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Goodbye and good riddance to the 16:9 aspect ratio

The Verge

After enduring years of cramped, “widescreen” laptop displays, it looks like we’re finally starting to say goodbye to the 16:9 aspect ratio. An aspect ratio is the ratio of a display’s width to a display’s height (in that order). For example, a screen with a resolution of 500 x 500 would have an aspect ratio of 1:1.

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Ratio bags $411M in equity, credit for flexible subscription payment models

TechCrunch

Fintech startup Ratio secured $411 million in equity and debt funding to continue developing what it calls “a new flavor” of buy now, pay later that combines payments, predictive pricing, financing and a quote-to-cash process. That’s where the credit facility comes in: Ratio makes the discounts unnecessary by giving the SaaS company the $1.2

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Video generation models as world simulators

OpenAI

We explore large-scale training of generative models on video data. Specifically, we train text-conditional diffusion models jointly on videos and images of variable durations, resolutions and aspect ratios. Our largest model, Sora, is capable of generating a minute of high fidelity video.

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The best monitors for every budget in 2025

Engadget

VA (vertical alignment) monitors are also relatively cheap, while offering good brightness and a high contrast ratio. The most notable advantage is that it can get a lot brighter, with recent models hitting up to 1,000 nits+ of peak brightness. MiniLEDs are now widely used in high-end displays.

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Asus’ new ZenBook S has a pixel-packed 3:2 aspect ratio display

The Verge

Asus gave its flagship laptop a glow-up in the screen department, going from a 16:9 aspect ratio in last year’s model to a taller 3:2 aspect ratio for this year’s 3300 x 2200 touchscreen. What’s more, the bezels surrounding it are thin, and the display is Pantone-validated with 100 percent coverage of the DCI-P3 color gamut.

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HP’s new Spectre x360 14 laptop has a 3:2 aspect ratio plus a Thunderbolt 4 port hiding in the corner

The Verge

HP says the new laptop should be up to 34 percent faster than last year’s Spectre x360 13 model. More impressively, it’s the first Spectre to include a 3:2 aspect ratio display with 20 percent more vertical real estate than the 16:9 screens we’ve had before — and you can pay for an OLED version of the 13.5-inch in October.

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Lenovo refreshes the ThinkPad X1 Extreme with 11th-gen Intel silicon, announces two AMD-powered L models

TechSpot

It may look visually similar to its 15-inch predecessor, but Lenovo's fourth generation of the ThinkPad X1 Extreme packs a slightly larger 16-inch screen with a taller 16:10 aspect ratio. Lenovo hasn't specified all display options for the new model but notes that it will come with up to a.

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