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How to watch #India vs #NewZealand in the 2026 T20
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#Omani #Foreign Minister calls for diplomatic pressure
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England, WI and SA to leave #India over the weekend
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#Macron, Mitsotakis, Christodoulides to meet in #Cyprus
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Some New Apple M1 iMacs Are Arriving Crooked: Report

Some new M1 iMac owners are reporting that their computers arrived from Apple with crooked mounts. The amount that the monitors are off-kilter varies, but some are rather extreme. One YouTuber, Faruk from iPhonedo, shows that in his case it was particularly bad.

Faruk notes that his iMac mounting was so crooked that he returned it and will have to wait until the end of July for his replacement unit. On one side of the monitor, the base of the iconic "chin" was seven centimeters above his desk. On the other side, it was eight centimeters. While the difference of one centimeter may not sound like a lot, it is very obvious when looking at the computer straight on.

The crooked mount of the stand became obvious to Faruk after he unboxed it and set it up for his set of beauty shots that he planned to use for his review. Below is an image straight out of Faruk's YouTube video, which shows the monitor set up on a desk.

The image below has a series of lines added in order to illustrate the tilt. The red lines are aligned with the top and bottom of the monitor. The blue lines are perfectly perpendicular to the image. The green line is aligned with the keyboard and desk and is also perpendicular to the image, added to illustrate that the issue is not due to lens or perspective distortion. Faruk shows additional examples in his video to back up his case.

In the Apple subreddit, at least one user reports that after seeing Faruk's video, they too have noticed the tilt.

"Checked mine after watching this and it’s also crooked," Reddit user synchronicityVII writes. "Not to the degree of his, but not completely level either. I’m outside of my return window and I can’t take the time hit of not having a machine to work on for a month. It’s super disappointing that Apple of all companies is shipping units with such a basic oversight."

As noted by FrontPageTech, a user on Apple's official forums has reported the same issue.

"Hi, I got the new iMac M1 24 Inch today and I was feeling the screen was crooked in the right bottom," user pierreokivier writes. "1mm is not much but enough to feel it, anybody else got the same problem?"

While the problem does not seem widespread at the time of publication, Faruk's issue does not seem to be a one-off to him. The mounting system on the back of the iMac uses seven screws to hold it in place which could theoretically be adjusted by the user. As noted, Apple will replace affected units if the issue is noted within the return window and the company's product warranty likely covers repairs beyond that. Still, it is unfortunate that this is an issue for some at all.

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The list you see below reflects a lot of work done in earlier weeks–three virtual panels recorded in advance, plus a Wirecutter update that I started researching last year.

4/19/2021: Time to cut internet cords: T-Mobile, Verizon up their bids to be your next home broadband, USA Today

I wrote about the fixed-wireless home-broadband services now available from these two carriers–one of which looks better positioned to let more Americans dump their local cable or telco monopoly.

4/19/2021: A key lesson of sports on OTT: first, do no lag, FierceVideo

An editor at this trade pub asked if I could fill in with coverage of an online event they were hosting. That work started with a write-up of a panel about lessons learned in distributing live sports events on over-the-top (aka “OTT,” meaning delivered on a third party’s broadband) video services.

4/20/2021: Keynote Interview: Producing OTT Sports Content, StreamTV Sports Summit

I didn’t just write about Fierce’s conference, I also participated in it by interviewing Chris Marinak, Major League Baseball’s chief operations and strategy officer. You can watch our banter after registering with your e-mail or Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter accounts; meanwhile, take a close look at the screenshot at the right and you may be able to recognize the Nationals bobblehead I’d placed on my desk for this recording.

4/20/2021: MLB to RSNs: It’s time to think direct-to-consumer, FierceVideo

Fierce then invited me to write up my own appearance at its show, so I led with Marinak’s answer to my question about his statements in a March season-preview event that MLB wants regional sports networks to sell game coverage direct to subscribers instead of making them sign up for a big pay-TV bundle. (I’d covered those earlier comments in an Opening Day post at Forbes.) Marinak reiterated that stance, and my recap got picked up at a few places; among them, Awful Announcing‘s Andrew Bucholtz and The Streamable‘s Jason Gurwin provided useful context.

4/21/2021: Netflix subscriber growth downshifts in Q1, FierceVideo

I wrote one more post for Fierce, in this case because the usual reporter was taking a just-in-case day off after getting his second dose of a coronavirus vaccine. Netflix earnings are less annoying to cover than those of other tech companies, because NFLX posts an “earnings interview” video instead of making people listen to an audio-only recording on which all the executives usually sound alike.

4/21/2021: The Best Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wirecutter

This overdue update to the guide I’d last revised in those innocent days of early 2020 brings a new 5G-specific pick, T-Mobile’s M2000 hotspot. AT&T and Verizon’s 5G hotspots, lacking the midband 5G T-Mo offers, were nowhere close–and yet Verizon’s LTE remains so good that the top pick went to the same Vz 4G hotspot as last year.

