Those who have been wondering how long it will take them to complete the story mode within the upcoming Zero Dawn sequel will be happy to hear that it will about as long as its predecessor. At least, that’s what the game director has reportedly told German gaming outlet GamePro.de when asked about the game’s length. For reference, Zero Dawn’s main story mode could be completed within roughly 20 to 24 hours, although some managed to complete it in 15 hours....

Here’s everything you need to know about Hunt: Showdown’s Serpent Moon event… The Serpent Moon Live Event brings a supernatural infestation of snakes to the bayou. Deadly serpents appear in snake dens throughout the bayou, and it’s down to you to capture snakes and sacrifice them on altars. However, these snakes will attack you if you make too much noise on your approach, so you must balance the reward of greater event points, and greater rewards, for looting and sacrificing snakes against a lower amount of event points for simply destroying them....

To do this, the researchers leveraged the power of AI, more specifically through the so-called neural radiance fields. NeRFs use neural networks to reconstruct the scene from the images by predicting the color of light radiating in any direction. NVIDIA claims Instant NeRF to be the fastest technology of its kind yet, allowing for a multiplicative speed-up of over 1,000x in some instances so that rendering at 1080p occurs in mere milliseconds....

Intel’s 12th Gen Alder Lake CPU Source Code Reportedly Leaked Online Following Hack VX-Underground has tweeted that the source code to the Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs has been leaked online. Intel’s Alder Lake CPUs were released last year on the 4th of November, 2021 & the data include 2.8 GB worth of compressed source code (5.86 GB in full), and the leak allegedly came from 4chan. The code base is said to be massive but the contents have yet to be verified....

Intel Arc A580 Graphics Card Performance Revealed In Ashes of The Singularity Benchmark, Faster Than NVIDIA’s RTX 3050 Intel has so far confirmed the Arc A770, Arc A750, and Arc A380 graphics cards whereas their partners have revealed the Arc A310 entry-level design too. This leaves just one desktop Arc graphics card that hasn’t seen official confirmation yet, and that’s the Arc 5 A580. Intel Arc 5 ‘Advanced’ Gaming Graphics Card Lineup The Intel Arc 5 lineup is expected to include just one variant, for now, the Arc A580....

Intel Arc A370M Alchemist GPU Gets First Gaming Benchmarks, Shows Competitive Performance Versus The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 The Intel Arc A370M is positioned within the entry-level discrete GPU segment and based on the ACM-G11 SKU, the smallest of the two Arc Alchemist SKUs. It utilizes the full ACM-G11 GPU config with 8 Xe Cores (1024 ALUs), 8 ray tracing units, 1550 MHz graphics clock, 4 GB of 64-bit GDDR6 memory, and a TDP range of 35-50W....

Intel’s First Discrete Gaming Graphics Card In The Arc Alchemist A-Series Launching In Summer 2022 The Intel ARC Alchemist graphics card was first visually demonstrated by YouTuber Moore’s Law Is Dead. Intel’s new card originally showcased a black cover with an elongated green printed circuit board back when we first saw it as an engineering sample. Later, it was showcased with a modern silver aesthetic but the latest shots once again show a black-colored shroud....

Intel Talks Arc GPUs: Ray Tracing Performance Better Than NVIDIA RTX, Competitive Prices, Future Arc GPUs PCGamer’s Senior Hardware Editor, Jacob Ridley, went on a trip to Berlin where IFA 2022 is taking place. There, he sat down with Intel’s marketing gurus, Tom Peterson and Ryan Shrout who gave away some meaty info regarding their Arc GPUs. There’s a lot to cover but to sum it up, we get a few details on Intel’s RTU (Ray Tracing Unit) and its performance, what the prices of Intel Arc GPUs would look like, and where Arc goes from here in the future....

Intel’s Flagship Alder Lake Desktop CPU, The Core i9-12900K, Rocks 5.5 GHz Boost Clock & 150W TDP, Priced at Over $750 US At CES 2022, Intel confirmed that they will be bringing the Core i9-12900KS, a heavily-binned variant of the Core i9-12900K CPU, to the consumer segment. This chip is designed purely for the high-end enthusiast and overclocking community and as such, it rocks some beastly specs. — Intel Technology (@IntelTech) January 3, 2022 Intel Core i9-12900KS 16 Core / 24 Thread Desktop CPU The Intel Core i9-12900KS will be the flagship chip in the 12th Gen Alder Lake Desktop CPU lineup....

Intel Core i9-13900KS 6 GHz CPU Is 5% Faster In Single & 10% Faster In Multi-Threaded Performance In Latest Benchmark Leak The Intel Core i9-13900KS will be the flagship Raptor Lake CPU, featuring 24 cores and 32 threads in an 8 P-Core and 16 E-Core configuration. The 13900KS CPU features a ‘Thermal Velocity Boost’ frequency of up to 6 GHz, making it the first chip to hit that frequency out of the box....

