In this tutorial, we demonstrate a complete end-to-end solution to convert text into audio using an open-source text-to-speech (TTS) model available on Hugging Face. Leveraging the capabilities of the Coqui TTS library, the tutorial walks you through initializing a state-of-the-art TTS model (in our case, “tts_models/en/ljspeech/tacotron2-DDC”), processing your input text, and saving the resulting synthesis as a high-quality WAV audio file. In addition, we integrate Python’s audio processing tools, including the wave module and context managers, to analyze key audio file attributes like duration, sample rate, sample width, and channel configuration. This step-by-step guide is designed to cater to beginners and advanced developers who want to understand how to generate speech from text and perform basic diagnostic analysis on the output. !pip install TTS !pip install TTS installs the Coqui TTS library, enabling you to leverage open-source text-to-speech models to convert text into high-quality audio. This ensures that all necessary dependencies are available in your Python environment, allowing you to experiment quickly with various TTS functionalities. from TTS.api import TTS import contextlib import wave We import essential modules: TTS from the TTS API for text-to-speech synthesis using Hugging Face models and the built-in contextlib and wave modules for safely opening and analyzing WAV audio files. def text_to_speech(text: str, output_path: str = "output.wav", use_gpu: bool = False): """ Converts input text to speech and saves the result to an audio file. Parameters: text (str): The text to convert. output_path (str): Output WAV file path. use_gpu (bool): Use GPU for inference if available. """ model_name = "tts_models/en/ljspeech/tacotron2-DDC" tts = TTS(model_name=model_name, progress_bar=True, gpu=use_gpu) tts.tts_to_file(text=text, file_path=output_path) print(f"Audio file generated successfully: {output_path}") The text_to_speech function accepts a string of text, along with an optional output file path and a GPU usage flag, and utilizes the Coqui TTS model (specified as “tts_models/en/ljspeech/tacotron2-DDC”) to synthesize the provided text into a WAV audio file. Upon successful conversion, it prints a confirmation message indicating where the audio file has been saved. def analyze_audio(file_path: str): """ Analyzes the WAV audio file and prints details about it. Parameters: file_path (str): The path to the WAV audio file. """ with contextlib.closing(wave.open(file_path, 'rb')) as wf: frames = wf.getnframes() rate = wf.getframerate() duration = frames / float(rate) sample_width = wf.getsampwidth() channels = wf.getnchannels() print("\nAudio Analysis:") print(f" - Duration : {duration:.2f} seconds") print(f" - Frame Rate : {rate} frames per second") print(f" - Sample Width : {sample_width} bytes") print(f" - Channels : {channels}") The analyze_audio function opens a specified WAV file and extracts key audio parameters, such as duration, frame rate, sample width, and number of channels, using Python’s wave module. It then prints these details in a neatly formatted summary, helping you verify and understand the technical characteristics of the synthesized audio output. if __name__ == "__main__": sample_text = ( "Marktechpost is an AI News Platform providing easy-to-consume, byte size updates in machine learning, deep learning, and data science research. Our vision is to showcase the hottest research trends in AI from around the world using our innovative method of search and discovery" ) output_file = "output.wav" text_to_speech(sample_text, output_path=output_file) analyze_audio(output_file) The if __name__ == “__main__”: block serves as the script’s entry point when executed directly. This segment defines a sample text describing an AI news platform. The text_to_speech function is called to synthesize this text into an audio file named “output.wav”, and finally, the analyze_audio function is invoked to print the audio’s detailed parameters. Main Function Output Download the generated audio from the side pane on Colab In conclusion, the implementation illustrates how to effectively harness open-source TTS tools and libraries to convert text to audio while concurrently performing diagnostic analysis on the resulting audio file. By integrating the Hugging Face models through the Coqui TTS library with Python’s robust audio processing capabilities, you gain a comprehensive workflow that synthesizes speech efficiently and verifies its quality and performance. Whether you aim to build conversational agents, automate voice responses, or simply explore the nuances of speech synthesis, this tutorial lays a solid foundation that you can easily customize and expand as needed. Here is the Colab Notebook. Also, don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and join our Telegram Channel and LinkedIn Group. Don’t Forget to join our 85k+ ML SubReddit. NikhilNikhil is an intern consultant at Marktechpost. He is pursuing an integrated dual degree in Materials at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Nikhil is an AI/ML enthusiast who is always researching applications in fields like biomaterials and biomedical science. 