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North Korea has withdrawn from the inter-Korean liaison office which was opened amid a warming of ties last year to facilitate talks with the South. Seoul said it was contacted on Friday and informed that the North's staff would be leaving later in the day. It has expressed its regret at the decision and is urging staff from the North to return as soon as possible. The pullout follows a failed summit between the US and North Korean leaders in Hanoi last month. The liaison office, located in the North Korean border city of Kaesong, had allowed officials from North and South Korea to communicate on a regular basis for the first time since the Korean War. It is meant to be staffed by up to 20 people from each side. The BBC's Laura Bicker in Seoul says South Korean President Moon Jae-in had hoped his diplomatic relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had progressed far enough to withstand any issues between the North and the US. It appears that Pyongyang did not feel the same. Seoul had hoped to act as an intermediary between US President Donald Trump and Mr Kim. The fact that Pyongyang is not even willing to have staff in the same office as South Korea right now does not bode well, our correspondent says. Since last month's failed summit in Vietnam between the US and North Korean leaders, Pyongyang has warned that it could resume missile and nuclear testing. Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui said earlier this month that Washington threw away "a golden opportunity" at the summit. President Trump had said at the time that Mr Kim had asked for the removal of all sanctions - which the US could not agree to. But Ms Choe said that the North had only asked for five key economic sanctions to be lifted. US officials have insisted that diplomacy is still "alive".

MEmu is a brand new FREE Android emulator that brings fun of the Android experience to Microsoft Windows devices. It runs on nearly all Windows devices (PC, notebook, 2-in-1 devices, tablets). Comparing to other Android emulators, MEmu provides the highest performance and greatest compatibility. Article created by „neowin”.

The MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC normally costs $229.99. But for a limited time you can grab it from Newegg for $179.99 after applying the promo code EMCTWVU24 and the $20 rebate card. It also comes with two free games, your choice of Tom Clancy's The Division 2, Resident Evil 2 and Devil May Cry 5. The deal is available on a first-come, first-serve basis and ends on March 27. The Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC is MSI's custom rendition of the mid-range AMD Radeon RX 580 that was introduced two years ago. As its product name implies, the graphics card features MSI's classy black and white Armor cooling solution. Two award-winning Torx fans provide the graphics card with adequate cooling and aid performance. The cooling fans are endowed with the Zero Frozr technology so the graphics card remains completely silent until the GPU's temperature breaks the 60 Celsius (140 degrees Fahrenheit) threshold. MSI RX 580 Armor 8G OC Specs On the specification side, the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC clings to AMD's reference design, such as the 2,304 shading units and 8GB of GDDR5 memory. However, MSI gave the graphics card a small performance boost by upping boost clock to 1,366MHz, compared to AMD's reference spec of 1,340MHz boost clock. As our review has shown, the Radeon RX 580 is capable of delivering an enjoyable gaming experience at resolutions up to 2560x1440 with even the most demanding games at high quality settings. Physically, the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC has a 269 x 125 x 38mm footprint and should fit in most modern computer cases without hiccups. The graphics card draws power from a single 8-pin PCIe power connector and only requires a 500W power supply unit to run properly. For connectivity, the graphics card comes with two DisplayPort outputs, two HDMI ports and even a DL-DVI-D port. You can connect up to five displays to the MSI Radeon RX 580 Armor 8G OC if multitasking is your cup of tea. Should You Buy This Card? For help deciding if this is the card for you, check out our review of the AMD Radeon RX 580; this face-off should help you decipher the differences between reference cards from AMD and third-party branded cards, like this MSI for sale. There's also our graphics card buying guide, and our GPU hierarchy will show where the RX 580 ranks among other GPUs available now. Article created by „tomshardware”.

