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Three Chinese astronauts safely returned to Earth on Tuesday after five months in orbit at the country’s space station, state media reported. Jing Haipeng, Zhu Yangzhu and Gui Haichao touched down at China’s Dongfeng landing site at 8:11 am (0011 GMT), according to state broadcaster CCTV. Footage showed their return capsule parachuting down into the barren Gobi Desert, kicking up a cloud of orange dust as it hit the ground. “On-site medical supervision and insurance personnel confirmed that the astronauts… are in good health,” CCTV said. “The Shenzhou-16 crewed flight mission was a complete success.” Jing, Zhu and Gui travelled to China’s Tiangong space station in late May and were in orbit for 154 days. They spent the time conducting scientific experiments and carried out a nearly eight-hour spacewalk. A fresh crew replaced them last week after the Shenzhou-17 mission blasted off from the Jiuquan launch site in the country’s northwest. Tang Hongbo, Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xin

Maria Julia Cassis was sitting down to a meal in her terraced home in north London when her 6-year-old son ran into the dining room, his face pale. The puzzle game on his Android phone had been interrupted by a video showing Hamas militants, terrified Israeli families and blurred graphic footage. Over a black screen, a message from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs told the first grader: “WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WHO HARM US PAY A HEAVY PRICE.” Cassis, a 28-year-old barista from Brazil, said that the ad left her son shaken and she quickly deleted the game. “He was shocked,” she said in a telephone interview last week. “He literally said, ‘What is this bloody ad doing in my game?'” Reuters has not been able to establish how the ad came to her son’s video game, but her family isn’t alone. The news agency has documented at least five other cases across Europe where the same pro-Israel video, which carried footage of rocket attacks, a fiery explosion, and masked gunmen, w

Elon Musk said on Saturday that SpaceX’s Starlink will support communication links in Gaza with “internationally recognized aid organizations”. Musk said in a post on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that it was not clear who has authority for ground links in Gaza, but we do know that “no terminal has requested a connection in that area”. A telephone and internet blackout isolated people in the Gaza Strip from the world and from each other on Saturday, with calls to loved ones, ambulances or colleagues elsewhere all but impossible as Israel widened its air and ground assault. International humanitarian organizations said the blackout, which began on Friday evening, was worsening an already desperate situation by impeding life-saving operations and preventing them from contacting their staff on the ground. SpaceX did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment on how they will make sure the Starlink connection is used by aid organizations and not Hama

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The Meteorological Department has confirmed the occurrence of the second and final lunar eclipse of the year in the skies of Pakistan and several other countries today. Will it be visible in Pakistan? The partial lunar eclipse will also be visible in Pakistan. The Met Office said the Penumbral Eclipse will begin at 23:02 PST today and the Penumbral Eclipse ending at 03:26 PST on 29th October. What is Lunar eclipse? When the earth is between the sun and the moon, it causes Lunar Eclipses by casting a shadow on the moon’s surface. They are an interesting sight to watch because they can only occur during a full moon. The partial eclipse ends when the moon moves out of the umbra, passing back into the penumbra, and a second penumbral eclipse stage occurs at 2052 GMT (4:52 p.m. EDT) on Oct. 28 [Today]. If you miss this partial eclipse, the moon will once again pass into the shadow of Earth on Sept. 17, 2024. from Science and Technology News - Latest science and technology news ht

Dubai Municipality initiated the testing phase of a self-driving electric vehicle dedicated to cleaning bicycle routes along the beaches of Jumeirah and Umm Suqeim. This comes as part of its efforts to preserve the hygiene and sustainability of all touristic facilities in Dubai, including public beaches, as well as to enhance its beauty and appeal by leveraging the latest technologies such as automated and electric cars. In addition to delivering unique experiences for Dubai beachgoers, the Municipality aims to minimize environmental pollutants and carbon emissions using its automated fleet. Classified as a smart sweeper, the new self-driving vehicle features cutting-edge technological and technical specifications such as smart sensors that enable it to avoid obstacles, ensuring a higher productivity rate as compared to manual cleaning. It further ensures the ability to work eight hours continuously per charge, a maximum speed of 40 kmph in normal mode, and being eco-friendly with l

An American video game publisher, Activision, has officially released the system requirements for playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III on PC. The minimum Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) locally known as the graphics card specification specifies the need for an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970, GeForce GTX 1650, or AMD Radeon RX 580 for smooth gameplay. The recommended specification for gaming enthusiasts aiming to achieve a stable 60 frames per second (FPS) suggests the inclusion of an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 or GeForce RTX 3050 graphics card. However, the majority of PC gamers should have no trouble maintaining a consistent FPS rate. READ: Call of duty: Modern Warfare 2 breaks franchise previous records The game publisher, Activision generally brings out Call of Duty PC requirements for 4K gaming, meanwhile, this information is currently unavailable, and gamers may need to await further details. Minimum Specifications: Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit (latest update) Processor:

