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The World in 2050

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  THE WORLD IN 30 YEARS While companies like Microsoft and IBM have presented their own visions for the near future,  Kaspersky labs , an anti-virus software company, has presented its predictions for the year 2050 in order to mark the company’s 20th anniversary. The predictions were collected from futurists, experts, and everyday people and are displayed on an interactive map of the world. Image: Kaspersky Lab Earth 2050 The interactive 3D globe has several interactive points in different colors. The gold points are fully interactive, allowing users to explore cities like New York, Chicago, Barcelona, Shanghai, and Dhaka in full 360-degree views that accommodate virtual reality. The white points provide predictions without visuals. Users can access the site for predictions ranging from 2030 all the way to 2050. FUTURE FORTUNES Image: Kaspersky Lab Earth 2050 Dhaka, Bangladesh seems to have gotten the short end of the stick. According to the Kaspersky predictions, in the year 2050, sea

iPhone 16 Best Features

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  Review: Apple iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max Apple Intelligence might be overhyped, but it brings some helpful capabilities to the iPhone. Photograph: Julian Chokkattu; Getty Images Rating: 8/10 Open rating explainer WIRED Excellent performance. Good battery life. Fun and useful camera features. Apple Intelligence adds lots of nifty little features, like audio transcriptions in Notes and Voice Memos. Faster wireless charging. TIRED Apple Intelligence is in beta and many other features are coming later on. The Max might be too big. Maybe you don't need a Pro? The iPhone 16  has been one of the weirder smartphone launches I've seen from Apple in the nine years I've been covering tech. Much of the product's new capabilities are wrapped around  Apple Intelligence —a suite of  smart features  powered by artificial intelligence—which isn't available at launch. Apple will roll out a software update in October to deliver these promised perks. But my entire testing pe