Weekly Rewind: ‘The Last Jedi,’ the first HomeKit smart bulb, the tiniest phone

A lot can happen in a week when it comes to tech. The constant onslaught of news makes it nigh impossible for mere mortals with real lives to keep track of everything. That’s why we’ve compiled a quick and dirty list of this week’s top tech stories, from the tiniest cellphone to the fastest hyperloop system — it’s all here.

‘The Last Jedi’ is unlike any Star Wars film, and that’s what makes it so Star Wars

“There’s a glorious, quintessential scene in Rian Johnson’s $200 million epic, The Last Jedi, that — as someone who grew up watching the original films dozens of times before I could even understand them — hit me like a ton of bricks.

No, it wasn’t the shocking moment Vice Admiral Holdo takes out an entire battalion with a kamikaze jump to lightspeed. It also wasn’t when Snoke is stunningly disposed of by Kylo Ren’s masterful lightsaber Force push. It wasn’t even Luke’s defiant relishing of freshly squeezed, green alien milk in front of Rey, a scene which seems to have affected so many Star Wars geeks so strongly (most of whom, by the way, will happily choke down cow’s milk — have they ever even seen a cow?!).”

Read: ‘The Last Jedi’ is unlike any Star Wars film, and that’s what makes it so Star Wars

2018 Ford Mustang: Performance, specs, features, prices

The question to answer when choosing a 2018 Ford Mustang isn’t, “Do you want to go fast?” but rather, “How fast is fast enough?” From the 301-horsepower EcoBoost model, to the 460-hp Mustang GT, to the 526-hp Shelby GT350R, your pony choice depends on how far you want to turn the go-fast dial and how wide you’ll open your wallet.

Read: 2018 Ford Mustang: Performance, specs, features, prices

Ledvance gives the world the first Apple HomeKit-enabled smart light bulb

In a major step forward for smart home-enabled consumer electronics, LED manufacturer Ledvance is furthering its long-standing Sylvania brand by launching the Sylvania Smart+ Soft White A19 filament bulb, which lands in markets complete with full Apple HomeKit compatibility.

Unlike competing products that are emerging into the smart home market, the Sylvania Smart+ bulbs can be directly controlled using Bluetooth via Apple’s Siri intelligent personal assistant and Apple’s Home app — without buying a separate hub or smart socket or requiring a Wi-Fi router to function accordingly.

Read: Ledvance gives the world the first Apple HomeKit-enabled smart light bulb

Eat our dust, Elon Musk. Virgin’s Hyperloop One sets crazy new speed record

Virgin’s Hyperloop One has set a new speed record with its hyperloop pod transportation system, leaving Elon Musk’s efforts to this point in the dust.

The magnetic pod achieved speeds up to a jaw-dropping 240 miles per hour — or 351 feet every second — at DevLoop, the world’s first full-scale hyperloop test site in the Nevada desert. That’s 48 miles per hour faster than its initial tests last summer, and 20 miles per hour faster than the previous record set by Musk’s hyperloop pod. If you’ve ever wanted a preview of what it’s like to travel at hundreds of miles per hour in a hyperloop, check out the video above.

Read: Eat our dust, Elon Musk. Virgin’s Hyperloop One sets crazy new speed record

Salomon’s S/Lab Shift bindings match uphill capacity with downhill performance

Ski touring is a popular backcountry sport quickly gaining notoriety around the globe, but it’s not without its limitations. These limitations are attributed to ski equipment, which is most effectively designed to serve one primary purpose as opposed to meeting all the needs required by dedicated ski tour participants — until now.

Salomon’s new S/Lab Shift bindings will change the way you think about ski touring, offering a product that performs equally well during uphill ascent as it does for shredding lines down the mountain.

Read: Salomon’s S/Lab Shift bindings match uphill capacity with downhill performance

No, those aren’t giant hands — the Tiny T1 is the world’s smallest mobile phone

As hard as it may be for younger readers to believe, there was a time before “phablets” became a thing, when cellphone companies were in a race against one another to see who could create the world’s smallest handset. Jump forward a decade and a half, and that particular fed has gone the way of nu metal, “bullet time” effects, and personalized ringtones — but one company wants to bring it back, and they’ve created the “world’s smallest mobile phone” to show just how serious they are.

