest series 9 in a most affordable price. However, the original price of the Apple Watch Series 9 stands at Rs 44,900 (45mm, GPS on Amazon, the current promotions on Amazon have significantly reduced the price. The offer is for limited time. An additional discount of upto Rs 3,670 is made available if users make a transaction via Amazon Pay ICICI Bank credit card.

12 Apr

Gopi Thotakura 2nd Indian to fly space after Rakesh Sharma

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Recently Gopichand Thotakura, 30, is part of the six-member crew which will fly to space for Jeff Bezos-led space startup Blue Origin’s mission. In fact the Andhra Pradesh born would become the second Indian to fly to space after Rakesh Sharma. Actually after finishing schooling in Bengaluru, he got Bachelor’s Degree from the US. He flies jets commercially and can also pilot seaplanes and gliders. This is actually good news as today Indian are taking interest in space and also reaching there to make different records. Today space has become very important field and people take lots of interest in…

16 Mar

Google l/O 2024 on May 14, complete details under wrap

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Google has recently announced the date for its annual event, the Google I/O, for this year, 2024. Even though, the details about the event are under wrap. According to the sources, the Google I/O event which is hosted Google will take place by May 14. It can be said that discussions on AI is expected to be major focus for the event. We might also see the Google Pixel 8a being unveiled.

23 Feb

Recently US’ Odysseus becomes first-ever private spacecraft to land on Moon

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Recently American firm Intuitive Machines has created history by becoming the first private company to successfully land a spacecraft on the Moon. The spacecraft, Odysseus, touched down near the South Pole of the Moon on Thursday night. Actually this is also the first successful lunar landing by a US spacecraft since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. This is actually good news as today humans are creating history and reaching moon. Today Space has become very important field and people are studying lots of things in it. Actually India is also doing many things in space and among the countries…

12 Feb

In 2023 Apple beats Google, Meta to buy most AI startups

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Apple surpassed other big tech giants in terms of acquiring AI startups last year; Stocklytics reported citing data from Statista. While Apple bought up to 32 AI startups in 2023, Google also came second with 21 purchases, as per Statista’s estimates. Meta, Microsoft and Amazon also acquired 18, 17 and 10 AI startups, respectively. Right now there is huge competition between all big tech giants and everyone wants to go ahead in this race. Today Apple is very big brand and people have huge trust in it. In fact Apple is very valuable company and they have huge demand for…

19 Jan

Oldest black hole ever observed detected by Astronomers

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Recently a team of researchers led by the University of Cambridge announced the discovery of the oldest black hole ever seen. Actually the black hole dates from 400 million years after the Big Bang, more than 13 billion years ago. In fact the team of researchers used the James Webb Space Telescope to detect the black hole. This is actually good news as people are spending their valuable time in astronomy and discovering many great things for everyone. Actually astronomy is very interesting subject and many people want to study it. In fact we can learn and do many things…

10 Jan

Forest bats avoid wind turbines which study found

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Bats that forage around forests avoid wind turbines with increasing wind speed when they are in operation, a new study has found. Acoustic activity of bats who forage in narrow spaces decreased by 77% with increasing speed of operational wind turbines. When the turbines were turned off, bat activity remained unaffected by wind speed. Actually wind turbines are very important source for generating electricity as it is very efficient in work. Today human are developing very fast and creating new technologies. But with this development we forget to adjust with the nature and due to this many problem occurs. Actually…

30 Nov

Soon Ladakh will have South East Asia’s first Night Sky Sanctuary

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Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh said on Sunday that Ladakh will soon have South East Asia’s first Night Sky Sanctuary. The Minister also informed that the Sanctuary is being set up with the help of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics Bengaluru which is affiliated with the Department of Science & Technology. Actually it will be located at Hanle village in Eastern Ladakh. In reality this is very good step taken by the government as people will able to see India’s first Night Sky Sanctuary which will help them to study science. Today people are very much interested in studying science…