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Apple M2 Pro and M2 Max: price, specs, and everything we know

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Apple has announced its latest silicon for professional users, the Apple M2 Pro and M2 Max, and Apple is promising some seriously improved performance with this second-generation.

With the phenomenal success of Apple’s move to its own silicon in 2020, it’s not surprising at all to see that it is following up the M1 Pro and M1 Max. Those chips powered some of the best laptops ever produced, the MacBook Pro 14-inch (2021) and MacBook Pro 16-inch (2021).

With the release of the MacBook Air (M2) and MacBook Pro 13-inch (M2) in 2022, all eyes have been looking forward to the announcement of more dedicated Pro chips in 2023, and Apple didn’t disappoint, dropping a surprise announcement on its website and media accounts on January 17 with nary a press invite to plan ahead for the launch to be had (Thanks Apple!).

Still, now that the two chips have been revealed, there is an awful lot that we know about them and how they should be a huge draw for creative professionals everywhere.

Apple M2 Pro and M2 Max: Cut to the chase

What is it? Apple’s latest professional-class system-on-a-chip for Mac desktops and MacBooks
How much does it cost? The chips are part of a package and so won’t sell on their own, but these are definitely premium upgrades, if available.
When can I get it? You can order the new MacBooks M2 Pro and M2 Max, as well as the M2 Pro Mac Mini, right now, with delivery in the US and UK starting January 23 and Australian deliveries starting on February 3.

Apple’s new M2 Pro and M2 Max chips will come in a few devices, starting on January 24, 2023. The M2 Pro will be available in both the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models, as well as in the new Mac Mini, also announced on January 17. The M2 Max will only be available (for now) in the two new MacBook Pro models.

Apple M2 Pro and M2 Max: Release date

The Apple M2 Pro and M2 Max will be in the latest MacBook Pro 14-inch and 16-inch models announced on January 17, 2023, and the M2 Pro will be available as an upgrade option for the Apple Mac Mini (M2), also announced on January 17.

When you’ll actually receive these products will depend on where you live, with US order deliveries starting on January 23. Australia, China, and others will have to wait a couple of weeks longer to get their orders delivered, which is set to begin on February 3.

Apple M2 Pro and M2 Max: Specs

The M2 Pro and M2 Max aren’t as radical an innovation as the M1 Pro and M1 Max were when they launched, since these latest chips are an iterative improvement on the existing Apple silicon.

That doesn’t mean they aren’t a big deal, especially for creative professionals who can never have enough performance to cut through resource-intensive workloads like video editing and 3D modeling.

Starting with the M2 Pro, Apple says it’s crammed in about 40 billion transistors onto the chip, which is nearly 20% more than what the M1 Pro was packing. Add in a larger GPU and twice the memory bandwidth of the standard M2 (up to 200GB/s) and you have a very powerful chip indeed. Whether the chip itself will live up to its specs remains to be seen of course.

The M2 Pro has either a 10- or 12-core CPU and either a 16-core or 19-core GPU (with up to 2,432 execution units in the 19-core GPU), and can be paired with up to 32GB of unified memory. In addition, the eight performance cores in the 12-core M2 Pro features 32MB of L2 cache, with an additional 4MB available for the four efficiency cores.

For the M2 Max, Apple decided to go really big here and crammed in 67 billion transistors onto this chip, though these seem to go mostly to the GPU, since there are just 12 CPU cores, but the GPU core count balloons to 30 to start, with an option to go as high as 38.

This can all be paired with up to 96GB memory (with a memory bandwidth of 400GB/s) and a dedicated media engine for hardware-accelerating video encoding and decoding for faster processing of 4K and 8K video streams, making this an ideal chip for video editing on the go or in the office.

Apple M2 Pro and M2 Max: Performance

It’s hard to tell what to expect from the performance of the M2 Pro and M2 Max without testing it ourselves, but Apple is at least making some claims about performance that we can at least put a pin in and see if they pan out once we’ve done our testing.

Apple claims that the M2 Pro will have about 20% better CPU performance than the M1 Pro, 30% better GPU performance, and 40% faster neural engine performance than an M1 Pro.

