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Chandrayaan-2 rover-lander tested on 'moon surface' created with Salem soil

Chandrayaan-2 rover-lander tested on 'moon surface' created with Salem soil

21-07-2019  comments

Chennai (IANS) The Indian space agency has done some hard work on the ground so that its moon lander -- Vikram -- can soft-land safely and rover -- Pragyaan -- can move around, said a senior retired official.

"The surface of the earth…

TikTok parent ByteDance to set up India data centre

TikTok parent ByteDance to set up India data centre

21-07-2019  comments

New Delhi (IANS) Facing pressure from the Indian government to store data within the country borders, Beijing-based ByteDance that owns the popular short video-sharing app TikTok on Sunday said it was planning to set up a data centre in India.

Huawei Mate X: More specs revealed, to soon launch in China

Huawei Mate X: More specs revealed, to soon launch in China

20-07-2019  comments

Beijing (IANS) Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huaweis foldable phone Mate X has passed through Chinas TENAA certification agency and is listed as a 5G phone with model number TAH-AN00.

According to the listing, the device would house an 8-inch…

Indian bug hunter finds flaw in Instagram, wins $30,000

Indian bug hunter finds flaw in Instagram, wins $30,000

19-07-2019  comments

New Delhi (IANS) Chennai-based security researcher Laxman Muthiyah has won $30,000 as a part of a bug bounty programme after he spotted a flaw in Facebook-owned photo-sharing app Instagram.

Muthiyah said the vulnerability allowed him to to…

YouTube Music now lets users switch from audio to video

YouTube Music now lets users switch from audio to video

19-07-2019  comments

San Francisco (IANS) After matching over five million audio tracks with their official videos, YouTube Music is now letting premium users to transit from the audio of a track to watching the music video without any pauses or interruptions.

"Switching…

Chandrayaan-2 launch rescheduled for July 22

Chandrayaan-2 launch rescheduled for July 22

18-07-2019  comments

Chennai (IANS) The Indian space agency on Thursday announced that the launch date for its ambitious second Moon landing mission Chandrayaan-2 has been rescheduled for July 22, seven days after the ambitious launch by ISRO had to be aborted…

Samsung Galaxy A80 launched in India for Rs 47,990

Samsung Galaxy A80 launched in India for Rs 47,990

18-07-2019  comments

Gurugram (IANS) Samsung India on Thursday refreshed its Galaxy A series with Galaxy A80 with the world's first rotating triple camera, priced at Rs 47,990.

The Galaxy A80 has a 3,700 mAh battery and features Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G Octa-Core…

Facebook's digital coin Libra 'delusional': US lawmakers

Facebook's digital coin Libra 'delusional': US lawmakers

17-07-2019  comments

Washington (IANS) The US lawmakers attacked Facebook's upcoming digital cryptocurrency Libra at a Senate hearing here, calling it "delusional" and "dangerous" and directing the social networking giant to clean up its house…

Xiaomi launches Redmi K20, K20 Pro smartphones in India

Xiaomi launches Redmi K20, K20 Pro smartphones in India

17-07-2019  comments

New Delhi (IANS) Chinese smartphone manufacturer Xiaomi on Wednesday launched two new smartphones -- Redmi K20 and K20 Pro -- in India which are the first flagship series under the Redmi sub-brand.

The 6GB RAM + 128GB storage variant of Redmi…

Lack of pressure in He tanks may have led to Chandrayaan-2 mission abortion

Lack of pressure in He tanks may have led to Chandrayaan-2 mission abortion

16-07-2019  comments

Chennai (IANS) Non-building of sufficient pressure in the helium tanks in the 'Bahubali' rocket could be the reason for calling off the moon landing mission Chandrayaan-2 one hour before the rocket's take off, said two retired official…

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