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This review contains full spoilers for Doctor Who season 2, episode 1, “The Robot Revolution”“The Robot Revolution” kicks off Doctor Who’s second season (which is also the 15th of the revived era, and 41st of the series overall) with all the subtlety of a glitter cannon. It’s loud, bright, and begging you to have fun. It opens strong, racing through a pulpy rescue mission filled with bellowing red robots who shout “Behold!” like they’re auditioning for a live-action Thundercats reboot, and introduces a charmingly absurd polishing droid that deserves its own Star Wars-esque merch line. There’s visual invention to spare, and campier instincts that are proudly leaned into. But for all its spectacle and self-aware chaos, this premiere rarely pulls itself together into something emotionally or thematically solid. The pace is frantic, but the plot is hollow, and the initial spark fades quickly, leaving a forgettable story where a flagship return should have been.Nowhere is that hollowness more obvious than in the central twist: The reveal that Belinda’s ex, Al (with a lowercase “l,” short for Alan), is actually the AI (with an uppercase “I”) Generator controlling the robot horde doesn’t so much twist as it unravels. It’s another of Russell T. Davies’ increasingly worn-out wordplay gambits, a spiritual cousin to last season’s Sue Tech/Sutekh gag and the ongoing parade of Susan Twist cameos. And like those, it doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. Al shows up for a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it intro, vanishes for 40 minutes, then returns as the “surprise” villain with all the dramatic impact of a Windows error message. The AI Generator itself looks like it stumbled out of a garish Fallout mod, all cartoon menace and flickering CRT pomp, but even that fizzles once the punchline lands. The problem isn’t just the twist itself, but that it mirrors a larger issue: It’s content to coast on style and quirk without giving the story anything to chew on.The Best Doctor Who Monsters of the Modern EraDespite the limp plot and undercooked villainy, “The Robot Revolution” isn’t a total loss. Its best asset, by far, is its character work, which offers a promising glimpse at the season ahead. Belinda Chandra, played with disarming charm and quiet authority by Varada Sethu, isn’t exactly new. She first popped up in “Boom” as Mundy Flynn, a military medic in one of last season’s better standalone episodes. Here, we get a resolution to that setup: Belinda and Mundy are simply related, and separated by thousands of years. It’s not exactly the first time Doctor Who has had to account for an actor cast in multiple roles, and it does add just enough narrative gravity to Belinda’s TARDIS debut. Better still, she arrives fully formed. Belinda’s got opinions, she pushes back, and she doesn’t let the Doctor get away with his usual verbal sleight of hand. That alone already sets her apart. While I appreciated Millie Gibson as Ruby Sunday last season – her energy with Ncuti Gatwa was electric – she sometimes felt more like a tag-along rather than a co-lead. So, it’s refreshing to see someone arrive with momentum and bite. With a Doctor who’s spent the last run veering between whimsy and wistfulness, a companion to properly bounce off in the TARDIS could be exactly what Doctor Who needs.It also helps that the TARDIS finally starts acting like a character again. It’s not just a glossy teleportation pod: It’s temperamental, tactile, and responsive, and the Doctor doesn’t just pilot it, he negotiates, pleads, and wrestles with the console. “The Robot Revolution” gives Gatwa ample opportunity to showcase his physical performance skills, and he shines in those moments, injecting a raw drive and frustration into the scenes. The increased TARDIS action is a welcome shift, and its lavish, yet sterile, new design is finally made use of. It’s still missing the kind of lived-in charm it had back when Amy and Rory were knocking around in it, but getting to spend more time with its ravishing glowing panels will have to do for now. Visually speaking “The Robot Revolution” throws everything it’s got at the wall. Time fractures shimmer, transitions snap into gear, and the robots, while one-note, benefit massively from those bulky, theatrical, practical suits. The production’s gunning for cinematic flair: Sometimes it lands, sometimes it looks like the green-screen footage was finalized at the 11th hour. The ambition’s admirable, even if the execution wobbles – which, to be completely fair, isn’t that unusual for Doctor Who sets. A companion to properly bounce off in the TARDIS could be exactly what Doctor Who needs.“For the most part, “The Robot Revolution” feels like mid-season filler dressed up in premiere clothing. There are flashes of fun, such as the episode’s humor, that occasionally manage to cut through its visual and narrative chaos. The throwaway “planet of the incels” line stands out as one of the few sharp moments that sticks. And while the rest of the plot is rather forgettable, there’s some semblance of narrative direction by its resolution. The Doctor and Belinda are being blocked from reaching Earth in 2025, nudging them toward a longer, stranger road home. It’s a modest hook, but enough to give the season a spine. If Doctor Who leans into that structure and continues building on the sharp chemistry between Gatwa and Sethu, there’s still time and space to grow. So no, “The Robot Revolution” isn’t a knockout. But it’s a fast, intermittently funny, and mostly empty slice of sci-fi that may just be laying the groundwork for something more. If season 2 manages to focus on its new TARDIS team, and maybe even dial back some of the universe-ending theatrics, that journey back to Earth might be worth taking.