Read: No, those aren’t giant hands — the Tiny T1 is the world’s smallest mobile phone

Pepper is everywhere in Japan, and nobody cares. Should we feel bad for robots?

Pepper the robot has consistently hit headlines since its introduction several years ago. The humanoid robot is a surprisingly regular sight in Japan, despite being a rarity in the U.S. and Europe. Created by mobile technology mega-corp SoftBank, we were pleased to see Pepper on duty not only in SoftBank’s many stores, but helping out the public in other places too.

Read: Pepper is everywhere in Japan, and nobody cares. Should we feel bad for robots?

 More regulations are coming as EU rules that Uber is not simply an app

Uber’s year of trials and tribulations is not over yet, and not getting any better. On Wednesday, December 20, the Court of Justice of the European Union determined that Uber is not simply an app or a tech platform, but rather a transport service. As a result, the company must comply with the transportation regulations of the EU’s member states, and cannot assert that its services fall exclusively under the jurisdiction of the more lax ecommerce guidelines.

Read: More regulations are coming as EU rules that Uber is not simply an app

From Trump haircuts to lawn mowers, ‘Sounds Fun’ is an Alexa game about noises

When comedian Mike Epps was a kid growing up in Indianapolis, his family didn’t have a lot of money for things like toys or games. So, to amuse himself, the star of Next Friday and The Hangover learned how to make realistic noises with his mouth. Taking a cue from his inspiration, actor Michael Winslow of the Police Academy movies, Epps would recreate sounds like tea kettles and weed trimmers. He would play jokes on his friends by walking up behind them and making the hiss from spray can that sounds as though he were spraying the backs of their heads.

Read: From Trump haircuts to lawn mowers, ‘Sounds Fun’ is an Alexa game about noises

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LG dishes out holiday cheer with a 27-inch FreeSync display for AMD gamers

LG is now serving up a new desktop display for PC gamers looking for a FreeSync-based solution to complement its AMD Radeon-branded graphics chip. It packs a 27-inch viewing area based on twisted nematic technology, which provides high brightness levels and fast response times. Moreover, the panel is limited to a 1,920 x 1,080 resolution, but sports a meaty maximum refresh rate of 240Hz for super-fluid visuals.

Here are the specifications:

Model:
27GK750F-B
Screen size:
27 inches
Screen technology:
Twisted Nematic
Screen resolution:
1,920 @ 1,080
Refresh rate:
240Hz via DisplayPort @ Full HD
Sync technology:
FreeSync
Aspect ratio:
16:9
Pixel pitch:
0.31125mm x 0.31125mm
Maximum brightness:
400 nits
Contrast ratio:
Unknown
Response time:
2ms gray to gray
1ms with Motion Blur Reduction
Color gamut:
NTSC 72 percent
Supported colors:
16.7 million
Ports:
2x HDMI 2.0
1x DisplayPort 1.2
2x USB-A 3.1 Gen1 (to devices)
1x USB-B 3.1 Gen 1 (to PC)
1x Headphone jack
Viewing angles:
170 / 160 degrees
Dimensions with stand:
24.6 x 18.35 x 10.72 inches
Weight with stand:
13.99 pounds
Tilt angles:
-5 to 15 degrees
Swivel angle:
-20 to 20 degrees
Added height adjustment:
Up to 4.33 inches
Pivot:
0 to 90 degrees clockwise
Price:
$549

As the specifications show, the panel supports an overclocked 240Hz refresh rate when using a DisplayPort connection. That means the desktop panel updates the screen up to 240 times per second, providing extremely fluid motion. Backing this refresh rate is AMD’s FreeSync technology, which synchronizes the panel’s rate with the frame output of an AMD Radeon-branded graphics card or discrete GPU. Turned off, unsynchronized rates will produce ugly image tearing on the screen.

