- Science
NASA seals 4 volunteers on isolated Mars-like habitat for a year
Washington: NASA has sealed four participants to embark on the agency’s first one-year analogue mission in a habitat to simulate living on Mars. CHAPEA, or Crew Health and Performance Exploration Analog, is…
- Technology
Hacker encrypting data in ransomware attack against most manufacturing firms
New Delhi: More than two-thirds (68 per cent) of manufacturing companies hit by ransomware attacks globally had their data encrypted by hackers, a report showed on Tuesday. This is the highest reported…
- Technology
Garmin announces 2 new smartwatch series in India
New Delhi: Leading wearable brand Garmin on Tuesday announced the launch of its two new outdoor smartwatch series in the country. The new fenix 7 Pro and epix Pro series will be…
- Technology
Twitter rival Bluesky reopens sign-ups
San Francisco: Twitter rival Bluesky, backed by Jack Dorsey, announced that it has reopened the sign-ups that the company disabled a few days back. “We just enabled account sign-ups again, so any…
- World
Taliban orders shutting down of beauty salons in Afghanistan
Kabul: The Taliban-led government in Afghanistan has ordered the shut down of all beauty and hair salons across the war-torn nation, in the regime’s latest restriction against women. A Vice and Virtue…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: JD(S), BJP to fight together in future, says Yediyurappa
Bengaluru: Senior BJP leader and former Chief Minister of Karnataka, Yediyurappa has said that his party and Janata Dal (S) led by H.D. Kumaraswamy “will fight together in the future”. The senior…
- Business
HPE to manufacture high-volume servers worth $1 bn in India
New Delhi: Enterprise IT company Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) on Tuesday announced plans to begin manufacturing some of its high-volume servers worth $1 billion in the country. HPE plans to manufacture high-volume…
- Science
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe makes 16th close flyby of Sun
Washington: NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has completed 16th closest approach to the Sun, or perihelion, the agency said. On June 22, the sun-kissing spacecraft came within 5.3 million miles of the solar…
- India
Kuki leader’s house burnt in Manipur after highway blockade lifted
Imphal: A day after the blockade on the Imphal-Dimapur National Highway (NH-2) was lifted, Kuki National Organisation (KNO) leader and spokesperson, Seilen Haokip’s house in Manipur’s Churachandpur district was burnt down. On…
- Technology
Amazon introduces new product customisation feature in India
New Delhi: Amazon India on Tuesday introduced a new free self-serve product customisation feature “Customise Your Product”. The new feature is now available across a wide selection of more than 10,000 products…
- Science
Quasar ‘clocks’ show Universe running 5 times slower soon after Big Bang
Sydney: Scientists have for the first time observed the early universe running in extreme slow motion, unlocking one of the mysteries of physicist Albert Einstein’s expanding universe. Einstein’s general theory of relativity…
- Science
Sun releases strong X-class solar flare, triggers radio blackouts on Earth
New Delhi: The Sun has emitted a strong X-class solar flare triggering a strong radio blackout on various places on Earth, according to NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) which recorded the extreme…
- Technology
Mastodon sees 294K increase in active users over weekend: CEO
San Francisco: Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko has said that the number of active users across the decentralised social media platform “rose” by 2,94,000 over the weekend. Rochko posted on Monday, “So, weekend…
- Health
Smartwatches may help detect Parkinson’s 7 years before symptoms appear
London: Smartwatches could identify Parkinson’s disease up to seven years before hallmark symptoms appear and a clinical diagnosis can be made, according to new research. Researchers from Cardiff University in the UK…
- Business
China restricts exports of key materials used to make computer chips
Hong Kong: The Chinese government has tightened controls over the exports of two key materials used to make computer chips, ahead of the Beijing trip of US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. China’s…
