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Screens keep getting faster. Can you even tell?

Dell’s Alienware 27 QD-OLED gaming monitor (AW2725DF) has an outrageous 360Hz refresh rate. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge OLED monitors have gotten faster than ever. While LCD monitors have been pushing 500Hz for around a year now, CES 2024 saw similarly excessive refresh rates arrive on their OLED siblings, with multiple

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Apple says users will need an iPhone or iPad with Face ID to pre-order the Vision Pro, to scan their face and determine the right size Light Seal and head bands (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: Apple says users will need an iPhone or iPad with Face ID to pre-order the Vision Pro, to scan their face and determine the right size Light Seal and head bands  —  Apple Vision Pro pre-orders are a week away, and Apple is sharing new information about the buying process.

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South Korea’s financial regulator says US bitcoin ETFs may conflict with the country’s Virtual Asset User Protection Act and Capital Markets Act, plans a review (Sam Reynolds/CoinDesk)

Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: South Korea’s financial regulator says US bitcoin ETFs may conflict with the country’s Virtual Asset User Protection Act and Capital Markets Act, plans a review  —  Further review and consideration regarding crypto ETFs is planned, the regulator says.  —  Register Now

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Security researchers say they warned Apple as early as 2019 about AirDrop vulnerabilities that Chinese authorities claim they recently used to identify users (CNN)

CNN: Security researchers say they warned Apple as early as 2019 about AirDrop vulnerabilities that Chinese authorities claim they recently used to identify users  —  Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world.

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An interview with Garry Tan, who confirms that Y Combinator moved its HQ from Mountain View to SF, saying “you sort of have to be in San Francisco” these days (Jessica Mathews/Fortune)

Jessica Mathews / Fortune: An interview with Garry Tan, who confirms that Y Combinator moved its HQ from Mountain View to SF, saying “you sort of have to be in San Francisco” these days  —  Garry Tan, president, chief executive officer and cofounder of Y Combinator, during an interview on an episode of “The Circuit”

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