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Xiaomi’s new flagship has a giant camera bump with its own OLED screen - The Verge

Posted: 29 Mar 2021 07:30 AM PDT

Xiaomi has announced its latest flagship, the Mi 11 Ultra. It's based on the excellent new Mi 11, but has a more advanced camera system — including a second screen housed inside the camera bump.

The Mi 11 Ultra has three cameras on the back: a 1/1.12-inch 50-megapixel main sensor, a 48-megapixel ultrawide, and a 48-megapixel 5x periscope telephoto. Those sensors should be upgrades across the board when compared to the regular Mi 11, which had a smaller 108-megapixel main sensor, a 13-megapixel ultrawide, and a 5-megapixel macro camera.

The camera bump dominates the top portion of the Mi 11 Ultra, and its secondary screen is the reason why. It's a 1.1-inch 126 x 294 OLED display with a peak brightness of 450 nits and a power-saving mode. Xiaomi says it can be used as a selfie viewfinder, an always-on display, or a way to check notification alerts when the phone is face-down.

The specs are otherwise similar to the regular Mi 11. There's a 6.8-inch 120Hz 1440p OLED display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 processor, 12GB of RAM, and 256GB of storage. The battery has been boosted to 5,000mAh and is now capable of being fast-charged at 67W both wirelessly and with a cable.

Xiaomi is also launching a cut-down version of the Mi 11 called the Mi 11 Lite 5G. It looks similar to the regular Mi 11 but it's more of a mid-range device. It's the first phone to launch with the new Snapdragon 780 processor that Qualcomm announced last week, for example. The emphasis is on its slim and light design — it's just 6.81mm thick.

Elsewhere you'll find a 6.55-inch 1080p 90Hz OLED display, which is smaller, slower, and lower-resolution than that of the Mi 11. The triple-camera system includes a 64-megapixel primary sensor, an 8-megapixel ultrawide, and a 5-megapixel macro. The battery is also a little smaller at 4,250mAh, though you do at least get a headphone jack with the Mi 11 Lite, unlike the Mi 11.

Xiaomi hasn't provided pricing or release details for the Mi 11 Ultra and the Mi 11 Lite just yet — stay tuned.

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Misusing Ford’s 2021 F-150 pickup generator - Engadget

Posted: 29 Mar 2021 05:02 AM PDT

Ford's F-150 pickup has dominated vehicle sales in the US for over 30 years. The vehicle itself (along with most other pickups on the market) has moved away from straight utilitarian use and morphed in some cases into a luxury vehicle that can also haul a chicken coop once in a while. That said, the F-150 still has a place not only in the traditional contractor, landscaper, and agriculture world as a workhorse, but also as a mobile office for anyone that needs to plug in and power their gear.

We took the 2021 F-150 Platinum trim level to the middle of a field to see just what we could accomplish with the pickup's new built in Power Pro generator. Relaxing in the comfortable and luxurious cab with our laptop was a breeze, but we also ventured outside to see just how many things we could plug in and use in an area more commonly associated with cows and sheep than gamers and cooks.

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Cyberpunk 2077 1.2 Patch Fixes One of the Game's Best/Worst Typos - IGN - IGN

Posted: 29 Mar 2021 08:07 AM PDT

Cyberpunk 2077's 1.2 patch notes are huge, with literally hundreds of changes listed, which means the little details can easily get lost. One of the smaller changes did catch our eye, however – the game's most visible typo will finally be fixed by the update, which arrived for PC and consoles today.Shortly after release, players (including IGN's own Mitchell Saltzman, below) began noticing that a frankly enormous sign in Cyberpunk's open world misspelled the name of Night City, the game's main location. As you drove out of the south side of town, you pass through a border checkpoint emblazoned with the phrase, "LEAVING NIGTH CITY".

Fans on Twitter, Reddit, and beyond quickly picked up on the odd spelling. Some even questioned whether it might be deliberate – not as far-fetched an idea as it might seem, given that the developers have said one alleged typo is actually an intentional play on words.

Is this a typo, or did I miss some lore that explains how Night City's real name is actually Nigth City? pic.twitter.com/DQgRFrtjGj
— Mitchell Saltzman (@JurassicRabbit) December 16, 2020

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In the case of the Nigth City sign, however, the most recent patch notes have made clear that it was not intentional after all, and will be seeing a fix. In the Environment and Levels section of the notes, a small note reads, "Fixed the misspelled Leaving Night City sign."

If you haven't already, it might be time to head to the tunnel and take a selfie with the sign, as it's about to be consigned to the Recycle Bin of history. If you need to find it, check out our interactive Cyberpunk 2077 map – it's right by the Border Checkpoint fast travel point.

As we said, it marks one small note in an avalanche of changes seemingly coming with the long-awaited 1.2 patch for the game. CD Projekt Red has previously said that this patch would "fix the most prominent problems gamers are facing on last-gen consoles," after the game launched with major issues, particularly for PS4 and Xbox One. Whether it then returns to the PS Store after more than 100 days remains an unanswered question.

Joe Skrebels is IGN's Executive Editor of News, and any typos in this story are 100% intentional and for comic effect. Follow him on Twitter. Have a tip for us? Want to discuss a possible story? Please send an email to newstips@ign.com.

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