NASA Perseverance Mars Rover to Acquire First Sample.

NASA is making final preparations for its Perseverance Mars rover to collect its first-ever sample of Martian rock, which future planned missions will transport to Earth. The six-wheeled geologist is searching for a scientifically interesting target in a part of Jezero Crat…

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Russia successfully launches test hypersonic cruise missile.

The Russian defense ministry on Monday 19 July 2021 reported a successful test launch of its new Zircon hypersonic cruise missile. The missile had been fired from the Admiral Gorshkov, a warship in the White Sea. The missile successfully hit a target more than 350 kilometers…

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Hayleys Fabric cuts carbon footprint by 15% with Sri Lanka’s largest solar roof.

Contributes 6,241,500kWh of power per annum to the National grid Largest single rooftop solar installation in Sri Lanka 9,000 solar panels installed across 18,000 square metre rooftop Carbon footprint reduced by 4,065.45 tCO2. Leading textile manufacturer, Hayleys Fabric furthe…

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Russia launches long-delayed lab module to space station.

Russia on Wednesday 20 July 2021 successfully launched a long-delayed lab module for the International Space Station that is intended to provide more room for scientific experiments and space for the crew. A Proton-M booster rocket carrying the Nauka module lifted off as sch…

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Mercedes-Benz announces plan to go all-electric by 2030.

Mercedes-Benz today announced a new electrification plan that sets them up to “go all-electric by the end of the decade.” The German automaker is the latest in a series of automakers who are trying to put a timeline on when they are going to sell their latest internal combus…

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A finger-sized fossil unearthed in United States.

A finger-sized fossil from 308 million years ago unearthed in the United States gives tantalizing clues to the habits of tiny dinosaurlike creatures that may be the forerunners of reptiles. The new species is a microsaur — small lizardlike animals that roamed the Earth well …

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China unveils 600 kph maglev train.

The world's first high-speed maglev transportation system running at a speed of 600 kilometers per hour has made its public debut in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province, on Tuesday 20 July 2021.   As the fastest ground vehicle available so far, the system, self-d…

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Jeff Bezos launches to space aboard New Shepard rocket ship

Billionaire Jeff Bezos has made a short journey to space on 20th July 2021, in the first crewed flight of his rocket ship, New Shepard.  He was accompanied by Mark Bezos, his brother, Wally Funk, an 82-year-old pioneer of the space race, and an 18-year-old student. They trav…

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Zoom is buying cloud contact center provider Five9.

Zoom announced on Sunday 18 July 2021 that it’s buying Five9, a provider of cloud contact center software, in an all-stock transaction valuing the company at $14.7 billion. The deal marks Zoom’s first billion-dollar acquisition and comes as the company prepares for a post-pa…

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Japan sets new world record for internet speed with 319 Terabytes per second.

Researchers in Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology recently set a new world record for the world's fastest internet speed at 319 Terabytes  per second (Tbps). The long-haul transfer of data took place over 3,001 kilometres. This re…

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Microsoft acquires cyber security firm RiskIQ for $500M.

Microsoft has reached a deal to acquire RiskIQ, a San Francisco-based provider of cybersecurity services, including malware and spyware monitoring and mobile app security. RiskIQ’s services and solutions will join Microsoft’s suite of cloud-native security products, includin…

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Jeff Bezos is flying to space. Here's everything you need to know.

Jeff Bezos, the richest man on the planet, is preparing for a rocket-powered, 11-minute 2,300-mph excursion to the edge of space, capping off a month filled with rocket news and a bit of drama among the world's richest people who are dedicating large portions of their w…

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WhatsApp blocks two million Indian accounts.

WhatsApp has said it blocked over two million accounts in India in May and June for violating rules. The service said 95% of these users were blocked for violating the limits of the number of times messages can be forwarded in India. The submissions were made by WhatsApp in i…

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Astronomers identify appearing, disappearing stars.

An international collaboration of astronomers, including scientists from India, has identified a curious occurrence of nine stars like objects that appeared and vanished in a small region within half an hour in an old photographic plate. Scientists from Sweden, Spain, the US…

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Singapore unveils one of the world’s biggest floating solar panel farms.

Singapore has unveiled one of the world’s biggest floating solar panel farms. The project is part of efforts by the country to meet a goal of quadrupling its solar energy production by 2025 to help tackle climate change. Located on a reservoir in western Singapore, the 60 m…

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NASA’s has detected an unusually high concentration of methane in the moons of Saturn.

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has detected an unusually high concentration of methane, along with carbon dioxide and dihydrogen, in the moons of Saturn by flying through their plumes.  The spacecraft has found that Titan has methane in its atmosphere and Enceladus has a liquid o…

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The world's first commercial modular small reactor on land.

The world's first commercial modular small reactor on land, the Linglong 1, has officially entered into the construction phase for a demonstration project in Changjiang Nuclear Power Plant in South China's Hainan Province. Launched by China National Nuclear Corporati…

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Google hit with record $593 million fine in France in news copyright battle.

Google was fined 500 million euros ($593 million) Tuesday (13) by French competition regulators for failing to comply with an order to negotiate fair deals with news publishers for the use of their content. France’s Competition Authority said Google had breached an April 202…

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New recommendations on human genome editing.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released two new companion reports that provide the first global recommendations for using human genome editing as a tool for public health. Currently, countries can choose their own laws and regulations about human genome-editing, and…

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Blue Origin and Jeff Bezos get FAA approval for July 20 trip to space.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said on Monday (12) it approved a Blue Origin license to carry humans on the New Shepard launch system into space. Former Amazon.com Chief Executive Jeff Bezos is set to take part in Blue Origin's maiden voyage next week. Blue Or…

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