The desktop panel also includes LG’s 1ms Motion Blur Reduction technology. Toggled on, you will see a reduction of blurring and ghosting that is typically caused when pixels are slow at changing color states. Specifications usually state “gray to gray,” meaning the pixel can change from gray to a color and back to gray again in a specific amount of time. The lower the number, the better the panel can render movement without “artifacts,” such as blurring and ghosting.

In addition to the hardware, LG’s new desktop monitor provides built-in software features too. The on-screen control menu is where you set the refresh rate, toggle on FreeSync, and cycle through pre-set configurations for first-person shooters, real-time strategy titles, general gaming, reading, and more.

Also included is a Black Stabilizer to lighten dark areas where enemies remain hidden, built-in crosshairs, and Dynamic Action Synch that promises crisp, quick on-screen action. Of course, you can always manually make adjustments to meet your needs, such as changing crosshair shapes, lowering or raising the brightness level, changing the aspect ratio, and so on.

LG’s new gaming display ships with an ergonomic stand and detachable base. So far, we couldn’t find the panel listed on Newegg, Amazon, and a few other retailers, so keep checking back if you’re on the market for a FreeSync monitor.  The company is expected to reveal a new portfolio of monitors in a few weeks at CES 2018, so you may want to keep tabs on that event as well.

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Nvidia will no longer publish new drivers for 32-bit systems

Nvidia has confirmed that it will no longer offer support for 32-bit systems following Release 390. The decision was made public in an announcement post published to the company’s official website earlier today, but in recent weeks there have been some signs that this was coming.

The reveal of Nvidia’s Titan V graphics card sent shockwaves through the PC industry thanks to its impressive specs. The company confirmed at that time that it would only support the 64-bit versions of Windows 10 and Windows 7, with Windows 8.1 not receiving official support, according to a report from Hexus.

The Titan V does offer support for Linux users on 32-bit systems via an official Nvidia driver. This will not be the case going forward, as the companywide decision to discontinue support for 32-bit hardware apparently includes both Linux and FreeBSD.

“Later driver release versions will not operate, nor install, on 32-bit operating systems,” read Nvidia’s statement on the decision. “Driver enhancements, driver optimizations, and operating system features in driver versions after Release 390 will not be incorporated back into Release 390 or earlier versions.”

The company doesn’t plan to leave users with 32-bit systems out in the cold entirely. Critical driver security patches are set to continue until January 2019.

This makes for something of a sea change for Nvidia, as the company has previously followed Microsoft’s lead in terms of the operating systems that its GPUs would support. Microsoft plans to continue to support the 32-bit versions of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 until 2020 and 2023, respectively, and is set to support the 32-bit version of Windows 10 indefinitely.

On the other hand, it’s perhaps unsurprising to see Nvidia choose to discontinue support at this time. People will continue to utilize 32-bit architecture until they have a reason not to, so a major GPU manufacturer ending compatibility might hurry a complete transition toward 64-bit hardware.

In effect, this isn’t too much of a departure from a situation like Apple’s decision to render certain older pieces of hardware obsolete. It’s a matter of available resources, and cutting down on the amount of different variations of hardware that need to be supported can save time and effort.

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The most expensive iMac Pro costs over $13,000, and here’s what you could get on a PC

Apple is known for its advanced engineering and design. The new iMac Pro is spectacular in that department, somehow packing an insane amount of power into its all-in-one enclosure. But it doesn’t come cheap.

If you haven’t looked already, a decked out iMac Pro costs a pretty penny….. lots and lots of pretty pennies. The starting price is a not-exactly-cheap $4,999, but if you’re planning to configure Apple’s all-in-one workstation with all the bells and whistles, things can get pretty crazy. If you include Intel’s massive non-gaming 18-core Xeon W processor when it’s available early next year, you’re looking at more than $13,000. That’s almost the price of a new, compact car.

