AMD is looking for a few good men and women to test out a new chipset driver that should help to resolve compatibility problems previously discovered between new Ryzen 3000 processors and Destiny 2. When enthusiasts first started taking delivery of their new Ryzen 3000 processors, they quickly vented that Destiny 2 would no longer run.
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Source: Hot Hardware – AMD Tackles Early Ryzen 3000 Destiny 2 Compatibility Woes With Beta Chipset Driver
This is the story of The Lion King as told in one unbroken 90,000 domino maze. Of course when make the decision to “F**k it, we’ll do it live!” things can and will go wrong, and in this case two of the domino walls fail to fall. Failing to fall — that’s an unusual concept because falling seems so easy. I do it all the time even when I don’t mean to. Generally you want to avoid things from falling, except in the cases of completed domino mazes, demolition jobs, and frenemies from grace.
Keep going for the entirety of The Lion King in like four minutes with 8-bit style graphics.
Source: Geekologie – The Story Of The Lion King Told In 90,000 Falling Dominos
Please, I am begging you: Stop washing your car with dish soap.
Source: LifeHacker – Skip the Dish Soap and Use These Products to Wash and Wax Your Car, Please
Comcast’s newly announced parental control feature for its xFinity xFi WiFi dashboard can do more than just set limits for your kids’ most favorite apps. It allows you to set a specific amount of time that your child can spend online — once the time…
Source: Engadget – Comcast now gives parents the option of kicking kids off their WiFi network
Pinterest is still on a quest to become your go-to social network for shopping, and it’s launching a couple of new features in an effort to achieve its goal. Today, the company is adding a new button that says “More from [brand]” under Product Pins….
Source: Engadget – Pinterest’s browsable catalogs put prices front and center
Today MediaTek announces a new series in its product line-up: The new G-series starting off with the G90 and higher binned G90T. The new chips seemingly are a marketing exercise for MediaTek as it tries to battle again Qualcomm’s newest Snapdragon 7xx devices. The new G90 on paper very much looks like an update to the P90 which was announced late last year – updating the CPU and GPU IP whilst also slightly improving the camera capabilities of the chip.
| MediaTek Current P- & G-Series | ||
| SoC | Helio P90 | Helio G90 (Helio G90T) |
| CPU | 2x Cortex A75 @ 2.2GHz 6x Cortex A55 @ 2.0GHz |
2x Cortex A76 @ 2.0GHz (2.05GHz) 6x Cortex A55 @ 2.0GHz |
| GPU | PowerVR GM 9446 @ 970MHz | Mali G76 MP4 @ 720MHz (800MHz) |
| APU / NPU / AI Proc. / Neural IP | 2x +140GMACs (Tensilica DSP)
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2x APU
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| Memory | 2x 16bit LPDDR4X @ 1866MHz | LPDDR4X @ 2133MHz |
| ISP/Camera | 1x 48MP or 2x 24+16MP |
1x 48MP (64MP) or 2x 24+16MP |
| Encode/ Decode |
2160p30 H.264 & HEVC | 2160p30 H.264 & HEVC |
| Integrated Modem | Category 12/13
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| Mfc. Process | 12FFC | |
The new G90’s main feature update is the switch from Cortex A75 cores to new Cortex A76 based IP. The new cores are clocked in lower at 2.0GHz, which is 10% lower than the 2.2GHz of the P90. The higher binned variant, the G90T, ups the frequency slightly higher by 50MHz at up to 2.05GHz. The big cores are accompanied by the same core config as on the P90- 6 additional Cortex A55 cores running at up to 2.0GHz.
Another big change in the IP setup is that MediaTek is dropping Imagination’s 9XM core sin favour of a Mali G76. The new GPU comes in a MP4 configuration (MediaTek also likes to specify three execution engines per core), running at up to 720MHz in the G90 and 800MHz in the G90T. MediaTek promises 26% faster performance than its direct competitors, the competition here being Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 730.
Part of the gaming theme of the SoC, MediaTek promotes its new “HyperEngine” game technology. It looks here that this is a response to Huawei’s GPU Turbo or Qualcomm’s own variant – it’s a plethora of software optimisations that promise to improve the experience of the phone. The most important aspect for MediaTek here seems to be the promise of 60% shorter rendering latency.
In terms of the APU performance we don’t have immediate details of the G90’s, but it looks like things have remained relatively unchanged compared to the P90, with possibly Tensilica DSPs augmenting MediaTek’s own inference engine IP which is here stated to be able to operate at up to 1TOPs.
On the camera department, the regular G90 remains the same as the P90 with up to 48MP single-sensor ability or 24+16MP multi-sensor capture. The G90T clocks the ISP higher and promises compatibility with the newest 64MP sensors that have been announced by vendors such as Samsung.
