Monthly Archives: October 2023

There was a heavy dose of the future at the 2023 Japan Mobility Show

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Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Will Have A Mind-Boggling 500 Graphics Settings

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Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Will Have A Mind-Boggling 500 Graphics Settings
The PC is considered one of the best platforms for playing your favorite games, and for good reason. Flexible hardware choice, filled with individual input on the part of the gamer. Want to fine tune your settings for better performance? You got it! You can increase your visual eye candy until you’re satisfied, if your hardware can handle

Source: Hot Hardware – Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Will Have A Mind-Boggling 500 Graphics Settings

Apple's Dark Cloud Might Linger

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Winter has come early for Apple, and it might last a while. From a report: The world’s largest company by market value has become worth considerably less over the past three months. Apple’s share price has slid 11% since the company reported its fiscal third-quarter results on Aug. 3, erasing nearly $400 billion in market value. It is hardly a typical swing given the fact that the company has long used the fall season to launch its biggest products for every year, including new iPhones. This is the first year since 2015 that Apple shares have lost ground between the company’s key Worldwide Developers Conference in June and its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report that typically takes place in late October.

That report is expected Thursday afternoon, and it will be the first to reflect sales of the iPhone 15 family that was launched in late September. Investors are worried that Apple’s largest business is now facing new and potentially long-term threats. The growing geopolitical rift between the U.S. and China has finally caught Apple in its vortex, spurring reports of Chinese authorities considering a ban on the use of iPhones and other Apple devices by government employees. To make matters worse, Apple’s old China-based rival Huawei appears to have made a comeback. The company launched a new smartphone called the Mate 60 Pro in September that reportedly is capable of 5G speeds, even though U.S. sanctions were supposed to deny the company the chips necessary for such an accomplishment.

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Linux 6.7 GPU Drivers: Intel Meteor Lake Stable & AMD Works On Upcoming Hardware

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Sent out this morning was the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) feature pull request of updated graphics/display drivers for the in-development Linux 6.7 kernel. Notable this round is Intel Meteor Lake integrated graphics now being considered stable / enabled out-of-the-box, Intel Lunar Lake graphics support has started to get underway, and AMD continues working on their upcoming hardware platforms…

Source: Phoronix – Linux 6.7 GPU Drivers: Intel Meteor Lake Stable & AMD Works On Upcoming Hardware

Alibaba Soups Up Its AI to Stick It To Microsoft and Amazon

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As American-based tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon begin to chase the seemingly unstoppable tidal wave of generative AI, Chinese company Alibaba wants in on the action too. The e-commerce giant is reportedly readying to release its own large language model that will compete with Microsoft and Amazon.

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Source: Gizmodo – Alibaba Soups Up Its AI to Stick It To Microsoft and Amazon

Minisforum Teases An AMD Hawk Point 3-In-1 Windows Tablet With A 165Hz Display

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Minisforum Teases An AMD Hawk Point 3-In-1 Windows Tablet With A 165Hz Display
Although AMD hasn’t said a single word on Ryzen 8000, we’re already getting more details on the first device confirmed to use a processor from the upcoming series: Minisforum’s 3-in-1 gaming tablet. The initial press release for the V3 focused primarily on the hardware (especially its Ryzen 8000 “Hawk Point” APU) but not so much on how it

Source: Hot Hardware – Minisforum Teases An AMD Hawk Point 3-In-1 Windows Tablet With A 165Hz Display

Netflix’s Pluto Anime Is The Best Sci-Fi Anime Of 2023

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While anime streaming juggernaut Crunchyroll is trying a shotgun-spread approach of releasing a wide variety of anime this season that—with a few exceptions—will likely have little to no staying power in viewer consciousness, Netflix seems to be taking fewer, smarter shots, and has struck gold with its exceptional…

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Source: Kotaku – Netflix’s Pluto Anime Is The Best Sci-Fi Anime Of 2023

Google Smarty Pants AI Search Can Now Solve Your Trig, Calc And Geometry Problems

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Google Smarty Pants AI Search Can Now Solve Your Trig, Calc And Geometry Problems
Don’t show this to your kids—Google Search and Lens can now solve advanced trigonometry, calculus, geometry, physics, and other science problems. Thanks to improved Search smarts, solving and visualizing challenging formulas or concepts are merely a click away.

Mountain View just made its Search and Lens capabilities more potent with a

Source: Hot Hardware – Google Smarty Pants AI Search Can Now Solve Your Trig, Calc And Geometry Problems

Apple's AirPods Pro with USB-C are back on sale for $190

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The latest version of Apple’s AirPods Pro is back on sale for $190 at Amazon and Target, which is only a dollar more than the lowest price we’ve tracked. We’ve seen this new model briefly fall this low a few times since arriving in September, and there’s at least some chance it could drop farther by Black Friday, but the discount is still $60 less than Apple’s usual price. It also beats the deal we saw over the weekend by $10. 

