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LG Velvet will get Android 13 early next year, as the company slowly winds down support

December 23, 2022
LG shut down its mobile business in 2021, but not before committing to ongoing support for its existing devices. In early 2023, we’ll see further fruit from that effort, as the LG Velvet is set to get Android 13, and some other devices will also get further updates. Launched first in mid-2020, the LG Velvet was one of the company’s last attempts to stay relevant in the Android market. The…
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Wiko is launching a rebranded Huawei nova 9 SE 5G on December 27

December 23, 2022
We haven’t heard much from French smartphone maker Wiko in a while but it seems the brand is now entering the Chinese market. Wiko 5G will be the first device to launch in China on December 27 and it seems the device will be a rebadged Huawei nova 9 SE 5G running Huawei’s HarmonyOS operating system. Wiko 5G teaser poster The first official Wiko 5G poster confirms the phone will bring a 108MP…
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NASA Explores a Winter Wonderland on Mars

December 23, 2022
When winter comes to Mars, the surface is transformed into a truly otherworldly holiday scene. Snow, ice, and frost accompany the season’s sub-zero temperatures. Some of the coldest of these occur at the planet’s poles, where it gets as low as minus 190 degrees…
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Juno Spacecraft Recovering Memory After 47th Flyby of Jupiter

December 23, 2022
NASA’s Juno spacecraft completed its 47th close pass of Jupiter on Dec. 14. Afterward, as the solar-powered orbiter was sending its science data to mission controllers from its onboard computer, the downlink was disrupted. The issue – an inability to directly access the…
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Moon Water Imager Integrated With NASA’s Lunar Trailblazer

December 23, 2022
Lunar Trailblazer, NASA’s mission to understand lunar water and the Moon’s water cycle led by Caltech in Pasadena, California, is one step closer to launching next year. Earlier this month, the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California delivered a key science instrument to Lockheed Martin Space in Colorado, and the teams integrated it with the small satellite, or…
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Four features that would make the Google Pixel Watch smarter

December 23, 2022
After wearing the Pixel Watch on our wrists for two months now, there are a few key ways that we believe Google’s first smartwatch could be smarter and fit better into the Pixel lineup. Synced Bedtime Mode One of my biggest personal complaints about the Pixel Watch ties into the way Bedtime Mode works. In the ideal, Bedtime Mode is meant to be a simple toggle to reduce the watch’s battery…
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