The iPhone 14 is still many months away, but a near-complete picture has already emerged. Most notably, the iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max are rumors to be getting rid of the notch in favor of a hole-punch camera like the Galaxy S22 and other popular Android phones.
But the latest rumors suggest we might not actually be gaining much. After learning earlier this year that there would be two holes in the display—one for the camera and another for the Face ID sensors—Jon Prosser of Front Page Tech now reports that the cutouts may actually be a lot bigger than we originally thought.
In the latest episode of his YouTube show, Prosser shows leaked iPhone 14 Pro schematics of the front display assembly that show the dual-camera cutout that matches up with the latest rumors of one circular cutout and another pill-shaped one. However, when superimposed over renders, which used existing Android phones as a guide, the holes are much larger.
The non-Pro iPhone 14 is expected to retain the notch, so it makes sense that Apple would want to keep some visual symmetry between the two lines. A larger cutout would match up relatively well with the depth of the notch while carving away some of the space around it.
Other changes expected for the iPhone 14 are a faster chip, more RAM, and upgraded cameras. It is expected to launch in September.
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Bitcoin and ethereum prices rebounded on Monday, after declining throughout the weekend. As the Russian invasion of Ukraine heightened, crypto traders appeared to take a risk-off approach this weekend, however some bulls seemed to return to start the week.
Bitcoin ended two consecutive sessions of decline to start the week, as the world’s largest cryptocurrency seemed to have found its price floor.
BTC/USD hit an intraday low of $37,268.98 earlier in today’s session, with prices now climbing towards resistance above $40,000.
This rebound comes after prices found support at $37,000 on Sunday, which was the lowest level BTC had hit since Friday.
Looking at the chart, Monday’s move comes just as the 14-day RSI has marginally broken past its own ceiling at 46, and is currently tracking at 47.84.
In addition to this, the momentum of the 10-day moving average (red) is now moving in a sideways path, which could set the floor for a potential upward change in direction.
With BTC now hovering on the periphery of $40,000, history does show that price uncertainty heightens here.
Bulls will look to evade these bears which typically live in this zone.
The price of ETH was also higher to start the week, with a support level also being established within the world’s second largest cryptocurrency.
Although higher today, ETH/USD is trading 2.92% lower than at the same point yesterday, when prices fell to an intraday day low of $2,581.62.
This low was close to ETH’s long-term floor of $2,550, and as we neared this floor, bulls pushed prices up away from these levels.
As such, ETH/USD hit an intraday high of $2,748.15 to start the week, as some hope that we may soon recapture the $2,900 resistance.
One of the only hurdles that could prevent this from happening is the fact that the 14-day RSI has now hit its ceiling of 48.
Can bulls push price strength beyond this point? Leave your thoughts in the comments below.
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The vice prime minister of Ukraine has asked all major cryptocurrency exchanges to freeze accounts of all Russian users. However, some crypto exchanges have already denied the request. Binance confirmed it is “not going to unilaterally freeze millions of innocent users’ accounts” while Kraken says it is “not really a viable business option for us.”
Mykhailo Fedorov, vice prime minister of Ukraine, tweeted Sunday asking all major cryptocurrency exchanges to block addresses of Russian users. “It’s crucial to freeze not only addresses linked to Russian and Belarusian politicians but also to sabotage ordinary users,” he tweeted.
His tweet has been widely criticized in the crypto community. One person said the request “Totally violates the foundations and very basis of cryptocurrency.”
Another pointed out: “A lot of people in Russia donate money to Ukraine, condemn the war, and crypto is one of few safe spaces for them to operate and not get jailed by own government.” Many advised, “Get your money out of exchanges,” emphasizing, “not your keys, not your coins.”
Two major cryptocurrency exchange platforms have responded to the Ukrainian vice prime minister’s request to freeze accounts of all Russian users at press time.
Binance told CNBC Monday, “We are not going to unilaterally freeze millions of innocent users’ accounts,” adding:
Crypto is meant to provide greater financial freedom for people across the globe. To unilaterally decide to ban people’s access to their crypto would fly in the face of the reason why crypto exists.
However, the cryptocurrency exchange clarified that it would block the accounts of any individuals on sanctions lists, noting that it is “taking the steps necessary” to minimize the “impact to innocent users.”
Jesse Powell, the CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, also replied to the vice prime minister in a series of tweets Sunday evening. He wrote:
I understand the rationale for this request but, despite my deep respect for the Ukrainian people, Kraken cannot freeze the accounts of our Russian clients without a legal requirement to do so.
The CEO explained: “That requirement could come from your own government, as we have seen in Canada, in response to protests, bank runs, and attempts to flee the country. It could come from foreign states, like the U.S., as a weapon to turn the Russian populace against its government’s policies.”
Recently, Powell spoke up about the Canadian government’s request for crypto exchanges to freeze accounts tied to the Freedom Convoy protest. He advised anyone who is worried about their accounts being frozen to take their coins off exchanges and self-custody them instead. His advice was red-flagged by Canada’s securities regulator.
Powell proceeded to outline Kraken’s mission is to bring individuals into “the world of crypto, where arbitrary lines on maps no longer matter, where they don’t have to worry about being caught in broad, indiscriminate wealth confiscation.”
