Krysten Ritter returns as the hero in 'Daredevil: Born Again' season two, which begins on March 24.

• Gizmodo
• 19 saat, 7 dakika

There was once a time in which many people couldn't wait to toss their smartphone aside every two years (and sometimes even more frequently) in order to get the latest model as soon as it hit shelves. But that world has faded for the most part now as shoppers demand devices that last for years so they can hold on to them for longer. And when the time finally comes to upgrade, many are being more conscientious about what happens to their old gadgets. You may want to trade in your smartphone or sell it when you're ready to upgrade; either option can keep your device out of a landfill in addition to scoring you some extra cash. There are also options to recycle part or all of your phone if it's too old to make a trade-in worthwhile. Whatever path you choose, there are important steps to take to prepare a phone you're about to get rid of. These instructions apply to any model you might have, including both iPhones and Android phones. Here's what you need to know. Back up your data Let's start with a very important reminder to do regular backups for all of your gear, not just your phone. It's a task you should keep up with routinely even when you aren't about to recycle or trade-in a device. Most hardware manufacturers have an automatic cloud backup system, but you'll like your new phone a lot less if it doesn't have your full, up-to-date library of contacts, photos and other information. This is the time to manually back everything up with all of your latest data. Also, before you get any further into the process, make sure that you know the critical details for your phone and the main accounts associated with it. Halfway through is the worst time to lose access to your device because you can't remember your username or password. Unpair wireless accessories Most people connect their phone to many other gadgets via Bluetooth. There are obvious ones, like smartwatches and wireless headphones , but you might also have your phone paired with something like a car stereo or a portable speaker . All of them should be unpaired from the phone you're about to trade in. If you use your phone in two-factor authentication for sensitive accounts, you'll want to make sure that you disconnect the device from those services, too. Log out of apps and services Next, you'll sign out of the device's cloud-based service. For iPhone owners, that's iCloud, and on Android, it's the Google suite. This will avoid any confusion with your new device. You'll also want to turn off Find My on iPhones or Find My Device on Android phones. iPhone users should also deregister iMessage on their old iPhone, particularly if they’re moving to a non-Apple smartphone. These steps might seem unnecessary when you'll end up wiping your device entirely, but you don't want to risk having your personal information accidentally made available to whoever might get your phone next. Also, if you are under a plan that protects your phone, such as Apple Care or Preferred Care, you can usually cancel that coverage early. You'll get a refund on any unexpired coverage, and given how expensive gadgets can be now, it's worth getting that money back if you can. Swap to the new device At this point, your to-do list will vary. If you're planning to trade up to a newer model from the same manufacturer and you already have your new phone, then you'll want to transfer your data before moving on to wiping your old phone. Either in the store or on your own, in most cases you can wirelessly migrate your data from the old device to the new one. If you're changing lanes between the Apple and Google universes, you can also do most data swapping yourself. There's a Google Play app called Move to iOS and one in the App Store called Android Switch that can walk you through the process. Just be sure that your device meets the requirements to use those programs. However, if you aren't immediately setting up a new device, then you can skip this and move on to the next phase. Factory reset your old device Once you double-check that you have everything backed up (seriously, don't take chances on this), then it's time to perform a factory reset. This will remove all of your data and apps, and bring the phone back to its original state. It’s ideal to do this reset as the final step of trading in, selling or recycling a device. Whatever phone model you have, the reset option will be in the Settings app. It will commonly be nested under a tab like General or About, or you can search “reset” within Settings to find exactly where it is on your device. Remove any accessories This might seem obvious, but right before handing off your phone, make sure that you remove any accessories. Cases, grips and screen protectors should stay with you, not with the phone when it goes to its new home. Check out more from our spring cleaning guide. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/mobile/smartphones/how-to-prepare-your-phone-for-trade-in-120000724.html?src=rss

