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I tested these earlier this year and they officially took over as my official gaming earbuds. What makes these great is that they don’t hurt my ears. I’ve gone from large headphones to tiny earbuds for comfort in the past, and although those earbuds were nice, they would never stay in my ear and I’d have to continually push them in. But the UE Fits conformed to my ear, and stayed put.
The UE Fits come in three colors — black, cloud and dawn (lilac) — and can be paired to any device using the app for iOS and Android. They also come with a nice charging case that fits its sleek style. They have an eight-hour battery life and 20 hours with the case.
One of the nicest things about these earbuds — especially when I compare them to the budget Tozo earbuds I had before — is that you don’t have to charge the UE Fits for a long time in order to use them. Charge them for 10 minutes and you’ll get about an hour of use. And if you’re anything like me when you immerse yourself in a game, you’ll appreciate that their sound packs a nice punch. Want more wireless earbuds options? Check out our lists of the best cheap true-wireless earbuds and best wireless earbuds.
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On the surface, Apple’s new iPad Pro and iMac seem like different beasts. One is a touchscreen tablet that runs a mobile-forward operating system. The other is an all-in-one desktop that runs a traditional computer operating system.
But somehow, every product in Apple’s device ecosystem is caught in the pull of a black hole, being slowly dragged towards a kind of computer singularity, where the differences between tablets, phones, laptops and desktops all but disappear.
An iPad Pro plus the Magic Keyboard looks very iMac-like.
This is not a new concept, we’ve been writing about the inevitable fusion of iPad and Mac for many years, and while it still remains tantalizingly out of reach (especially for iPad owners who want to use the iPad Pro as a full-time work machine with true multitasking), it’s a lot closer than it was last week.
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Case in point, the new 24-inch iMac and the new 12.9-inch iPad Pro, both introduced at Apple’s April 20 event, feature Apple’s M1 (an ARM-based system on a chip, or SoC). These chips first appeared in late 2020, replacing Intel CPUs in the MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro and the Mac Mini.
With these new additions, only the 16-inch MacBook Pro, 27-inch iMac and one throwback 21.5-inch iMac (still available, but who knows for how long) still run Intel CPUs. On the iPad side, only the new Pro (in 11-inch and 12.9-inch versions) run the M1, with the other iPads — Air, Mini and “original,” all running A-series chips.
Since the iMac has been described as an iPad on a stand (or a MacBook on a stand), and the iPad Pro, especially when paired with a keyboard and stand, has been called a mini iMac, I wanted to see just how closely one could configure them on Apple’s website.
To get the closest match, I upgraded the 24-inch iMac to match the 8-core GPU in the iPad Pro (the base model iMac has the same 7-core GPU M1 as the MacBook Air), matched the RAM and storage, and added the Magic Keyboard to the iPad Pro to mimic the keyboard and mouse/touchpad that comes included with the iMac.
To be fair, the iMac comes in more colors.
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The price difference between these two M1-powered devices, each with the same RAM and storage, came out to $49, thanks mostly to the frankly insane premium Apple charges for its Magic Keyboard.
The biggest practical difference is the operating system and what software each can run, although that line is getting blurrier all the time. The iMac has a larger screen, but the iPad has a touchscreen (and new mini-LED display), plus it’s battery-powered, so you can use it almost anywhere.
While iMacs and iPads aren’t quite the same yet, I can see them moving in the same direction, towards a common future where there’s more overlap than not. When we get a new iPad and new iMac in for benchmarking, we’ll have a much better sense of just how similarly they perform.
Extra Life’s official day was October 25, but gamers can choose any day to participate.
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Extra Life, the 24-hour gaming marathon that raises money for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, has raked in a massive chunk of change.
The program this year raised $5.1 million as of Sunday, 24 hours after this year’s event kicked off, organizers announced on the official Facebook page. Last year, the program reached about $4 million in charitable giving to benefit the 170 children’s hospitals, which get 100 percent of the cash raised.
Extra Life was started in 2008 by founders of gaming site Sarcastic Gamers. The 24-hour gaming marathon was inspired by a girl with acute lymphoblastic leukemia who died that year. In 2008 and 2009, the first two gaming marathons raised a combined $302,000.
Participants sign up and can either play alone or create teams. The participants get friends and family to donate $1 per hour for gaming. Many teams have been created over the years that raise well over $100,000. Giant Bomb, a gaming site owned by CNET parent CBS, has so far exceeded its goal of $175,000.
This year, Extra Life officially began at 8 a.m. local time on October 25. Traditionally, games of all types — video games, board games, or anything else — are played for 24 hours straight. However, gamers can participate in the program at any time and donate to the cause at their leisure. They are also not required to play 24 hours straight in order to participate.
Extra Life will likely raise more money in the coming months. Weeks after Extra Life’s main day ended last year, gamers were still playing titles and donating to the program.
