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Last week, the Earth suffered multiple hits by the Sun, including two separate solar storms and a couple of radio blackouts. This was one of the most active weeks for solar activity after April, and researchers believe that the Sun is picking up the intensity again, as we approach the autumnal equinox (historically, the highest solar activity period, along with the vernal equinox) in September. As a sign of that, another solar storm has been predicted to strike the Earth on July 27, two days from now, on the back of a…

Samsung has been the world’s biggest smartphone brand for nearly a decade. However, its market share has been dwindling, and it has been in danger for a few years, primarily from Apple. In Q1 2023, the difference between the global market shares of Apple and Samsung was just 1% point. According to the latest numbers from Counterpoint Research for Q1 2023, Samsung was the world’s number-one smartphone brand. It had a 22% share of the global smartphone market share. The Galaxy S23 series sold well globally after its launch…

Last Updated: July 14, 2023, 09:39 ISTMumbai Traffic Police Issues Directive to Restrict Private Buses on Eastern Freeway. (PTI Photo)Mumbai Traffic Police restrict private buses on Eastern Freeway till Oct 31, 2023, to ease traffic during Mumbai Trans Harbour Link construction.In a move aimed at easing traffic congestion and minimizing inconvenience caused by the ongoing construction activities of the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link Project-1, the Mumbai Traffic Police has issued a crucial traffic advisory.With an objective to…

The state-by-state MAGA takeover of the Republican Party machinery, underway since 2021, will make it easier for the “next Trump” to emerge. But what will actually propel such a figure into the White House is the transformation of the GOP base.The increasingly reactionary views of grassroots Republicans virtually guarantee that the movement will maintain its dominant influence on the party for the foreseeable future.A yard sign I saw in rural Pennsylvania during the 2020 presidential campaign tells the story. Planted in…

The biggest cosmic event of the week is scheduled for today. Earlier this week, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) of NASA detected two separate coronal mass ejections from the Sun, with both of them expected to make partial contact with the Earth. This event is being called the ‘double solar storm' event and as per NASA, it will occur today, July 7, at around 5:30 PM IST/ 12 PM UTC. The event is concerning to researchers because two separate CME hits can greatly amplify the overall intensity of the solar…

‘Secret Invasion’ director Salim Ali says Ukraine war enhanced darker tone of series(Photo Credit –Youtube) Director Salim Ali, who has directed the spy-thriller-espionage series ‘Secret Invasion’, has said the show has a darker and more grounded tone as opposed to other MCU offerings. However, the director has said that one of the things which helped in enhancing that tone was the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and the massive tensions between US and Russia. According to The Hollywood Reporter: “It’s a coincidence,…

In June 2021, GitHub announced Copilot, a kind of auto-complete for computer code powered by OpenAI’s text-generation technology. It provided an early glimpse of the impressive potential of generative artificial intelligence to automate valuable work. Two years on, Copilot is one of the most mature examples of how the technology can take on tasks that previously had to be done by hand.This week Github released a report, based on data from almost a million programmers paying to use Copilot, that shows how transformational…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The tragic news of the destruction of the Titan submersible has brought attention to the thrilling, dangerous and expensive world of extreme tourism. As a researcher who studies hospitality and tourism management, I pay attention to the trends in tourism and study ways in which organizations like…

Your intestines are likely littered with tiny plastic specks, a now-common condition for humans and many other animals around the planet. The pieces are minuscule, but as researchers report in a new study, they may pose an outsized danger to human health.By testing how microplastics affect human intestinal organoids (small, self-organized tissue cultures that mimic real intestines), researchers found signs of potential inflammatory effects, including the release of cytokines linked to human inflammatory bowel disease…

Earth's thermosphere has experienced its highest temperature in nearly 20 years as a result of intense solar storms. These storms, caused by coronal mass ejections and solar wind from the sun, have led to a significant increase in the temperature of the thermosphere, which is the second-highest layer of the Earth's atmosphere, according to a Live Science report. The temperature spike was measured using NASA's Thermosphere Climate Index (TCI), reaching a peak of 0.24 terawatts (TW) on March 10. The last time such high…