4/21/2021: Preparing for the return to live, Collision

I started this interview of Nathan Hubbard (formerly of Musictoday, Ticketmaster, Twitter and Rival) by mentioning the last game and concert I’d attended in the Before Times. That last musical event was a John Hiatt set at the Birchmere, which led Hubbard to recount how he’d once played that Alexandria venue himself.

4/21/2021: Verizon’s Slumping Video-Subscriber Numbers: Here’s What A Post-TV Provider Looks Like, Forbes

Seeing Verizon lose another stadium’s worth of pay-TV subscribers led me to take a closer look at both its Fios TV service and its sales pitch for it online, which at this point represents the softest of sells.

4/22/2021: WWE: Breaking down the data, Collision

I talked to WWE CTO Rajan Mehta about the network’s applications of technology… after offering the disclaimer that not only am I not anybody’s idea of a WWE viewer, as a D.C.-based journalist I must self-identify as a C-SPAN man.

4/22/2021: Facebook Exec Sounds Off On Its New Audio Features, Forbes

Fidji Simo, who heads Facebook’s app efforts, spoke at a couple of Collision panels about the social network’s upcoming audio features–while other Collision speakers made some good points about Facebook’s history of not thinking through the implications of new products and features.

4/24/2021: SmartTechCheck Podcast (4-23-21), Mark Vena

I returned to my tech-analyst friend’s podcast to discuss Apple’s announcements from its “Spring Loaded” event and talk about my findings from testing 5G hotspots around the D.C. area.

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Apple Launches a Colorful Series of Redesigned iMacs Powered by M1

Apple has announced a new series of 21.5-inch iMacs that feature a new design. With a 4.5K retina display, 1080p webcam, matching keyboards and mice, and a new microphone array, the new M1-powered iMac comes in seven colors and will begin shipping in May.

The new iMac is akin to the power and performance that has already been proven in the Mac mini but with an integrated monitor and a brand new design. Apple says that the front of the new iMac is a single sheet of glass that "covers the entire surface." While early, leaked renders of what this new design might have looked like are close, Apple has still kept the "chin" below the display on this new design, which houses the speakers, fans, and much of the computing power.

The back of the iMacs, which Apple says are seen nearly as frequently as the front, have been designed to "celebrate color" with bold, saturated shades. The computer itself is incredibly thin (11.5 millimeters thin) thanks to the benefits of the M1 chip. It has two USB-C ports and two Thunderbolt ports and a new power adapter that connects magnetically. The thin, woven-wrapped cord connects to a power brick that can be hidden behind a desk or on the floor, and an ethernet cable can also connect to that power brick which further manages cables.

Apple says that the system on a chip architecture of the M1, what was once multiple chips scattered across the motherboard, the new iMac consolidates them into the one, powerful M1 chip. This also allowed the company to compress the bulky thermal system in the last generation iMac into a set of two small fans. Apple says that the new iMac runs "exceptionally quiet." Apple says that with typical use, it will stay under 10 decibels, which are barely audible to the human ear.

The compressed computer body has allowed Apple to make the entire computer's footprint even smaller than the previous generation, letting it fit more easily into more spaces.

The monitor on the new iMac is what Apple is calling a "best in class display." It's a 24-inch 4.5K retina monitor that can achieve 500 nits of brightness and is color accurate within the P3 color gamut. It also has a coating that reduces reflectivity for easier readability.

The camera, mics, and speakers have all been improved as well. The new iMac has a 1080p facetime camera with a larger sensor that Apple says performs better in low light. It pairs with the M1 and Apple's image signal processing (ISP) to further enhance videos. The camera can make more intelligent exposure decisions, apply better noise reduction, and adjust tone mapping to deliver enhanced dynamic range. The company says that it is "the best camera in a Mac."

Apple also outfitted the iMac with the "best mic system ever in a mac," which uses three microphones and beamforming technology to better ignore background noise. The speakers have also been improved, with greater power dedicated to the speakers. It is a six-speaker system that the company claims will produce high-quality sound despite the small casing of the computer.

Thanks to M1, the new iMac shares a lot in common with the new MacBook Air, Pro, and Mac Mini. iMac can wake almost instantly, and apps can launch extremely fast. Apple promises the experience is fast, fluid, and capable of handling hundreds of tabs in Safari as well as intensive photo edits.

The company syas that the iMac is up to 85% faster than the previous 21.5-inch iMac models in Lightroom.

Apple is also introducing a new magic keyboard set that matches the new colors and that also integrates touch ID. Additionally, there are a new set of magic trackpads and magic mice in the new colors No other changes were noted for the mice or the trackpads).

The new iMac will be available starting at $1,299 and will be available in May.

This story is developing.

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