Hard Disk Sentinel (HDSentinel) is a multi-OS SSD and HDD monitoring and analysis software. Its goal is to find, test, diagnose and repair hard disk drive problems, report and display SSD and HDD health, performance degradations and failures. Hard Disk Sentinel gives complete textual description, tips and displays/reports the most comprehensive information about the hard disks and solid state disks inside the computer or in external enclosures (USB / e-SATA). Many different alerts and report options are available to ensure maximum safety of your valuable data. The software monitors hard disk drive / HDD status, including health, temperature and all S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology, built in most hard disks, solid state disks and hybrid drives (SSHD) today) values for each disks. Also it measures the disk transfer speed in real time which can be used as a benchmark or to detect possible hard disk failures, performance degradations. Article created by „neowin”.

Noctua today introduced the latest rendition of its venerable U12 cooler, a series which goes back to the company’s roots in 2005. Compared to the venerable U12S that preceded it, the U12A has more fans (two) and more heat pipes (seven, up from the previous five). The fin pack is also deeper (58mm, up from 45mm) to provide 37% more surface area, with those deeper fins offset rearward to provide similar memory clearance to the classic version when installed on LGA 115x and AM4 motherboards. Noctua’s classic combination of aluminum fins over copper heat pipes on a copper base remains, as do the solder unions and nickel plating covering those copper parts. Rated at 102.1 cubic meters per hour, the newer NF-A12x25 PWM fans are specified to produce a mere 22.6 dBA (each) as these spin at up to 2000 RPM. If you don’t find this combination of beige, brown, and nickel-plated quality alluring, Noctua’s video has a soundtrack that may help. Article created by „tomshardware”.

Hurrah readers in the United States - you can finally buy a Tesla Model 3 EV for $35k, provided you order it in black and without Autopilot. The news comes amid a storm of mixed communications regarding Tesla store closures and moving to online sales - something which the brand announced a blanket approach on in a statement released on 28 February 2019, only to revert back and announce the closing of 'half' of its stores: 'in other words, we will only close about half as many stores, but the cost savings are therefore only about half.' Tesla says the basic and cheapest version of the Model 3 will remain at $35,000, but the rest of the Model 3, S and X ranges will face a price increase of 'about 3% on average worldwide.' And that was after a huge price drop had already irritated some recent buyers. It's all quite confusing, but hopefully the $35,000 price tag for an entry-level 3 will translate into a somewhat competitive price when right-hand drive models go on sale in the UK. For reference, German buyers can choose from a 'long distance' (€52,300) and 'Performance' (€63,000) version but no standard one just yet. Are they finally building enough Tesla Model 3s? Yes. Production has steadied to the point that a new report published in July 2018 by Reuters, the company only just missed its goal of producing 5000 of the EVs per week, but it did hit the target a few hours after the midnight deadline. That’s one of the first times Tesla has come remotely close to hitting one of Musk’s self-imposed deadlines, and shares rose by 6% as a result. Elon Musk followed up the news by tweeting that the company produced 7000 models in total that week: ‘Not only did we factory gate over 5000 Model 3s, but we also achieved the S & X production target for a combined 7000-vehicle week,’ he wrote, in an an email obtained by Bloomberg in July 2018 ‘What’s more, with the widespread productivity gains throughout Tesla and the new production lines spooling up, we are on track to reach 6k/week for Model 3 next month.’ The news was obviously good for Tesla, and especially welcomed by those on the ever-growing Model 3 waiting list. However, while the numbers are good, some of the methods Tesla has used to get them – including production ‘tents’ – aren’t exactly conventional, and they don’t seem sustainable, either. Article created by „carmagazine”.

A polar bear cub took its first hesitant steps outside its enclosure at the Tierpark Berlin zoo on Friday, stumbling awkwardly into a rock-lined pool under the watchful gaze of her mother, nine-year-old Tonja. The bear was born on December 1 but has spent three and a half months living in darkness with her mother inside her enclosure. Born deaf and blind, polar bear cubs require intensive maternal nurturing. “The bond between them is very close,” said the zoo’s polar bear keeper Florian Sicks. “Tonja is a very good mother, taking incredibly good care of her cub, never letting her out of her sight. We can’t complain.” The zoo, which has not yet named the cub, expects her to be a major draw from Monday, when she first goes on public show. Tonja and her daughter will stay together for another two years, when the cub will be sent to another zoo. Wolodja, the cub’s father, will play no role in raising the cub, as is normal for the species. He has already moved to a zoo in the Netherlands. Polar bears are an increasingly endangered species as climate change melts ever more of their icy northern habitat. The German capital, the symbol of which is a bear, has a long history with polar bears, the most famous of which was Knut. Born in 2006 and hand-raised by his keeper after his mother rejected him, Knut sparked worldwide “Knutmania” but died young in 2011. Article created by „reuters”.

