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The US carried out its latest test of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Tuesday night, launching one of the nuclear-capable rockets from the California coast to a missile range in Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, 4,200 miles away. “The test demonstrates that the United States’ nuclear deterrent is safe, secure, reliable and effective to deter twenty-first century threats and reassure our allies,” the Air Force said in a press release . “These test launches verify the accuracy and reliability of the ICBM weapon system, providing valuable data to ensure a continued safe, secure and effective nuclear deterrent.” The missiles are typically armed with either a single 450-kiloton W87 nuclear warhead or three 350-kiloton W78 warheads, each of which can strike separate targets. However, missiles are unarmed when test-fired. Tuesday’s test is the first since the Biden administration renewed the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with … [Read more...] about US Air Force Tests Fires Minuteman 3 Ballistic Missile as Biden to Review Nuclear Update Plans

Air pollution claimed approximately 54,000 lives in Delhi in 2020, according to a Greenpeace Southeast Asia analysis of cost to the economy due to air pollution. Six Indian cities — Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Lucknow — feature in the global analysis. Globally, approximately 1,60,000 deaths have been attributed to PM 2.5 air pollution in the five most populous cities — Delhi, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Shanghai and Tokyo. The damage is “equally worrying” in other Indian cities, said the report, released on Thursday. “An estimated 25,000 avoidable deaths in Mumbai in 2020 have been attributed to air pollution. Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad estimated an approximate 12,000, 11,000, and 11,000 avoidable deaths respectively due to polluted air,” it said. According to the report, the ‘Cost Estimator’, an online tool that estimates the real-time health impact and economic cost from fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) air pollution in major world cities, was deployed in … [Read more...] about ‘54,000 lives lost in Delhi due to air pollution’

Realme launched its Narzo 30 smartphone series in India today. Alongside, the company also launched its Buds Air 2 wireless earbuds. The newly launched earbuds come powered by R2 chipset and is equipped with Bluetooth version 5.2 for wireless connectivity. Realme Buds Air 2 comes with a 10mm Hi-Fi driver. The device supports active noise cancellation of up to 25dB. The earbuds come with dual microphones with support for ENC noise cancelling algorithm. Realme says that the earbuds can cancel out surrounding noise during calls. Realme Buds Air 2 sports Bass Boost+ mode. The earbud also supports AAC High Quality Sound. On the battery front, the wireless earbuds is claimed to have a battery life of up to 25 hours. The earbuds boasts of features like open-up auto connection, Google fast pair, smart wear detection, intelligent touch controls, and IPX5 water resistance. Realme Buds Air 2: Price and availability Realme Buds Air 2 comes in two colour options — Closer … [Read more...] about Realme launches Buds Air 2 wireless earbuds at Rs 3,299

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Derek Ong, Electronic Industrial Software Solutions manager, Keysight Technologies Squeezing every last drop of productivity from invested manufacturing equipment on the factory floor was the goal, and hence a lot of focus was on downtime and throughput. Predictive maintenance and asset utilisation are important business outcomes from any successful Industry 4.0 implementation. Then COVID-19 happened. Other than the race to 5nm chips, 5G, and cloud computing, some sectors of the electronics manufacturing industry have seen a drastic drop in volume, leading to a surplus of production assets on the floor. For some, machines have idled. For others, COVID-19 has caused massive supply chain disruptions. The necessary steps taken by governments around the globe to manage and halt the spread of this epidemic, has restricted movement of factory employees and subsequently lowered productivity and output. The trade situation between the US and China has forced manufacturers to shuffle … [Read more...] about Manufacturing analytics in electronics industry – Pivot to quality in the “New Normal”