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If you haven’t been keeping a close eye on Porsche’s social media accounts, you have probably missed the new teaser campaign the folks from Zuffenhausen are running. Under the “Porsche Unseen” banner, the sports car marque is releasing shadowy images of cars that never made it to the assembly line. Published over the weekend, the first episode of the teaser campaign provided a darkened rear quarter view of a mysterious vehicle “harkening back to the days of sports racing cars of the '50s.” Pictured below, we’re tempted to believe it was related to the 550 Spyder judging by the design cues and the “Little Rebel” license plate. It’s likely a nod to James Dean’s “Little Bastard” and his tragic accident in September 1955. The second episode is now out and it shows a different vehicle. Once again, Porsche doesn’t go into too many details, only saying it would’ve been a track-only machine for privateer teams, based on a Le Mans-winning race car. What could it be? A look at the list of Porsche race cars that triumphed on the Circuit de la Sarthe might give us some clues. It sure doesn’t seem to have anything in common with the 917K that won the endurance race in 1970 and 1971 or the 936 that triumphed in 1976 and 1977. The massive rear fenders might be inspired by those of the 935 aka Moby Dick, which won Le Mans in 1979. We could be wrong, though, as Porsche has already built a modern tribute to the 935 by developing a 911 991.2-based 935 limited edition reserved for the circuit. Perhaps a more plausible answer regarding the car's identity is a fresh take on the 911 GT1, which won Le Mans back in 1998. We haven't forgotten the 956, 962C, or the WSC-95, but we're not seeing any similarities. Of course, neither of these two teased cars look like something Porsche would have designed decades ago. These seem to be modern-day interpretations of vehicles that never made it to production. From the little we’re able to see, the cars follow the company’s most recent design language. Porsche says there’s more to come as the teaser campaign will continue for 10 days. The peeps from Zuffenhausen say we’ll see “many other secrets of Michael Mauer’s lair” in the coming days. He has been the head of design at Porsche since 2004 and it appears a modern take on unseen cars was on his “to do” list.

