The Morning After: The Next iPhone Could Focus On Display Upgrades

As summer draws to a close, for the tech launch schedule, we are entering the new iPhone season. Before we even know, officially what Apple will reveal, the question friends, family and readers always ask me comes up: Is it worth the effort to upgrade to the new iPhone?

I do not know yet. Ah. Rumors are converging, however, about hardware changes to the iPhone’s display, which will likely arrive in the same sizes we saw on the iPhone 12 series – something noted in Bloombergthe latest report from.

We could get an always-on screen tech, using a battery-saving 120Hz display that should look smooth, while still offering information and notifications on a lock screen without having to wake up the iPhone. If not, so far at least, we’re expecting improvements in software-based camera functionality, a (predictable) faster mobile chip, and perhaps more powerful MagSafe magnets to keep your devices locked.

We’ll have to wait and see how well the rumors prove to be – will Apple call it the iPhone 13?

Before all of that, however, is Samsung’s day in the spotlight. Its Galaxy Unpacked event kicks off later this morning. We’ll be showing the entire event, with analysis right after it ends. It all starts at 9:40 am ET – join us on YouTube right here.

-Mat Smith

Beware of Boston Dynamics.

Xiaomi today announced the CyberDog, an open-source four-legged robot for developers to “lean on” and build apps for. Xiaomi says this technology is good enough to allow CyberDog to follow its owner and get around obstacles. He is also able to identify posture and track human faces, allowing him to spot and follow individuals in a group. The path to consumer robotics is paved with ‘dogs’ and humanoids that haven’t quite worked out and for now, rather than selling it as a general sales product, the company will produce 1,000 Cyberdogs for “Xiaomi fans, engineers and robotics enthusiasts. ” Continue reading.

The chain’s new shareholders are excited about crypto.

AMC has announced that it will accept Bitcoin as a form of payment for tickets and snacks in all US theaters by the end of 2021. Company chief Adam Aron did not specify how you would make these payments. , but he hinted that AMC was looking for other ways as well. he could join the “booming cryptocurrency universe”. Continue reading.

Fully NFC keys.

Google is streamlining its family of security keys. The search giant will now only offer two editions; one with USB-A and USB-C, both of which will pack NFC to allow it to be used by most mobile devices. This should reduce any confusion potential buyers would have with the current lineup, where some models did not perform without contact. continue reading

The first smartphone with a Snapdragon 888+ processor.

If it’s not robot dogs, it’s another smartphone. The Mi Mix 4 is Xiaomi’s thinnest ceramic unibody smartphone to date, with a 6.67-inch 2400 x 1080 screen that hides a 20-megapixel selfie camera under the glass. Notably, the patch that hides the camera has the same density of 400 ppi as the rest of the panel, albeit with smaller pixels and transparent circuitry. On-screen cameras typically deliver sub-par photos and often stand out from the rest of the smartphone screen, due to the reduced pixel density. Xiaomi may have fixed this issue, but we’ll have to see it in person to confirm it. It’s the dawn of hidden selfie cameras, and Xiaomi and Oppo are leading the pack. Continue reading.

The ministry paid millions for facial recognition, vans equipped with x-ray machines and more.

The New York City Police Department has spent more than $ 159 million on surveillance systems and maintenance since 2007 without public oversight, according to recently released documents. As reported by Wired, the Legal Aid Society (LAS) and the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP) obtained the NYPD documents, which include the contracts with the suppliers.

The NYPD made the purchases through a special spending fund, which meant it didn’t need to get approval from New York City council or other city officials before signing the contracts. Continue reading.

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