The Kraken CEO opined:
Our mission is better served by focusing on individual needs above those of any government or political faction. The People’s Money is an exit strategy for humans, a weapon for peace, not for war.
He concluded: “Besides, if we were going to voluntarily freeze financial accounts of residents of countries unjustly attacking and provoking violence around the world, step 1 would be to freeze all U.S. accounts. As a practical matter, that’s not really a viable business option for us.”
What do you think about the Ukrainian vice prime minister’s request for crypto exchanges to freeze accounts of all Russian users? Let us know in the comments section below.
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The head of a leading South Korean cryptocurrency exchange has recently promised that its non-fungible tokens featuring the world-famous K-pop band BTS will be minted by “low carbon, eco-friendly” technology after receiving backlash from environmentally conscious young fans about the energy use of NFTs.Wait a minute, environmentally conscious people. NFTs and the metaverse are not environmentally unfriendly technologies. To the contrary, they can save the planet and bring humankind a much greener future.
South Korea is not only among the leaders of the global cryptocurrency and blockchain race — the fans of South Korea’s most successful, world-famous K-pop band BTS are also very educated on the subject. When Hybe, the entertainment company that manages BTS, announced that they would issue BTS-themed NFTs that will play music, the reaction of the fans was not “what is an NFT,” but rather “NFTs are not eco-friendly.” Sirgoo Lee, CEO of Upbit’s operator Dunamu which is in a joint venture with Hybe, had to promise in response that Hybe would use “low carbon, eco-friendly” technology to mint the NFTs.
The controversy surrounding the environmental impact of crypto mining and minting NFTs is mainly centered on energy consumption. But in fact, many crypto mining farms tend to be located in low-temperature, high-latitude countries where electricity is much cheaper and is generated from renewable sources such as geothermal or hydroelectric power. Even energy from volcanoes is being developed for crypto mining. The recently formed Bitcoin Mining Council calculated 56% of the industry uses sustainable energy resources.
Although some industry experts do argue about the calculation, it’s undeniable that seeing cryptocurrency and NFTs as environmentally unfriendly technologies demonstrates an isolated and narrow view of what cryptocurrency and NFTs can actually do for mankind and the environment.
Gift boxes, plastic and nylon wrappings, holiday décor, limited editions, special collections, you get the idea. The human desire for purchasing and owning essentially unnecessary things has been around for centuries. In order to fuel this consumerism, merchants and brands do their best to make additional items that hold special value throughout time. Killing or suffocating this century-old consumption desire would be hard, but there are also alternatives.
Instead of purchasing, owning, and later discarding and littering physical objects everywhere — which are totally not biodegradable and would end up floating on or sinking deep into the oceans — why not migrate this desire to the metaverse and keep it digital?
Minting NFTs is not an add-on to the already existing human footprint on the fragile environment. Hopefully, once more and more people migrate their consumption from our current world to the blockchain-based metaverse, the physical consumption of commodities and the massive amount of junk generated through this process will also be largely replaced by the virtual and more eco-friendly NFT.
In the past six months, an increasing number of artists, celebrities, and even politicians have released their NFT collections on the blockchain. It is amazing that people of social influence are leading the way, issuing digital limited editions and special collections, instead of printing cards, molding plastics, manufacturing chemicals, and polluting the environment when the items are no longer viewed as valuable.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, many people around the world noticed how nature somewhat returned to its life and vibrancy with humans not transgressing against it. Wild flowers were blossoming, blue skies were back, valleys filled with cheerful water, and the fields turned green again.
Although it’s sad that BTS fans were not able to fly all the way to Europe or the West Coast of the U.S. to attend the concerts, and people were forced to do all the meetings on Zoom, the saved mileage and the reduced CO2 emissions were a great blessing to the environment. So why not keep it this way?
The Snoop Dogg concert inside The Sandbox, one of the leading metaverse experiences, was a very successful experiment. It shows us the possibility of creating exciting meetups and large events inside the metaverse without the need to fly people around, drive people across the city, and pack people into a physical location with a limited number of overpriced tickets.
Maybe the United Nations Climate Change Conference should consider having a metaverse-based conference to empower attendees to cut their environmental footprint?
If you were a K-pop fan, would you choose to support your band by purchasing an eco-friendly non-fungible token?
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On Monday, terra (LUNA) rose for its 8th session in nine days, as its value increased by close to 60% over the last week. Anchor (ANC), on the other hand, was lower after climbing by almost 50% in the same period.
Terra (LUNA) has been one of the standout performers in cryptocurrency markets in recent weeks, despite increased market volatility.
Monday’s rally in LUNA/USD saw prices climb to their highest level in over six weeks, hitting the long-term resistance point of $84.70 in the process.
This surge comes as the 14-day RSI also hit a hurdle, climbing to its resistance level of 71, which hasn’t been broken since late December.
As of writing this, LUNA rose to an intraday high of $84.84, which is less than 24-hours after trading at a low of $70.57.
Despite this move, two factors now potentially stand in the way of any further short-term gains, with price strength currently overbought, and the current resistance level.
