Intel Core i9-13900KS “Raptor Lake”, The World’s First 6 GHz CPU, Launches In Early 2023 According to Intel, the 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPUs were never officially planned for launch until 2 years ago when the plans for the Meteor Lake desktop slipped a bit. As such, the engineering team decided to offer an intermediate CPU family, now known as Raptor Lake, to be launched after Alder Lake and optimize the foundations set by Alder Lake, Intel’s first Hybrid CPU design....

ASUS Preps Next-Gen ROG STRIX Laptop With Intel’s Ultra-Fast Core i9-13980HX Raptor Lake-HX Flagship CPU Just a few days ago, we exclusively reported that Intel was working on the Core i9-13980HX CPU that aims to be the fastest laptop chip on the planet when it launches. Now a laptop from ASUS featuring the chip has possibly appeared within the Geekbench 5 database but before we take a look at that, let’s talk specifications for this insanity of a chip....

Intel Desktop & Workstation Roadmap Leaks Out: Raptor Lake Refresh In Q3 2023, Sapphire Rapids Workstation In 1H 2023 The leak covers three parts, first is the roadmap which includes both desktops and workstations. The second part is the specifications for various desktop and workstation SKUs and finally, we’ve got the chipset roadmap and platform details. Let’s start with the first chip that beings Intel’s 2023 desktop journey, the Core i9-13900KS....

Intel Arc A380 Graphics Card Reviews Are In, Fails To Beat Radeon RX 6400 & GTX 1650 In Gaming Benchmarks The Intel Arc graphics cards were launched at the end of Q1 2022 for the mobility segment & even by the end of Q2 2022, Intel still doesn’t seem to have drivers ready for its Arc Alchemist GPU lineup which is the main reason why the latest entry is failing to deliver any decent performance numbers in gaming....

Intel Xeon Platinum 8380 CPU sees increased performance in Linux 6.0 in updated testing Larabel states that he feels confident that Intel’s advancements and focus on open-source compatibility have paid off, especially with the Ice Lake server CPUs. He mentions that more scheduler changes and improvements to the kernel are anticipated and will most likely transfer well for the Intel Xeon Platinum 8380 processors. Readers should note that the current benchmark tests use the Intel Xeon Platinum 8380 2P server he tested throughout this year....

We Might See an iOS 15 to iOS 15.1.1 Jailbreak Soon as CoolStar Confirms That the Odyssey Team is Looking Into a Kernel Exploit A hacker @b1n4r1b01 published a full kernel exploit for iPadOS and iOS 15 to 15.1.1 derived from Brightiup’s CVE-2021-30955 kernel bug write-up. Take note that it is still early to begin speculating the time frame of a potential jailbreak release. Nonetheless, it is great to see that the Odyssey team is “looking at” a kernel exploit for iOS 15 to iOS 15....

Better Camera, Cutting-Edge Chipset, Display, and Other Components May Contribute to That $100 Price Hike A new research note below from Wedbush Securities, analyst Dan Ives talks about the $100 price hike of the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. Assuming one thinks that Apple is attempting to unfairly profit off its customers by charging a higher price for the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max, it is important to note the changing global landscape, and with inflation having an effect in major regions, it will also adversely affect component prices....

iPhone 14 Pro Design Finalized As Suppliers Begin Early Trial Production To Meet Apple’s Standard As per the report from the Taiwan Economic Times, the iPhone 14 Pro design has been finalized and Foxconn has begun early trial production. The report also mentions that Foxconn will manufacture the iPhone 14 Pro models while Luxshare will manufacture the standard iPhone 14 models. The purpose of the trial production of the device is to make sure the device meets Apple’s standards before it enters mass production later on....

Two of the new features that you can find on the iPhone 14 series have been taken from Xiaomi phones as they have been introduced in the Android offerings for some time now. iPhone 14 Series Features That Were First Introduced by Xiaomi, and There is Nothing Wrong with That If you look at the spec sheet of the iPhone 14 series, you will realize that all the phones have dual ambient light sensors....

