Google’s ‘Late Night In’ event, fun with the LG Wing, and more tech news today - Android

This is very cool! But! There is a lot missing from the whole picture

What’s missing:

• Real insight into the device. Unbox Therapy doesn’t dig into what’s good and bad here, just what it is.
• Pricing. Boy oh boy, I can see LG wanting a fortune for this device.
• Availability. Despite being official now, we don’t have a date or even a rough guide for a release, eg this year or early next.
• All we know is basic US information, such that it’ll be exclusive to Verizon at first, with AT&T and T-Mobile offering it later.
• The potential here is huge, and it’s the software experience that it all hinges on.
• The Microsoft Surface Duo did some interesting things with seemingly unlimited bugs and problems.
• Let’s hope the Wing doesn’t feel half-baked by the time it emerges.

3. Oculus Quest 2 specs leak points to a massively upgraded VR headset. Facebook Connect is tomorrow, by the way (Android Authority).

4. Leak: Samsung is manufacturing the Qualcomm Snapdragon 875 chipset on a 5nm process (Android Authority).

5. YouTube officially launches its own TikTok competitor, Shorts — in early beta, only in India for now (Android Authority).

6. What Nvidia buying Arm means for your next smartphone (Android Authority).

7. What to expect from Apple’s ‘Time Flies’ event: Apple Watch Series 6, a redesigned iPad Air, and more

8. Sony announces $1,799 A7c compact full-frame mirrorless camera (The Verge).

9. Today was originally the day for TikTok to be sold, but the original ban now, in theory, comes into force, on September 20. Oracle did confirm it ‘won’, in the meantime (Reuters).

10. Sony cuts PlayStation 5 forecast by four million due to chip production woes (Bloomberg).

11. All the Venus news: ‘Dr. Phosphine’ and the possibility of life on Venus (Wired). Here’s a video explanation of the new findings from the Royal Observatory Greenwich (YouTube).

— And here’s the relevant XKCD comic: Evidence of Alien Life (xkcd.com)

12. Microsoft’s test underwater data center was lifted up and inspected after two years. Interestingly, it had lower failure rates, possibly due to nitrogen and lack of human interactions. (It spent the two years Folding@Home, by the way) (Microsoft blog). Also, here’s some workers powerwashing it via Reddit.

13. ELI5: Why were ridiculously fast planes like the SR-71 built, and why hasn’t it speed record been broken for 50 years? (r/ELI5)

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