Friday, September 13, 2019
Trader Body Seeks Ban on Amazon, Flipkart's Festive Season Sale
Apple Counters Goldman Call on 'Negative Impact' of Apple TV+ Trial
Disney CEO Exits Apple Board as Firms Become Streaming Rivals
NABARD Recruitment 2019 – Apply Online for 90 Development Assistant Posts
NASAs Mars 2020 rover twirls around to steady itself before journey
Anyone twirling around for a long time in the same spot is probably going to feel more dizzy than steady. We admit it; our headline seems somewhat paradoxical—but it's true. NASA reports in its latest blog post that its engineers took Mars 2020 for a literal spin so they could make it steady for the rover's upcoming journey to the Red Planet. In other words, the engineers at NASA recently spun the Mars 2020 rover around on a rotating tabletop to determine and correct its centre of gravity.
Towards the end of August, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California placed the Mars 2020 rover upside down on a spinning table to rotate the rover at roughly 1 revolution per minute in clockwise and anticlockwise directions. This exercise apparently allowed the engineers to determine the rover's centre of gravity (CG), a point that indicates that weight is evenly dispersed on all four sides of the rover.
“Establishing the rover's center of gravity is a key part of the assembly process and helps ensure that the spacecraft travels smoothly from launch to entry, descent and landing on Mars as calculated,” explains NASA in its blog post. Mars 2020 is a one-tonne rover designed to traverse the planet's rough and rocky surface. To balance out the weight across all four sides, the engineers had to add a total of nine tungsten weights, thereby increasing the rover's overall weight by 20 kilogrammes.
The rover comes with predetermined attachment points on its chassis for just this reason. NASA's Mass Properties Engineer Lemil Cordero likens the process carried out at JPL to a vehicle's tyre balancing. NASA says the rover will undergo one more final spin between March and May next year at Cape Canaveral in Florida before its scheduled lift-off in July. The rover is expected to touch down in Jezero Crater on Mars on February 18, 2021. During its mission, the rover will look for signs of microbial life and habitable conditions in the past.
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Kris Gopalakrishnan-led panel may examine regulations for non-personal data
Give status of social media accountability norms: Supreme Court
Facebook still at odds with govt over WhatsApp monitoring
After selling AppNexus to AT&T for $1.6B, Brian O'Kelley raises $10M for his new startup, CMDTY, to apply his adtech expertise to supply chain logistics (Allison Schiff/AdExchanger)
After selling AppNexus to AT&T for $1.6B, Brian O'Kelley raises $10M for his new startup, CMDTY, to apply his adtech expertise to supply chain logistics — What does physical commodities trading have in common with programmatic advertising? Quite a lot.
Thursday, September 12, 2019
RSMSSB 2019 – Women Supervisor DV Result Released
IICT Admit Card 2019 – Technician (Group-II) Posts Exam Call Letter
Realme XT India to launch today: Specs, expected price, and more
Realme is all set to launch its first 64MP camera smartphone, the Realme XT, in India today. The smartphone was first teased by Realme at the launch of the Realme 5 series. Since then, the smartphone maker has hosted a detailed event in China as well as in India. We also got time to test the smartphone camera; you can check out the results here. The Realme XT launch event will commence at 12:30 PM. The pricing and availability is expected to be announced at the launch event.
The Realme XT launch event will be live-streamed on YouTube. You can watch the event in the video embedded below.
The Realme XT is expected to sport a 6.4-inch full-HD+ Super AMOLED display with a waterdrop notch at the top. The smartphone is tipped to be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 SoC, paired with up to 8GB RAM and up to 128GB of internal storage. It is said to pack a 4000mAh battery. It might have an in-display fingerprint scanner as well.
The Realme XT is confirmed to feature a 64MP camera made by Samsung. Alongside the primary lens, the smartphone is expected to have an 8MP wide-angle lens, a 2MP macro lens, and a 2MP depth sensor. It may also have a 16MP selfie shooter.
The smartphone is rumoured to come in three storage variants: 4GB RAM + 64GB storage, 6GB RAM + 64GB storage and 8GB RAM + 128GB of internal storage.
The Realme XT is speculated to run ColorOS based on Android 9 Pie. It could launch in two colour variants: Pearl Blue and Pearl White. It is also said to have a USB Type-C port and a 3.5mm audio jack.
Realme will also be launching a 10,000mAh power bank alongside the Realme XT. It is also expected to announce Realme Buds Wireless earphones. The launch news of the two Realme accessories was confirmed by Realme’s official Twitter handle.
The pricing and availability of all the products is expected to be announced at the event today.
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iPhone XR Price Cut to Help Apple Drive Sales in India, IDC Says
Alibaba's DAMO Academy releases RynnBrain, an open-source foundation model to help robots perform real-world tasks like navigating rooms, trained on Qwen3-VL (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg : Alibaba's DAMO Academy releases RynnBrain, an open-source foundation model to help robots perform real-worl...
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