OnePlus’s Nord 2T 5G comes with a new MediaTek SoC and faster charging, but is that enough to make it a strong contender? Here's our first impressions of OnePlus' new mid-range offering.
Razer has officially announced its acquisition of Interhaptics, a.k.a. Go Touch VR SAS, a company well known for its haptic feedback products.
Razer has developed products with Interhaptics before, including the Nari Ultimate headphones back in 2018 and even a haptic gaming chair called the Enki Pro HyperSense. And in the press release announcing the acquisition, Razer stated that Interhaptics would remain independent but closely meld with Razer’s ecosystem.
Interhaptics has developed for a wide range of gaming platforms like PCs, consoles, mobile devices, virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality. One of its most well-known VR products is the Sense Glove, which simulates touch and interaction with virtual objects by giving physical feedback.
Analysis: Could a haptic feedback gaming chair take off?
Razer debuted the Enki Pro HyperSense, a gaming chair that uses haptic feedback, during CES 2022. At the time it sounded like a cool, if not “out there” concept, but it could genuinely provide gamers with an interesting and incredibly immersive experience.
Haptic feedback is already used effectively in many products for virtual reality, including the Sense Glove and controllers paired with VR devices. Imagine taking that same experience and applying it to something that makes contact with a significant portion of your body.
Racing games automatically come to mind, as you could feel like you’re inside a race car while the chair simulates the vibrations and sudden bumps from driving, or even the disorientation and tumbling around in a much less intense version of a car crash.
There is a multitude of other games that could make excellent use of the range of vibrations, textures, and motions that a haptic engine would be able to simulate. And with Razer officially acquiring the company that helped create the concept in the first place, we might actually see this come to life in the near future.
OnePlus Nord 2T 5G was launched in India on Friday as the company's latest model in the Nord series. The new OnePlus phone comes with features including triple rear cameras and a hole-punch display design.
Spam comments on YouTube have been getting worse recently and the platform has decided to fight back.
Via a Twitter thread, YouTube revealed it’s working on three new tools to combat spam comments and the bad actors who impersonate content creators. As it currently stands, the update includes removing the ability to hide subscriber counts, improving comment moderation, and changing the rules on special characters in a name.
Cleaning up comments
YouTube states removing the ability to hide subscriber counts will make it more difficult for people to impersonate creators. Copycats have become so prominent that big-name YouTubers like Marques Brownlee have published videos showing the severity of the problem. In his video, you’ll see, in what is obviously a scam, spam comments with Marques’ channel logo telling people to message him on Telegram to get a prize. The subscriber count change releases on July 29. It’s unknown if the other tools will release on that date too. We asked YouTube if they could tell us when they’ll launch, but we didn’t get a response. We’ll add an update if they do respond.
For comment moderation, creators can turn on “Increase strictness” in their channel settings to place inappropriate comments, in up to 100 languages, under a new “Held for review” tab. Comments in this tab must be manually approved by the channel before they can show up on the video. Channels have up to 60 days to review comments, according to a YouTube Help page.
As for special characters, YouTube is restricting the amount that can be placed in a channel name. Apparently, impersonators would get around YouTube security by swapping out letters for a symbol. For example instead of “TechRadar”, you might see a copycat with “T€chR@d@r”. Spam accounts may be more subtle, however, like exchanging the letter “B” with “Ḃ”. That tiny little dot above the "B" can fool people into clicking a scam link. We also asked YouTube how many special characters will now be allowed in a name, but we’ve yet to hear back.
Analysis: Fighting spam
While these changes are fairly small, it’s still good to see YouTube actively working on the spam problem. The platform did say it's working on improving its systems and tools to better detect spam but didn’t go into detail about what they are. Best of luck to YouTube, because like the Hydra, you cut down one scam campaign and another pops up.
The platform has been actively fighting comment spam as far back as 2017. Back then, the platform implemented a new feature that held comments with URLs for review. But now they’ve taken to putting URLs in channel names. And in 2021, Google squashed a massive phishing campaign that targeted YouTubers.
If you’re curious to know what you can do to protect yourself, we recommend getting a VPN. TechRadar has a list of the best YouTube VPNs for 2022 to help narrow down your decision.
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Micron announced a significantly weaker than expected business outlook on Thursday. The company forecast adjusted revenue for the current quarter at $7.2 billion (nearly Rs. 56,800 crore), plus or minus $400 million (nearly Rs. 3,200 crore). This has raised concern that following nearly two years of strong demand, the industry was turning towards a down cycle.
TV and projector maker Hisense announced that its flagship line of L9G Laser TV projectors have received a free Dolby Vision upgrade. The upgrade was supplied this week via an automatic firmware update, allowing L9G owners to immediately experience the benefits of Dolby Vision high dynamic range.
While Hisense isn’t the first company to announce a projector with Dolby Vision – Xiaomi has released a model with Dolby Vision compatibility, though that model is only available in China – the L9G is the first such model in the US market to provide that feature, which is commonly found in the best 4K TVs, but not in projectors.
Otherwise, the L9G is a complete A/V package consisting of a 4K ultra short throw (UST) projector and bundled ambient light-rejecting (ALR) projection screen. The projector, which sits approximately 12 inches from the wall-mounted screen, features a built-in 40-watt Dolby Atmos audio system, Android TV for streaming, and Google Assistant voice control. It’s sold with either a 100-inch screen for $5,499 (about £4000, AU$7500) or a 120-inch screen for $5,999 (about £4400, AU$8000)
Hisense calls the L9G a ‘TriChroma’ projector based on its advanced light engine that uses separate red, green, and blue lasers to beam images. Along with high brightness – the L9G delivers a specified 3,000 lumens light output – Hisense’s UST projector is said to achieve 107% of BT.2020, the recommended color space for Ultra HDTV. (Few TVs or projectors are capable of hitting anywhere near full BT.2020, which is not even supported by current streaming or disc-based video formats.)
Analysis: It’s about time projectors got Dolby Vision
Why did it take so long for Dolby Vision to arrive in projectors? Compared with regular flat-panel TVs, projectors have limited light output. The HDR10 format that 4K models do support is a basic high dynamic range variant where the movie or TV program conveys its maximum and average HDR brightness to the display (either a TV or projector) and it then accommodates that static information to the best of its capability.
Dolby Vision, on the other hand, is a dynamic HDR format where the contrast range of images are determined on a scene-by-scene or even a frame-by-frame basis. With Dolby Vision, the display (again, a TV or projector) can convey information about its maximum brightness/contrast potential to the source, and video content can then be ‘tone-mapped’ on a dynamic basis to make the most of the system’s potential.
