he hunt for the elusive Planet Nine could soon provide an answer to solar system mystery

 

THE hunt for the elusive Planet Nine could be over within 16 months, according to one of the scientists who first predicted its existence.

The mammoth celestial body has so far escaped our detection but the currently hypothetical planet which is believed to sit at the edge of our solar system certainly seems to make its presence known.
The scientists who first suggested its existence earlier this year believe they’ve found further proof of the influence it yields over its cosmic neighbours.
Researchers the University of Technology California claim Planet Nine is responsible for causing the solar system to “wobble” due to its massive size.
Konstantin Batygin and Mike Brown first discovered the planet’s existence through mathematical modelling and computer simulations. They presented their evidence in January but the world has not yet been able to observe the planet directly.
Even though its believed to be 10 times the size of Earth, it has likely escaped the gaze of telescopes because it is so far away from the Sun.
This week the pair of scientists, along with fellow astronomer Elizabeth Bailey, stoked the flames of speculation by presenting a study at the annual meeting of planetary scientists of the American Astronomical Society claiming the mysterious planet is responsible for the perceived tilt of the sun.
We’ve known that the sun’s rotational axis is tilted for about 200 years, but scientists have never understood exactly why.
Bailey, Batygin and Brown believe a large planet lurking in the depths of the solar system is responsible and the latest addition to their theory was published this week by the Astrophysical Journal.
“Because Planet Nine is so massive and has an orbit tilted compared to the other planets, the solar system has no choice but to slowly twist out of alignment,” lead author Elizabeth Bailey said in a statement.

 

The sun rotates on a different axis to all the other planets. Earth, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn and Jupiter all share a common plane but for some reason it is tilted by about six degrees in relation to the sun — causing our perception that the sun is tilted.
It’s a quirk that has long troubled scientists.
“It’s such a deep-rooted mystery and so difficult to explain that people just don’t talk about it,” said Mr Brown. “If you ask yourself where the sun is tilted in real life there’s where we predict it should be,” he added
He believes it’s a matter of time until we have visual confirmation of Planet Nine saying he is “pretty sure” we’ll track it down within about 16 months.
“I think that there’ll be enough people looking for it that … somebody’s actually going to track this down,” he said.
At the “next one of these (conferences) we’ll be talking about finding Planet Nine instead of just looking for it,” he added.
For now, researchers are left to speculating over the mind boggling measurements associated with the elusive space body.
Thought to be roughly 10 times the mass of planet Earth, scientists believe it lies hundreds of astronomical units from the sun. One astronomical unit is the mean distance between the earth and the sun which equates to 149.6 million kilometres.
They also think it would take the planet between 10,000 and 20,000 years to make just one full orbit around the sun.

Reliance Jio 4G: 5 things to know before you get Jio SIM

Reliance on Thursday officially announced the Jio services in India. It is a truly disruptive launch. Not only it is a service with comparatively affordable data plans but it is also available to anyone with a compatible 4G phone for free for until December 31. Sounds tempting? Yes, it does and we are sure that you must be hoping to get a Jio SIM. But before you decide to get one, here are the key bits that you need to know:

1. The Jio is a 4G service. Well, we are sure that you know this but it is worth repeating. If you have an older that only supports 3G, it may not work on your phone. Also, just to add, it won't work on feature phones. You need 4G connectivity.
2. To make calls, Jio uses VoLTE network. This is something new for India. This means calls are made using data connection. Now, it won't be a problem for Jio to Jio calls. But for the Jio to GSM calls, which means calls to Airtel and Vodafone numbers etc, you will have to install an app called Jio Join because the calls will use interconnecting infrastructure that current telecom operators use. Even then there is a chance that many calls may fail. Reliance CMD Mukesh Ambani said the existing telecom operators are not doing their bit to make the service good for consumers. For example, he said, that in the last one week 5 crore Jio calls failed.
3. If you want a Jio SIM and are in Delhi or Mumbai, go to a Jio store with your Aadhar card, This will simplify the process of getting the SIM. In other parts of the country, the same process will be rolled out in the next 4 to 6 weeks.
4. The Jio SIM cards are free. And they will be available from September 5. Don't pay any price to any dealer to get the SIM. It's not required. "Jio's Data, Voice, Video and the full bouquet of Jio applications and content will be available for EVERYONE absolutely FREE, till 31st December 2016," says Ambani.
5. If you are a student, go to the Jio store with your valid ID card. Although the Jio services are free until December 31, after that you will pay around Rs 50 per GB. But students will get 25 per cent more data once the commercial plans get active.