The M2 Max should have GPU speeds about 30% than the M1 Max, but that’s pretty much all for the numbers Apple is giving us about these chips, and even then they are best taken with a very healthy pinch of salt.

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Hackers are using device monitoring software Cacti to install malware

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Hackers are utilizing a known vulnerability in device monitoring tool Cacti to install all sorts of malware (opens in new tab) on vulnerable endpoints, researchers have claimed.

Cybersecurity researchers from The Shadowserver Foundation spotted multiple attempts at delivering various malware via the critical command injection vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2022-46169.

By abusing the flaw, which has a severity rating of 9.8 (critical), threat actors were observed deploying Mirai malware, as well as IRC botnet. Some threat actors were seen simply checking for the vulnerability, possibly in preparation for future attacks.

Thousands of unpatched instances

Mirai is a malware that mostly targets smart home devices running Linux, such as IP cameras and home routers, and assimilates them into the Mirai botnet. The botnet can later be used for Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, which can disrupt operations and shut websites down.

The IRC botnet was seen opening a reverse shell on the host and having it scan the endpoint’s ports.

In total, roughly 10 exploitation attempts were seen in the last week.

A Censys report claims there are more than 6,000 unpatched Cacti instances reachable over the internet, while adding that more than 1,600 are unpatched and thus vulnerable.

“Censys has observed 6,427 hosts on the internet running a version of Cacti. Unfortunately, we can only see the exact running software version when a specific theme (sunrise) is enabled on the web application,” Censys said. That being said, 1,637 hosts were found reachable over the web and vulnerable to CVE-2022-46169, the majority (465) running version 1.1.38, released more than a year ago, it added.

Furthermore, Censys has only observed 26 instances running an updated version that wasn’t vulnerable.

As usual, the best way to protect your devices against such attacks is to make sure all software is running the latest version.

Via: BleepingComputer (opens in new tab)

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Nvidia RTX 4090 and 4080 gaming laptops spotted with prices to make your wallet cower

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Nvidia’s RTX 4090 and 4080 are debuting in laptops very soon, and we’ve caught another glimpse of pricing – underlining just how expensive notebooks boasting these GPUs will be, particularly the Lovelace flagship.

The new prices are from Micro Center, which is now listing MSI gaming laptops as Wccftech (opens in new tab) reports, with the top model being the MSI Titan 17 (opens in new tab) with the RTX 4090. This portable weighs in at a rather monstrous $4,700 (around £3,800, AU$6,800) in the US (also packing the mighty Core i9-13980HX processor, the Intel Raptor Lake flagship).

For the MSI Raider 17 with the RTX 4080 laptop graphics card (and same CPU), the version with 32GB of DDR5 system RAM plus 2TB SSD retails at $3,300 (opens in new tab) (around £2,700, AU$4,700), but you’ll pay $4,000 (opens in new tab) (around £3,300, AU$5,700) if you want 64GB of RAM (and the same 2TB SSD).

Remember, Nvidia said that RTX 4080 and 4090 laptops would start from $1,999 in the US, but looking at the pricing here, it’s considerably above that level if you want high-end gaming on the go with a Lovelace powerhouse GPU.

The good news, price-wise, is that for Lovelace GPUs underneath the top two – meaning RTX 4050 through to 4070 – Nvidia said pricing would start at $999, and it’s not too far off that. An MSI Katana 15 (opens in new tab) with an RTX 4060 (plus Core i7-12650H and 16GB of DDR5 RAM) sells for $1,200 (around £980, AU$1,720) at Micro Center.

The RTX 4050 spin (opens in new tab) of the new Katana 15 isn’t any cheaper, mainly because it peps up the CPU to a Raptor Lake Core i7 (and doubles the SSD size to 1TB); so the choice is GPU versus CPU plus more storage.

Analysis: MSI’s pricing looks consistent with other early listings

This backs up what we’ve already seen in Europe showing the RTX 4090 as seriously pricey. If you recall, XMG’s Neo 16 gaming laptop with RTX 4090 is priced at €3,886 (around $4,200, £3,400, AU$6,000), with the GPU being €637 more expensive than the RTX 4080 as an upgrade.

