It's not as exciting as it once was, but the M5 MacBook Pro offers yet another breakthrough in performance. All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. M5 is a beast, especially in graphics and AI. New GPU is surprisingly good at gaming. Battery life, speakers, build quality, keyboard, and trackpad are all still world-class.

Apple's upgraded MacBook Pro for 2024 gets a significant power boost with the M4 chip, double the memory as standard, even longer battery life and a price cut, ending the year on a high. The Guardian's journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. The longstanding laptop line now starts at 1,599 ( 1,899/ 1,599/A 2,499), making it 100 or so cheaper than last year's M3 models. Though still an expensive, premium laptop, it comes with at least 16GB of RAM rather than 8GB, which was an upgrade worth paying extra for on previous models. The outside hasn't changed from its predecessor.

On Monday, Apple hosts a virtual event where it is widely expected to reveal a new generation of MacBooks, and possibly a new set of AirPods. Then on Tuesday, Google hosts its own virtual stream focused on its Pixel smartphone. On Wednesday, Samsung will host an event called Unpacked Part 2, where the company said it will show how it is "opening up new experiences for self-expression through technology." Last month, we saw Apple roll out new iPhones, a fresh Apple Watch and new iPads. Microsoft unveiled its latest Surface laptops and tablets ahead of the Oct. 5 release of Windows 11. Then Amazon showed off several new devices including a personal robot.

The latest MacBook Pro, just released, means the entire Apple laptop range has now been refreshed with newer processors and, most importantly, the new Magic Keyboard. Apple's complete range of laptops offer striking design, sumptuous trackpads, excellent performance and gorgeous screens. The MacBook Air was the last to gain a Retina Display in late 2018. But there was one key ingredient which wasn't working quite as well as it should have been for many users: the keyboard. A few years back, Apple switched its keyboard mechanism from scissor-switch to butterfly.

Researchers at China's Zhejiang University published a study last year that showed many of the most popular smart speakers and smartphones, equipped with digital assistants, could be easily tricked into being controlled by hackers. They used a technique called DolphinAttack, which translates voice commands into ultrasonic frequencies that are too high for the human ear to recognize. While the commands may go unheard by humans, the low-frequency audio commands can be picked up, recovered and then interpreted by speech recognition systems. The team were able to launch attacks, which are higher than 20kHz, by using less than £2.20 ($3) of equipment which was attached to a Galaxy S6 Edge. They used an external battery, an amplifier, and an ultrasonic transducer.

The AI processor market is set to be worth US$43.3 billion in 2023, whereas it was worth $8.6 billion last year. This growth will proceed at an estimated annual compound rate (or CAGR) of 33.9% over the next five years. It is thought to be driven by consumer-grade electronics and the services that are provided by them - or that exist to provide them. For example, AI is thought to be a necessary component in processing the mountains of data generated by social media in the future. In addition, e-retailers may also need AI to process their ever-mounting data burden.

A group of security researchers have exposed a flaw in the Amazon Echo that allows hackers to secretly listen to unsuspecting users' conversations - but only if they're savvy enough to be able to carry out the attack. In a presentation dubbed'Breaking Smart Speakers: We are Listening to You,' researchers from Chinese tech giant Tencent explained how they were able to build a doctored Echo speaker and use that to gain access to other Echo devices. The researchers have since notified Amazon of the vulnerability, and the company issued a patch in July. Hackers from Tencent's Blade security research team exposed a flaw in Amazon's Echo smart speaker that would allow someone to secretly spy on others and play random sounds'After several months of research, we successfully break the Amazon Echo by using multiple vulnerabilities in the Amazon Echo system, and [achieve] remote eavesdropping,' the researchers said in the presentation, which was given at the DEF CON security conference, according to Wired. 'When the attack [succeeds], we can control Amazon Echo for eavesdropping and send the voice data through network to the attacker.'

Be careful of what you say around your Echo devices. A Portland woman was shocked to discover that Echo recorded and sent audio of a private conversation to one of their contacts without their knowledge, according to KIRO 7. The woman, who is only identified as Danielle, said her family had installed the popular voice-activated speakers throughout their home. It wasn't until a random contact called to let them know that he'd received a call from Alexa that they realized their device had mistakenly transmitted a private conversation. The contact, who was one of her husband's work employees, told the woman to'unplug your Alexa devices right now. 'We unplugged all of them and he proceeded to tell us that he had received audio files of recordings from inside our house,' the woman said.

Father's day is still a week away, yet the essential question of buying our dads something worthy, a product they don't already possess is plaguing many of us. The essential gifts, such as a watch or a pair of sunglasses just don't make much sense as most people' dads already have those, sometimes more than one. You don't really want to buy your dad something he won't use on a regular basis -- it should be something memorable that your dad uses or at least has the inclination to use -- some tech gifts might be a good option. If you don't have anything in mind, a tech gift is a safe option than say, boring ones such as a tie or a shirt. Read: Father's Day History: 9 Interesting Facts You May Not Know About The Holiday And Its Origins Sonos Dads and Grads sale: If your dad likes listening to music, a Sonos two-room music system might be a good option and it is available for $50 discount -- $348 instead of $398.

Apple introduced its new MacBook Pros late last week with emphasis on their redesigned bodies and the advanced OLED display panel that gives them obvious distinction from their predecessors. However, there are some things about the new laptops that the Cupertino giant did not disclose during its launch event. According to AppleInsider, Apple's new 13-inch MacBrook Pro does not have support for optical digital audio output that was present in the 3.5mm headphone jack of its 2015 predecessor and earlier. This feature enables users to connect the MacBook to devices like DVD players, computers and video game consoles for a surround sound experience. Based on the technical specifications of the 13-inch and the 15-inch MacBook Pros, they come with a 3.5mm headphone jack.