The death in Italy of a Moroccan model who was a regular guest at former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's sex parties is being treated as a possible murder, magistrates say. Imane Fadil, 33, died in a Milan hospital on 1 March, a month after being admitted with stomach pains. At the time she told friends and her lawyer that she had been poisoned. She testified at the 2012 trial of Mr Berlusconi, who was accused of paying for sex with an underage prostitute. Mr Berlusconi was initially convicted but then acquitted on appeal. He was later convicted of tax fraud and sentenced to carry out community service. Milan chief prosecutor Francesco Greco told Reuters news agency there were "several anomalies" in Ms Fadil's medical records. "The doctors have not identified with any certainty any pathology which can explain the death," he said. Ms Fadil was writing a book about her experiences and magistrates investigating her death have obtained a copy of the manuscript, Italian newspapers report. Mr Berlusconi's reputation was tarnished by allegations about the parties at his private villa. In October 2010, it emerged that Mr Berlusconi had called a police station asking for the release of a 17-year-old girl, Karima "Ruby" El Mahroug. She was being held for theft and was also said to have attended his so-called "bunga-bunga" parties. In June 2013 he was found guilty of paying her for sex, and of abuse of power. The case was eventually overturned in 2014. Mr Berlusconi has always maintained he is "no saint" but firmly rejects claims he has ever paid for sex with a woman, saying: "I never understood where the satisfaction is when you're missing the pleasure of conquest." Article created by „bbc”.

GPU-Z is a lightweight system utility designed to provide vital information about your video card and graphics processor. At launch, it automatically scans your system and reports the card name, GPU, release date and transistors, BIOS version, ROPs, memory type, and memory size. Main Features: Supports NVIDIA, AMD, ATI and Intel graphics devices Displays adapter, GPU and display information Displays overclock, default clocks and 3D clocks (if available) Includes a GPU load test to verify PCI-Express lane configuration Validation of results GPU-Z can create a backup of your graphics card BIOS No installation required, optional installer is available Support for Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10 (both 32 and 64 bit versions are supported) GPU-Z 2.18.0 changelog: Added support for NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, RTX 2060 Mobile (TU106-B), Quadro RTX 5000, Quadro RTX 6000 Added Hotspot temperature monitoring for AMD Radeon VII Vega 10 & Vega 20 Hotspot no longer disabled by default Updated PCI vendor database to add new companies and remove unused entries Ensure "Sapphire" vendor name doesn't get displayed on PCPartner OEM cards Fixed crash on startup during BIOS parsing on older NVIDIA cards (GeForce 500) Fixed GPU-Z hang during splash screen on some systems Fixed system crash on some AMD systems during BIOS read Article created by „neowin”.

