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Oppo launched A77 with 5G connectivity in June, followed by an LTE-only version in August. A third phone is joining the family and it is preparing for a truly global launch, as it was certified in three different markets in different regions - Thailand, India, and the European Union. The phone has model number CPH2473 and NBTC, the Thai regulatory for Broadcasting and Communications also posted the A77s name. The same device is allowed to operate in the EU and we also learned it will have Color OS 12.1, likely meaning…

via Warner Bros. Marvel unquestionably won out when it came to the battle of the superhero universes at this July’s Comic-Con, and it wasn’t even close. While the House of Ideas unveiled basically their full slate of movies and TV shows through 2025, DC dropped… new trailers for Black Adam and Shazam! 2. Fans were crushed by the disappointing display, and they haven’t let Warner Bros. forget it ever since. In fact, the most exciting reveal of the month for DC lovers came courtesy of Jason Momoa’s Instagram,…

The four-wheeled, two-armed Interact rover spent four days collecting rocks on Mount Etna. Photo: ESAWhile working out of a hotel room in Italy, astronaut Thomas Reiter commanded a four-wheeled robot to pick up rocks from the surface of an active volcano on the Sicilian east coast, and he did so while role-playing as though he were in orbit around the Moon. The four-day simulation is part of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) preparation for a future mission to the Moon, where it plans to land a rover on the lunar surface…

Image: HarperCollinsWith Prime Video’s prequel series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power arriving in early September, it stands to reason there’ll be a renewed interest in J.R.R. Tolkien’s original writings on Middle-earth’s Second Age. So the timing is perfect for The Fall of Númenor, which gathers all of Tolkien’s works on the subject.The writings were initially edited by the author’s son Christopher Tolkien, with this new volume also tapping writer and Tolkien expert Brian Sibley as well as acclaimed artist Alan…