Note that I used the word ‘system’ there. With a pre-configured projector-and-screen package like Hisense’s L9G, both the projector’s light output and the contribution of the screen to the brightness and contrast levels of images are a known quantity. This differs from most projector setups, where screens with different gain (the ratio of projected light that’s reflected back by the screen material) levels are used, or there’s no projection screen at all.
With its high brightness, TriChroma laser light engine, and bundled screen with predictable performance characteristics, Hisense’s upgraded L9G Laser TV seems to be the right candidate for launching Dolby Vision in projectors. TechRadar previously reviewed the LG9 and commented favorably on its picture quality. Maybe we’ll have to call it back in now to see how it performs with the Dolby Vision upgrade.
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Microsoft is taking Collections in a rather Pinterest-like direction.
A new Microsoft Edge update promises several new organization features, an inspiration feed, and the ability to directly follow creators.
In fact, Collections is getting the lion’s share of enhancements in the update. For those unaware, Collections allows you to pull together web pages, pictures, or videos from across the internet and stuff them into folders. The inspiration feed will show you tangentially related ideas from other websites. For example, you might have a series of food recipes saved. The new feed will show you other recipes to inspire you.
Making collecting easier
The announcement notes that the update will be released soon, but it appears some features are already live.
Alongside the inspiration feed, users will be able to directly save images and videos to Collections by hovering over them and clicking the add button. It appears this feature only works on Bing search results. We tried saving YouTube videos, but there was no option.
Bing’s Visual Search is also expanding in Microsoft Edge to work on other websites. The feature allows users to search via images rather than text. Hovering over an image will make a Visual Search icon appear. Selecting the icon begins the search. At this time, the feature seems to only work on certain pages. We discovered the Visual Search icon on images from Google’s and Microsoft’s official blogs and even TechRadar. So, support is rather sporadic.
And the last update lets users follow content creators from some video-sharing websites. The list includes YouTube, TikTok, and the Chinese website Billibilli. A new “Follow” button will appear at the top of the browser that you can click on. The list of creators you follow will appear next to Collections as a new menu. From there, you’ll get a feed of the creator’s latest videos.
Aside from the few features that worked, the inspiration feed didn't appear nor did the new Follow button. It appears that the updates are rolling out in pieces. We asked Microsoft if they could tell us when the Collections transformation will fully launch and for the complete list of supported websites. We'll update this post with its response.
Analysis: Still losing ground
While these sound like welcome changes, the question remains: Will it be enough to boost Edge’s popularity? Recent numbers from Statcounter show the browser is losing users. It’s not clear why, but Microsoft burying Internet Explorer and forcing people to use the browser probably didn’t help. And with browsers like Firefox boosting their security by preventing websites from tracking users, people may understandably jump ship.
The early days, when the iPhone was new, were special. 15 years ago, Steve Jobs and Apple engineered what could best be described as a hype beast of a product launch.
First, Jobs unveiled the iPhone at Macworld in January 2007, but it would be months before the iPhone would officially launch. Whether by design or necessity, that delay turned out to be the best possible way to launch what would become a technological and cultural touchstone.
Anticipation for availability details and the official launch date built and built until Apple announced and, naturally, the tech media reported it.
Hype central turned out to be the one-year-old Apple Flagship Store on Fifth Ave. While I remember launch day, I don’t recall attending or even walking by. However, reports from the time described a line that literally ran down the front steps of the store and snaked around the block. There was media, and third-party companies trying to ride this cresting wave of excitement. It was pandemonium.
The old-fashioned way
Apple generated all this without the benefit of social media. Facebook was just a couple of years old and mostly only college students used it. Twitter hadn’t caught on with the general public. There was no Instagram.
This was all built on traditional media hype and word of mouth.
Apple leaned into it, hard. There were store employees acting as cheerleaders, leading people in chants of “When I say ‘I,’ you say, ‘iPhone.’”
The scenes of people waiting all night (sometimes for days) outside of Apple Stores were repeated around the country.
Why?
Apple and Jobs had spent the last eight years building brand devotion that some might argue surpassed the concurrent quality of their products. I don’t see it that way. There’s never been a company, tech or otherwise, that managed to pair exquisite design and industry-leading quality and utility with a brand affinity that built into something approaching a cult.
As one guy told The New York Times in 2007 while he waited online outside a Chicago Apple Store for the first iPhone, “If Apple made sliced bread, yeah, I’d buy it.”
The devotion was born out of products like the iMac, iBook, and iPod. Steve Jobs was the glue that bound it all together. It was hard to find an Apple fanatic who wasn’t as devoted to Jobs as he was to his iPod.
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Devotion and repetition
After that first launch, I became a regular at the yearly launch events, which eventually moved from the Summer to September or October. For a while, the hype machine continued unabated. At the iPhone 6s launch, I remember meeting one of the first eager iPhone recipients, a young woman who traveled from Lithuania to get a Rose-colored device she still couldn’t buy in her home country.
Still, by then the tenor of the events had shifted. Yes, there were still lines, but they were often filled with professional line waiters who would buy the phones for other people and those who were buying for resale. Pre-orders, home delivery, and at-home activation all became commonplace – and easier than waiting outside an Apple store.
The lines were starting to shrink, but Apple’s team of hypers was growing and getting bolder.
After the Lithuanian woman brought her new, still-boxed phone outside, they demanded she unbox it for the crowd. She complied and seemed excited, but I thought it was a little forced.
Never the same
There are the occasional blips back to past excitement, like when Apple introduced the iPhone X in 2017. Its radical new look and notch created a buzz not seen since the Jobs days. I thought the line at the Fifth Avenue store was among the biggest I’d seen in years. I had the phone early and when I waved it in front of a few future iPhone X owners, they visibly swooned.
Obviously, the pandemic vaporized that phenomenon for a few years, but even before then, I’m not sure the lines of iPhone customers were as big as the groups of professional Team Apple cheerleaders who created a gauntlet for new iPhone owners to run through.
15 years on, Apple’s iPhone is still an excellent smartphone, clearly a leader in its field, but the hype bubble Apple and Steve Jobs nurtured and grew is visibly deflated. We still love the devices and buy them by the millions, but that cultural moment is gone.
I look forward to the next product that can generate that kind of thrill.
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A brand new phishing campaign leveraging chatbot software on Messenger has been uncovered by cybersecurity firm SpiderLabs.
The goal of the campaign is to obtain people’s Facebook credentials and various other personal information, the researchers explained.
At first, the victim receives an email, pretending to be from Facebook, claiming that their page is in violation of the site’s community standards and will be terminated in 48 hours.
The email also carries an “Appeal Now” link, which gives the victim a chance to appeal the termination.
Red flags galore
Thankfully, the content of the email contains a few red flags that should help users identify the message as fraudulent.
