Weve thankfully come to a point where home appliances arent just getting smarter but also becoming more aesthetically appealing. Gone are the often white and boring boxes that stand in the middle of the room like a sore thumb, replaced by more interesting shapes and designs that try to blend in with the rest of your decor.In that regard, LG is shaking up the air purification scene with its latest release, the LG PuriCare AeroBooster. This cutting-edge device is designed for those who want to breathe easily in style. Combining powerful air-cleaning capabilities with a chic design, the AeroBooster is set to transform indoor environments into havens of fresh air.Designer: LGEquipped with the advanced Aero Series V Filter, the AeroBooster pulls in pollutants from every angle, significantly reducing dust, odors, and harmful microorganisms. Its Dual Airflow and Clean Booster features enhance air circulation, tackling large dust particles and dispersing purified air from top and bottom vents. This ensures that clean air reaches up to five and a half meters, filling every nook and cranny of your space.What sets the AeroBooster apart is LGs UVnano technology, which keeps the device itself as pristine as the air it purifies. UVnano claims to wipe out 99.99% of bacteria on fan surfaces, while an integrated Ionizer adds a protective shield by neutralizing airborne threats. Together with the filtering features, this promises youll have clean air all around.Despite its powerful features, the AeroBoosters compact and stylish design means it fits seamlessly into any room without taking over the space. Its sleek form is highlighted by a matte finish and a distinctive air outlet. Adding to its allure, customizable mood lighting lets users set the perfect ambiance, while an LED display offers easy control and adds to its modern appeal.Energy efficiency is another highlight, thanks to the AI+ Mode, which slashes energy use by more than 49% compared to the standard Smart+ Mode. When its time to wind down, the AeroBoosters Sleep Mode operates quietly at 21 dBA, ensuring tranquility. With LG ThinQ compatibility, users can control and monitor their air purifier remotely, adding a layer of convenience to its impressive list of features.James Lee, president of LGs ES Company, expressed excitement over the AeroBoosters debut, noting its perfect blend of advanced technology and stylish design. He says that LG is committed to offering innovative solutions that cater to the growing demand for healthier indoor environments, making the AeroBooster a game-changer in home air care. The LG PuriCare AeroBooster is launching in some countries across Asia this month, with wider availability to follow after.The post LG PuriCare AeroBooster is a breath of fresh air with its compact and stylish design first appeared on Yanko Design.

The Monochrome Musevisualized by Dorra Bennasris where simplicity takes center stage and elegance whispers through every detail. This project showcases the allure of timeless designone that is in trend today and will remain relevant for years to come. You can expect warm wood tones meeting sleek stone textures; natural light pouring through expansive windows; and a palette that soothes the soul. Its a space where form and function coexist harmoniously. So you get to experience the beauty of less.The living room is, quite literally, a palette of natural materials. Warm wood paneling sets the backdrop. A textured stone coffee table and neutral fabric upholstery create a beautiful contrast. The low-profile, plush sectional sticks to the minimalist vibe. And floor-to-ceiling glass windows invite ample natural light into the space. Simulaneously, subtle yet impactful pendant lights also act as functional art pieces. From the soft area rug underfoot to the grainy textures of stone and wood, the layered textures add warmth and visual interest.A special mention for the staircase. This uses wood and an organically flowing structure, leading you in quite a natural way towards the upper floor.The kitchen is a part of the open floor living plansituated towards the back of the living space. We see a monolithic stone island with horizontal grooves. These add subtle visual interest to the space. On one end, four matte black bar stools factor in luxury.The floor-to-ceiling wooden cabinet have no visual handles, creating a clean and continuous look (while going big on storage space). Sleek, built-in appliances are integrated into the wooden cabinetry; youd find it hard to tell them apart! Finally, the matte black faucet and subtle hardware details add a striking contrast to the otherwise neutral palette.The bedroom in Monochrome Muse sticks to the monochrome palette. The headboard uses a block of natural wood as does the accent wall behind it. On the adjacent wall are huge windows offering views of the great outdoorstying the space to nature. An organically shaped nightstand is topped with a flowerpot lamp adding illumination to the space.Segregated with wooden cabinetry is a serene bathing area. A freestanding stone tub is paired with a matte black faucet and bathtub caddygiving you a peaceful experience within your bedroom.