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Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube807k In case you didn't already know, the Nintendo Switch Online app will carry over to the Switch 2 when it launches this June. If you are wondering what the UI might look like when it eventually shows up on the new hybrid system, Nintendo's official Japanese website has now shared a sneak peek. As you can see, there'll be a huge "welcome" banner with Mario and the gang on bootup and the usual options lined up down the side. Next up is the profile section - featuring plenty of familiar faces like Mario, Link, and Isabelle, along with some game listings. Here's where you can also see details about your Switch Online subscription and much more.Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube807kWatch on YouTube Images: Nintendo And last but not least is a graphic featuring all of the Switch Online retro game offerings. On display in this particular shot are a bunch of Famicom games and Nintendo has also featured the GameCube here, which will be added exclusively to the Switch 2 Expansion Pack service at launch. Once again, you'll be accessing this online hub directly from the system's HOME menu, although the online icon is now placed ahead of the 'C' button icon on the menu. Of course, the Switch Online + Expansion Pack requires an active membership to use. Time to chat! What do you think of the design of the Nintendo Switch app? Do you use it much on the Switch? What do you think of the look of it on Switch 2? Let us know your thoughts in the comments. [source nintendo.com] See Also Share:0 0 Liam is a news writer and reviewer for Nintendo Life and Pure Xbox. He's been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of Mario and Master Chief. Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment... Related Articles It's Official, Switch 2 Joy-Con Will Not Feature Hall Effect Sticks Controllers have been designed from the ground up Where To Pre-Order Nintendo Switch 2 Where to buy Switch 2 consoles, accessories & games Round Up: The First Impressions Of Mario Kart World Are In The race begins this June Round Up: The First Impressions Of Donkey Kong Bananza Are In He's finally back... Feature: "We Really Want To Future-Proof" - The Nintendo Switch 2 Interview Nate Bihldorff talks pack-ins, game-key cards, and Korok Forest

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HP EliteBook Ultra G1i MSRP $24,320.00 Score Details “The HP EliteBook Ultra G1i is solid, gorgeous, and packed with business features.” Pros Class-leading design Lovely aesthetic Spectacular OLED display Excellent keyboard and touchpad Thin and light Very good battery life Cons Expensive Performance doesn't stand out Table of Contents Table of Contents Specs and configuration Design Keyboard and touchpad Connectivity and webcam Performance Battery life Display and audio An excellent laptop for businesses, but a little expensive for most consumers The best business laptops are very well-made and robust, conservatively attractive, fast, and have great battery life. Those are feature that consumers look for, too, but manufacturers like HP add a ton of features that make business laptops more attractive to enterprises that require great management and security. Recommended Videos That makes them more expensive, which sometimes pushes them out of the range of many consumer buyers. That’s a shame with the HP EliteBook Ultra G1i, because it’s a great 14-inch laptop that all kinds of users would love — if only its price was a bit more palatable. But for businesses users, it’s one of the better choices.  HP EliteBook Ultra G1i Dimensions 12.35 x 8.45 x 0.36-0.48 inches Weight 2.63 pounds Display 14.0-inch 16:10 2.8K (1880 x 1800) OLED, 120Hz CPU Intel Core Ultra 5 226V Intel Core Ultra 7 256V Intel Core Ultra 7 268V vPro GPU Intel Arc 130V Intel Arc 140V Memory 16GB 32GB Storage 256GB SSD 512GB SSD 1TB SSD Ports 3 x USB-C with Thunderbolt 4 1 x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 1 x 3.5mm headphone jack Camera 9MP with infrared camera for Windows 11 Hello Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetoth 5.4 Battery 64 watt-hour Operating system Windows 11 Price $1,849+ As a business laptop, the EliteBook Ultra G1i is more likely to be purchased on a group contract. So, its prices listed in its web store (which are heavily discounted from list already) aren’t necessarily as indicative of what the target business customer will pay. However, right now, the EliteBook starts at $1,849 for an Intel Core Ultra 5 226V chipset, 16GB of RAM, a 256GB SSD, and a 14.0-inch 2.8K OLED display (the only option). For $2,432, you get a Core Ultra 7 268V, 32GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD. That’s the confirmation I reviewed. There are other configurations available within that range. So, that makes the EliteBook Ultra G1i a very premium business laptop. The similarly