For example, there are a few spelling and grammar mistakes in the body of the message, and the recipient’s name appears as “Policy Issues”, which is not how Facebook handles such cases.
Should the victim still press the “Appeal Now” link, they are then taken to a Messenger chatbot, where they are prompted to click through to another “Appeal Now” link. This is most likely done to circumvent any email security services, as the link to the chatbot is not malicious in itself.
Here, the researchers found more red flags: the page that owns the chatbot has a handle @case932571902, which is most definitely not Facebook’s. It’s also empty, having zero followers and zero posts.
If the victim proceeds, they are taken to a website hosted on Google Firebase. This one is disguised as a Facebook “Support Inbox”, and this is where the victim ends up giving away sensitive data to the attackers.
According to the researchers, the attackers are asking for email addresses, mobile numbers, first and last names, page names and, obviously, passwords.
“Chatbots serve a huge purpose in digital marketing and live support, so it is no wonder that cyber attackers are now abusing this feature. People are not inclined to be suspicious of its contents, especially if it comes from a seemingly genuine source,” the report states.
“The fact that the spammers are leveraging the platform that they are mimicking makes this campaign a perfect social engineering technique. As always, we advise everyone to remain vigilant when surfing the web and to not interact with unsolicited emails.”
Flipkart Big Bachat Dhamaal Sale July 2022 is going live from July 1 till July 3 with deals and discounts on smartphones and other home appliances. The e-commerce platform will be offering new deals every day at 12am, 8am, and 4pm between the specified dates during the Flipkart Big Bachat Dhamaal Sale July 2022.
HPE has unveiled a new Arm-based server at its annual Discover event; the 11th-generation ProLiant RL300 runs on Altra and Altra Max processors from Ampere Computing, which also feature in Oracle and Azure cloud offerings.
The RL300 server will be available in Q3 and is the first (and only) Arm-based product in HPE’s server portfolio (excluding the Apollo 80 which, with its Fujitsu A64FX, targets a very small niche).
Geared towards cloud-native applications, the RL300 is a 1U, single-socket server with a chassis that can hold up to ten 2.5-inch storage drives (SSD or HDD) and 16 DIMM slots. Meanwhile, the Altra processor goes back to basics, with 1-core/1-thread running at constant speed; no multi threading, base speeds shenanigans, providing what HPE calls “predictable performance”.
This is not HPE’s first Arm server; in its previous life, HP had a pet project called Moonshot that used Arm-based Calxeda chips, but things didn’t go to plan. The company will be hoping for better results this time around.
Analysis: An Arm-ed renaissance?
It will be interesting to see whether the other big OEMs, Lenovo and Dell, will start offering Arm-based servers built on Ampere’s offering.
Amazon is plowing ahead with its very own Graviton server chips, following a similar trajectory to Apple, in an attempt to control as much of the compute stack as possible.
Google has dipped its toes in silicon design too with its Tensor system-on-chip and it wouldn’t be much of a surprise if it launched its own Arm CPU platform should that segment take off.
As for Ampere, its cloud-native processors will continue to make inroads, having already established itself as the challenger architecture in China with four CSPs under its belt (Alibaba, JD, Tencent and Ucloud). And we know that it will move away from Arm’s Neoverse core to a new in-house full custom micro architecture, called Siryn, which will use a 5nm process.
Siryn will be compatible with Arm’s ISA and allow Ampere to differentiate itself even further from the rest of the competition.
Mozilla is rolling out Firefox version 102 which now has the ability to prevent websites from tracking you.
The full patch notes can be seen on Mozilla's page, which states Firefox will now mitigate “query parameter tracking when navigating sites…” Query parameters are the string of characters that appear in a URL after a question mark and can be used to track people across the internet. These parameters are used to display targeted ads, for example.
To illustrate how the new feature works,BleepingComputer created a test page where you can click on one of the links and see a URL that looks like this: “example.com/?mc_eid=12”. If you take that URL into the new Firefox browser, the characters after the question mark will be gone.
You can update Firefox by going to the browser menu and locating About Firefox to begin updating. To activate the anti-tracking feature, you’ll have to go to the Privacy & Security tab in Firefox Settings. Under Enhanced Tracking Protection, change the security level from Standard to Strict and you’re good to go.
Firefox displays a notice saying that browsing under Strict may cause some websites to not work properly. If this happens, you’ll have to revert back to Standard. It’s important to point out that the anti-tracking feature does not work on private windows, but it can be turned on.
In a Firefox private window, enter "about:config" into the address bar, then type in “strip” in the new search bar. Set "privacy.query_stripping.enabled.pbmode" from false to true, and you’re done.
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Beefing up security
In addition to the anti-tracking feature, Mozilla patched up its browser's security. The full list of fixed vulnerabilities can be found on Mozilla’s Security page where they range from low to high severity. And the developer fixed a compatibility issue afflicting screen readers on Windows. Apparently, screen readers would read the wrong thing on a page or outright fail. Mozilla also added the ability to disable the download panel from automatically opening whenever you start downloading.
Mozilla has gone so far as to call its browser the most secure in the world. While that might be considered hyperbole, the developer has consistently rolled out new security features to Firefox like making Total Cookie Protection a default setting and implementing Enhanced Cookie Clearing to wipe out third-party trackers.
MediaTek, the world's fourth largest chip designer by revenue, plans to create a new design center in US' Indiana in partnership with Purdue University. While there is no clarity on how much the company would invest in its first Midwestern design hub, MediaTek said it will receive $1.4 million from the state for the center.
Big things really do come in eensy little packages: Insta360 has just revealed its new tiny 360-degree camera that can shoot videos in enormous 6K resolution.
It’s called the ONE RS 1-inch 360 Edition, which is quite the mouthful. It's essentially a direct upgrade to Insta360’s ONE RS camera from March 2022. The new camera is split across five main parts: the 360-degree lens itself, a lens cap, a mounting bracket, a battery, and a ONE RS Core.
The Core is what houses the major features, including a small screen to help set up a shot or configure the device. Compared to the older ONE RS model, the 360 Edition improves on three areas while migrating over notable features.
Brand new features
The biggest change comes in the form of two 1-inch CMOS sensors in the lens, which ensure that images come out as high quality as possible. These sensors let the camera record 360-degree videos in stunning 6K resolution and take photographs at 21MP. The 1-inch 360 Edition is also capable of shooting in low-light environments thanks to this hardware.
The device also includes a new PureShot HDR mode for photos. This mode utilizes AI and auto-exposure to increase image quality. The example images Insta360 provides sport very vibrant colors, and thanks to a camera feature, multiple photos can be melded together into wraparound shots. AI automates the editing process via Insta360 Shot Lab, the company says. The accompanying app lets people get creative with edits such as swapping out the sky for a different look or fast-forwarding footage with Cinelapse.
