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Google says Android TV 12 will start showing up on TVs ‘later’ this year, instead of ‘early’ 2022 [U]

March 25, 2022
Android 12 is one of the platform’s most meaningful updates for the big screen in a while, but despite its early start, it hasn’t shown up on any devices. In a new blog post published this week, Google has confirmed that Android TV 12 will be available on devices this year. Update: Google has updated the blog post to say that Android TV 12 won’t debut until “later” this year, retracting…
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Android 12 QPR3 Beta 1.1 rolling out to Pixel 6 and 6 Pro with bug fixes

March 25, 2022
Following the launch two weeks ago, Google is now rolling out Android 12 QPR3 Beta 1.1 for the Pixel 6 series. This is a preview for the upcoming June Feature Drop. Google “identified some bugs in Beta 1 affecting a subset of devices that [it’s] addressing with a patch.” As such, Beta 1.1 is only available for the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro and is officially a “minor update” (S3B1.220218.006…
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Bloomberg: Apple planning new hardware subscription service for iPhone and iPad

March 25, 2022
Apple is planning a major change for how customers buy hardware products, starting as soon as later this year with the iPhone. According to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple is planning to let users buy iPhone and iPad hardware “similar to paying a monthly app fee.” The new program is described as Apple’s “biggest push yet into automatically recurring sales.” Apple currently allows…
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The single-largest wind farm in North America comes online in Oklahoma

March 24, 2022
Columbus, Ohio, headquartered American Electric Power’s 998-megawatt (MW) Traverse Wind Energy Center in Oklahoma is now online. It’s the largest single wind farm built at one time in North America. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for…
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