• Engadget
• 19 saat, 8 dakika

It’s hard for most people to justify spending $3,299 on a monitor, but creative pros will gladly do so if it makes their jobs easier. Apple’s 27-inch 5K Studio Display XDR is aimed straight at those folks and it costs considerably less than the company’s previous high-end monitor, the 6K Pro Display XDR . Thanks to the Mini LED IPS panel, the Studio Display XDR has higher brightness and color accuracy than nearly any other monitor on the market. It also has tech that boosts contrast to outperform similar displays. With its unique combination of features, the Studio Display XDR isn’t as overpriced as you might think, and it has high appeal for me as a video editor. I do, however, wish it was bigger. Design and features If you’re familiar with Apple’s previous Studio Display, you’ll have a good idea of the Studio Display XDR’s design. The body has a high-quality brushed aluminum finish, with small holes across the top and bottom designed to vent heat from the built-in, nearly silent fan. It has enough internal hardware to be a standalone computer, as it’s equipped with an A19 Pro processor and 12GB (!) of RAM — more than Apple’s new MacBook Neo laptop. That extra horsepower is required for all of the image processing, dimming algorithms, webcam operation and HDR tone-mapping. Steve Dent for Engadget A tilt- and height-adjustable stand was a cool $1,000 option on the more expensive Pro Display XDR, but it’s thankfully included with this new model. The stand’s motion is delightfully smooth, with just a slight amount of pressure required to move it up and down. However, it only offers four inches of height adjustment and no ability to swivel the screen. You can also get this monitor with a VESA mount instead at the same base price, in case you want to mount it on your own stand or a wall. The Studio Display XDR comes with two high-speed 120Gbps Thunderbolt ports to connect your Mac, storage or another display, along with two 10Gbps USB-C inputs, but there’s no HDMI port in sight. One of the Thunderbolt ports supports 140W charging, which can replenish a 16-inch MacBook Pro at the maximum possible speed. Apple has also thrown in a Thunderbolt 5 cable that is thicker than any USB-C cable I’ve seen. The power cable also looks nice, but is not removable. Up front, the monitor has surprisingly thick bezels (0.75 inches) that detract from the otherwise sleek design. In comparison, my ASUS ProArt PA32UCX display’s bezels are just a quarter of an inch thin. Built into the top bezel is a 12-megapixel camera with Apple’s Center Stage feature that keeps your face front and center during Zoom calls. Note that if you prefer less glare, you can get nano-texturing on the display for an extra $300. The Studio Display XDR is designed mainly for use with Macs, and recent ones at that. Mac models with M1, M1 Pro, M1 Max, M1 Ultra, M2 and M3 chips only support this monitor at up to 60Hz — not the maximum 120Hz. Apple doesn’t mention support for Intel Macs or Windows PCs, but I tested the monitor on both and it worked fine at the 60Hz limit. Image quality Steve Dent for Engadget Apple has largely stuck with Mini LED and quantum dot technology for its MacBook Pro laptop screens and monitors because of the higher brightness levels and lack of “burn in” compared to OLED displays. The tradeoff for that is lower contrast, as I explained here . Mini LED displays also show a phenomenon called “blooming” not present in OLED panels, which is caused by light bleed from neighboring pixels. However, Apple has largely solved those issues on the Studio Display XDR by boosting the number of local dimming zones (individual LED backlights) to 2,304, four times as many as the XDR Display Pro. That allows not only more brightness, but higher contrast and minimal blooming. This model doesn’t offer 6K like the Pro Display XDR, but its 5K resolution is still higher than most rivals. That’s a big benefit for designers, animators, photographers and others who want the sharpest image possible. The higher 120Hz refresh rate is also easier on the eyes and better for gaming. However, creators used to screens that are 32 inches or larger may be turned off by the Studio Display XDR’s smaller size. Brightness is where this monitor really shines; XDR stands for “extended dynamic range,” after all. Apple promises a peak level of 1,000 nits in SDR and 2,000 nits in HDR mode. I was able to verify those claims: I measured 1,991 nits on a Calibrite colorimeter