configured HP OmniBook Ultra Flip 14, which is aimed at consumers, is quite a bit less expensive starting at $1,100 on sale and maxing out at $1,730 (also on sale). The Apple MacBook Air 13 (M4) is also less expensive, starting at $1,000 and maxing out at just over $2,000. Mark Coppock / Digital Trends I recently wrote an editorial about how Apple’s attention to detail has resulted in some of the best hardware around. But Apple isn’t the only company that manages to make a laptop that feels really great in hand. The EliteBook Ultra G1i is another. It’s one of those laptops that gives me an immediate impression of quality the moment I pull it out of the box. First, it’s nicely sized. Its display bezels aren’t the smallest I’ve seen, but they’re small enough that the EliteBook Ultra G1i is quite compact with its 14-inch display. It’s also very thin, coming in at a maximum of 0.48 inches in the rear that’s almost as thin as the insanely thin Apple MacBook Air 13’s 0.45 inches (and the HP is even thinner up front at 0.36 inches). The EliteBook is also almost the same weight as the MacBook, so it has that kind of density that avoids a really light laptop feeling flimsy. And 2.63 pounds is plenty light enough to make it eminently portable. The weight is also very well-balanced, so it’s comfortable to carry around, open or closed. The rounded edges also feel great — better than the MacBook’s edges that border on being a little sharp. The EliteBook’s hinge isn’t quite as smooth, though, and requires two hands to open the lid. Overall, the all-aluminum construction is solid with no bending, flexing, or twisting in the chassis, keyboard deck, or lid. This is a really well-designed and well-built laptop. Aesthetically, the design is quite elegant with the usual contemporary minimalism but enough identity that it’s not mundane. The rounded edges help here, too, and HP has done a great job with the dark blue color way. My only complaint is the lighter blue color assigned to the function keys, and then the power button (with embedded fingerprint reader) that has a rather bright LED and yet another light blue color. That might be good for accessibility, something that HP has paid a lot of attention to in their recent designs. But I do think it takes away from the look a bit. Beyond the EliteBook Ultra G1i’s physical design, it’s also a business laptop with several features that make it a great choice for businesses. Primarily, that centers around various utilities that can plug into enterprise management systems to provide enhanced fleet management capabilities and security. HP’s Wolf Security serves the latter function, offering up a host of capabilities that lock the EliteBook down on both a software and hardware level. I won’t go into the details here, but suffice it to say that if you’re looking for a laptop that’s easy to manage and highly secure, then the EliteBook Ultra G1i provides what you’re looking for. Mark Coppock / Digital Trends HP has been making great keyboards for a while now, starting with their Spectre laptops that were some of my favorites. That’s carried that over to its OmniBook and EliteBook lineups, and HP has maybe even made them a little better given the attention to accessibility I mentioned above. That’s reflected in the bold lettering and careful color scheme that will help the visually impaired. But even more so, the EliteBook Ultra G1i’s keyboard is just about perfect for me, equally as good as Apple’s Magic Keyboard that’s been my overall favorite. The keycaps are large and yet there’s plenty of key spacing with a very comfortable layout. And the switches are exactly as I like them — light and snappy yet with a precise bottoming action. I could type on this keyboard at full speed for hours (as in writing this review) without getting fatigued. Another simple keyboard test for me is whether I can type passwords from muscle-memory on the first try, and the EliteBook’s keyboard passed with flying colors. The touchpad is equally as good. It’s a large haptic version that takes up all the available space on the palm rest, just like with Apple’s MacBooks. And it’s excellent, with responsive and consistent “clicks.” Windows 11 affords a ton of customization with haptic touchpads, and it’s all here. Apple’s Force Touch haptic touchpad has long been the industry standard for excellence, and it benefits from the Force Click feature where pressing a little “harder” kicks off additional functionality. But otherwise, the EliteBook’s touchpad is just as good. You can also opt for a touch-enabled display. A great haptic touchpad makes that less attractive for me, personally, but it’s available if you want it. Connectivity is pretty good, with three USB-C ports with Thunderbolt 4 support and a USB-A port for legacy devices. I say that’s just pretty good because some 14-inch laptops have more connectivity, with an HDMI connection being fairly common. There’s also no SD card support, which