In our review of the Apple Watch Series 7, Dieter Bohn called it the best smartwatch while noting the new model’s changes as “smaller iterations” year-over-year than we previously expected. Even those small improvements required some reengineering. To appreciate those efforts, the folks from iFixit teamed up with former Apple engineers to investigate the new … Read more
Dune is full of mysterious characters and organizations, but few are as important and secretive as the Bene Gesserit order, to which Paul’s mother Jessica belongs. While the movie reveals a few of their secrets, it doesn’t get all way into the background of the all-female sect. Thankfully, Frank Herbert’s original Dune novel has plenty … Read more
Microsoft’s October update for the Xbox Series X includes the long-awaited jump to a native 4K resolution dashboard. Previously, the system software upscaled 1080p to 4K, by which enthusiasts, including several people who work for The Report Door, were not totally satisfied. Now, you can endlessly stare at the TV in true 4K wondering what … Read more
[Ed. note: This piece contains mild spoilers for Dune.] Early in the runtime of Dune, a curious thing happens. Duke Leto Atreides (Oscar Isaac) offhandedly muses about how much money it must have taken for the Emperor to send an envoy to his home planet of Caladan. In response, his retainer Thufir Hawat (Stephen McKinley … Read more
The redesigned MacBook Pro might be more powerful than you think, provided you have the right configuration. Apple has confirmed to Report Door and MacRumors that the 16-inch MacBook Pro with an M1 Max chip can invoke a previously hinted-at “High Power Mode.” While the company was shy on details, macOS Monterey beta code suggested … Read more
Elon Musk may seem inseparable from Tesla, but on Wednesday night, the company offered the first real taste of what it might look like without its billionaire CEO. Tesla held a regularly scheduled conference call to discuss its quarterly financial results, but — as he’d previously teased — Musk did not attend. His absence took … Read more
Gartner released its annual list of top strategic technology trends this week, projecting that 2022 will keep enterprise executives busy with new developments in everything from artificial intelligence to cybersecurity. While much of this tech is centered on greater automation and even autonomy in data systems, there are also some outliers in areas like mesh … Read more
Facebook Messenger’s augmented reality effects are no longer limited to individuals. The social media company has introduced a Group Effects feature that, as the name implies, enables AR effects for everyone in a video call. Some of the 70-plus effects are just for giggles (such as giving everyone a beard), but others are shared experiences … Read more
The ongoing global chip shortage is going to be a problem for a lot longer, according to Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, who reiterated today ahead of the company’s Q3 earnings that he expects the shortage to extend until at least 2023. “We’re in the worst of it now; every quarter next year, we’ll get incrementally … Read more
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next. Finnish studio Mainframe is working on a cloud-native massively multiplayer online adventure for Xbox Game Studios. That’s according to reporter Jez Corden on The Xbox Two podcast, and it’s something that I’ve separately confirmed through independent sources. … Read more