And the last major change is the battery pack -- called the Vertical Battery Base -- which Insta360 claims extends the lifespan. Without the pack, the 360 edition has a 1350mAh battery. We did ask Insta360 how long the battery will last with and without the pack as well as when it’ll be available. A standalone Battery Base is slated to launch later this year. The company has yet to respond to our request.
Making a comeback
Apart from these changes, a lot of the original One RS’s features make a comeback in the new camera. There’s FlowState Stabilization which, as you can probably guess, stabilizes the camera for smooth footage. Horizon Lock keeps the camera level to the horizon, no matter how much it moves. And there’s Invisible Selfie Stick, which edits out selfie sticks using AI.
There are also physical add-ons you can attach to the 360 Edition. In addition to the Battery Base, there’s a Quick Reader that you can use to transfer files to your phone. And a Mic Adapter, which allows the camera to connect to a 3.5mm microphone.
Since it’s packed with features, the ONE RS 1-inch 360 doesn’t come cheap. In fact, it’s one of the more expensive 360 cameras out there. Prices start at $799.99. It’s also possible to upgrade the older ONE RS camera by buying the 360 Lens Upgrade Bundle. The bundle comes with the new lens, mounting bracket, and Battery Base for $649.99. You’ll just have to reuse the ONE RS Core.
Apple has failed to develop its own 5G modem chips in time for the iPhone 15 that is expected to launch in the second half of the year 2023, says analyst Ming-Chi Kuo in his tweet. Qualcomm is expected to remain the exclusive supplier for 5G modem chips for new iPhones. Qualcomm had earlier expected that it would be only supplying 20 percent of Apple’s 5G modem chip...
Vivo V25 is going to launch in India in the third week of august, according to a report citing industry sources. The Vivo V25 Pro is said to launch in September alongside a Vivo V25 special edition. Vivo V25 is expected to feature a 6.62-inch display with a 90Hz refresh rate.
Rajasthan government on Tuesday imposed prohibitory orders and suspended mobile internet service across the state in view of communal tension following the murder of a tailor in Udaipur. Leaves of police and administration officials have also been cancelled.
Political campaign emails could soon be safe from falling into Gmail spam folders if a new initiative from Google gets the green light.
The technology giant has petitioned the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to approve a new pilot program that will make it less likely for such emails to end up marked as spam.
The move could see Gmail inboxes flooded with political campaign emails, particularly as the United States gears up for a presidential election in 2024.
A recent study of 300,000 emails during the 2020 election claimed Gmail was 50% more likely to designate messages from Republicans as spam than those from Democrats.
The party introduced a bill earlier in June 2022 that, if passed, would require platforms such as Gmail to explain exactly how it filters out messages, as well as making it illegal to sort campaign emails into spam unless specifically asked to do so by the user.
In response, Google is looking to make the process more transparent, with its pilot meaning "authorized candidate committees, political party committees and leadership political action committees registered with the FEC" becoming exempt from being marked as spam.
Such emails would still need to adhere to Google's security and content guidelines, and users will need to give their consent to receive such messages. The company says that when receiving an email from a campaign for the first time, users would see a “prominent” notification asking for their approval, and would be able to opt out of any future emails.
"We recently asked the FEC to authorize a pilot program that may help improve inboxing rates for political bulk senders and provide more transparency into email deliverability, while still letting users protect their inboxes by unsubscribing or labeling emails as spam," Google spokesperson José Castañeda told Axios.
“We want Gmail to provide a great experience for all of our users, including minimizing unwanted email, but we do not filter emails based on political affiliation," he added.
"We look forward to exploring new ways to provide the best possible Gmail experience.”
Never one to shy away from branded collaborations, Samsung is teaming up with Starbucks -- no, not the Battlestar Galactica character -- to release a new line of phone and earbud cases.
Made out of a “eco-friendly material”, the phone cases will be for the Galaxy S22, S22 Plus, and S22 Ultra, as reported by 9to5Google who translated the original post from Korean. The cases reflect Starbucks’ art style as it takes inspiration from the company’s branding. Certain items will be for certain phone models as they take their respective hardware into account.
The Galaxy S22 and S22 Plus will share two cases inspired by the aprons that the baristas wear. Yes, really. One will have a simple Starbucks logo while the other will have a tagline that reads “Count Stars in Your Galaxy.” the S22 Ultra will have two cases that sport extra holes for the phone’s camera lenses. Both have a rear strap: one will be a caricature of the company logo while the other has a fake receipt.
In addition to the phone cases, Samsung and Starbucks have designed two cases for the Galaxy Buds 2. The first is a rather plain looking green case with the Starbucks logo printed on the cover. The second case is much more adorable: it looks like a coffee mug complete with latte art.
It’s unknown if the collaboration will ever be released outside of South Korea. The lineup launches on June 28 via Starbucks’ Naver store. 9to5Google reports the drop will be limited, so if you have a way to ship them, be sure to act fast.
We did ask Samsung if there’s a possibility that the lineup will launch internationally and what exactly is “eco-friendly material”, but we didn’t get a response to either question. It should be mentioned that the S22 Ultra does have similar looking cases made out of silicone with a strap on the back. This silicone material has been referred to as eco-friendly.
Limited collaborations
Alluded to earlier, Samsung has a history of launching playful collaborations. For example back in May, Samsung launched a special edition charging case for the Galaxy Buds 2 in the shape of a Poké Ball. The unfortunate truth is that many of these collaborations don’t leave South Korea.
There are some that go international like last year’s Galaxy Watch4 collaboration with luxury brand Maison Kitsuné and the Galaxy S20 Plus BTS phone from 2020. But for whatever reason, 2022 has seen Samsung be more stingy with releasing collaborations overseas.
Whatever their reasoning may be, we hope Samsung does launch the cute coffee cup case outside of South Korea. If you’re interested in other cool collaborations, we wrote about China getting a Naruto style phone.
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A new email campaign is seeking to encrypt as many endpoints with the Lockbit 2.0 ransomware as it can. Given the contents of the email being distributed, it would seem the campaign is aimed at webmasters and website owners.
The email “warns” the victim that their website is hosting copyright-protected content, and that they’re infringing on that copyright. It also urges the victim to remove the content from their websites immediately, or face legal action.
But here’s the big red flag - instead of simply listing the copyrighted content directly in the email, the contents are shared in a password-protected .ZIP archive.
The archive contains a compressed file, an executable file posing as a PDF document. The executable is an NSIS installer, loading the LockBit 2.0 ransomware which, in turn, encrypts all of the files on the endpoint.
By wrapping the file and placing it in a password-protected archive, the attackers hope to evade their payload being detected by email security tools.