TikTok, the leading destination for short videos, has released its latest Community Guidelines Enforcement Report for the second quarter of 2023 (April-June 2023), furthering its dedication to combat misinformation and creating a safe and inclusive space. The report underscores TikTok’s ongoing commitment to earning trust through accountability and maintaining a safe and welcoming environment for its community. During Q2 2023, a total of 106,476,032 videos were removed globally, which accounts for approximately 0.7% of all videos uploaded to TikTok. Out of these, 66,440,775 videos were removed through automated systems, while 6,750,002 videos were restored after review. In Pakistan, 14,141,581 videos were removed for violating Community Guidelines in Q2 2023. Alongside addressing Community Guidelines violations, TikTok proactively targeted spam accounts and associated content, taking preventive measures to curb the creation of automated spam accounts. During Q2 2023, 83.6% of the

The Lenovo-owned Motorola has introduced a concept phone display that can wrap around your wrist. The device, which Motorola unveiled on Tuesday and which it refers to as an adaptive display, is designed to showcase future phone possibilities allowed by a flexible screen. The company says the screen can be “bent and shaped into different forms” depending on what you want. When flat, its 6.9-inch screen can be used just like a standard phone with a full Android experience. From there, it can be adjusted to various stand modes. In the upright position, for instance, it offers a “more compact form of full Android” since it’s running on a 4.6-inch display. Motorola envisions people using the device for video calls in the upright position. Alternatively, Motorola says you can wrap the device around your wrist to mimic the experience of the Razr Plus’s cover screen. Since the phone is just a concept right now, we don’t have pricing or even know if the phone will ever actually become a

China sent a fresh crew to its Tiangong space station on Thursday, in the latest mission for a growing space programme that plans to send people to the Moon by 2030. The Shenzhou-17 blasted off from the Jiuquan launch site in arid northwest China at 11:14 am (0314 GMT), carrying a three-astronaut team with the youngest average age since the space station’s construction. A send-off ceremony on Thursday morning saw the space travellers bid farewell to observers before heading off to prepare for the rocket launch. “The spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China,” China’s state news agency Xinhua reported. Captaining the team is Tang Hongbo, who is on his first return mission to the space station. Accompanying him are Tang Shengjie and Jiang Xinlin, both in their thirties and each making maiden space voyages. The all-male crew is the youngest ever to man a mission to the space station, with an average age o

October has given us some truly breathtaking sky displays as this weekend the moon will put on a spectacular show in the form of a partial lunar eclipse. Next weekend, the moon will pass into the shadow of the Earth, triggering a partial lunar eclipse. It will be visible from Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, North America, North/East South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean, Arctic and Antarctica. Beginning on Saturday, Oct. 28, and stretching into Sunday, Oct. 29, the partial lunar will occur during October’s full moon, the Hunter’s Moon. This is only a partial lunar eclipse because the Earth, the moon, and the sun will not perfectly align. Will it be visible in Pakistan? The partial lunar eclipse will also be visible in Pakistan. The Met Office said Penumbral Eclipse will begin 23:02 PST on 28th October while partial eclipse will start at 00-35 PST on October 29. It added that partial eclipse will end at 01:53 PST on 29th October and Penumbral eclipse ending at 03:26

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Dr. Umar Saif on Tuesday said that Pakistan was working towards a balanced space policy, ARY News reported.  “The policy will protect our national interests and enable us to benefit from rapid advances in private sector such as Starlink etc” he said while chairing a meeting on Pakistan’s National Space Policy. According to a news release, the meeting discussed in details regarding finalisation of Pakistan’s National Space Policy. Secretary IT Hassan Nasir Jamy was also present at the meeting. Authorities from SUPARCO, PTA, SIFC and SPD attended the meeting. Additional Secretary MoITT Ms. Aisha Humera Moriani and senior officers of the Ministry were also present. Earlier, caretaker Minister for Science, Information Technology and Telecommunication Dr. Umar Saif says government is making all-out efforts for development of technology sector to uplift the economy. The Minister said latest technologies would not only b

vivo, a renowned technology brand, today announced the availability of its latest V29 5G smartphone in Pakistan at an exciting price of PKR 159,999. vivo is committed to strengthening its smartphone portfolio to offer an unparalleled and seamless experience to its customers. With the newly launched smartphone, vivo V29 5G, the brand intends to offer an absolute delight in every portrait with the Smart Aura Light Portrait , blended with the stunning appearance of 120Hz 3D Curved Screen,  and enduring performance with 80W FlashCharge . vivo has integrated an array of camera features in its V29 5G smartphone including Supermoon Mode , Food Mode , Super Night Video , and Super Group Video , to elevate the photography and videography experience for users who like to stock their perfect memories. The V29 5G’s Smart Aura Light Portrait  elevates the quality of portrait photography, offering high-definition and true-to-life portraits regardless of lighting conditions, whether it is bright