The new chip continues to be manufactured on the 12nm FFC process and thus MediaTek should likely be able to price the chip extremely competitively against Qualcomm who has more advanced process node chips in this range.
Source: AnandTech – MediaTek Announces New Helio G90 Series SoCs: Gaming Focused Mid-Range
The people who filled Queens, New York’s Arthur Ashe tennis stadium for this weekend’s Fortnite World Cup were people who love Fortnite, or at least those people and their parents. The bulk of the attendees I saw were young kids, swimming in soccer shorts and baggy Fortnite t-shirts. They performed the game’s emote…
Source: LifeHacker – The Fortnite World Cup Was A Kids’ Paradise
Anyone who’s ever had a period knows that the accompanying mood swings, fatigue, and cramps can be rough. Of course, everyone is different, and your mileage may vary, but if you do suffer from severe symptoms, it can be hard to drag yourself off the couch for literally any reason – including your workout.
Source: LifeHacker – How Your Monthly Cycle Affects Your Workouts
Philips Brilliance 499P9H 49" SuperWide Curved Monitor | $1000 | Amazon
Source: Kotaku – This Ridiculous Monitor Is Cheaper Than Ever, And Hard To Resist
Go ahead and cue the inevitable ‘What’s in your wallet?’ jokes. One potential answer to that question, by the way, is a hacker’s fingers. Capital One says an “outside individual” gained unauthorized access and obtained various personal information linked to both existing credit card customers, and people who had applied for a credit card.
“While
Source: Hot Hardware – Massive Capital One Data Breach Ensnares AWS But Amazon Denies Blame For Epic Security Fail
Unity 2019.2 rolled out today as the latest quarterly feature update for this very popular cross-platform game engine…
Source: Phoronix – Unity 2019.2 Released With Latest Features For This Cross-Platform Game Engine
Facebook knows its platform is awash with fake news, and since December 2016 — after facing criticism about its failure to stem the spread of fake news in the run-up to the presidential election — the company has been working with a number of fact-…
Source: Engadget – Facebook fact-checker says more work is needed to curb fake news
Rosa Salazar still has hopes for an Alita sequel. Jaime Alexander tosses her hat into the ring of Valkyrie’s love interests in Thor: Love and Thunder. Giancarlo Esposito teases his underworld savior in The Mandalorian. Plus, Gary Oldman buys a haunted boat, a look at Swamp Thing’s end, and Starz is full of praise for …
Source: Gizmodo – Rob Thomas Has Another Optimistic Update on CW’s Lost Boys Pilot
Intel has been building up this year to its eventual release of its first widely available consumer 10nm Core processor, codenamed “Ice Lake”. The new SoC has an improved CPU core, a lot more die area dedicated to graphics, and is designed to be found in premium notebooks from major partners by the end of 2019, just in time for Christmas. With the new CPU core, Sunny Cove, Intel is promoting a clock-for-clock 18% performance improvement over the original Skylake design, and its Gen11 graphics is the first 1 teraFLOP single SoC graphics design. Intel spent some time with us to talk about what’s new in Ice Lake, as well as the product’s direction.
Source: AnandTech – Examining Intel’s Ice Lake Processors: Taking a Bite of the Sunny Cove Microarchitecture
So, you know how to use git. You have a GitHub repo and can push to it. All is well. But how the heck do you contribute to other people’s GitHub projects? That is what I wanted to know after I learned git and GitHub. In this article, I will explain how to fork a git repo, make changes, and submit a pull request.When you want to work on a GitHub project, the first step is to fork a repo.read more
Source: LXer – How to create a pull request in GitHub
Sony has more than just the pre-PS5 sales slump to worry about in the near future. Company financial chief Hiroki Totoki has warned that US plans for expanded tariffs on Chinese products could force a price hike on PlayStation consoles. The tech gia…
Source: Engadget – Sony says more tariffs on China could raise PlayStation prices
Arch-based Linux distribution Manjaro has issued their newest testing update with some controversial changes…
Source: Phoronix – Manjaro Moving Ahead With Snap Support, Bundling Proprietary FreeOffice
The Switch might not be the first device you think of for a VR gaming experience, but you can’t fault Nintendo’s experiments with the medium. Earlier this year we got Super Mario Odyssey and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on Labo VR, and now…
Source: Engadget – ‘Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker’ is the latest addition to Nintendo’s Labo VR
Today, Smash daddy Masahiro Sakurai announced that Dragon Quest’s Hero fighter will arrive in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate today as part of the version 4.0 update.
Source: Kotaku – Smash Ultimate Is Getting Its New Dragon Quest Fighter Today
When Robert Eggers released The Witch, it was one of those movies that made you go, “I’ll watch any movie this guy makes from now until forever.” And now is your chance. The first trailer for his next movie is here.
Source: io9 – The Director of The Witch Gets Creepy Once Again in the Trailer for The Lighthouse