Copyright claims are not exactly a novelty when it comes to distributing malware, the publication has found. Earlier this year, there had been “numerous” emails of this sort, disrtibuting the likes of BazarLoader, or the Bumblebee malware loader.
LockBit 2.0 is by far the most widespread ransomware variant, security researchers from NCC group have said. Allegedly, LockBit 2.0 accounted for 40% of all ransomware attacks that happened in May this year.
Ransomware is an extremely popular type of malware as it holds the promise of great earnings. Businesses are advised to educate their employees how to spot phishing emails, keep their software and hardware updated, and install advanced antivirus solutions.
Given the price of the new AMD Threadripper Pro, you’d expect the company’s finest HEDT processor to squash the competition ruthlessly. And it turns out that in most cases it generally does, except in a couple of rather important ones, according to the first comprehensive test carried out.
US-based Pugetsystems, a popular workstation vendor, published a series of in-depth reviews of the Threadripper Pro 5995WX, 10 of them spanning across a number of applications, with Intel’s Xeon W-3300 standing in as a sparring partner.
The obvious conclusion is that if you plan to stick with Adobe Creative Cloud, Intel is probably the way to go. The 12900K is not even the fastest Intel HEDT processor right now, this title belongs to the 12950HX, launched in May 2022.
For the rest of the benchmarks (DaVinci, Cinebench, V-Ray, Blender and Unreal), core numbers are still important, allowing the 5995WX to top the leaderboard. Another popular benchmark, PassMark, has entries for the 5995WX where it became the first processor to smash through the 100,000 mark barrier, a healthy 15% improvement on the previous champion, the EPYC 7773X.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5000 SKU
Cores / Threads
Frequency (Boost / Base)
TDP
AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5995WX
64 / 128
Up to 4.5 / 2.7 GHz
280W
AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5975WX
32 / 64
Up to 4.5 / 3.6 GHz
280W
AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5965WX
24 / 48
Up to 4.5 / 3.8 GHz
280W
Intel’s HEDT revival?
Overall, Intel seems to be faring better in lightly threaded workloads which means that Intel’s fastest consumer CPU will suffice for most creative tasks.
AMD will certainly have noticed how competitive the new Core i9 processors are even compared with AMD’s current top-of-the-range consumer processor, the Ryzen 9 5950X.
Realistically though, we’re due for an update given that the current crop of Ryzen desktop CPUs was launched in November 2020, more than 18-months ago. Early this year, laptop processors based on Zen3+ architecture gave us a glimpse of how powerful their desktop (and server) counterparts could be.
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The electronics and IT ministry has approved 314 applications with proposed investments worth Rs. 86,824 crore under a modified special incentive package scheme for electronics manufacturing. The government has also come up with the production-linked incentive schemes in an attempt to woo global mobile device makers.
Apple usually has a bunch of new products launch at the end of each year, but it sounds like the iPhone 14 might get more than its fair share of gadget companions, according to a big name in Apple leaks.
This comes from Mark Gurman, in his weekly Power On newsletter about upcoming Apple news and rumors. Gurman mentions loads of products expected to launch "between the fall of 2022 and first half of 2023" - or peak Apple period.
The main one of these is the iPhone 14, with Gurman saying there will be four models - we've heard this many times before from leakers, with the expected line consisting of the standard model as well as an iPhone 14 Max, Pro and Pro Max.
Much of the other information provided about the upcoming iPhone Pro models are things we've already heard about like its always-on display, high-res rear camera and improved front camera - but the non-Pro versions are supposedly weaker.
Next up is the AirPods Pro 2, though all Gurman says is "I’m also still expecting new AirPods Pro earbuds with an updated chip and support for higher-quality audio", so there's not much information on these.
Apple is said to be releasing new iPad Pros for 2022 that are packed with the new M2 chipsets - Gurman says there will be 11-inch and 12.9-inch versions, but does address the rumors of a larger 14-inch one by saying this could come in the next year or so.
That's not all in the iPad party though, as a new entry-level iPad (2022) is tipped with 5G, a new chipset and a USB-C port - this is all stuff we've heard before.
As the headline says, more smartwatches are expected too, and it's not just the top-end Apple Watch 8 (though not many changes are expected for that device).
No, a new Apple Watch SE 2 has been tipped, as well as a ruggedized version of the standard model intended for extreme sports users.
Gurman also lists plenty of new Macs coming up using multiple versions of the M2 chipsets, with MacBooks and Mac Minis expected.
Finally, Gurman points to a 'mixed-reality' headset using the M2 chip and 16GB of RAM, something that fans expected to hear about at WWDC 2022 (an annual Apple tech launch in the middle of the year) that never actually debuted.
Analysis: one huge iPhone 14 launch?
Let's recap what we've just heard about:
Four iPhone 14s
Three Apple Watches
Several iPad family updates
The AirPods Pro 2
A mixed reality headset
Many, many Macs
Apple usually has one big launch event at the end of each year - usually around September - and normally, we'd see loads of products all show up at the same time.
But given how long that list is, there's no way they're all showing up at one event - not unless they get five seconds of screen time each and Eminem has to do the announcing - so they'll likely show up at multiple events.
This isn't something that's a total surprise - in 2020, the company had two launch events, one for iPads and Apple Watches, and the other for iPhones. Apple will likely have to repeat that in 2022 for all the aforementioned products - or even have a third launch. Gurman does say that some of the devices could come in early 2023.
Either way, if there is a launch event for the iPhone 14 and Gurman's projections don't all come true, that doesn't necessarily mean these devices aren't coming.
Apple is expected to launch four iPhone 14 models, three Apple Watch variations, several Macs with M2 and M3 chips, a mixed-reality headset, iPads, AirPods Pro earbuds, a HomePod and an Apple TV before second half of 2023, as per Mark Gurman.
Realme C30 will go on sale in India today via the company website and Flipkart. The new Realme smartphone is available for purchase in Bamboo Green, Denim Black, and Lake Blue colour options and comes with an initial price tag of Rs. 7,499. It features a single 8-megapixel rear camera and a 5-megapixel selfie shooter.
Poco F4 5G is set to go on sale in India today for the first time. The new Poco phone comes with features including a 120Hz AMOLED display and an octa-core Snapdragon 870 SoC.
AMD is going to be ramping up power levels with its RDNA 3 graphics cards, according to an interview with an exec from Team Red.
Tom’s Hardware spoke to Sam Naffziger, Senior VP, Corporate Fellow and Product Technology Architect at AMD, about the next-gen (presumably RX 7000) GPUs on topics which included power consumption.
