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What Is Immersive View? Through its collection of heaps and heaps of data, Google is merging Street View and aerial shots together to create ‘immersive view,’ creating a ‘rich, digital model of the world.’ This view combines picturesque views of a city and its landmarks, along with suggestions of places to learn about or visit. The new feature also provides an inside view of some buildings, with the ability to alternate the views of specific areas, such as what they look like at nighttime, in bad weather, or in busy timings....

Available Code Reveals Two Feline Codenames for Possibly Pixel Smartphones, Where One of Them Is the Premium Version With the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro already sporting the codenames Panther and Cheetah, respectively, 9to5Google stumbled across two more codenames that were feline in name. Thanks to available code present in the Android Open Source Project, those codenames were found to be Felix and Lynx. According to additional information, one of these codenames belong to the Pixel 7a, which will serve as the successor to the current-generation mid-range model, the Pixel 6a....

We previously heard that Gotham Knights would be getting a 4-player co-op mode separate from the game’s main open-world campaign, entitled Heroic Assault, and now WB Games Montreal have revealed a first peek at the mode, which is set to launch tomorrow. — Gotham Knights (@GothamKnights) November 28, 2022 Unfortunately, aside from the image above, which features the quirky Justice League villain Starro, not a lot of information about the new mode has been shared....

HDMI 2.1 gets more accessibility for larger cables under a recent update From the HDMI Licensing Administrator website — What does this mean for users? HDMI 2.1a, Amendment 1 adds a new feature: HDMI Cable Power. With this feature, active HDMI® Cables can now be powered directly from the Connector, without attaching a separate power cable. This makes attaching and using active HDMI Cables as easy as using passive, wired HDMI Cables....

What’s the current issue? For a full-fledged sequel release of a series that has earned approximately $450 million (according to Hellena Taylor) - not including merchandise - Platinum Games offered only $4000. The $4000 was after Hellena states she wrote directly to Hideki Kamiya, who she says gave her a glowing response. The further problem is that Hellena indicates that Bayonetta 3’s director, Yusuke Miyata, may be a liar. Why?...

The information was shared by MobileFun, a UK-based retailer that has listed the cases, but aside from that, is even taking preorders for the upcoming cases. The Galaxy Z Fold 4 cases include a leather cover in various colors, a case with an S Pen holder, a silicone grip cover, and a standing cover. Samsung might also sell a screen protector for the device. Sadly, the case also confirms that the Galaxy Z Fold 4 will indeed not have a slot for an S Pen, something that was a rumor before....

Patch 1.17 introduces Variable Refresh Rate and High Refresh Rate support on PlayStation 5, alongside a new Balanced Graphics mode that introduces 40Hz gameplay for supported displays. The new Horizon Forbidden West patch also introduces fixes for crashing issues as well as for main quests, side quests, and more. You can find all the details on these fixes on the game’s subreddit. Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) and High Refresh Rate (HFR) support VRR improves dynamic resolution scaling on 60Hz VRR & HFR targets a refresh rate between 60Hz and 120Hz New “Balanced” Graphics Mode introducing 40Hz for supported displays...

Like in the Dark Souls games, you will need to equip items to the Tool Belt via the Equipment menu to use them. There are 10 Quick Slot items, so there’s enough space to equip all the items you need in addition to the Sacred Flasks. To use an item, you need to select it by cycling through the equipped items with the directional buttons and then pressing the Square or X button....

As shared by Gamesindustry.biz, Arceus had a massive launch in the UK, with the latest Pokémon installment being the fourth biggest Pokémon launch of all time in the UK, thereby beating both Black & White and the Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl remakes. It should be noted that these initial sales data only include boxed sales numbers, and digital downloads aren’t included. With digital downloads often surpassing boxed sales numbers, it will be interesting to see how total sales for Arceus compare to installments such as Sun & Moon as well as Alpha Sapphire/Omega Rub – titles that were released in times when digital downloads weren’t as prevalent....

Instagram Brings Another Controversial Feature in the Form of Ultra-Tall Photos “You can have tall videos, but you cannot have tall photos on Instagram,” Mosseri said. “So we thought maybe we should make sure that we treat both equally.” Currently, Instagram photos do not go above 4:5 when displaying vertical images that have been cropped properly. However, bringing in the support for slimmer and taller 9:16 photos will help them fill the entire screen as the user scrolls through the app’s feed....