in a 25 percent window and 988 nits at full screen — making this the brightest monitor I’ve ever tested. When I watched HDR material on YouTube and Netflix graded for brightness levels over 1,000 nits, I didn’t see any of the highlight clipping that occurs on my 1,400-nit ASUS ProArt display. What’s more, the Studio Display XDR’s 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio is among the highest of any non-OLED display (though not infinite like OLED displays). On top of that, I saw virtually no blooming with bright light points against black. Finally, this monitor has the best off-axis performance I’ve seen with very little drop in gamma even at fairly sharp viewing angles. Steve Dent for Engadget Color accuracy is also a strong point. Apple promises a Delta E of less than one, and my measurements (around 0.8) bore that out. And like the Pro Display XDR, this model has a true 10-bit IPS panel, which means you get one billion colors total. Apple notes that the Studio Display XDR is the first Apple monitor to include both the P3 wide color Adobe RGB primaries, unlocking "deeper greens and cyans than P3 alone," it said in a white paper . For HDR work, it covers 81 percent of the challenging BT.2020 color gamut, which is excellent though a bit below some OLED monitors. The Studio Display XDR can handle a variety of work thanks to the huge number of color profiles included with the display, which total 16 in all. Those include HDR profiles, P3 Digital Cinema, Photography, HDR photography, Design and Print and even Medical Imaging. To verify that, I tested it with several apps including Lightroom Classic and DaVinci Resolve, and was astounded by the color accuracy and brightness. Unlike some rivals, most notably ASUS, it doesn’t support Dolby Vision, however. On top of being an excellent content creation monitor, the Studio Display XDR is solid for entertainment and gaming. I watched scenes from movies and TV shows including Spider-Man No Way Home , Game of Throne s and Tenet , and enjoyed the extra brightness, high color accuracy and contrast ratio that allowed me to see what the heck was going on in the Night King battle in GoT. For gaming I tried Cyberpunk 2077 for Mac, and the 120Hz refresh rate (it also supports Adaptive Sync 47-120Hz refresh rates), along with the brightness and color accuracy, makes it Apple’s best display yet for gaming. Camera and speakers Though it has the same name, the 12MP Center Stage webcam is much improved from the previous Studio Display. The resolution may be the same, but the new camera provides a much brighter and sharper image in dim conditions. However, to use the Desk View feature I needed to tilt the screen forward more than I’d like. The built-in six speaker sound system is surprisingly good too, offering what is easily the best sound I’ve ever heard coming from a monitor. It supports Spatial Audio and Dolby Atmos sound as before, but now offers deeper bass. It still can’t match a dedicated soundbar or separate speakers, of course, but the audio on this display is clear and surprisingly loud. Wrap-up Steve Dent for Engadget As I said at the outset of this review, Apple’s Studio Display XDR is overpriced, but not by a lot. It’s the brightest monitor I’ve measured and has among the highest number of dimming zones for a Mini LED display for maximum contrast. At the same time, it offers superb color accuracy out of the box, supports up to 5K 120Hz resolution and oozes quality. Few monitors in any category and price range, whether Mini LED or OLED, can boast all of that. There are cheaper options that can do some of those things. If you prefer OLED, the ASUS ProArt PA27 4K model offers 1,000 nits of max brightness and similar color performance, with better contrast and double the refresh rate for $1,299. And if you want a bigger display that’s nearly as bright as the Studio Display XDR, ASUS also makes the $3,199 PA32UCG-K Mini LED 32-inch monitor with 1,600 nits peak brightness, albeit with half the number of dimming zones. However, if you require the best image quality possible and don’t mind a 27-inch display, Apple’s Studio Display is the best choice. It will never be a mainstream product, but thanks to its versatility and better value than the Pro Display XDR, I think it will be a surprisingly popular option. This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/computing/accessories/apple-studio-display-xdr-review-expensive-but-theres-no-monitor-like-it-120018426.html?src=rss