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MacworldAt a glanceExpert's RatingProsPacked into a compelling Office packageFull of optionsFocus mode is fantasticConsSo many tools may overwhelm someOur Verdict Microsoft Word remains king of the word processors, and while it definitely has some stylistic choices that may push some away, its combination of affordability and flexibility makes it tough to beat.Price When ReviewedThis value will show the geolocated pricing text for product undefinedBest Pricing TodayIf youre of a certain age, Microsoft Word is likely to have been a cornerstone of your early computing life.Before Google Docs and the like, many of us used Word, helping Microsofts word processor become a household name whether you enjoyed using it or not.While it still has its quirks, Word is now better than it has ever been and is rolled into an already compelling Office 365 suite that takes away the pain of expensive one-off licenses from yesteryear. (If you dont want a subscription, you can get Word as part of Office 2024 in a non-subscription standalone version.) First ImpressionsWhatever platform you use Word on, theres a pleasing familiarity to it. I used it throughout all levels of education, and as a result, found it easy to get started but others may be more than a little overwhelmed by the sheer volume of toolbars and icons (more on that a little later).Still, once youre in, Word can open just about any document you throw at it with the exception of Pages files which remain openable in, well, Pages. (Want to share a Pages document with a Word user? You will need to save your Pages file in the doc. file format. To do so, press click on File and you will see an option to Export to. choose Word. Now click on Word and Save. If you are trying to open a Pages document in Word you will need to convert it using Pages, if you dont have Pages to hand you can use Pages in iCloud.)Template Gallery: All of these templates are a click away.FoundryAs soon as you opt to pick a new document to open youre presented with a whole host of templates that range from Calendars to notepads, journals, and resumes, and you can open from Microsofts OneDrive cloud storage, too.That brings us nicely to the integration with Office365. The rise of Google Docs and other cloud-based options means that buying a full word processor isnt a pressing concern for many of us.File Locations: Word can pull from a variety of file locations.FoundryThankfully, the combined apps and services on offer with Microsoft Office 365 make it so youll probably find the value from somewhere, if not specifically Word. For one user its $99.99/84.99 a year ($9.99/8.49 a month) for Microsoft 265 Personal. Or for $129.99/104.99 a year (or $12.99/10.49 per month) you can get the Microsoft 365 Family edition with up to six licenses including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, and more.However, if you only want to buy Word you can do that too. Microsoft sells a lifetime license of Word for $179.99/159.99 (one device). Word is also available for free with 5GB of cloud storage and a series of basic templates, too. See: How to get Word for free.Microsoft Word featuresAs you might expect from Microsoft, Word has a fairly business-like appearance, with easy-to-read labels and tooltips on the huge variety of buttons it offers.Id still rather look at the more minimalist Pages interface, but Word on Mac does a good job of putting things in places your muscle memory knows to drift to. You can share documents in real-time, too, with comment and highlighting functionality included, and as you can imagine its very easy to share via OneDrive or Outlook.New in recent years is, as you may expect, AI integration. On the web comes in the form of Copilot which works a little like Apples own Apple Intelligence Writing tools, letting you write or rewrite with simple prompts, but in the Mac app, its seemingly restricted to the Editor tool.AI Editor: The Editor is included on the Mac version of Word, but Copilot isnt.FoundryIts fine and feels like the way the world is moving, but it really just operates as a quick checklist of potential grammar mistakes and a rudimentary plagiarism check.My favorite feature is the Focus mode which helps you zoom in with minimal distractions. I tend to work on articles in Draft for its simpler view, but this is definitely something I can see myself coming back to for longer pieces.Focus Mode: Focus Mode is a great way to minimise distractions and get work done.FoundryMicrosoft Word annoyancesToolbars: Word packs a lot of items onto its toolbars.FoundryMicrosoft Words only real negative is just how chock-full of options it is. Just look at the toolbar in the screenshot above, for example there are buttons everywhere, and then theres the menu bar, too.If youre used to it, or you genuinely do find yourself using a lot of those features, youll have no issues here. But, as Microsoft shoehorns more AI features into its Office apps, it could end up getting more and more complex.Should you buy Word 2024 for Mac?Interface issues aside, Microsoft Word is a full-featured word processor that runs well on Mac, has an excellent ecosystem of sibling apps, and can be used for free. If youve not tried it for a while, it might just surprise you.

MacworldWith about two months to go until the launch of the new iPhone SE, we thought we had learned everything about the upcoming budget phone. But a new leak claims it will be a lot different than we thought.According to longtime leaker Evan Blass on X, the iPhone SE 4 will have a Dynamic Island instead of a notch. That contradicts basically every other rumor weve heard about the iPhone SE display, which has long been expected to have a notch. Apple first dropped the notch with the iPhone 14 Pro followed by the iPhone 15 a year later. Rumors have long claimed the iPhone SE 4 will be based on the iPhone 14, the last iPhone to have a notch.FoundryGranted, the rest of what weve heard about the iPhone SE 4 matches up with the iPhone 15, including a 48MP camera and USB-C. But if the iPhone SE 4 has a Dynamic Island, it changes everything we thought we knew about the phone.For one, Apple still sells the iPhone 15. If the iPhone SE 4 has the same design and display with a better chip, the only benefit of the iPhone 15 will be a secondary camera, which is a hard sell for a year-old phone that will likely cost $200 more and have a slower chip. And who would buy an iPhone 14 with a notch and a Lightning port when the brand-new iPhone SE 4 is cheaper?If Blass is correct, it likely means that Apple will change its iPhone strategy and distill the lineup down to just five models: the iPhone 16, 16 Plus, 16 Pro, 16 Pro Max, and iPhone SE 4. Or maybe 16E, though Blass also reports that the iPhone SE name will stick around.Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone SE 4 in March or April, possibly at a spring event alongside the 11th-gen iPad.

