The iPad Pro 12.9″ (M2, 2022) uses an 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU, and a 16-core Neural Engine. Its 12.9″ display uses mini-LED Liquid Retina XDR with 2732×2048 resolution, 120Hz ProMotion, and up to 1600 nits peak HDR brightness. The Surface Pro 11 (13″, 2024) is powered by Snapdragon X Plus (10-core) or X Elite (12-core)…
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AirPods Max weighs about 385–386 grams with a stainless steel headband and anodized aluminum ear cups, while Sony WH-1000XM6 weighs about 250 grams with a plastic, memory-foam design. The Sony WH-1000XM6 adds a folding hinge for compact travel, whereas the AirPods Max has no hinge and uses a minimal Smart Case. AirPods Max uses 40…
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In 2024, over 455 million smart personal audio devices were shipped, including 331.6 million true wireless earbuds. AI-enhanced adaptive ANC uses multimodal sensors to adjust noise cancellation and EQ in real time, including Conversation Detection (Google) and Speak-to-Chat (Sony) examples. Lossless wireless audio is advancing via Qualcomm Snapdragon Sound with aptX Lossless, and Sennheiser Momentum…
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The HANTRU-1 cable is 2,917 km long with a 160 Gbps design capacity, extended to Majuro and Kwajalein/Ebeye in 2010, linking to a Pohnpei hub and onward to Guam. A 2017 HANTRU-1 cable fault caused a nationwide 3-week outage, forcing a 97% bandwidth cut as the islands relied on limited satellite links. The East Micronesia…
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The Nothing Phone 3 was officially unveiled on July 1, 2025, with pre-orders opening July 4 and a full market release on July 15, 2025. Prices start at $799 for 12GB RAM/256GB storage and $899 for 16GB RAM/512GB, with India pricing ₹79,999 and ₹89,999. The 6.67-inch flat AMOLED display offers 1260×2800 resolution (460 ppi), 20:9…
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Gemini debuted in December 2023 as Google DeepMind’s multimodal AI with Ultra, Pro, and Nano variants. Gemini is trained as a native multimodal model that can process text, images, audio, code, and video. Gemini Ultra achieved 90.0% on the MMLU test, leading on 30 of 32 academic benchmarks and beating GPT-4’s ~86.4%. Gemini 1.0 released…
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During Prime Day, Meta’s Quest 3S dropped to $250 for the 128GB model and $330 for the 256GB model, with an Amazon Gorilla Tag Cardboard Hero bundle for the 128GB and a Walmart Arkham Shadow plus three months of Quest+ bundle. Quest 3S, launched last October as a budget variant of Quest 3, uses the…
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The Sony RX1R III was announced on July 15, 2025, as a pocket-friendly full-frame premium compact with a 61 MP backside-illuminated sensor and a fixed Zeiss Sonnar T 35mm f/2 lens, housed in a magnesium body weighing about 498 g with battery. It adds Step Crop Shooting that crops in-camera to 50mm and 70mm equivalents…
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The Pixel Watch 4 is rumored to use the Snapdragon W5 Gen1 processor again, with Google reportedly not upgrading to a newer SoC this generation. The 41mm Pixel Watch 4 battery is 327 mAh and the 45mm is 459 mAh, with the case thickness increased to about 14.3 mm to fit the larger cells. Pixel…
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The Galaxy S25 Ultra uses Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8 Elite for Galaxy on a 3nm process with custom Oryon CPU cores, delivering about 9,829 Geekbench 6 multi-core points, ahead of the iPhone 16 Pro Max’s ~8,391. The S25 Ultra features a 6.9‑inch 1440×3120 Dynamic AMOLED 2X panel with up to 2600 nits peak brightness, Gorilla Glass…
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