Game information What is it? An enormous Viking RPG Expect to pay $60 Developer Ubisoft Publisher:Ubisoft Reviewed on i7 8700, RTX 2070, 16GB RAM Multiplayer? No Out November 10 Link assassinscreed.com Assassin's Creed Valhalla is my favorite Assassin's Creed, which is saying something considering it's a series that spans 23 games. It builds on the already excellent RPG foundations laid by Origins and Odyssey, but with meaningful improvements that iron out many of the frustrations I had with both games. Case in point: Not once during the 60-hour story was I told to stop and level up a bunch before I could take on the next quest. That also means Ubisoft isn't selling optional experience boosts, either. Thank god. What really stands out to me, though, is how much better Valhalla is at telling an engaging story that twists and turns according to my decisions. In Odyssey, my choices sometimes felt arbitrary or confusing, but Valhalla does a great job of introducing characters, concepts, and themes, and then forcing me to decide how Eivor, the main character, relates to them. When one of my beloved own clansmen betrayed me and tried to take my life, I had no choice but to kill them in self defense. But I agonized for almost a full minute over whether to let them grasp their axe with their dying breath or kick it away, denying them entrance into Valhalla. I had come to love this character and their betrayal was upsetting, but does that justify denying them an eternity in heaven? Set during the Viking Invasion of England, the story follows Eivor and her adoptive brother Sigurd, two fierce Norse warriors chasing glory. Like Odyssey, Eivor can be played as either a man or a woman, but what's great is you can now switch between them freely to test which one suits you instead of being locked into that choice from the outset. Whichever Eivor you play as, the story unfolds in mostly the same way. Sigurd was supposed to be made a local king, but the unification of Norway under King Harald leaves him two choices: Bend the knee or leave. Unwilling to give up his dream of ruling, Sigurd convinces Eivor and much of his clan to abandon Norway and sail to England so they can violently carve out a new future. The anchor of this story is my settlement, called Ravensthorpe, which expands slowly over time as I gather new resources and construct new buildings. Like Dutch's camp in Red Dead Redemption 2, the settlement is my home base that I return to frequently in between quests. New buildings unlock new upgrades, like a forge so I can enhance my equipment or a brewery so I can host feasts that give me a temporary buff to my stats. As the settlement expands, it draws new characters, sidequests, and even the opportunity for romance. When huntress Petra asked me to help her look for her missing brother, for example, we ended up accidentally tripping on some magic mushrooms we found and chasing forest creatures instead. Like any good trip, we bonded and became lovers a few dates later. Even though many of the characters aren't as fully realized and vivid as in Red Dead Redemption 2, I love how Valhalla's settlement encourages me to get to know my clan. Instead of completing side quests for random strangers I find while exploring, like in Odyssey, I'm helping my blacksmith find a wife, or my museum curator settle a feud. Each one is a narrative thread that, woven together, tells the collective story of the Raven clan. Most of the story is concerned with what's happening outside the borders of my settlement, however. In order to cement a permanent place in England, Eivor and Sigurd have to negotiate alliances with the various Viking tribes (and the occasional Saxon king). This is all centered around an Alliance Map, where I choose which region I want to venture to, participating in a somewhat self-enclosed series of quests to win the favor of whichever faction happens to be there. At first this structure seemed too templated and isolated, but once the story gets going characters from one region will pop up in the story of another, giving a nice sense of continuity between these otherwise independent chapters. What really impresses me, though, is how consistently great the story is throughout the entire adventure, even as it takes astounding detours to places far beyond England and Norway. That's something I can't really say for any other Assassin's Creed games, including Odyssey. It takes a while before it all starts to come together, but Ubisoft does a great job juxtaposing my relationships with Sigurd and the rest of the Raven clan with the much more epic sagas as I wage war on Picts with the legendary Halfdan Ragnarsson, establish puppet kings with Ivar the Boneless, or trade veiled threats with Aelfred, King of Wessex. All the while, dialogue choices poke and prod the rigidity of Norse culture and traditions with surprising nuance. It's hard to explain without spoiling specific moments, but Valhalla has some wickedly knotted moral conundrums. There were a dozen or more times I stared at dialogue choices, completely stumped over which option was right. Blood and glory There are still some moments where Valhalla feels like a bad Game of Thrones episode, though. Entire armies show up undetected at a moment's notice, and characters will inexplicably change sides in a conflict just to reveal they're actually a part of the Templar order—the overarching villains of the Assassin's Creed mythos. These cutscenes are relatively few and far between, and ultimately this is a game about two warring cults reliving historical simulations to uncover mythological artifacts in the modern day—a bit of cheese is expected. But, and I can't believe I'm about to say this, Valhalla even makes Assassin's Creed's sloppy overarching meta-narrative interesting again. Without spoiling anything, the final two hours are a whirlwind of revelations with implications that stretch all the way back to the first game. God help me, I actually want to see what happens next. I love that the Norwegian invaders are portrayed as so much more than vicious barbarians, but it also ignores more troubling aspects of that era of history completely. It feels like a wayward extension of Ubisoft's feeble reluctance to admit its games have political messages. I'm not saying Valhalla should gleefully reward you for butchering Christians, but including a hard rule against it feels like Ubisoft intervening just to wag a finger in my face. It's even stranger when I start a quest with a Saxon lord who completely ignores the fact that I pillaged every church in his lands on the way to meet him. It makes raiding feel like a shallow feature clumsily stitched onto the rest of the game rather than something incorporated into and accounted for by the story. Ubisoft could've invented a narrative reason why Eivor doesn't kill innocents or just made priests really good at dodging thrown axes when they're fleeing for the hills. Instead I'm given a warning message that completely pulls me out of the moment. I have a similar problem with Valhalla's Assaults—the big set piece castle sieges that typically act as the climax of a given regional questline. I'd never expect Ubisoft to go to the pains of simulating a full battle from start to finish, but the illusion of participating in one is paper thin. I'll use a battering ram to smash down the castle gate only to find my own soldiers are inexplicably already inside the castle and locked in never-ending mock combat with enemy soldiers. There's no sense of a battle having an ebb and flow, and so long as I complete my objectives the fight will progress in my favor. Axe, meet skull Both of these issues would be a lot more frustrating if combat weren't so much fun. The system is similar to Odyssey's in a lot of ways, but much more satisfying. For example, I can now dual-wield any two weapons, changing my combat style while also giving me access to special moves unique to my offhand weapon. Playing on a harder difficulty, I immediately favored the traditional axe and shield for the extra defense. But then I unlocked an ability on Valhalla's skill tree that let me dual-wield two-handed weapons. What a game changer. Instead of sporting a measly axe, I'm holding a two-handed battle axe in one hand and a massive spear in the other—or I can hold two spears and be extra stabby, or two shields and be extra shieldy. It's so much fun discovering all of these combinations. And no matter what weapons I choose, I know I'm going to be both horrified and amazed at just how artfully Eivor can use them to separate people from their limbs. It's hard to overstate just how gnarly some of the finishing movies are. I've repeatedly knocked enemies down and then impaled them on their own spears, or chopped their hands off as they raised them to defend against the axe I was about to lodge in their skull. There's even one where Eivor sticks an axe in a guy's face and then punches his head off. It's exactly what you'd hope for in a game about Vikings. Of course, stealth is still an option, but it's quickly becoming the most antiquated part of Assassin's Creed—if only because so little of it has changed. Valhalla brings back some cool features like being able to blend into crowds to avoid guards and creating distractions to draw them away, but I'm often frustrated by how shitty the AI continues to be. Guards are dumb, and you can easily lure them into bushes one after another to assassinate them, and when one does spot you it feels like every guard within five miles immediately knows where you are. These are the same problems I've had in every Assassin's Creed, sure, but they're still annoying. At least Valhalla is more willing to let me forgo stealth entirely in all but a few quests. Being a sneaky Viking doesn't feel appropriate, anyway. The combat isn't all just flash, though. There are 23 different human enemy types that each have their own distinct weapons and combat styles, which makes fights feel dynamic and often quite challenging. It's more varied than any other Assassin's Creed. Rogues will kick dirt in your eyes to blind you, while Ceorl's will swap weapons with dead allies, 'Berserkirs' will pelt you with thrown axes while they run you down. Knowing the attack patterns and timing of these enemies takes patience and skill. Fortunately, Eivor has more tools than just the weapons she wields. While exploring, special books can be found that unlock new abilities, like being able to set your weapon on fire or a harpoon you can use to yank enemies off cliffs. This, coupled with a skill tree that recalls Path of Exile—hundreds of nodes that offer incremental stat boosts mixed with bigger ability unlocks—makes customizing Eivor really fun. This all feeds back into the open world exploration, which remains largely untouched from Odyssey saved for a few improvements. The map is still littered with icons in typical Ubisoft fashion, but you can (and should) turn that all off in the options so that you can explore without signposts everywhere. Most of the stuff you'll find is new equipment and treasure you can take back home or use for upgrades, but I also found hidden caves with challenging puzzles, secret boss battles, and weird little one-off quests that are often bizarre and sometimes hilarious. One time I happened upon a Viking who didn't realize he had an axe lodged in his skull. He asked me what he should do so I offered to remove it, and he died instantly. That was it. Quest completed, I guess? These activities all reward you with skill points you can spend in the skill tree. But, like I said earlier, Valhalla doesn't use this as a way to gate your progress through the story. Different regions still have power levels you have to match if you hope to survive the enemies there, so you can't go anywhere you want right away. But aside from doing a little exploring, I mostly blitzed through the story without ever feeling forced to go off and do something else to level up. These little improvements go a long way in making Valhalla more inviting and fun than Odyssey. Assassin's Creed's transformation into a full-blown RPG hasn't been the cleanest one, especially as features like stealth feel left to stagnate while other aspects get so much better. But Valhalla succeeds on so many levels that it's easy to forgive the times when it doesn't. It's an enormous game, and it'll probably take me another 20 hours to finish everything I still haven't completed. I honestly can't wait.