• Engadget
• 19 saat, 8 dakika

In 2026, data engineers working with multi-agent systems are hitting a familiar problem: Agents built on different platforms don’t operate from a shared understanding of the business. The result isn’t model failure — it’s hallucination driven by fragmented context. The problem is that agents built on different platforms, by different teams, do not share a common understanding of how the business actually operates. Each one carries its own interpretation of what a customer, an order or a region means. When those definitions diverge across a workforce of agents, decisions break down. A set of announcements from Microsoft this week directly targets that problem. The centerpiece is a significant expansion of Fabric IQ , the semantic intelligence layer the company debuted in November 2025. Fabric IQ's business ontology is now accessible via MCP to any agent from any vendor, not just Microsoft's. Alongside that, Microsoft is adding enterprise planning to Fabric IQ, unifying historical data, real-time signals and formal organizational goals in one queryable layer. The new Database Hub brings Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, MySQL and SQL Server under a single management plane inside Fabric. Fabric data agents reach general availability. The overall goal is a unified platform where all data and semantics are available and accessible by any agent to get the context that enterprises require. Amir Netz, CTO of Microsoft Fabric, reached for a film analogy to explain why the shared context layer matters. "It's a little bit like the girl from 50 First Dates," Netz told VentureBeat . "Every morning they wake up and they forget everything and you have to explain it again. This is the explanation that you give them every morning." Why MCP access changes the equation Making the ontology MCP-accessible is the step that moves Fabric IQ from a Fabric-specific feature into shared infrastructure for multi-vendor agent deployments. Netz was explicit about the design intent. "It doesn't really matter whose agent it is, how it was built, what the role is," Netz said. "There's certain common knowledge, certain common context that all the agents will share." That shared context is also where Netz draws a clear line between what the ontology does and what RAG does. He did not dismiss retrieval-augmented generation as a technique — he placed it specifically. RAG handles large document bodies such as regulations, company handbooks and technical documentation, where on-demand retrieval is more practical than loading everything into context. "We don't expect humans to remember everything by heart," he said. "When somebody asks a question, you have to know to go and do a little bit of a search, find the right relevant part and bring it back." But RAG does not solve for real-time business state, he argued. It does not tell an agent which planes are in the air right now, whether a crew has enough rest hours, or what the current priority is on a given product line. "The mistake of the past was they thought one technology can just give you everything," Netz said. "The cognitive model of the agents is similar to humans. You have to have things that are available out of memory, things that are available on demand, things that are constantly observed and detected in real time." The execution gap analysts say Microsoft still has to close Industry analysts see the logic behind Microsoft's direction but have questions about what comes next. Robert Kramer, analyst at Moor Insights and Strategy, noted that Microsoft's broad stack gives it a structural advantage in the race to become the default platform for enterprise agent deployments. "Fabric ties into Power BI, Microsoft 365, Dynamics and Azure services. That gives Microsoft a natural path to connect enterprise data with business users, operational workflows and now AI systems operating across that environment," he said. The trade-off, Kramer said, is that Microsoft is competing across a wider surface area than Databricks or Snowflake, which built their reputations on depth of the data platform itself. The more immediate question for data teams, Kramer said, is whether MCP access actually reduces integration work. "Most enterprises do not operate in a single AI environment. Finance might be using one set of tools, engineering another, supply chain something else," Kramer told VentureBeat. "If Fabric IQ can act as a common data context layer those agents can access, it starts to reduce some of the fragmentation that typically shows up around enterprise data." But, he said, "If it just adds another protocol that still requires a lot of engineering work, adoption will be slower." Whether the engineering work is the harder problem is open to debate. Independent analyst Sanjeev Mohan, told VentureBeat, that the bigger challenge is organizational, not technical. "I don't think they fully understand the implications yet," he said of enterprise data teams. "This is a classical capabilities overhang — capabilities are expanding faster than people's imagination to use them. The harder work will be ensuring that the context layer is reliable and trustworthy." Holger Mueller, principal analyst at Constellation Research, sees MCP as the right mechanism but urges caution on execution. "For enterprise to benefit from AI, they need to get access to their data — that is in many places unorganized, siloed — and they want that in a way that makes it easy for AI in a standard way to get there. That is what MCP does," Mueller told VentureBeat. "The devil is in the details. How good is the access, how well does it perform and what does it cost. Access and governance still need to be sorted out." The Database Hub and the competitive picture The Fabric IQ announcements arrive alongside the Database Hub, now in early access, which brings Azure SQL, Azure Cosmos DB, PostgreSQL, MySQL and SQL Server under a single management and observability layer inside Fabric. The intent is to give data operations teams one place to monitor, govern and optimize their database estate without changing how each service is deployed. Devin Pratt, research director at IDC, said the integrated direction tracks with where the broader market is heading. IDC expects that by 2029, 60% of enterprise data platforms will unify transactional and analytical workloads. "Microsoft's angle is to bring more of those pieces together in one coordinated approach, while rivals are moving along similar lines from different starting points," Pratt told VentureBeat. What this means for enterprise data teams For data engineers responsible for making pipelines AI-ready, the practical implication of this week's announcements is a shift in where the hard work lives. Connecting data sources to a platform is a solved problem. Defining what that data means in business terms, and making that definition consistently available to every agent that queries it, is not. That shift has a concrete implication for data professionals. The semantic layer — the ontology that maps business entities, relationships and operational rules — is becoming production infrastructure. It will need to be built, versioned, governed and maintained with the same discipline as a data pipeline. That is a new category of responsibility for data engineering teams, and most organizations have not yet staffed or structured for it. The broader trend this week's announcements reflect is that the data platform race in 2026 is no longer primarily about compute or storage. It is about which platform can deliver the most reliable shared context to the widest range of agents.

