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These violent delights have violent ends. Shakespeare was, of course, not referring to the contagion that has now enveloped the entire crypto sphere, even though this quote from Romeo and Juliet is an apt description of the leverage-induced mayhem that so frequently hammers this nascent sector. Now that the FTX saga is in its final and ignominious conflagration stage, the search continues for the next domino to fall as margin calls and the devastating evaporation of collateral in the DeFi space continue to resonate across hellish frequencies....

The success of the IP is confirmed by the recently announced deal with dj2 Entertainment to adapt It Takes Two to movies and/or TV. Our staff and readership weren’t similarly impressed, though, as the game won no awards in the Wccftech polls. Additionally, in Wccftech’s official review, Nathan Birch pointed out that It Takes Two doesn’t quite reach the same heights of A Way Out. Insomniac also won big at this year’s DICE Awards....

Bitcoin maximalists consider the world’s premier cryptocurrency a near-perfect monetary instrument, devoid of artificial manipulation by central banks and reflective of market forces in a pristine form. Considering its baked-in supply scarcity, Bitcoin is often touted as digital gold. However, key officials at the European Central Bank (ECB) have now unleashed scathing criticism against the cryptocurrency, taking aim at Bitcoin’s legendary volatility. — European Central Bank (@ecb) November 30, 2022 The director general of ECB’s Directorate General Market Operations, Ulrich Bindseil, has authored a blog post on Bitcoin in collaboration with Jürgen Schaff, an advisor....

TX mode: For totally wireless audio streaming RX mode: Adds Bluetooth functionality to an array of non-Bluetooth headphones or speakers to experience high-quality music Premium aptX low latency: Delivers a flawless, synchronized streaming experience in TX mode with high-resolution stereo audio that’s free from audio delays Multi-connect: Simultaneously pair up to 2 devices at a time in both TX mode and RX mode to share the enjoyment with a loved one Listen while charging: Use as either a Bluetooth transmitter or receiver even while charging for streaming excellent, wireless high-fidelity audio without stopping Bluetooth 5....

ACPI Platform Profile support on Lenovo AMD-based laptop systems utilizing Linux are currently malfunctioning until Lenovo and AMD can locate a fix ACPI Platform Profile support permits users to select the power, balance, and power-savings preferences, along with other potential profiles, on Linux with current kernel activity that witnesses direct support obtainable for leading laptop brands such as Lenovo, Dell, and ASUS, to name a few. The consumer’s profile preference is controlled from inside a sysfs interface....

Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) have released their earnings for the quarter ending December 31, a report many were anticipating given the company’s ongoing reckoning with workplace misconduct and the pending acquisition of the company by Microsoft. Unfortunately, those hoping for a particularly lively earnings call are in for a disappointment, as embattled Acti-Blizz CEO Bobby Kotick and the rest of the company’s management team have retreated from the spotlight, announcing they’ll no longer be holding any conference calls pending their “transaction” with Microsoft....

AMD EPYC 9000 Genoa CPU Family Leaked: 18 SKUs In The Works With Up To 96 Zen 4 Cores, 384 MB Cache, 400W TDP Starting with the details, AMD has already announced that EPYC Genoa would be compatible with the new SP5 platform which brings a new socket so SP3 compatibility would exist up till EPYC Milan. The EPYC Genoa processors would also feature support for new memory and new capabilities....

AMD FSR 2.0 To Bring Impressive Performance, Impressive Image Quality & Support Across GPUs From All Vendors Soon! This new information comes from CapFrameX’s developer who has reported that AMD might have already shown test footage internally and it looks very impressive. Just to recap, the AMD FSR tech runs solely on the compute cores featured on RDNA GPUs and doesn’t require any AI assistance & that’s what separates it from NVIDIA’s DLSS and Intel’s XeSS technologies....

AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT Rumored To Utilize RDNA 3 “Navi 33” GPU, Aiming The $400 US Segment With Faster Than 6900 XT Performance The AMD RDNA 3 “Navi 33” GPU was previously rumored to be utilized in the Radeon RX 7700 series lineup but a new rumor by @Kepler_L2 seems to suggest that it will instead be used in the Radeon RX 7600 series which is more of a mid-range lineup....

