Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Has OnePlus 6T Removed the Best Features of the OnePlus 6?
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Is Diablo 3 Coming to Android and iOS?
The Diablo 3 Nintendo Switch release date is November 2 and in the run up to this we've had an extended look at the game. In this episode of Transition, the Gadgets 360 gaming and pop culture... https://ift.tt/2PrxrgR
Diablo 3: Eternal Collection Nintendo Switch Review
Diablo 3: Eternal Collection for Nintendo Switch release is November 2 with a 13.3GB download size, is it worth it? Find out in our Diablo 3 Nintendo Switch review. https://ift.tt/2qj7bqA
Five steps for getting started with AI in your business
A new report by Microsoft identifies how businesses are getting to grip with technologies such as machine learning.
How to secure the US electoral system
Cris Thomas (aka Space Rogue), global strategy lead at IBM X-Force Red, details some of the steps that can be taken to shore up the American electoral system.
What we need to worry about with election hacking
Cris Thomas (aka Space Rogue), global strategy lead at IBM X-Force Red, says that voters need to put election hacking vulnerability risks into perspective.
How database hacks could impact elections and voters' fears
Cris Thomas (aka Space Rogue), global strategy lead at IBM X-Force Red, explains SQL injection attacks and discusses how voter registration database hacks can lead to doubt in the election process.
How voter registration databases are vulnerable to nefarious actors
Cris Thomas (aka Space Rogue), global strategy lead at IBM X-Force Red, discusses the risks of data being changed or removed in voter registration databases and how voters can counter these actions.
How to permanently increase the zoom size of email in Outlook using a VBA macro
There is no configuration setting that will automatically increase the zoom level of email in Outlook—unless you create and install a VBA macro. This tutorial explains how.
Why your data in the cloud isn't as secure as you think
Nearly one-fourth of data in the cloud could put your organization at serious risk if it was leaked or stolen, according to a McAfee report.
How to crop images in Microsoft PowerPoint
Now you see it, now you don't. Learn how to apply PowerPoint cropping to your graphic files.
Mac Mini 2018: Cheat sheet
In October 2018, Apple finally updated its most affordable and portable desktop computer. Here's what's new and how it works.
iPad Pro 2018: Cheat sheet
In October 2018, Apple updated its enterprise-focused iPad line. Here are the critical details that professionals need to know about the iPad Pro 2018.
Apple's MacBook Air 2018 update: Cheat sheet
The new MacBook Air features a retina display, Touch ID, and an 8th-gen Intel dual core processor.
Top 5 tech tools for buying a house
Tom Merritt recommends tech tools that will make the process of house-hunting easier.
The 4 biggest reasons people are creeped out by AI
As AI becomes more life-like, humans are growing scared of its capabilities and knowledge. Here are the four ways AI creeps people out.
Developers: Want fulfilling work? Here are the 10 most satisfying coding languages
The highest-ranked coding languages may surprise you, according to an ActiveState survey.
The 10 most popular platforms developers use to code projects
More than half of developers spend fewer than four hours per day programming, according to an ActiveState report.
Budget 2018: No great leap forward for broadband, but no need to panic
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IR35 reforms: Private sector extension confirmed for April 2020 in Autumn Budget
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AWS retains cloud market leader status in Q3, as Microsoft and Google post gains
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Traditional financial services firms face extinction within 12 years
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Government consults on full-fibre for tenants, new-build homes
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Manchester’s evolution from rag trade to e-commerce riches
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Retail tech spending will grow 3.6% globally in 2019, predicts Gartner
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NAL Recruitment 2018 – Apply Online for 47 Technician Posts
National Aerospace laboratories (NAL) recruits 47 Technician Posts. Candidates with 10th Class, ITI can apply online on or before 24-11-2018.
Indian Army Recruitment 2018 – Apply Online for TES, TGC-129 & Other Posts
Indian Army recruits 40 TGC-129 (Jul-2019) Posts. Candidates with Degree can apply online from 30-10 to 28-11-2018.