Core i9-9900KF marks a shift in Intel's strategy as the company begins selling processors with disabled graphics engines for the first time. The -9900KF isn't really new at all, though. Rather, it features the same 8C/16T configuration as Intel's celebrated Core i9-9900K. Aside from the lack of on-die graphics, both chips should be otherwise identical. That's good news for the -9900KF because Core i9-9900K is a winner. It barreled onto the scene last year to become Intel's highest core count model for mainstream platforms. Armed with eight cores and 16 threads, Core i9-9900K established itself as the fastest desktop processor we've ever tested. But despite impressive performance, Intel can't keep its most po[CENSORED]r CPUs on store shelves. The company is grappling with a production shortage of 14nm parts due to record demand and painful setbacks delaying its 10nm process. As a result, many models are marked up severely or simply unavailable. Surprisingly, Intel decided to boost output by selling new F-series processors with disabled on-die graphics engines. These CPUs suffered defects during manufacturing that would have rendered their graphics subsystems unusable. In the face of a severe shortage, however, Intel figured out how to boost production by resurrecting chips that would have otherwise been considered defective. Now, you'd expect to pay less for a CPU with fewer features. But Intel assigns its F-series models the same MSRP as existing processors with functional graphics. This gives vendors the green light to charge premium prices for handicapped chips, which is exactly what's going on. The Core i9-9900KF isn't widely available on Newegg or Amazon. However, when you do find it available for preorder on sites like B&H Photo, the processor oddly commands a ~$55 premium over Intel's standard -9900K. Intel isn't sampling the Core i9-9900KF to press. Fortunately, we were able to borrow one from extreme overclocker Allen "Splave" Golibersuch for review. Splave lapped the chip, meaning he thinned the integrated heat spreader by sanding it down, to improve thermal transfer efficiency. Otherwise, as you can see in the picture above, both models are physically identical. As far as we can tell, the only reason to buy a -9900KF is immediate availability when you see it in stock. Otherwise, the chip offers nearly the same performance as Intel's graphics-equipped Core i9-9900K, meaning it serves up the best performance you can get on a mainstream desktop. Just be ready to pay an exorbitant price tag for the CPU, a beefy motherboard, high-end cooling, and a capable PSU. If you wanna read more please visit the following link : click. Article created by „tomshardware”.

Nissan is axing the Infiniti brand in western Europe, ending a decade of uphill struggles to establish it as a premium rival to BMW and Audi. The UK's six dealers will shutter in spring 2020, bringing a close to a sorry chapter in the brand's history. Just 750 new Infinitis were registered in the UK in the whole of 2018; if you exclude dealer demonstrators and other pre-registrations, you quickly understand the scale of the problem faced by the brand. 'It just wasn't sustainable,' a spokesman admitted. Infiniti in Europe: a short, unsuccessful decade Launched in western Europe in 2009, Infiniti never really caught on here. It remains a mid-sized player globally, selling around 150,000 cars last year in the US and 46,000 in China. The Infiniti Motor Company mothership today committed to selling cars in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and China, as well as the US, its biggest market. In a statement issued this lunchtime, the company said: 'Infiniti and Nissan Motor Corporation are confident in this restructuring plan for the long-term vision and success of the brand, for its employees, customers and shareholders.... The company will place more focus on its SUV line-up in North America, bring five new vehicles to China over the next five years, work to improve quality of sales and residual value, and realise more synergies with Nissan Motor Company.' It's clear it's having to focus its investment on bigger challenges, such as electrification - rather than pushing a round peg into a square hole. Pulling the plug on European sales is part of a wider restructure, the first since the departure of Carlos Ghosn, who oversaw Infiniti's expansion into Europe a decade ago. Infiniti's withdrawal from the UK: what it means The ramifications of Infiniti's withdrawal will be felt across the industry: Nissan's Sunderland factory will stop building Q30 and QX30 Shifts likely to be lost at UK factory as a result from July 2019 Six dealers will stay open until spring 2020 Warranties 'will be honoured,' company pledges Around 10,000 Infiniti owners believed to be in the UK More details on aftercare to be issued on customer website This is a breaking news story and we'll be sure to update this article as we learn more about the implications for owners of the 10,000 or so Infiniti cars sold in Britain in the past decade. Infiniti owners: warranties, servicing and aftercare The company has pledged to 'fulfil all its obligations towards customers.' Don't forget Infiniti is owned by Nissan, one of the world's biggest car making groups. So you can be sure that your local Infiniti dealers - in Birmingham, Reading, Stockport, Leeds, Belfast and Glasgow - will remain open until March 2020. After that, the picture is murkier. 'Beyond March 2020, we are currently assessing the most effective and convenient way of providing full aftersales services for Infiniti owners including service, maintenance and warranty repairs,' the company says. 'We will confirm these arrangements in the months to come.' It seems likely that owners will see a fall in residual values over the months ahead; uncertainty over servicing and parts supply will probably hit values - but there is a chance that an Infiniti could become a leftfield choice against the mainstream, in the same way that Saab retained a lingering cool image long after the brand died. That said, it's probably best not to mention the Swedish and Japanese brands in the same breath around these parts... Are you an Infiniti owner? Have you been affected by the UK departure? Be sure to sound off in the comments below. Article created by „carmagazine”.