Linux 6.2 kernel adds further Intel support for Alder Lake-N and Raptor Lake-P CPUs, and additional power management improvements The change required engineers to change the value of the EPB to “7” (it initially defaulted to “6”), which will help with the reduction of power consumed by the processor, but not directly from the core. Engineers at Intel needed to test on the Alder Lake-N CPUs and discovered light workloads or power idling moments while running tasks like Google Meet or similar video playback and found promising results from the test....

Intel Raptor Lake Core i7-13700K 16 Core CPU Overclocked To 6 GHz Across All Raptor Cove Cores The upcoming Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake lineup is going to be an optimization of 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs, featuring Raptor Cove cores with enhanced cache structuring, faster clocks, & also an increase to the number of Gracemont E-Cores. The CPUs have also been highlighted to offer some great overclocking capabilities and it looks like we have the first overclocking figures coming to us from Videocardz and Twitter users, @QXE87 & @esperonslaie....

Intel Launches NUC 12 Enthusiast “Serpent Canyon” SFF Mini PC with Intel Core i7-12700H CPU & Arc A770M GPU This new small form factor system is covered inside a 2.5 L (230×180×60 mm) chassis. You get an Intel Core i7-12700H CPU with 14 cores, 20 threads (45W TDP), and either an integrated Iris Xe Graphics or the A770 dGPU. The Intel NUC 12 Enthusiast Serpent Canyon SFF Mini PC can produce up to five streams in 4K resolution....

Intel Raptor Lake Core i9-13900K Makes History By Achieving 8.81 GHz CPU Frequency World Record In an overclocking spree by renowned overclocker Elmor who was accompanied by Shamino, the ASUS in-house overclocking team set some huge world records on the latest ROG Maximus Z790 APEX motherboard. The records ranged from the highest frequency to the highest SUPERPI scores but one record that stands out from the rest is the CPU frequency....

Intel’s 10nm Cannon Lake-Y “Special Samples” CPU Was Designed With Three Chiplets Pictures revealed by YuuKi_AnS show that the said SKU is part of a “Special Samples” lineup that is intended for internal use only. Since this specific chip never made it to retail, we can assume that these special chips are not intended for mass marketing but more so for testing and internal test purposes. The 10nm Cannon Lake lineup was the start of Intel’s never-ending delay....

Intel AV1 Encoder outperforms rival NVIDIA’s NVENC H.264 video codec Many videos on YouTube that are watched daily have adopted the new AV1 encoding, especially over the last few years of development. Intel’s AV1 video encoding was initially developed by the Alliance for Open Media as a royalty-free open-source video coding format in 2015. The format is revolutionary in theory and free, allowing it to be more accessible for users to utilize via the Internet....

Chipmaker Intel Corporation is the only alternative to the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) when it comes to manufacturing high-end semiconductors believes the research firm Northland Capital Markets. After years of struggling with manufacturing the latest chips, Intel is on a path of an aggressive turnaround that includes the company opening its doors to other firms to meet their chip manufacturing needs. Northland’s report comes after Intel reported its earnings results for its first fiscal quarter late last month, with the report outlining strong performance for its newly-established third-party semiconductor manufacturing division, dubbed Intel Foundry Services (IFS)....

iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4 Final Download will be Available Next Week to Everyone We were expecting Apple to release the full and final version of iOS 15.4 and iPadOS 15.4 today, but that didn’t happen. But, we did get to hear that the update will be released next week, which is definitely something to look forward to. In terms of features, we expect the new update to come with Universal Control, 37 new emoji, the ability to unlock an iPhone using Face ID while wearing a mask without an Apple Watch and so much more....

Power Outages in China Could Have an Impact on iPad Production and Ultimately Affect Shipments Popular analyst Ming-Chi Kuo mentioned in a tweet today that power outages in China’s southwestern Sichuan province could have an impact on iPad production. The power outages are caused by industrial electricity rationing amidst a heatwave. According to the analyst, the power outage will have an impact on the iPad production and assembly facilities in Chengdu and Chongqing that are operated by Compal and Foxconn....

Apple Might Potentially Introduce a New Multitasking Interface With iPadOS 16 to Allow the iPad to Better Compete Against a Computer In his latest Power On newsletter, Mark Gurman from Bloomberg reports that iOS 16 will offer significant improvements to notifications and health tracking. However, a complete design overhaul is not expected from Apple at this stage. Gurman writes that “I’m not expecting an end-to-end redesign of iOS’s interface, even though it hasn’t changed much since iOS 7 nearly a decade ago....