Looking to Test Out iOS 16 or iPadOS 16 Beta 4 on Your Daily Driver iPhone or iPad? Go Right Ahead, it’s Very Stable There was a time I used to take beta software for a spin way before anyone else. It’s the sort of excitement I lived for. But, a couple of years back, I had extremely awful experiences with beta software, therefore I had to dial things down a little and wait for subsequent beta releases until things got a little stable for use on a day to day basis....

We previously reported that both the aforementioned flagships would arrive later this year with upgraded LTPO screens whose refresh rate could drop to as low as 1Hz. However, another feature expected to arrive for both handsets is ‘always-on display’ which already exists on Android smartphones for a few years now. According to 9to5Mac, there are multiple references in iOS 16 that confirm support for the feature. The report states that in iOS 16, there are three new frameworks added that relate to the backlight management of the iPhone’s display....

A paywalled preview on DigiTimes was spotted by MacRumors, with the following information mentioned. To make sure it is prepped and ready for an upcoming event, Apple typically asks suppliers to have components ready a couple of months in advance so it is able to cope with demand if shipments pick up in frequency. For those that are not informed, Apple is expected to announce four new iPhone 14 models in September....

iPhone 14 Pro to Feature Taller Display, no ‘mini’ iPhone in The Works, Satellite Connectivity for iPhone Still Under Progress According to 9to5mac, the upcoming iPhone 14 is codenamed D27 and D28 for the 6.1-inch model and the 6.7-inch model. What this means is that Apple will launch a new iPhone with a bigger display while the ‘mini’ model will be discontinued. While these standard iPhone models will feature the same display resolution as the current iPhone 13 models, the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max will come with a slightly taller display for the pill and circular cutouts....

KIOXIA Delivers Up To Double The Sequential Rate Improvement With CM7 PCIe Gen 5.0 NVMe SSDs, Demo Running On AMD’s EPYC Genoa CPUs Yesterday, AMD introduced its 4th Gen EPYC Genoa CPUs which mark a new beginning for the red team on their latest SP5 platform. The new platform is loaded with features such as PCIe Gen 5.0 support and KIOXIA is taking advantage of that to demonstrate their next-gen CM7 Series PCIe Gen 5....

They’ll now be known as Plaion (said “play on”), and currently, they will continue to own studios like Deep Silver (known for developing the Saints Row series of games). There are also some comments offered by staff within the studio. When asked about the change, Plaion vice president of global sales and marketing Frank Weber said, “It’s been brewing for a while.” He then inferred that the more international, the more global they’ve become as a company, the more clear it was from a purely phonetic point of view that the name of the company wasn’t ideal internationally....

x86 & Arm have a new competitor! Leapfive to offer in-house RISC-V processors with mass production starting late 2022 Regarding performance, the LeapFive (also known as Yuefang Technology) high-performing RISC-V CPU NB2 can easily compete with Arm’s Cortex A55 and A72 chips. My Drivers website states that “there were few chip startups with explicit target application scenarios.” The logic of converting to the bottom layer has three points: bringing supply chain security to customers, having differentiated features, and having cost advantages....

Publisher Warner Bros. Interactive has yet to announce a price for the Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Character Collection, but it’s included in the game’s Deluxe Edition, which costs $10 more than the standard edition. Also, a note of clarification – the “Classic Characters Pack” includes new skins that mimic the original “classic” minifigs included in the first round of Star Wars Lego sets. Obviously, there will be versions of Luke, Leia, ect....

The unofficial HD remaster has been developed by RainaAudron, who also released an HD Texture Pack for the game a while back. The remaster is based upon the SEGA Dreamcast version, which is considered to be the best version of the game, and will require the Flycast emulator, as this emulator is capable of extracting and loading textures externally. On the Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver HD Remaster website, RainaAudron also provided some more information on the project, and how it came to be: Soul Reaver was a groundbreaking title when it released in 1999 and it is still fondly remembered by many to this date....

New Benchmark Result Also Reveals That iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 14 Pro Max Will Ship With 6GB RAM The results were shared by ShrimpApplePro, with a small watermark at the bottom of the Geekbench 5 image indicating that he likely got those results from the Chinese micro-blogging website Weibo. Other details reveal that the iPhone 14 Pro that was subjected to the test features 6GB of RAM, which Apple did not mention during its official announcement, though past reports have consistently mentioned that the ‘Pro’ models will be treated to 6GB of LPDDR5 memory this year....

