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DxOMark has published its iPhone 16 camera test results. With an overall score of 147, the standard Apple flagship beat the Galaxy S24 Ultra but is behind the Google Pixel 9.

The SonarPen 2 stands apart from other Apple Pencil alternatives with its interesting design. It also offers premium features at a fraction of the price of Apple's own stylus.

Satechi has come up with an alternative to RayCue's recent Mac mini M4 docking solution. Adopting a floating design approach, the Satechi Mac mini M4 Stand & Hub features different ports too while retaining NVMe SSD expansion options.

Apple's upcoming iPhone SE 4 has been the subject of plenty of leaks and rumors. The budget-oriented iPhone is expected to boast decent specifications, along with repeatedly rumored launch date set for March of 2025.

Apple's 14-inch MacBook Pro with the powerful M4 SoC can now be purchased with a $200 discount on Amazon US. The laptop is an excellent machine, boasting a brilliant display, superb battery life, and commendable performance with very little downside.

All models of the 2024 Macbook Air M3, in both 13-inch and 15-inch versions, have received their biggest discount yet on Amazon. The offer, which comes ahead of Amazon’s Black Friday sale, brings the 13-inch model with 16 GB RAM and 256 GB of storage down to $849, while the 15-inch model with the same configuration is now available for $1,044.

Apple is projected to introduce the most substantial iPhone design upgrades in generations with the successors to the current 16 series. They are now thought to include rear camera arrangements much less familiar than most. Meanwhile, the alleged new slim (or Air) variant is tipped to be more expensive than expected.

Released yesterday, War Thunder 2.41 comes with a mix of military hardware, new and tweaked locations, missions, and technical improvements alongside bug fixes. Alongside the world's first stealth airplane, the "Firebirds" update packs Ray Tracing options, several other planes, as well as new ground vehicles and ships.

Apple was once known for its obsession with visually appealing products, especially in terms of thinness. That narrative appears poised to make a comeback, with Apple planning a shockingly thin iPhone 17 variant for next year.

Apple's M4 Max is quite the beast of an ARM SoC. Packing up to 16 CPU cores and 40 GPU cores, the M4 Max places the MacBook Pro among the fastest notebooks on the market. According to a recently uncovered Blender benchmark, it appears the mobile SoC challenges high-end desktop GPUs as well.

RayCue has released what appears to be the first purpose-built dock for the Mac mini based on Apple M4 and M4 Pro processors. Available for under $100, the dock sits beneath the mini-PC while adding over half a dozen ports and NVMe SSD expansion.

Otoy has explored Captain Kirk's afterlife following his death in "Star Trek: Generations" with a short film "765874: Unification" and Apple Vision Pro app. The short film utilizes facial scanning, computer graphics, and other technologies provided by Otoy.

Mac gaming has been steadily improving, but users still face limited peripheral options. Corsair aims to change that with the newly updated K65 Plus wireless gaming keyboard and a Mac-specific version of the M75 wireless gaming mouse.

Apple's recently unveiled M4 lineup of SoCs have received overwhelmingly positive reviews. The highest-end variant of the lineup, the M4 Max, packs up to 40 GPU cores for excellent graphics performance. But is that enough for a pleasant gaming experience?

Apple's first-gen, yet extremely high-end, mixed-reality solution has made further strides on its availability by being released in two more countries: the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and South Korea. The headset is no less expensive in its new markets, although its new potential customers can avail of the same premium buying experience.

Apple's second-gen smart tracker is now touted to come with numerous important upgrades to its internals. They will be harder to get at compared to the previous generation though, according to a new leak. Its design might be different in order to address some of the most problematic aspects of the original AirTag

A new battery endurance test has crowned the new Xiaomi 15 Pro as the best-performing device among its peers, with the Snapdragon 8 Elite phone seeing off devices like the Galaxy S24 Ultra, OnePlus 12, Google Pixel 9 Pro XL, and most impressively, the iPhone 16 Pro Max.

Rithwik Jayasimha and friends at Lagrange Point succeeded in circumventing Apple's geo-restricted Hearing Health features on the AirPods Pro 2. After several frustrating attempts in trying to skirt around Apple's persistent location triangulation, the team finally managed to activate Hearing Health features in India by spoofing Wi-Fi SSIDs and using a Faraday cage. They've even set up camp to help others as well.

Apple continues to equip the MacBook Pro 14 and MacBook Pro 16 with the same Mini LED displays on paper, unless one opts for its new nano-texture option. However, a reliable source for all things display hardware reports that the Apple M4 generation is the first to feature Quantum Dot technology.

The silent Apple MacBook Air with its powerful Apple M3 processor is down to an all-time low on Amazon, thanks to a rare, sizeable $200 discount. The MacBook Air in question comes with 16 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage, with the 512 GB storage upgrade coming in at $1,099 after its $200 discount.

Several games are coming to Apple Arcade in December and January, including a handful of Square Enix classics like Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy IV, and Trials of Mana.

Four new Anker wall chargers featuring only USB-C ports have been launched worldwide. The models are currently exclusively available via the Apple Store, though they can be used to charge devices from other brands. All of the accessories are white and have foldable pins to make them easier to store or transport.

