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What They Say Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman who produces the influential ‘Power On’ subscription newsletter, has summarised his view that the new MacBook Pro is a good step forward for genuinely Pro users of Apple’s notebooks, after the previous version in 2016 was ‘absolutely forgettable’. Improvements he like include: Better balance of form and function – … Read more
Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. Nvidia’s GeForce Now gets an RTX 3080 upgrade to take on Stadia and xCloud (up to 2160P60 or 180P120) New research finds virtual reality could help treat anxiety … Read more
What They Say Renowned economist, in a New York Times subscription newsletter has pointed out that in his view, the Chinese economy has a high risk of hitting problems as growth in recent years have largely been based on ‘an immense housing bubble’. Growth has been slowly declining as the economy has developed. Part of … Read more
What They Say Up to now, most metalens architectures have been based on building raised pillars to create nanosurfaces that can influence light to create metalenses. Now Optics.org reports that a group at Harvard SEAS has published a paper (Nano Letters) on a new approach that uses holes in the surface rather than pillars. These … Read more
What They Say TriLite, a maker of microprojectors for AR & VR based in Vienna, Austria, has raised €8 million in investment from VCs including Apex Ventures, B&C Innovation Investments, Hermann Hauser Investment, TEC Ventures and QC·Ventures following a 2019 seed round. The engine is based on an RGB laser source and MEMs mirror imager … Read more
What They Say We reported on Badger, a start-up that is developing ‘smart badges’ based on EPD displays. The firm aims to use the technology to provide ‘real time close captioning’ (Badger Adds Subtitles to Conversations). Now the firm has told us that it is available for investment on a website platform, StartEngine.com. What We … Read more
Global PC shipments marked their sixth consecutive YoY growth in Q3 2021 at 84.2 million units. This came despite the ongoing component shortages and other supply constraints. However, the 9.3% YoY growth during the quarter implied decelerating PC shipment momentum after four consecutive quarters of double-digit YoY growth since Q3 2020. In addition, most OEMs … Read more
What They Say Counterpoint said that although Chromebook sales were weak in Q3 2021, as government and education projects finished in the first half of 2021, the firm believes that growth will return next year and will ‘just take a break this year’. Overall, the market for PCs was 84.2 million in Q3 2021, up … Read more
What They Say TechCrunch has had a look at the latest Microsoft Surface Duo 2 and said that it is much better than the earlier version. However it is “still far from the sort of device you can heartily recommend”. The site found that the software is still buggy although Microsoft is using work done … Read more
What They Say Semiconductor Engineering published a look inside the Apple iPhone 13 Pro by TechInsight that includes a build cost estimation. The focus was on the chips, of course, but there is also detail on the cameras. What We Think We’ve got an interesting Display Daily next week looking at the costs and profits … Read more
What They Say DJI, better known for its drones, has released a cinema 8K camera (6K version also available) that can record at 60fps and with RAW output at 3.95Gbs and up to 75Hz maximum in 8K. it can support D-Log, Rec. 709 and HLG capture and uses Apple ProRes RAW, Apple ProRes 422 or … Read more
It’s not often that Display Daily evaluates a robotic vacuum cleaner. In fact, we never have. But when I had the opportunity to review the AirRobo T10+, a high-end robovac with sophisticated artificial intelligence; 23 sets of sensors; on-board mop with water tank for hard floors; and “automatic dirt disposal,” which is a docking station … Read more
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