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Apple announces the discontinuation of the iPod touch
On May 10, Apple announced that iPod touch is being discontinued and customers can purchase iPod touch through Apple's official website, Apple Retail Stores and Apple Authorized Resellers while supplies last. source
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DJI Announces DJI Mini 3 Pro
On May 10, DJI announced the DJI Mini 3 Pro aerial drone. The DJI Mini 3 Pro aerial drone weighs less than 249 grams as standard (including smart battery, paddle and microSD card), features 1/1.3-inch dual native ISO sensors, dual vision sensing systems for forward, backward and downward vision, ToF and APAS 4.0, and supports 4K/30fps HDR images and 4K/60fps video recording. The DJI Mini 3 Pro is equipped with the DJI Mini 3 Pro Smart Flight Battery, which can last up to 34 minutes, and the DJI Mini 3 Pro Long Life Smart Flight Battery, which can last up to 47 minutes. The DJI Mini 3 Pro is available in three versions: the standard version, the DJI RC-N1 Remote Control Kit, and the JI RC Remote Control Kit with Screen, priced from $4,198. source
DJI Mini 3 Pro | Photo: DJI
Thunderbird Announces the Viper V2 Pro
The V2 Professional Edition is a wireless gaming mouse that weighs over 20 percent less than the Thunderbird Viper Ultimate Edition, weighing just 58 grams overall. The Viper V2 Professional also features the The Thunderbird Viper V2 Professional also features third-generation Thunderbird optical mouse micro-motion and Type-C charging port, supports HYPERSPEED WIRELESS wireless technology, and offers approximately 90 million clicks of life, approximately 80 hours of battery life, and multi-device connectivity support for $1099. source
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Tmobile Genie Launches Little Red Box Pro
On May 10, Tmall Genie launched the portable smart projector Little Red Box Pro, as the second generation of this series, Little Red Box Pro adopts G3 continuous curved and polished glazed design in the exterior design, and the hardware is equipped with a highly translucent coated lens, 500 ANSI lumens projection brightness, 1080P physical resolution, fully automatic focus and omnidirectional automatic keystone correction, and equipped with 1 HDMI, 2 USB 2 0 ports. It also features 1 HDMI, 2 USB 2.0 ports, and a 3.5 hour unplugged battery life. The Little Red Box Pro will go on sale on June 1, and the exact price has yet to be announced. source
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Fist Game Sues Mu Pupil Technology for Plagiarism
On May 9 local time, Tencent's Fist Games formally filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against Byte Jump's Shanghai Mu Pupil Technology, which Fist Games states in its suit that Mu Pupil Technology used plagiarism tactics to develop and market its handheld game Endless Duel, including using content, trailers and other promotional materials from Fist Games' League of Legends handheld game to create game content and compete with the League of Legends Handheld game to compete. This is the second time that Fist Games has filed a lawsuit against Mu Hit Tech, having appealed to the District Court for the Central District of California back in 2017, but eventually settling for only $2.9 million. source
AMD's older graphics cards get 'Light Chase' drivers
The Mesa library has recently updated the source code for the Radeon Vphoroniulkan driver, RADV, to give some older AMD cards Vulkan raytracing support at the driver level. This version of the driver supports GFX6 (GCN 1.0 architecture), and while ray tracing can be very hard to run on older cards without a dedicated unit, tests have shown that older cards can run at frame rates from 13 FPS to 250 FPS under certain workloads, which is a significant increase. source
Just look at the gossip.
- Netflix plans to launch a lower-priced subscription slot with ads in the fourth quarter of 2022 while cracking down on the password-sharing phenomenon, The Verge reports, citing The New York Times. According to Netflix's earnings report released last month, Netflix's first-quarter net income fell 6 percent year-over-year and it lost about 200,000 subscribers in the quarter, the first time in a decade that Netflix has seen this happen. source
- The Wall Street Journal reported on May 10 that due to epidemic restrictions that prevented the normal dispatch of U.S. engineers to China, Apple gave local Chinese engineers more access while remotely overseeing and ensuring that the annual hardware product cycle was working properly through live video feeds, augmented reality, and other means. Key aspects such as product design are still handled at Apple's California headquarters. source