Naffziger observed that the demand for better gaming (and compute) performance is accelerating, while process technology improvements are slowing down ‘dramatically’ at the same time, and that this meant: “Power levels are just going to keep going up. Now, we’ve got a multi-year roadmap of very significant efficiency improvements to offset that curve, but the trend is there.”
Naffziger elaborated: “Performance is king, but even if our designs are more power-efficient, that doesn’t mean you don’t push power levels up if the competition is doing the same thing. It’s just that they’ll have to push them a lot higher than we will.”
In other words, Nvidia pushing hard with power consumption to get more raw performance means AMD has to do the same to play catch-up – so we can expect more power-hungry cards this time round with the RX 7000 range, for sure. But the key point Naffziger is of course making is that Nvidia will have to go a lot higher power-wise, with less achieved on the efficiency front with its next-gen Lovelace (RTX 4000) cards (or that’s the expectation – and not just here).
Analysis: The cost of keeping up with Lovelace
So, it seems higher power usage levels (or TBPs) can be expected from both AMD and Nvidia with their respective next-gen graphics cards, and that’s something the rumor mill has long held.
For AMD, we’ve seen various bits of speculation on power consumption, including that the RDNA 3 flagship (Navi 31) could hit around 375W, or maybe higher, possibly running up to 450W. Although more recent leakage has suggested that we’re looking at the lower end of that scale.
Meanwhile, regarding Nvidia’s power usage, the grapevine has been carrying some more worrying theories for some time, including speculation around the RTX 4090 pushing to 600W – although 450W has been another more palatable suggested figure.
It’s clear enough that the rumor mill broadly paints the same picture as Naffziger does in this interview, then, but the concern is that the hint dropped here might point to something slightly more power-hungry from Team Red in an effort to keep up with Nvidia’s pedal-to-the-metal stance on power and performance.
In the end, if AMD does manage to achieve considerably better efficiency, which is how Team Red is already firmly pitching RDNA 3 against RTX 4000, this could be more of a sway on a GPU buying decision than it has been in the past – given the cost of electricity these days, and generally spiraling power bills.
The other possible upsides for those looking at higher-end graphics cards are a potentially better chance of avoiding the danger of a PSU upgrade with an RDNA 3 model, or even calming fears around a smaller or not-so-well-cooled case failing to cope on the thermals front. But let’s not go jumping to any conclusions just yet, of course...
OnePlus first made its name as a phone maker, but now it has plenty of other devices on sale as well – and according to a fresh leak, it would seem a lot of those other devices are going to be getting upgraded before the end of the year.
This is according to the usually reliable Mukul Sharma, who says that two pairs of true wireless earbuds (one with the Nord branding), the OnePlus Watch 2, the OnePlus Band 2 and a couple of smartphones are due to launch in the third quarter of 2022 (so that's July, August or September).
Most of the accessories that OnePlus has made in the past, like the OnePlus Nord Buds, have been reasonably well received by consumers. If more hardware is on the way, OnePlus must be confident that there's enough of a market out there for it.
The story so far
OnePlus currently sells three different types of wireless earbuds, with a variety of features and a choice of price points. You can also pick up these audio devices in bundles with OnePlus smartphones in some parts of the world.
As for the OnePlus Watch, it was unveiled in March 2021, so it's already been a year since we saw it first appear. It runs its own bespoke operating system, so presumably the OnePlus Watch 2 will follow suit when it makes its debut.
The OnePlus Band fitness tracker, meanwhile, is currently only available in India – it remains to be seen whether the OnePlus Band 2 follow-up device, if it is indeed on the way, is going to be available in more regions when it goes on sale.
Analysis: not just smartphones
The path that OnePlus is taking is one that most other smartphone manufacturers are also following, and it makes sense: having earbuds, smartwatches and fitness trackers that can be bundled with phones means more in the way of sales and profit.
Take a look at Apple for example. We know all about the iPhone, but then we've also got the AirPods, the Apple Watch and much more besides (though it's perhaps unlikely that OnePlus will move into laptops and streaming boxes too).
Samsung and Google are two more companies that offer plenty of accessories around their flagship smartphones, and new products continue to be added all the time – with the Google Pixel Watch now finally official and going on sale soon.
With that sort of competition, OnePlus knows it needs to keep up. While the sales figures that OnePlus sees for these accessories may not match those of its rivals, it's important to have these products available to go head to head against other companies.
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The rumors around the Samsung Galaxy S23 are starting to pick up pace, and the latest to come to our attention concerns the selfie camera: it sounds as though Samsung isn't going to move to an under-display camera on the front of the phone just yet.
This comes from supply chain sources in South Korea (via Wccftech), and it means the Galaxy S23 phones will still have punch hole notches in the display like their predecessors. We may have to wait for the Galaxy S24 for this particular component to be changed.
There's no reason given for Samsung holding off on introducing a selfie camera under the screen, but there are plenty of possibilities: maybe Samsung isn't happy with the photo quality, or maybe it would push the price of the phone up too much.
All about the selfies
What makes this rumor slightly surprising is that there's a 4MP under-display camera embedded in the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3. Samsung knows how to make the technology and to make it work, even if the resulting photos and videos are relatively low resolution.
And that's probably the key consideration here. While we wouldn't take this as confirmation just yet, it makes sense that Samsung wouldn't want to sacrifice camera quality to be able to have a phone display that's free from any kind of cut out.
A few days ago we heard that the standard S23 and the S23 Plus models would be getting a selfie camera resolution bump to 12MP, so there are changes in the pipeline for this particular spec – even if Samsung is sticking with a conventional approach.
Analysis: perfecting the technology
We've seen under-display cameras on several handsets now, including the aforementioned Galaxy Z Fold 3 and other phones such as the Xiaomi Mix 4, but it's also fair to say that the technology isn't quite ready for primetime just yet.
While these selfie cameras hidden under the screen do work, the engineering challenges mean that the image quality isn't on a par with a conventional selfie camera – one that doesn't have to peer through pixels in order to snap a photo or capture a video.
Of course, over time there will be progress, just as there is in every other smartphone component. However, if Samsung decides to hold off on an under-display selfie camera on the Galaxy S23, it's another sign that more improvement needs to be made.
The Galaxy S23 is expected to launch in early 2023, but other phones launched next year may well feature the technology. It's actually rumored to be appearing in the Google Pixel foldable phone, which should make an appearance this year or next.
The GoPro Hero 11 Black will almost certainly be GoPro's next flagship action camera. There are currently almost no reliable rumors about the upcoming camera, but a little informed digging around tells us a lot about what it may be like. So we've rounded up all of our thoughts, and wishes, in this Hero 11 Black deep dive.
Despite its likely arrival, it's quite possible that GoPro’s biggest news of this year won't have anything to do with the Hero 11 Black. Earlier this year, GoPro CEO Nick Woodman said the company plans to expand its range in 2022, beyond the Black and Max lines we have today.