Gujarat High Court Recruitment 2018 – Apply Online for 1149 Class IV posts
High Court of Gujarat recruits1149 Class IV posts. Candidates can apply online from 01-11-2018 to 30-11-2018.
AMU Recruitment 2018 – MO, Staff Nurse, Monitoring & Evaluation Staff Posts
Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) recruits 13 MO, Staff Nurse, Monitoring & Evaluation Staff Posts. Candidates with MBBS, Diploma, B.Sc/ B.Com can apply on or before 01-11-2018.
TREIRB 2018 – PGT & TGT Preliminary Key Released
Telangana Residential Educational Institutions Recruitment Board recruits PGT & TGT Preliminary Key Released.
IGIMS Recruitment 2018 – Walk in for 39 Junior Resident Posts
Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) recruits 39 Junior Resident Posts. Candidates with MBBS can attend for walk in Interview on 09-11-2018.
RIMS Imphal Recruitment 2018 – 43 Junior Resident Posts
Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal recruits 43 Junior Resident Posts. Candidates with Degree can apply on or before 15-11-2018.
2018 iPad Pro hands-on: Improving on the world’s best tablet
Apple already had the best tablet on the market with the iPad Pro, but for the company's target audience of creative and tech-y professionals and hobbyists, that wasn't always enough. Even the iPad "Pro" had limitations that made it hard to see it as a true laptop replacement. So, Apple has introduced new iPad Pro models that address some of those limitations while bringing in many of the company's biggest ideas from the newer iPhones.
I handled both of the new models at Apple's event in Brooklyn earlier today, and I was surprised how different they felt and looked compared to last year's models or even to this year's iPad. But what really matters is what's inside, and that's intriguing, too.
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New MacBook Air, Mac mini hands-on: Making old favorites new again
Valentina Palladino
NEW YORK—Apple led today's event by talking about two of its most-loved devices: the MacBook Air and the Mac mini. While Apple customers may have loved these devices since their debuts, Apple hasn't shown them much love over the past couple of years.
That changed today with the introduction of the new MacBook Air (which includes updates like a Retina display, Touch ID, and Apple's butterfly keyboard) and a new Mac mini (which got a big spec bump with quad- and hexa-core processors). Today's event brought the biggest hardware changes that both devices have seen in a long time, and yet they still have a lot in common with their predecessors—and that's a good thing.
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Russia’s only aircraft carrier damaged as its floating dry dock sinks
Russia's one and only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, is in the middle of a long-forestalled refit in Murmansk. But its repairs may take a bit longer now that the floating dry dock that was carrying it at Murmansk's Shipyard 82 suddenly sank—causing a giant crane to crash onto the Kuznetsov and gash a 16-foot hole in its hull. One shipyard worker is missing, and four others were hospitalized—two of them in critical condition.
The floating dry dock, the PD-50—one of the largest in the world—apparently sank as the result of a power outage following a power surge at the shipyard, possibly related to damage to power lines caused by ice.
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Video: How do we figure out that rocks are billions of years old?
Ars explains: How do we find out how old some rocks are? Click here for transcript.
For our first entry of our new science video series, we looked at some one-of-a-kind hardware that gets things moving at nearly the speed of light. Today, we're going to take a look at a process that takes place all over the world. While it does require some specialized equipment, the equipment is common enough that many universities have their own version. Despite being relatively common, though, we can still learn some amazing things from it.
The subject of this description is radiometric dating, which uses radioactive decay of some elements to figure out how old things are. Putting an age on something may seem fairly mundane, but the simple answers provided by dating can impact a huge range of scientific fields.
Carbon dating helps us understand when cultural artifacts were made and when archeological samples were deposited. It helps us figure out when lost environments flourished. Other isotopes let us go older, figuring out when extinct species lived and when evidence of past climate change was put in place. Deeper back in time, we can work through movements of supercontinents that no longer exist, the formation of the Earth's first rocks, and (using some off-world samples) even the start of the Solar System.