The coronavirus mutation causing concern in Denmark has arisen before in mink, scientists have revealed. The mutated virus has been detected retrospectively in mink at a farm in the Netherlands, but it did not spread to humans, said a leading Dutch expert. Denmark is culling all its farmed mink due to concerns about a coronavirus strain that has infected a dozen people. There are fears the mutated virus could undermine vaccine development. The genetic change is in a part of the virus known as the spike protein, which is important in immunity, and a target for future vaccines and treatments. What's the science behind mink and coronavirus? Denmark to cull up to 17 million mink amid coronavirus fears Coronavirus: Hauliers included in Denmark restrictions. The Danish genome sequences were recently released on a public database, allowing scientists in other countries to look for evidence of the mutation. Prof Wim van der Poel, a veterinary expert at Wageningen University, said analysis of genetic data from the Netherlands revealed one previous case of the mutation at a mink farm there. He told BBC News: "We have once seen a mutant virus with a comparable mutation in the spike protein encoding region, in mink in the Netherlands, but this mutant did not spread to humans and the mink of the involved farm were culled." The Netherlands launched a widespread cull of mink after signs, in a small number of cases, that humans had picked up coronavirus from mink. image captionThere is concern in Denmark the virus could mutate and impact human vaccine development The genetic data from Denmark was released on an international database a few days ago, with some scientists questioning why it had not been released sooner. "I think that it is most disappointing that the data have only just reached the light of day," said Prof James Wood, head of the department of veterinary medicine at the University of Cambridge, UK. He said the genetic changes needed careful evaluation, as reports from Denmark suggested an effect on immunity. "This may be what triggered the enhanced quarantine measures for travellers from Denmark. But far more careful evaluation is urgently needed." Mink farming required "enhanced biosecurity (or suspension) at this time", he added. image captionMink, like their relatives, ferrets, are susceptible to respiratory viruses It is normal for viruses to change over time and accumulate mutations, but experts are particularly concerned when viruses pass between humans and animals. Prof Dirk Pfeiffer, of the Royal Veterinary College in London, said while mutations in viruses happen all the time as they spread, the question is whether these change the characteristics of the virus. "At this stage, it seems to be that there may be issues with vaccine effectiveness, but this is still unclear," he said. Effective surveillance is needed to detect emergence of new pathogens early, and then have an effective way of responding, he added. Six countries have reported coronavirus outbreaks at mink farms: the Netherlands, Denmark, Spain, Sweden, Italy and the US. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, an agency of the European Union, has said it will publish risk assessments on the spread of Sars-CoV-2 in mink farms this week. It remains to be seen if the Danish mutation in the Sars-CoV-2 virus (which causes Covid-19) will be detected in other countries with mink farms. The outbreak of this mutated variant has become known as "cluster 5". In Sweden, there have been outbreaks at mink farms in the southeast part of the country. Scientists reported that the genetic mutation found in Danish mink had not been detected so far.

Pornography crackdown in Thailand provokes whopping 644% increase in VPN installs A pornography ban that has taken effect in Thailand is driving a massive surge in VPN usage as citizens seek out ways to access their favorite services and preserve their online liberty. According to Atlas VPN data, VPN installs in the country surged by 644% following the confirmation that 191 adult websites - including po[CENSORED]r platform Pornhub - will no longer be available to citizens. Despite the meteoric growth of the VPN industry in recent years, the privacy service was not particularly po[CENSORED]r in Thailand prior to the ban, with only 1.17% of the po[CENSORED]tion downloading a VPN in the first half of 2020. Here's our list of the best business VPN services available We've built a list of the best Windows 10 VPN services right now Check out our list of the best Android VPN apps out there However, early signs suggest the new policy may drive unprecedented adoption in the territory. Web censorship Web censorship is not uncommon in Thailand, but has traditionally revolved around quashing content that is critical of the establishment. The latest move, however, heralds a more stringent attitude towards certain consumer services too. Confirmation that the country would crack down on pornography and gambling websites, both of which are illegal under its cybercrime laws, sparked an online backlash that saw hashtags #SavePornhub and #HornyPower trend on Twitter. The protests even spilled out onto the streets of Bangkok, where the same slogans were held aloft on placards by aggrieved citizens. Thailand is not the only country in which pornography is banned, however; the same is true of both India and China, which have a combined po[CENSORED]tion of more than 2.6 billion. In all three countries, VPNs are being used to circumvent blocks on pornography and other types of content banned by their respective regimes. VPNs direct traffic through servers operating in countries in which adult websites are perfectly legal, allowing the user to both access the service and shield their activity from their internet service provider (ISP). However, in regions that restrict access to certain internet content, it becomes even more important to use a VPN service that does not collect activity logs (e.g. websites visited, connection timestamps, bandwidth usage etc.) that could be incriminating if later seized by authorities. While many free VPNs claim not to collect logs, these promises are often disingenuous. For this reason, users that want to ensure their browsing habits remain private should opt for a service whose privacy policy has been audited by a trusted third party, such as ExpressVPN or NordVPN.

Razer is coming at us today with the new Razer Book 13, which, according to the press release is a Tiger Lake laptop aimed at "go-getters, side-hustlers, and spirited entrepreneurs." So, it may be time to get excited if you happen to be one, or more, of the above. The way they've described it makes it sound like a piece of fine art sculpture. It's "carved from a single block of aluminum," and "anodized with a mercury white finish." But, this lightweight, aluminium chassis means the Razer Book 13 models weigh around the 3lb mark, and are just over half an inch thick. To top off the light and sleek look Razer is going for, the 13.4 inch panels are skirted by apparently the "world’s thinnest display bezels". Which all is to say it looks a lot like an Apple MacBook Pro. The specs follow two main configurations: Option one is an Intel Core i5 1135G7, with 2.4GHz base frequency and 3.8GHz boost clock. This comes with 8GB LPDDR4 memory, but is only available with a 256GB PCIe M.2 SSD, and is devoid of touchscreen tech and Gorilla Glass for the FHD display. Option two comes with an Intel Core i7 1165G7 models boast 2.8GHz/4.7GHz base/boost frequencies, respectively, with 16GB LPDDR4 memory, and either 256GB or 512GB SSD PCIe M.2 storage. The i7 model also comes with Gorilla Glass 6, complete with anti-glare and touch technology, but only the 512GB version will feature a UHD 4K panel. This model will also see around three hours less battery life than the less powerful model. Each new Razer Book 13 will come with two USB-C Thunderbolt 4 ports, a single USB-A 3.2 Gen2 port, and one HDMI 2.0 port, as well as the latest Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1. The 3.5mm combo audio port supports THX Spatial Audio, which is also available through the upward-firing side speakers, powered with smart-amp technology. If you're going to be attempting to game on it, the keyboard features anti-ghosting tech, and the keys are all lit up with Razers signature Chroma lighting. The release of the new Razer Book 13 appears to be a clever play by Razer to snatch up the MacBook market with an Intel-powered alternative to the company's ARM-powered devices, rumoured to be arriving next week. Since Apple plans to dump Intel, Razer is going to be right at the forefront with these new touchscreen Tiger Lake laptops, which will be available sometime later this month. The Core i5 model will start at $1,200 and the Core i7 model around $1,600.

