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If you look at a photo taken by a smartphone today, it's hard to find much that's technically wrong. Faces are bright and visible.
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Basic Apple Guy: Apple just dropped the hardest icon glow-up for the new Chess icon in macOS 27 Beta 5. This is not just a tweak or small improvement.
The Pixel 11 series gets a nice little boost under the back panel to 25W wireless charging – something only the most expensive models got last year.
The Dell UltraSharp 52 is designed to do more than give you extra screen space. With a built-in Thunderbolt dock, KVM switch and expansive 5K2K display, it aims to replace an entire desktop setup.
Adding to its India push, US-based AI coding major Cursor is reportedly set to open its first office in India…