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NASA’s Psyche Gets Huge Solar Arrays for Trip to Metal-Rich Asteroid
With its solar arrays installed, the spacecraft is close to its final configuration ahead of a planned August launch.
NASA’s Psyche mission is almost ready for its moment in the Sun – a 1.5-billion-mile (2.4-billion-kilometer) solar-powered journey to a mysterious, metal-rich asteroid of the…
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Space Station to Host ‘Self-Healing’ Quantum Communications Tech Demo
The NASA-funded experiment will test two technologies that could eventually enable quantum computers to communicate with each other no matter where they are located.
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EA soft launches Apex Legends Mobile in 10 countries
March 8, 2022
Apex Legends Mobile is getting a soft launch today in 10 countries as Electronic Arts tries to take its popular battle royale to mobile players.
Respawn Entertainment’s Apex Legends has been a huge free-to-play hit on the PC and consoles. Apex Legends Mobile is now…
What business executives need to know about AI
March 8, 2022
Join today’s leading executives online at the Data Summit on March 9th. Register here.
Virtually every enterprise decision-maker across the economic spectrum knows by now that artificial intelligence (AI) is the wave of the future. Yes, AI has its challenges and its ultimate contribution to the business model is still largely unknown, but at this point it’s not a matter of whether to…
Geekbench removes four years of Samsung Galaxy benchmarks following GOS ‘throttling’ debacle
March 8, 2022
Benchmarks are never fully indicative of how a device will actually perform in real life, but they can provide some useful points of comparison between closely matched devices. Geekbench, one of the best benchmarking apps available across platforms, has just announced that…
Google launches Android 12L for Pixel today; Samsung & Microsoft tablets/foldables this year
March 8, 2022
Back in October, Google announced Android 12L as an unexpected “special feature drop” to improve the OS on tablets and foldables devices. After one 12L developer preview and three betas, this next release of Android — officially version 12.1 — is launching for Pixel…
In addition to bringing Android 12L and the quarterly Feature Drop, the March security patch fixes 80 issues for the Pixel 3a to Pixel 6 Pro.
This update is on the same scale as December’s which neared 100 bug fixes. The issues are grouped with the following table, and the majority apply to the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro.
Update: Google updated the list to add “Fix for issue causing weaker haptic…
How to install Android 12L on your Google Pixel
March 8, 2022
After a brief beta period, Google’s big-screen focused Android 12L update has arrived, and you can install it first on Pixel smartphones. Here’s how.
What Pixel devices are eligible for Android 12L?
Google supports its Pixel smartphones for about 3 years after their…
Android 12L isn’t exactly packed with features and new additions and falls very much into the “refinement” category for OS updates. It is, however, worth taking a closer look at.
Anyone expecting a huge number of added extras might come away disappointed given the…
Android 12.1 March security patch rolling out to Google Pixel, factory images & OTAs live
March 8, 2022
Android 12.1 with the March security patch is rolling out today for the Pixel 3a, Pixel 4, Pixel 4a, Pixel 4a 5G, Pixel 5, and Pixel 5a. [Update: The Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro will see SP2A.220305.013.A3 (Global build) OTAs “later this month.”]
The factory images this morning revealed that Android 12L is officially Android 12.1, though that new version number does appear anywhere in the…
