Image Credit: NASA Tue 10 October 2023: NASA is gearing up to unveil the sample collected from the Bennu asteroid during the groundbreaking OSIRIS-REx mission on October 11. The results of their analysis of the returned asteroid sample will also be discussed for the first time on the same day. Launched in September 2016, OSIRIS-REx […]
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Mon 09 October 2023: Sometimes referred to as the “crack cocaine of gambling”, electronic gaming machines (EGMs) such as slot machines allow bets to be placed as quickly as once every 2.5 seconds, delivering a rapid and immersive gambling experience. Similar features are now being used to transform online sports betting, significantly increasing the risk of problem gambling. Sports betting […]
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Mon 09 October 2023: Elon Musk’s SpaceX will partner with e-commerce platform Jumia Technologies to distribute satellite terminals and connectivity kits in Africa, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. Jumia, which counts Pernod Ricard SA and Goldman Sachs Group as among its investors, said it will sell Starlink kits on its sites in the coming weeks, starting […]
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Mon 09 October 2023: The secret code generation feature being developed by Meta-owned WhatsApp would let users select a custom password for their protected chat folder. according to media report. WhatsApp is developing a new page that will enable users to generate a secret code for their locked chats, according to WABetaInfo. Entering a secret […]
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Sun 08 October 2023: Researchers have developed a wearable bracelet and shared preliminary findings of using wearable technology to measure electrical impulses in the skin and other physiological biomarkers which may be associated with mood changes in bipolar disorder. This will help people suffering from bipolar disorder and offer quick and personalised treatments. Bipolar disorder […]
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Sat 07 October 2023: United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, and the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Mirjana Spoljaric, echoed a similar sentiment in the need for governments worldwide to immediately take action and “act now” to ensure human control over the use of lethal autonomous weapons and safety against ‘killer robots’, […]
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Sat 07 October 2023: Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of SpaceX, has said his company could land a spacecraft on Mars within the next three to four years. The tech billionaire made remarks on Thursday during a virtual address at the International Astronautical Congress in Baku, Azerbaijan, where he engaged in a one-hour question-and-answer […]
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Fri 06 October 2023: Car theft is on the rise, according to AA Insurance Services. Worryingly, thieves are increasingly using high-tech tools to target weaknesses in the same sensors and computerised systems that were designed to help make our journeys safer and more comfortable. In fact, as the market research company Technavio, noted in 2017, the […]
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Thu 05 October 2023: The game brings to life a city that was the intellectual and artistic heart of the mighty Abbasid empire. For centuries, Baghdad seemed to stand at the centre of the world. Chosen as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate around the year 762, the city rose from the banks of the […]
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Mon 02 October 2023: Researchers face obvious challenges in understanding the early humans who walked the Earth before us, but modern DNA analysis is providing new clues about ancient peoples in the cradle of mankind. Preserving linguistic heritage is a priority for many scientists as it’s estimated nine human languages become extinct every year. But genetic […]
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