The package offers improved resolutions, frame rates, textures, and more for the original three games. Electronic Arts and BioWare have officially confirmed a Mass Effect trilogy release--called Mass Effect: Legendary Edition--for consoles and PC. The announcement was made as part of its N7 Day celebration, and it comes after months of reports and rumors about the collection. The collection bundles together Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2, and Mass Effect 3, which originally released between 2007 and 2012. The original Mass Effect released as an Xbox 360 exclusive before eventually coming to PlayStation 3 several years later. BioWare's games have been multiplatform releases since then. The new versions will not be full remakes, but BioWare intends to improve them so players can experience them in their "best possible form," according to the official announcement. That means better resolutions and frame rates, and all single-player DLC and promotional items will also be included. Elements such as textures, shaders, character models, and effects will all be improved for the Legendary Edition The game missing from this collection is Mass Effect: Andromeda, which launched in 2017. It wasn't nearly as well-received as its predecessors, and the Mass Effect series went on hiatus after it launched, with the BioWare Montreal team assisting on other projects. That game featured a different set of characters, including a new protagonist. Mass Effect: Legendary Edition is due to release in Spring 2021 for Xbox One, PS4, and PC, and it will be playable on Xbox Series X and PS5. There will be enhancements on the newer consoles, as well, but more information will not be available until 2021. It isn't clear whether this will be released through a system similar to Microsoft's Smart Delivery, giving players access to both last-gen and next-gen versions of the games. Along with continued overhauls to Anthem, BioWare is also creating the next Dragon Age game. It doesn't yet have a name or release date, and we've only briefly seen some artwork, so it could still be years away from release. It will likely come out before the new Mass Effect.

The arrival of the new iX3 sees BMW tap into a potentially lucrative, but ultimately safe sector of the electric car market, with battery-powered SUVs growing in po[CENSORED]rity. However, the firm’s next steps to expand its EV line-up will be far more adventurous, because we know that six new electric BMWs are on the horizon. These will include all-new models and electric versions of firm favourites, part of BMW’s promise to have 12 new EVs on sale by 2025. Forming a key element of the new-look i line-up from 2021 will be a four-door all-electric coupé intended as an i-division counterpart to the new 4 Series and M4: the BMW i4. Although this won’t take on the Tesla Model 3 directly (an electric 3 Series will do that), it will serve as a more style-conscious alternative to the po[CENSORED]r American EV and, indeed, the forthcoming electric 3 Series. The new BMW i4 will be based on the Concept i4 revealed earlier this year – described then as around 85 per cent representative of the final car – and our exclusive images give an indication as to what the road-ready i4 will look like. BMW will try to carry over some 4 Series DNA into the i4 in the form of large, but blanked-out double-kidney grilles dominating the front end, hinting at the all-electric powertrain. The four-door body means that it’ll have more mainstream appeal than the two-door 4 Series Coupé, while as on the iX3, lots of blue exterior detailing will be applied. The new i4 will use what BMW calls its ‘fifth-generation’ electric drivetrain technology. This makes its debut in the new iX3, but the i4 is where it comes to the fore. Compared with the tech on older electrified BMWs, models with this latest set-up benefit from a new electric motor and transmission system that’s more compact and lighter, for greater efficiency and sleeker packaging. BMW has also focussed on reducing the number of rare earth materials in the battery and electric motor system. None are used to construct the motor, while the battery uses two thirds less cobalt than before. Energy density is where the company has made big strides, however. The iX3’s battery has around 20 per cent more capacity for its physical size compared with previous-gen BMW batteries. BMW says that the new system will support an EV capable of 435 miles on a charge, but for the i4 a range of 373 miles is targeted. The developments seen on the i4 will be followed in 2021 by a new bespoke electric SUV – the iNEXT, or iX, which will stand at the top of BMW’s line-up. It’ll be about the size of an X5 but with a low, X6-aping roofline and interior space comparable with the X7.

1: Water / Fire : The element of fire: fire is considered one of the most important elements of nature, and it indicates transformation and combustion, so the process of combustion of matter and energy is an essential part of the formation of the universe, and it applies to a person with his thinking, mind, feeling, and breathing, without the combustion process that occurs in the human body, it is not possible Any activity, and a wonderful example of the fire element is the burning of black dead wood, and its conversion into heat and energy, and this example is very similar to human feelings and selfish passions such as: anger, jealousy, violence, or excessive feelings. The water element: is the vital element among the elements of nature, which represents the rivers running on the ground, and the arteries and veins in the human body. Water and blood give life to both animals, humans, plants, and precious stones as well, which are not formed in the absence of water element particles. 2: I practice sports,interest in my external appearance,change the way I think,I help people,Consult a doctor or psychotherapist 3: File a lawsuit against him

