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🎄 Hope everyone who celebrated yesterday had a very Merry Christmas! I'm a bit in a coma after Christmas dinner this morning as it should be, and I'm trying to choose later which board game to look for family time in!

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Huawei:

The Pocket Huawei P50 was launched on December 23 - rival Galaxy Z Flip 3 for $ 1,400 with a pretty solid spec, including a 6.9-inch OLED folding display with a refresh rate of 120Hz, a hinge, a zero-space design, a battery with a capacity of 4,000 mAh and Snapdragon 888 4G.SoC, powerful enough to cope with most quests and games. However, for now, it's a China-only release, no news of global availability yet.

Samsung:

The Samsung Galaxy S22 series may have faster wireless charging and some cool new colors. One source says all Galaxy S22 phones will have glass backs, including the base model, but take it with a grain of salt. Another leak says the Galaxy S22 The Ultra might get a Detail Enhancement feature that can provide more detail in 108MP shots, while a poster allegedly showing the Galaxy S22 Ultra also leaked this week and the phone made the best impression. revised camera design and SA stylus leak veteran could reveal the release date of the Galaxy S21 FE: according to Evan Blass it could come on January 11th It also confirmed a 4,500mAh battery but points to support for 25W wired charging and also shared a user manual confirming that there is no charger in the box. We also saw a premature unboxing video of the S21 FE that tells us almost everything from specs to design. Samsung One UI 4 / Android 12 release has been paused in Korea to fix Google Play bugs - I'm still not unsure if this will affect the US release and it is not known when it will resume in Korea.Also this week: Samsung 2022 TVs and monitors will be compatible with the new HDR10 + gaming standard, with gaming features such as automatic HDR color correction and variable refresh rate up to 120 Hz.

Google:

The real me:

Realme GT 2 Pro was teased at a special event on Monday, but for now we only know that it is coming soon and Realme has talked about "new" technologies coming to the series (or maybe just Pro?), Including the 150 ° ultra wide angle .camera.

OnePlus:

Xiaomi:

Apple:

Space:

Elsewhere:

Honor Magic V confirms that Honor's first foldable phone: it could soon become a rival to the Galaxy Z Fold 3 Here is our first good look at the Stylus Moto G 2022 - new renderings and published video showing the large flat screen, three rear cameras and built-in a stylus slot, and leaks claim it was released "mid-2022." Take a look at our first look at the OSOM OV1 from the brain behind the Essential Phone - full specs will be revealed at MWC in February. Vivo Watch 2 launches with a weekly battery, eSIM intelligence: prices start at 1299 yuan in China (~ $ 204). The Amazon Appstore is finally running on Android 12. A group of companies have withdrawn from CES 2022: Amazon, Meta, T-Mobile and various news sites including The Verge and TechCrunch. Speaking of CES 2022, LG has just released two new monitors under construction: the LG UltraFine Display (32UQ85R) and the DualUp Monitor (28MQ780) are designed for a variety of audiences but are designed to work remote or office use - UltraFine has a 16: Aspect ratio 18. The CES LG Display concepts show that the flexible OLED display is not just for folding, thanks to the quirky multimedia chair and the flexible armchair that looks quite comfortable. Your mailbox can be replaced with a smart one. a temperature-controlled box that receives deliveries by a drone - the box is currently being developed by Dronedek and is scheduled to be rolled out for 4,000 over the next 18 months; finally, U.S. auto safety authorities, NHTSA, launches an investigation into 580,000 Tesla vehicles on this feature that allows you to play and drive at the same time.