Bitcoin soared 10% to 1-1/2 year highs on Monday, and crypto-linked stocks followed it higher as speculation about the possibility of a bitcoin exchange-traded fund drove enthusiasm about the sector and prompted short-sellers to quit positions. The world’s biggest cryptocurrency was last at $32,833 after trading as high as $34,283. Crypto-related shares such as exchange Coinbase Global (COIN.O), miner Marathon Digital (MARA.O) bitcoin holder MicroStrategy (MSTR.O) rose sharply and were making further gains in after-hours U.S. trade. Smaller rival ether also surged 6%, hitting a two-month high and breaking above its 200-day moving average. Anticipation of a bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) has grown after reports this month, including from Reuters, that the US Securities and Exchange Commission won’t appeal a ruling it was wrong to reject an application from Grayscale Investments. The prospect of a spot bitcoin ETF is seen driving broader flows into the cryptocurrency, as it woul

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) said Monday that the ‘ Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 ‘ videogame was snapped up so fast that it set a record for PlayStation Studios. Watch ARY News live on  live.arynews.tv   ‘ Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 ‘, developed in collaboration with Insomniac Games, became the fastest-selling PlayStation Studios game in the 24 hours after its release on Friday, with more than 2.5 million copies bought, according to SIE. “I want to say thank you to the fans,” SIE global marketing vice president Eric Lempel said in a release. “With an epic storyline, two playable superheroes, a visually-stunning Marvel’s New York, and so much more, this is a game you can get lost in for hours.” ‘ Spider-Man ‘ emerged as a superhero in the Marvel comics of the early 1960s and first appeared in video games in the 1990s, but without major success. Blockbuster superhero movies in the 2000s led to the character headlining a series of games developed from 2018 by Insomniac for Sony, which

During the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 – the last time people walked on the moon – U.S. astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan collected about 243 pounds (110.4 kg) of soil and rock samples that were returned to Earth for further study. A half century later, crystals of the mineral zircon inside a coarse-grained igneous rock fragment collected by Schmitt are giving scientists a deeper understanding about the moon’s formation and the precise age of Earth’s celestial partner. The moon is about 40 million years older than previously thought – forming more than 4.46 billion years ago, within 110 million years after the solar system’s birth, scientists said on Monday, based on analyses of the crystals. The leading hypothesis for lunar formation is that during the solar system’s chaotic early history a Mars-sized object called Theia slammed into primordial Earth. This blasted magma – molten rock – into space, forming a debris disk that orbited Earth and coalesced into the moon. But

NEW DELHI: India on Saturday successfully launched the first unmanned trial run of its upcoming crewed orbital mission, in the latest milestone for its spacefaring ambitions. The Gaganyaan (“Skycraft”) mission is slated to send three astronauts into Earth’s orbit in 2025, an important yardstick of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) technical capabilities. Saturday’s rocket tested the emergency escape system of its crew module, which separated from the thruster and made a soft sea landing about 10 minutes after the launch. “I am very happy to announce the successful accomplishment of the mission,” ISRO chief S. Somanath said afterwards. The lift-off was postponed for two hours after bad weather and a glitch in the engine. ISRO will conduct a series of 20 major tests, including carrying a robot to outer space, before the final manned mission takes place in 2025. Gaganyaan is the first mission of its kind for India and comes with an estimated price tag of $1.08 billion

Astronomers have detected an intense flash of radio waves coming from what looks like a merger of galaxies dating to about 8 billion years ago – the oldest-known instance of a phenomenon called a fast radio burst that continues to defy explanation. This burst in less than a millisecond unleashed the amount of energy our sun emits in three decades, researchers said. It was detected using the Australian SKA Pathfinder, a radio telescope in the state of Western Australia. Its location was pinpointed by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope in Chile, one of the most powerful optical telescopes. A fast radio burst, or FRB, is a pulse of radio-frequency electromagnetic radiation. It lasts a small fraction of a second but outshines most other sources of radio waves in the universe. Radio waves have the longest wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum. “The radio waves in FRBs are similar to those used in microwave ovens. The amount of energy in this FRB is the equiva

