Technology News for Monday 4th November 2024

1. Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max review: totally maxed out

The iPhone 16 Pro Max is Apple's latest superphone, with a massive screen, the fastest chip and the most advanced cameras on an iPhone, ready to be your entertainment powerhouse, if you can squeeze it into a pocket or bag.

2. Upcoming Nintendo Switch games – November 2024

Coming soon to Nintendo Switch, set sail in Mario & Luigi: Brothership, take your first steps into the Erdrich Trilogy in DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D REMAKE, see the world through the eyes of a cat in Stray and much more! Check out this selection of games ...

3. The evolutionary benefits of being forgetful

Forgetting is part of our daily lives. You may walk into a room only to forget why you went in there – or perhaps someone says hi on the street and you can't remember their name. But why do we forget things? Is it simply a sign of memory impairment, ...

4. The art of storytelling for businesses

For marketing teams looking to promote their brand, the storytelling arc is much the same. The same fundamental elements of stories in popular culture are also found in brand and business stories. The main characters are customers – businesses or consumers ...

5. Scaled vertical-nanowire heterojunction tunnelling transistors with extreme quantum confinement

The development of data-centric computing requires new energy-efficient electronics that can overcome the fundamental limitations of conventional silicon transistors. A range of novel transistor concepts have been explored, but an approach that can ...

6. Nanoscale transistors could enable more efficient electronics

Nanoscale 3D transistors made from ultrathin semiconductor materials can operate more efficiently than silicon-based devices, leveraging quantum mechanical properties to potentially enable ultra-low-power AI applications. Credits ...

7. 2025 BMW S 1000 R: Image Gallery

BMW Motorrad has unveiled the 2025 edition of its litre-class street bike, the S 1000 R. The German brand has given the motorcycle small yet impactful changes which should make it a more capable offering than before. In that case, let's take a look at ...

8. Here's How Microsoft Will Generate Revenue From Your Company's Old Windows 10 Computers

But Microsoft's software operating systems, including the Windows platform that powers billions of PCs around the world, are still a core part of its business. The tech giant is now ...

9. KKR India CEO Gaurav Trehan buys luxury apartment in SOBO's Carmichael Road

Gaurav Trehan, CEO of KKR India, has acquired a luxurious sea-view apartment in Mumbai's prestigious Carmichael Road for a staggering Rs 88 crore. The deal, involving a 5,381 sq ft apartment in JSW Realty's Morena House project, translates to a record- ...

10. Mario & Luigi Energize an Island-Hopping Quest

Mario & Luigi: The Brothership, the pun-filled sixth edition, is set on islands in the high seas. The brothers, piloting a ship that is itself a small island, maneuver through mazelike puzzles and fight monsters using hammers, shock waves and boot stomps.

11. Retro Toyota GR86 Rally Legacy Borrows the Heart of the GR Corolla

The Rally Legacy also gets custom suspension, a Celica GT-Four-inspired livery, and a race-ready interior. Toyota is on a hot streak as it continues to roll out concept cars ...

12. How to Take a Hearing Test With an iPhone and AirPods Pro 2

If you are having trouble hearing, Apple now has a new way to help make that decision to get your hearing checked. As part of the new Hearing Health features that rolled out with iOS 18.1, you can take a "clinical-grade" hearing test on your iPhone using ...

13. 'Mario & Luigi: Brothership' Is a Good RPG Buried Under Too Much Crap

Thankfully, Brothership is up to the challenge. It's one of Nintendo's best efforts at making a Mario RPG yet, thanks to smart evolutions of the series' storytelling and combat. Popular on Rolling Stone.

14. Social media and generative AI can have a large climate impact – here's how to reduce yours

On a train or bus, or just standing in a queue, the most common sight these days is the muted glow of a screen, and the flickering thumbs of people lost in the endless scroll on their smartphones. Across the world, about 62% of people are active social ...

15. Pharmacy Closures and Anticonvulsant Medication Prescription Fills

Anticonvulsants are primarily indicated to treat epilepsy but are also used for neuropathic pain, migraine prophylaxis, and psychiatric disorders. Nonadherence has been linked to increased mortality and emergency department visits for epilepsy, and ...

16. Samsung to bring seamless update function to Galaxy S25 series: Report

Samsung is reportedly set to introduce seamless update functionality in its upcoming Galaxy S-series flagship smartphones. According to a report by Tech Radar, the Galaxy S25 series will feature A/B updates, fundamentally changing the way Android ...

17. Today's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Nov. 4, #512

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today's Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle and Strands puzzles.

18. 'Some may die': AGA urges continued access to conventional FMT for C. difficile patients

As of Nov. 1, OpenBiome suspended its distribution of investigational fecal microbiota transplantation, which may put certain patients with recurrent, refractory or fulminant Clostridioides difficile infection at risk, according to the AGA.