Apple is about to improve its email application, Mail, on iPads and Macs. Both platforms will soon gain the sameApple Intelligenceemail summary and prioritization systems already available on iPhones though not every iPhone user seems to have embraced the new systems.Whats coming?If you use an iPhone, youll already have experienced the system, which introduces a new user interface in Mail and uses artificial intelligence (AI) in an attempt to prioritize incoming email communications with smart categorization. The latter means your device can look at incoming correspondence and assign it to categories, which currently include the following groupings:All Mail:All your Mail in order of receipt.Primary: All the messages Apple Intelligence thinks might be important to you within this category.Transactions:Invoices, shopping receipts, and key messages from services and organizations, along with banking messages.Updates:All the stuff you subscribe to. (I see this as a quick list of things to unsubscribe from.)Promotions:Most marketing emails, which Apple describes as capturing special offers, deals and more.Dont worry about time-sensitive messages. Apple says these should automatically appear in your Primary account, even if the message belongs to a different category. That means you shouldnt miss an important delivery when it arrives. Mail also uses AI to prioritize mails it believes might be more important, placing these at the top of the Primary mailbox.How to manage categoriesYou can sort of teach Mail how to make better decisions when categorizing incoming emails. When you find an email gathered within an inappropriate category you can intervene. On an iPhone, you do this by opening the message and tapping the three dots at the top right of the message page. A menu will appear, including an option to Categorize Sender. Tap this and you can assign emails from that sender to a more relevant category or leave automatic categorization on if you choose.You cant yet create your own custom groupings, such as for specific projects or workgroups, though you can use Smart Mailboxes to achieve this to some extent. Most observers believe that the capacity to build your own categories will be introduced eventually.Had you noticed?Apple has equipped email with a tool that lets you dig more deeply into the categories active on your device. Open Mail and tap the three dots icon at top right. Here you can switch between Categories and the traditional List view and also tap the About Categories item. When you do, youll be taken to an About Categories page in which youll find interesting information, such as:How many of your messages are seen as being ones that matter the most.How many receipts, orders, and delivery-related emails you received in the last seven days.The frequency and magnitude of promotional email received.What else is coming?The new tools will likely appear as Apple introduces new contextual awareness to its devices, which means Siri will be able to answer questions that relate to whats on your screen or in your apps. That means youll be able to engage in tasks such as adding address data to contact cards, or checking your next dinner date with your gran while looking at a message from her.What people thinkApple drew criticism when it first introduced these features, with some users not adapting to them at all. They complained about the icons used, and didnt seem to understand how to manage the new features or the layout within Mail. But control remained in their hands; disabling Categories is simple.On an iPhone, you open Mail, tap the three dots at the top right of the app, and then tap List View. This returns Mail to the time-based list view of incoming messages you are used to.Which devices can use the feature?Unlike other Apple Intelligence features, these Mail tools are available to most Apple devices capable of running the latest version of Apples operating systems, which basically means you dont need to be using a recent device such as an M-series Mac if you want to use these tools.When will these tools reach iPads and Macs?We anticipate the new Mail features will arrive on iPads and Macs starting with the next major update, which isexpected to arrive in Aprilafter extensive beta testing. That means you can expect the new Mail tools to arrive with iPad OS 18.4 and macOS 15.4, which should appear in spring. It is not clear whether these tools will form part of a wider introduction of more contextual intelligence across Apples devices.You can follow me on social media! Join me onBlueSky, LinkedIn,Mastodon, andMeWe.

