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Yes, we’ve got full reviews of Google’s caller flagship phones arsenic good arsenic its archetypal smartwatch. The phones fare amended than the wearable, but we are connected the seventh procreation of Pixel smartphones, truthful that’s to beryllium expected.
In summation to caller bundle features and Tensor G2 chip, the Pixel 7 Pro gets a fig of other hardware upgrades compared to the modular Pixel 7. There’s a longer 5x telephoto zoom, and its ultra-wide cam tin besides instrumentality macro shots. The Pixel 7 Pro’s artillery doesn’t past rather arsenic agelong arsenic its smaller, cheaper sibling, but it volition easy past a day. But astir importantly, priced astatine $899, the Pixel 7 Pro offers much for your wealth than astir of its rivals.
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With the $599 Pixel 7, the specs and hardware haven’t changed a ton since past year’s device, but artillery beingness is good, lasting astir 18 hours connected our video rundown test. It’s besides got a nicer matte decorativeness compared to the glossy Pro. Check retired our afloat reappraisal of some phones here.
Meanwhile, we person each the large Microsoft news, including aboriginal impressions of immoderate caller Surface PCs.
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Google Pixel Watch review
Google and Fitbit’s imperfect marriage.
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The Pixel Watch, well, conscionable feels good. As Engadget’s Cherlynn Low puts it, it’s similar a “smooth, shiny pebble.” As a smartwatch, though? The bundle is competent, and Fitbit’s health-tracking integrations are excellent. Unfortunately, the Pixel Watch has a comparatively abbreviated artillery beingness and a Fitbit Premium paywall barricades galore wellness metrics. But if you’re looking for an Android-friendly wearable that feels arsenic premium arsenic Apple, this mightiness beryllium it.
Microsoft's Surface Studio 2+ gets 11th-gen Intel chips and RTX 3060 graphics
No, you didn't work that CPU exemplary wrong.
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It's been 4 years since we got the Surface Studio 2, Microsoft’s flexible all-in-one PC. Now it’s clip for a, er, mild upgrade. The Surface Studio 2+ is so importantly faster than before, acknowledgment to Intel's 11th-gen CPU and NVIDIA's RTX 3060 graphics. But we've besides spent astir of this twelvemonth being impressed by Intel's terrific 12th-gen hybrid chips, which present vastly amended show than 11th-gen CPUs. It's not called the Surface Studio 3 for a reason, I guess, but prices inactive commencement astatine $4,300.
Microsoft Surface Pro 9 hands-on
Can Intel and ARM models unrecorded successful harmony?
The Surface Pro 9 is beauteous overmuch what we expected: a leap up to Intel's 12th-gen CPUs. But Microsoft amazed america with a immense shakeup for its tablet PCs. There's besides a Surface Pro 9 moving a customized SQ3 ARM chip, which includes built-in 5G. Choices! Either way, you're getting tablet PCs that tin easy alteration into functional laptops with their keyboard cases.
The SQ3 Arm exemplary besides has a fewer features the Intel mentation doesn't, acknowledgment to its neural processor. That includes immoderate real-time enhancements to video chats, similar blurring your background. According to Microsoft, it's imaginable to bring those features to Intel chips erstwhile they person their ain neural chips, but unfortunately, those aren't disposable successful Intel's existent lineup.
Scientists got lab-grown quality encephalon cells to play 'Pong'
But however agelong until they tin play 'Doom'?
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Researchers who grew a encephalon compartment civilization successful a laboratory assertion they taught the cells to play a mentation of Pong. Scientists from a biotech startup called Cortical Labs accidental it's the archetypal demonstrated illustration of a "mini-brain" being taught to transportation retired goal-directed tasks. DishBrain received a beardown and accordant feedback awesome (effectively a signifier of stimulus) erstwhile the paddle deed the shot and a short, random pulse erstwhile it missed. Apparently, aft playing Pong for 20 minutes, the civilization improved astatine the game.
Roku is moving into astute location tech
It’s launching a video doorbell, cameras and astute bulbs.
Roku is expanding beyond location theatre setups and into astute location devices. The archetypal batch of Roku Smart Home products, which it collaborated connected with Wyze, includes a astute doorbell, cameras, astute bulbs, astute airy strips and astute plugs. The institution didn't uncover specs for the devices successful advance, but erstwhile reports suggested they are rebadged versions of Wyze products, including Cam v3, Cam Pan V2 and Bulb Color. You'll besides beryllium capable to usage the Roku Voice Remote to bring up unrecorded camera feeds connected your TV. Roku didn't connection a breakdown of pricing, but said its cameras "start beneath $27."
Microsoft made a hybrid talker and laptop hub
Listen to euphony (and meetings).
It’s ever bully to spot thing beyond what we’d expect from Microsoft. Microsoft has unveiled an Audio Dock that, arsenic the sanction implies, combines a talker with a laptop hub. The plan centers connected an omni-directional speakerphone and includes a 60W USB-C transportation for charging your computer, 2 regular USB-C ports, an HDMI 2.0 jack and a azygous USB-A port. The institution is leaning heavy connected the Audio Dock's usefulness for meetings, whether that’s from the bureau oregon the location office. You'll find ample dedicated buttons for the microphone toggle (handy for moving from home) and launching Teams. Because Microsoft.
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