Should these both be overcome, traders may be targeting $100 for LUNA as early as this week
Although cryptocurrency markets were over 3% higher to start the week, anchor (ANC) was one of the tokens to fall lower on Monday.
As of writing, ANC/USD fell to a low of $3.47 on Monday, following a second consecutive day of bearish pressure.
This pressure commenced once ANC rose to its resistance point of $3.75, which has been in place since December 28.
Since failing to break out of this ceiling, bears saw this as a sign of weakness, and piled in to push prices lower.
In addition to this, the 14-day RSI is currently tracking above 73, which means that price strength is overbought, which was a welcome sign for those shorting.
In a sense, today’s pullback may provide caution to LUNA pulls, who find themselves in a similar situation.
Is the pullback in ANC only temporary? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
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A bank run has started in Russia as citizens rush to withdraw cash amid escalating sanctions. The Russian ruble also nosedived to a record low, plunging more than 30%. “There are about 70 people in line. Eyewitnesses say the money in the ATM runs out within 40 minutes.”
The Russian ruble nosedived 30% to a record low against the U.S. dollar Monday morning, falling as far as 119.50 per dollar from Friday’s close as offshore trading started in the morning during Asia hours. Russia’s biggest lender, Sberbank, which has a listing on the London Stock Exchange, also plunged 75% Monday.
The plunge followed the European Commission announcing Saturday that Western allies will impose restrictive measures on the Russian central bank’s international reserves worth $630 billion. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said:
We will paralyze the assets of Russia’s central bank. This will freeze its transactions. And it will make it impossible for the central bank to liquidate its assets.
The U.S., European allies, and Canada have agreed to cut off key Russian banks from SWIFT, the interbank messaging system which connects more than 11,000 banks and financial institutions in over 200 countries and territories.
“The military conflict will last longer than Putin expected and the reaction of the West and the global community might be more harmful than he expected too,” Alexandre Moutin, head of investments at SMBC Private Wealth, was quoted by BBC News as saying. He added:
A bank run is already ongoing and will most likely intensify in the coming days.
Russia’s central bank, the Bank of Russia, had to increase the amount of money it supplies to ATMs Friday after the demand for cash reached the highest level since March 2020.
Several people have posted images and videos of long lines at ATMs in Russia. One Twitter user shared a video of “a queue for a Tinkoff ATM in the Liga shopping center in Khimki.” He described:
There are about 70 people in line. Eyewitnesses say the money in the ATM runs out within 40 minutes.
Russia’s central bank has urged citizens to calm down, stating Sunday that it has “the necessary resources and tools to maintain financial stability and ensure the operational continuity of the financial sector.”
However, people are still lining up to withdraw cash. A St. Petersburg resident told Reuters: “Since Thursday, everyone has been running from ATM to ATM to get cash. Some are lucky, others not so much.”
Another person waiting to withdraw cash at an ATM told Bloomberg, “I’ve stood in lines for an hour, but foreign currency is gone everywhere, just rubles.”
Jeffrey Halley, Asia-based senior market analyst at Oanda, told Reuters:
A bank run has already started in Russia over the weekend … and inflation will immediately spike massively, and the Russian banking system is likely to be in trouble.
What do you think about the situation in Russia? Let us know in the comments section below.
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The president and chief executive officer of Ebay, Jamie Iannone, discussed the possibility of digital currency acceptance on the online auction website and non-fungible token (NFT) sales in a recent interview published on February 27. Iannone stressed that currently, Ebay doesn’t accept cryptocurrencies but in March, the company plans to go “deeper on all of these things, payments, advertising, our focus categories.”
There are a few online business giants such as Amazon and Ebay, that crypto supporters hope someday may support cryptocurrency payments in the future. Ebay has been the topic of conversation for years as crypto advocates believe digital assets and the online auction platform would benefit each other a great deal. On May 11, 2021, Bitcoin.com News reported on Ebay allowing NFT sales on the auction site. During his interview with The Street, Ebay CEO Jamie Iannone explained that the NFT sales simply materialized without much thought.
“We did change our policies last year so that you could trade NFT on the platform and essentially, you know, Ebay is a place where people have something to sell and people have something by show up,” Iannone said. “Even without announcing anything or doing anything, people started trading NFTs on the platform. It reminded me of many years ago when people just started selling cars when we didn’t even have a vehicle business at that point. So we’re seeing the same type of thing,” the Ebay executive said.
The Ebay CEO’s interview then turned to digital currency acceptance and Iannone highlighted that the company continues to “evaluate other forms of payments that we should take on the platform.” Iannone detailed that the company has a focus on the youth and trends like the collectible sneaker industry. After being questioned about crypto acceptance, Iannone remarked that “[Ebay is] not accepting crypto currently.” However, the auction website CEO added:
On March 10, we’re going to go deeper on all of these things, payments, advertising, our focus categories.
Ebay continues to be a giant in the world of online sales with $10.27 billion in revenue recorded in 2020. The revenue is large but much smaller than the $386.1 billion Amazon raked in that year. Iannone concluded that Ebay will continue to be a prominent business where people exchange goods online. “Ebay will be the place where people trade goods, whether they be physical or digital,” Iannone explained. “So over time, you know, we want this to be the marketplace for sustainability.”