So, with the 4090 being €637 dearer than the (already expensive) 4080 in Europe, and $700 more in the US, that looks pretty consistent. In short, this is likely the kind of pricing we can expect going forward from other laptop makers, at least in the near future anyway – and with those high-end cards, particularly the RTX 4090, you really are paying a huge premium.

That premium may well be worth it to some folks who simply want the most powerful laptop they can get their hands on for gaming or creative work, but it’s likely to be off-putting to some of the enthusiast community (top-end portables already being something of a niche by definition).

Particularly when, as we’ve discussed in the past, the RTX 4090 laptop GPU is only equivalent to a desktop RTX 4080 (or thereabouts). It’s simply not possible to jam the hefty, power-guzzling AD102 chip found in the desktop RTX 4090 into a notebook chassis, so Nvidia opted to use AD103 (the chip for the desktop 4080) in the laptop flagship.

At least the better news is the pricing on the lower-tier Lovelace models, with even the RTX 4070 coming in at a (relatively) much more reasonable level. The MSI Pulse 15 (opens in new tab) sporting the RTX 4070 is $1,700 (around £1,380, AU$2,440), which is not far off half the cost of the most affordable RTX 4080 model (albeit that has the top-end Core i9 Raptor Lake processor as well, compared to the Core i7 for the Pulse).

The Micro Center MSI laptop listings state that the ‘product [is] coming soon’ and indeed pre-orders are supposed to commence from February 1, so just a couple of weeks from now, before the RTX 4090 and 4080 notebooks go on sale February 8. Portables with the other lower-tier GPUs – RTX 4050, 4060, 4070 – will arrive slightly later in the month on February 22, or at least that’s what we’ve heard (add an appropriate dose of skepticism).

Of course, it makes sense that these laptops will be out soon given that we’re seeing multiple product listings pop up right now.

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iPhone 16 Pro could be the first mid-level Apple phone with a periscope zoom lens

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Apple’s iPhone 15 range isn’t likely to see the light of day until September 2023, but that hasn’t stopped tipsters from speculating about what to expect from the company’s iPhone 16 lineup, which will almost certainly follow in 2024.

According to a new report from Korean outlet The Elec (opens in new tab) (H/T Wccftech (opens in new tab)), Apple’s iPhone 16 Pro models will arrive sporting a periscope zoom lens – a feature widely expected to be exclusive to the iPhone 15 Ultra when the next iPhones arrive in 2023.

In other words, customers holding out until 2024 for their next iPhone upgrade may not need to spend big on Apple’s top-of-the-range handset to benefit from periscope zoom technology. Instead, the iPhone 16 Pro could be the first ‘mid-level’ iPhone to offer the sought-after photography feature.

Periscope cameras – which get their name from their similarity to the instrument used on submarines and other naval vessels – essentially allow the viewer to zoom to extreme lengths while maintaining image quality. In the limited space of a phone’s camera module, a periscope camera uses mirrors to allow for more lens elements, and therefore a longer zoom length.

Naturally, smartphone-sized iterations of the technology are expensive to produce, and periscope cameras have so far been reserved for high-end models like the Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, Huawei P50 Pro, Honor Magic 4 Pro and Xiaomi 12S Ultra.

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The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra features a periscope zoom lens (Image credit: Samsung)

Of course, the iPhone 16 Pro (and its inevitable Pro Max sibling) will almost certainly still sit at the high-end among Apple’s smartphones – the iPhone 14 Pro, for instance, retails for the not-so-small price of $999 / £1,099 / AU$1,749 – but the rumored existence of an iPhone 15 Ultra suggests Apple will also be releasing an iPhone 16 Ultra, which would relegate the iPhone 16 Pro to mid-tier status (as Apple devices go, at least).

News of the iPhone 16 Pro’s periscope lens comes just days after other rumors hinted that Apple’s Dynamic Island – the virtual notch replacement that debuted as a Pro-exclusive feature on last year’s iPhone 14 lineup – will find its way onto every iPhone 15 model in 2023.

