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The Motorola Moto X50 Ultra is the upcoming top-of-the-line flagship for Motorola in China for 2024. The Lenovo unit is continuing its efforts to return to the top of the Android charts where it was in 2009 when it practically put the Google-owned platform on the map with the Motorola DROID. The company soon gave up the Android throne to Samsung and its Galaxy S line. While HTC made a strong effort with the beautiful HTC One (M7) and HTC One (M8), the firm lost its way as did Motorola and LG.Motorola’s comeback started with success in the low-end budget…
The Apple Pencil is a fantastic accessory for iPad users looking to delve into the arts of 2D animation and drawing. It’s also useful for jotting down notes on your Apple tablet, the old-fashioned way – by handwriting.However, now that Apple has announced a new Apple Pencil Pro model, starting your journey as an iPad artist might seem more confusing than ever.Which Apple Pencil should you buy, and what features does each model offer? We’re here to help…Apple Pencil compatibility list: which Apple Pencil works with your iPad?If you already own an iPad, and you’re not sure which Apple Pencil…
A crusading Brazilian Supreme Court justice included Elon Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news and opened a separate investigation late Sunday into the executive for alleged obstruction.In his decision, Justice Alexandre de Moraes noted that Musk on Saturday began waging a public “disinformation campaign” regarding the top court’s actions, and that Musk continued the following day — most notably with comments that his social media company X would cease to comply with the court’s orders to block certain accounts.”The flagrant conduct of obstruction of Brazilian justice, incitement of crime, the public threat…
About a decade ago, biologists started to observe that stem cells, left alone in a walled plastic container, will spontaneously self-assemble and try to make an embryo. These structures, sometimes called “embryo models” or embryoids, have gradually become increasingly realistic.The University of Florida is trying to create a large animal starting only from stem cells—no egg, no sperm, and no conception. They’ve transferred “synthetic embryos,” artificial structures created in a lab, to the uteruses of eight cows in the hope that some might take. At the Florida center, researchers are now attempting to go all the way. They want to…
Today’s Apple event was quite an exciting thing. First, we get a big 13-inch iPad Air, then the iPad Pro gets thinner and becomes the thinnest Apple product ever… then the Apple Pencil becomes Pro… however, not every little interesting tidbit was revealed during Apple’s keynote. Actually, it turns out you get more customization options for the iPad Pro than just picking your storage and color, reports reliable news outlet The Verge. iPad Pro 1TB and 2TB versions get a faster chip In fact, there’s quite a price difference between the 256GB iPad Pro and the 1TB one – it’s…
HealthWatch: New research suggests video games may damage your hearing HealthWatch: New research suggests video games may damage your hearing 01:03 Gamers who have been waiting for years for Nintendo to release a successor to its popular Switch console finally got a clue on when to expect an upgraded device.Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa said Tuesday in a post on X (formerly known as Twitter) that the Japanese technology giant will announce the new switch within its current fiscal year, which ends in March 2025.Nintendo offered no additional details, including a launch date for the Switch 2, as the console is called. The…
“Florida is fighting back against the global elite’s plan to force the world to eat meat grown in a petri dish or bugs to achieve their authoritarian goals,” DeSantis seethed in a statement. Alternative meat and animal products—be they lab-grown or plant-based—offer a far more sustainable path to mass-producing protein than raising animals for milk or slaughter. Yet again and again, politicians, dietitians, and even the press continue to devise ways to portray these products as controversial, suspect, or substandard. No matter how good they taste or how much they might reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, there’s always some new obstacle standing…
Apple finally released a new tablet, and what a slate the iPad Pro (2024) is! The and its 11-inch brethren are the first Apple tablets to come with big and bright OLED displays, after almost a decade of using quality IPS screens for the Professional series.Announcing a tablet with OLED display is not unprecedented in itself, but the way Apple approached the task screams Cupertino. It went to the only OLED display maker that can craft the so-called tandem technology in big numbers – LG – and worked with it to create a dual-stack OLED panels for the 2024 iPad…
