Technology

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, having survived its closest encounter so far with the Sun, has sent back a “spectacular trove” of data on its corona, the super-hot outer edge of its atmosphere, scientists said Wednesday. The car-sized probe, launched in August last year, will come within some four million miles (six million kilometres) of the sun’s surface during a series ...

The U.S space agency NASA is going to send a “robot hotel” to the outside of the International Space Station with the upcoming SpaceX commercial resupply mission. The Robotic Tool Stowage (RiTS), a protective storage unit for critical robotic tools, will be launched on Dec. 4 with SpaceX Dragon spacecraft, according to NASA. Its first residents will be two robots ...

The co-founders of Google are stepping down as executives of its parent company, Alphabet, ending a remarkable two decades during which Larry Page and Sergey Brin shaped a startup born in a Silicon Valley garage into one of the largest, most powerful — and, increasingly, most feared — companies in the world. Sundar Pichai, who has been leading Google as ...

US space agency Nasa has located the lander of Chandrayaan 2 with the help of observation made by an Indian engineer, reports Hindustan Times. Almost three months after Chandrayaan 2—India’s second mission to moon— went awry in the last 2.1km of its journey.“This image shows the Vikram Lander impact point and associated debris field. Green dots indicate spacecraft debris (confirmed ...

Lil Bub, one of the internet’s most famous cats, has died aged eight, reports BBC. The cat’s owner, Mike Bridavsky, announced her death to millions of followers on social media on Monday.Lil Bub was best known for her unusual appearance – bulbous eyes and a protruding tongue. She was rescued as a feral kitten and was born with several disorders, ...

B. Don Russell wasn’t thinking about preventing a wildfire when he developed a tool to detect power line problems before blackouts and bigger disasters. The electrical engineering professor at Texas A&M University figured he might save a life if his creation could prevent someone from being electrocuted by a downed live wire. But fire prevention may be his product’s biggest ...

Who can forget the supremacy of Nokia who won the heart of millions of people worldwide through their top quality smartphones under reasonable price-range? Nokia’s branded company HMD Global is gearing up to regain this pride. Recently, this company has announced the arrival of their upcoming gadget Nokia 10 Pureview 5G Smartphone. Like a king Nokia 10 is gonna amaze ...

The much-hyped unveiling of Tesla’s electric pickup truck went off script Thursday night when supposedly unbreakable window glass splintered twice when hit with a large metal ball. The failed stunt, which ranks high on the list of embarrassing auto industry rollouts, came just after CEO Elon Musk bragged about the strength of “Tesla Armor Glass” on the wedge-shaped “Cybertruck.” On ...

Amazon has considered adding facial recognition technology to its Ring doorbell cameras, according to a letter to a U.S. senator defending its video-sharing partnerships with police. The company told Sen. Ed Markey that facial recognition is a “contemplated, but unreleased feature” of its home security cameras but that there are no plans to coordinate that feature with its law enforcement ...

An Israeli communications satellite Amos 17 launched in August from Florida, U.S., has reached its orbital space point, Spacecom, the company that operates the satellite, announced on Monday. According to the Israeli company, based in the central city of Ramat Gan, the satellite has successfully completed all necessary tests and will begin its commercial operations within days. The 250-million-U.S. dollar ...