It’s clear, then, that Apple is keen to make its newer, high-end features available to as many users as possible – but only after those features have enjoyed a year of top-level iPhone exclusivity.

Other features touted as being exclusive to the rumored iPhone 15 Ultra include Apple’s next chip upgrade – likely to be the A17 Bionic – and a titanium frame. If we were a betting publication, we’d wager that both features will be appearing on the iPhone 16 Pro, too.

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Galaxy Book Pro laptop on Samsung Self Repair program

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Samsung is ready to let you repair your own laptops

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Nearly six months after the initial launch, Samsung is expanding its Self-Repair Program to include five new repairable devices.

Joining the likes of the Galaxy S20 and the Tab S7 Plus are the Galaxy Book Pro 15-inch laptop, Galaxy Book Pro 360 15-in laptop, and the Galaxy S22 line which includes the base model, the S22 Plus, and the S22 Ultra.

Samsung is continuing to collaborate with iFixit to provide the repair kits, which are currently available for purchase although the prices are unknown at the time of this writing. At the very least, we can at least look at the prices for the older kits on the Self-Repair Program to get an idea of what users can expect. For example, replacing the charging port on a phone from either the S20 or S21 line costs $66.99. Speculation aside, the prices for the new additions will be available once the repair kit’s respective pages go live.

Step-by-step instruction guides will be available on iFixit’s website.

Repair kit content

The content of the kits differ between smartphones and laptops with the latter getting more spare parts. Galaxy Book Pro owners will be able to replace both the front and rear case, battery, display, touchpad, the power key including the fingerprint reader, and the rubber feet underneath the device. For the S22 phones, the repair kits are similar to those for the S20 and S21. They have a replacement for the display assembly, back glass, and charging ports, but not the battery, which is strange considering that you could on the older phones.

Besides the missing battery replacement, there are two other glaring omissions in the updated program: you cannot repair the 15.6-inch models of either the Galaxy Book Pro or the Pro 360; as of this writing, anyway. We reached out to Samsung concerning the bigger Galaxy Book models and asked several other questions, such as whether users can replace the battery on an S22 phone or if that be part of a future update.

And what about a return label? The older kits came with a free return label so you can ship back old parts to Samsung for proper disposal. This story will be updated if we hear back on the missing information.

It may also interest you to know that Apple recently updated its own self-repair program to now include Mac computers powered by the M1 chip and the Studio Display. Just be aware the prices may make your eyes water. Replacing only the screen on the Studio Display will run you close to $1000.

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I’m going to turn on the feature that makes Dead Space run at 30 FPS on PS5

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The upcoming Dead Space remake will ship with two graphics modes, letting you choose between high frame rates or the best-looking experience on current-gen consoles.

On both Xbox Series X and PS5, Dead Space will support either 30fps at 4K with ray tracing or 60fps in QHD (1440p) with the lighting and rendering technique disabled. Developer Motive Studios hasn’t detailed the extent of ray tracing available in the horror remake, but considering the high contrast between light and shadow in the original, I can’t wait to see it in action on my PS5.

It’s been 15 years since the release of the original Dead Space, so the hallways of the game’s derelict planet cracker spaceship, the USG Ishimura, are in need of an update. From the footage we’ve seen, the Dead Space remake looks as though it will feature ray-traced reflections along with ray-traced shadows, and ambient occlusion to bring the monster-filled space hulk up to modern standards.

It’s not new for PS5 games or Xbox Series X games to ask you to choose between 30fps fidelity and 60fps performance modes, we’ve been making these decisions since this generation of gaming hardware launched in November 2020. Developers offer the choice because ray tracing is incredibly taxing on the custom RDNA 2 architecture which power both the Xbox Series X and PS5.

And, sometimes, you may want the game to look its best; other times, you may want it to perform its best. For instance, when playing a multiplayer shooter like Overwatch 2, I want the highest fps I can get, but with an atmospheric single-player experience like Dead Space, I’m happy to take the framerate hit in return for a sumptuous view.