Maybe you want the kind of power that the iMac Pro offers, but aren’t necessarily attached to the idea of getting a Mac. As you can probably assume, you can get way more bang from your buck on the PC side of things. Just how much more? Read on.

The iMac Pro vs. A Dell Desktop PC

Before we dig into comparisons, we should note that we’re not comparing apples-to-apples. While there are plenty of great Windows all-in-one workstations on the market, none seem to compare to the kind of specs Apple stuffed into the new iMac Pro. What we can do is take our $13,200 iMac Pro budget, and see how much we can stuff into a Windows workstation.

There are numerous avenues to take when configuring a PC, and it all depends on what you want out of your system. To perform a similar set of functions, we chose to start with the Dell Precision 5820 Tower as our base, which starts at $1,250. It’s a basic-looking workstation tower, but it can support a whole lot of power when you start maxing out the configuration. In our case, our final total with Dell’s tool hit an impressive $13,252 to maximize the workstation’s potential in an iMac Pro comparison.

So now, with our budgets set, let’s start with the CPU.

The processors don’t match up

Both the 5820 Tower and the iMac Pro are single-CPU (aka single-socket) workstations that rely on Intel’s Xeon W series CPUs, which are now beginning to make their way into the workstation market. Unfortunately, Dell doesn’t currently include Xeon W processors with more than 10 cores in the 5820 Tower, but that could change when Apple debuts its 14- and 18-core iMac Pro models early next year.

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If you want more horses under the hood, you could go with something like the Dell Precision 7920 Tower. It sports a dual-CPU (dual-socket) design, enabling you to configure the workstation with up to two, premium 24-core Intel Xeon Platinum 8180 “scalable” processors. Those two chips alone tack on over $21,000 to your final tab, so they’ll never be an option if you have a budget of $13,000.

That said, we could only pit a 10-core Dell Precision 5820 Tower against Apple’s upcoming 18-core iMac Pro. The result is a processor with lower performance and a lower price tag in Dell’s workstation, but plenty of financial breathing room to pack additional features into the Dell.

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For the Precision 5820, Dell offers the older Radeon Pro WX 7100 graphics card based on its “Polaris” architecture. It consists of 2,304 stream processors with a base speed of 1,188MHz, and a maximum speed of 1,243MHz. Other ingredients include 8GB of on-board memory (GDDR5) running on a 256-bit interface at 1,250MHz. The memory data rate is 7Gbps, and the bandwidth id 160GB/s.

What’s interesting is that the next step up is the Radeon Pro WX 9100 powered by AMD’s newer “Vega” architecture , but it’s currently not offered with the Precision 5820. This card includes 4,096 stream processors/cores with a maximum speed of 1,500MHz. It also includes 16GB of on-board memory (HBM2) using a 2,048-bit interface with a data rate of 1.86GB/s, and a bandwidth of 483.94GB/s.

The iMac Pro has the Radeon Pro Vega 64 and Vega 56 cards based on the Vega architecture. We currently don’t have any official numbers for the Radeon Pro Vega cards, but they supposedly have faster base speeds than the WX 9100, and lower maximum speeds. Take a look.

Radeon Pro WX 9100
Radeon Pro Vega 64
Radeon Pro Vega 56
Architecture:
GCN 5
GCN 5
GCN 5
Graphics chip:
Vega 10 XT
Vega 10 XT
Vega 10 Pro
Compute units:
64
64
56
Stream processors:
4,096
4,096
3,584
Base speed:
1,200MHz
1,250MHz
1,250MHz
Max speed:
1,500MHz
1,350MHz
1,350MHz
Memory amount:
16GB HBM2
16GB HBM2
8GB HBM2
Memory speed:
945MHz
780MHz
780MHz
Memory interface:
2,048-bit
2,048-bit
2,048-bit
Memory bandwidth:
483.84GB/s
399.4GB/s
399.4GB/s

Everything else

A big chunk of your iMac Pro purchase is in the processor, memory, storage, and graphics. Other factors include the built-in 27-inch display with 5K resolution, an optimized power supply that handles all the hardware, and a motherboard that includes Thunderbolt 3 and 10 gigabits per second wired networking. Having those two technologies together is a rare breed, making the iMac Pro a rather unique product.

