Stephen Howe is a dealer of expensive antiques of almost unfathomable mechanical complexity that are much sought-after by a discerning and deep-pocketed clientele hailing from nearly every part of the developed world. But he is feeling glum as demand has so outstripped supply that it's almost impossible for him to get hold of items to sell.

The MacBook Pro's integrated graphics performance is the biggest strength by far, as it is the equivalent of an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 discrete graphics card. This is the first time in the history of laptops that have been able to perform this level of performance from an integrated graphics card, but the MacBook Pro is the best laptop to date.

Diplomacy has been hugely disrupted by digital technology, writes Andrew Hammond. Hammond: The most visible impact of technology has been on tools, but the real impact is on culture. He says humility comes from understanding power has shifted and the agility of new tools.

State Farm's virtual treasure hunt enables the insurance brand to connect with consumers on a deeper, more interactive level, following Verizon's approach with a multicity AR hunt to showcase the faster speeds of its 5G network to showcase faster speeds. State Farm is marking the occasion with a variety of prizes, including NFTs and autographed merchandise.

Facebook is in the fight for its life, but it won’t be the regulatory pressure that will kill it. Zuckerberg is leaning heavily on “metaverse” as a lifeboat to save a declining user base, having long known that the future of Facebook is rooted in owning a major hardware platform.

Google attributes the issue to the "enhanced security algorithms" that the Pixel 6’s fingerprint scanner uses to make your fingerprint take longer to verify or require more direct contact with the sensor. The Pixel 6 uses an under-the-screen optical fingerprint scanner instead of a fast ultrasonic one, like the Samsung Galaxy S21.

SpaceX and partners are still struggling to put Crew-3 into orbit, having delayed the launch yet again, moving the liftoff date after deciding to return Crew-2 first and avoid "weather considerations" affecting launch as well as recovery, according to the European Space Agency. The launch was originally set for Halloween but pushed to November 3rd due to weather.

More than 3.5 million Twitter users voted in favour of the share sale, which could see him dispose of nearly $21 billion of stock in the electric carmaker. But Mr Musk has yet to comment publicly on the verdict or how and when he would sell his stake.

Blue Origin has lost out on its lawsuit against NASA over a contract to build the space agency's next human lunar lander, Blue Moon. The judgement puts an end to Blue Origin's months-long quest to receive government funding to develop the company’s lander for NASA.

Japanese video game maker Nintendo's profit dropped 19% in the first half of its fiscal year from the previous year, when it received a big lift as people stuck at home by thecoronavirus pandemic turned to its products. The company reported Thursday a 171.8 billion yen ($1.5 billion) profit for the April-September period, down from 213 billion yen in the same period the previousyear.

Apple's SharePlay lets you watch movies and TV shows, listen to music, play games, and work out while video chatting with your friends and family over FaceTime, a new extension for FaceTime that lets you remotely watch and listen with the people you love without having to jump through hoops or install different browser extensions.

The orange dot is telling you that your iPhone microphone is being used by an app. It'll appear when you use voice memos, maybe briefly after you close out of your camera, or if you're using any app that exclusively records your voice. The green dot is telling you that your iPhone camera is being used by an app. You'll see it when opening your camera, or taking pictures on Instagram, Snapchat, or any social media app that allows you to take pictures and post them.