I’d like to see. Wireless connectivity is fully up-to-date with Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4. Mark Coppock / Digital Trends The webcam is HP’s usual 9MP version, so it provides excellent image quality. It’s backed up by a fast Lunar Lake Neural Processing Unit (NPU) that runs at a very fast 48 tera operations per second (TOPS), easily exceeding the 40 TOPS requirement for Microsoft’s Copilot+ PC AI initiative. That means it will power on-device AI processing more efficiently than relying on the slower CPU or GPU components. HP partnered with Poly Studio to offer the Poly Camera Pro suite of videoconferencing features with enhance background, spotlight, auto-framing, and other functionality, much of it AI-powered using the NPU. There’s probably not another laptop available with quite the same breadth and depth of AI-powered features in addition to what’s provided via Copilot+. Mark Coppock / Digital Trends You can choose from several Intel Lunar Lake (Core Ultra Series 2) options with the EliteBook Ultra G1i, all of them 8-core/8-thread chipsets available running at 17 watts.  Lunar Lake is focuses more on efficiency than pure performance, with speeds falling between the previous-generation 15-watt U-series and 28-watt H-series Meteor Lake chipsets. As a business laptop, Intel vPro is a natural option that enables the EliteBook’s excellent manageability and security. All Lunar Lake versions give similar performance in CPU-intensive tasks, because they only vary by clock speed. And, they’re considerably slower than Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X chipsets, the other Windows efficiency option. AMD;s Ryzen AI 9 and Apple’s M4 chipsets are also considerably faster. The Core Ultra 5 226V has a slower Intel Arc 130V integrated graphics, but the faster Intel Arc 140V in the Core Ultra 7 268V isn’t much faster. Overall, the EliteBook Ultra G1i is a fast laptop for demanding productivity users, including business users, but gamers and creators will want to look elsewhere. Cinebench R24 (single/multi) Geekbench 6 (single/multi) Handbrake (seconds) 3DMark Wild Life Extreme HP EliteBook Ultra G1i (Core Ultra 7 268V / Intel Arc 140V) 122 / 551 2780 / 10685 97 7061 HP EliteBook X G1a (Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 / Radeon 890M) 109 / 1095 2769 / 14786 60 7236 Acer Swift 14 AI (Ryzen AI 9 365 / Radeon 880M) 110 / 877 2795 / 14351 56 5669 Acer Swift 14 AI (Core Ultra 7 258V / Intel Arc 140V)121 / 525 2755 / 11138 92 5294 HP OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 (Core Ultra 7 258V / Intel Arc 140V) 116 / 598 2483 / 10725 99 7573 Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition (Core Ultra 7 258V / Intel Arc 140V) 109 / 630 2485 / 10569 88 5217 Asus Zenbook S 14 (Core Ultra 7 258V / Intel Arc 140V)112 / 452 2738 / 10734 113 7514 HP OmniBook X (Snapdragon X Elite / Adreno)101 / 749 2377 / 13490 N/A 6165 MacBook Air (M4 10/10)172 / 853 3770 / 14798 87 9154 Mark Coppock / Digital Trends As I mentioned above, Lunar Lake is aimed more at battery life than pure performance. And generally speaking, that’s been the case in the laptops I’ve tested. Some are impacted by power-hungry high-res OLED displays, while those with more efficient IPS displays compete better with Apple’s highly efficient Apple Silicon chipsets that remain the most efficient overall. The EliteBook Ultra G1i has a relatively small 64 watt-hour battery to go with a 2.8K OLED display. That shouldn’t be a recipe for the best battery life, even with Lunar Lake. But, the EliteBook does pretty well. Its results in our video looping test was very good at over 15 hours, and it was competitive at almost 2.5 hours in the demanding Cinebench R24 test. It didn’t do as well in our web browsing test, but I had to change the tool we use for testing due to our previous tool being deprecated by Google. Using our older tool, the EliteBook would likely have scored closer to the HP OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 with basically the same chipset, display, and battery capacity and that managed two hours longer. These are very strong results for a laptop with such a gorgeous display. You’ll get a full day’s work, which isn’t quite as good as Apple MacBook Air (M4), but still much better than previous Windows laptops. Web browsing Video Cinebench R24 HP EliteBook Ultra G1i (Core Ultra 7 268V / Intel Arc 140V) 9 hours, 5 minutes 15 hours, 10 minutes 2 hours, 25 minutes Lenovo Thinkpad X9-14 (Core Ultra 226V) 7 hours, 39 minutes 6 hours, 27 minutes 1 hour, 33 minutes HP EliteBook X G1a (Ryzen AI 9 HX 375) N/A 7 hours, 27 minutes 1 hour, 27 minutes Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro 360 (Core Ultra 5 226V) 12 hours, 50 minutes 19 hours, 30 minutes 2 hours, 18 minutes HP OmniBook Ultra Flip 14 (Core Ultra 7 258V) 11 hours, 5 minutes 15 hours, 46 minutes 2 hours, 14 minutes Lenovo Yoga Slim 7i Aura Edition (Core Ultra 7 258V) 14 