Let the 2020 election bury the mistaken notion once and for all that the 2016 election was a historical accident, an American aberration. Donald Trump won more than 70 million votes, the second highest total in American history. Nationally, he has more than a 47% share of his vote, and looks to have won 24 states, including his beloved Florida and Texas. He has an extraordinary hold over large swathes of this country, a visceral connection that among thousands of supporters has brought a near cult-like devotion. After four years in the White House, his supporters studied the fine print of his presidency and clicked enthusiastically on the terms and conditions of his presidency. Any analysis of his political weakness in 2020 also has to acknowledge his political strength. However, he was defeated, becoming one of only four incumbents in the modern era not to get another four years. Also he has become the first president to lose the po[CENSORED]r vote in consecutive elections. Live updates with reaction and analysis Five reasons Biden won the election Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 partly because he was a norm-busting political outsider who was prepared to say what had previously been unsayable. But Donald Trump also lost the presidency in 2020 partly because he was a norm-busting political outsider who was prepared to say what had previously been unsayable. Though much of the Trump base might well have voted for him if he had shot someone on Fifth Avenue, his infamous boast from four years ago, others who supported him four years ago were put off by his aggressive behaviour. This was especially true in the suburbs. Joe Biden improved on Hillary Clinton's performance in 373 suburban counties, helping him claw back the Rust Belt states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, and enabling him to gain Georgia and Arizona. Donald Trump has a particular problem with suburban women. We witnessed again in the 2020 presidential election what we had seen in the 2018 mid-term election - more highly-educated Republicans, some of whom had voted for Trump four years ago prepared to give him a chance, thought his presidency was too unpresidential. Though they understood he would be unconventional, many found the manner in which he defied so many customs and behavioural norms off-putting and often offensive. They were put off by his aggressiveness. His stoking of racial tensions. His use of racist language in tweets maligning people of colour. His failure, on occasions, to adequately condemn white supremacy. His trashing of America's traditional allies and his admiration for authoritarian strongmen, such as Vladimir Putin. His strange boasts about being "a very stable genius" and the like. His promotion of conspiracy theories. His use of a lingua franca that sometimes made him sound more like a crime boss, such as when he described his former lawyer Michael Cohen, who reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors, as "a rat". Then there was what critics derided as his creeping authoritarianism, seen after the election in his refusal to accept the result. A telling moment for me during this campaign came in Pittsburgh, when I chatted with Chuck Howenstein on the stoop of his terraced home. A Trump supporter in 2016, he voted for Joe Biden. "People are tired," he told me. "They want to see normalcy back in this country. They want to see decency. They want to see this hatred stop. They want to see this country united. And that together is going to bring Joe Biden the presidency." A political problem for Trump was that he failed to expand his support beyond his core Trump base. Nor did he try hard to do so. In 2016, he won 30 states and often governed as if he was the president solely of conservative, red America. The most deliberately divisive president of the past 100 years, he made little attempt to woo blue America, the 20 states that voted for Hillary Clinton. IMAGE COPYRIGHTGETTY IMAGES After four exhausting years, many voters simply wanted a presidency they could have on in the background - an occupant of the White House who would behave in a more conventional manner. They had tired of the infantile name-calling, the ugly language and the ceaseless confrontation. They wanted a return to some kind of normalcy. But the 2020 election was not a re-run of the 2016 election. This time he was the incumbent, not the insurgent. He had a record to defend, including his mishandling of a coronavirus outbreak which by Election Day had killed more than 230,000 Americans. In this age of negative partisanship, where politics is often driven by loathing of the opposition, he was not pitted against a hate figure like Hillary Clinton. Joe Biden was hard to demonise, which is partly why the Democratic establishment was so keen to have him as its presidential nominee. This 77-year-old centrist also did the job he was hired to do, which was to claw back white working class voters in the Rust Belt. The question of why Trump lost the presidency turns also on a more interesting and arguable question - when did he lose the presidency? Was it in the immediate aftermath of his victory in 2016, when people who had voted for Trump partly as a protest vote against the Washington political establishment instantly had misgivings? After all, many of those voters never expected him to win. Was it in the first 24 hours of his presidency, when he delivered his "American Carnage" inaugural address - which portrayed the country as a near dystopia of shuttered factories, left-behind workers and wealth "ripped" from middle class homes - before he ranted about the crowd size and vowed to continue using Twitter? By sundown of his first full day in charge, it had become clear that Donald Trump would seek to change the presidency more than the presidency changed him. Was it more cumulative, the snowball effect of so many scandals, so many slurs, so much staff turn-over, and so much chaos? Or was it as a result of the coronavirus, the biggest crisis that engulfed his presidency? Before the virus arrived on these shores, Trump's political vital signs were strong. He had survived his impeachment trial. His approval ratings matched the highest level it had been - 49%. He could boast a strong economy and the advantage of incumbency: the twin factors that usually secure a sitting president a second term. Often presidential elections turn on a simple question: is the country better off now than it was four years ago? After Covid hit, and the economic crisis that followed, it became almost impossible to make that case. But it is wrong to say that the Trump presidency was inevitably doomed by the coronavirus. Presidents often emerge from national convulsions stronger. Crises can often bring out greatness. That was true for Franklin Delano Roosevelt, whose rescuing of America from the Great Depression made him political unassailable. George W Bush's initial response to the attacks of September 11th also boosted his po[CENSORED]rity, and helped him win a second term. So it was by no means preordained that Covid would finish Donald Trump. It was his botched handling of the crisis that contributed to his fall. Still, again it is worth remembering that Donald Trump remained politically viable up until the end, despite the country experiencing its worst public health crisis in more than a 100 years, its biggest economic crisis since the 1930s and also its most widespread racial turbulence since the late 1960s. Much of red America, and much of a conservative movement he came to dominate, will yearn for his return. He will continue to be the dominant figure in the conservative movement for years to come. Trumpism could end up having the same transformative effect on American conservatism as Reaganism. The outgoing president will remain a deeply polarizing figure, and could run again in 2024. These disunited states have not suddenly become united again, not least because so many Americans will harbour such different emotions about Trump, ranging from devotion to abject hate. The country surely has not heard or seen the last of the most unorthodox president in its history.

Google reported a new zero-day vulnerability in Windows Friday that allows for privilege escalation and sometimes resulted in a crash. The vulnerability is a buffer overflow type in a driver found in Windows versions 7 and newer. Google's Project Zero team said the bug, CVE-2020-17087, was being used jointly with an exploit uncovered earlier last week in Google Chrome and Chrome OS. Attackers were able to escape the confines of Chrome's sandbox and trigger an attack on the operating system. Google fixed the Chrome vulnerability and has alerted Microsoft to the remaining bug. A zero-day vulnerability is a fault in a system that is disclosed but not yet patched by the manufacturer. Project Zero normally discloses vulnerabilities after 90 days or earlier if a solution is made available. But in this instance, because the bug is under active exploit and no patch has yet been issued, the Google team provided Microsoft with a seven-day window to fix the problem before it was made public. In a post issued Friday, the Project Zero group stated: "The Windows Kernel Cryptography Driver (cng.sys) exposes a DeviceCNG device to user-mode programs and supports a variety of IOCTLs with non-trivial input structures. It constitutes a locally accessible attack surface that can be exploited for privilege escalation (such as sandbox escape)." Microsoft has not yet resolved the problem. Google says it expect Microsoft to issue a patch on November 10, the second Tuesday of the month that is traditionally when Microsoft dispatches accumulated patches. Microsoft has offered no guidance on addressing the issue until a patch is released. But a company representative said there is no evidence the bug is being widely exploited. In a statement released last week, Microsoft said: "Microsoft has a customer commitment to investigate reported security issues and update impacted devices to protect customers. While we work to meet all researchers' deadlines for disclosures, including short-term deadlines like in this scenario, developing a security update is a balance between timeliness and quality, and our ultimate goal is to help ensure maximum customer protection with minimal customer disruption." Shane Huntley, director of Google's Threat Analysis team, said the attacks were targeted and are not related to Tuesday's presidential election. Attackers mani[CENSORED]ted a function in the Windows Kernel Cryptography Driver by inserting a number into a buffer that is below an allowable level. When the number is converted to a hexadecimal from a binary, input/output controllers can be hijacked to transmit data into a secure area that allows code execution, providing the attacker with access to the system outside of the protected sandbox. The Chrome flaw resolved late last month resided in the FreeType font-rendering library.