Replaceable SSDs are coming for the new Apple Mac mini. While the new mini-PC supports removable storage, Apple does not offer replacement parts directly. Thankfully, the team behind the Studio Drive project for the Mac Studio has already confirmed plans to provide an equivalent solution for the new Mac mini.

Available since early July 2018, Raid: Shadow Legends launched as a mobile role-playing game that was also ported to PC since its introduction. Both loved and hated by gamers and critics, this game, which is played by more than one million people each day, has just switched hands as Plarium was acquired by Modern Times.

Apple is expected to enter the smart home camera market in the next two years and introduce a surveillance camera that will be seamlessly integrated into the Apple ecosystem. Thanks to a powerful ARM chip, this camera could well offer AI features without having to rely on servers.

The 2024 Mac mini is the company's most powerful and smallest mini PC yet. The base model comes with Apple M4 series chips, and the SKU with a 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU held up fairly well in ETA Prime's gaming and emulation tests.

The front camera module of the iPhone SE 4 is reportedly set to go into mass production in December, with LG Innotek said to be conducting final tests. This progress in manufacturing hints the upcoming Apple phone could be released in March 2025.

A new feature surreptitiously added to iOS 18.1 automatically reboots an iPhone after a set period of inactivity. This feature, dubbed "inactivity reboot," puts the iPhone in a more secure state after it has sat idle for four days, making it almost impossible to crack into, even with sophisticated tools.

The Apple iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max are now available in three new, strictly Limited Editions with designs inspired by Elon Musk, Donald Trump and Steve Jobs. The collection is intended to celebrate Donald Trump's recent victory in the US presidential election.

Anker has released the Charger (240W, 4 Port) worldwide. The accessory uses GaN technology and offers four USB-C ports, one of which has a maximum output of 140W. The product has a similar design to the older 749 Prime Desktop Charger, and is currently exclusively available at the Apple Store.

A rare iPhone prototype has popped up online. Sporting Apple's long-rumoured but not cancelled 'taptic buttons', the 'Vesica Piscis' iPhone lacks conventional power and volume buttons altogether.

Apple is between a rock and a hard place when it comes to equipping its cheapest MacBook with an expensive OLED display.

CheckMag Laptop designs started to feel stale in recent years, with most laptops adopting similar design attributes - most following the example of Apple MacBooks. For this reason: The market needs an Elon Musk disruption!

Word on the grapevine strongly claims both Samsung and Apple will release new, slender devices next year. Widely regarded to be branded as the Galaxy S25 Slim and iPhone 17 Air, new reports claim both devices will not be as slim as some expect, in no small part due to battery constraints.

Google may be priming a standalone app for its AI assistant, Gemini, on Apple's iOS app store. A Reddit user in the Philippines reported he could download the app on his iPhone.

The Snapdragon 8 Elite may be Android's headliner for the year but MediaTek's Dimensity 9400 remains a fine alternative in the premium segment. Tests show the Dimensity 9400's Immortalis-G925 displaying impressive performance and efficiency—even outclassing Apple's A18 Pro in those aspects.

The 2024 Apple Mac mini comes with a non-soldered SSD module. Even after being removable, the storage is still not easily user-upgradable as it's proprietary.

Amazon has given the just-released Mac mini with M4 AI CPU, 16GB RAM and 256GB SSD a price reduction of $50 off the MSRP of $599. The Mac is smaller than the prior model and adds AI-powered features.

Anthropic has unveiled improved Claude AI that can control computers directly, allowing the AI to complete complex tasks that previously required direct human input. A partnership with Palantir provides the US government with AI cloud services for the processing of classified information to help protect America.

The 2024 Mac mini launched as a more capable mini PC than its predecessor. It also has a tweaked design, making it more compact than the last-gen model. As for the power button, Apple has explained why it's on the bottom.

Apple moves to fortify its AI infrastructure by partnering with Foxconn and LCFC to produce custom Silicon-powered AI servers. The strategic shift from Chinese manufacturing leverages Foxconn's expertise in AI server production and positions Apple to expand its internal AI capabilities.

According to Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple could be taking a leaf out of Huawei and Xiaomi's books with the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. Reportedly, the camera upgrade planned could eclipse that which Apple has scheduled for the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max too.

The Apple AirPods Pro 2 with the MagSafe USB-C charging case are now retailing at a discount of 32% on the list price at Best Buy. Thanks to the addition of new features like Hearing Aid, the Apple AirPods Pro 2 continue to be among the most recommended noise cancelling earbuds on the market, making the latest price cut a good chance to grab a pair.

Apple has pushed a new beta update for all Apple TVs released from 2015 onwards. As promised, it has now added improved aspect ratio support, thereby allowing the latest Apple TV 4K and others to run happily on 21:9 external monitors.

In an interview with Joe Rogan, Elon Musk clarified the rumors about a possible Tesla phone. Musk says the company may make a smartphone when Google and Apple censor apps or become gatekeepers "in a really bad way."

Apple's $1.5 billion investment in Globalstar expands its satellite ambitions beyond emergency services. The deal secures massive network capacity and paves the way for encrypted messaging via satellite on iOS 18, marking a leap in mobile communications accessibility.