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What Sounds Captured by NASA’s Perseverance Rover Reveal About Mars

A new study based on recordings made by the rover finds that the speed of sound is slower on the Red Planet than on Earth and that, mostly, a deep silence prevails. Listen closely to sounds from Mars, recorded by NASA’s Perseverance: the rover’s mechanical whine and click in a light Martian wind; the whir of rotors on Ingenuity, the Mars helicopter; the crackling strike of a…
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Custom ROM brings One UI 4.1 to Galaxy S9 and Note 9

Another week, another developer shoehorning the newest Android builds to old devices. This time it’s the turn of One UI 4.1, which has been ported to the Galaxy S9 and Note 9. With support for the 2018’s flagship Galaxy devices now officially ended, if you are still…
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Google Photos new ‘snippets’ create even shorter video highlights

Google Photos appears to be adding a new “snippet” feature that will highlight the prominent portions of your uploading video content. Over the past few years, the wealth of auto-generated albums and Memories collections has grown. The latest such option coming to Google Photos is that of AI-powered video snippets that are appearing within the search tab. Spotted by Android Police…
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Microsoft’s new Android division to boost Windows integrations as Google does the same with PC makers

Given its lack of a first-party mobile OS, Microsoft is firmly invested in offering its services on Android, while also being an OEM with the Surface Duo. The company has now created a dedicated Android division internally. Windows Central reports that Microsoft earlier this week formed a new Android Microsoft Platform and Experiences (AMPX) organization under Windows/software chief Panos Panay.
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Report: Future foldable MacBook/iPad could use LG OLED panel

In February, DSCC analyst Ross Young said Apple was “investigating the idea of foldable notebooks.” Then, Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman reported that this future product could be a MacBook/iPad hybrid with a touchscreen keyboard. While this foldable MacBook/iPad is not…
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Foldable iPhone coming in 2025 at the earliest, may actually be iPad or tablet/phone hybrid

Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is revising his prediction about when Apple could launch a foldable iPhone. After saying last year it could be as soon as 2024, the analyst expects this rumored product to be released in 2025 “at the earliest.” Kuo is corroborating a February report by DSCC Ross Young that said Apple had likely delayed its foldable iPhone until 2025. Here’s what Young wrote back…
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