A hotel in space

 
Russian organization Orbital Technologies figures it'll be sending sightseers into space as ahead of schedule as one year from now. Visitors would zoom up to the Commercial Space Station on a rocket, then invest their energy in one of the station's four lodges appreciating zero gravity and watching earth through the boat's goliath windows. Also, this is just the starting: Mashable has totted up nine business organizations wanting to send typical individuals into space throughout the following decade or somewhere in the vicinity.

RJio accuses Vodafone, Airtel and Idea for rejecting port-requests

 

New Delhi, Sep 15 (PTI) Reliance Jio has slammed incumbent operators Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone for allegedly refusing to help their mobile phone users port or switch to the new operator.
In a letter to TRAI Chairman R S Sharma, Reliance Jio said Bharti Airtel Ltd, Idea Cellular Ltd and Vodafone India Ltd are perpetrating "illegal and perverse actions" by refusing to enable the porting of mobile number connections.
"Considering that this is a clear and deliberate breach of the license conditions, TRAI must direct incumbent dominant operators to comply with their license terms and obligations ... failing which it should recommend cancellation of the respective licenses at the earliest," Jio wrote.
The three firms did not offer any immediate comment on the story.
"It is important to note that this is being done in blatant disregard to license terms and their obligations under the Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability Regulations, 2009 and TRAI directions," Reliance Jio wrote on September 14.
Jio said it has been certified as Mobile Number Portability (MNP) compliant by the Telecom Enforcement, Resource and Monitoring Cells of all service area and in this month it wrote to incumbents about commencing services.
"Inspite of being under legal and contractual obligation to port the numbers after a valid request is made, the incumbent dominant operators have rejected all the requests made for porting between September 9 and September 12," it said giving data of port requests rejected.


It said the rejections were in addition to "the rejection of MNP request of 4,919 corporate mobile numbers issued to employees and members of Reliance Industries Group by Bharti Airtel in August 2016. This was inspite of a confirmation from Bharti Airtel that there were no outstanding dues and that the MNP process could be completed."
Reliance had last month asked all its employees to shun rival mobile phone operators and shift to Jio.
"Almost all of these rejections have been made on the baseless and unsubstantiated ground of 'violation of contractual obligation'. The incumbent dominant operators have not even bothered to elaborate the contractual obligations that have been violated," it said.
The "baseless and unsubstantiated" ground of violation of contractual obligation was being raised to unnecessarily harass customers and prevent them from availing the services of Jio, the company said.
Jio asked TRAI to take serious cognizance of its complaint and intervene by taking strict action against the incumbent operators under the relevant provisions.

Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime India Launch Expected on Monday

 

Samsung India on Friday started sending welcomes for a Galaxy J-arrangement cell phone dispatch in Gurgaon on Monday. The organization is required to dispatch the Galaxy J7 Prime, which was propelled in Vietnam in late August.

To review, the Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime was tipped by a set up Mumbai retailer to dispatch soon in India. Mahesh Telecom guaranteed the cell phone would dispatch at Rs. 18,790, and will wear a MRP of Rs. 19,400. The value uncovered is a nearby match to the Vietnam estimating, making it conceivable.

The Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime is the updated form of the Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016), and highlights a unique mark sensor on the home catch moreover. Different contrasts incorporate the nearness of a full-HD show rather than a HD show, more memory (3GB RAM rather than 2GB), more inbuilt stockpiling (32GB rather than 16GB), and a higher determination front camera (8-megapixel rather than 5-megapixel).

