Intel Core Ultra, M4 Apple computers, ice cream machines, sneezing, Apple Intelligence, artificial island, Scout EVs and screwdrivers. The latest lineup of products from Apple dominated the news this week. But the latest round of chips from Intel will be driving a lot of new computers and I’ll have a post about that next week. Check out all of this week’s headlines below.

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• Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Review
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• The new colour Kindle could be a game changer for graphic novel fans
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• Unboxing Asus ‘Arrow Lake’ Gear! A First-Look Z890 Motherboard & More
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• Hands-on with the 2024 iPad mini: Spot the differences
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• Apple announces new iMac with M4 chip, starts at $1,299
• The New M4 iMac Aims to Be Apple’s Best Value for Photographers
• RedMagic Nova Review
• New iMacs Pack M4 Processors As Apple Teases More Mac News This Week
• Apple Boosts Mac Mini With M4 Chips, 16GB Starting Memory, and New Design
• Vizio Expands Into Karaoke With ‘MicMe’ Soundbar
• Apple’s new M4 Mac Mini is smaller, more powerful, and its first carbon-neutral Mac
• I spent the weekend reading on Amazon’s newest Kindle – and it’s more useful than ever
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• Apple’s redesigned Mac mini is a tiny beast with M4 and M4 Pro chips
• Apple’s first Mac mini redesign in 14 years looks like a big aluminum Apple TV
• Apple Debuts Mighty M4 Max Chip In Widely Improved MacBook Pro Laptops
• Kindle Colorsoft Review: Color Is a Treat, Price Is Tricky
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• Apple Refreshes MacBook Pro Laptops With New M4 Pro, M4 Max Chips
• Apple Watch lets you translate your conversations in real-time. Here’s how
• Garmin’s latest flagship is getting smarter, giving me less reason to buy an Apple Watch
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• Apple’s new M4 MacBook Pro comes with useful upgrades that creative professionals will love
• M4 Mac Mini vs. M2 Mac Mini: Which Apple desktop should you buy?
• Apple updates the MacBook Pro with M4 Pro and M4 Max chips
• Bose Smart Soundbar Review
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• Amazon Fire HD 8 Kids Pro (2024) Review
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• Apple listened: the new M4 MacBook Pro fixes the M3’s most disappointing feature

• Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back.
• UnitedHealth Ransomware Attack Exposed 100 Million People
• China May Have Hacked Trump’s Phone
• Delta Air Lines Sues CrowdStrike for $500 Million, Says It ‘Cut Corners’
• US Copyright Office Grants DMCA Exemption for Ice Cream Machines
• US Copyright Office “frees the McFlurry,” allowing repair of ice cream machines
• Police: Thousands of Hackers Used RedLine, Meta Malware to Attack PCs
• Cybercriminals Are Leaking Stolen Credit Card Data on Threads
• TSA silent on CrowdStrike’s claim Delta skipped required security update

• Award-Winning Image Reveals a Hidden Culprit Behind Alzheimer’s
• Humans Are Evolving Right Before Our Eyes on The Tibetan Plateau
• Is Holding in a Sneeze Bad for You?
• Ancestry vs. 23andMe: How to Pick the Best DNA Testing Kit for You

• OpenAI plans to release its next big AI model by December
• The company behind Arc is now building a second, much simpler browser
• Google Android 15 Review
• What I learned from 3 years of running Windows 11 on “unsupported” PCs
• Android 16 could get iPhone-like ‘ongoing’ notifications
• iOS 18.1 with Apple Intelligence is here. Try these 5 AI features first
• The Windows 11 24H2 bug list grows again: 9 reasons to avoid this update for now
• Annoyed Redditors tanking Google Search results illustrates perils of AI scrapers
• Apple Intelligence Early Review: Don’t Expect Your iPhone to Feel Radically Different
• Future Android Phones Will Have a Surprising Way to Prove Your Video Isn’t AI
• Apple Intelligence Brings a Better Siri and New Photo Tools to iPhone, iPad, and Mac
• Notch No More: How to Use the Dynamic Island on the iPhone 16
• Apple releases iOS 18.1, macOS 15.1 with Apple Intelligence
• New vs. Old Siri: How Much of an Upgrade Is Apple Intelligence?
• Apple Intelligence for Photos Tested: Is It Better Than Google Photos?
• iOS 18.1 update triggers eruption of iPhone battery life complaints – what to know
• Microsoft’s Windows 11 24H2 bug patch fixes some problems – and creates new ones
• How to make LibreOffice look more like Microsoft Office

• San Francisco to pay $212 million to end reliance on 5.25-inch floppy disks
• How Intel Got Left Behind in the A.I. Chip Boom
• Snap Spectacles ’24 First Look: AR Glasses That Aren’t Vaporware
• Qualcomm’s 8-Core Snapdragon X Plus, Tested: A Competitive, Cheaper Chip
• I switched from Intel to AMD – here’s why I’m never going back
• Apple Finally Replaces Lightning With USB-C on Keyboards, Mice, Trackpads
• Elon Musk Prepares to Double xAI Supercomputer to 200,000 Nvidia GPUs
• Using an 8K TV as a monitor
• “Impact printing” is a cement-free alternative to 3D-printed structures
• AMD Chips Are Powering Newest Starlink Satellites
• Belgium is constructing the world’s first artificial island to harness offshore wind
• Here’s the paper no one read before declaring the demise of modern cryptography

• I Tested the iPhone 16 Pro’s Battery Life and It’s Great
• I Tried the iPhone 16’s New Visual Intelligence, and It Feels Like the Future
• Honor’s Magic 7 Could Use AI to Order You Coffee, Organize Your Plans
• Honor Magic V3 Review: The Thinnest Foldable Has Some Magic
• “Originality and taking risks pay off” – the secrets behind Nothing’s Phone (2a) Plus Community Edition
• Nothing’s Community-Designed $400 Smartphone Glows in the Dark

• Scout Motors’ new pickup and SUV EVs will start at “under $60,000”
• Electric Americana: Scout Motors Revives 1961 Truck With Tech-Focused EV Lineup
• Gen AI and 500 Sensors: I Tested a Car That Just Wants to Get to Know Me Better
• The Battery Revolution Is Finally Here
• Ban on Chinese tech so broad, US-made cars would be blocked, Polestar says
• The Latest Self-Driving Tech Is Mind-Blowing, But Also a Little Boring

Each week we’ll share a meme that we find thought provoking or just plain funny.

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If you see some important tech news that you feel we should share with our readers, please let us know and we’ll consider including it in our next post.

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