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I Switched From Android to iPhone. I’m Not Going Back

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After 10 long years of loving Android, I’ve caved.

After months of going back and forth I went to my local Verizon store and ordered an iPhone 14 Pro. It may sound like I’m being overly dramatic, but the move signaled a big shift for me.

I’ve always prided myself on not buying into the Apple hype. Despite years of pestering from friends to switch to an iPhone, I pushed back, maintaining that I liked being different from the masses. Everyone around me has an iPhone. It felt good to defy the norm. And so for years, I stuck with my Samsung Galaxy devices, which I still believe are incredible phones.

But after conversations with friends and family about what I could get from the iPhone that I could never get with my Android, I started to reconsider my stance. Yes, I loved my Galaxy S10 Plus and everything it offered: a top-notch camera, a customizable interface and Object Eraserwhich removes any unwanted people or objects from your pictures (Pixel has a similar feature). But at the end of the day, there was one big thing my Android could never offer: a seamless way to communicate with all my friends on the iPhone.

I’ve been told countless times that I ruin group chats by turning all the texts “green.” This is because Apple refuses to make iMessage compatible with Android phones, so when you message someone who isn’t on iOS, you’ll see green text bubbles

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Amazon’s Echo Show 8 Smart Display Returns to All-Time Low

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Amazon’s lineup of Echo Show smart displays adds a touchscreen to the voice-controlled Alexa experience, and that visual approach to smart home assistance makes for a much better experience when you’re asking for a weather forecast or a recipe to follow along with, or if you want to place a quick video call to a loved one or a co-worker. If you’ve been looking to add one to your smart home setup, then your timing couldn’t be better.

Among them is the first-gen Echo Show 8, from 2019. As the name suggests, the marquee feature is an 8-inch HD touchscreen, but we also appreciated the decent sound and camera quality, along with the inclusion of a physical privacy shutter that covers the camera lens when you aren’t using it. Originally priced at $130, the first-gen Echo Show 8 is available now for just $55, which is half of what Amazon usually asks for it these days. That’s an outstanding value for an Editors’ Choice-winning smart display.

So what are you missing by going with the first-gen Echo Show 8 instead of the second-gen follow-up? Not much, honestly. Along with a faster processor, the primary upgrade with last year’s second-gen Echo Show 8 is a much-higher megapixel camera that Amazon uses to artificially pan and zoom to follow you within the frame if you’re moving around during a video call. It’s neat, but it’s not a must-have. Same goes for the second-gen display’s built-in Zigbee radio for connecting lights and locks

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2023 Polestar 2 BST Edition 270 First Drive Review: The Sport EV for Suspension Nerds

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The 2023 Polestar 2 BST Edition 270 is finally here. After its debut as an experimental prototype at the 2021 Goodwood Festival of Speed, Swedish EV builder Polestar announced a limited-run of the hotted-up Polestar 2 earlier this year. A few supply chain-related delays later — par for the course these days — and I find myself behind the wheel of the electric sport sedan on the damp and twisting back roads of the San Francisco Bay Area, my home turf, grinning from ear to ear.

Performance package upgrades

The Polestar 2 BST Edition 270 is essentially a Dual Motor Long Range model that’s been funked up with a bit of Polestar 1-inspired skunkworks stank. Each of the 270 examples begins life on a normal Polestar 2 assembly line before being whisked off to the Polestar Production Center — former home of Polestar 1 production — for hand-customization and upgrades.

The BST Edition 270 features the same performance software upgrade and power boost that makes the 2023 model year Performance Pack a more compelling upgrade since the last time we evaluated the 2. The software retune adds launch control and boosts the dual motor setup’s output to a combined 476 horsepower (350 kW) and 503 pound-feet of torque. That’s a decent bump over the 402 horsepower of the standard dual motor setup, enough to drop the 0 to 60 mph time from 4.5 seconds to 4.2 ticks. More straight line quickness is nice, but it’s the more responsive accelerator pedal

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Minecraft Live 2022: the biggest news

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Minecraft Live is back for another year, and, just like with past livestreams, the 2022 edition had some notable developments for fans of the inescapable sandbox game. That includes a look ahead at the next major update for the main version of Minecraft as well as details on spinoffs like Dungeons and Legends. If you couldn’t catch the event, ahem, live, here’s the big stuff you missed.

A screenshot of camels in an upcoming Minecraft update.

Look at those camels.
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Minecraft 1.20 will be focused on self-expression

The next big Minecraft update, which brings the game up to version 1.20, doesn’t have a name or a date attached to it yet — and that’s on purpose. At Minecraft Live, the team spoke about keeping expectations in check by not revealing the full plan or name until closer to launch (whenever that is). Instead, the details will gradually come out until then, but the overall goal for the update is to focus on “self-expression, representation, and storytelling.” For now, we know at least a few things, including additions like decorative hanging signs, bookshelves you can put actual books on, the ability to craft with bamboo (including making a raft), and new camels you can ride with a friend. No word on whether they spit.

Seven new default skins are coming

Back in 2015, the developers at Mojang added a second default skin to Minecraft in the form of Alex, who has since become a staple alongside Steve (even appearing in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate). But the

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‘Andor’ Episode 8 Explained: ‘Rogue One’ Cameos, a Hellish ‘Star Wars’ Prison

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Excellent Star Wars series Andor reached episode 8 on Disney Plus on Wednesdaycatching up with mercenary Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) in the wake of his being unjustly sentenced to six years in prison after a run-in with the wrong Imperial trooper. Turns out there’s just no escaping this terrible totalitarian regime.

Over on galactic capital Coruscant, rebel true believer Vel Sartha (Faye Marsay) has been tasked with killing Cassian so he can’t rat out recruiter Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgard). Vel doesn’t seem wild about her mission, especially since Cassian played an essential role in her mission to steal millions of credits from the Empire.

It also seems to run counter to the philosophy of Luther’s fellow rebel leader Sen. Mon Mothma (Genevieve O’Reilly), who isn’t wild about his willingness to shed innocent blood in their shadowy war against the Empire.

This episode was directed by Toby Hayneswho helmed also episodes 1, 2 and 3, as well 8, 9 and 10. He previously worked on Sherlock, Doctor Who and Black Mirror.

Andor occurs five years before Rogue Onewhich reveals the story immediately before the original Star Wars movie A New Hope. Let’s see how life in prison is treating Cassian, by checking out all those delicious episode 8 SPOILERS.

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Shiny white hell

NARKINA 5 — Shipped to an ocean prison complex that looks a bit like the Raft in MarvelCassian continues to use the alias

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