What do you think of the Ebay CEO’s recent comments about NFTs and evaluating other forms of payments? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.
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The Chipolo Card Spot offers the first thin, wallet-formatted Find My network tracker.
As Apple’s Find My network matures, third-party licensees have found more product niches to fill. The Chipolo Card Spot is a new version of the company’s existing thin, wallet-sized tracking item, with this one designed to work on Apple’s network.
The Chipolo One Spot, a direct competitor to the AirTag, is already thinner and less obtrusive than Apple’s offering. The Card Spot goes a step further, offering a rigid case that’s just thick enough to hold a variety of compact electronics, an embedded speaker, and the battery to power them for up to two years. An owner can’t swap out its battery, but Chipolo has a plan for that.
Its height and width are the same as a credit card: 3.35 inches wide and 2.11 inches tall (85.1 by 53.6mm). At 0.096 inches (2.4mm), it’s three times as thick as a standard credit card (about 0.3 inches/7.5mm). Hardly a wallet bulger, except if you carry a very thin wallet. It fit my standard-sized wallet and will fit in credit-card plastic cardholders in a pocketbook or other holder, or in a slot in a billfold or case.
The Card Spot is the size of a credit card and a bit thicker than two quarters.
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Perhaps due to dimensions or power, the Card Spot produces about 10 percent lower maximum volume than the One Spot: the Card Spot operates in the range of 105 decibels (dB), but it should still be loud enough to identify. I measured 80 dB just a few inches from the Card Spot inside my crowded wallet.
Because wallets can get dropped in unfortunate places, the Card Spot has an IPX5 rating, which requires resistance to water incursion from splashes or low-power streams of water. However, it’s not designed to survive immersion. It might not get soaked inside a wallet before it’s plucked from a toilet or puddle.
Chipolo benefits from piggybacking on Apple’s Find My network—it just meets Apple’s standards, and the ecosystem of Apple devices that rely on Find My items’ low-power, encrypted Bluetooth identifiers does the rest. Apple opts anyone with a Mac, iPhone, or iPad into the network, which provides security and privacy for the owner of the device broadcasting its identifier.
Once paired, the One Spot appears in the Items view in the native Find My app in iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. Because of the device-based encryption used with the Find My network, you can’t use the Find My iPhone web app at iCloud.com for the Card Spot (or any Find My item).
The Chipolo has one feature an AirTag doesn’t while lacking two an AirTag possesses. The Card Spot, like the One Spot, has an internal button marked by a small dimple that can be triggered by squeezing. This makes it discoverable to the iOS/iPadOS Find My app for pairing. (In Find My, tap the + sign in the main view at the bottom, tap Add Other Item, squeeze the CARD Spot, and follow the steps to name it and assign an emoji.)
Unfortunately, no third-party Find My item contains either ultrawideband (UWB) for precision finding or NFC (near-field communication) for tap- or proximity-based data transfer and activation. The Apple AirTag features both. UWB can provide directions to an item when it’s within a few dozen feet down; NFC allows an AirTag to be tapped on an iPhone, Android device, or other hardware with NFC reader to pull up a link to its unique serial-number-based information page.
It’s unknown whether Apple doesn’t allow that in third-party items or whether it’s unaffordable for companies who aren’t Apple to incorporate two or three radios in one compact device. I note the absence of these two radios in this review’s “cons” list, but I can’t mark the Chipolo device’s rating down for absent features that are also missing from all third-party options.
With a Card Spot, someone finding it has to launch Find My on an iPhone or iPad, tap the Items icon, tap Identify Found Item, and then select the Card Spot when it appears. Find My prompts the finder on retrieving more information or disabling the item. Because of its placement in a wallet, it’s far more likely that you would use the Card Spot to find your lost wallet rather than someone finding your wallet, dig through it, and discover the tracker.
The Chipolo Card Spot fits anywhere a credit card would.
Chipolo
Apple requires Find My network licensees to follow the same rules as Apple applies to its AirTag trackers. These rules are designed to deter unwanted tracking using Find My items by stalkers, people hired to follow someone or other undisclosed purposes. For instance, when a Card Spot is not within Bluetooth range of its paired iPhone for more than eight hours, it will begin playing its loud built-in finding sound at a random interval in the following 16 hours.
Any Find My item also triggers an alert on an iPhone or iPad if the item is separated from its paired device and appears to be traveling with someone. An Android app, Tracker Detect, lets owners of those devices detect a Find My item nearby; Apple tested adding this feature into the iOS/iPadOS Find My app, but it’s unclear when and if it will appear—possibly in version 15.4. Apple also plans to refine anti-tracking measures further in upcoming changes to its network and operating systems.
Unlike the One Spot and all other Find My items currently on the market from Apple and other parties, you cannot swap out the battery in the Card Spot. It’s a tradeoff for its size. However, Chipolo promises a discounted swap out. Register your purchase, and in two years, you will receive an email with a 50 percent off coupon on a replacement. Place the order and receive the fresh Card Spot and a postage-paid mailer to return your original, which the company will shepherd into electronics recycling.
If you’ve ever lost your wallet or frequently find it’s not where you expected it to be, you know that $35 is a small price to pay for peace of mind and rediscovery. The Card Spot is impeccably designed to fulfill its format.