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Adieu, home button—Apple’s new iPad Pros have nearly edge-to-edge screens, FaceID
NEW YORK—The new iPad Pros that have been rumored for months are now a reality. Apple revealed the latest editions of its premium tablets today at its "special event" in Brooklyn, New York. The announcement confirms some major new features that have been brought over from the most recent iPhones, like an edge-to-edge display and FaceID, plus tablet-specific features that have been talked about in the months leading up to the event.
The new iPads start at $799, with pre-orders beginning today. The devices will ship November 7.
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Apple updates MacBook Air with Retina display, Touch ID
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NEW YORK—The wait is over: Apple on Tuesday unveiled a revamped MacBook Air at an event in Brooklyn, New York.
The device is available for pre-order today and will begin shipping on November 7. It will start at $1,199, which is a jump from the $999 starting price of the older MacBook Air.
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Puppy Cube mini-review: 720p limits the potential, but it works surprisingly well
Jim Salter
A few months ago, I bought a couple of cookbooks on Amazon. As usual, I got the ebooks, which I greatly prefer. But unlike all my other ebooks, I ended up not using these. The problem was that I wanted to look through my new Thug Kitchen cookbooks in the kitchen, but I didn't want to get my tablet all gross—and I felt like the screen was a little small anyway.
So I got excited when the folks behind the Puppy Cube reached out to ask if I'd like to review a short-throw, touchscreen projector.
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How to play Googles first multiplayer, interactive Halloween 2018 Doodle game
Google is celebrating Halloween 2018 with its first ever interactive, multiplayer Google Doodle game called Trick-or-Treat: The Great Ghoul Duel! The Halloween themed game is hosted on Google’s Cloud platform and players around the world can team up randomly and join a match or host their own game with up to seven friends and family members via a custom invitation link. In the game, you play as a Green or a Purple Ghost and your job is to collect souls. Spooky music plays out as you dash to collect as many souls or spirit flames as you can and deposit them to your base. Players can also steal souls from other members of the opposing team and gain special ghostly powers like speed boosts, night vision and more. Players can share personal superlatives awarded to them at the end of the match based on their performances. Google implemented this special Halloween Doodle game with the help of Open Match, a highly-scalable, open source matchmaking framework cofounded by Google Cloud and Unity. Open Match is designed to allow game developers to reuse a common matchmaker framework. It includes three core components: a frontend API for game clients, a backend API for game servers, and an orchestrator that runs game-specific custom matchmaking logic. But that’s TMI for Halloween so head on over here to play Google’s Trick-or-Treat: The Great Ghoul Duel!
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Google Pixel 3 XL notch bug gives the phone two display notches, fix coming soon
If you thought Google Pixel 3 XL’s big and bulky notch was enough to put you off, you were wrong. While several handset users (hilariously) reported that their devices grew another notch on the sides of the display, some were really annoyed at the glitch. The virtual notch was not seen at one particular position, and while some said it appeared on the left edge, some side the second notch grew on the right side. Luckily, Google is aware of the problem and says that it will fix it soon. The problem was first reported by UrAvgConsumer who posted a tweet on October 25. Although there is no exact explanation of what caused this glitch, according to Slashgear, there is a possibility that a rogue developer settings could have been enabled. This might have confused the auto-rotate on the phone possibly causing the faux notch stuck in the wrong place. The tech news platform says that Android offers coders the ability to add a virtual notch to their phone so that they can test under development apps to see how they work when run on a device with a notch on the screen. According to AndroidPolice, Google reached out to them to let the publication know that “not only is the company aware of this highly anomalous behaviour, but that a fix should be coming soon”. Google launched the third generation of Pixel smartphones on October 9. In our review, we listed the notch as one of the cons of the smartphone. The notch contains the earpiece which doubles up as one half of the stereo speaker setup, neatly sandwiched between two front-facing cameras.
