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Sep 04, 2021

Samsung Emerges as India's No. 1 Smartwatch Brand

Samsung emerged as India's biggest smartwatch manufacturer in the second quarter ending June 2021.
According to International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker, Samsung's smartwatch shipments registered 860 per cent year-on-year growth, catapulting the company to number one position in India.
Riding on the popularity of Galaxy Watch Active 2 and Watch 3 Series, Samsung ended the June quarter with 41.2 per cent volume market share.

Sep 03, 2021

NASA's Perseverance Rover Successfully Collects First Rock from Mars

NASA's newest Mars rover has successfully collected its first rock sample for return to Earth, after last month's attempt came up empty.
The Perseverance rover's chief engineer, Adam Stelzner, called it a perfect core sample.
A month ago, Perseverance drilled into much softer rock, and the sample crumbled and didn't get inside the titanium tube. The rover drove a half-mile to a better sampling spot to try again. Team members analyzed data and pictures before declaring success.

Sep 02, 2021

S. Korea Passes Bill to Curb Google, Apple's in-app Fee Monopolies

The South Korean parliament passed a bill that would rein in the dominance Google and Apple exert over payments on their respective app stores. It became the first nation in the world to enact such a law.
The South Korean lawmakers voted to approve the amendments to the Telecommunications Business Act, which bars app market operators from forcing certain payment systems on mobile content businesses by abusing their market positions.
The move comes amid growing global scrutiny of Google and Apple, who maintain a strong grip over mobile ecosystems, for requiring developers on their app stores to use their proprietary payment systems that charge fees of up to 30 per cent when users purchase digital goods within apps.

Sep 01, 2021

China's Mars Rover to Pause for about 50 Days

China's Tianwen-1 Mars mission will be inactivated for about 50 days from mid-September due to an expected disruption of its communication with Earth caused by the solar electromagnetic radiation.
Tianwen-1, consisting of an orbiter, a lander and a rover, was launched on July 23, 2020. It was the first step in China's planetary exploration of the solar system, with the aim of completing orbiting, landing and roving on the red planet in one mission.
During the disruption, which will end in early November, the Zhurong rover and the mission's orbiter will suspend their working mode.

Aug 31, 2021

New Cracks on International Space Station

Russian cosmonauts discovered cracks on the Zarya module of the International Space Station (ISS) and are concerned that the fissures could spread over time.
According to NASA, the Zarya module, also called the Functional Cargo Block, was the first component of the ISS ever launched, having blasted into orbit on November 20, 1998.
The emergence of these new cracks follows several recent incidents on the ISS.

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