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TCL's NXTPAPER 11 could be a budget-friendly dream tablet - if you can get it In the midst of all the high-end gadgets shown off at MWC 2023 , TCL Mobile went the opposite route by revealing a bunch of new budget-friendly devices.  Chief among these is the TCL NXTPAPER 11 , a tablet whose features allow it to be a jack-of-all-trades for work and entertainment. It comes equipped with the company’s proprietary NXTPAPER 2.0 suite to improve screen quality. First, it bumps up the brightness level by 150 percent compared to the previous version allowing the 11-inch 2K display to output at 500 nits. If you use the device for an extended period of time, the integrated light sensor will “automatically [adjust the] color temperature” to protect your eyes. Anti-glare tech is also a part of the package by “incorporating multi-layer screen protection” to reduce eye strain. For the cherry on top, TCL added its AI Boost tech to further enhance video quality.  Work features As for ...

Lenovo’s ‘rollable’ laptop prototype is seriously cool, but I still wouldn’t buy one By far one of the coolest laptops on show at MWC 2023 in Barcelona right now has to be Lenovo’s ‘rollable technology’ concept unit. As a helpful Lenovo rep informed me, it’s nowhere close to being a marketable product right now - and if I was the person in charge of this particular product, I’d quit while I was ahead. For starters, I’m going to object to the terminology used here. While the display certainly can be ‘rolled’ to reduce its size, the idea of a ‘rollable’ laptop immediately puts me - and, I would imagine, a lot of people - in mind of a whole device that can be rolled up to make it more compact when not in use. Imagine being able to roll one of the best laptops - or the best phones , since Lenovo also included a compact version of the display - into a nice thin tube to slip into a bag or pocket! That, sadly, is not what this concept product does. Instead, it features a roll of unused ...

Apple's next iPad Pro could have the best OLED display yet, but it'll cost you Apple’s next batch of iPad Pro tablets, which are expected next year, could be the most expensive yet, thanks to the inclusion of a rumored display upgrade. Following on from the iPad Pro 12.9 (2022) and the smaller – but otherwise practically identical iPad Pro 11 (2022), Apple is expected to drop another two new iPad Pro models next year. When they launch we’ll likely see Apple’s best iPad tablets get a few upgrades in terms of their processor and feature set. However, while hardware improvements are always welcome, reports are suggesting we might be a little disappointed about one update. Next year’s iPad’s OLED displays are being rumored to be a lot more expensive than the screens on the current models screens – and that means the 2024 iPads are likely to cost more too (via The Elec ). According to reports coming out of South Korea, where Apple’s display partners Samsung Display and LG Dis...

I played Tic-Tac-Toe with the mobile ChatGPT Bing and it cheated Bing Chat, the ChatGPT-infused search engine preview that's all the rage is now on your iPhone and Android phones where I found it just as wild an experience as it is on the desktop. Actually, it's wilder. Unlike the desktop, mobile ChatGPT Bing has the added special ingredient of a voice. That's right, Bing speaks to you . There is some irony here that the most interesting thing Microsoft has done in years is also a moment to reflect on the company's last Quixotic foray into voice-enabled assistants: Cortana . You remember Cortana, right? If you've ever played Halo , then you have at least a passing knowledge of the AI assistant who helped Master Chief navigate his world. That fictional AI persona was so popular that Microsoft adopted the moniker as a code-name for its own real-world AI assistant and then kept the name when it introduced it a decade ago. Cortana never lived up to its AI promise...

Bing's new Android and iPhone apps let you speak to its ChatGPT brain Microsoft's new ChatGPT-powered Bing search engine is evolving fast – it's now made the leap to Android and iOS smartphones with new mobile apps that also deliver voice search. The new apps, which are available today, bring Bing's new AI chat powers onto our phones for the first time. Assuming your account has access to the new search engine, you'll be able to summon its chat assistant by tapping the Bing icon at the bottom of your screen. But the real game-changer, and a harbinger for the future of AI search, is the addition of voice search to Bing's mobile experience, which Microsoft says is one of its preview community's "most requested features". This means you'll be able to physically talk to its ChatGPT-powered brain in a more casual way than the desktop version, quizzing it about trivia or potential dinner options (like in Microsoft's preview image above). No...

The Amazon Kindle store could soon be overrun with ChatGPT-authored books The Amazon Kindle has been a real boon for self-publishing authors, but its virtual book store risks being overrun by a particularly prolific new scribe: ChatGPT. As spotted by Reuters , there are already 200 e-books on Amazon's Kindle store that list ChatGPT as the author or co-author. But because Amazon doesn't require that authors disclose whether or not they've used AI, that's likely a huge underestimation of the number of titles that AI tools have either written or co-created. The ChatGPT-created books are published through Amazon’s Kindle Direct publishing arm, which releases over 1.4 million self-published books every year and sells them alongside ones written by big-name authors.  With no mention of AI tools like ChatGPT in Amazon's Kindle Publishing Guidelines , or any need for self-publishers to disclose using them, that number could well sky-rocket given the popularity of ...

Chromebook customization could soon get a major upgrade Chromebooks are getting a change for the better in a big way with the ability to fully redefine keyboard shortcuts having been spotted in testing with Chrome OS. About Chromebooks  spotted that the latest beta version of Chrome OS 111 contains a revamped keyboard shortcuts app that allows you to remap those shortcuts as you please. Now, this functionality isn’t working yet – you can change the shortcuts in the new panel, but they aren’t actually enacted, because this is still early testing for the feature. In fact, the shortcuts app is still hidden to testers in the Chrome OS 111 beta, and you have to mess about with some experimental flags to find the relevant panel. Even so, it’s great to see that the ability to customize your own shortcuts is incoming for Chrome OS. Analysis: An easier life for people migrating to a Chromebook This isn’t a great surprise as for quite some time now there have been reports that Goo...

OnePlus Pad image leak gives us a better look at the upcoming tablet We know that the OnePlus Pad is on the way, and will be getting its full unveiling in just a few days time. Now a newly leaked image gives us a better look at the Android tablet than we've had up until this point from official sources. The picture comes from the regularly reliable Evan Blass (via GSMArena ), and shows almost the entire back of the tablet, together with a lot of the front. The OnePlus logo and a large-ish camera bump are visible, together with the Halo Green coloring. You can see that the leaked image matches the first official picture of the OnePlus Pad that was shown off in a TechRadar exclusive . This second image does give us a better look at the device as a whole though, from a more revealing angle. Knowns and unknowns There's still plenty we don't yet know about the OnePlus Pad of course, including how much it's going to cost and what's going to be on the inside (there...