Poco X5 Pro review: is this bright yellow phone worth your money?

Exactly how different does a new smartphone need to be compared to the model it’s replacing for it to be truly classified as “new?” Is a new design enough, or does it need brand new features and fully upgraded hardware too? That’s the question I’ve been mulling ever since using the Poco X5 Pro, because it’s barely any different from the Poco X4 Pro,...

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Apple may abandon the Mac Studio just 12 months after it launched

Apple’s Mac Studio is less than a year old, but it could already be heading for the chopping block. That’s according to a new report from Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman, who claims Apple might not bother updating the computer for the foreseeable future — or could give up on it entirely. In the latest edition of his Power On newsletter, Gurman stated...

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5 ways video game adaptations can learn from The Last of Us

The first season of The Last of Us on HBO is going down as one of the best video game adaptations of all time, even if it’s not perfect. Whether you believe the lousy reputation video game adaptations have is justified or not, these first few episodes of the series serve as the premier examples of how to adapt a game properly. As such, it’s worthwhile...

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Ingenuity helicopter helps researchers learn about dust on Mars

One of the big challenges of Mars exploration is something very small: dust. Fine dust covers much of the martian surface, and high winds and low gravity mean the dust is easily whipped up off the surface, covering solar panels and gumming up components. The Ingenuity helicopter has had its own problems with dust on its solar panels, limiting the amount...

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The Tarantula Nebula glows brightly in this week’s Hubble image

The Hubble Space Telescope continues to capture gorgeous views of space objects thst are shared every week, the most recent of which shows a beautiful nebula. This week’s target is the Tarantula Nebula, technically known as 30 Doradus. Located over 160,000 light-years away in a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way called the Large Magellanic Cloud, this...

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Astronomers create most accurate map yet of all the matter in the universe

Of all the questions facing astronomers today, some of the biggest unknowns are about the stuff that makes up most of the universe. We know that the ordinary matter we see all around us makes up just 5% of all that exists, while the rest is made up of dark matter and dark energy. But because dark matter doesn’t interact with light, it is extremely hard...

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How to watch SpaceX’s Hispasat Amazonas Nexus launch today

Today, Sunday February 5, SpaceX will be performing a launch of a Spanish communications satellite using one of its signature Falcon 9 rockets. Hispasat Amazonas Nexus Mission If you fancy watching along with the launch and the always exciting catching of the first stage booster, there is a livestream available and we have the details on how to watch...

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Earfun Air Pro 3 review: three is a magic number

Earfun’s latest wireless earbuds, the $80 Earfun Air Pro 3, prove yet again that you don’t have to spend Apple amounts of money for a great noise-canceling wireless audio experience. Packed with features — some of which are so leading edge you can’t use them yet — and great sound quality, you’ve got to get out a microscope to find a reason not to buy...

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These 5 features turned my iPad into a shockingly good computer

The iPad — and iPadOS — are still far away from the computing dreams that Apple is selling, even though there is enough firepower inside these sleek tablets to race far ahead of Windows PCs.  I’ve extensively used the 10th Gen iPad, and the M1-powered iPad Pro briefly, as my primary computer. My experience has been a mix of rewarding and annoying when...

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I asked AI to recreate the best Super Bowl commercials — to hilarious and horrifying effect

AI is showing up in every facet of life in 2023, from AI-powered chatbots like ChatGPT to an endless stream of image-generation tools. But I wanted to see what AI’s take would be on something iconic: the best Super Bowl commercials of all time. The big game, one of the biggest advertising events each year, is mere days away. I pulled prompts from iconic...

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