Refreshes

Apple's annual iPhone reveal event is supposed to be one of the biggest moments in tech each year. At this year's show – the company's first in-person product launch since the beginning of the pandemic – the new iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Plus were two of eight new products jostling for space and attention. The iPhone 14 Plus is an all-new option in the lineup, offering the size benefits of the Pro Max models without some of the features and the associated cost, and so it's clearly the more interesting of the two new…

The new Apple TV 4K features Ethernet and Thread support, but only on the larger capacity model. Image: AppleFollowing the announcement of its new iPads, Apple has also dropped a refresh ofits Apple TV lineup. The Apple TV 4K starts at $130 and comes in 64GB and 128Gb storage options. However, only the larger storage option offers Ethernet for plugging into the internet and Thread support for Matter connectivity. That last bit is necessary if you’re committed to the idea of Apple’s connected home.Both the new Apple TV 4K…

Logitech is today announcing a quartet of products in its Designed for Mac series of wireless accessories. The first headline item is the MX Mechanical Mini (for Mac), an Apple-favoring variation on the existing MX Mini which launched earlier this year. Fundamentally, it’s the same product as before, offering a refined twist on the mechanical tenkeyless keyboards currently en vogue. Naturally, you’ll get macOS-specific keycaps, and it’s available in a pair of more Mac-friendly colors: Space Gray or Pale Gray. Next up is a…

AmazonAmazon is announcing new devices, services, and software on Sept. 28, and from the looks of it, it'll be a packed event. I say that because we've seen Amazon announce a new Kindle and Kindle Kids e-readers, and now the company is announcing four new Kindle Fire HD 8 have the same core features, such as an 8-inch HD display, a 30% increase in performance, up to 13 hours of total battery life, and a USB-C charging port. You can get the Fire HD 8 with 32GB or 64GB of storage, and all of them support microSD cards…

Honor had a big launch party, and we saw the Pad 8 tablet go official. The event also brought us a new Magicbook 14 laptop with 6000H chips, Earbuds X3 with active noise-canceling and a cheaper X3i version without ANC, five TVs and an intelligent neck massager. The Honor Magicbook 14 has a 14” screen with a 3:2 ratio and QHD+ resolution. It has 185 PPI and 170 degrees of view, with brightness at 300 nits. The APU can be either a Ryzen 5 6600H or a Ryzen 7 6800H, but there are no discrete GPU options. It comes with…

Scientists studying the aging process in the eye have made an important discovery around the role of a so-called "youth" protein, and shown how it promotes a cellular recycling process that maintains our vision. Experiments on mice missing this protein led to fast-tracked degeneration in the retina, indicating that the protein plays an important protective role against age-related vision loss.Led by scientists at the US National Eye Institute, the study centers on a protein called pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF).…

Lenovo updated its ThinkPad laptop portfolio at MWC 2022 on Monday. The company's new laptops include the ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 5, ThinkPad P16s Gen 1 i, ThinkPad P14s Gen 3, ThinkPad T16 i, ThinkPad T14 i, ThinkPad T14s i, ThinkPad T16 AMD, ThinkPad T14 AMD, and ThinkPad T14s AMD laptops. These laptops have been updated with the latest 12th Gen Intel Core and AMD 6000 Pro series processors under the hood. Lenovo also launched the new ThinkPad X13s laptop with a Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3 SoC, with mmWave 5G connectivity and…