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Apple embarks on an epic court battle with the EU on Tuesday, fighting the commission’s landmark order that the iPhone-maker reimburse Ireland 13 billion euros ($14 billion) in back taxes. Lawyers for the world’s biggest company will face EU officials in a Luxembourg court, challenging a decision that CEO Tim Cook slammed at the time as “total political crap”. The ...

Apple launched three new smartphones this year; the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and the iPhone 11 Pro Max. These three smartphones went on pre-order on Friday in the US and are scheduled to go on sale on September 20. Apple-watching analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has released an investor note mentioning that iPhone 11 and the iPhone 11 Pro order demands ...

Photo: This artist’s rendering provided by University College London Centre for Space Exochemistry Data researchers shows Exoplanet K2-18b, foreground, its host star and an accompanying planet in this system. Cape Canaveral, Sept 12 : In a tantalizing first, scientists have discovered water at a planet outside our solar system that has temperatures suitable for life. Two research groups announced this ...

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on Monday night directed all the mobile phone operators to restrict 3G and 4G services in Ukhia and Teknaf upazilas of Cox’s Bazar until further notice. As per the directive, 2G services will remain operational, meaning mobile users can make voice calls but will be barred from accessing the internet during the designated hours. ...

India’s attempt to become the first nation to land a spacecraft near the Moon’s unexplored south pole has apparently ended in failure. The Chandrayaan-2 approached the Moon as normal until an error occurred about 2.1km (1.3 miles) from the surface, officials said. India’s Space Research Organisation (Isro) said it lost contact seconds before the ship was expected to land.India would ...

Researchers argue that many studies indicating the effect of radiofrequency radiation get published only because they are interesting A lot has been said about the radiation caused by smartphone and as 5G is being rolled out across the world, concerns about the negative effects of technology are also on the rise. A study published in the New Zealand Medical Journal ...

The Vikram lander of the Chandrayaan-2 mission has moved away from the main spacecraft, and closer to the moon, lowering itself into an orbit that was 104 km from the lunar surface at the nearest point and 128 km at the furthest. The lander had separated itself from the main spacecraft on Monday and had started moving independently, though in ...

Trump-appointed new NASA chief announced Pluto is a planet again. (Image of Pluto taken by NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft in 2015) Dhaka, Aug 30 : Pluto was officially downgraded from planetary status more than a decade ago by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) when it established three main categories of objects in the solar system — planets, dwarf planets, and ...

Scientists working on an audacious mission to the ocean world of Europa can proceed with the final design and construction of the spacecraft, Nasa says. The Europa Clipper mission will target the ice-encrusted moon of Jupiter, which is considered a prime target in the search for life beyond Earth, reports BBC. Below its icy shell, Europa is thought to hold ...

New Delhi, Aug 20 : India’s second Moon Mission, or Chandrayaan-2, successfully entered into the Moon’s Orbit on Tuesday, confirmed the country’s space agency, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). This is said to be the biggest milestone achieved by Chandrayaan-2 so far. Launched on July 22, it’s lander named “Vikram” will attempt to make a soft-landing on the Lunar ...