Let me say right off the bat that Logitech's G512 SE is not in contention to be crowned the absolute best gaming keyboard, because it lacks some of the amenities that higher-end models offer. But for $49.99, as it is currently priced at Best Buy, it is one of the best values in the mechanical keyboard space. Our favorite mechanical keyboard, Corsair's K95 RGB Platinum, costs more than twice as much for a refurbished model, and more than three times as much for one that is brand new. Like most things, you get more if you are willing to pay more. So, what do you get with the G512 SE? A value driven alternative that doesn't suck. Logitech G512 SE Mechanical Keyboard | $99.99 $49.99 Is this the single best keyboard on the planet? No. But is it a really good value option? It most certainly is, and with solid construction, RGB lighting, USB pass-through, and mechanical key switches (those delightfully clicky and tactile kind) for a fraction of the price that some higher end models command. Value is sometimes code for piece of junk, though that is not the case here. The frame on the G512 SE is made of an anodized, brushed aluminum-magnesium alloy. Logitech claims it is "aircraft grade," but we've never parted out a keyboard to build an airplane and don't suggest you try it either. The version that is on sale also uses Logitech's GX Blue key switches. These are clicky (read: loud) and tactile, similar to Cherry MX Blue switches. I'm a fan of blue switches myself, but if you prefer quiet and/or linear switches, you should wait and see if one of those models go on sale (the G512 SE is also offered with GX Brown and Red switches, but the cheapest price elsewhere is $99.99, direct from Logitech). You don't get features like dedicated gaming keys or a fancy LCD, but this is not a completely barebones mechanical keyboard. It offers customizable RGB backlighting that you can synchronize to games and other content via Logitech's Lightsync technology, and USB pass-through. Not bad for a $50 plank. As far as I'm aware, the last time this keyboard sold for this price was last December. Best Buy lists the normal price as $149.99, but it's really a $99.99 plank, which I think is a little high. At its current discount, however, it's a better buy than Logitech's K840, our top choice for gamers on a budget.

Insomniac Games took some criticism for making Peter Parker Spider-Man such a friend of police, but course-corrects some with its spin-off game. Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales returns players to the New York City of its predecessor. But the political climate in the real world has changed significantly since Marvel's Spider-Man came out in 2018, with months of protests against police brutality taking place in cities across the country following the death of George Floyd in May. Insomniac Games' new title takes current events into account in an unambiguous way, paying tribute to the Black Lives Matter movement with a massive in-game mural that unlocks after you complete a line of sidequests. As Games Radar reports, you'll find the mural upon completion of a series of sidequests in which Spider-Man helps out various people in New York, and specifically in his home neighborhood of Harlem. When you knock out all the quests, you receive the Uptown Pride suit, which is black and yellow--the colors associated with Black Lives Matter. The cutscene awarding you the suit takes place in front of a mural featuring the slogan. Miles is a half-Black, half-Puerto Rican teenager, and his experience is a major part of his character, both in the game and the comics that inspired it. Still, it's notable for a big-name game to take such a prominent stance, especially since game developers and publishers are notorious for backing away from politics--even when their games seem to pretty clear in their messages. The BLM tribute in Miles Morales also comes after Insomniac was criticized in 2018 for making Peter Parker's Spider-Man work so closely with the New York Police Department, especially after other nationwide protests against police brutality. GameSpot's Jordan Ramée wrote in his Spider-Man: Miles Morales review that Miles Morales stumbles in pacing and in differentiating itself from its predecessor, but it's still a superhero journey worth taking, specifically because of its focus on Miles's identity and experience. "It's a bit of a bummer to see Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales trip up at certain points, but thankfully, that doesn't happen often," he wrote. "The game wastes little time jumping you into Miles' story and rarely lets up on the brakes, packing the young wall crawler's first solo outing with more super powers and radio chatter than the game needs. And yet, despite its frantic pace, Spider-Man: Miles Morales is a compelling open-world action game that helps highlight why Miles is so special: his culture. It's Miles' unique differences and earnest attempts at figuring out how to protect his community that make him into such a wonderful hero, not the mask he wears and superpowers he wields."

Images are beginning to surface on the internet purporting to show the updated 2021 Kawasaki ZX-10R Ninja! THE newly updated 2021 Kawasaki ZX-10R Ninja might just have been unmasked, as type approval pictures reportedly from Australian type approval documents. The official launch of this bike is thought to be taking place later this month, November 23rd, although the images have seemingly leaked out and found by Motocycle.com while the bike was being homologated. The images are reportedly showing the ZX-10R Ninja – the dark coloured machine with light green details – and the homologation bike for WorldSBK in the form of the ZX-10RR and it’s distinctive dayglo green livery. 2021 Kawasaki ZX-10R Ninja-crop 2021 Kawasaki ZX-10RR Ninja video review Kawasaki Ninja ZX10RR 2019 Review One of the biggest changes from the 2020 to 2021 models is the updated front end styling. The aggressive yet sleek front end of before has gone, and fairing that looks reminiscent of the supercharged Ninja H2 has been adopted. It’s hard to tell from the images, but it looks as though the intakes of the H2 have been adopted as headlights for this model. For confirmation of that though we’ll have to wait for the full reveal. 2021 Kawasaki ZX-10R Ninja crop One piece of the bike that is seemingly missing is the much-talked-about winglets many in the media (including us) assumed would be landing on the bike. With most of the other bikes on the WorldSBK grid having aero devices of one form or another, 2021 seemed like the perfect time for Kawasaki to bring some downforce to the party. Engine-wise, the update seems to be small, with power and torque remaining the same – although arriving a few hundred rpm lower in the rev-range. As with the power output, Motocycle.com also reports that the dry weight for the bike is the same as the 2020 version, pointing to the wet weight being exactly the same too.