One of those new cameras is most likely the drone-friendly GoPro Hero 10 Black Bones. But could we also see a return of the White or Silver series? A new large-sensor GoPro Hero 'Platinum' to take on the 1-inch sensor action cameras from Insta360? Who knows, but we’ll be back with more on those future products as the information lands.
In the meantime, we're here to talk about the Hero 11 Black, or whatever becomes the direct successor to the Hero 10 Black once GoPro has shaken up its line-up. Here's everything we expect, and hope, to see in its next flagship action camera as it strives to hold onto the top spot in our guide to the best action cameras.
GoPro Hero 11 Black release date and price
The GoPro Hero 11 Black is likely to be announced in September 2022, if we take previous release dates as a guide. All GoPros from 2017 to today were announced in September, bar the GoPro Hero 8 Black, which was announced in mid-October.
GoPro has a consistent launch schedule for these mainline action cameras, a little like Apple and its iPhones.
(Image credit: Future)
The GoPro Hero 11 Black pricing will be an interesting test of the increase in inflation across key GoPro markets. While we don’t expect the camera to have too many astounding new features that would cause a dramatic bump up from the Hero 10 Black’s current $499 / £479 / AU$659 tag, a rise of $50 or so seems possible.
We also expect to see GoPro aggressively push its GoPro Subscription for the camera, which should again bring a $100 / £100 / AU$150 discount for those who don't mind signing up to the company's membership service (which can be canceled at any time).
GoPro Hero 11 Black rumors and what we want to see
Right now, there are very few credible rumors about the GoPro Hero 11 Black. Given it isn't expected to arrive until September, that isn't too surprising.
But by digging into the Hero 10 Black's specs, and looking back at GoPro's recent history and comments, we can get a decent idea of what to expect. Here are six things we'd like to see from the flagship action camera – and how likely we think they are.
1. A tweaked design
The last significant change to the GoPro Black series' outer design arrived with the Hero 9 Black. Its shell was 9mm wider and 10mm taller than the previous version.
This came with the series’s shift in sensor tech, but didn’t seem a huge issue compared to older generations’ designs, as the built-in mount fingers mean you don’t need a separate mount case.
(Image credit: Future)
GoPro could make some tweaks to these replaceable mount fingers by including a 1/4-inch threaded mounting point. This is probably harder than it sounds, as it would likely require the mount’s base to run deeper in the GoPro Hero 11 Black’s camera body, as well as a redesign of the fingers’ hinge system. However, it would let you attach the camera directly to a tripod plate.
This would be similar to GoPro’s relatively quiet upgrade of an oleophobic coating on the GoPro Hero 10 Black’s lens glass.
2. An edge-to-edge display
We don’t want the GoPro Hero 11 Black to get significantly larger, but it would benefit from a bigger rear display. Eliminate some of the blank border around the Hero 10 Black’s 2.27-inch back LCD and you’d have a more comfortable way to compose your shots and navigate the system UI.
A larger screen is also likely to draw more power, but this could be minimized by using a more efficient panel. LTPO, LTPS, IGZO and a-Si are various types of backplane technology used in screens (LCD and OLED), and have an effect on a display’s power consumption.
(Image credit: Future)
We don’t actually know the specifics of the GoPro Hero 10 Black display’s tech, but we’re going to guess it does not use top-dog LTPO, which we only tend to encounter in OLED screens these days.
A high-resolution OLED screen could be a great solution. To date, OLED panels have not been particularly prevalent in action cameras, but the DJI Action 2 uses one.
As the Hero 10 Black’s rear LCD can already reach around 800 nits, it doesn’t really need a higher-end display. But the poppy contrast of OLED would provide conspicuous tech progress that the camera may lack in other areas.
3. A larger sensor
Every time we start thinking about a next-generation GoPro, a new and larger sensor is always near the top of our wishlist. It means better native light sensitivity, superior dynamic range and a greater ability to deal with poor lighting – something at which GoPros still do not excel.
Our best bet is the GoPro Hero 11 Black will not have a new sensor, though. For the last 10 years, GoPro has given each of the Sony sensors it uses three generations on duty before upgrading. The GoPro Hero 11 Black would mark the third outing for the Sony IMX677.
(Image credit: GoPro)
There is pressure from elsewhere, of course. The DJI Action 2 has a larger 1/1.7-inch sensor, but it simply does not eclipse the Hero 10 Black for imaging, so that pressure is not currently excessive. Also, we do not know of a Sony sensor that would actually be a wholesale upgrade – one slightly larger that still supports 5K video capture and 4K at 120fps.
For those interested, here are the sensors used in the Black series over the last decade.
GoPro sensors
Sensor
GoPro Models
Sony IMX177
Hero 3 Black, Hero 4 Black, Hero 5 Black
Sony IMX277
Hero 6 Black, Hero 7 Black, Hero 8 Black
Sony IMX677
Hero 9 Black, Hero 10 Black
Considering GoPro’s CEO has said we’ll see new lines this year, the company may be considering a fresh model with a 1-inch sensor. The obvious candidate is the Sony IMX383, a 20MP sensor capable of 5.3K video at 60fps, 4K at 120fps and 2.7K at 240fps.
Why not just shove this into the Hero 11 Black? It would almost certainly lead to a significantly larger action camera, which may be less appealing for plenty of prospective GoPro buyers. Still, stick it in a new line and buyers who value image quality more have another option to consider.
4. Improved slo-mo
One other suggestion we’ve seen online is that the GoPro Hero 11 Black should have 480fps 1080p slo-mo capture. The Hero 10 Black can currently shoot at 240fps, at 2.7K resolution, and 120fps at 4K.
This is a no-go unless GoPro does the unexpected and switches to a different sensor. Sony publishes the raw capabilities of the IMX677 online, and it simply does not have a read-out mode that would make 480fps at Full HD possible.
We don’t think it would necessarily be all that attractive anyway. There’s a distinct loss of clarity when you switch to Full HD capture with a GoPro, whose small sensor is unable to match that of a full-frame or Micro Four Thirds camera.
GoPro has already tapped out the Sony IMX677’s capabilities in the GoPro Hero 10 Black. With one notable exception...
5. HDR video
The Sony IMX677 is a DOL-HDR capable sensor. This means it can capture two sets of exposures, one darker and one lighter, as it reads through the sensor line by line, rather than taking them sequentially and risking HDR ghosting artifacts.
We do not get HDR video in the GoPro Hero 10 Black, just HDR stills, and such a mode would be a real benefit for the new camera. While GoPro video quality is great, the limited native dynamic range of the sensor means you’ll frequently see clipped highlights in clouds when the camera ends up dialling in exposure to match a darker part of the scene.