Dana Mroueh’s chocolate factory is a rarity for Ivory Coast and not only because the world’s top cocoa grower produces precious little finished chocolate. In the middle of the floor of her company Mon Choco’s factory sits a grinding bike, surrounded by trays of carefully sorted cocoa beans. Poured in a funnel, beans are transformed into a paste by a grinder activated through pedaling. Mroueh, a 40-year-old Ivorian of French-Lebanese descent, oversees the process from the time the beans are selected to when they are transformed into candies, producing organic and environmentally friendly chocolate bars. “We really want to have a minimal impact on the environment by using as little electricity as possible,” Mroueh said as she supervised a small team of employees in white coats sorting the beans. “My chocolate is made up of 70 percent cocoa and 30 percent brown sugar. We don’t add cocoa butter or plant oil. It’s only raw cocoa and sugar,” Mroueh said. The cocoa industry is threatening to the environment, including by contributing to deforestation. Environmental campaign groups say that Ivory Coast is at risk of losing all its forest cover by 2034. But organic cocoa beans are difficult to find in Ivory Coast, where the overwhelming majority of farmers use chemicals and insecticides. As a result, organic chocolate is expensive to produce and caters primarily to the European market. Mon Choco chocolate bars sell for around 1,500 CFA francs ($2.60), a price that is out of reach for most local consumers. Mon Choco and other initiatives of the kind are developing in Ivory Coast but represent a niche market of only 5,000 tonnes of beans per year, in a country that produces more than 2 million tonnes every year. Article created by „reuters”.

A number of women's rights activists have gone on trial in Saudi Arabia in a case that has raised questions about the kingdom's human rights record. Those due to appear include Loujain al-Hathloul, a prominent figure in the campaign to win Saudi women the right to drive. She was detained last May. Charges they face are said to include supporting "hostile elements" and could carry long prison sentences. Demands for the women's release have come from around the world. Last week more than 30 countries at the UN Human Rights Council criticised Saudi Arabia for detaining the women. Scrutiny of human rights in the kingdom has intensified since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last October. As many as 10 women were expected to appear at the criminal court in Riyadh on Wednesday. As well as Ms Hathloul they include fellow rights activists Aziza al-Yousef, Eman al-Nafjan and Hatoon al-Fassi. Journalists and diplomats are not allowed to attend the hearing. If you wanna read more about this please visit the following link : click. Article created by „bbc”.

Sublime Text is a cross-platform source code editor. It natively supports many programming languages and markup languages, and its functionality can be extended by users with plugins, typically community-built and maintained under free-software licenses. Sublime Text is built from custom components, providing for unmatched responsiveness. From a powerful, custom cross-platform UI toolkit, to an unmatched syntax highlighting engine, Sublime Text sets the bar for performance. Sublime Text is available for Mac, Windows and Linux. Article created by „neowin”.

