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Arianespace orbits Indian satellite GSAT-24 and Malaysian satellite
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Arianespace orbits Indian satellite GSAT-24 and Malaysian satellite

Chennai, June 23: European space agency Arianespace on Thursday put into orbit two communication satellites belonging to India and Malaysia in geostationary orbit.The two satellites weighing cumulatively 10,863 kg were flown by Ariane 5 rocket from the spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, said...
Adobe likely to make Photoshop free to everyone on web
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Adobe likely to make Photoshop free to everyone on web

San Francisco, June 22: Software major Adobe has started testing a free-to-use version of Photoshop on the web as it aims to open the service for everyone. According to The Verge, the company is now testing the free version in Canada, where users can access Photoshop on the web through a free...
Indian communication satellite to be launched by Arianespace on Wednesday
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Indian communication satellite to be launched by Arianespace on Wednesday

Chennai, June 21: European space agency Arianespace on Wednesday will put into orbit two communication satellites belonging to India and Malaysia in geostationary orbit.The two satellites weighing cumulatively 10,863 kg will be flown by Ariane 5 rocket early June 22 from the spaceport in...
Now WhatsApp let users hide profile pictures,
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Now WhatsApp let users hide profile pictures, 'Last Seen' from specific people

San Francisco, June 19: Meta-owned WhatsApp has announced that it is rolling out new options to your privacy control settings to further protect users' privacy online. On the microblogging site, the company wrote that now users can select who from their contact list can see Profile Photo, About,...
Singapore logs fastest internet speed at 207.61 Mbps globally
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Singapore logs fastest internet speed at 207.61 Mbps globally

New Delhi, June 19: Singapore has emerged as the fastest internet speed hub in the world with a median internet speed of 207.61 Megabits per second (Mbps). According to an analysis by niche news publisher BanklessTimes.com, Chile and Thailand follow Singapore closely with 200.01 and 189.64 Mbps,...
NASA Mars rover spots shiny foil piece between rocks
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NASA Mars rover spots shiny foil piece between rocks

Washington, June 17: NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has spotted a shiny silver object that looks like a discarded packet or foil stuck between two rocks on the Red Planet. The image, captured by the rover's left Mastcam-Z camera on June 13, looks like a piece of debris discarded by the robotic...
Astronomers find fastest-growing black hole of past 9 bn years
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Astronomers find fastest-growing black hole of past 9 bn years

Sydney, June 16: An international team of astronomers has discovered the fastest-growing black hole of the last nine billion years. The black hole consumes the equivalent of one Earth every second and shines 7,000 times brighter than all the light from our own galaxy, making it visible to...
Microsoft to retire iconic Internet Explorer today
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Microsoft to retire iconic Internet Explorer today

New Delhi, June 15: Microsoft has announced to retire its iconic Internet Explorer (IE) browser in June 2022, as it envisions the future of Internet Explorer, which was launched in 1995, on Windows 10 in Microsoft Edge. Over the last year, Microsoft is moving away from Internet Explorer support,...
Astra rocket launch failure: 2 NASA weather satellites lost
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Astra rocket launch failure: 2 NASA weather satellites lost

Washington, June 13: Two NASA satellites aimed to study the formation and development of tropical cyclones almost every hour were lost during launch aboard an Astra rocket that suffered major failure shortly after liftoff. The Astra rocket, called Launch Vehicle 0010 (LV0010), suffered a...
Cybertruck will be Tesla
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Cybertruck will be Tesla's best product ever: Musk

San Francisco, June 9: Tech billionaire Elon Musk said he believes that the upcoming Cybertruck will be the company's "best product ever". According to Teslarati, the Cybertruck was spotted at the Moss Landing Battery System's commissioning event in California earlier this week. It was...
Climate change turning snow covered white Alps green
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Climate change turning snow covered white Alps green

London, June 6: The satellite imagery of the European Alps spanning the past 38 years shows that climate change is driving a decline in snow cover and increase in plant productivity, a process also known as "greening". Mountain landscapes are biodiversity hotspots and provide a host of important...
Scientists identify new coronavirus commonly found in rodents
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Scientists identify new coronavirus commonly found in rodents

London, June 4: Swedish scientists have identified a new coronavirus commonly found in red-backed voles -- small, stocky rodents similar to field mice. The study of approximately 260 bank voles caught around Grimso, in Orebro County in Sweden shows that the virus is well established in the...
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