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NASA Collaborates With Draper Labs to Deliver Payloads to Moon Under Artemis Mission

The experiments will reach a large lunar impact crater known as Schrodinger Basin. The US space agency NASA has chosen engineering Draper Labs of Massachusetts for delivering Artemis science investigations to the far side...

Electric, Hybrid Cars to Face Long Waiting Periods as Carmakers Deal With Chip Shortage

Honda petrol variants have two months of waiting, while City Hybrid has a waiting of 9 months for new bookings. Leading carmakers are grappling with a huge backlog of around 6.5 lakh units, with...

Samsung to Launch 3nm Chipsets on July 25, Ahead of TSMC: Report

Samsung will reportedly ship the first batch of 3nm chips to a Chinese cryptocurrency miner. Samsung in June last week started the mass production of chips with advanced 3-nanometer (nm) technology based on the...

South Korea Delays Levying 20 Percent Crypto Tax By Three Years

Seoul has decided that taxation on income from virtual assets will be delayed till 2025. The government of South Korea is seemingly taking a calculative approach towards the crypto industry, ensuring not to pressurise...

Vauld Applies for Protection Against Creditors After Pausing Withdrawals

Due to the volatile market conditions, deposits, withdrawals, and trading were halted by Vauld on July 4. Singapore-based cryptocurrency lender Vauld has filed for protection against creditors in a bid to allow the troubled...

Social Media Firms Brace for Slow Global Revenue Growth Amid Competition From Apple, TikTok

After a blowout in 2021, firms like Meta and Snap have warned that the tide is turning amid inflation and reduced ad spending by brands. Wall Street is bracing for the slowest global revenue...

Instagram Most Popular News Source Among Teens in UK, Reveals Ofcom Report

Instagram was used as a news source by nearly three in 10 teenagers, with TikTok and YouTube sharing 28 percent each. Instagram is now the most popular news source among UK teenagers, followed by...

Australia Enables Auto Take-Down of Scam Crypto Sites, UK’s Netcraft to Give Countermeasure Service

Australians lost over $81.5 million (roughly Rs. 650 crore) to crypto scams between the months of January and May. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is undertaking a new trial that aims to...

Wearable Activity Trackers Motivate People to Exercise More, Lose Weight, Study Says

Wearers were encouraged to walk up to 40 minutes more each day (approximately 1800 more steps), resulting in an average 1kg weight loss over five months. Millions of people worldwide believe that fitness trackers,...

Ford Said to Cut Thousands of Jobs to Cut Costs in Transition to Electric Vehicles

Ford is expected to provide an update on its plan to transform to electric vehicles in a conference call today. US carmaker Ford is preparing to cut several thousand jobs to reduce costs and...