This is todays edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of whats going on in the world of technology.Why its so hard to use AI to diagnose cancerFinding and diagnosing cancer is all about spotting patterns. Radiologists use x-rays and magnetic resonance imaging to illuminate tumors, and pathologists examine tissue from kidneys, livers, and other areas under microscopes. They look for patterns that show how severe a cancer is, whether particular treatments could work, and where the malignancy may spread.Visual analysis is something that AI has gotten quite good at since the first image recognition models began taking off nearly 15 years ago. Even though no model will be perfect, you can imagine a powerful algorithm someday catching something that a human pathologist missed, or at least speeding up the process of getting a diagnosis.Were starting to see lots of new efforts to build such a modelat least seven attempts in the last year alone. But they all remain experimental. What will it take to make them good enough to be used in the real world? Read the full story.James ODonnellThis story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here.Long-acting HIV prevention meds: 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2025In June 2024, results from a trial of a new medicine to prevent HIV were announcedand they were jaw-dropping. Lenacapavir, a treatment injected once every six months, protected over 5,000 girls and women in Uganda and South Africa from getting HIV. And it was 100% effective.So far, the FDA has approved the drug only for people who already have HIV thats resistant to other treatments. But its producer Gilead has signed licensing agreements with manufacturers to produce generic versions for HIV prevention in 120 low-income countries.The United Nations has set a goal of ending AIDS by 2030. Its ambitious, to say the least: We still see over 1 million new HIV infections globally every year. But we now have the medicines to get us there. What we need is access. Read the full story.Jessica HamzelouLong-acting HIV prevention meds is one of our 10 Breakthrough Technologies for 2025, MIT Technology Reviews annual list of tech to watch. Check out the rest of the list, and cast your vote for the honorary 11th breakthrough.The must-readsIve combed the internet to find you todays most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology.1 Donald Trump signed an executive order delaying TikToks banParent company ByteDance has 75 days to reach a deal to stay live in the US. (WP $)+ China appears to be keen to keep the platform operating, too. (WSJ $)2 Neo-Nazis are celebrating Elon Musks salutesTheyre thrilled by the two Nazi-like salutes he gave at a post-inauguration rally. (Wired $)+ Whether the gestures were intentional or not, extremists have chosen to interpret them that way. (Rolling Stone $)+ MAGA is all about granting unchecked power to the already powerful. (Vox)+ How tech billionaires are hoping Trump will reward them for their support. (NY Mag $)3 Trump is withdrawing the US from the World Health OrganizationHes accused the agency of mishandling the covid 19 pandemic. (Ars Technica)+ He first tried to leave the WHO in 2020, but failed to complete it before he left office. (Reuters)+ Trump is also working on pulling the US out of the Paris climate agreement. (The Verge)4 Meta will keep using fact checkers outside the USfor nowIt wants to see how its crowdsourced fact verification system works in America before rolling it out further. (Bloomberg $)5 Startup Friend has delayed shipments of its AI necklaceCustomers are unlikely to receive their pre-orders before Q3. (TechCrunch)+ Introducing: The AI Hype Index. (MIT Technology Review)6 This sophisticated tool can pinpoint where a photo was taken in secondsMembers of the public have been trying to use GeoSpy for nefarious means for months. (404 Media)7 Los Angeles is covered in ashAnd it could take years before it fully disappears. (The Atlantic $)8 Singapore is turning to AI companions to care for its eldersRobots are filling the void left by an absence of human nurses. (Rest of World)+ Inside Japans long experiment in automating elder care. (MIT Technology Review)9 The lost art of using a pen Typing and swiping are replacing good old fashioned paper and ink. (The Guardian)10 LinkedIn is getting humorousPosts are getting more personal, with a decidedly comedic bent. (FT $)Quote of the dayIts been really beautiful to watch how two communities that would be considered polar opposites have come together.Khalil Bowens, a content creator based in Los Angeles, reflects on the influx of Americans joining Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu to the Wall Street Journal.The big storyInside the messy ethics of making war with machinesAugust 2023In recent years, intelligent autonomous weaponsweapons that can select and fire upon targets without any human inputhave become a matter of serious concern. Giving an AI system the power to decide matters of life and death would radically change warfare forever.Intelligent autonomous weapons that fully displace human decision-making have (likely) yet to see real-world use.However, these systems have become sophisticated enough to raise novel questionsones that are surprisingly tricky to answer. What does it mean when a decision is only part human and part machine? And when, if ever, is it ethical for that decision to be a decision to kill? Read the full story.Arthur Holland MichelWe can still have nice thingsA place for comfort, fun and distraction to brighten up your day. (Got any ideas? Drop me a line or skeet em at me.)+ Baby octopuses arent just cutethey can change color from the moment theyre born + Nintendo artist Takaya Imamura played a key role in making the company the gaming juggernaut it is today.+ David Lynch wasnt just a master of imagery, the way he deployed music to creep us out was second to none.+ Only got a bag of rice in the cupboard? No problem.

Trump's day-one tariffs on China haven't been implemented yet, but he's still maintaining the fiction that it isn't American consumers who will pay the price.Tim Cook (right) and TrumpThere is no gray area here: tariffs are not a tax on other countries, they result solely in higher prices for Americans. Nonetheless, as he did during his first term, President Trump is again imposing tariffs, just not yet on China.During the campaign, he committed to introduce tariffs on his first day in office, and specifically that he would levy a 60% tariff on imports from China, plus a further 10% duty on Chinese goods. None of that happened, and instead newly announced tariffs will instead start from February 1, 2025, for Mexico and Canada. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums