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Samsung announces massive 57-inch Odyssey Neo G9 curved gaming monitor
Regarding "native support for 8K displays", I wouldn't call this an 8K display since it's an ultra-wide. An 8K 16:9 display would be 7680x4320 (about 33M pixels). This is 7680x2160 - half the pixels (16.5M). Its requirements fall halfway between those of a 4K and an 8K display.Regarding what Apple can support, the highest resolutions they currently advertise is 6K for the ProDisplay XDR (6016x3384 = 20M pixels). This is 21% more pixels than the Neo G9. Which means any Mac capable of driving a ProDisplay XDR has a GPU with enough bandwidth (and video memory) to drive this Samsung display. In other words, it really should just work - the Mac should read the display's native resolution via DDC and the Mac should be able to generate the signal. If it doesn't, I would consider it a really embarrassing bug.
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Future MacBook keyboard could have customizable aluminum keys
darkvader said:This is somehow patentable?Can we say "prior art"?- Optimus Maximus keyboard. With an OLED screen on every key.
- Optimus Popularis. Another implementation of the concept.
- Other implementations
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Cherry releases two keyboards & Bluetooth mouse for Mac users
coolfactor said:I just can't do keyboards with those double-height Return keys, or those small left-Shift keys. They just feel and look so wrong!The pictures are showing a German layout. Note the greater-than/less-than key at the lower left and the double-quote above the number 2 key.If you go to the product pages, you will see this layout in the top to photos, but if you scroll down and look at the product-details section, you will see that that photo is a US-English layout where all of the keys are where you would expect them.
I just wish I could get this keyboard with mechanical switches. So far, I've yet to find anybody making a mechanical-switch keyboard with Apple's standard layout (including 19 F-keys) -
Apple plans to expand AirDrop time limit to customers worldwide
roundaboutnow said:I've sent or received files via AirDrop to people that aren't in my contacts on a few occasions....I have a suggestion ...: When choosing the one-time AirDrop option, whoever the sender is would have a QR code come up on their screen to show the intended recipient. This forces a direct face-to-face contact so the request is known not to be from some unseen stranger. The recipient would then take their phone and scan the QR code to accept the transfer. (I admit that I don't know if there is something under the hood that might prevent this idea from working).If the sender is standing right there, he could just ask you to temporarily set your phone to "Everyone". Then he can send to you. Then you can turn it off again. Just as effective and not as awkward as having to exchange QR codes. Sure, someone else could slip in a porno pic during that short time, but it would be pretty unlikely.The proposed Apple change actually facilitates this, because it will revert after 10 minutes, so you don't need to remember to manually reset it.Or he could just send it as an e-mail or an iMessage.
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Apple plans to expand AirDrop time limit to customers worldwide
Before jumping into "Apple is taking orders from the Chinese government" theories, there may be other perfectly reasonable reasons for this change. Like, for instance, the fact that AirDrop has been used as a medium for sending obscene images to strangers. Some news stories:- https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/mesa-teen-sent-violent-pornographic-content-to-high-school-students-via-apples-airdrop-feature-police-say
- https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-12/cyber-flashing-porn-sent-to-iphones-using-airdrop/11092974
- https://news.yahoo.com/video-students-having-sex-airdropped-202830068.html
- https://nypost.com/2022/06/27/man-sends-penis-pic-to-all-passengers-on-plane-gets-outed-on-tiktok/
By preventing phones from being set to "Everyone" at all times, you block most of this, since the attackers will only be able to send to people who already have him in their contacts list.FWIW, I leave my devices set to "Contacts Only" precisely because I don't want any possibility of a stranger sending me anything. I can share content with my friends and relatives, and that's plenty.
