SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has launched South Korea’s First Lunar Orbiter Danuri on Friday. The country aims to land a probe on the moon by 2030. The rocket was launched from Florida’s Cape Canaveral US Space Force Station. With this, South Korea becomes the world’s seventh lunar explorer. Source: NDTV
Lady Gaga has confirmed her casting in ‘Joker 2’ by posting a musical teaser on her social media accounts. Source: NDTV
The overall crypto market rose by 0.89 percent on August 5. Along with BTC and ETH, Cardano, Solana, Polkadot also saw gains. Among loss-makers, Ripple, USD Coin, and Binance USD marked their presence. Source: NDTV
Samsung Galaxy S23 ultra has been tipped to feature a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC. Also, it could pack a 5,000mAh battery. Rumours suggest that Samsung might only use Snapdragon chipsets for the Galaxy S23 lineup. Source: NDTV
Motorola General Manager Chen Jin has teased the latest image of the Motorola Razr 2022 foldable smartphone. The smartphone can be seen displaying the date August 11 with the time set to 2pm. This hints at the next expected date and time for the launch of the smartphone. The Motorola X30 Pro could also be
Vivo V25 Pro, the upcoming handset from Vivo, has made its appearance on Geekbench with the model number vivo V2158. The listing has indicated that the smartphone will run on Android 12 and will come with 12GB RAM. The Vivo V25 series is expected to launch in India on August 17. Source: NDTV
DC Extended Universe will now follow a 10-year plan similar to Marvel Cinematic Universe. Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav has confirmed a “reset,” with a dedicated team laying out plans for DC’s future. Earlier this week, the studio cancelled the Batgirl movie, which was in the final stages of post-production. Source: NDTV
EU antitrust regulators are said to have asked app developers whether Alphabet unit Google’s threat to use its own billing system on Play Store has hurt their business. The questionnaires were sent to developers last month, inform the sources. Last month, Google said non-gaming app developers can switch to rival payment systems with a lower
Google has been asked to remove YouTube channels of banned groups in Nigeria in an effort to regulate social media usage in the country. Meanwhile, Google’s sub-Saharan African director for government affairs and public policy said in a statement the company already has measures to address the Nigerian government’s concerns. Source: NDTV
Twitter on Thursday dismissed Elon Musk’s claims in a Delaware court filing that he was hoodwinked into signing the deal to buy the social media company, saying that it was “implausible and contrary to fact.” Source: NDTV