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A seismometer placed by NASA's InSight lander on Mars has detected the two biggest marsquakes to date. According to a new study, the seismic events were of magnitude 4.2 and magnitude 4.1. Both these quakes were five times stronger than the previous largest seismic event recorded. Researchers now hope to learn more about the interior layers of Mars after studying the seismic data of these two events. Mars has been of vital interest as scientists plan to colonise the planet. And these events could give insights into…

Cloudflare, a company that specializes in web security and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack mitigation, just reported that it managed to stop an attack of an unprecedented scale. The HTTPS DDoS attack was one of the largest such attacks ever recorded, and it came from unusual sources — data centers. Cloudflare The attack was detected and mitigated automatically by Cloudflare’s defense systems, which were set up for one of its customers using the paid Professional plan. At its peak, the attack reached a…

The Government of India is set to become the largest shareholder of Vodafone Idea with 35.8 percent stake as the company's board has approved conversion of interest on deferred spectrum and Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) dues into equity, Vodafone Idea said on Tuesday.The debt-laden Vodafone Idea, a joint venture of UK-based Vodafone Group and Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Aditya Birla Group, has opted for conversion of interest on deferred spectrum and Adjusted Gross Revenue (AGR) liabilities into equity.The conversion will…

In about two years of commercial roll out of its fixed-line broadband services, Reliance Jio has toppled 20 -year-old state-run telecom company BSNL as top service provider in the segment.According to a monthly telecom subscribers report released by the telecom regulator TRAI on Tuesday, Jio now leads the fixed-line broadband segment with 4.34 million customers.The segment had been dominated by the state-run telecom since its inception about 20 years ago.Reliance Jio fixed-line broadband customer base increased to 4.34…

Telecom operator Reliance Jio has taken a lead over Bharti Airtel to become the country's second largest fixed-line service provider in February 2022, according to data published by the sector regulator TRAI.Fixed-line or wireline telecommunication refers to telephone and broadband internet services provided through a network of cables.Reliance Jio wireline subscriber base reached over 58.85 lakh while Bharti Airtel recorded a customer base of more than 57.66 lakh in February, according to subscriber report of the Telecom…