The idea of taking your PC to a LAN party certainly isn't new, but taking your entire desk setup (PC included) to one just might be. A Finland-based company named unEvn takes bringing your desktop with you to a whole other level with its "portable" gaming desk called "ONE". The ONE portable gaming desk has the ability to not only store a full PC system inside, but it will also hold your monitor and peripherals, and can fold up to be carried on your back, or with a travel bag. UnEvn dubs the ONE as the world's, "first fully-portable gaming desk w/built-in computer chassis and integrated monitor and mount." When opened, the ONE measures 48 x 31.5 x 32 inches (WxDxH) and features matte-black polycarbonate sheet with a texture the company says is good for optimal mouse use. The desk material itself is made from a Glass-Aramid (Kevlar) hybrid composite for the desk parts. The surface has electronically adjustable height controls from 24-32 inches, as well as an included gas-spring monitor arm able to support up to a 32-inch monitor. The front panel has a curved area where a user will sit (or stand) with the IO panel flanking left and a 5.25-inch drive space on the right. To the right of the front panel is where a keyboard, mouse, and peripherals can be stored for travel. With the aluminum legs folded down and the desk folded in half in transport mode, the ONE becomes about half its size at 32 x 8 x 24 inches. With the included straps, you can then sling your desk, PC, Monitor (up to 25-inch stored internally), Keyboard and Mouse (tucked into the drawer) over your shoulder or on your back and head off to your next LAN party or esports battle, arguably more prepared than anyone. UnEvn says the entire setup will weigh 55 to 66 lbs, depending on the monitor and PC components inside. To put that into perspective, you may feel more like a soldier with a full pack and armor lugging that much weight around. Inside, the gaming desk has space for an ITX size motherboard, a dual-slot graphics card (single card only), SFX sized PSU (up to 130 mm), and space for four 2.5" drives (up to 10.5 mm height). Keeping the PC bits cool is an included 140mm fan, along with two additional 140 mm fan slots with dust filters for the CPU, GPU, and PSU. The internal chassis can also support coolers up to 60 mm tall and looks to be space for a radiator where the dual 140 mm fans are located. The front panel is on the left-front side of the desk and includes power/reset buttons, two USB 3.1 ports, and two audio jacks. If you wanna read more please visit the following link : click. Article created by „tomshardware”.

A mischievous toy dog known affectionately as ‘Dylan the Villain’ won the Crufts dog show in Birmingham, England, on Sunday. Dylan is a black, white and brown Papillon - a breed named after the butterfly shape formed by their delicate long-haired ears. He won over the judge at the show’s finale to claim the Best in Show title. The four-day competition saw more than 20,000 dogs from 220 breeds compete at the National Exhibition Centre in central England. The event dates back to 1891 and is one of the largest dog shows in the world, organizers said. “He’s a crazy butterfly,” owner Kathleen Roosens said shortly after Dylan was awarded the show’s top honor. “When all the dogs go outside, he is the one coming in all muddy, from head to toe.” Article created by „reuters”.

Porsche has surprised us again, this time with an homage to its iconic 917 racer. Finished in the red and white livery of the 917KH Coupe and first Le Mans winner, the new design study marks 50 years of the 917; the original was shown at the 1969 Geneva motor show. Stuttgart plans to celebrate the original car – which won a total of 19 gold medals at the famous Le Mans 24 Hours – wtth a special exhibition in the Porsche Museum this year, and we’re told it’ll include 10 original 917s as well as this concept study. The exhibition will run from 14 May to 15 September 2019. According to Porsche, the concept was actually made before the brand's entry into LMP1 – something it’s since pulled out of – but is now finally being shown to the public. Like most of these projects, it was the work of a small team of engineers within the company. Article created by Curtis Moldrich for „carmagazine”.

Venezuela's government has ordered schools and businesses to remain closed on Monday as a power cut drags into a fifth day. The opposition says at least 17 people have reportedly died as a result of the blackout. Residents in the capital, Caracas, told the BBC's Will Grant of their growing despair. Each hour that passes without power in Venezuela brings more havoc and stress to a country already on edge. Pro-government motorcycle gangs, known here as "colectivos", roam the dark streets enforcing order at gunpoint while there were sporadic episodes of looting amid the desperation. By its very nature, a clear picture of the blackout has been difficult to obtain over the past four days. Many parts of the country are still cut off and it is hard to get a full account of their situation. Even when the electricity returns, it is often patchy and only lasts for a few hours before dropping out once again. What is clear, though, is that since the power outage hit on Thursday, huge swathes of Venezuela have been struggling to cope. Without internet, mobile phones, banks, credit-card machines, electric cookers or air-conditioning, ordinary life is bordering on the unbearable for many people, especially in low income communities. On the edge Little wonder some are ready to snap. "I have a two-year-old son. Yesterday evening there was nothing to eat," Majorie says, visibly angry outside a supermarket in the Terrazas del Club Hípico neighbourhood in Caracas. A shop near her home was looted, she says, and a neighbour gave her some boiled rice. "I liquidised it, added a little sugar and fed it to my son. But today when he asks me for food, what am I going to give him? I can put up with the hunger. As adults, all we need is a glass of water. But what's a child supposed to do?". Behind us as we speak, a group of mothers, equally desperate and distressed, start to bang on the doors of the shuttered supermarket, demanding to be let in. Inside, the cash registers and card machines were not working and the staff were only accepting US dollars in payment. "We don't use dollars in this country, we don't earn in dollars, we earn in Bolivars", says Majorie, her voice rising once more. "We don't want to loot stores, we don't want to cause problems. What we want is food. We're hungry." If you wanna read more please visit the following link : click. Article created by „bbc”.