We don't know - still - who the next US president will be, but we do know who it won't be - Kanye West. The 43-year-old rapper has conceded after his self-styled "Birthday Party" collected just 60,000 votes out of an estimated total of 160 million. Another independent, Libertarian Jo Jorgensen, made a much stronger showing - claiming more than 1.5 million votes. But West's political career may not be over yet. He tweeted "Kanye 2024" this week, signalling another bid to come. Here's what President Kanye would do The other 1,214 candidates running for president What to say - and not to say - about Kanye West In this first presidential attempt, West appeared on the ballot in 12 states, missing the filing deadline in most others. He gathered the most votes - 10,188 - in Tennessee, a state that typically favours Republican candidates. When he announced his candidacy in July, West had said that his platform was modelled off Wakanda, the fictional kingdom from Black Panther. Ending police brutality was a priority, he told Forbes in an interview, as was cleaning up chemicals "in our deodorant, in our toothpaste", and was focused on protecting America with its "great military". And why the party name? "Because when we win, it's everybody's birthday party," he said. But West's candidacy was the subject of much criticism - and concern about his health. At a rally in Charleston, South Carolina, meant to officially launch his campaign, the star made several bewildering rants, at one point saying that 19th century abolitionist Harriet Tubman "never actually freed the slaves, she just had the slaves go to work for other white people". West later began crying when talking about abortion, saying that his parents almost aborted him, and that he had previously wanted to abort his daughter. The rapper disclosed last year that he had bipolar disorder and his wife, Kim Kardashian West, posted on social media amid his run asking for "compassion and empathy" for West whose "words sometimes do not align with his intentions". And posts on Twitter by West urging followers to write-in his name on ballots for president incited criticism that he was effectively siphoning votes away from legitimate candidates. Ms Jorgensen, on the other hand, staged a more conventional independent campaign, making stops across the country to rally supporters, seeking endorsements and pushing a platform guided by Libertarian principles - small government and individual freedom. image captionMs Jorgensen is the first female Libertarian nominee The 63-year-old psychology lecturer at Clemson University was the first female Libertarian nominee for president and earned the second most votes of any Libertarian nominee in history, according to the Associated Press. "The Libertarian Party's baseline votes will continue to grow," Ms Jorgensen said in a statement. "The only way Democrats and Republicans can keep us down is by adopting our libertarian policies." The Libertarian party formed in the US in the 1970s but its nominee has never won the presidency. Of the independent candidates, Green Party nominee Howie Hawkins came in second behind Ms Jorgensen, earning more than 339,000 votes nationwide. But these three candidates were not the only ones with long-shot bids for 2020 - not even close. They joined more than 1,200 candidates to file a presidential run with the Federal Election Commission this year.

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Honda said it now forecasts a full-year operating profit of 420 billion yen ($4.06 billion) up from a previous prediction of a 200 billion yen profit. Honda Motor Co on Friday more than doubled its full-year operating profit forecast as it reported second-quarter earnings grew 28% amid a rebound in China after auto sales were squeezed by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Japan's third-biggest automaker said it now forecasts a full-year operating profit of 420 billion yen ($4.06 billion) up from a previous prediction of a 200 billion yen profit. That was well above an average estimate for a 254.6 billion yen profit compiled from 19 analysts polled by Refinitiv. For the second quarter, operating profit came in at 283 billion yen, up from 220 billion yen in the same period a year earlier. The upgrade came after a similar move by peer Toyota Motor Corp earlier on Friday. Honda and peers like Toyota are focusing more on China, the world's biggest auto market, as it leads a rebound in global demand that was hurt by the coronavirus pandemic. For the full business year, Honda said it expects to sell 4.6 million cars. That's up from a previous forecast of 4.5 million, but still below the 4.79 million sold the previous year. Like other automakers, Honda is also accelerating a shift to electric cars and other zero-emission vehicles, a change in strategy that was behind its decision last month to end its participation as an engine supplier in the FIA Formula One World Championship. Honda last month launched its first mass-produced all-battery car this month - the Honda e - and wants two-thirds of its output to be new-energy vehicles by 2030. In the United States, meanwhile, Honda is looking to win a bigger market share with redesigned sports utility vehicles (SUVs) as it chases a shift in consumer demand for larger, all-wheel drive models. In September Honda unveiled plans to deepen its partnership in North America with General Motors Co to jointly develop low-emission vehicles that would allow them to share technology and costs.. (This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

President Trump spoke early on Friday about the US election count, making a number of accusations of fraud for which he did not provide evidence. We've fact-checked some of his claims. US election 2020 live results Trump: "I've been talking about mail-in voting for a long time. It's really destroyed our system. It's a corrupt system and it makes people corrupt." Mr Trump has posted more than 70 tweets casting doubt on mail-in voting, referencing voter fraud or "rigged" elections since April. But there is no evidence the system is corrupt. Electoral fraud is very rare in the United States - the rate is less than 0.0009%, according to a 2017 study by the Brennan Center for Justice. There's no evidence to suggest it's been a major issue at this election either. The president himself has voted by post in the past. He lived outside the state he was registered in, Florida, and requested a postal vote. This is known as an absentee ballot, which Mr Trump has said he is in favour of because he believes it has better safeguards. But he has made a distinction with other forms of mail-in voting, such as when states automatically send out ballots to all registered voters. Oregon and Utah have done so successfully in previous elections. Trump: "They mailed out tens of millions of unsolicited ballots without any verification measures." Registered voters in nine states (plus Washington DC) were automatically sent mail-in ballots without having to ask for them. Five of these states introduced this measure because of the coronavirus pandemic. But eight of the nine states - Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Utah, Washington, California, New Jersey, and Vermont - are not currently in contention. All forms of postal voting have safeguards - such as authorities checking that ballots have come from a voter's registered address and requiring signatures on envelopes. Voting by mail is not new - it has been used for many elections. Trump: "It's amazing how those mail-in ballots are so one-sided too." President Trump repeatedly criticised plans to expand postal voting, saying - without real evidence - it was open to "tremendous fraud." He urged Republican voters to turn up on the day, rather than using mail-in ballots. There's evidence from the vote count that this is what has happened - Democratic voters favoured voting by post and Republicans voted on the day in person. The count is not finished but in Pennsylvania, one estimate is that of more than 2.5 million postal votes received, nearly three times as many came from registered Democrats than from Republicans. Trump: "In Georgia, a pipe burst in a far away location, totally unrelated to the location of what was happening and they stopped counting for four hours." That's not true. The pipe burst at State Farm Arena and affected a room where absentee ballots were being tabulated. Here is the press release put out by the staff at the arena. Trump: "There are now only a few states yet to be decided in the presidential race. The voting apparatus of those states are run in all cases by Democrats." That's not true "in all cases". In Georgia, which is yet to be decided, the governor and both houses of the legislature are Republican-controlled. The secretary of state, who is in charge of the administration of the election, is Brad Raffensperger who is a Republican. Here is a tweet from 2018 where Donald Trump endorses him. To take another example, Nevada has a Republican secretary of state overseeing its election. Trump: "They wouldn't allow legally permissible observers" President Trump is talking about poll watchers. These are people inside polling stations who observe the counting of votes, with the aim of ensuring transparency. These are allowed in most states, but they have to be registered before election day, usually affiliated with a party or a candidate, although rules vary from state to state. President Trump has taken issue with a perceived lack of access for Republican observers in certain Democrat-run cities, such as Philadelphia and Detroit. But poll watchers were allowed to observe the count in both cities. The number of poll watchers allowed at a counting facility varies depending on its size. These limits are set out before election day. In some areas numbers were restricted, in part to limit capacity due to coronavirus. There are also limits set to avoid intimidation. In Detroit, more than 130 observers representing both the Democrats and Republicans were allowed inside the convention site. The City Clerk Janice Winfrey said she wasn't aware of Republican observers being removed. In Philadelphia, there was a viral video showing a certified poll watcher being turned away from a polling station, but as we reported, this was due to confusion over the rules and he was later allowed in. Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar has said: "Every candidate and every political party is allowed to have an authorised representative in the room observing the process. Some jurisdictions including Philly are also livestreaming, so you can literally watch their counting process."