Meta has apologised after for adding “terrorist” into the profile bios of some Instagram users describing themselves as Palestinian. In a blog post, Meta said it fixed a “problem” faced by some Instagram users, with the word “Palestinian” written in English on their profile, the Palestinian flag emoji and the word “alhamdulillah” written in Arabic. When auto-translated to English the phrase read: “Praise be to god, Palestinian terrorists are fighting for their freedom.” A TikTok user posted about the issue, noting that different combinations still translated to “terrorist”. @khanman1996 said in his posts he was not Palestinian himself but had tested the error out after being told about it by an unnamed Palestinian friend. The platform has also faced accusations of suppressing content voicing support for Palestinians during the Israel-Gaza conflict. Some users say they have been “shadow banned” on Instagram over pro-Palestinian posts. This is when a platform intervenes to make su

Elon Musk said on Friday social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, will soon launch two new tiers of premium subscriptions. “One is lower cost with all features, but no reduction in ads, and the other is more expensive, but has no ads,” Musk said on a post on X. Musk, who took over the platform in October 2022, has been trying to boost revenue by charging users and by wooing back advertisers, who stopped buying ads after Musk fired most employees and disbanded content moderation teams. Musk has acknowledged that the platform has taken a hit on revenue and has blamed activists for pressuring advertisers. While he did not provide more details on the subscription plans, a test case by X earlier this week suggested several restrictions for users who don’t want to pay for the service. X started charging new users $1 in New Zealand and the Philippines as a test case for accessing the platform. New users who opted out of subscribing will only be able to take “read only” actio

The American multinational technology conglomerate, Meta, has extended its option to block the data collection to its photo and video sharing application, Instagram, which was previously available only on Facebook. Meta introduced a new tool, “Activity Off-Meta Technologies,” which enables the user to manage how information from other businesses is linked to their personal Facebook and Instagram accounts, which allows users to review, disconnect, or clear the entire data from their accounts. Meta-owned application, Instagram, now offers the ‘Transfer your Information” feature, to assist users in transferring their data including photos and videos to other services, making it easier to share memories. Similarly, Meta has also streamlined the “Download your Information” and “Access Your Information” sections into a unified page for Instagram. Earlier to this, Meta Platforms is looking to introduce ad-free subscription plans for Instagram and Facebook users in Europe, two people fam

In a recent development, Apple released notes for the iOS 17.1 beta, which claimed to contain a fix for an issue that might be the cause of the newly launched iPhone 15 screen burn-in. According to the released notes summary, Apple stated that the new iOS 17.1 update “Fixes an issue that may cause display image persistence.” It is pertinent to mention here that some multiple owners of the most recently launched iPhone 15 Pro Max are reportedly finding the image of the home screen apps being burnt-in to the display. Burn-in, a term used from the old days of CRT screens, has made its presence felt with OLED displays as well. Technically, the burn-in typically occurs after a very long time of displaying static of the same image. However, it’s been a month after the release of the iPhone 15 series, and the users of the iPhone Pro Max are taken to Reddit and Apple’s support forums to report issues. It is worth mentioning here that the problem is not widespread and it’s uncertain wheth

Netflix (NFLX.O) increased subscription prices for some streaming plans in the United States, Britain and France on Wednesday as it shattered expectations for new customers, sending its shares surging 13%. Almost 9 million subscribers joined Netflix around the globe in the third quarter, surpassing Wall Street analysts’ forecast for 6 million, according to LSEG. Netflix said it expected a similar number of additions in the current quarter. The strong performance showed Netflix was thriving despite Hollywood labor tensions that shut down a large swath of U.S. production. Netflix makes many of its shows and movies overseas, which accounted for the bulk of its new sign-ups. Netflix pointed to the global success of “One Piece,” a live-action adaptation of the venerable Japanese manga series and an example of its hefty investment in stories with local resonance that travel the world. The streaming giant also attracted new audiences to long-running television shows, such as the legal dra

Dubai Customs and Dubai South have jointly announced the initiation of the groundbreaking “Remote Inspection” project at GITEX Global 2023 as part of their efforts to create high-quality services that facilitate the realization of Dubai Economic Agenda D33 objectives and establish Dubai as one of the top three global economic cities. This initiative, the first of its kind in the region, is designed to expedite business operations and reduce the time required for customs inspections through the utilization of advanced technologies and artificial intelligence. The target audience for this project includes clients and clearance agents who are part of the Authorized Economic Operator program, offering them an added advantage. Initially, the project will be rolled out among companies operating in the logistics sector in Dubai South, and later it will be expanded to encompass businesses across Dubai, thus positioning Dubai as the regional trailblazer in adopting these cutting-edge inspect