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Microsoft Office for macOS Mojave is getting a dark mode
Microsoft Office 365 for the Mac is getting a dark mode on macOS Mojave. The information comes from Microsoft's own Akshay Bakshi, a Product Manager for Microsoft on Twitter. He tweets, “Look closely at the Pictures icon. Office running on macOS Mojave in Dark Mode.” If you are a part of office insider, you will be able to access this feature as early as next week. As an office insider, users will get previews of the updates coming to MS office, like this upcoming dark mode for Mac. Insiders will also be able to give feedback to Microsoft about the features. It also seems that the dark mode will be limited to Office 365 subscribers. MacOS Mojave already has a dark mode and the dark mode in MS Office will compliment this if you are one that is using dark mode in Apple’s latest desktop and laptop OS. Once testing of the new features is complete, it will roll out to Office 365 users. There is no official information whether dark mode will make its way to any other versions of Office for Mac as of now. Microsoft also introduced a dark mode in File Explorer in the October update for Windows 10. You can read more about the October Windows 10 update here.
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OnePlus 6T gets first software update with OxygenOS 904 improving Nightscape, adding November security patch
It has been two days since the OnePlus 6T became official globally and just a few hours since its India price was announced and the company is already rolling out a software update to the phone. OnePlus is now seeding OxygenOS 9.0.4 update to the OnePlus 6T, which brings improvements to Nightscape in camera and also updates the phone’s Android security patch to November, which the OnePlus 6 also received recently through Open Beta 6. We still don't know what the November patch fixes, because Google is yet to release the November Security Bulletins. Nightscape on the OnePlus 6T is nothing but the pro-mode sprinkled with some computational photography. When shooting in low light, the camera bumps up the ISO and slows down the shutter speed. The update was originally spotted by HDBlog and apart from improvements to Nightscape and an updated security patch, it also brings improvements to Screen Unlock, come new navigation gestures, optimised standby power consumption and some general bug fixes. OnePlus 6T’s camera also gets added studio lighting to enhance face contour. The OxygenOS 9.0.4 update is rolling out right now and users may receive it in a phased manner. The OnePlus 6T is priced starting at Rs 37,999 for 6GB+128GB variant while the 8GB+128GB variant will retail for Rs 41,999. The top most variant with 8GB RAM and 256GB storage will be available for Rs Rs 45,999. You can read more about its India availability and buying offers here.
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Apple MacBook Air, iPad Pro and Mac Mini India price and availability announced
Apple just wrapped up an eventful evening in New York, where the company announced the new iPad Pro, an updated Mac Mini and a refresh of the universally loved MacBook Air. All three products have received significant upgrades from their predecessors, and just as much as everyone was waiting to hear what Apple had to announce, now we also have the price of the devices in India. iPad Pro The new iPad Pro that comes in 11-inch and 12.5-inch variants and is powered by the new A12X Bionic chip is the device for creative professionals. It comes with an all-new Apple Pencil and for the first time ever, a USB-C port on an Apple portable device. It is nice to see Apple finally embrace a universal port standard for their tablet. You can read everything about the new iPad Pro models in our in-depth story here. Additionally, here are the prices for the new iPad Pro Models in India. There is no official date of availability yet, but given that Apple has been treating India as a market of great importance, we expect that the new iPad Pro models will be available sooner rather than later. 