(Likewise see: Samsung Galaxy J7 Prime versus Samsung Galaxy J7 (2016))

Alternate determinations of the Galaxy J7 Prime totally coordinate the Galaxy J7 (2016). The double SIM (Micro-SIM) Galaxy J7 Prime boats with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow. The cell phone bears a 5.5-crawl full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) IPS show with 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 4, and keeps running on a 1.6GHz octa-center processor combined with 3GB of RAM.

The Galaxy J7 Prime components a 13-megapixel back camera with a f/1.9 gap and LED streak, while there is a 8-megapixel front camera with a f/1.9 gap additionally on board. The cell phone accompanies 32GB of inbuilt stockpiling that is expandable by means of microSD card (up to 256GB) - to take note of, the Galaxy J7 (2016) just backings microSD cards up to 128GB in limit.

The most recent Samsung J-Series cell phone offers 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, GPS/A-GPS, Bluetooth v4.1, Micro-USB (with OTG), and 3.5mm sound jack as far as network choices. It is fueled by a 3300mAh battery, and measures 151.5x74.9x8.1mm.

LeEco To Launch A Phone With 8 GB RAM And 25 MP Camera

Two or three telephones were dispatched as of late with an exceptionally extensive 6 GB RAM limit, LeEco Max 2 and OnePlus 3. (For point of view, the portable PC from which this article is being composed has 4 GB RAM.) But even that is by all accounts not exactly enough for the Chinese telephone producer LeEco, which is currently going to dispatch another 8 GB RAM gadget.

The conceivable dispatch date is 29 June. The telephone will have both of the Qualcomm's most recent chipset, Snapdragon 821 or 823 and a 25 MP back camera.

LeEco is wanting to value the telephone at around 3000 Yuans (around ₹ 30,000). The organization is on a telephone propelling spree, with 3 new cell phones dispatched in China as of late.
It is making advances in India as well. Their late dispatches have been graced by the music author Pritam and his group. Furthermore, the telephone producer pulled in some spotlight by propelling two new telephones in which it has discarded the earphone jack for another standard, called CDLA (Continual Digital Lossless Audio) combined with USB C connectors.

15 Hot New Technologies That Will Change Everything

The Next Big thing? The memristor, a minute segment that can "recall" electrical states notwithstanding when killed. It's relied upon to be far less expensive and quicker than blaze stockpiling. A hypothetical idea since 1971, it has now been implicit labs and is as of now upsetting all that we think about figuring, perhaps making streak memory, RAM, and even hard drives out of date inside 10 years.

The memristor is only one of the amazing innovative advances sending stun waves through the universe of figuring. Different advancements in progress are more rational, yet they likewise convey watershed noteworthiness. From the advances that at long last make paperless workplaces a reality to those that convey remote power, these advances ought to make your modest PC a far various monster come the turn of the decade.

In the accompanying segments, we layout the nuts and bolts of 15 up and coming advancements, with forecasts on what may happen to them. Some are breathing down our necks; a few advances are still simply out of compass. And all must be figured with.

• Memristor: A Groundbreaking New Circuit
• 32-Core CPUs From Intel and AMD
• Nehalem and Swift Chips Spell the End of Stand-Alone Graphics Boards
• USB 3.0 Speeds Up Performance on External Devices
• Remote Power Transmission
• 64-Bit Computing Allows for More RAM
• Windows 7: It's Inevitable
• Google's Desktop OS
• Motion Based Remote Control
• Radical Simplification Hits the TV Business
• Window ornaments for DRM
• Utilize Any Phone on Any Wireless Network
• Your Fingers Do Even More Walking
• PDAs Are the New Paper
• Where You At? Ask Your Phone, Not Your Friend
• 25 Years of Predictions

iOS 10: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

 

Apple has dispatched iOS 10 for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. That gave us the ideal chance to discuss the working framework. To talk about this, Mikhail, Rishi, and Akhil, join your host Pranay. iOS 10 conveys a few new and marvelous components to the fore, however what number of them really function admirably in India? Is Siri any better at perceiving Indian English articulations now? Will it tell whether you're stating WhatsApp or what's up? We talk about the majority of that and that's only the tip of the iceberg.

