It’s only been a few days since Disney’s lavishly priced Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser attraction previewed for invited media, influencers, and guests—yet eBay listings are already being promoted for exclusive items from the experience. Some item postings even have timetables for guests who have yet to step onto the …
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Disney has decided to take a stand. The company released a statement Monday night explaining that it won’t be releasing its films there for the foreseeable future, beginning with Pixar’s Turning Red.
The Honor Magic 4 Pro is a new premium Android smartphone that was just announced. Destined to the market’s Premium segment, it has a competitive positioning and feature set.
One of its most remarkable capabilities is the 100W uber-fast “HONOR SuperCharge” battery charging that should wirelessly charge from 0% to 50% in 15 minutes!
For reference, 45W to 65W wired charging is considered very good at the high-end. 100W+ is already exceptional for wired charging, and 100W wireless charging is the highest I’ve seen.
The design is elegant and minimalist, which is great to focus all the attention on the phone’s camera system in the back. The phone seems particularly agreeable to hold, thanks to the rounded edges.
The Magic 4 Pro comes with three cameras and additional sensors. On paper, the specs are impressive: the Primary and Ultrawide cameras feature 50MP sensors, while the zoom lens has a 64MP sensor and a 3.5X telephoto lens, most likely tuned for Portraits.
The 2848×1312 screen uses LTPO technology, a first for Honor. It has a 120Hz refresh rate that can go down to 1Hz to save battery life, and its color accuracy (100% P3) and brightness (1000 NITs) are excellent.
Inside, you find high-end components such as the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, the standard in powerful Android smartphones like Galaxy S22, and many others.
There are 8GB to 12GB of RAM, and storage can range from 128GB to 512GB depending on the model and price. In general, I’d instead go with less RAM and more storage, but your situation might be different.
Overall, this phone looks pretty agreeable to use, and we’ll have to verify that at some point. Pricing starts at €1099+, so it competes with the Galaxy S22 Ultra, according to online prices we’ve looked at.
If that’s a bit too high, you might want to consider the Honor Magic 4 (non-Pro) as it starts at €899 and is designed to provide a similar type of experience. Watch the full launch below:
Honor Magic 4 Pro With Ultrafast Charging
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Uber hopes to accelerate a planned sale of its remaining holdings in Yandex.Taxi, the Russian-owned ride-hailing platform, reportedThe New York Times. Uber owns a 29% stake in the service, which was roughly equivalent to $800 million at the end of 2021. While speeding up the sale is directly in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Uber has been looking to exit the Russian market for a while. Last year Uber announced it would sell its stake of Yandex’s autonomous vehicle and food delivery divisions back to the Russian internet company for a total of $1 billion. In the wake of Monday’s decision, three Uber executives resigned from the board of Yandex.Taxi.
“In light of recent events, we are actively looking for opportunities to accelerate the sale of our remaining holdings and, in the meantime, will remove our executives from the board of the joint venture,” Uber said in a statement to the Times.
The decision aligns with similar moves made by private US companies like Google, Apple, Meta, Netflix and others to cut ties with Russia in light of its invasion of Ukraine. It will also mark the end of what has been a very rocky ride for Uber in Russia, since it first launched in the country in 2014. The ride-hailing and food delivery market in Russia was already dominated by Yandex.Taxi, which is partly owned by Russia’s largest tech company, Yandex. Both companies entered in a $3.7 billion dollar deal in 2017, with Uber owning 37 percent of Yandex.Taxi. Customers in Russia can use either the Yandex or Uber app to hail a ride.
Concerns that Yandex.Taxi is illegally harvesting user data prompted Lithuania’s transport and economy minister on Monday to ask Google and Apple to remove the app from their respective app stores, citing national security concerns. Back in 2018, the head of Lithuania’s cybersecurity center noted that the Yandex.Taxi app requests access to your camera, microphone and local data network, and urged locals not to use the platform. Yandex has denied the allegations and stated that the app complies with EU data regulations.
“You minimized my sister’s life by making some awful … comments about her,” Sunny Vempati wrote about Abhishek “Shake” Chatterjee.
WiFi is great, but interference remains a problem for many. PureLiFi may have the solution, and it involves light rather than radio frequencies.
As fans everywhere anxiously, nervously, and curiously await the trailer for James Cameron’s Avatar 2, we’ve got the next best thing. Sort of. It’s a trailer for Cameron’s new book, Tech Noir. And before you immediately write that off as lame, let us tell you what Tech Noir is: it’s a nearly 400-page hardcover…
The California State Bar is investigating a potential data breach after finding that a public website published confidential information related to approximately 260,000 attorney discipline cases. Over the weekend, the bar said it learned of the exposure after finding the files on a website that aggregates public case records. According to the organization, the website displayed information related to case numbers, file dates, case status as well as respondent and complaining witness names. As of Saturday evening, the bar said all the leaked information had been removed from the website.
State Bar officials don’t know if someone obtained the information by hacking. The organization has tasked the provider of its Odyssey case management system to investigate the incident. It has also notified law enforcement and hired a team of forensic experts to aid with the investigation. “The State Bar deeply apologizes to anyone impacted by this breach,” the organization said. “We are doing everything in our power to get to the bottom of it and prevent any future harms.”
Mehmet Oz, a Senate candidate in Pennsylvania with a history of giving medical misinformation, wants the infectious disease expert to debate him on COVID.
Poco is back with two new smartphones, one of which — the X4 Pro 5G — is hailed as a flagship handset offered at a price almost as cheap as the new M4 Pro.
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