Millions of Americans will be able to see the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, and chances are many will want to grab their phone and take pictures to document the rare event. Experts warn that it’s essential not only to protect your eyes from the sun, but also to be cautious when using your phone to view or take photos of the solar eclipse. A partial solar eclipse, when the moon blocks some of the sun, will occur from coast to coast, while a total solar eclipse —when the moon lines up with the sun, blocking all of its light —…
A team of researchers led by Pratyusha Sharma at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) working with Project CETI, a nonprofit focused on using AI to understand whales, used statistical models to analyze whale codas and managed to identify a structure to their language that’s similar to features of the complex vocalizations humans use. Their findings represent a tool future research could use to decipher not just the structure but the actual meaning of whale sounds. The team analyzed recordings of 8,719 codas from around 60 whales collected by the Dominica Sperm Whale Project between 2005 and 2018,…
Consumer savings expert offers tips on how to save and spend responsibly | On Your Side Consumer savings expert offers tips on how to save and spend responsibly | On Your Side 03:46 Do you use Apple Pay or another mobile payment service to make purchases? If so, you could be spending more than if you relied on a physical credit card or cash. Services like Google Pay and China-based Alipay that let you pay by hovering your phone over a terminal and clicking a button can lead to consumers spending more money than they otherwise would, largely driven by how…
The new iPad Air and iPad Pro 2024 are now official. Alongside a gorgeous and big iPad Air version and the thinnest iPad Pro, Apple also unveiled some upgrades to two of its Pro-level apps for artists. The updates are aimed to take advantage of the iPad Pro’s fast and furious M4 chip.Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro 2: both apps get huge updatesRedesigned for the ground up, these two apps are getting some gorgeous updates for creatives.Final Cut Pro 2Final Cut Pro is all about recording and editing professional-looking videos. The new M4 chip makes the final rendering 2x…
Gadgets and apps to help find lost items Gadgets and apps that can help find lost items 04:46 Google is making it easier for people to find their misplaced devices, including Android phones. The Alphabet-owned search giant on Monday released a new version of its “Find My Device” feature that integrates a new, crowdsourced network of over 1 billion Android devices, according to Google. It’s Google’s equivalent of Apple’s popular “Find My” feature that lets users locate registered devices including laptops, phones and earbuds. The new service will hit phones in the U.S. and Canada first and eventually be available worldwide. For…
Once a week, Sun Kai has a video call with his mother. He opens up about work, the pressures he faces as a middle-aged man, and thoughts that he doesn’t even discuss with his wife. His mother will occasionally make a comment, like telling him to take care of himself—he’s her only child. But mostly, she just listens. That’s because Sun’s mother died five years ago. And the person he’s talking to isn’t actually a person, but a digital replica he made of her—a moving image that can conduct basic conversations. They’ve been talking for a few years now. After…
Fossil, a significant player in the Wear OS smartwatch scene during its earlier years, has officially exited the market. The move comes after the company sold off all its remaining Wear OS smartwatch inventory (as spotted by Droid Life), meaning that if you’re searching for a Fossil smartwatch on their website, in most cases you won’t find any available.This decision follows Fossil’s official announcement in January, where they framed the move as a way to refocus energy onto their core business segments: traditional watches, jewelry, and leather products. While Fossil watches may no longer operate on Wear OS, the company…
Washington — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday endorsed a bill that could lead to a ban of TikTok in the U.S. after its momentum slowed in the Senate following its whirlwind passage in the House last month. “This is the matter that deserves Congress’ urgent attention, and I’ll support common sense bipartisan steps to take one of Beijing’s favorite tools of coercion and espionage off the table,” the Kentucky Republican said on the Senate floor, describing the platform as “a tool of surveillance and of propaganda.” The legislation seeks to force its Beijing-based parent company ByteDance to sell TikTok within…