Isaac Clarke in the Dead Space remake

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The Quality mode is a good fit for Dead Space, as it was never a game about speed. Your character, Isaac Clarke, walks around the spaceship in a slow, bulky engineering suit and employs a plasma cutter to keep enemies away. It doesn’t require the same twitch reflexes of Dead Space’s spiritual successor, The Callisto Protocol.

Good performance isn’t guaranteed, though. Recently, we’ve seen older games such as The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt struggle with ray tracing on the PS5 and Xbox Series X. The implementation of ray-traced ambient occlusion was nearly unplayable compared to the performance mode. There’s a glimmer of hope here, though. That’s because Motive has built the Dead Space remake in Dice’s Frostbite engine, which handled the ray tracing in Battlefield 2042 very well.

What else can I expect from the Dead Space remake?

The Dead Space remake looks to be a faithful reimagining of Isaac Clarke’s first outing, sticking close to the story and set pieces of the original. What Motive has aimed to do is create a more seamless experience, removing loading screens, updating clumsy mechanics and controls, and in every way it can make Dead Space what it would be if it was released for the first time in 2023.

One major point of difference is that Clarke is no longer a silent protagonist. Originally mute through the events of the original game, he will now be fully voiced by Gunner Wright, who portrayed the character in both of the sequels. Also returning is Tanya Clarke who played Nicole in Dead Space 2.

Immersive lighting and good use of contrast was a major factor in the original Dead Space’s claustrophobic environments back in 2008. Even 14 years after its initial release, Visceral Games’ survival horror masterpiece still holds up from a gameplay perspective, so having a faithful, from-the-ground-up recreation for a new generation is certainly welcome.

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Is sleeping on your side good for you?

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We’ve all experienced periods of bad sleep, whether it’s down to stress, life changes or getting into bad habits. But your favored position could potentially affect the quality of your sleep, as well as your health during waking hours.

Nearly two-thirds of adults (opens in new tab) sleep on their left or right side. Curling up in a ball and falling into a deep sleep feels like one of the safest ways to get the 7 to 9 hours of sleep most adults need. But is sleeping on your side good for you? And does it matter which side you prefer?

We reached out to Guy Meadows (PhD), a sleep physiologist and the co-founder of Sleep School (opens in new tab), to uncover the pros and cons of side sleeping – and also learn the best position for most people to fall into at night.

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What are the benefits of lying on your side?

Meet the Expert

Dr. Guy Meadows is a sleep physiologist, with a doctorate (PhD) from Imperial College, London. He’s also co-founder of the Sleep School, which has helped over 25,000 individuals recover from insomnia via natural means. For over 20 years, Dr. Meadows has dedicated himself to helping chronic insomnia sufferers and regularly attends, presents, and runs workshops.

There are many health benefits of side sleeping – which are mainly connected to the mouth and breathing.

If you suffer from snoring or sleep apnoea, it’s the best position for undisturbed sleep for you and your sleeping partner. “[Side sleeping is] very much recommended for heavy snoring or sleep apnoea sufferers because it’s a kind of positional therapy; it helps to keep the tongue out of the throat, which means your airways are clear for you to breathe better,” says Dr. Meadows.

For anyone that occasionally suffers from acid reflux, Dr. Meadows says sleeping on the left side is best, as research shows (opens in new tab). If you sleep on your right side and suffer from acid reflux or heartburn it can spill stomach acid into the lining of your oesophagus, creating that uncomfortable burning feeling.

“It’s better for digestion as our stomach is found on the left side,” says Dr. Meadows, “Studies have shown that reflux is worse when sleeping on the left side. Although digestion slows down when we sleep, this process continues to work throughout the night.”

What happens when you lie on your side?

Although laying on your side for sleep is great for snoring and acid reflux it won’t be as great for your back or spine alignment.

Dr. Meadows explains that sleeping on your side “can put pressure on the lower back. As it pushes the spine out of neutral alignments, and so that increases the chance of aches and pains in the morning.” This is the case especially if you hug your knees into your body as your spine is no longer elongated, as it would be in the daytime.