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When I heard last week that Apple was working on a 20-inch MacBook with a folding screen, I was intrigued. Now that I know more about what Apple is planning, I’m a lot less enthused.
According to Mark Gurman of Bloomberg, the rumor by Ross Young of Display Supply Chain Consultants is true: Apple is indeed working on a “foldable” laptop. Gurman corroborates Young’s report that Apple is looking at displays upwards of 20 inches, and adds some details about how the device could work:
“The company could go with a foldable 20-inch screen attached to a physical keyboard or just have one side of the display serving as a virtual keyboard. I’m told Apple has indeed been exploring a dual-screen, foldable MacBook/iPad hybrid that would take the second approach. It would trade in the physical keyboard and trackpad for a fully touch-screen base.”
That sounds pretty awful. If a folding Mac or iPad isn’t going to open up from a smaller display to a larger one, there isn’t much point. If the lower half is a keyboard for the majority of tasks, you’re going to have to keep it folded most of the time. And while an on-screen adaptable keyboard could be cool for some things, like editing movies or drawing, it doesn’t add much more than an actual keyboard would.
It sounds similar to Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 prototype. While it looks cool in pictures and would generate a healthy amount of buzz if it ever released, it ultimately seems like a gimmick and not a very useful one. There’s a reason why Apple sells a Magic Keyboard for the iPad Pro—typing for long stretches on a virtual keyboard isn’t great. It’s fine for short bursts like texts or the occasional long email, but for regular work, nothing beats actual keys. Even with haptic feedback, a virtual keyboard would be a worse experience than even the much-maligned butterfly keyboard.
Granted, these rumors are several years out and may never see the light of day. I don’t know what a folding iPhone or MacBook should look like, but I’m fairly certain it shouldn’t revolve around a virtual keyboard. I’ve been one of the people clamoring for a hybrid Mac-iPad device that combines the best of both worlds, but I’m hoping that this rumor is based on very early prototypes. We finally got rid of the butterfly keyboard and the Touch Bar, and the last thing we need is another keyboard everybody hates to type on.
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In June 2020, when Apple unveiled its first Mac built around its own chip, the M1 processor, the company said it was planning for a two-year transition for its entire computer line. Here we are, just months away from the two-year anniversary of that announcement, and we’re poised to find out exactly what’s next in Apple’s processor jump—in more ways than one.
Recent reports suggest that Apple could be planning an event to take place around March 8, which might feature the introduction of one or more new Mac models. So, as we await news of whether such an event will indeed be happening next week, it’s worth it to take a moment and run down the state of this two-year plan and what exactly might be in the offing.
Over the last 15 months, Apple’s already transitioned what are probably its most popular Mac models: the MacBook Air, the 24-inch iMac, the low-end Mac mini, and the MacBook Pro. The first three models were low-hanging fruit for Apple, all of them part of the first wave of M1-based Macs. The 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro, meanwhile, ushered in the era of the M1 Pro and M1 Max, showing exactly what kind of power Apple could harness for professional and power users.
What’s next? The timeline is starting to come together. Rumor has it three different Mac models are working their way through regulatory hurdles right now, one of them apparently a laptop. To me, the most likely culprits would seem to be that higher-end Mac mini (to replace the one model still running an Intel chip) and perhaps a higher-end version of the 24-inch iMac powered by the M1 Pro and M1 Max chips. Much as I’d like to see a replacement for the 27-inch iMac (which some reports have dubbed a replacement for the iMac Pro), I’m not convinced that model is quite ready yet.
The high-end Mac mini still uses an Intel processor. Look for that to change very soon.
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The Mac Pro, likewise, seems as though it’s probably a little further off: June’s Worldwide Developers Conference would be an ideal time for Apple to announce such a model to a receptive and appropriate audience, while also putting a capper on that two-year timeline in style.
The existence of a new laptop model is also a bit of a head-scratcher, with some suggesting that it’ll replace the 13-inch MacBook Pro, the only remaining model with the old design and Touch Bar. That seems pretty plausible to me—excluding rumors that it’ll continue to support a Touch Bar, which I find befuddling—but opens up yet another question: which processors will it run?
When it comes to thinking about Apple’s next revamp of its Mac processors, we have a few data points to look at. We can trace the line from the original M1 to the M1 Pro and Max, which shows us how Apple takes the basic architecture of its chips and then scales it up with more cores and better graphics performance for power users.
Not unlike Intel’s famous tick-tock revisions to its processor architectures, this demonstrates that Apple can roll out new versions of its chips in a staggered manner, ramping up the power of its existing architecture before jumping to the next generation.
A better example of this is to look at Apple’s progress in mobile processors—Macworld’s Jason Cross did such an analysis about a week ago. Over the past decade, the company has annually rolled out a new iPhone powered by a new processor, in an ever-escalating series of numbers: the A4, the A5, the A6, and so on. Each new generation typically represents a CPU performance improvement of roughly twice its predecessor.
But at staggered intervals, Apple also brings in an improved version of the same chip (though not quite as regularly): the A5X, the A6X, the A8X, and so on. Those versions typically feature much-improved graphics performance over the standard non-X model. (Not unlike the M1 Pro and M1 Max.)