The PC, on the other hand, has many hardware options the iMac Pro can’t equip. You can easily push the Dell 5820’s final price up into $20K by packing up to six additional storage devices, and configuring the machine with multiple graphics cards. Two Nvidia Quadro GP100 cards with 16GB of dedicated video memory each adds a meaty $13,264 to your final bill. Ouch.

It’s also worth considering the Dell Precision 5850 is a traditional tower PC that requires an external monitor. Dell doesn’t appear to offer a 5K solution during the Precision 5820 configuration process, but instead lists ultra-high resolution panels that jump from 4K directly to 8K. If you want a 5K panel, you can leave the monitor selection out of the configuration process, and externally purchase one like the UP2715K on Amazon.

Here’s what you get with both the minimum and maximum specifications of Apple’s new iMac Pro:

Dell Precision 5850 Tower
iMac Pro
Processor:
Xeon W-2155
Xeon W-2195
CPU cores
10
18
CPU base speed:
3.3GHz
2.30GHz
CPU max speed:
4.5Ghz
4.30GHz
Graphics:
Radeon Pro WX 7100
Radeon Pro Vega 64
Memory:
128GB DDR4 @ 2,666MHz
128GB DDR4 @ 2,666MHz
Storage:
3x 1TB PCIe NVMe SSDs
4TB SSD
Bundled display size:
32 inches
27 inches
Bundled display resolution:
7,680 x 4,320
5,120 x 2,880
Price
$13,252
$13,199

As you can see, the iMac Pro might not be quite as overpriced as it’s made out to be, especially when you compare it to what PC manufacturers offer.

Right now, you simply can’t get a similar system in a compact all-in-one PC. The new iMac Pro is limited regarding port numbers, but that’s the beauty of Thunderbolt 3 and USB 3.1 connectivity. As a result, Apple’s new iMac Pro seems like a steal for any price, even if it’s nowhere near affordable.

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Akita Might Be The Smartest Investment For Any Smart Home

Keep your home protected from IoT invasions and hacks with Akita!

We’re at a crossroads — smart home products have never been more affordable and accessible to the general public, but at the same time, they’re often unsecure and most connected devices are susceptible to attacks. Criminals have caught onto this trend and smart home hacks are on the rise. What can we do to secure our IoT products?

Fortunately, there are folks working to combat those hackers with ingenious new devices like the Akita.

What does the Akita do? Simply plug this little device into a LAN port on your router and the Akita will scan your network for any unusual activity and immediately shut things down if it notices any hackers or malicious programs running on your network. It will then notify you that an attempt was made. You wouldn’t want hackers to access any of the sensitive information stored on your connected devices, so Akita does all the policing for you passively. You won’t know it’s there until it springs into action and prevents a hacking attempt.

Best of all, Akita cares about your privacy enough to not use an invasive Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) method for scanning and reading data to determine if it is safe or not. Akita’s architecture has been structured in a way that nobody has access to look at your data at all, which ensures your privacy is completely protected. Akita is also backed up by Axius Smart Home experts who are always on-call and ready to offer support for any issues, and there’s also an Akita app available for both Android and iOS for monitoring your network’s security.

Akita has already well surpassed its initial goal, with nearly a full month to get in on the Kickstarter discounts. With a pledge of $89 or more, you get the Akita at a great Kickstarter special price (36% off the retail price of $139) and an expected delivery time of April 2018. Once that deal runs out, you’ll have to wait for the second batch and pay a bit more — $109, which is still 32% cheaper than retail. Pricing continues to scale if you buy multiple Akitas, and one of these would make a great follow-up gift if you’re giving someone an Alexa speaker, Google Home, or another smart home device for Christmas.

As more and more products start incorporating IoT technologies, these security risks will persist. Do your part to keep your smart home secure with Akita!

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AR Cardboard kits now come with controllers thanks to Zapbox!