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What if you find this the most comfortable position, but you start to get a bad back? “Popping a pillow between the knees is often a great way of just reducing the pressure on the lower back,” says Dr. Meadows, as it’ll reduce any stress on your spine and hips.

You’ll also want to make sure you’re sleeping on one of the best mattresses for side sleepers, which features support for your spine plus cushioning along your hips and shoulders for pressure relief.

Should you sleep on your side if you’re pregnant?

It’s recommended you sleep on your side if you’re pregnant – you’re likely to find it more comfortable, especially as your baby bump starts to grow.

When you sleep on your side it allows more blood flow directly to the baby. Research from separate studies – including this one in Sydney from 2015 (opens in new tab) – concluded that it was safer for women, especially in the third trimester, to sleep on their side. Women who sleep on their backs, especially during the third trimester, have an increased chance of having a stillbirth according to the research.

The best position is your chosen side, with your legs bent, but does it matter which side?

According to Dr. Meadows: “Research around pregnancy shows that sleeping on your left side increases the blood flow from the mother to the baby, although, interestingly, a review (opens in new tab) came out in 2019 and they analysed all the data, and found no difference between both sides. So, it really is down to preference.”

Why do some of us lie in the foetal position?

Sleeping on your side, in the foetal position, as we did in the womb, is a popular position – especially among people with insomnia. Dr. Meadows says this has to do with safety:

“People like to be tucked up in a ball – probably because there’s that sense of sort of safety or security. Our ability to be aware of what is going on is fundamental to our survival.”

“We know that there are many reasons why insomnia keeps people awake – and one is that they’ve learned to associate the night with danger. So, there’s definitely that sort of connection to being in a foetal position in the womb.”

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What’s the best position to sleep in?

Sleeping on your side can be bad for your lower back but it can help those with acid reflux or even more serious conditions such as sleep apnoea. However, if you don’t suffer from any of these problems sleeping on your back is the healthiest position for your overall health and spine.

Sleeping on your back, which some do find uncomfortable, will keep your spine in alignment and give you the most restful sleep. Sleeping on your front is reported to be the least healthy position as over time, it’ll create a natural curve in your back. For most of us, the most amount of weight is found in our stomachs.

However, Dr. Meadows says that comfort is always key. “Unless there’s some overriding medical condition, I would opt for sleeping in the position which you find most comfortable.”

It’s crucial to sleep on the best mattress for your preferred sleep style, as that’ll ensure you’ll get the support and pressure relief you need in the right places. Alternatively, you can pick up a mattress topper to make your current bed as comfortable as you need it.

Finding the best pillow for your dominant sleep position is also key to a good night’s sleep. You can perform this simple test to find out if you’re sleeping on the wrong pillow.

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Many firms are apparently ditching PCs and going mobile-only

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New research from BT has uncovered that many workers prefer to use a smartphone over a business laptop in an effort to make work more flexible, with many seeing better connectivity as a route into self-employment.

The results found that 59% of those running a business in the UK choose their smartphone as the “top tech tool”, proving more popular than traditional computing devices including laptops.

According to BT, 41% of entrepreneurs in the UK now run their businesses entirely online, requiring no in-person presence thus offering up a large degree of flexibility. Almost three-quarters (73%) of the survey’s respondents said that they couldn’t do without reliable broadband and mobile connectivity to get work done as high-speed 5G and gigabit connections roll out up and down Britain and other countries.

Run your business from your phone

The study also looked at the significant proportion of workers who have considered setting up their own company online as the cost of living crisis piles on the pressure and wages struggle to catch up.

BT found that workers were keen to break away from the traditional 9-5 routine, allowing them to adapt their routines to other aspects of their life like spending more quality time with the family. Being able to work anywhere was another popular sentiment, hence the choice of a pocket-sized business smartphone for the ultimate portability.

According to Chris Sims, Managing Director for Small and Medium Enterprise at BT, the company is keen on “investing in upskilling more small businesses to help them unlock their digital earning potential”, with a fifth feeling “behind the times” and many lacking the technical know-how to unlock the power of social media and other advertising platforms.