AMD’s Next-Gen RDNA 3 GPUs For Navi 3X Lineup To Double The Cache Size For Compute Units & Shader Array Published over at the FreeDesktop Linux repository by AMD’s Aaron Liu and discovered by Coelacanth-Dream and Kepler_L2, we get to see the first details regarding the cache sizes in upcoming RDNA 3 GPUs such as the Navi 31, Navi 32, and Navi 33 chips which were recently leaked. Coming to the details, the AMD RDNA 3 (GFX11) GPU lineup will feature double the L0 vector cache for each Compute Unit or CU and also double the GL1 data cache (RDNA L1 cache for each Shader Array or SA....

With games and other programs benefiting from additional cores, the Ryzen 7 7700X is the model that we recommend, as it delivers that sweet spot between price and performance. Featuring a total of eight cores and 16 threads, the 7700X can operate up to 5.40GHz for impeccable performance and is priced at $348.99. Succeeding the 5900X and 5950X are the Ryzen 9 7900X and Ryzen 9 7950X, respectively. The last two Ryzen 7000 CPUs are meant for users that want the absolute best, tackling a plethora of tasks that require multiple cores....

AMD Dragon Range Allegedly Leaks: Ryzen 9 7845HX With 12 Zen 4 Cores For High-End Laptops Ashes of Singularity has quite a fanbase and is a widely-known collaboration with AMD for graphics and processing power and Valve (the company optimized the game for the Steam Deck). In a recent benchmark posted on the AotS: Escalation website, an entry of AMD’s high-end Ryzen 9 7845HX 12-core CPU has been unearthed. The screenshot from the AOTS benchmark shows that the AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX CPU comes with 12 cores and 24 threads....

AMD creates six-thousand distinctive system configurations to test its latest graphics drivers, beating its rival testing ecosystem The blog post from the company details how AMD puts a total of 6000 different system configurations to test internally. This is to ensure that the majority (99.5%) are tested for stability before the drivers can be shipped out to the public. This also ensures that the majority of the systems do not face any stability issues or crashes with AMD’s Adrenalin software....

AMD seeks higher performance of EPYC CPUs in Linux using user-space hinting for workloads The new patches are labeled “experimental” and “request for comments” and count low-level knobs to control the scheduler’s arrangement of user-space tasks relying upon the hints provided by the user-space. The new patch sequence from AMD includes the capability to select task placement near the parent if there is an inactive core in the local group. From there, the process determines to proceed with the group containing the least utilization to extend the workload, and additional probable hints are also being examined....

Google has a history of publishing this information for free on the web in the form of a frequently updated pie chart. The pie chart would have values assigned to each version of Android. However, the data did not really help Google all that much as people started contrasting Apple’s faster adoption rate for the new version of IOS. With time, Google stopped updating the chart to a point that it was taken down....

Apple Announces iPadOS 16 With a Wide Range of Apps, new Multitasking Interface, Reference Mode, and Much More iOS 16 is a major update considering the number of changes it brings to the table. Similarly, iPadOS 16 brings enhanced multitasking tools to the platform which will bring the iPad a lot closer to the Mac. Let us start by discussing the apps. The Weather app is finally coming to the iPad and developers will soon get a weather API to build their support in the app....

TSMC Will Manufacture 4nm Chips For Apple in the United States in 2024 According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, TSMC’s $12 billion chip plant will manufacture 4nm chips in 2024. At this point in time, the facility is under construction and expected to open in 2024. Initially, TSMC’s Arizona facility was slated to begin production of 5nm chips. However, with pressure from Apple and other companies, TSMC is open to manufacturing 4nm chips as soon as it begins production....

Apple Watch Pro to Come in a Single Size, Reportedly Getting the Biggest Display for an Apple Wearable The ‘Pro’ moniker means the significant physical changes will be the primary selling point of the Apple Watch Pro since it is not rumored to ship with new sensors and will use the same SoC as the Apple Watch Series 7. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman claims that the changes in dimensions will not favor everyone’s preference, and he also mentions that pricing could range from $900 to $1,000, likely depending on which version you purchase....

Due to regulation changes in the European Union, Apple’s begun work on a project that will “allow alternative app stores” on iPhones and iPads, according to a Bloomberg report. This breaks the 15-year tradition that iOS products had and could launch about as early as iOS 17 when that releases next year. However, for the time being, this feature will only be available in the EU (and its respective countries)....

ASRock Gives A Spin To Its Intel Arc A380 Graphics Card In Various Games & 3DMark Benchmarks Launched last week, the ASRock Intel Arc A380 graphics card is a small form factor solution for the ITX segment. The GPU is based on the Alchemist ACM-G11 SKU, featuring 8 Xe-Cores or 1024 ALUs. The card comes rated with a 500W PSU requirement and features a single HDMI 2.0b and three DisplayPort 2....