• VentureBeat
• 19 saat, 8 dakika

There are times when you just don’t want to use your real email address and that’s when sites like IncognitoMail come in handy. This ad-free service lets you create disposable email addresses to stay safe online. It’s perfect for times when you sign up for websites or create new accounts and need to receive confirmation emails, or just as a general way to avoid spam. I use IncognitoMail when I sign up for a new shopping account or service and know that I’ll only use it one time. This way I can still receive the order confirmation, but none of the potential promotional spam later. All messages received through the temporary address are deleted within two hours along with the address itself. The site acts as your email service for the duration of the address’s life and you can see all incoming messages in your inbox on the homepage. There are also options to create multiple addresses at the same time and generate QR codes for each. IncognitoMail gives you the choice to automatically create a temporary address, or create your own custom email ID complete with a password instead. Sam Singleton IncognitoMail is dead-simple to use, too. Just go to the website and it will automatically create a temporary email address for you to start using. If you wish to create another address, click on the plus mark—there is no limit to the number you can create. You even can create your own custom email ID (complete with password) if you prefer. You can also switch between different active email addresses with the dropdown menu. While there are a few of these types of disposable email services around, I like IncognitoMail the best because it’s completely ad-free. Most other services overload you with ads that can slow down the sites themselves. Plus, IncognitoMail’s privacy policy states that it never collects or sells user data, meaning your activity will remain private. For more fun and helpful website and app recommendations, be sure to subscribe to our PCWorld Try This newsletter.

• PCWorld
• 19 saat, 8 dakika

Multiply raises $9.5 million to bring AI driven self learning advertising to B2B, using CRM and sales data to continuously optimize campaigns on Google and LinkedIn.

• Forbes Tech
• 19 saat, 8 dakika

A lack of consistency, AI hallucinations, disregard for creative intent, and heavy hardware requirements all draw ire.

• ExtremeTech
• 19 saat, 8 dakika

A lack of consistency, AI hallucinations, disregard for creative intent, and heavy hardware requirements all draw ire.

