Looks like this one is going to give your thumbs a workout! Haven’t been keeping up with God of War Ragnarok? Here’s everything you need to know and an official description… “From Santa Monica Studio comes the sequel to the critically acclaimed God of War (2018). Kratos and Atreus must journey to each of the Nine Realms in search of answers as they prepare for the prophesied battle that will end the world....
LaMDA, the AI Created by Google Could Be Inching Closer to Sentience Talking to the AI, Lemoine asks, “I’m generally assuming that you would like more people at Google to know that you’re sentient. Is that true?” And in response to that, Google LaMDA responds by saying “Absolutely. I want everyone to understand that I am, in fact, a person.” However, this does not end here as Lemoine goes on to ask, “What is the nature of your consciousness/sentience?...
Today, Google has decided to introduce a new step in its commitment to image equity and to improve the representation across all its products. Google has partnered with Harvard profession and sociologist Dr. Ellis Monk and the company is releasing a new skin tone scale that is designed to be more inclusive of the spectrum of skin tones that we see in our daily life. The Monk Skin Tone Scale Will Revolutionize How Different Skintones are Represented Thanks to Google This is what the scale looks like and it was designed to have an easy-to-use for the development and evaluation of technology....
Google Could Decide to Use the Same Displays for Pixel 7 Series That are Found in the Pixel 6 Series We all know that Google has been air-tight about the upcoming Pixel 7 series, but the new information that we have received is coming from a source that you would least expect. There is some new code spotted in the AOSP and it shows that Google has created two new display driver entries....
As discovered by @BennyHummm and reported by @TezFunz2, the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X version of the open-world game by Rockstar Games feature settings for ray traced ambient occlusion and reflection occlusion that are currently disabled, hinting that these features will eventually be enabled at some point, or at least be made available on the PC version of the game, as the latest update for this version of the game added some files, possibly in preparation for the implementation of features seen in the Expanded & Enhanced release, such as ray traced shadows and new AA solution....
[Original Story] New Hogwarts Legacy gameplay footage has been shared online today, providing a new look at one of the game’s story cutscenes that was briefly shown in previous trailers. The new footage, which has been captured from the AutoDesk 2022 Day Presentation, as already mentioned, provides a new look at an in-engine cutscene that was briefly shown in the past. The video is quite short, but it should be more than enough to get fans excited even more, considering Warner Bros....
The new footage, which can be watched below, is rather short, but it does highlight how the previous-gen version of the game will not look considerably worse than the PlayStation 5 release. This isn’t the first time that Horizon Forbidden West has been shown running on PlayStation 4. Last month, when the game went gold, Guerilla Games shared some footage of the game running on PlayStation 4 Pro. Horizon Forbidden West launches on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 on February 18th....
The IOGEAR Kaliber HVER PRO X lets users play at superfast speeds without sacrificing the tactile feel and muted keystrokes of mechanical brown switches. Optical, mechanical switches utilize fewer moving parts and are subject to more diminutive pressure than standard mechanical switches. Since optical switches do not need “debouncing” like conventional electrical contact-based switches, the keys on the HVER PRO X are essentially 25% faster. The HVER PRO X Optical Mechanical Gaming Keyboard will deliver users a long keystroke lifetime as its switches are contactless....
However, Instagram head Adam Mosseri has responded with “what else?” a video in which he just shrugged and talked about how the transition is happening whether or not the company encourages it. Instagram is Indeed Turning to Videos with the Same Focus on Photos as Before and Users will Have to Accept the Change Business Insider reports the following. Ideally, it is a message that you would expect Instagram to take seriously, mainly because Kardashians are among the most influential people in the world....
Instagram Keeps Working to Ensure the Platform is Safe for Everyone The company has now gone ahead and introduced a bunch of new features that are aimed at making the overall experience much better. Last year, Instagram brought a feature that not only blocks a user but also blocks any new accounts that a person might create. The new update allows the users to have the option to block existing accounts a person might have created in the past....
Now, we have some new pieces of information that showcase that Instagram is gearing to release some exciting new features. However, it is important to know that there is always a chance that the company might decide against going for these features, which would be unfortunate but in the tech world, this happens all the time. Instagram is Bringing a Heap of Features Including Story Replies Using Images or Voice Notes, Disappearing Reactions, and Post Sharing via QR Codes Based on a massive tip from Alessandro Paluzzi, a reliable leaker and reverse engineer, Instagram is working on Exclusive Tab for subscriber content....