Let’s start checking on the facts. The Activision Blizzard problem has, of course, angered its investors. Why? Because this kind of thing would de-value the company in the stock market. As such, a group of individual investors including Jeff Ross and Gary Cheng filed a claim in August 2021 that alleged that Actiblizz essentially downplayed the EEOC and DFEH’s probes when they were looking into the sexual harassment issues within the company....

A lot has been said and written about the $69 billion megadeal, with UK regulator CMA stating that the deal might lead to competition concerns. Microsoft has since said that these concerns are misplaced. Earlier this month, some insiders also expressed their concerns about the deal as they believe that it could actually fall apart. In addition, a new report from Politico claims that the FTC is eying an antitrust suit to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard....

The new footage shows off a couple of new additions to the roster, Kris Statlander and Nyla Rose, and a somewhat more realistic art style (early teasers had a very stylized look). As for the action, it isn’t the most realistic, but it looks fast and impactful, which is a good thing. For years the WWE 2K games have focused on elaborate animations at the cost of game pacing and excitement....

AMD’s 5nm Zen 4 & Zen 4C Cores For Next-Gen EPYC & Ryzen CPUs Receive Further Support In Linux 5.17 Drivers As reported by Phoronix, the one go-to source for all your Linux updates, the tech outlet spotted that the latest Linux 5.17 EDAC (Error Detection and Correction) drivers have added support for AMD’s next-gen Zen cores, the Zen 4 & Zen 4C. The new EDAC drivers not only add Zen 4 ‘AMD Family 19h Models 10h-1Fh’ and Zen 4C ‘AMD Family 19h Models A0h-AFh’ support but also come with DDR5 support in both RDDR5 & LRDDR5 flavors....

AMD Is Bringing HEDT Back With Ryzen Threadripper 7000 CPUs Based on the Zen 4 Cores In 2023, Up To 96 Cores AMD confirmed in its desktop roadmap that they are working on their next-generation Zen 4 core powered Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series which is expected to release next year in 2023. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 Desktop CPUs will feature up to 96 cores and 192 threads based on the Zen 4 core architecture and fabricated on TSMC’s 5nm node....

AMD is seeking more open-source developers with next-gen GPU and multimedia experience AMD has a hand in open-source GPU sections in products such as Elon Musk’s Tesla Model S and Valve’s Steam Deck models. Outside of those two prominent sectors, AMD is heavily used among the Linux gaming community due to its continued efforts to keep its open-source drivers up-to-date. The job listing asks for the position to be filled by an engineer capable of contributing to both Mesa and Linux kernels for AMD’s line of GPUs....

AMD Next-Gen Zen 4, Zen 4C, Zen 5, Zen 6 Core Architectures Detailed: Cores, Clocks & IPC Going Up Each Gen! The information revealed by MLID isn’t confirmed but keeping his recent track record in mind, most of his reported data can end up being close to the real thing. In the latest video, MLID has shared details regarding future AMD Zen cores which include Zen 4, Zen 4C, Zen 5, & Zen 6....

Fine Wine! AMD Radeon HD 7970, The Decade-Old GPU, Receives Brand New WHQL Drivers Update: The driver adds support for the entire Legacy GCN GPU lineup as mentioned here. The AMD Radeon HD 7970 launched all the way back in December of 2011. It was based on the then brand new GCN architecture which would continue to be featured in various products from the red team until finally being replaced by the new Polaris & Vega cores....

AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 3D V-Cache CPU Shows Strength In Gaming Benchmarks In CPU-Bound Scenarios The benchmarks were posted by XanxoGaming and CapFrameX who are currently testing the chip across various workloads and finding out where it ticks when it comes to gaming. As always, while the new 3D V-Cache CPU doesn’t impress a lot in standard workloads, its gaming performance has been said to offer an average 15% increase over the non-3D chips....

AMD Ryzen 7000 ‘Zen 4’ Desktop CPUs & AM5 Platform Launching Earlier Than Expected, Rumored To Hit Retail By Early Q3 AMD has so far only confirmed that the AMD Ryzen 7000 Desktop CPUs based on its brand new 5nm Zen 4 core architecture and the respective AM5 platform will be launching in the second half of 2022 but it looks like Greymon55’s has learned that the launch is going to occur much earlier in Q3 2022....