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When will your phone get the Android 11 update? (Updated September 29)

The stable Android 11 update is finally here for select devices. Google officially released the OS today and is rolling it out to its Pixel phones. The search giant is joined by OnePlus, Xiaomi, Oppo, and Realme this year, all of which are releasing the update for a few of its phones on day one. Read next: Android 11 review — The devil is in the details But what about other handsets from companies like Samsung, Sony, and LG? Which models will get the Android 11 update and when? While most manufacturers haven’t announced their release schedules yet, we can get a good idea of what to expect by looking at how fast they shipped out previous versions of Android . Asus Android 11 update Credit: Ryan-Thomas Shaw / Android Authority Asus was surprisingly fast with updating its flagship Zenfone 6 smartphone with Android 10, releasing the update just two months after the OS made its debut. So if the timeframe doesn’t change this year, the company should ship out the first stabl

It’s official: We’re not getting a OnePlus 8T Pro

OnePlus has confirmed that there won’t be a OnePlus 8T Pro. The company is directing users to the OnePlus 8 Pro instead. OnePlus has offered a Pro variant of the OnePlus 7, OnePlus 7T, and OnePlus 8 series, but a major leak earlier this month pointed to the company skipping out on a OnePlus 8T Pro. Now, OnePlus founder and CEO Pete Lau has confirmed on Weibo that the OnePlus 8T Pro won’t accompany the OnePlus 8T . Check out the post below. Credit: Weibo/Pete Lau Lau directs users wanting a “Pro-level” phone to get the OnePlus 8 Pro instead. The machine-translated text also suggests that OnePlus felt they couldn’t deliver a major upgrade from the OnePlus 8 Pro by offering a OnePlus 8T Pro. For what it’s worth, last year’s OnePlus 7T Pro wasn’t a major upgrade from the OnePlus 7 Pro at all. However, the OnePlus 7T earned critical acclaim for gaining several major upgrades over the OnePlus 7, such as a high refresh rate screen and a telephoto rear camera. So it seems

Inside the airline industry's meltdown

Coronavirus has hit few sectors harder than air travel, wiping out tens of thousands of jobs and uncountable billions in revenue. While most fleets were grounded, the industry was forced to reimagine its future When an airline no longer wants a plane, it is sent away to a boneyard, a storage facility where it sits outdoors on a paved lot, wingtip to wingtip with other unwanted planes. From the air, the planes look like the bleached remains of some long-forgotten skeleton. Europe’s biggest boneyard is built on the site of a late-30s airfield in Teruel, in eastern Spain, where the dry climate is kind to metallic airframes. Many planes are here for short-term storage, biding their time while they change owners or undergo maintenance. If their future is less clear, they enter long-term storage. Sometimes a plane’s limbo ends when it is taken apart, its body rendered efficiently down into spare parts and recycled metal. In February, Patrick Lecer, the CEO of Tarmac Aerosave, the company t

US presidential debate: all you need to know about the face-off in Cleveland

When is it, where is it and what can we expect from the first face-to-face clash of Donald Trump and Joe Biden? The US will get confirmation that election season is under way on Tuesday night, when Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, face each other in the first presidential debate. The debate, held in Ohio, is the first of three tête-à-têtes ahead of the vote on 3 November. Continue reading... Source- World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/36haFAa

Rare and fashionable houseplant stolen from botanic gardens in New Zealand

Variegated monstera disappears from orchid house in Christchurch amid boom in popularity of valuable flora A rare and valuable houseplant has disappeared from the Christchurch Botanic Gardens in New Zealand, amid a boom in the popularity of unique indoor greenery. A variegated monstera – one of the world’s most prized indoor plants – went missing from the gardens earlier this month. Its distinctive white and green leaves make it potentially valuable on the black market. Continue reading... Source- World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/3jdZHPs

Most countries failing women and girls with Covid response, UN finds

Global gender tracker assesses how governments address violence, strengthen women’s economic security and support unpaid caring Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Most countries are failing to adequately protect women and girls during the fallout from Covid-19, according to a new UN database that tracks government responses to the pandemic. The global gender tracker has looked at how 206 countries and territories address violence against women and girls, support unpaid care workers and strengthen women’s economic security. Continue reading... Source- World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/3jdR87t