A real Augmented Reality experience doesn’t have to be pricey.

Trying to decide whether Augmented Reality is for you or not can be pesky if you don’t want to pay up front for top of the line headsets. That is until recently when we began to see awesome new cardboard kits start to hit the market. Zapbox is exactly that, except that they go one step further by delivering a cardboard Augmented Reality headset fully equipped with point codes to map out your play space, and controllers to interact with the experiences that it has to offer.

We’ve got everything you want to know right here!

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OnePlus 6 rumored to launch with in-display fingerprint sensor

Details are already coming in about OnePlus’s next flagship.

The OnePlus 5T has proven itself to be one of the best phones of 2017, and despite it just being released in November, there might already be a couple reasons to be excited about its successor.

According to Gizmochina, the OnePlus 6 will come equipped with a fingerprint sensor that’s embedded into the display itself. Synaptics already announced that this technology will be shipping first on a Vivo phone in 2018, so the likelihood of it appearing on the OnePlus 6 isn’t all that far-fetched.

The OnePlus 5T

This would allow the OnePlus 6 to keep the near bezel-less display introduced on the 5T while moving the fingerprint sensor back to the front of the phone, and while the rear-mounted sensor on the 5T works perfectly fine, there’s no denying that the having one built into the display itself is a lot more futuristic.

The Snapdragon 845 would make the OnePlus 6 a performance monster.

It’s also being reported that the OnePlus 6 will be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 845 processor and be launched around the middle of March 2018.

There’s no way to confirm whether or not these rumors are true, but Gizmochina claims its source has been accurate about OnePlus rumors in the past.

The Snapdragon 845 is shaping up to be one heck of a processor, and as mentioned above, in-display fingerprint sensors are just plain cool. Assuming we see these two things make their way into the OnePlus 6 next year, would either one make you interested in buying the phone?

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Essential Phone picks up 360 livestreaming for YouTube

There’s also “various stability fixes” for the regular camera.

We’ve still yet to see the full potential of the Essential Phone’s two-pin modular system, but the 360-degree camera attachment that launched aside the Phone has proven to be a fun little accessory if you can find it at the right price. With the latest update to the Essential Camera app, the 360 camera picks up one feature that we’ve been waiting on since its release.

The update for the Essential Camera app changes the build number to 0.1.093.003, and with it comes official support for livestreaming on YouTube. Essential added Facebook Live 360 support back in November, and the addition of YouTube is one we’re pleased to see.

Essential also says that this update has “various stability fixes” for the Phone’s regular camera, but the focus this time around is definitely on the 360 one.

With the addition of YouTube Live 360, are you more inclined to purchase the Essential 360 Camera if you haven’t already?

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Choosing the best editing app for your 360 videos

Which VR editor is the right one for you?

When it comes to editing your 360-degree videos, you don’t have to look too far to come across two excellent options. Veer VR Editor, and V360. Both of them are available as apps on your phone, both deliver options for music, text, and trimming, but how do they stack up against each other? We break these apps down piece by piece to give you all the details you need to make an informed decision.

Let’s see which one is best.

Read more at VRHeads

Apple faces two lawsuits over intentional iPhone slowdowns

Well that was quick. Just two days after Apple admitted that it intentionally slowed down older iPhones with older batteries (to prevent sudden unexpected shutdowns), the company is being sued. Both suits claim that Apple does this to force customers into a shortened upgrade cycle.

The Atlas Consumer Law group in Chicago claims that Apple is, therefore, in violation of deceptive business laws in Illinios, as well as in Indiana and North Carolina. “Apple’s failure to inform consumers these updates would wreak havoc on the phone’s performance is being deemed purposeful, and if proven, constitutes the unlawful and decisive withholding of material information,” says the press release for the lawsuit. The California suit is similar, though it focuses on wanting Apple to have asked consumers for consent to slow their iPhones as well as giving them the ability to opt out of such a slowdown, according to Quartz.

Via: Quartz

Source: Justia, Justia, Atlas Consumer Law