The report claims there has been a 16% year-on-year growth in mobile data usage among BT business customers in the last three years, with the highest ever level of data processed on the network taking place recently (Boxing Day, 2022).

Looking ahead, it’s clear that mobile, home, and business data companies all have an important role to play in many of our future companies.

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Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI service could change the way you do business

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Microsoft has announced the general availability of its Azure OpenAI Service, which incorporates AI writer tools like GPT-3.5, Codex, and DALL-E 2, in a move that it hopes will democratize artificial intelligence technologies and make them more readily available to more customers.

The tech giant debuted Azure OpenAI Service back in November 2021, offering up a combination of some of the most powerful AI tools we have come to know with the characteristics typical of Azure, which it says are security, reliability, compliance, and data privacy.

In the space of just a couple of months, the Azure platform claims to have freed up workers’ time by generating things like support ticket summaries and generating more relevant content for online shoppers.

Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service

Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI – the company behind the popular GPT model – and is reported to have invested a further $2 billion since then according to The New York Times (opens in new tab).

Fast forward to 2023 and the company is said to be preparing a large $10 billion investment in the company and integrating its AI into more Microsoft services, including its Bing search engine.

“We have taken an iterative approach to large models, working closely with our partner OpenAI and our customers to carefully assess use cases, learn, and address potential risks,” Microsoft AI Platform corporate VP, Eric Boyd, explained in a blog post (opens in new tab).

Some measures to protect users include the requirement for developers to apply for access and further content filters.

While keen users can apply for Azure OpenAI Service now, The Register (opens in new tab) has highlighted its distinct lack of general availability, rendering it only available in four US-based Azure regions and the West Europe region, which it says is down to the large amount of effort required to make low-latency AI available globally.

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JBL new Bar-series: JBL launches four new Bar-series soundbars in India: Key specs and other details |

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JBL has announced its latest Bar series soundbars for the Indian market. This soundbar lineup includes four new models — JBL Bar2.1 Deep Bass, Bar500, Bar800 and Bar1000. These soundbar models are already available for purchase and are priced between the range of Rs 34,999 to Rs 1,29,999. The JBL Bar500 and the JBL Bar800 are equipped with Airplay2, Alexa, MRM and built-in Chromecast. These two soundbars along with the JBL Bar1000 also work with the JBL One app, which allows customisation, and can help users to tweak and tune sound performance by adjusting audio equalisation. Here we have shared more details about the four new soundbars:
JBL Bar2.1 Deep Bass: Key details
The new JBL Bar2.1 Deep Bass has a compact design and promises to deliver 300 Watts of JBL signature sound. The Bar can be connected to a TV with an HDMI cable. Moreover, users can also stream music on the soundbar from a phone or tablet with built-in Bluetooth. JBL Bar2.1 also supports Dolby Digital and JBL Surround Sound. The soundbar is designed to improve the sound experience for TV without any extra wires or speakers. The sound bar comes with a wireless down-firing subwoofer, along with eARC HDMI.
JBL Bar500: Key details
The JBL Bar500 offers a max power output of 590W and improves the TV viewing experience with the MultiBeam technology. This patented tech from JBL along with Dolby Atmos 3D surround sound will allow users to have a cinematic experience at their home. It is also equipped with PureVoice technology that optimises voice clarity. The wireless 10-inch subwoofer claims to bring precise bass.

JBL Bar800: Key details
This soundbar supports a total output power of 720W and supports Dolby Atmos. The JBL Bar800 includes two up-firing drivers and has wireless detachable battery-powered rear surround speakers. This setup claims to create an immersive 3D cinema experience without having to draw extra cables.
JBL Bar1000: Key details
In this case, the JBL Bar1000 offers an 880W of total output power and also has a 10-inch wireless down-firing subwoofer. This soundbar even supports the MultiBeam technlogy. The JBL Bar1000 has four up-firing drivers among which two of them are placed in the bar while the other two are in the detachable battery-powered surround speakers. This driver setup offers a Dolby Atmos and DTS:X 3D surround sound effect along with a wide and spacious soundstage.
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