Akhil discusses his cherished Apple Music and how it could be a great deal better. While Rishi to a great extent sounds content with iOS 10, he has a somewhat bizarre issue with the OS for somebody who flip-flounders a ton amongst Android and iOS. Mikhail dedicates some an opportunity to discussing how iOS functions the iPad and how Apple's product group issues programming upgrades for its tablet lineup. Every one of the four individuals invest a ton of energy discussing iMessage overhauls and how that effects designers.

(Additionally see: iOS 10: Our Favorite iMessage Apps and Sticker Packs)

This scene of Orbital stores unique notice for the capacity to dispose of pre-stacked applications on iOS 10. You can subscribe to it on iTunes or by means of RSS, or simply hit the play catch beneath to listen to this scene.

Apple iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus available for pre-orders in India

 

Each one of those Apple fans out there in India holding up frantically to lay there hands on the following iPhones - iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus - can now pre-request the new cell phones.

Most IWorld stores, Apple's Premium Resellers in Northern India, are tolerating pre-appointments for Apple's new iPhones. Clients can likewise pre-book (store to purchase in store) the gadgets on the organization's site. Another Apple Premium Partner in India, Unicorn, too is tolerating pre-orders for the two new iPhones. Intrigued purchasers can pre-book the cell phones subsequent to paying a development installment of Rs 5,000. Delhi-based Unicorn has nearness over a few states in the nation.

Notwithstanding, two of the greatest buyer hardware retail locations in the nation, Tata Group's Croma and Reliance Industry's Reliance Digital, are still to begin pre-appointments for both the cell phones. Another conspicuous electronic retail location in the nation Jumbo said that it will acknowledge pre-orders beginning one week from now.

Formally as well, Apple India is yet to declare the opening of pre-appointments for iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus.

Additionally, while Beetel Teletech Ltd, one of the wholesalers for Apple in India, said that it will begin conveyances of the two telephones at 7pm on October 7, businessperson at both IWorld and Unicorn said that there stores will begin offering the cell phones at spot 12 am on October 7. Another Apple wholesaler Rashi Peripherals too has reported that it will begin offering the most recent iPhones from October 7 in India. The organization, in any case, has so far not unveiled the time when it will begin deals at its 1,000 areas the nation over.

October 7 is the official dispatch date of the up and coming Apple cell phones for India. The organization is dispatching the gadgets in India in the third stage. In the principal stage, the new iPhones will go at a bargain in 28 nations over the world on September 16. In the second stage, starting September 23, the twosome will be accessible in more than 25 nations including Andorra, Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Greenland, Guernsey, Hungary, Iceland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Kosovo, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Maldives, Malta, Monaco, Poland, Qatar, Romania,

Apple revealed its most recent iPhones at an even in San Francisco on September 7. The cell phone mammoth has not yet uncovered the complete valuing points of interest of its new cell phones in India. The organization, in any case, recently said that the cost of the iPhones will begin at Rs 60,000 in the nation. This is prone to be the cost of the base iPhone 7 model with 32GB interior stockpiling. Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia and Slovenia.

The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus come in 32GB, 128GB and 256GB stockpiling variations. The shading alternatives accessible are Silver, Gold, Rose Gold, Black and Jet Black. Of these, the Jet Black shading variation comes

Apple iPhone 7 highlights a 4.7-inch show with 3D touch, while the iPhone 7 Plus has a 5.5-inch Retina HD show with 3D touch. Both the cell phones are controlled by another quad-center Apple A10 Fusion processor, which the organization cases is 40% quicker that Apple A9 and it runs iOS 10. just in 128GB and 256GB variations.

Farhad’s and Mike’s Week in Tech: Ride-Hailing News Owns the Road

Ford says that it expects to have a fully autonomous car fleet on the road within five years. Uber announced an acquisition. And Lyft has a hard time finding any takers.