Extrapolating that forward, it’s not hard to imagine that a forthcoming M2 chip will probably feature somewhere on the order of twice the processor power of the M1, and will be followed, probably a year later, by M2 Pro and M2 Max chips that beef up both processor and graphics performance.
The M2 will likely debut in consumer-level Macs such as the MacBook Air.
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Eighteen months into the transition, it wouldn’t be shocking to see Apple roll out a Mac running on this next-generation of processor in an upcoming event—after all, eighteen months does seem to harken back to the classic timeline of Moore’s Law. And, following the pattern Apple established with the M1 launch even means it makes sense to bump up the low-end machines—which will then be the oldest models—to the M2 first.
The real question is whether Apple wants to make such an announcement at a spring event that’s not usually known for big news. But even if it doesn’t happen in March, it seems almost a certainty that the company will roll out an M2-powered Mac sometime this year, which will give us a solid idea of what the company’s Apple silicon roadmap for the Mac might look like from here on out.
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O Galaxy S22 Plus deve suceder o Galaxy S21 Plus e integrar a nova linha premium de celulares Samsung. Já o Motorola Edge 20 Pro é um dos modelos mais poderosos da Motorola à venda atualmente no Brasil. Com ficha técnica parecida, ambos disputam mercado, apesar da diferença de preço entre eles. Confira nas linhas abaixo todos os detalhes dos smartphones.
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Tela e design
O display AMOLED Dinâmico 2X do S22 Plus possui 6,6 polegadas – 0,1 a menos que o representante da Motorola. A taxa de atualização do smartphone sul-coreano também perde para o rival: são 120 Hz contra os 144 Hz do Edge 20 Pro. Essa especificação promete deixar as imagens mais fluidas, trazendo melhor experiência durante a exibição de vídeos, jogos e animações.
Os celulares diferem significativamente no design. O S22 Plus mantém o visual parecido com o que já era encontrado no Galaxy S21. Possui acabamento em vidro de alta resistência Gorilla Glass Victus+ com bordas em metal com aspecto brilhante. Já o Motorola apresenta acabamento externo feito em plástico brilhoso.
Tela Motorola Edge 20 Pro apresenta taxa de atualização de 144 Hz — Foto: Divulgação/Motorola
O arranjo fotográfico está organizado da mesma forma em ambos dispositivos: verticalmente sob um módulo retangular no canto superior esquerdo. Outro ponto em comum é a construção da parte frontal: os dois telefones possuem corpo alongado com bordas arredondadas e um furo na parte superior central para abrigar a câmera de selfies.
O S22 Plus e o Edge 20 Pro apresentam diferenças em relação ao arranjo fotográfico triplo, considerado o destaque de ambos.
Galaxy S22 Plus possui câmera de 50 MP — Foto: Thássius Veloso/TechTudo
A câmera tripla do Galaxy S22 Plus é composta por um sensor principal de 50 MP, seguido câmera ultrawide com sensor de 12 MP e teleobjetiva de 10 MP com zoom óptico de 3x. A câmera frontal faz registros com qualidade de 10 MP e os vídeos são gravados em 8K a 24 fps (quadros por segundo). Em resumo, fica dividido da seguinte forma:
Câmera Principal de 50 MP (f/1.8)
Câmera ultrawide de 12 MP (f/2.4)
Câmera teleobjetiva de 10 MP (f/2.2)
Câmera frontal: 10 MP (f/2.2)
Estes sensores têm a capacidade maior de captar a luz, por isso o aparelho tem foco em fazer registros mais iluminados durante a noite. Outro recurso presente é a estabilização de imagem para vídeos e fotos.
Lente periscópica do Motorola Edge 20 Pro — Foto: Divulgação/Motorola
Já o smartphone Motorola possui uma câmera principal de 108 MP, outra ultrawide + macro de 16 MP e uma teleobjetiva de 8 MP. Além de registrar selfies com a resolução de 32 MP e gravar vídeos em 8K. A câmera tripla é dividida da seguinte maneira:
Câmera principal de 108 MP (f/1.9)
Câmera ultrawide + macro de 16 MP (f/2.2)
Câmera teleobjetiva de 8 MP (f/3.4)
Câmera frontal: 32 MP (f/2.3)
Alguns recursos presentes no arranjo do Edge 20 Pro são a tecnologia Ultra Pixel, gravação de vídeos em super câmera lenta com 960 quadros por segundo e o Super Zoom de 50x. Outro destaque é a lente híbrida - que une a ultrawide com a macro -, além do zoom ótico.
Desempenho e armazenamento
Os celulares diferem no quesito desempenho. O representante da linha Galaxy S apresenta Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, chip poderoso da Qualcomm, de 4 nanômetros e GPU Adreno 730. O processador atua em conjunto com a RAM de 8 GB e promete entregar maior potência com menor uso de energia.
Já o smartphone da Motorola conta com o chip inferior Snapdragon 870 5G, também da Qualcomm. Trata-se de um processador octa-core com velocidade máxima de 3,2 GHz e placa de vídeo Adreno 650 que trabalha em conjunto com a memória RAM de 12 GB (nisto o Motorola sai na frente).
