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lg g7The LG G7 was released earlier this year, although unlike some other 2018 smartphones, it has yet to receive its Android 9.0 Pie update. However the good news is that LG G7 owners might not have to wait much longer because according to LG Korea (via GSMArena), it seems that the handset is set to receive its Android Pie update in the first quarter of 2019.

There were no specific dates mentioned, which means that it could be anywhere between January to March, plus we imagine that it could probably end up being pushed out region by region, and might be further delayed if you bought it from a carrier which will require additional carrier approval before the update is released, but either way it is scheduled for early next year so there’s that timeframe we can look forward to.

Like we said, there have been other handsets, such as those from LG’s competitors, who have released the update already, but better late than never, we suppose. That being said, LG is said to be working on their next flagship smartphone codenamed “Alpha”, so it possible that maybe their focus is on the handset which could explain the somewhat late release of Android Pie.

Either way we’ll keep our eyes peeled for more information on when the update will be released, so check back with us next year for the details.

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Four billion miles from Earth, the New Horizons probe that recently sent such lovely pictures of Pluto is drawing near to the most distant object mankind has ever come close to: Ultima Thule, a mysterious rock deep in the Kuiper belt. The historic rendezvous takes place early tomorrow morning.

This is an encounter nearly 30 years in the making, if you count back to the mission’s beginnings in 1989, but it’s also been some 13 years since launch — the timing and nature of which was calculated to give the probe this opportunity after it had completed its primary mission.

New Horizons arrived at Pluto in the summer of 2015, and in its fleeting passage took thousands of photos and readings that scientists are still poring over. It taught us many things about the distant dwarf planet, but by the time it took its extraordinary parting shots of Pluto’s atmosphere, the team was already thinking about its next destination.

Given the craft’s extreme speed and the incredibly distant setting for its first mission, the options for what to investigate were limited — if you can call the billions of objects floating in the Kuiper Belt “limited.”

In fact the next destination had been chosen during a search undertaken in concert with the Hubble Space Telescope team back in 2014. Ground-based reconnaissance wasn’t exact enough, and the New Horizons had to convince Hubble’s operators basically to dedicate to their cause two weeks of the satellite’s time on short notice. After an initial rejection and “some high-stakes backroom maneuvering,” as Principal Investigator Alan Stern describes it in his book about the mission, the team made it happen, and Hubble data identified several potential targets.

Ultima Thule as first detected by New Horizons’ LORRI imager.

2014 MU69 is a rock of unknown (but probably weird) shape about 20 miles across, floating in the belt about a billion miles from Pluto. But soon it would be known by another name.

“Ultima Thule,” Stern told me in an interview onstage at Disrupt SF in September. “This is an ancient building block of planets like Pluto, formed 4 billion years ago; it’s been out there in this deep freeze, almost in absolute zero the whole time. It’s a time capsule.”

At the time, he and the team had just gotten visual confirmation of the target, though nothing more than a twinkle in the distance. He was leaving immediately after our talk to go run flyby simulations with the team.

“I’m super excited,” he told me. “That will be the most distant exploration of any world in the history of not just spaceflight, but in the history of human exploration. I don’t think anybody will top that for a long time.”

The Voyagers are the farthest human-made objects, sure, but they’ve been flying through empty space for decades. New Horizons is out here meeting strange objects in an asteroid belt. Good luck putting together another mission like that in less than a few decades.

In the time I’ve taken to write this post, New Horizons has gone from almost exactly 600,000 kilometers away from Ultima Thule to less than 538,000 (and by this you shall know my velocity) — so it’ll be there quite soon. Just about 10 hours out, making it very early morning Eastern time on New Year’s Day.

Even then, however, that’s just when New Horizons will actually encounter the object — we won’t know until the signal it sends at the speed of light arrives here on Earth 12 hours later. Pluto is far!

The first data back will confirm the telemetry and basic success of the flyby. It will also begin sending images back as soon as possible, and while it’s possible that we’ll have fabulous pictures of the object by the afternoon, it depends a great deal on how things go during the encounter. At the latest we’ll see some by the next day; media briefings are planned for January 2 and 3 for this purpose.

