Marshmallow is rolling out for the LG G4 across Europe

LG is definitely working hard on bringing Android 6.0 Marshmallow to its latest flagship offer. After what was essentially a soak test in Poland and a bigger staged rollout on the company’s home market, users are now reporting that the update has started seeding across Europe as well.

The package weighs about 1.55GB and can be obtained through LG Bridge (the OEM’s new PC synch software). Judging by user feedback, the update is not available for every unit in Europe quite yet. The lucky few who have obtained the software mostly seem to be from Germany and own the H815. We also came across a list of G4 models that will, allegedly, be part of this first roll-out, but can’t really confirm its authenticity:

LGH815 PRT PORTUGAL PT Portugal Europe 2015-11-26

LGH815 POL POLAND PL Poland Europe 2015-11-26

LGH815 ROM ROMANIA RO Romania Europe 2015-11-26

LGH815 DEU GERMANY DE Germany Europe 2015-11-26

LGH815 EAP AMAZON ES Spain Europe 2015-11-26

LGH815 ESP SPAIN ES Spain Europe 2015-11-26

LGH815TR TUR TURKEY TR Turkey Mid. East/Africa 2015-11-26

LGH815 VDS VODAFONE ES Spain Europe 2015-11-25

LGH815 TWN TWN TW Taiwan China 2015-11-25

LGH815 VDF VODAFONE GB United Kingdom Europe 2015-11-25

LGH815 VIP VIP HR Croatia Europe 2015-11-25

LGH815 VDH VODAFONE HU Hungary Europe 2015-11-25

LGH815 VDP VODAFONE PT Portugal Europe 2015-11-25

LGH815 SWC SWISSCOM CH Switzerland Europe 2015-11-25

LGH815 VDR VODAFONE RO Romania Europe 2015-11-25

LGH815 VD2 VODAFONE DE Germany Europe 2015-11-25

We already have a fairly good idea of exactly what changes Android 6.0 brings to the handset. Apart from core Marshmallow features, like Dozing and the new app permission model, the LG G4 also has updated Knock Code settings and a few app renames, like QMemo+ in the notification panel, which is now Capture+. An official list of changes, along with screenshot can be found at the second source link.

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Marshmallow is rolling out for the LG G4 across Europe

“Random Darknet Shopper” is back, and it just bought a $35 knockoff polo

(credit: !Mediengruppe Bitnik)

Last we heard from the “Random Darknet Shopper” over six months ago, it was returned to the Swiss art collective that made it after local authorities seized the laptop being used to purchase ecstasy online.

Now, the Shopper is back and soon to be on display in London. It’s even shopping again: this week it purchased a knockoff $35 Lacoste polo shirt from Thailand.

At its core, Random Darknet Shopper is a live art project that consists of a laptop running a program designed to do nothing else but randomly buy items off illicit Tor-enabled websites. !Mediengruppe Bitnik, the Swiss art collective behind the project, designed the bot-based art installation to have a budget of $100 in bitcoins each week. From there, the bot randomly chooses an item on Alpha Bay, currently the largest such dark market. (Previously it used Agora, which has since been shuttered.) Ultimately, the purchased item is shipped to the art gallery where the laptop itself is on display and added to the installation.

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“Random Darknet Shopper” is back, and it just bought a $35 knockoff polo

Engagement rings are about to look a lot different

Engagement rings aren’t immune to trends. The practice and styles have changed throughout history.

Some researchers suggest Neanderthals marked their mates by tying cords around their fingers, wrists and waists. It was a physical representation of their spirits being bound together. Ancient Egyptians sealed a marriage for all eternity with leather, bone and braided hemp rings. Early Romans used metal jewelry as a sign of ownership, placing a ring on the fourth finger of the woman’s left hand. They believed the finger held the Vena Amoris, or Vein of Love, that connected directly to the heart

While that particular theory is false (all fingers have a similar vein structure), the designated ring finger has stood the test of time …

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Engagement rings are about to look a lot different

Early 1900s photo album captures the evolution of one loving family

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Transparent, brighter LEDs may become a reality soon

The chemical treatment by the UC-B team led to a dramatic 100-fold increase in the material’s photoluminescence quantum yield, a ratio describing the amount of light generated by the material versus the amount of energy put in.

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Transparent, brighter LEDs may become a reality soon

Vodafone moves HC against Trai's interconnect rules

Interconnection Usage Charges (IUC) or termination charges are payable by one telco, whose subscriber makes a call, to another whose subscriber receives the call.

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Vodafone moves HC against Trai's interconnect rules

Apple devices are top Black Friday sellers at Target

Target sold one Apple iPad every second during Thanksgiving. That includes sales made online and in brick and mortar Target stores. In fact, Apple products did quite well during Black Friday at the discount retailer. Inside the physical stores, Apple Watch was a strong seller. Both of those products were on Target’s Top Ten Best Selling items list for its holiday sales.

