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Mini tornado appears off a seaside town — just missing £140M worth of beach huts
A MINI tornado appears off a seaside town — just missing £140million worth of beach huts.
The terrifying twister formed during a severe rainstorm in Christchurch Bay, Dorset.
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A mini tornado appears off a seaside town — just missing £140million worth of beach huts[/caption]
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Mudeford Sandbank is home to the most expensive beach huts in Britain[/caption]
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The terrifying twister formed during a severe rainstorm in Christchurch Bay, Dorset[/caption]
For a moment, the sinister-looking funnel of water seemed to be headed towards the Mudeford Sandbank — home to the most expensive beach huts in Britain.
The sea vortex ended up drifting away to the Needles on the Isle of Wight, then disappeared.
Witness William Evans said: “It looked like a big water funnel.
“I had gone up to see if I could get some shots of sunrise, but obviously there wasn’t much sun at all.
“You could see the spirals from a mile off and that was the intention of the picture, to show the scene with it being so windy.
“It was a really isolated downpour which swept across the bay towards the Isle of Wight before eventually dispersing near the Needles”.
Bring Movie Night Home With Epson’s Mini Projector ($200 Off)
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The home theater experience wasn’t always easily obtainable, but gadgets like the Epson EpiqVision Mini EF11 Smart Projector have changed the game. Now available for $599.99 ($200 off), you can enjoy the theater experience in virtually any space. The compact projector is designed for travel, giving you access to a clear widescreen image anywhere you can find an outlet.
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Take $100 off Apple’s Latest Travel-Friendly iPad Mini
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Grab your newest travel companion, Apple’s latest iPad Mini, for only $549.99 ($100 off) with this limited-time sale. Set to expire on January 15, the discount brings the Wi-Fi-ready, highly portable tablet back to its Black Friday 2022 pricing. The small tablet is a versatile device sure to serve a number of purposes for your household.
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Apple’s iPad mini is back on sale for an all-time low of $400
Here’s a quick PSA for anyone who has been looking to pick up Apple’s iPad mini: The 64GB version of the diminutive tablet is back on sale for $400 at Amazon and Best Buy, matching the lowest price we’ve tracked. Though we’ve seen the 8.3-inch slate hit this price severaltimes in the past year — including for most of the recent holiday season — this discount is still about $30 off the device’s average street price in recent months and $100 less than what you’d pay from Apple directly. Just note that, as of this writing, only the Starlight and Purple models are available for this price at Amazon.
We gave the iPad mini a review score of 89 when the device launched in late 2021, and we currently recommend it in our iPad buying guide. It’s still the only truly compact iPad Apple sells, and for those who have smaller hands or just want a slate they can comfortably use with one hand, it’s arguably the best tablet in its size range, period. It follows the same design language as most other iPads, with squared edges, a USB-C port, no Home button, a Touch ID sensor and a bright display. (Plus, no headphone jack, sadly.) Its A15 Bionic chip isn’t as powerful as the laptop-grade M1 and M2 chips found in the iPad Air and iPad Pro, and it doesn’t have a Smart Connector port for Apple-made keyboards, but it’s more than fast enough for reading and streaming, and it does support the latest Apple Pencil.
Broadly speaking, most people are still better served by the Air or more affordable 10.2-inch iPad. We wish there was more storage for the price, too, and it’s worth noting that some users have found issues with the display while scrolling. But if you aren’t looking to use your iPad for work and you specifically want a small tablet, the mini remains a good buy. And while the device has been on sale for nearly a year and a half, recent reportssuggest that any refreshed model won’t arrive until late 2023 at the earliest and isn’t likely to bring major hardware changes.
If you only need an iPad for the basics and don’t want to spend quite as money, though, note that the 10.2-inch iPad is also on sale for $250 at Best Buy. That also represents an all-time low. This model is a bit longer in the tooth in terms of design, with thicker bezels, a Lightning port and a lesser display than pricier iPads like the mini. For those who only use their tablet casually, though, it is by far the most wallet-friendly way into iPadOS.
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Deals: Apple’s iPad Mini 6 Drops to All-Time Low Price of $399.99
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This is the first sale of 2023 on the iPad mini 6, and as of writing only Amazon is offering the discount. Additionally, the 256GB Wi-Fi iPad mini 6 is on sale at $549.99 in three colors, down from $649.00.
The iPad mini 6 features an all-screen design, a Touch ID fingerprint sensor in the top power button, and an 8.3-inch Liquid Retina display. Our full Deals Roundup has more information on the latest Apple-related sales and bargains.
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Hisense’s UX Mini LED TV can produce 2,500 nits of peak brightness
Once you get past the gimmicks, there’s a common thread among the TVs announced at CES 2023. Every manufacturer is trying to produce the brightest possible sets. For Samsung and LG, that has meant doubling down on their respective OLED display technologies. Hisense is instead seeing how far it can go with Mini LED. At CES 2023, the company unveiled the UX, an 85-inch 4K TV Hisense claims can produce 2,500 nits of peak brightness.
The set is the first entry in the company’s new ULED X line and features Hisense’s in-house Hi-View Engine X processor. According to the company, the chip is the key to what makes the UX special. With control over more than 20,000 Mini LEDs, 5,000 local dimming zones and the industry’s first-ever 16-bit light control algorithm, the Hi-View Engine X allows the UX to produce smoother and more precise dimming and color effects. Hisense claims the UX can achieve three times the “environmental contrast” of an OLED TV, and two times the dynamic range. I’ll note here Hisense didn’t say what OLED TV it used as a benchmark. For a more definitive comparison, the company says the UX features a 150,000 to 1 contrast ratio.
Hisense promises the UX is no slouch in the audio department either. The TV incorporates a newly designed seven-speaker system that delivers more than 80 watts of power and Dolby Atmos spatial sound. Other notable features of the UX include support for Dolby Vision, WiFi 6E and AMD Freesync Premium Pro. When the TV ships, it will also include a built-in ATSC 3.0 tuner for those who want to catch broadcast television. Hisense did not announce pricing and availability details for the UX. Expect those to arrive after CES.