The Morning After: The new Apple TV 4K reviewed

Engadget 04.11.2022 13:41 I’ve always wanted an Apple TV, but the high price and locked-down features made me opt for Roku’s ecosystem instead. And while I appreciate the freedom Roku offers, Devindra Hardawar’s review of the new TV 4K almost turned my head.The 2022 model is cheaper, smaller and runs more efficiently than its predecessor, and it still packs that fancy Siri remote as standard. The box’s speed is its greatest strength, letting you leap between video streaming apps in the time it takes for your cable box to wake up.Of course, there’s always a fly or two in the ointment, like the $129, 64GB model has a compromise or two. If you, for instance, want a built-in Ethernet port, or Thread IoT integration, you’ll need the $149, 128GB model. Never change, Apple.– Dan CooperThe biggest stories you might have missedThe best gifts for photographers in 2022The best smartwatchesBeats Fit Pro fall to new low of $145 Amazon will bring Matter smart home support to 17 Echo devices this year Here's what you need to know about Netflix's Basic with Ads planSteam for ChromeOS works on more devices and is easier to install WhatsApp's new Communities feature aims to bring related group chats togetherHey T-Mobile, nobody wants your suitcaseAstronauts will 3D print part of a human knee in spaceIt’s part of a test of a battlefield bioprinter.It would be great if we could simply 3D-print parts of our bodies that we’ve damaged or worn out through overuse. It’s something NASA will try out with a bioprinter designed to do just that, in the hope of using it for soldiers. During its stay in the heavens, the printer will craft a human meniscus for study, to treat – without the use of inorganic implants – one of the most common knee injuries.Continue Reading. ‘Symbiogenesis’ is some NFT garbage from Square Enix, not a ‘Parasite Eve’ revivalThe worst kind of switcheroo.Square EnixWhen Square Enix registered Symbiogenesis as a trademark, a small legion of fans got very excited. They, not unreasonably, believed the company was working on a follow-up to Parasite Eve, a beloved horror RPG from 1998. Imagine their dismay when the project turned out to be little more than an NFT grift from a games giant who should know better.Continue Reading.AMD's first RDNA 3 GPUs are the Radeon RX 7900 XTX and 7900 XTThe launch came with plenty of sass for NVIDIA.AMDWhen NVIDIA launched the teeth-meltingly powerful RTX 4090, everyone waited to see what AMD would offer in return. The company has now shown off a pair of Radeon RX cards, the 7900 and 7900 XTX, powered by its new RDNA 3 architecture. AMD says these cards won’t melt your power supply and, at $999, won’t hollow-out your wallet .Continue Reading. WiFi security flaw lets a drone track devices through wallsThis isn’t ideal.Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a system to track WiFi-enabled devices through walls. The technique relies on the protocol’s automatic contact response and can pinpoint equipment to within three feet of its location. To demonstrate the need for better WiFi security, the team equipped an off-the-shelf drone with a WiFi scanner that cost just $15 to make. They flew it around the outside of a house, pinpointing the home’s occupants and WiFi-enabled hardware, such as security cameras. There are several worrying uses for such technology, including looking for unguarded areas of a home for burglary or unauthorized surveillance, none of which are particularly good.Continue Reading.

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