December 4, 2024 | View in browser 

💻 A MacBook Pro Touch Bar revival (of sorts)
📱 Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Z Flip 7 expected to go big
🎵 Sony Bravia Theater Bar 8 review: plug-and-play Dolby Atmos
🍿 First 8 minutes of LOTR: The War of the Rohirrim

🕹️ The last major game of 2024 will wreck your PC

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Remember the MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar? Apple introduced it in 2016 as a way to enhance user interaction by providing customizable controls based on the application in use. It turned out that folks preferred proper keys over a touch-sensitive interface, so Apple eventually got rid of it. But it may be making a comeback.

A new project on Kickstarter wants to launch Apple's Touch Bar as a standalone device called the Flexbar. The 10-inch 2K OLED touchscreen is designed to sit above the keyboard on your laptop, on your desk above your keyboard, or even beside your tablet, to give you quick access to your most-used buttons ...

Available for both Android and iOS, Skoove offers a very comprehensive and personalized piano-learning experience. What sets it apart from the crowd is that it uses a bite-sized learning method with real-time feedback so you can develop your skills and make daily progress. It includes over 500 lessons for premium users, so you can pick an area you’d most like to work on and develop your skills from there. Like the other best piano apps, it includes a wide library of songs for you to learn, from Beethoven and Mozart to The Beatles and Adele ...

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A consultant in the display supply chain industry has claimed that the Galaxy Z Fold 7 will feature the same panels found on the recently released Galaxy Z Fold Special Edition, including an 8-inch foldable main display and a 6.5-inch cover display, significantly larger than the Z Fold 6’s 7.6-inch primary display and 6.3-inch cover display, Digital Trends reported.

The consultant also anticipates that the Galaxy Z Flip 7 will have a 6.85-inch main display and a 4-inch cover display. The Galaxy Z Flip 6 has a 6.7-inch main display and a 3.4-inch cover display ...

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In his hands-on review of Sony’s mid-tier Bravia Theater Bar 8, Digital Trends’ audio specialist Simon Cohen notes the device’s smaller footprint, fewer ports, and fewer features compared to its predecessor, calling it “a friendlier, simpler speaker.”

Simon’s review praises the soundbar for its easy setup, “very good” bass performance, HDMI input, Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, and expandability with optional speakers. However, disappointments include an absence of optical or analog inputs, a lack of sound settings, and limited streaming options. Dive into the review for the full analysis ...

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The opening of New Line Cinema’s The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim begins with the words: “It is not easy to hold on to hope when an ill wind blows,” according to a special preview clip showing the first eight minutes of the upcoming anime fantasy film.

Set 183 years before the events of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, The War of the Rohirrim teases the impending showdown between Rohan and the Dunlendings. Rohan is led by the fierce King Helm Hammerhand (Brian Cox), while the Dunlendings follow Wulf (Luke Pasqualino), who looks to avenge the death of his father at the hands of Helm ...

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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle arrives on Monday, but unfortunately for a lot of PC players, the system requirements might be too steep, even if the rig is packing one of the best graphics cards, Digital Trends reported.

There are different tiers of requirements, from “minimum” for basic performance, to “ultra” for the very best. At the extreme end, you’ll need Nvidia’s top-end RTX 4090 graphics card to max everything out at 4K, and also a flagship CPU like the Core i9-13900K. But things are still very demanding lower down the stack, too ... 

At Skoove, we unlock the magic of playing an instrument. Skoove (Learnfield GmbH) was founded in 2014 in Berlin, Germany.  With more than 2 million users today, we make interactive apps to learn piano. With our team of 30 certified music nuts, we combine music learning science, audio technology, and machine learning to build a unique company in the music tech space.

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