Winaero Tweaker is an an all-in-one customization utility that helps you to tweak Windows in just a few simple clicks. The program includes tweaks for every version of operating system from Windows 7 to Windows 10. Winaero Tweaker automatically detects the version of Windows OS you’re running and shows tweaks and customization options accordingly. The software can be installed as a portable app so you can take it with you as you move from one computer to another. Here's a partial features list: Information - View information about your PC hardware and OS. Aero Colors - Change all Windows Aero settings including those which can't be changed with Control Panel. Aero Lite - Activate the hidden Aero Lite theme. Alt+Tab Appearance - Change hidden secret options of the Alt+Tab dialog. Colored Title Bars - Enable colors for window title bars in Windows 10. Dark Color Scheme - Here you can enable the dark color scheme for Windows 10 system settings and apps. Article created by „neowin”.

Graphics enthusiasts are salivating for news around AMD's pending Navi graphics cards, and new Credit: CompuBenchtest results from a mysterious AMD GPU listed in the CompuBenchdatabase have spurred a new round of speculation. Several media outlets have reported that the GPU is an AMD Navi engineering sample, but after closer inspection, it appears this sample likely isn't of the Navi variety. The new graphics card has poor compute results compared to Vega 64 and Vega 56, but its graphics performance isn't too far behind the Vega 64. It even beats the Vega 56 in some tests. As Navi is expected to be a low-end or mid-range GPU, on the surface, this seems like a good sign the GPU is indeed Navi. Eagle-eyed Redditors noticed that the Vega 56 fell far behind both the alleged Navi GPU and Vega 64 in CompuBench's ocean surface simulation benchmark. This ocean simulation benchmark, for example, is very memory bandwidth heavy; Vega 56 only has about 85 percent of the bandwidth of Vega 64, and not even half that of the Vega VII. The alleged Navi GPU's performance may come down to memory bandwidth and not graphical prowess, which is the first indication that this may not be a Navi GPU at all, but a Vega 20 GPU instead. The "66AF" GPU, thought to have been Navi, is actually registered under Linux AMD GPU drivers as "Vega 20," making the Navi conclusion even more suspect. Also, comparing this 66AF:F1 GPU to Radeon VII on CompuBench, nearly everything in the OpenGL information is identical. A notable difference is that Vega VII has an additional tag under "GL_EXTENSIONS" called "GL_AMD_gpu_shader_half_float2," which may be the tag that specifies Vega VII's reduced floating point performance compared to other Vega 20 GPUs, like the Radeon Instinct MI60. While it is hard to tell what exactly this GPU is, if Linux's driver IDs can be trusted, it doesn't appear to be Navi. Even if the GPU is from the Navi lineup, it's hard to glean useful performance data and GPU specifications due to the nature of the CompuBench benchmark. For now, it appears more likely this is just another Vega 20 GPU, perhaps even a new WX Pro series model. Article created by „tomshardware”.