Os aparelhos possuem espaço interno diferentes: enquanto o Galaxy S22 Plus disponibiliza 128 GB ou 256 GB, o Moto Edge 20 Pro apresenta apenas 256 GB de memória. Nenhum deles conta com expansão via cartão microSD.
Motorola Edge 20 Pro conta com processador Snapdragon 870 5G da Qualcomm — Foto: Reprodução/Motorola
Bateria
A capacidade da bateria é um aspecto similar na ficha técnica dos dois aparelhos: 4.500 mAh. Tanto a Samsung quanto a Motorola prometem mais de um dia longe da tomada com uso moderado.
Os dois telefones apresentam tecnologia de carregamento rápido. Entretanto, o recurso da Samsung é mais potente: 45W contra 30W da Motorola. O S22 Plus conta ainda com o suporte para carregamento reverso, o Wireless PowerShare, que passa energia sem fio do celular para outro dispositivos compatíveis.
Versão do Android
Android 12 sai de fábrica no S22 Plus — Foto: Marcela Franco/ TechTudo
O Galaxy S22 Plus sai de fábrica rodando o Android 12, em conjunto com a interface One UI 4. Já o Edge 20 Pro foi lançado com o Android 11, mas já foi confirmado que receberá atualização a partir de fevereiro de 2022.
Recursos adicionais
Motorola Edge 20 Pro é um dos celulares mais potentes da marca — Foto: Divulgação/Motorola
O lançamento da Samsung apresenta ainda a certificação IP68 que confere ao celular resistência à água. Na prática isso quer dizer que o S22 Plus pode ficar submerso a uma profundidade máxima de 1,5 metro durante 30 minutos. Já o Edge 20 Pro não traz nenhum tipo de certificação à água e poeira.
Preços dos celulares
O Galaxy S22 Plus está à venda por R$ 6.999 na versão de 128 GB ou R$ 7.499 nos modelos com 256 GB. Por sua vez, o Motorola Edge 20 Pro chegou ao mercado brasileiro em agosto de 2021 por R$ 4.999. Atualmente é encontrado na Amazon por R$ 4.459.
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Gran Turismo 7 e Shadow Warrior 3 são os principaidestaques nos lançamentos da semana. O mais recente capítulo da clássica série de corrida da Sony, que celebra 25 anos de estrada, e o novo game de ninjas da Devolver Digital se juntam ao novo game de estratégia da Square Enix, Triangle Strategy. Além deles, outra novidade é o game de ação multiplayer Babylon's Fall, da Platinum Games, e a mais nova expansão do popular MMORPG Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons. Confira, a seguir, tudo sobre os lançamentos da semana, como suas datas, preços e as plataformas nas quais estão disponíveis.
O novo game da série Gran Turismo promete resgatar antigos elementos da franquia e apresentar 150 anos de história automobilística para uma nova geração de jogadores. A campanha GT Simulation está de volta com uma grande jornada para pilotos nas quais será possível comprar, modificar e pilotar mais de 400 carros já no primeiro dia, oferecendo mais de 90 percursos em 34 locais pelo mundo.
O game promete desde desafios como corridas, provas de tempo e drift, além de um novo Music Rally no qual sua performance na pista mantém a batida de uma música. Gran Turismo 7 está disponível para PlayStation 5 (PS5) por R$ 349,90 e para PlayStation 4 (PS4) por R$ 299,90.
O guerreiro ninja Lo Wang está de volta em uma nova aventura ao lado do vilão Orochi Zilla, agora seu aliado, para recapturar um dragão que a dupla acidentalmente libertou. A jogabilidade do game é uma mistura de ação e tiro FPS no qual o jogador enfrenta diversos tipos de demônios do folclore japonês com armas de fogo e também sua fiel espada katana.
A movimentação é acelerada e permite acrobacias e impulsos no ar para manter a ação sempre frenética. Shadow Warrior 3 está disponível no PlayStation 4 (PS4) por R$ 264,90, no Xbox One por R$ 184,95 e no PC (Steam) por R$ 139.
Shadow Warrior 3 traz ação frenética com um misto de armas de fogo e espada ninja em sua jogabilidade — Foto: Reprodução/Steam
Triangle Strategy - 4 de março - SW
A Square Enix lançou mais um game com sua tecnologia visual de 2D em alta definição, dessa vez com elementos de estratégia em Triangle Strategy. O jogo segue a história de Serenoa, herdeira da House Wolffort, no comando de um exército enquanto três nações lutam pelo reino de Norzelia.
Durante o game, usuários poderão tomar decisões que afetam a história, escolhas que reforçarão uma das três convicções de Serenoa: benefício, moralidade e liberdade. De acordo com suas convicções, personagens poderão se unir a seu exército ou se afastar dele. Triangle Strategy está disponível para Nintendo Switch por R$ 299.
Triangle Strategy traz uma jogabilidade de estratégia com os visuais 2D em alta definição da Square Enix — Foto: Reprodução/Nintendo Game Store
Desenvolvido pela Platinum Games e publicado pela Square Enix, Babylon's Fall é um jogo de ação e RPG cooperativo no qual até 4 jogadores podem explorar uma lendária torre e seus tesouros. A história se passa após a morte dos babilônios, quando apenas sua torre Ziggurat foi deixada para trás, infestada de monstros.