Also selling well during the last two days at Target was another product now associated with Apple. The Beats Solo 2 headphone was rung up quite often by Target cashiers. Last year, Apple purchased Beats Audio for $3 … – Source

Apple devices are top Black Friday sellers at Target

You can drive this $100,000 SandRacer on the street

It might not look like it, but this Zarooq Motors sand racing car is street-legal.

Built in the United Arab Emirates, this sleek but boxy dune jumper has been designed based on lessons learned from decades of Dubai sand racing. You get all of that — and some seriously knobby tires — for a mere $100,000.

See also: VW’s new Beetle Dune is a modern ‘Baja Bug’ for your daily commute

Despite its decidedly Middle Eastern origins, the car has been infused with Italian flair, German precision and American raw power. (Zarooq’s words, not mine.)

Underneath its lightweight but incredibly stiff carbon fiber form, the SandRacer is powered by a 3.5-liter V6 that can produce either 400 or 500 horsepower — depending how much sand you want to displace. …

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You can drive this $100,000 SandRacer on the street

Thanksgiving with AA! | Podcast 042

Join us for a very special episode of the Android Authority Podcast! The full panel gets together (Joe Hindy, Jonathan Feist, Nirave Gondhia, Andrew Grush) and follows Josh on a Thanksgiving journey – they talk about the different plans they have for Thanksgiving before getting into the typical talk of what they’re grateful for. However, sprinkled among all of that are small rants about family, a bit of wine and whiskey, and talk about what YOU are thankful for! It’s the longest episode we might have ever recorded, but it also might be one of the funnest.

If you’re coming back from the Black Friday shopping, we hope that you stayed safe. If you’re just listening along with your Thanksgiving leftovers, pour the gravy on the turkey and press play!

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Breaking Down Billion-Dollar AR/VR Investment In The Last 12 Months

Augmented and virtual reality are the new hotness, as VCs and corporates get in on the act. While Facebook’s multi-billion dollar acquisition of Oculus got everyone’s attention early last year, it’s only in the last 12 months that investments accelerated. Read More

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Breaking Down Billion-Dollar AR/VR Investment In The Last 12 Months

Update coming to Instagram's Android app to allow multiple accounts

Instagram is reportedly working on an update that will allow Android users of the app to open multiple accounts on a single device. This will let someone have a business account, and a personal account on one device. You can find the new feature on version 7.12.0, which has not yet been rolled out to the public.

You can get a shot at the update by signing up for Instagram’s official Play Store Beta testing program. Or, you can install the APK files from APK Mirror (check out the sourcelinks). Once you install version 7.12.0 of the picture-sharing app, you will go to settings and scroll to … – Source

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A Boeing 757 landed on the blue-ice runway in Antarctica for the first time

In this age of modern air travel, it is relatively easy for anyone with the means to book a flight to almost any corner of the Earth

Unless that corner is Antarctica, a place where you cannot simply pave a runway and start landing planes

In Antarctic locations such as Union Glacier, the runway is blue ice: dense, intensely blue glacier ice formed when snow falls onto glaciers, gets compacted and recrystallizes. This is generally a place for cargo and military jets, such as the Russian Ilyushin.

But commercial jets are making progress — and the Icelandic airline Loftleidir landed the first Boeing 757 on the blue ice runway at Union Glacier on Thursday. …

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Sony Xperia C5 Ultra is now out in the US for $319.99 unlocked

The selfie-centric Sony Xperia C5 Ultra is now available to purchase in the US. As is the case with most Sony smartphones stateside, you can not get it from a carrier. Instead, you’ll have to go the unlocked route, paying full price for the device.

Thankfully though that price isn’t all too big. The Xperia C5 Ultra is priced at $319.99 at Expansys, and $329.99 at Amazon. Both retailers only have the white version in stock at the moment, but they are selling different models it turns out. Expansys has the E5563 dual-SIM iteration of the phone, while Amazon is offering the E5506 single-SIM one.

The Xperia C5 Ultra stands out through its 13 MP selfie camera that even has its own LED flash. Otherwise, it’s a mid-range phablet. It has a 6-inch 1080p touchscreen, a 13 MP rear camera with LED flash, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of expandable storage, and a 2,930 mAh battery. It’s powered by the MediaTek MT6752 SoC which has a 1.7 GHz octa-core Cortex-A53 CPU. The handset runs Android 5.0…

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Sony Xperia C5 Ultra is now out in the US for $319.99 unlocked

Children's toy maker Vtech hacked

Vtech, a company which specialises in electronic toys and educational material for children, confirmed that it has been hacked. – Source

Children's toy maker Vtech hacked