Audacity is a free, open source digital audio editor and recording application. Edit your sounds using cut, copy, and paste features (with unlimited undo functionality), mix tracks, or apply effects to your recordings. The program also has a built-in amplitude-envelope editor, a customizable spectrogram mode, and a frequency-analysis window for audio-analysis applications. Built-in effects include bass boost, wah wah, and noise removal, and the program also supports VST plug-in effects. You can use Audacity to: Record live audio. Record computer playback on any Windows Vista or later machine. Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs. Edit WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP2, MP3 or Ogg Vorbis sound files. AC3, M4A/M4R (AAC), WMA and other formats supported using optional libraries. Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together. Numerous effects including change the speed or pitch of a recording. Write your own plug-in effects with Nyquist. Options and preferences: Microfades are now an opt-in feature. They were always on in 2.3.0. The advanced vertical zooming option is now available in the View->Zoom menu. Regular interval labels now support range labels. Article created by „neowin”.

Reuters, via financial news outlet Calcalist, reports that Nvidia has outbid Intel in an attempt to buy the networking behemoth Mellanox. Previous unconfirmed reports claimed that Intel had offered $6 billion for Mellanox, but Nvidia has reportedly outbid the company by more than 10 percent. These offers come after Mellanox essentially offered itself for sale in October 2018, which reportedly also garnered attention from Microsoft and Xilinx. Mellanox specializes in Ethernet and InfiniBand networking products for the data center. The company currently has a market cap of $5.93 billion and a commanding market presence, but Intel's purported acquisition attempt could run afoul of regulators. Intel already has a heavy presence in the InfiniBand market through its line of products that come as the fruit of its $125 million acquisition of QLogic's IP back in 2012, while Mellanox is the only large-scale InfiniBand competitor. Nvidia's play at Mellanox would help the company diversify into networking, thus reducing its heavy reliance upon graphics cards sales that has seen the company suffer at the whims of the cryptocurrency market. The Mellanox IP could also tie in well with Nvidia's strategy to increase its penetration into the data center, and Reuters predicts the company wouldn't face the same regulatory concerns as Intel. Mellanox would also fold into Intel's portfolio nicely. Intel has spent several years transitioning away from being a PC-centric business to other profitable climes, such as data storage, memory, IoT, and 5G. Intel's overall goal is to leverage its commanding presence in the data center, estimated at ~95% of the worlds server sockets, to expand into these new adjacencies quickly. Networking is the glue that ties many of these critical components together, making the Mellanox portfolio a natural fit. InfinBand networking is a critical component in the high performance computing (HPC) space that could afford Intel an advantage with tightly-integrated systems-level products as it fends off the rising po[CENSORED]rity of AMD's Zen-based data center processors. Only time will tell if Intel will dig into its significantly deeper pockets to push Nvidia out of the running, or if another large player, like Microsoft, can steal the networking show. As expected, Nvidia, Intel, and Mellanox have not commented on the bids. Article created by „tomshardware”.

Barbie, the fashion doll famous around the world, celebrates her 60th anniversary on Saturday with new collections honoring real-life role models and careers in which women remain under-represented. It is part of Barbie’s evolution over the decades since her debut at the New York Toy Fair on March 9, 1959. To mark the milestone, manufacturer Mattel Inc created Barbie versions of 20 inspirational women from Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka to British model and activist Adwoa Aboah. The company also released six dolls representing the careers of astronaut, pilot, athlete, journalist, politician and firefighter, all fields in which Mattel said women are still under-represented. Barbie is a cultural icon celebrated by the likes of Andy Warhol, the Paris Louvre museum and the 1997 satirical song “Barbie Girl” by Scandinavian pop group Aqua. She was named after the daughter of creator Ruth Handler. Barbie has taken on more than 200 careers from surgeon to video game developer since her debut, when she wore a black-and-white striped swimsuit. After criticism that Barbie’s curvy body promoted an unrealistic image for young girls, Mattel added a wider variety of skin tones, body shapes, hijab-wearing dolls and science kits to make Barbie more educational. Barbie is also going glamorous for her six-decade milestone. A diamond-anniversary doll wears a sparkly silver ball gown. Article created by „reuters”.