11-inch iPad Pro (Wi-Fi) – Starts at Rs 71,900 11-inch iPad Pro (Wi-Fi + Cellular) – Starts at Rs 85,900 12.9-inch iPad Pro (Wi-Fi) - Starts at Rs 89,900 12.9-inch iPad Pro (Wi-Fi + Cellular) – Starts at Rs 1,03,900 Second Generation Apple Pencil – Rs 10,900 Smart Keyboard Folio for the new iPad Pro (11-inch) – Rs 15,900 Smart Keyboard Folio for the new iPad Pro (12.5-inch) – Rs 17,900 Smart Folio for iPad Pro (11-inch) – Rs 7,500 Smart Folio for iPad Pro (12.5-inch) – Rs 9,900 MacBook Air The most beloved MacBook has finally received a refresh after three years and brought it up to speed with 2018. Featuring a far slimmer bezel than before, a Retina Display, Intel’s latest 8th generation Core i5 processor and up to 16GB of RAM, the MacBook Air packs quite a lot and still manages to be lighter than before. You can read all about the new MacBook Air in our in-depth story here. For those wondering, the new MacBook Air price in India is set to start at Rs 1,14,900 for the base variant. The new MacBook Air will be available in India starting November 7. Unfortunately, the Indian market will only get two variants of the MacBook Air, both with 8GB RAM, but a choice of 128GB or 256GB storage. Mac Mini The Mac Mini has also been updated by Apple to brand new specs, making this little box nothing short of a theoretical workhorse. The Mac Mini will come in a choice of Intel’s Core i3 or Core i5 processors and can support RAM all the way up to 64GB. If you’re curious about all that the new Mac mini has to offer, we have a full breakdown here. The Mac Mini will be available in India starting November 7 and will start at Rs 75,900 for the base variant which comes with an Intel Core i3 processor and 8GB RAM. You can configure the Mac Mini with up to an Intel Core i5 processor and 256GB storage, however, you will be limited to 8GB RAM. MacBook Pro Apple also announced that their MacBook Pro will also be available with the Radeon Pro Vega graphics, which promises to deliver up to 60 percent better graphics performance. This configuration is not listed on Apple India’s website and does not have a price tag attached to it yet, but you can order the new variant through Apple authorized retailers starting November 14. 
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Apple announces all-new 11-inch and 129-inch Pad Pro: Specs, features, price, availability and everything else you need to know
Apple has announced two new iPad Pro tablets. The new iPads will be available in the US starting November 7. There is no information available on when the new iPads will come to India or an India pricing. The design of the new iPad Pro has changed to be more angular compared to the rounded edges found on the previous generation iPads. Speaking of the previous generation iPad, the 10.5-inch iPad Pro will continue to sell in the market. The new iPad Pros are a 5.9mm thick and the 11-inch iPad pro weighs 468 grams, whereas the 12.9-inch iPad Pro weighs 631 grams. As the rumour mills suggested, the new iPads have forgone the home button in favour of Face ID. This is how the 11-inch iPad Pro manages to get an 11-inch display in the 10.5-inch iPad Pro's form factor. The Pro still has 4 speakers and this time the devices have magnets all around to hold and charge the new Apple Pencil. For connectivity Apple removed the lightning cable in favour of USB-C, giving users the ability to connect the iPad to a host of devices such a 5K display. The new iPad Pros can also be used as power banks to charge other devices. Speaking of the display, the 11-inch iPad Pro has a resolution of 2388x1668 pixels giving it a pixel density of 264ppi. The 12.9-inch iPad Pro has a 2732x2048 pixel resolution giving it a resolution of 264ppi. Both the tablets have Apple’s True Tone display, fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating and 600 nits of brightness. The displays