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The Curiosity rover has been on Mars since 2012, and in that time it has driven more than 20 miles — which might not sound like a lot, but is a long distance for a rover traveling at slow, careful speeds that are somewhat less than the average garden snail. The rover has now reached the end of an area it has been exploring for the past year — a channel called Gediz Vallis — but before it moved on, the rover snapped a series of images of the area, which you can explore in this NASA panorama: Curiosity Rover…
It’s rare that 3 million years old would be considered young, but that’s the case for a recently discovered exoplanet. The study of planets outside our solar system, called exoplanets, has exploded in the last decade with more than 5,000 confirmed discoveries to date. But most of those are older, fully mature planets comparable in age to the Earth, which is around 4.5 billion years old. Recently, though, astronomers using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) found a planetary baby, which is the youngest transiting planet discovered so far. It is called transiting because it was spotted when it passed…
Redmi A4 5G was launched in India on Wednesday as an affordable 5G smartphone under the Rs. 10,000 mark. The handset is equipped with a 50-megapixel rear camera and sports a 6.88-inch LCD screen with a 120Hz refresh rate. It is powered by a 4nm Snapdragon 4s Gen 2 chip, paired with 4GB of RAM. The Redmi A4 5G packs a 5,160mAh battery that can be charged at 18W. It runs on Android 14, along with the company’s HyperOS skin.Redmi A4 5G Price in India, AvailabilityRedmi A4 5G price in India is set at Rs. 8,499 for the 4GB+64GB RAM and…
Years after Xbox promised that users could stream games they own through the cloud, the company is finally launching that functionality, albeit with some restrictions. Starting Wednesday, Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will be able to use Xbox Cloud Gaming to stream games they already own, even if they’re not in the Game Pass catalog. However, they can only stream from a list of 50 supported games right now. You can view the full list on Xbox’s website, but it’s a good mix of titles, ranging from AAA releases like Cyberpunk 2077, Star Wars Outlaws, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 to…
Android 16 Developer Preview 1 has been released by Google. This is a bit early compared to Google’s previous Android launch schedules. The first developer preview of Android 15 launched in February 2024. The new developer preview comes a month after the public release of Android 15. Like previous developer previews, the Android 16 Developer Preview 1 is aimed at developers and will be initially available for download on Pixel smartphones. The preview will include bugs and broken features, and it will run from November 2024 until the final public release next year. The update brings a handful of new features like…
Backing up and restoring Google Messages on Android is managed through Google One in the device’s Settings app. However, you can’t perform this action directly from the Google Messages app. This may change soon. According to 9to5Google, a Google Messages app beta (version 20241118_02_RC00) includes references to a backup and restore option directly in the app. Additionally, Android Authority has been able to view images of the new feature and offer early insight into how it works. The entry screens for the newly uncovered “Backup & restore” section in Google Messages includes a lot of information, including: “Backup is better…
Motorola is expected to unveil the Moto G05 and Moto G15 as successors to the Moto G04 and Moto G14, respectively. The company has yet to confirm the handsets but details about the purported phones have started doing rounds of the rumour mill. An earlier report suggested the probable prices of the anticipated smartphones and their expected launch timeline. Now, the possible designs of the Moto G05 and Moto G15 have surfaced online alongside some key features of the handsets including RAM, storage configurations and camera details.Moto G05, Moto G15 Design, Colour Options, Features (Expected)YTechB has published renders of the purported Moto G05 and Moto G15. Both models…
Google is reportedly working on a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature for Google Keep. The company’s note-taking app might soon offer AI-powered feature that can turn hand-drawn text and sketches into images. Dubbed Help Me Draw, the evidence of the feature were said to be found within the latest version of the Google Keep app for Android. The feature could reportedly first be available in the tech giant’s Workspace Lab, and then gradually rolled out to a wider user base.How Google Keep’s ‘Help Me Draw’ Feature Could Work Android Authority and AssembleDebug spotted Google Keep’s AI feature that is still in development. The publication…
Amazon has just unveiled its largest Echo Show yet, sporting a 21-inch display. It’also upgraded the existing Echo Show 15, which up until now had the largest display in the company’s expanding lineup of smart displays. The new Echo Show 21 (below) and the refreshed Echo Show 15, announced by Amazon on Wednesday, offer the best audio yet of any of its Alexa-enabled smart displays, with room adaption technology and double the bass. Anyone using the Echo Show 15 or Echo Show 21 for video calls will be pleased to learn that the auto-framing feature has also been improved, with…
Oppo Find X8 Pro is all set to launch in global markets including India on November 21 alongside the Oppo Find X8. As we wait for the arrival of these handsets, a tipster has leaked the European price of the Pro model. Oppo introduced the Find X8 series in China in October. The duo is equipped with MediaTek’s latest 3nm Dimensity 9400 chipset, along with up to 16GB of RAM and up to 1TB of inbuilt storage. The Oppo Find X8 Pro boast a Hasselblad-tuned quad rear camera system and is backed by a 5,910mAh battery with 80W wired charging…