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JDI (Japan Display Inc.) just announced a touch display that shows two different images depending on the location of the viewer and detects their unique touch inputs. This means that a central single infotainment display in a car can be used as two independent screens, allowing automakers to save on cost and continue the trend of minimalist car interiors without sacrificing the number of available displays. This technology is called 2 Vision Display (2VD), and has already been around for many years as a concept....

Tom’s Hardware Verdict Keychron’s K8 HE Special Edition delivers gamer-friendly Hall Effect magnetic switches in a keyboard that wouldn’t look out of place in a modern, non-gamer’s living room. The switches also feel good for typing, but I still wish there were more than one switch option. +Wood-accented looks +Magnetic switches offer next-level gaming options +Excellent typing feel +Web interface for customization -Only supports the included switches -Some odd spacing between keys on the top row...

When you’re at your own desk, you may connect your laptop to one or more external monitors, but when you take your system on the road or to the kitchen table instead, you end up with just its built-in screen. You can solve the problem with one of thebest portable monitorsor do what Lenovo is doing with the ThinkBook Plus Gen 6 and give you extra screen real estate on the laptop itself....

We’re more than familiar with theRaspberry Pi’s andRaspberry Pi Pico’spotential in the music industry and definitely daydream about starting our own Pi-powered band. It’s projects like this one from Arnov Sharma that perpetually reignite that fantasy by showing off the cool potential of even the smallest Raspberry Pi—the Raspberry Pi Pico. Using our favorite microcontroller, he’s put together aPico-powered sequencer. According to Sharma, this project was inspired by the Pocket Operator Synth Sequencers from Teenage Engineering....

Microsoftseems to be takingWindows 11’s performance more seriously, particularly feedback regarding the operating system’s responsiveness. The company has introduced new telemetry that logs system sluggishness in preview builds of Windows. According to ablog post, Microsoft has incorporated new telemetry into the latest dev and beta builds of Windows 11 that monitors and records OS sluggishness. Windows 11 25H2 will also reportedly have the feature built in. Windows 11’s new sluggishness telemetry will automatically detect performance hiccups and log them to the%systemRoot%\Temp\DiagOutputDir\Whesvcfolder....

WithWindows 11 22H2,Microsoftintroduced a new component to itssecuritysuite, aiming to prevent malicious applications, dubbed Smart App Control (SAC). This feature complements Microsoft Defender, blocking untrusted or unknown code from executing on a proactive basis. Now, in an updated blog postpushing the feature, Microsoft claims a performance boost compared to traditional AV solutions, though small print indicates you will require a fresh Windows installation to use this feature. Traditional antivirus software, such as Microsoft Defender, adopts an “Innocent until proven guilty” approach....

Minisforum continues to widen its product portfolio, this time with a portable monitor dubbed theMSS-A156. The name implies its 15.6-inch size, but further specs include the monitor’s 2560 x 1440 resolution, 144 Hz refresh rate (withFreeSync), 100% DCI-P3 color coverage, and 10-point touch support. The MSS-A156 is available now for $189. Thebest portable monitorsare aimed at enhancing productivity on the go. A fairly typical use-case might be to add asecond screento a laptop, to double the screen real estate for a user jet-setting from hotel to hotel....

If the colors on your monitor are too bright, or the contrast seems out of place, your monitor is probably washed out or fading. This can make black-on-white texts barely readable, and grey texts on a white background will be almost invisible. Pictures are affected too, meaning tiny icons on your desktop or toolbar might be difficult to identify. It isn’t usual for monitors to behave this way. However, if you have a washed-out-looking monitor, it does not necessarily mean that your monitor is going bad....

Because of the increasing number of undersea cable disruptions happening in the past couple of years, NATO is building on a system that will locate damage to undersea cables with an accuracy of one meter and find more routes that data can take if a disruption does occur in a particular line. This project will be called HEIST, says theIEEEin a report, which stands for Hybrid Space-Submarine Architecture Ensuring Infosec of Telecommunications....

We’ve seen a steady drip of newWi-Fi 7 routersdebut recently, and unfortunately for most people those new devices come with some profound sticker shock. For example, Wi-Fi 7 mesh routers like theEero Max 7currently start at $509 for a single node and jump to a staggering $1,445 for a three-pack. Netgear also isn’t a stranger to high-priced Wi-Fi 7 routers, as itsOrbi 970 starts at $1,699for one router and one satellite ($2,299 for one router and two satellites)....

Qualcomm’sSnapdragon Xmobile processors are already poised for sequels, with the yet unreleased CPUs already slated for 2nd and 3rd generation releases for notebook PCs in mid-2025 and late 2027. A majorDellleak acquired byVideoCardzcontains an XPS roadmap, which also contains auspicious dates for Snapdragon X’s future. The leakedDell executive summaryhas provided many new pieces of information about the future of Dell’s XPS laptop line, includingthis performance analysisof the next-gen XPS 13 Plus....

Lenovoshowcased some of its upcoming devices at Tech World 2024 in Seattle, including the ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 Gen 10 Aura Edition. The next-generation convertible notebook has an IntelCore Ultra 200V(codenamed Lunar Lake) processor with upgraded hardware configuration and software. Since it is also meant to be used as a tablet, the touchscreen display—along with its new Stylus and 360-degree hinge—comes in handy. For hardware, Lenovo offers three different displays, of which the highest spec is the 2....

A Switch 2 owner has had their console “restricted by Nintendo” after installing a Switch game they bought on the used market. Quinn Nelson, the creator behind popular YouTube channelSnazzy Labs,fell foul to the long arm of Nintendo law, and now assumes the “old copy of Bayo 3 on eBay” they bought must have been dumped/ripped by its previous owner and got flagged by big N’s anti-piracy servers. PSA: be EXTREMELY careful buying used Nintendo Switch games....