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 This week saw Apple introduce the newest member of the iPhone 16 family, the iPhone 16e, as a new low-cost option to replace the iPhone SE. The iPhone 16e delivers a number of key improvements as well as Apple's first custom cellular modem.
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The first episode of the season is now streaming if you need a refresher.
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 With the iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4, and macOS Sequoia 15.4 betas, Apple is introducing a new Priority Notifications feature that can show you your most important notifications first.
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Apple finally released the first beta of iOS 18.4 to developers for testing purposes, and while the beta is lacking some of the Apple Intelligence features we were hoping for, there are some notable new additions.
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The new iPhone 16e includes Apple's first custom designed modem chip, the C1. To promote the new chip, Apple invited several YouTubers and journalists to Apple Park, including Andru Edwards. Edwards got a first-hand look at Apple's modem testing labs, and he was able to speak to Apple engineers about the C1.
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That's relatable if you have an el cheapo panel, but when you've spent a small fortune on what's meant to be kickass visuals, that kind of performance is uncool.
We reviewers can put a finger on the best gaming monitors to buy and the ones to avoid, but the elephant in the room remains why some premium monitors with excellent specs have sub-par performance in the first place.
Why some gaming monitors fall short
The main problem as I see it is that manufacturers' claims about performance specs are often wrong or misleading.
I won't use a broad brush to paint all manufacturers in the same light, or indeed all products within a manufacturer's range, but there are plenty of individual products out there that I can point to.
Any gaming monitor spec can turn out to be vastly different from what a manufacturer has said, but two of the biggest offenders right off the bat are HDR and contrast ratio.
The many guises of HDR
HDR comes under many guises. For example, "Nebula HDR" and "Quantum HDR" are two names manufacturers have given to monitors to sell the idea that they are high peak brightness and high contrast-ratio displays. Yet these are essentially made-up names designed to pivot off of the current standard for HDR known as VESA HDR certification.
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The second season of The Last of Us now has a firm premiere date. HBO has announced that its adaptation of Naughty Dog's games will hit the network and Max on April 13. "Five years after the events of the first season, Joel and Ellie are drawn into conflict with each other and a world even more dangerous and unpredictable than the one they left behind," HBO said in a press release. Ominous!
Warner Bros. Discovery had already confirmed that the latest batch of episodes would arrive this April, in large part to make sure that the season is eligible for next year's Primetime Emmy Awards. Given that the third season of The White Lotus premiered this week, a mid-April start date makes sense for TLOU. There are only seven episodes this time around in any case, and they'll all air before the Emmy eligibility window closes on May 31.
The second season of the series is based on The Last of Us Part 2, but it won't take us through all of the events of the second game. It'll take at least two seasons to retell the story of that terrific, if overly lengthy misery simulator.
In the meantime, if you haven't played the sequel yet, you'll soon be able to do just that on PC. The Last of Us Part II Remastered will hit Steam and the Epic Games S
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This isn't just a gorgeous laptop but also a powerful one. It's a 14-inch laptop with an Intel Core 5 Ultra 155H processor, 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM, and a 512GB SSD. That's a speedy configuration that can handle productivity tasks, stream media, and do creative work with issue.
The laptop has a gorgeous 3K OLED touchscreen display that delivers great visuals, vibrant colors, and solid contrast. In fact, the beautiful OLED screen topped our list of pros when we reviewed the Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro. We gave this one a 4.5-star rating and our Editors' Choice award, delighted by how light and elegant it is, making it a perfect choice for business professionals.
The Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro has decent battery life, too, delivering some 13 hours of active use on a single charge. That's enough for a full workday and then some, but you'll want to remember to plug it in before leaving the house for the day.
If you want a beautiful and powerful laptop for work, this Samsung Galaxy Book4 Pro is a great pick. Snag it for just $700 on Amazon while you can because this deal is simply too good to miss.
Save 48% on this ultralight Samsung laptop for prosumers
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A UK research team based at Durham University has identified an exploit that could allow attackers to figure out what you type on your MacBook Pro — based on the sound each keyboard tap makes.
These kinds of attacks aren't particularly new. The researchers found research dating back to the 1950s into using acoustics to identify what people write. They also note that the first paper detailing use of such an attack surface was written for the US National Security Agency (NSA) in 1972, prompting speculation such attacks may already be in place.
"(The) governmental origin of AS- CAs creates speculation that such an attack may already be possible on modern devices, but remains classified," the researchers wrote.
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