Movies / TV:

Gambling:

LG announced its first gaming laptop that looks like a beast but chooses an 11th Gen Intel processor, also includes Nvidia GeForce 3080 Max-Q graphics, dual-channel memory and ultra-fast SSD. Some Halo Infinite players have had to use Xbox development kits in the first big tournament - Microsoft seems to have the same problems getting the Xbox as the rest of us. Speaking of Halo Infinite, the cat club is taking over - the Cat Lovers Pack, which allows you to add cat ears to your helmet, launched this week and everyone went But no one buys Ubisoft's NFT Ghost Recon - even a helmet with 600-hour gameplay demand doesn't do much action, it seems gamers aren't big fans of NFT. The long-awaited Final Fantasy 7 Remake port doesn't do well on PC : At the top price of $ 70, we'd expect something better than reported stuttering and frame drops, but don't worry, modders do. The Game Awards hit 85 miles this year Live streaming, up from last year's record 83 million. And Hades becomes the first video game to win a Hugo Award: a roguelike based on Greek mythology wins the newly created "Best Video Game" category. Finally, Rockstar offers owners PC remaster of the GTA trilogy free game - they can get GTA V: Premium Edition, GTA IV: Complete Edition, Max Payne 3, LA Noire or Bully: Scholarship Edition until January 5.

Reviews (1)

Instead of this week's review, we're going to take a look at some of our favorites, the best of the best, and the things we missed in 2021:

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Weekly miracle

As part of the Weekly Wonder holiday, I figured I'd share five geeky wonders and tech wonders that I came across while surfing the net this week in the chocolate eggnog state.

Home alone in 2000

First: home alone. It's one of the country's favorite Christmas movies and a must for me every year, but what would it be like today?

BuzzFeed shared a great article a few years ago that is a bit dated now, but you get the idea ... smartphones, iPads, Zoom chats, Google translator. Kevin's house itself would look completely different now than it was in the early 90s.

And a few years ago, Macaulay Culkin himself shared what Kevin can do now, which, let's face it, looks a lot like most of us on vacation ...

Tolkien's Letters from Nicholas

Between 1920 and 1943, Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien wrote and illustrated Christmas letters from Santa to his children. Starting with the simple ones, they grew more complex over the years, with the quivering handwriting of Santa Claus, the companion of the polar bear and his hilarious antics, the elves and snow elves. You can even buy a collection in the book "Santa's Letters".

Holy Tech

Next: Have you ever wondered how Santa remains at the top of the Naughty or Naughty list, handles billions of letters from children around the world, and packs and delivers gifts on time each year? This article by Simon Pitt offers a fairly comprehensive look at the technology that drives Santa's operations.

Festive dinner at Apollo VIII

Whether you ate traditional turkey yesterday with all the toppings, swapped turkey for duck, roast beef or other meat, or opted for a vegetarian or vegan option, we can all agree on one thing: Christmas dinner is the best!

It didn't look very good for the Apollo VIII crew as they flew to the moon in 1968, although at least the key turkey, sauce, and cranberry apple sauce were there, even if it was a frozen, heat-stabilized turkey dry sauce.

The first Christmas lights

What would Christmas be without the rows of bright lights on our trees and houses, even if raising them sometimes requires a Clark Griswold effort?

But did you know that the first Christmas lights were invented by Thomas Edison? On December 22, 1880, Edison placed lights outside his laboratory in Menlo Park for railroaders to see the first electric light show. In 1882 Edison's friend Edward Johnson assembled the first row electric Christmas lights and wrapped them around his Christmas tree, which, incidentally, was also rotating. In 1923, US President Calvin Coolidge started the annual Christmas tradition when he lit a national Christmas tree of 3,000 electric lamps on Ellipse south of the White House on Christmas Eve. Electric lights were initially reserved only for the wealthy, and most families used candles to light the tree and the fire in the house waited for it to explode. Electric lighting wiring was expensive and required a "technician" that we would now call an electrician. It wasn't until 1903 that General Electric began offer pre-assembled Christmas string lights. Some say that before 1903, lighting an average Christmas tree with electric light would have cost about $ 2,000 in today's money.

Technological calendar

December 22 to January 5: Steam Winter Sale December 22 to January 19: PlayStation Holiday Sale December 28: Xiaomi 125 Series premiere - January 8: CES 202-2 January 11: Samsung Galaxy S21 FE premiere January 28: Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection Comes to PS5

Technical Tweet of the Week

I leave you with this:

Someone in my district set up a tree next to the camera trap and captured it. Guess what I'll do tomorrow? Pic.twitter.com/EefTqJNkjd

It's hard to believe that we will see each other next time in 2022.

🥳 Until then, I wish you all a Happy New Year!

Paula Beaton, editor.

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