As a refresher, this variant of the AirPods Pro comes with a USB-C charging case to match the latest crop of iPhones. It technically has a higher IP54 dust-resistance rating and will support lossless audio with the upcoming Vision Pro headset as well. Other than that, though, it’s essentially the same as the Lightning-based model that Apple launched last year. 

That’s not a bad thing: We gave that pair a review score of 88 at launch for its effective active noise cancellation (ANC), pleasantly warm sound, superb transparency mode and easy pairing with other Apple devices. You really need to be a dedicated Apple user to get the most out of it but, if so, perks like Find My tracking and hands-free Siri can also be useful. A software update last month added a few new helpful features as well, including an “Adaptive Audio” mode that blends the ANC and transparency modes based on your surroundings and can automatically lower the volume when you start speaking to somebody else.

We wouldn’t call the AirPods Pro the best wireless earbuds overall: Their six-ish hours of battery life is just average, there’s no way to customize the EQ and the touch controls take some getting used to. If you want a similar pair that’s more suitable for the gym, the Beats Fit Pro (which is also on sale) would be a better choice. But the AirPods Pro remain a compelling option for those firmly planted in Apple Land, which is why they’re the “best for iOS” pick in our wireless earbuds buying guide.

The only small caveat here is a Bloomberg report from last week that detailed Apple’s plans to revamp its entire AirPods lineup starting next year. According to the report, this refresh will include a version of the standard AirPods with ANC and a redesigned AirPods Pro that may include new hearing health features. Bloomberg says most of those headphones won’t arrive until late 2024, however, while the new AirPods Pro won’t release until 2025.

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NASA Telescope Zooms In On A Crab Nebula, The Haunted Remains Of An Exploded Star

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NASA Telescope Zooms In On A Crab Nebula, The Haunted Remains Of An Exploded Star
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured an enlightening image of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant that is located 6,500 light-years from Earth. The Crab has been studied since as far back as 1054 CE by 11th-century astronomers.

The top image is a side-by-side comparison of the Crab Nebula as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope in

Source: Hot Hardware – NASA Telescope Zooms In On A Crab Nebula, The Haunted Remains Of An Exploded Star

The Only Thing Scary About These Gaming Laptop Deals Up To 45% Off Is Passing Them Up

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The Only Thing Scary About These Gaming Laptop Deals Up To 45% Off Is Passing Them Up
So here’s the deal—Black Friday and Cyber Monday discounts will arrive in earnest very soon. Retailers are in the habit of pushing out holiday bargains increasingly early every year, so barring a generous return or exchange window, you want to be careful on what you splurge on. That said, there are some tantalizing gaming laptop bargains if

Source: Hot Hardware – The Only Thing Scary About These Gaming Laptop Deals Up To 45% Off Is Passing Them Up

Evil Week: How to Insult Your Enemies in a Classy Way

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Welcome to Evil Week, our annual dive into all the slightly sketchy hacks we’d usually refrain from recommending. Want to weasel your way into free drinks, play elaborate mind games, or, er, launder some money? We’ve got all the info you need to be successfully unsavory.

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Source: LifeHacker – Evil Week: How to Insult Your Enemies in a Classy Way

Microsoft Copilot Launches Worldwide Tomorrow, but What the Hell Is It?

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Microsoft’s generative AI work assistant Copilot will debut to millions of enterprise customers Wednesday. Chief Information Officers around the country are stepping up training in preparation for the Microsoft 365 product launch, according to the Wall Street Journal, and it may be a change coming to your office place…

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Source: Gizmodo – Microsoft Copilot Launches Worldwide Tomorrow, but What the Hell Is It?

One year after being bought for $44 billion, X is worth $19 billion

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Source: Ars Technica – One year after being bought for billion, X is worth billion

Alan Wake 2 Fans Need To Watch This Free Movie ASAP

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Psychedelic Alan Wake 2 is just as brooding as the white-sheet Halloween sky. It’s the ideal time of year to play the survival-horror sequel to 2010’s Alan Wake, in which the titular novelist and protagonist seals himself away in a dark purgatory. Now, in Alan Wake 2, Alan can warp reality with his words, which…

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Source: Kotaku – Alan Wake 2 Fans Need To Watch This Free Movie ASAP

Evil Week: The Best Ways to Get Revenge (Legally)

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Welcome to Evil Week, our annual dive into all the slightly sketchy hacks we’d usually refrain from recommending. Want to weasel your way into free drinks, play elaborate mind games, or, er, launder some money? We’ve got all the info you need to be successfully unsavory.

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Source: LifeHacker – Evil Week: The Best Ways to Get Revenge (Legally)

Former Wikimedia CEO, Katherine Maher, Takes Reins at Web Summit to Do Damage Control

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New CEO comes to helm as companies like Google, Meta, and TikTok pull out of the Lisbon-based mega-conference in response to accusations from the event’s founder and former CEO that Israel is committing “war crimes.”

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