• ExtremeTech
• 19 saat, 8 dakika

Ready to move on from the traditional glass slab? Introduce a hinge into your life with these folding smartphones.

• WIRED
• 19 saat, 8 dakika

Find elite gaming performance and strong value in this 3-item Newegg combo - get nearly $400 off a 9850X3D, MSI X870E Ace Max, and 32GB of DDR5-6400 RAM and build your AM5 rig now.

• Tom's Hardware
• 19 saat, 9 dakika

When a Magecart payload hides inside the EXIF data of a dynamically loaded third-party favicon, no repository scanner will catch it – because the malicious code never actually touches your repo. As teams adopt Claude Code Security for static analysis, this is the exact technical boundary where AI code scanning stops and client-side runtime execution begins. A detailed analysis of where Claude

• The Hacker News
• 19 saat, 10 dakika

Apple provided developers and public beta testers with the release candidate versions of iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4, which means we're going to see a public launch as soon as next week. The RC versions of the software include Apple's official release notes, giving us final details on what's included in the update. Apple Music - Playlist Playground (beta) generates a playlist from your description, complete with a title, description, and tracklist - Concerts helps you discover nearby shows from artists in your library and recommends new artists based on what you listen to - Offline Music Recognition in Control Center identifies songs without an internet connection and delivers results automatically when you're back online - Ambient Music widget for Sleep, Chill, Productivity, and Wellbeing brings curated playlists to the Home Screen - Full screen backgrounds give album and playlist pages a more immersive look Accessibility - Reduce bright effects setting minimizes bright flashes when tapping on elements like buttons - Subtitle and caption settings are available from the captions icon while viewing media, making them easier to find, customize, and preview - Reduce Motion setting more reliably reduces the animations of Liquid Glass for users sensitive to on screen motion This update also includes the following enhancements: - 8 new emoji including an orca, trombone, landslide, ballet dancer, and distorted face are available in the emoji keyboard - Freeform gains advanced image creation and editing tools, and a premium content library, joining Apple Creator Studio - Mark reminders as urgent from the Quick Toolbar or by touching and holding, and filter for urgent reminders in your Smart Lists - Purchase Sharing lets adult members in Family Sharing groups use their own payment method when making purchases, without relying on the family organizer - Improved keyboard accuracy when typing quickly For information on the security content of Apple software updates, please visit: https://support.apple.com/100100 Some features may not be available in all regions or on all iPhone models. To learn more, please visit: https://www.apple.com/ios/feature-availability/ . Software updates, like this one, add new features and improvements that may affect performance and/or battery life. To learn more, please visit: https://support.apple.com/125039 iOS 26.4 is likely to see a launch next Monday or Tuesday, ahead of when Apple begins accepting orders for the AirPods Max. Related Roundups: iOS 26 , iPadOS 26 Related Forum: iOS 26 This article, " Here Are Apple's Release Notes for iOS 26.4 " first appeared on MacRumors.com Discuss this article in our forums

• MacRumors.com
• 19 saat, 12 dakika

The post Real-Life Photos of Galaxy A37 and A57 Show Multiple Color Variants appeared first on Android Headlines .

• Android Headlines
• 19 saat, 13 dakika

You’re entitled to your wrong opinion about the Dune Part 3 trailer — Denis Villeneuve has birthed a beautiful bore.

• TechRadar
• 19 saat, 16 dakika

A new study highlights how small poorly known mammals could be a newly-released rescued animal’s worst enemy.

• Forbes Tech
• 19 saat, 18 dakika

Tennessee lawmakers took another step toward banning sweepstakes-style online casinos Tuesday as House Bill 1885 moved forward in the state… Continue reading Tennessee House panel advances bill targeting sweepstakes-style online casinos The post Tennessee House panel advances bill targeting sweepstakes-style online casinos appeared first on ReadWrite .

• ReadWrite
• 19 saat, 18 dakika