of the new iPads support 120Hz refresh rate. Under the hood, the new iPad are powered by the A12X Bionic chip. The new chip has more than 12 billion transistors. It is an 8-core CPU with 4 performance cores and 4 efficiency cores. Apple says that the new A12X Bionic gives 35% faster single core performance than its predecessor whereas the multicore performance is up to 90 percent faster. During the launch keynote Apple even said that the chip is faster than 92% of portable PCs sold in the last 12 months. On the graphics front, the A12X has a new 7 core GPU, which Apple says has twice the performance of its predecessor. To put things into perspective, the graphics of the new iPad Pro is 1000x faster than the 1st gen iPad. During the keynote, Apple said that the new iPads deliver Xbox One S level graphics performance. This is something we can’t wait to get our hands on and see. When it comes to battery, Apple hasn’t announced the mAh of the new iPads, but it does claim up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to music Coming to the camera, like we mentioned above, the new iPad Pros will now support Face ID and for this it has Apples True Depth front facing camera. The front facing camera is a 7MP shooter, whereas the rear camera is a 12MP one with an f/1.8 aperture lens. The camera can record video at a maximum of 4K at 60fps with slow mo at 1080p at 120 fps and 720p at 240 fps. The tablets also have Bluetooth 5 under the hood. Moving on, Apple also announced the second-generation Apple Pencil. The new pencil magnetically attaches to the iPad (finally) and while its attached, it charges. “The new iPad Pro is a huge step forward for powerful, creative, mobile computing; it has an all-new thinner design, speeds through projects with the super-fast A12X Bionic chip and unlocks with a glance using Face ID in any orientation — while you’re sitting or standing, with iPad Pro on your desk or lap, with the new Smart Keyboard Folio and new Apple Pencil,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “There has never been a mobile device anything like the new iPad Pro; it has a gorgeous edge-to-edge Liquid Retina display that curves into the corners, breakthrough performance that outperforms most laptops, Face ID, support for the new Smart Keyboard Folio and new Apple Pencil, advanced new cameras and sensors for the best AR experiences ever in any device, a high-speed USB-C connector, louder speakers, faster wireless and more, all packed into a thinner device that has all-day battery life and is 25 percent smaller in volume.” he added. Speaking of pricing, the new iPads will be available in to following configurations and price. 11-inch 64GB Wi-Fi Only - $799 (Rs 59,000 approx. directly converted) 11-inch 256GB Wi-Fi Only - $949 (Rs 70,000 approx. directly converted) 11-inch 512GBGB Wi-Fi Only $1149 (Rs 85,000 approx. directly converted) 11-inch 1TB Wi-Fi + Cellular $1539 (Rs 1,13,000 approx. directly converted) 11-inch 64GB Wi-Fi + Cellular $949 (Rs 70,000 approx. directly converted) 11-inch 256GB Wi-Fi + Cellular $1099 (Rs 81,000 approx. directly converted) 11-inch 512GBGB Wi-Fi + Cellular $1299 (Rs 96,000 approx. directly converted) 11-inch 1TB Wi-Fi + Cellular $1699 (Rs 1,25,000 approx. directly converted) 12.9-inch 64GB Wi-Fi Only $999 (Rs 74,000 approx. directly converted) 12.9-inch 256GB Wi-Fi Only $1149 (Rs 85,000 approx. directly converted) 12.9-inch 512GBGB Wi-Fi Only $1349 (Rs 1,00,000 approx. directly converted) 12.9-inch 1TB Wi-Fi + Cellular $1749 (Rs 1,30,000 approx. directly converted) 12.9-inch 64GB Wi-Fi + Cellular $1149 (Rs 85,000 approx. directly converted) 12.9-inch 256GB Wi-Fi + Cellular $1299 (Rs 96,000 approx. directly converted) 12.9-inch 512GBGB Wi-Fi + Cellular $1499 (Rs 1,10,000 approx. directly converted) 12.9-inch 1TB Wi-Fi + Cellular $1899 (Rs 1,40,000 approx. directly converted) Apple also announced a new MacBook Air and a new Mac mini. You can read about the new MacBook Air and the new Mac Mini here. 