In a best-case scenario, DOL-HDR results in a halving of frame rate, suggesting that 4K HDR video at 60fps may be possible in the GoPro Hero 11 Black. That would be great.
There’s a roadblock, though. If we dig into the data sheet of the Sony IMX677 once more, there’s no mention of a drive mode for DOL-HDR – something you will find in documentation for other sensors like the IMX477. It may be that this sensor can only use DOL-HDR for stills, which sucks.
This is what we currently get in the GoPro Hero 10 Black: HDR for stills but not video. But let’s hope that’s not the case.
6. New software features
With few obvious hardware routes for classic GoPro upgrades in the next generation, we might instead see the Hero 11 Black wring some new software features from its GP2 processor. This chipset was introduced in the Hero 10 Black, and dramatically improved the responsiveness of the interface, but it could also be used to deliver fresh software features.
We’re shooting in the dark here, but GoPro could add a background blur portrait mode for those who want to vlog and home, but don’t have a stylish-looking background to do so.
It could use face recognition to auto-crop to a certain framing of the subject’s face, effectively a form of auto-editing for content creators. Other cameras use smarter and faster face and object recognition to aid autofocus, but that just isn’t relevant in a GoPro action camera. They have fixed focus lenses, and we don’t think that will change in a Hero 11 Black.
(Image credit: GoPro)
There’s significant scope for GoPro to boost the quality of its night-time stills, too. Increased processing power may make it possible to use computational techniques closer to those of a decent phone camera. GoPro has made some progress here already, but the stills shooting experience is clunky and slow compared to that of a phone.
Improved low-light video quality is what we're most keen to see, but GoPro already implemented the most obvious way to do this in the Hero 10 Black. It’s 3DNR, which is noise reduction that uses successive frames to inform the noise reduction algorithm. The third “3D” dimension here is not depth, but time. Fingers crossed we’ll see low-light image quality improve at least a little in the GoPro Hero 11 Black.
GoPro Labs lets you test beta versions of software features, some of which may ultimately end up in the Hero 11 Black.(Image credit: GoPro)
Some recent phones also use the DOL-HDR technique mentioned earlier to bring low-light video quality closer to that of low-light stills. If the Hero 11 Black hardware is capable of this, it could bring about a sea change in the quality of consumer-grade action camera night video.
GoPro may also fold in features currently in progress in GoPro Labs, which offers beta firmware for more intrepid users. Such features include triggers to start capture when the camera is plugged in over USB or when it detects motion – intended primarily for dash cam use. There's also a 'one button' mode where all functions are locked off apart from starting and stopping capture. Given how often we’ve accidentally swiped the display into its stills mode, this could be handy.
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It was one of the most talked about pieces of new tech at this year’s CES, and now home cinema fanatics can get to hear what all the fuss was all about for themselves, with LG’s ground-breaking new Dolby Atmos soundbar system now available to buy.
The new S95QR sound system’s big calling card is its unique up-firing centre-channel speaker, which cleverly uses sound reflections from your ceiling to make dialogue sound like it’s coming from the centre of your display.
As well as offering a hefty 810W and 9.1.5 channels of audio, the new soundbar also features a wireless subwoofer and wireless rear speakers, getting rid of the trails of cables that put many folk off from having a surround system.
Those rear speakers also have a 4.0.2 setup, sporting six channels of audio instead of the four found on the company's previous flagship, thanks to two additional side-firing drivers, which LG claim makes for better sound dispersal behind the viewer.
LG meanwhile claim its AI Room Calibration room correction system should ensure even the weirdest-shaped living rooms still get the full Atmos effect.
There’s plenty for gamers to appreciate, with the S95QR offering variable refresh rate (VRR) and auto low latency mode (ALLM) via its HDMI port, which will let you pass through a 4K/120Hz signal from a PS5 or Xbox Series X.
The S95QR is priced at $1,799 in the States, £1,699 in the UK, while home cinema enthusiasts Down Under will need to shell out AUS$1,999.
(Image credit: Lance Ulanoff)
Analysis: Plenty to reflect upon with LG’s new soundbar
While there’s nothing novel about a soundbar bouncing its output off ceilings and walls to create a surround effect – Sonos’ Arc and JBL’s Bar 9.1 do similar - no one’s gone quite as far with the concept as LG have with the S95QR.
Very few home cinema fans will be prepared to go to the effort, or indeed be able to afford ceiling mounted speakers for what audio purists will argue provides a true Dolby Atmos experience, but this up-firing centre-channel solution is likely to come pretty close to emulating the experience.
The big question is, just how close does it come? At $1,799, the S95QR’s asking price rivals that of a conventional high-end Atmos setup, and many will need to weigh up the convenience the S95QR offers to its performance.
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Apple has reportedly decided that it will not challenge the results of a vote by workers at its Towson, Maryland, store to unionise. The company intends to participate in the bargaining process in good faith, a person familiar with the company's plans told Reuters.
Microsoft has just released previews of three new updates, which seemingly fix multiple connectivity issues plaguing some Windows versions after the last cumulative update.
As reported by BleepingComputer, the company published three cumulative updates for the month, one for Windows 11 (KB5014668), one for Windows Server 2022 (KB5014665), and one for Windows 10, 1809 (KB5014669).
Among the usual bug fixes and performance tweaks, these updates also address the issues reported earlier this week regarding Wi-Fi hotspots. Last week, Microsoft explained how an earlier patch broke the feature.
"When attempting to use the hotspot feature, the host device might lose the connection to the internet after a client device connects," Microsoft said.
The fix is great news for those affected by the flaw, but for the time being, only these three versions of the OS resolve the issue. Meanwhile, people using Windows 10 other than 1809, Windows 8.1, or Windows 7 SP1 will have to wait a bit longer (probably until the next Patch Tuesday).
VPN issues fixed too?
On June 14, Microsoft released KB5014697, a cumulative update that addresses a number of known Windows issues. However, the patch also introduced new flaws, namely issues with the sign-in process for Azure Active Directory, as well as Microsoft 365 on Arm devices (besides the Wi-Fi hotspot issue).
According to the Bleeping Computer, Microsoft still hasn’t acknowledged VPN and RDP connection issues that are plaguing RRAS servers following the June Windows Server updates. What’s more, people have also started reporting issues with LLTP/SSTP VPN clients, as well as RDP failing to connect.
Among the more troubling problems is servers simply freezing for minutes, after a client connects to the RRAS server with SSTP. Microsoft’s solution to the problem, as the company told the publication, is to temporarily disable the NAT feature on RRAS servers.
However, some admins are reporting that the latest raft of preview updates solve these VPN-related problems too, which suggests a widespread fix for all Windows operating systems could be imminent.
