The Morning After: The way to comply with Amazon’s {hardware} occasion tomorrow

Amazon doesn’t often do system occasions in February, however in a yr of turbulence, why not? The corporate is holding a presentation in New York, and, like previously, Amazon gained’t be livestreaming something.

Engadget will attend, nevertheless, and liveblog the occasion so that you’ll know what’s taking place. Amazon has teased its next-gen Alexa for what seems like years, promising a conversational vibe and the power to course of and execute advanced requests. Is it prepared to talk? And what random tech will Amazon cram it into? Clocks? Microwave ovens?

Right here’s what we’re anticipating.

— Mat Smith

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A elaborate digital camera so minimalist it doesn’t actually have a reminiscence card slot

There's an enormous built-in SSD as a substitute.

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Sigma’s latest digital camera is the BF, a 24.6-megapixel full-frame, mirrorless digital camera with a built-in SSD as a substitute of a detachable reminiscence card. The BF is suitable with L-mount lenses, and in addition to photographs, its 35mm full-frame sensor can seize 6K video and helps issues like HEVC encoding and seize speeds at as much as 120 frames per second. On the highest settings, the digital camera can cram in as much as two and a half hours of video footage — most likely sufficient. The Sigma BF can be accessible, body-only, for $1,999 in April, in black or silver.

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A second of Google Veo 2 AI video footage will price 50 cents

A minute will price $30, then.

Google’s Veo 2 mannequin, introduced final December, now has pricing. In the meanwhile, Veo 2 is restricted to two-minute clips at as much as 4K decision — much more than ChatGPT’s 1080p 20-second snippets. It’s tough to check pricing as Sora is a part of a subscription-based service. If you happen to’re paying for a $200 ChatGPT Professional plan, that’s 500 movies monthly, whereas the Plus plan caps at 50 movies at 720p and solely 5 seconds.

Even when many don't chew at that pricing, Google is already testing its Veo 2 AI to generate backgrounds for YouTube Shorts.

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An M4 MacBook Air might be right here in just some weeks

Apple would possibly announce a strong new Air in March.

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In his Energy On publication, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman experiences Apple is readying itself for the launch of the upgraded laptop computer subsequent month. The corporate is reportedly winding down stock of the present fashions. The M4 MacBook Air is anticipated to return in two sizes, 13-inch and 15-inch, just like the earlier mannequin.

Final yr’s M3 MBA launched awkwardly: Apple unveiled the M4 chip just some months later.

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