hours, 16 minutes 17 hours, 31 minutes 2 hours, 15 minutes Asus Zenbook S 14 (Core Ultra 7 258V) 16 hours, 47 minutes 18 hours, 35 minutes 3 hours, 33 minutes Microsoft Surface Laptop (Snapdragon X Elite X1E-80-100) 14 hours, 21 minutes 22 hours, 39 minutes N/A HP Omnibook X (Snapdragon X Elite X1E-78-100) 13 hours, 37 minutes 22 hours, 4 minutes 1 hour, 52 minutes Apple MacBook Air (Apple M4 10/8)16 hours, 30 minutes 20 hours, 31 minutes 3 hours, 47 minutes Mark Coppock / Digital Trends There’s just one display option for the EliteBook Ultra G1i, and it’s a 14.0-inch 16:10 2.8K (2880 x 1800) OLED display running at up to 120Hz. Like almost every OLED display, it’s spectacular out of the box, with bright, dynamic colors and inky blacks. As I mentioned above, there’s a penalty in battery life, but the EliteBook still manages very good longevity. My colorimeter liked this display quite a bit. It’s not the absolute brightest at 397 nits (most displays I’ve tested lately are greater than 400 nits), but it’s till a lot brighter than displays were a few years ago. It has perfect blacks with extremely high contrast at 27,780:1. And its colors are very wide at 100% of sRGB, 97% of AdobeRGB, and 100% of DCI-P3, with excellent color accuracy with a DeltaE of 0.58 (less than 1.0 is indistinguishable to the human eye). It’s a great display no matter what you’re using it for. It’s not fast enough for demanding creativity work, but it provides a great media experience to go. Audio is provided by a quad-speaker setup, and it sounds pretty good. There’s good volume and clear mids and highs, while bass is somwhat lacking as is typical with laptops. I’d rate the MacBook Air’s audio to be better, but it’s not a night and day difference. If you’re a business user looking for a well-built laptop that feels great in hand and looks just as good, with decent productivity performance and great battery life, the EliteBook Ultra G1i is a great choice. Toss in a spectacular OLED display for good measure. In fact, those are qualities that many consumers are looking for. However, the EliteBook comes with a host of business features that most consumers don’t need, which pumps up the price. So, if you have money to burn, then it’s a great laptop for consumers — but I suspect most buyers will be businesses. Editors’ Recommendations

Patrons watch Scottie Scheffler at the 2025 Masters on Friday. Notably, there's not a phone in sight. Andrew Redington/Getty Images 2025-04-12T21:11:13Z Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? The Masters are underway at Augusta National Golf Club. The club enforces a strict no-cellphone policy during the tournament. Patrons hope it stays that way. Troy Wahlberg waited over 15 years to walk across the meticulously manicured landscapes at Augusta National Golf Club.The golf club, nestled in east Georgia, has hosted the prestigious Masters since 1934. Golf enthusiasts worldwide travel to the annual tournament to watch the sport's best battle for the coveted green jacket.Wahlberg managed to snag tickets to the Masters through its lottery system. "It's a lifelong dream come true," he told Business Insider.When he arrived for the practice rounds at Augusta National this week, he had a small point-and-shoot camera in his pocket.His cellphone, however, was absent. Scottie Scheffler at the 2025 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. Augusta National/Augusta National/Getty Images Attendees are prohibited from bringing cellphones onto Augusta National's grounds during the tournament. Other electronic items, like laptops, tablets, radios, and TVs, are also a no-go at the Masters. Patrons violating these policies could be removed from Augusta National's grounds and lose their tickets.In the era of ubiquitous screens and nonstop notifications, the Masters keeps things analog."It's peaceful," Wahlberg said. "It's like camping. You slowly detach."Attending the Masters means disconnecting from the world for sometimes hours at a time, which can cause problems for people who rely on our super-connected society for work. A Wall Street Journal reporter wrote that some working in finance who attended the tournament on Wednesday were unaware, for instance, that President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on many tariffs until he told them.Wahlberg felt a "phantom buzzing" in his pocket for the first few hours at the Masters but said the lack of cellphones is part of the event's magic."You sit next to other patrons, and nobody has a face in a screen, so you're forced to have conversations," he said. "I couldn't tell you the names of anybody we sat by, but I could rehash all the conversations."Patrons at the Masters aren't completely off the grid, though. Instead, they wait in line to use pay phones provided by the golf club. Guests use payphones at the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. Richard Heathcote/Getty Images Augusta National also allows