Once those images start flowing in, though, they may be even better in a way than those we got of Pluto. If all goes well, they’ll be capturing photos at a resolution of 35 meters per pixel, more than twice as good as the 70-80 m/px we got of Pluto. Note that these will only come later, after some basic shots confirming the flyby went as planned and allowing the team to better sort through the raw data coming in.

“You should know that that these stretch-goal observations are risky,” wrote Stern in a post on the mission’s page, “requiring us to know exactly where both Ultima and New Horizons are as they pass one another at over 32,000 mph in the darkness of the Kuiper Belt… But with risk comes reward, and we would rather try than not try to get these, and that is what we will do.”

NASA public relations and other staff are still affected by the federal shutdown, but the New Horizons team will be covering the signal acquisition and first data live anyway; follow the mission on Twitter or check in to the NASA Live stream tomorrow morning at 7 AM Pacific time for the whole program. The schedule and lots of links can be found here.

When it comes to all things that concern gaming peripherals and accessories, there is one particular name that should always be taken into consideration: Razer. This leading lifestyle brand for gamers has just introduced an all new method of enjoying your Xbox One console via the introduction of the Razer Turret, a wireless keyboard and mouse combo that has been specially designed for Microsoft’s console.

This exclusive collaboration has one main intention: to deliver the full experience of a keyboard and mouse, alongside lighting and game integration to the Xbox One. Specially constructed for reliable gaming from the comfort of one’s favorite couch, the Razer Turret for Xbox One delivers a fast and stable 2.4 GHz wireless connection through a single dongle for both the mouse and keyboard, alongside a battery life that has been rated to up to 40 hours on a single charge. This should be more than adequate for most marathon gaming sessions or even up to two days’ worth of intensive gaming in a row sandwiched by a few hours of sleep.

Boasting of Razer’s signature Chroma technology working alongside Xbox Dynamic Lighting, console gamers will now be able to access the largest ecosystem of lighting with up to 16.8-million color options and lighting effects for their keyboard and mouse. This opens the door for a truly personalized experience, while raising the immersive level on various supported titles such as “X-Morph-Defense” and “Vermintide 2”, among others.

The keyboard will boast of Razer’s gaming grade mechanical switches that have been specially engineered for durability and reliability, sporting a lifespan of up to 80-million keystrokes. Chances are the Xbox One would have long gone obsolete before the Razer Turret is in need of a replacement. There is also a dedicated Xbox key that will instantly pull up the Xbox One dashboard for seamless navigation. As for the mouse, it has been modelled after the popular Razer Mamba Wireless gaming mouse, boasting of a high-performance 5G advanced optical sensor and Razer Mechanical Mouse Switches.

Expect the Razer Turret for Xbox One to be also fully compatible with the PC (Windows 10) platform, letting you enjoy both PC and console gaming with a single $249.99 purchase.

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lg g7The LG G7 was released earlier this year, although unlike some other 2018 smartphones, it has yet to receive its Android 9.0 Pie update. However the good news is that LG G7 owners might not have to wait much longer because according to LG Korea (via GSMArena), it seems that the handset is set to receive its Android Pie update in the first quarter of 2019.

There were no specific dates mentioned, which means that it could be anywhere between January to March, plus we imagine that it could probably end up being pushed out region by region, and might be further delayed if you bought it from a carrier which will require additional carrier approval before the update is released, but either way it is scheduled for early next year so there’s that timeframe we can look forward to.

Like we said, there have been other handsets, such as those from LG’s competitors, who have released the update already, but better late than never, we suppose. That being said, LG is said to be working on their next flagship smartphone codenamed “Alpha”, so it possible that maybe their focus is on the handset which could explain the somewhat late release of Android Pie.

Either way we’ll keep our eyes peeled for more information on when the update will be released, so check back with us next year for the details.

Android Pie Update For The LG G7 Will Arrive In Early 2019 , original content from Ubergizmo. Read our Copyrights and terms of use.

Now that Venom (2018) proved itself a box-office hit, the path to production for a reboot of the legend known as Spawn might be ready to roll. So says Todd McFarlane, co-creator of Venom (back when Venom was a Spider-Man spin-off), and originator of Spawn and Image Comics, the house that Spawn built. But wait, you might be saying, wasn’t … Continue reading