The new Leather Case for iPhone 14 is also now available for pre-order at $39.99 in Black and Saddle Brown shades. You can get this case for iPhone 14, 14 Pro, 14 Max, and 14 Pro Max. The company says this iPhone 14 case can deal with falls of up to 6ft (1.5m). Notably, it also comes with machined metal buttons that offer you the same tactile feedback as the iPhone’s buttons, removing the biggest problem that most cases have....

There’s one question about the game, though; and that’s “How is the game going to approach DLC and future content?” Well, that question was answered late last night, with the confirmation of the first two DLC teams, out of four. Those teams are centered on past games Garou: Mark of the Wolves, and Fatal Fury. The first features three characters from the nearly-forgotten (to SNK) game Garou: Mark of the Wolves, a game taking place after the events of the first Fatal Fury....

WhatsApp Decides to Make Some Quality of Life Improvements The change was supported by WABetaInfo, WhatsApp is now getting new and improved previews for documents. For those who don’t know, up until now, whenever you shared a document like PDF, JPEG, or Doc, WhatsApp only showed a generic preview displaying the file type and file name. That means that you had to open the document to figure out what the contents of that document are....

Looking pretty neat! I enjoy action-driven stuff like the upcoming Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga, but actually building stuff will always be my favorite thing about Lego. Here’s a bit more official detail about Lego Bricktales: Lego Bricktales launches sometime in 2022. Platforms have not yet been announced. In each diorama, there are Lego minifigures who need your help, as well as the opportunity to unlock new skills for your good deeds....

It’s Star Wars day, and the most recent LEGO Star Wars game entry has now received a new trailer featuring classic, bad batch, Mandalorian, Solo, troopers, and Rogue One characters. Check out the new trailer down below: Earlier today we already covered a new The Skywalker Saga 8K resolution graphical showcase, complete with ReShade Global Illumination Ray Tracing effects on an NVIDIA RTX 3090 GPU. In case you’re interested, be sure to check that one out....

2022 iPhone SE Also Features the Same Amount of RAM as the iPhone 11 Despite using the same 4.7-inch IPS LCD screen as the 2020 version, the 2022 iPhone SE gets a decent specifications bump in the RAM department, bringing it up to 4GB, compared to 3GB RAM present on its predecessor. This could explain why Apple decided to increase the base price of the iPhone SE to $429 from $399, though it is obvious there are more reasons why the company would pass the cost onto customers....

As reported by MP1st and corroborated by VGC, a remake of the open-world game developed by Guerilla Games is in development for the current generation console by Sony. While it is not yet known if this will be more of a remaster than a remake built from the ground up, the new version of the game will feature an improved lighting system, overhauled textures, improved animations, and new character models....

Publisher Focus Entertainment and developer Asobo Studio confirmed that the game surpassed one million players worldwide just one week after its release. To mark the occasion, a new Accolades Trailer has been released online, and you can check it out below. Following its launch last week, A Plague Tale: Requiem, the sequel to the critically acclaimed A Plague Tale: Innocence by Asobo Studio and Focus Entertainment, has already conquered the hearts of players and garnered critical praise....

Having Similar CPU and GPU Cores Is Not Necessarily a Bad Thing, but A16 Bionic Will Have to Stick out in Other Areas to Justify Its Exclusivity to the ‘Pro’ Models Apple continually provides detailed specification comparisons of its latest iPhones, making it easier for future customers to see what they are getting for their hard-earned cash. With the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max, you are getting the A16 Bionic that is made on the 4nm process....

Activision Blizzard issued a statement, saying they’ll be suspending new sales and in-game purchases in Russia and will be matching employee donations to Ukrainian charities. Epic Games is “stopping commerce in Russia” within its games, but “communication tools” (and presumably online play in games like Fortnite) will remain online. The company is matching employee donations 2:1 to organizations providing immediate relief in the region. Together we have raised over $300,000 in this effort....

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