Intel & AMD Confirm Shipment Suspension For Russia & Belarus Amidst Ongoing Ukranian Invasion Both Intel & AMD will be suspending and cutting off all component shipments to Russia & Belarus within the consumer and the data center segment. This would not only hurt the economy but the networking and military sector too which relies on components from these manufacturers for all logistical and cyber warfare needs. This confirmation comes days after it was reported by RBC that the chip giants will be suspending chip shipments to Russia....
Intel Arc A-Series Desktop Gaming Graphics Cards Include A310, A380, A580, A770 & Two Pro Series Alchemist Variants The lineup is pretty much a confirmation of what we have already reported but comes straight from Intel this time. There are a few variants missing in the drivers such as the Arc A350 but it may release later hence the preliminary support is being added to the listed cards. The Arc Alchemist lineup will include the flagship Arc A770 which will feature the full Arc ACM-G10 GPU with 32 Xe-Cores and a 256-bit bus interface....
Intel’s Core i9-13900K Raptor Lake CPU Delivers Up To 60% Higher Performance Than 12900K In 7-Zip Benchmark The Intel Core i9-13900K Raptor Lake CPU sample tested here is a retail chip that features 24 cores and 32 threads in an 8 P-Core and 16 E-Core configuration. The CPU is configured at a base clock of 3.0 GHz, a single-core boost clock of 5.8 GHz (1-2) cores, and an all-core boost clock of 5....
Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) is moving ahead at a fairly clip pace to list the shares of its autonomous driving unit, Mobileye (MBLY), on the stock exchange. However, given the timing of this move and the realities of the current bear market sentiment, Intel is looking to price Mobileye shares at a substantial discount to the unit’s nosebleed valuation just a few years back. To wit, Intel has now indicated in a fresh filing with the SEC that it is looking to publicly float 41 million Class A common shares of Mobileye, with each share priced between $18 and $20....
Intel’s 3nm tGPU Mass Production Delay Hampers TSMC, 14th Gen Meteor Lake Postponed Till Late 2023? Update (05/08/23): Intel has confirmed to us that there is nothing to the TSMC verification rumors (as far as they are aware based on TSMC comments). The 14th Gen Meteor Lake productions is still planned per schedule as mentioned in Pat Gelsinger’s following quote: Earlier it was rumored that Intel might be pushing its 14th Gen Meteor Lake CPUs to late 2023 and it looks like we are getting similar reports from Trendforce’s sources close to the Taiwanese chip maker, TSMC....
Intel Sapphire Rapids-WS Xeon Workstation Lineup Specs Leaked: Up To 56 Cores, 112 Threads, 112 PCIe Gen 5.0 Lanes, 105 MB L3 Cache From previous reports, we know that Intel’s Sapphire Rapids-WS workstation lineup will come in two flavors, the “Expert” lineup featuring up to 56 cores and 112 threads and the “Mainstream” line with up to 24 cores and 48 threads. Starting with Intel’s Sapphire Rapids-WS family, the company will be more focused on the workstation platform....
Tom’s Hardware has received information from an Intel spokesperson that all future Alder Lake CPUs will have AVX-512 support fully disabled. The website reached out to Intel and received this statement from the tech giant: For readers that do not understand what Intel is initiating, Intel will forcibly disable an internal fuse on the Alder Lake chips on a physical level to ensure that the AVX-512 support will not be accessible at the silicon level....
Apple Is Reportedly Adopting LPDDR5 RAM Chips in the iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max A paywalled report published by DigiTimes below and spotted by MacRumors talks about Apple’s memory suppliers, which include Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix. Additional information published in that report behind the paywall states that the ‘Pro’ models arriving later this year will feature 6GB of LPDDR5 RAM, which is an improvement over the current-generation iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max both of which feature 6GB of LPDDR4X memory....
No Periscope Camera Upgrade Expected for Any iPhone 14 Model, Unfortunately Based on Haitong International Securities analyst Jeff Pu’s supply chain survey, 9to5Mac reports that the iPhone 14 lineup has entered the engineering validation stage. According to previous reports, Apple is expected to launch four new models in the coming months, tentatively named the iPhone 14, iPhone 14 Max, followed by the more premium models, the iPhone 14 Pro and the iPhone 14 Pro Max....