Raptor Lake-P open-source graphics support finds home in the upcoming Mesa 22.2 kernel Micheal Larabel of Linux website Phoronix points out that the enablement of Intel’s Raptor Lake-P support is minor. Mesa 22.2 has already acquired Raptor Lake-S support from Intel open-source developers. RPL-S and RPL-P are only a further addition to driver code paths for Alder Lake, and similar 12th Gen-based graphics are already available. With this new enablement, Intel added six PCI IDs and about twelve lines of code to the already lengthy kernel:...

Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPU & Raptor Point Z790 PCH’s Official Specifications Leak Out Ahead of Launch So starting with the specifications, Intel’s 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPUs will utilize the hybrid core design, featuring a mix of Performance-Optimized ‘P’ and Efficiency-Optimized ‘E’ cores. For the new chips, Intel will be using a brand new P-Core known as Raptor Cove which will replace the Golden Cove cores featured on the Alder Lake CPUs....

Developers can Now Download and Install iOS 15.6 and iPadOS 15.6 beta 5, Public Beta to Release Soon The update is currently available to developers only, obviously. Public beta testers should be able to take the beta for a spin momentarily. If you already have a previous beta installed on your device, then simply follow these steps in order to install iOS 15.6 or iPadOS 15.6 beta 5: Launch the Settings app Tap on General Now tap on Software Update Tap on Download and Install when beta 5 shows up for download...

iOS 16, iPadOS 16, macOS Ventura, and watchOS 9 Public Beta to Release in July on Compatible Devices iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 are major updates considering the number of front-facing features they bring to the table. iOS 16 will enhance the Lock Screenw with widgets and customization while iPadOS 16 will being new multitasking improvements to the iPad with Stage Manager. If you are a developer, you can download the latest version of Apple’s new software updates on compatible iPhone and iPad models right now from the Apple Developer Center, However, if you are not a developer, you might have to wait a month to check out Apple’s upcoming iOS 16, iPadOS 16, macOS Ventura, and watchOS 9 software updates....

With the iPhone 14 mini No Longer a Part of the Lineup, Demand Will Automatically Pick up for the Bigger Display Variants Ahead of the iPhone 14 launch, DigiTimes has published a paywalled report stating Apple’s plans for its future launch. The entirety of the report was seen by MacRumors, claiming that despite a slowdown in the economy, Apple expects its upcoming range of handsets to sell well. Sadly, Android smartphone shipments have not seen an increase in their shipments, which could be due to the financial challenges consumers are facing in several markets....

Increasing Lead Times of iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max Indicate That Supply Shortfalls Are Persistent Earlier, there were reports stating that Foxconn’s Zhengzhou iPhone assembling in China was facing lockdowns due to the COVID-19 restrictions, which naturally impacted iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max shipments. According to an investors’ note spotted by AppleInsider, JP Morgan analysts state that while it is difficult to determine the affected shipments due to the operational restrictions placed on the factory, there are other ways to figure out if there is a supply shortage, and that is increasing lead times....

As the entire crypto world continues to rock and shudder under the near-constant strain of plunging token prices and a cascade of liquidations, Solana stole the proverbial spotlight yesterday, at least temporarily, when it announced a dedicated Android-based smartphone. To wit, Solana is now betting on the Android smartphone – dubbed Saga – to revive its mojo. The device will be paired with the Solana Mobile Stack, which will allow native Android-based Web3 apps to work seamlessly with the Solana network....

The Pixel 7 Pro Seems to Have Some Concerning Display Issues, and We Are Not Sure if a Software Update Can Fix Them Adam Conway, a Senior Technical Editor at XDA-Developers, has been using the Pixel 7 Pro since Monday. He has noticed that although the battery life is a lot better than the predecessor, when you are using the phone at a higher brightness, the battery immediately drops drastically within a short period....

An engineer in Taiwan recently made headlines when he shared his relationship troubles on social media. A report from the Taiwanese publication United Daily News (UDN) revealed that the engineer working in the island’s Southern region was advised by his significant other that he should switch his company and start working for the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) if he wants to afford marriage and starting a family. TSMC is the largest company in Taiwan, and as it has diversified its global customer base, the company pays high salaries when compared to others in the region....

Speaking about his cloud-powered Xbox game in an interview with The Guardian, Kojima was his usual grandiose self, claiming the project could “turn things around” for not only just the gaming industry, but the movie industry as well. “It’s almost like a new medium. If this succeeds, it will turn things around – not just in the game industry, but in the movie industry as well.” It’s no secret that Kojima is essentially a frustrated filmmaker trapped in the gaming industry, so the line above is certainly intriguing....