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Apple launches a new MacBook Air with Retina Display and a new stackable Mac Mini
Apple has finally launched an all new MacBook Air and Mac Mini at its live event in New York City. The new MacBook Air replaces the first model that was originally launched in 2008 (by the company’s late CEO, Steve Jobs) and was updated regularly until 2017. The new Mac Mini succeeds the current Mac Mini that was launched way back in 2014. The two new Apple devices can be ordered online starting today and will be available from November 7. The new MacBook Air retains the same display size of 13.3 inches but cuts down on bezel size by 50 percent and increases pixel count drastically—it sports a new Retina Display that offers over 4 million pixels of resolution. In terms of security, the new MacBook Air incorporates a new T2 chip that features Touch ID and Secure Boot. The keyboard has been updated with more a more stable butterfly mechanism for keypress. Only USB-Cs on the new MacBook Air The trackpad, now twenty percent larger in size, supports Force Touch. The speakers have been updated to sound 25 percent louder and produce twice the bass. Sounds are now picked up by a new three-microphone array. The number of IO ports on the MacBook Air has reduced dramatically—we see two Thunderbolt 3 ports on the left side and a 3.5mm audio jack on the right side. In terms of footprint, the new MacBook Air is 17 percent lesser in volume and 10 percent thinner than the outgoing model, bringing the thickness down to 15.6mm. Weight has been reduced to 1.24 kilogrammes. Under the hood, the new MacBook Air runs an 8th-gen Intel Core i5 CPU, holds up to 16GB of faster memory, and sports a faster solid-state drive of up to 1.5TB. Apple now uses fully recycled aluminium to create the chassis for the new MacBook Air. According to Laura Lagrove, Vice President of Hardware Engineering at Apple, the new MacBook Air is “the greenest Mac ever”. The base variant of the new MacBook Air features an 8th-gen Intel Core i5 CPU, 8GB of RAM, and a 128GB solid-state drive. It’s priced at $119 (Rs 88,210). Presented for the first time in a new Space Grey colour, the new Mac Mini features updated processors: 8th-gen Intel Core series quad-core and six-core processors with a claimed five-fold increase in performance. Maximum RAM has now been upped to 64GB on SO-DIMM slots. Storage has been upgraded to an all-flash setup with solid-state drives going up to 2TB. The Apple T2 Security chip has been updated too to perform faster HEVC video encoding. The Mac Mini also employs a revamped cooling system. The Mac Mini hasn't seen an update since 2014 On the back, the Mac Mini has a power port, an ethernet port, four Thunderbolt 3 ports, a full-size HDMI port, two USB-A ports, and a 3.5mm audio jack. What’s special about the new display-less mini-desktop is that it can be stacked along with more Mac Minis to be more powerful and run more demanding software. The base variant of the Mac Mini features an 8th-gen Intel Core i3 quad-core CPU, 8GB of RAM, and a 128GB solid-state drive. It’s priced at $799 (Rs 58,747 approx). As mentioned before, the new MacBook Air and the new Mac Mini can be ordered online from today and will be available from November 7. Mac Minis can now be stacked together to be more powerful
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OnePlus 6T becomes third fastest Android smartphone after scoring 298,011 on AnTuTu
OnePlus has finally launched the OnePlus 6T with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor that can clock speeds of up to 2.8GHz. The phone comes in two variants, one with 6GB RAM and another with 8GB RAM. Though this is not a spec bump from the OnePlus 6, AnTuTu has scored the OnePlus 6T 298,011 which is a jump from 277,000 that its predecessor scored. This means that the latest offering from the company becomes the third fastest Android phone in the market now. The scores of the OnePlus 6T were unveiled on Weibo after the launch event in New York. The OnePlus 6T follows the recently-launched Huawei Mate 20 which scored 357,000 and ASUS ROG Phone that scored 304,000 on AnTuTu benchmarks. The Huawei Mate 20 is powered by the Kirin 980 SoC, which is based on a 7nm architecture. The Cortex-A76 based CPU features Dual-NPU with Mali-G76 GPU and supports LPDDR4X memory that is clocked at 2133MHz. Meanwhile ASUS ROG Phone has Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 chipset with 4x 2.96 GHz Kryo 385 and 4x 1.8 GHz Kryo 385 that using 64 bits architecture and graphic processor Qualcomm Adreno 630. The OnePlus 6T is equipped with a 6.41-inch Optic AMOLED 19.5:9 display with a 2340 x 1080p resolution. The screen gets a Corning Gorilla Glass 6 protection and OnePlus says that the new notch design has helped push the device’s screen-to-body ratio to 86 percent. The smartphone sports LPDDR4X RAM and UFS 2.1 2-Lane storage. And runs on the latest OxygenOS, which is based on Android 9 Pie operating system. The new OS brings plenty of improvements and many new features to the phone such as updated Gaming Mode and Smart Boost that is said to improve app start up times by 5 to 20 percent.
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