Weekly tech highlights: Apple car, Samsung update to Android 12, and more

Apple will allow iPhone and MacBook users to repair equipment on their own

Apple has officially announced the Self Service Repair program, which will allow the owner of the brand's equipment to carry out self-repairs using original parts and tools.

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TIME publishes a list of the 100 best inventions of 2021

According to the already established tradition, at the end of the year, TIME magazine published a list of the 100 best inventions. It includes a variety of devices, technologies and services that could change the scenarios of our lives, simplify routine tasks or discover something completely new.

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The scientist announced the possible discovery of the ninth planet of the solar system

Michael Rowan-Robinson, an astronomer and professor of astrophysics at Imperial College London, has uncovered evidence of a potential candidate for the ninth planet in the solar system. To do this, he analyzed observations made by the astronomical satellite IRAS, launched in 1983.

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Samsung reveals a schedule for upgrading smartphones and tablets to Android 12

Samsung continues to actively test the beta version of the One UI 4 shell based on Android 12, and the first devices will soon receive the stable version. On the official forum Samsung Members appeared the schedule for the release of One UI 4 for smartphones and tablets of the brand.

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Apple's first car will be completely self-driving - no steering wheel or pedals

Apple is accelerating development of its electric vehicle and reorienting it towards fully autonomous driving. Bloomberg writes about this with reference to sources familiar with the project.

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