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After generations of speculation, scientists have finally managed to track European eels the entire way back to their breeding grounds in the Sargasso Sea – following their movements thousands of kilometers along what is considered one of the most impressive animal migrations in nature.Scientists are gushing with excitement because this is the first direct evidence of a long-suspected part of the eels' life cycle that was proposed almost 100 years ago.Until now, no eggs or eels had been found in the North Atlantic…

The Take Two hack reflects a growing trend of cyberattacks on gaming firms, both small and large. As more users spend money on games and add money into their digital wallets of these games, besides adding personal data to gaming accounts, hackers are turning their attention to such firms to steal data, credentials, and more. For instance, homegrown mobile gaming unicorn Mobile Premier League (MPL) has been facing an increase in “failed cyberattacks" over the last few months,…

Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos during a post-launch briefing on July 20, 2021.Photo: Tony Gutierrez (AP)Suborbital flights of Blue Origin’s space tourism rocket are suspended pending a Federal Aviation Administrationreview of Monday’s in-flight anomaly. No passengers were aboard at the time, but the apparent booster failure triggered the vehicle’s capsule escape system. 02:49Guess How Much Crypto's Been Stolen Lately? Part 2Today 10:45AMThe apparent booster failure happened 65 seconds into Blue Origin’s NS-23 mission,…

In yet another incident of technical malfunctioning on a passenger airplane, an Air India Dubai-Cochin flight on Thursday was diverted to Mumbai after its captain reported pressure loss, and landed safely. According to aviation regulator Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), two officials have been assigned the task to carry out a preliminary investigation on the Boeing 787 flight AI 934. A senior DGCA official said that the flight has been grounded and the regulator is off rostering the flight crew. Scores of…

PlayStation Plus players will get three new games in the month of September — Overcooked! All You Can Eat, Hitman 2, and Predator: Hunting Grounds. Two out of the three games will be available for PlayStation 4 players with the first one being an exclusive for PlayStation 5 players. Thanks to the PS5's backwards compatibility, the other two games will be available to play on the next-gen console as well. All three games will be available to download starting Tuesday, September 7. Starting next week, players can add these…

Image used for representation. (File image)The carrier Comair, which is under administration, also operates budget airline Kulula. Those planes are also grounded, with ticket sales for both airlines suspended.AFP Last Updated:June 03, 2022, 11:00 ISTFOLLOW US ON:Comair, the South African operator of British Airways flights, has grounded all of its planes after running out of cash, the company said. The carrier, which is under administration, also operates budget airline Kulula. Those planes are also grounded, with ticket…

Following the severe turbulence incident on the SpiceJet flight, flying on the Mumbai-Durgapur route, DGCA has now shed more light on the incident. The incident saw flight turbulence leaving 15 people injured, 12 of which were passengers and the other three were cabin crew. DGCA has said that the SpiceJet B737-800 aircraft has been grounded in Kolkata and they have also benched the involved crew, the AME who released the aircraft from Durgapur and in charge of the Maintenance Control Center of M/s SpiceJet till the…