patrons to bring cameras during the practice rounds, but they're prohibited on tournament days. "It was neat to have a camera there to capture moments," Wahlberg said. "We got to get our selfies." The anti-cellphone wave has gained traction in recent years. Garth Brooks banned phones during his Las Vegas residency. Many comedians also now require guests to place their phones in cases until after the show. Patrons can bring cameras to Augusta National Golf Club during the Masters' practice rounds. Ben Jared/PGA TOUR Most performers and athletes, however, still perform for a sea of cameras and smartphones. Wahlberg doesn't want that at the Masters."I think the patrons and fans of this event would appropriately riot if they ever decided to change," Wahlberg said. "I 100% hope we continue this trend of no cellphones at events."Fortunately, it doesn't appear Augusta National will change its policy anytime soon.Masters chairman Fred Ridley discussed the ban ahead of the 2019 tournament, saying patrons appreciated it."I don't believe that's a policy that anyone should expect is going to change in the near future, if ever," Ridley said. "I can't speak for future chairmen, but speaking for myself, I think we got that right." Recommended video

Not everyone wants to spend $500 on an Apple Watch, especially if the primary use is tracking and improving sporting performance. For those for whom fitness data takes precedence over high-end brands, Garmin is the global market leader in sport-focused smartwatches. The Garmin Vivoactive 5, available today on Amazon for as low as $199—which is a 33% discount from its original price of $299—is a classic case of how Garmin bundles high-performance capabilities at a very reasonable price. The Garmin smartwatch is made for sports enthusiasts, amateur athletes and anyone looking for a reliable partner for health. See at Amazon Most Popular Brand The Vivoactive 5 is equipped with stunning 1.2-inch AMOLED screen that has 390 x 390 pixels of resolution and exhibits rich colors as well as crystal-clear images. The screen has significantly improved over its predecessor (the Vivoactive 4) and it will be a lot easier to read data even in direct sun or during severe exercise. Despite its premium display, the watch boasts a great battery life of up to 11 days when in smartwatch mode so you won’t be left having to be perpetually plugged into a charger. Even with heavy GPS use and activity tracking, you can expect eight days of use—a major improvement over many in this category. Garmin has packed the Vivoactive 5 full of a full suite of health and fitness tracking features: It includes a heart rate monitor, pulse oximeter for blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), sleep tracking with personalized coaching, stress monitoring, respiration tracking, and even menstrual cycle tracking. The Body Battery energy monitoring feature is particularly useful and provides insights into your energy levels based on factors like sleep quality, stress, and activity levels. For sportspeople, the watch comes with over 30 preloaded activity profiles ranging from running and cycling to yoga and strength training. It even includes such niche ones as apps for active wheelchair use. While it lacks some of the high-end functions of Garmin’s flagship watches (which easily cost $800 or more), it still gives all the metrics required for most exercises. The GPS technology is GLONASS and Galileo satellite network compatible for accurate tracking during outdoor activities like running or cycling. If you like music, you will appreciate the ease of downloading music directly onto the watch from providers like Spotify, Amazon Music, or Deezer. This means you won’t have to carry your phone around for exercise but still enjoy listening to your favorite playlists. What’s more, Garmin Pay enables you to pay contactless directly from your wrist—a convenient feature when making spontaneous buys on the fly. The Vivoactive 5 is also designed to work seamlessly with your smartphone: It includes notification support for both iOS and Android but only Android has direct replying on the watch. It is simple to install: simply pair the watch with Garmin Connect app via Bluetooth and follow the instructions to customize your experience. Features like LiveTrack, which allow you to share your live location with family or friends during activities, give an extra sense of security. This smartwatch is ideal for health enthusiasts who value long battery life, detailed health information, and robust activity tracking features over smartwatch frills like speakers or voice assistants. Certainly, it doesn’t have the bells and whistles of more expensive models like Apple Watch Ultra or Garmin Venu/Fenix, but it’s a huge value for its price. See at Amazon

