As Moscow presses ahead with plans to leave the project and launch its own station, the International Space Station (ISS) is unsafe and unsuitable for its intended function, according to a warning issued by Russia’s space chief on Thursday. The 24-year-old station’s crew safety is at risk because of widespread technical failures and aging components, according to Yuri Borisov, president of the Roscosmos agency. The International Space Station (ISS) has been a rare example of cooperation even while diplomatic relations between the two nations worsened. But since it invaded Ukraine in February and the imposition of harsh Western sanctions, Russia…
Author: Tanya Sonker
“Intercity Legends” is the name of a new intercity meal delivery service that Zomato is launching. Users of the service will be able to order well-known dishes from renowned restaurants in other cities; however delivery in certain circumstances may take more than a day. Zomato is now only allowing residents of Gurgaon and South Delhi to use the delivery option, therefore only those who live in these areas will be allowed to place “intercity” orders. Here are the implications for clients of the new service. The new service will enable customers to “order and relish legendary dishes like baked rosogollas from…
In what would be the Japanese company’s largest ever divestiture, Olympus Corp (7733.T) announced on Monday that it had agreed to sell its microscope unit to private equity firm Bain Capital for 427.6 billion yen ($3.1 billion). The sale of the division, which also produces x-ray analyzers and industrial endoscopes, comes as Olympus accelerates the restructuring of its corporate structure to concentrate only on medical technology. Subject to permission from antitrust authorities in Japan and overseas, the unit will be transferred to Bain on January 4 of the following year. Olympus stated in a statement that the transfer to Bain…
In July, South Korea’s technology exports fell for the first time in more than two years, signaling a slowdown in global demand as worries about the future of the global economy growth. Following a 6.8% increase in June, exports of technology and communications products dipped 0.7% from a year earlier on Thursday, according to data from the commerce ministry. Even though overall semiconductor shipments increased by 3.1%, memory chips, which are manufactured by companies like Samsung Electronics Co., led the declines with a 13.5% decline. Nearly one-third of all South Korea’s exports are in the category of technology, and on the first…
The 15th anniversary of OneDrive will be celebrated with a new home page named “OneDrive Home” by the American computer giant Microsoft. According to claims made by The Verge when a user first opens OneDrive, instead of the My Files Tab, they will land on the new Home page, resembling the dashboard in the online version of Office. In a pattern similar to the Office web interface, the OneDrive Home will have the user files arranged in the sequence of their most recent access. The OneDrive home tab will also provide filters to sort the files by Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files. The filter would be located…
On Tuesday, Snap Inc., the company behind the well-known messaging app Snapchat, released its first set of parental control features. Parents can use these features to keep an eye on who their kids are chatting with on the app, but not the actual content of those chats. The launch of the new Family Center feature coincides with criticism of the major social media companies for not doing more to safeguard children online. In evidence given in front of American senators in October, TikTok, YouTube, and Snap were charged with exposing young people to bullying or exposing them to harmful content. Instagram also testified in front of a…
The next generation of mobile networks may soon be accessible in India as Airtel is anticipated to launch 5G operations later this month. According to a recent consumer poll released by Ookla, widely known for its Speedtest app, the majority of customers are eager to upgrade. The most recent survey conducted by the company found that 89% of Indian consumers plan to upgrade to 5G. But the industry will have difficulties with 5G affordability, coverage, and customer education, to name a few. It should be remembered that Vodafone-Idea has hinted that 5G networks would cost more money. According to Ookla survey, of the 89%…
On Friday, August 6, 2022, the cryptocurrency exchange company Binance announced that it does not own WazirX, the India-based platform. This announcement took the world by surprise because Binance had announced in 2019, the accusation of WazirX, almost two and a half years ago. Binance’s founder and CEO, Changpeng Zhao, said in a series of tweets that the business has been “trying to close the acquisition for the past few years,” but hasn’t done so yet due to “a few problems,” though he didn’t go into further detail. The acquisition of WazirX was announced by Binance through a blog post that was published towards the…
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, announced that Instagram will now support non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in more than 100 nations. According to Meta in a blog post, the functionality would enable sharing of NFTs on Instagram by individuals, organizations, and enterprises across Africa, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and the US. Several US-based artists and collectors were able to share NFTs on Instagram as of May when the social media network first started testing NFTs. This feature was only available to a small number of US creators before the expansion. Flow NFTs, Polygon, and Ethereum are the first NFTs that the extension supports. In addition, users of…
One of the most widely used instant messaging apps worldwide; WhatsApp has several features that make communication straightforward. In an effort to improve the user experience, Company frequently updates its software and adds new features. Up to two days, old messages can now be deleted on WhatsApp thanks to a covert rollout. It was previously stated that the function had been made available to beta testers, but much to our surprise, it has begun to become available to all users as we test it. Prior to now, WhatsApp users could erase recent messages that were only one or two hours…