Foxconn Will Reportedly Pay New Workers Bonuses Equal to $1,345 per Person, With Certain Conditions in Place Though we do not know how many iPhone 14 units Foxconn’s workers will be assembling, an earlier report claimed that Samsung would supply around 80 million OLED panels for Apple’s flagship series. The remaining number will be undertaken by LG and possibly BOE. In short, Foxconn will have an uphill battle if the assembling giant and its workers are to ship more than 80 million units in 2022, prior to Apple’s official announcement....

The Last Time Apple Used the ‘Plus’ Branding Was When It Launched the iPhone 8 Plus Back in 2017 Apple is rumored to bring back the ‘Plus’ moniker after five years, as the last time the company used this branding was back in 2017 when it officially unveiled the iPhone 8 Plus, alongside the regular iPhone 8 and the iPhone X. Fast forward to 2022, as Apple’s suppliers gear up to ship components, the technology giant is preparing itself to launch four iPhone 14 models, possibly in September, with one of them potentially getting called iPhone 14 Plus....

Apple Will Launch the Redesigned Mac mini With M2 Chip and M2 Pro Chip Next Year Ming-Chi Kuo shared his predictions for Apple’s Mac lineup last week. He shared that Apple is planning to launch a new external display without mini-LED and Mac mini with upgraded internals this year. Moreover, he also suggested that the company will update the Mac Pro and iMac Pro with custom Apple Silicon and the launch will take place in 2023....

For those wondering, CODA also won Best Supporting Actor and Troy Kotsur took the award while Siân Heder won the Best Adapted Screenplay, making it a really big, overall win for Apple TV+. Apple TV+ Makes History at the Oscars with CODA Winning the Best Picture Award Normally, we do not see Apple celebrating such wins, but this time, the Cupertino giant took to its newsroom website and made an announcement....

Apple Watch Series 8 Expected to Rock The Same Design as The Current Series 7 But Might Come in New Color Options The news was shared by Twitter user ShrimpApplePro, suggesting that the standard Apple Watch Series 8 model will not come with a redesign and instead, the company will use the same design as that of the current model. Other than this, there will be no Titanium option for the standard variant of the wearable....

ASRock X670E Motherboards For AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs Come in Taichi, Steel Legend & Pro RS Flavors Initially, ASRock is showcasing four new X670E motherboards for the AMD Ryzen 7000 Desktop CPUs. These include the X670E Taichi Carrara, X670E Taichi, X670E Steel Legend & the X670E PRO RS. All four motherboards feature full compatibility with the next-gen Zen 4 CPUs along with DDR5 memory and PCIe Gen 5.0. ASRock X670E Taichi Carrara Description X670E Taichi Carrara is a special edition motherboard to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of ASRock, Taichi Carrara resembles the high strength as well as the esthetic of Carrara marble, they are also the key elements while developing this motherboard....

The new video, which has been put together by ElAnalistaDeBits, highlights how the game runs at an almost constant 4K resolution, as opposed to the PlayStation 5 version’s maximum 1620p resolution, which is due to the PlayStation 4 Pro settings. The Xbox Series X version also comes with faster load times. Assassin’s Creed Origins is now available on PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One, and Google Stadia worldwide....

In Atari’s half-year earnings report for 2022/23, the company reported a $4.65 million revenue number, which is a 27% decrease compared to 2021/22’s half-year report If that wasn’t already telling enough, hardware sales fell off a sheer cliff, with a 92% year-over-year drop-off, landing at $212,466 (which used to be $2.44 million). In an attempt to counteract these staggering losses, Atari began reorganizing its hardware business. Part of this reorganization involves the suspension of direct hardware manufacturing relationships when it comes to the VCS....

But now, this new game by PlatinumGames made in conjunction with Square Enix has reached a new all-time low as it has finally managed to hit a whopping zero concurrent player count. This new shameful mark was reached on June 16, 2022, at 10:00 as seen on Steam Charts. The game was able to return to ’normalcy’ in player numbers shortly afterward and has managed to retain at least 5 players simultaneously at its lowest points ever since....

Users won’t lose anything, as all of their games and wallets will be transferred to Steam.

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BOE Executives Reportedly Visited Apple to Explain the Situation, After Which the Manufacturer Was Given Orders Once Again Apple would most likely have wanted to add BOE to its supply chain list to give less pricing leverage to Samsung and LG, who are also involved in supplying iPhone 13’s OLED panels. The same panel manufacturers are also reportedly involved in making and shipping iPhone 14 screens. According to The Elec, after the Chinese manufacturer’s actions that put it in hot waters, BOE executives paid a visit to Apple headquarters in Cupertino, attempting to make amends....

The new screenshots showcase Serge’s remastered 3D model, illustrations, backgrounds, and font. You can find the screenshots on the game’s official Japanese website. Chrono Cross: The Radical Dreamers Edition will let players choose between the original and the remastered visuals, so those who do not particularly like some of the changes will be able to play the game with its original graphics. Unfortunately, it will not be possible to do the same with the soundtrack, according to a new update provided by Square Enix last week....

Note: This is an opinion piece and thus not as detailed as a full, scored review. Conquer your Enemies from the Couch Upon starting up a new game of Crusader Kings III on console, you’ll note that everything performs quite admirably (at least it does on PS5, I haven’t tested the game on Xbox Series X). Menus load almost instantly, the map scrolls and zooms smoothly, and character portraits look and animate just as well as on PC....

Today, the Los Angeles Times published a lengthy interview with Blizzard’s Mike Ybarra, who was clearly aiming to rehabilitate the company’s image following a series of development setbacks and scandals. You’d think Ybarra might have used the opportunity to express some contrition regarding Diablo Immortal’s much-criticized monetization, but it seems Blizzard is sticking to its guns. Ybarra insists they’ve designed a game where you can “literally do 99.5% of everything” for free and that hundreds of millions could potentially play without spending any extra cash....

We had a quick chat with Frontier’s Director of Technology Matt Simper to find out his thoughts and views on the implementation of DLSS 3 into the construction and management game. Just like Fatshark in our previous Darktide interview, he mainly praised the technique’s ability to circumvent the frame-boosting limitations of DLSS 2 with CPU-bound games. What was your first impression of DLSS 3 as a developer? Do you feel that AI-based Frame Generation is the future of rendering to keep up with advanced ray tracing effects?...

The arrival of these iconic RPG titles, known as Mother 2 and Mother in Japan, was announced during yesterday’s Nintendo Direct broadcast. You can check out the announcement trailer for these amazing retro titles down below: After the Nintendo Direct presentation, Earthbound creator Shigesato Itoi shared a video on Twitter, sharing his excitement about these titles finally coming to Switch Online. Fans of the series have been asking for the games to be added to Switch Online ever since Nintendo launched the service....

I’m ready, bring it on! You can find out exactly when Elden Ring unlocks around the world here, and the game’s PC requirements, right here. Haven’t been keeping up with From Software’s latest? Here’s a quick description of its George R. R. Martin co-written story… Elden Ring will put players through their paces on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, and PS5 on February 25, 2022. You can expect a full review from Wccftech prior to release....

Wccftech received some data and comments from the streaming analytics platform Stream Hatchet and from the looks of it, Elden Ring was a massive success on YouTube and Twitch, too. Overall, FromSoftware’s title already registered 215 million hours watched, far more than any other game released by the Japanese studio. It’s no surprise that FromSoftware and Bandai Namco are already preparing to expand the IP beyond games. In other news, following the successful collaboration with G....