Os jogadores controlam Sentinels, pessoas que receberam um artefato antigo chamado Gideon Coffin de forma involuntária e agora possuem grandes poderes. A ação promete trazer o combate de alto nível pelo qual a Platinum Games é conhecida, com um acervo de várias armas diferentes. Babylon's Fall está disponível para PlayStation 5 (PS5), PlayStation 4 (PS4) e PC por R$ 299,90.
Babylon's Fall permite que até 4 jogadores se reúnam em multiplayer para explorar a lendária Torre de Babel — Foto: Reprodução/Steam
Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons - 28 de fevereiro - PC
A terceira expansão do popular MMORPG Guild Wars 2 trará várias novidades para o game. O ciclo dos dragões que sustentou Tyria por tantos anos (e também foi a causa de sua ruína) está em colapso. Após os heróis do game se esforçarem para lutar contra os antigos Dragões, o sistema que sustenta o mundo parece ainda mais instável e as consequências ecoarão pelo futuro do game.
Na expansão, usuários poderão explorar o belo continente de Canthan, realizar missões, usar 9 especializações de elite novas, usar uma montaria nova Siege Turtle para 2 pessoas, ter seu próprio robô ajudante, o Jade Bot, e mais. Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons está disponível para PC por R$ 165,90 na loja digital Hype da Level-Up!.
Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons permitirá que jogadores explorem os belos cenários de Canthan, mas seu mundo está em risco — Foto: Reprodução/Guild Wars 2
Far: Changing Tides - 1º de março - PS5, XBSX/S, PS4, XB, SW, PC
A sequência de Far: Lone Sails levará jogadores para navegar por um novo game de aventura através de um grande oceano vazio em uma embarcação abandonada. O game apresenta a um novo personagem chamado Toe, que vê seu lar ser inundado e parte para o horizonte em seu novo veículo enquanto busca respostas e uma nova casa. Neste mundo pós-apocalíptico será preciso cuidar de sua embarcação e melhorá-la para superar obstáculos, com elementos como desbloquear peças, fazer consertos e procurar por combustível.
Far: Changing Tides é a sequência de Far: Lone Sails, com uma nova história e um conceito semelhante de veículo — Foto: Reprodução/Steam
O RPG de ação Elex ganhou uma sequência que levará jogadores de volta ao mundo aberto de ciência e fantasia de Magalan. Após a vitória do protagonista Jax contra o Hybrid no game anterior, uma nova ameaça surge na forma dos Skyands, uma força alienígena que pretende dominar o planeta.
O herói terá que viajar pelo mundo e convencer as diferentes facções que precisam unir forças contra um inimigo comum com o poder de Elex, um material que garante poderes mágicos. O game traz grandes áreas para explorar com um propulsor a jato e seus combates misturam fantasia e tecnologia, tanto com espadas quanto com rifles.
Elex 2 é um game de ação e RPG que mistura fantasia e tecnologia em seu grande mundo aberto — Foto: Reprodução/Steam
A saga de jogos de quebra-cabeça Puzzle Quest chega em seu terceiro capítulo, que já estava disponível em acesso antecipado, mas agora foi lançado em sua forma completa. Usuários terão que proteger o reino mágico de Etéria de um exército de inimigos que desejam invadi-lo.
A mecânica básica do jogo é o clássico "Combinar 3" no qual peças são arrastadas para formar combinações de 3 ou mais iguais. As combinações, no entanto, são utilizadas como combustível em batalhas contra inimigos no estilo RPG. Puzzle Quest 3 está disponível gratuitamente para PC (Steam), Android e iPhone (iOS).
Puzzle Quest 3 é um jogo gratuito de quebra-cabeça do tipo "Combine 3" com elementos de RPG — Foto: Reprodução/Steam
PRESS RELEASE. NFTs have taken the crypto community by storm.
As market participants realized the number of applications for ‘Non-fungible tokens’ (used to certify the authenticity of digital assets), many immediately saw $$$ signs. Nevertheless, although the talk about NFTs often only revolves around certifying artwork, there is another field that has natural synergies with NFT technology too – metaverses, i.e., the next generation of gaming.
On top of this trend is MetaShooter, the first decentralized blockchain-based hunting metaverse that joins millions of gaming enthusiasts in a community to share a realistic (VR compatible) hunting experience. Not only are modern-day hunters invited to compete in tournaments with stunning visuals, but they are also rewarded with NFTs of monetary value by hunting trophies and triumphing against their fellow hunters.
MetaShooter modernizes the hunting experience, developing new ways old hobbyists and new gamers alike can interact within the metaverse. Players can purchase hunting lands and monetize them, explore the open world, breed NFT dogs, build hunting towers and many other services for hunters, hunt in exotic environments with stunning visuals and realistic dynamics. By putting its players first, MetaShooter ensures that everyone benefits from RNG-based gameplay, earning passive income from their newly acquired NFT assets.
MetaShooter’s priority IDO round will kick off on February 28, 14:00 GMT, and will then be opened to the general public on March 3, 14:00 GMT. We have already received many investor enquiries about the project, so be sure to mark the dates!
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