Ooort House / 100A associatesSave this picture!© Jae-yoon KimHouses•Gyeonggi-do, South Korea , South Korea Architects: 100A associates Area Area of this architecture project Area:  68 m² Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2024 Photographs Photographs:Jae-yoon Kim Lead Architects: Kwang-il An, Sol-ha Park More SpecsLess Specs Save this picture! Text description provided by the architects. A steep hill embracing the ridgeline of Cheonggyesan as a landscape, the site, shaped and accumulated over a long period, was a place to encounter many different moments in time, clear and undeniably real. The first impression of the site was the vivid, primal language of nature it had preserved, as if proving the times that coexisted in the place. The atmosphere of this primal space manifests in different forms with each moment, awakening passive senses in us, adapting to the rapidly flowing time of the city, and offering enough room for imagination to emerge.Save this picture!The name OORT of the site is a linguistic fusion of homophones meaning "edge" and "place," symbolizing a harmonious and timeless site situated at the geographical periphery. Chosen by the owner's family during the planning of this project, the name reflects their aspirations for the space—one that embodies the life they envision and will continue to lead in the years to come.Save this picture!Save this picture!The architecture of this site consists primarily of the main residential space for the owner couple and a separate guest area for visitors. Architecturally respecting the enduring form that the site has embraced over time, the residence and guest space are carefully arranged to follow the natural slope, establishing a vertical hierarchy that allows each to be fully experienced without interference. At the center of the residential space and guest area lies a garden—a welcoming space for all who enter, a buffer that naturally separates yet connects the living areas, and a transitional zone that extends each space into nature. We hoped that this space would allow the rhythm of nature—expressed through ever-changing colors, scents, and sounds across the seasons—to be continuously experienced in new sensory forms.Save this picture!The first impression of the architecture is defined by a massive concrete retaining wall shaped by the site's level differences. This vast and solid materiality serves as both the boundary and the starting point of a tranquil and harmonious eternal place. While extending this massive and solid presence into the architectural exterior, we sought to soften it through vertical circulation, creating a sequence where landscape and concrete architecture intersect and gradually dissolve. Additionally, by imprinting wood patterns onto the concrete and incorporating red Corten steel, we intended for the materials to blend with the natural colors of the surroundings, and over time, as they weather and assimilate into the site, the architectural presence gradually fades, functioning as a snsory bridge that connects the space to nature.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!To ensure that the intrinsic presence of nature in this place is deeply felt within the interior spaces, materials and colors that resemble the texture of nature were used. This approach allows the changing textures and visual warmth to be naturally imprinted over time (through shifting seasons, day, and night), creating a synesthetic experience that harmonizes with the flow of nature. Additionally, the intentionally left voids were meant to embrace the passage of time, allowing the atmosphere and moments of the owner family's time and mood to be etched into the space.Save this picture!Save this picture!Save this picture!The space, imbued with light that slowly shifts and transforms like a living organism, guides one to follow the natural sensations of the environment, intertwining with our visual representation in the mind and memories. For some, this space may become one that etches beautiful landscapes; for others, it may be a place on the edge, distant from the rhythm of the city; and for yet others, it may represent a harmonious and eternal life. We hope that the time spent here will not simply pass but through experiences where the senses of nature permeate, it will awaken emotions and be remembered as a moment that leaves a lingering trace in memory.Save this picture! Project gallerySee allShow less About this office Published on April 13, 2025Cite: "Ooort House / 100A associates" 12 Apr 2025. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1028884/ooort-house-100a-associates&gt ISSN 0719-8884Save世界上最受欢迎的建筑网站现已推出你的母语版本!想浏览ArchDaily中国吗?是否 You've started following your first account!Did you know?You'll now receive updates based on what you follow! Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors, offices and users.Go to my stream

Nature, Published online: 09 April 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-01044-9The activity that consumes roughly one-third of our lives affects health in ways scientists are only beginning to fully understand.