Manually extracting data from complex documents at scale can be a time consuming process which is why Google Cloud has announced its new Document AI (DocAI) platform. The unified console for document processing enables businesses to use the power of AI and machine learning to automate the process of transforming documents into structured data. With the DocAI platform, which is currently available in preview, organizations can ensure their data is accurate and compliant, make better business decisions and use their data to better meet customer expectations. We've put together a list of the best cloud document storage around These are the best file syncing solutions on the market Also check out our roundup of the best CRM software In a blog post announcing DocAI, Google revealed that one of its customers was able to increase data capture accuracy by 250 percent and lower the TCO of procure-to-pay processing costs by up to 60 percent using the new platform. Using DocAI With Google Cloud's new DocAI platform, organizations can quickly access all parsers tools and solutions including Lending DocAI and Procurement DocAI with a unified API that allows for effortless creation and customization of document processing workflows. To get started using the new platform, users will first need to create a document processor. While you can use the company's general processors such as Form Parser, you can also take advantage of specialized processors such as Google's W9 Parser for domain-specific documents. After creating a processor, they can be viewed in a unified dashboard and tested by uploading your own document directly in the console. In their blog post, product manager of Document AI Lewis Liu and product marketing manager Yang Liang provide several examples of how the platform can be used to extract data from a W9 form as well as from an invoice. When it came to the invoice, DocAI was able to extract the supplier name, invoice date, payment terms and other data from the document automatically. Currently general parsers such as OCR (Optical Character Recognition), Form parser and Document splitter are publicly available but users can also request access to specialized parsers for a number of documents including W9, 1040, W2, 1099-MISC, 1003 and other forms as well as for invoices and receipts.

AMD along with its board partners has started sharing more details for the Ryzen 5000 Zen 3 Desktop CPUs regarding undervolting, memory support, and overclocking functionalities. The information was shared by AMD on social platforms and also by board partners during launch webcasts for the Zen 3 consumer family launch. AMD & Partners Discuss Undervolting, Memory Support & Overclocking Profiles For Ryzen 5000 Zen 3 Desktop CPUs Videocardz managed to do a great roundup of all the details which AMD has officially shared over at various social platforms such as Twitter, Reddit, and their own community blog. Several buyers got their hands on the AMD Ryzen 5000 Zen 3 desktop CPUs yesterday and these details could get you more performance out of your purchase if you follow them correctly. AMD's own Director of Technical Marketing, Robert Hallock was keen to share the details with the rest of us and you can find all useful information listed below. AMD Ryzen 5000 Undervolting & General Questions Robert answered a range of questions over at Twitter which includes everything from undervolting, memory support, precision boost, and general support. Ryzen 5000 Series doesn't need a power plan. Don't expect to see one. Yes, it can clock to DDR4-4000 1:1 if you have a good sample. Upcoming AGESA work will make this easier. But you CAN tweak Ryzen perf vs. power with the Win10 Power & Sleep sider AFTER you install the chipset driver. Is the memory controller the same? YES. Do you need a new AGESA for pre-5000 Series CPUs? No. Not really. Stay on the BIOS you have. But ROBERT what about the VOLTS and the CELSIUS. WHAT IS NORMAL?!?!!?! ROB HELP. See below. I see this a lot: "precision boost is automatic overclocking." No. False. Wrong. Precision Boost is our boost technology. Every processor has a boost in technology. But ours is unique in that X THREADS do not equal Y CLOCKS. Why? Because that is SLOW. But Robert, where is undervolting? Answer: IT'S GONE. j/k. Temporarily gone for 5000 series. It'll be back in an upcoming AGESA with new functionality. 😉 It's gonna be HYPE. Y'aint never saw undervolting quite like this. Fastest gaming CPU brotherrrrr *mic drop* AMD Ryzen 5000 Undervolting & General Questions Robert answered a range of questions over at Twitter which includes everything from undervolting, memory support, precision boost, and general support. Ryzen 5000 Series doesn't need a power plan. Don't expect to see one. Yes, it can clock to DDR4-4000 1:1 if you have a good sample. Upcoming AGESA work will make this easier. But you CAN tweak Ryzen perf vs. power with the Win10 Power & Sleep sider AFTER you install the chipset driver. Is the memory controller the same? YES. Do you need a new AGESA for pre-5000 Series CPUs? No. Not really. Stay on the BIOS you have. But ROBERT what about the VOLTS and the CELSIUS. WHAT IS NORMAL?!?!!?! ROB HELP. See below. I see this a lot: "precision boost is automatic overclocking." No. False. Wrong. Precision Boost is our boost technology. Every processor has a boost in technology. But ours is unique in that X THREADS do not equal Y CLOCKS. Why? Because that is SLOW. But Robert, where is undervolting? Answer: IT'S GONE. j/k. Temporarily gone for 5000 series. It'll be back in an upcoming AGESA with new functionality. 😉 It's gonna be HYPE. Y'aint never saw undervolting quite like this. Fastest gaming CPU brotherrrrr *mic drop* AMD Ryzen 5000 Memory Support, Memory Overclocking Details Coming to memory support, AMD has once again assured that DDR4-4000 MHz memory is the sweet-spot for its Ryzen 5000 Zen 3 Desktop CPUs. Users can expect 2000 MHz FCLK support & even 2100 MHz (as showcased by MSI). AMD also states that an FCLK of 2000 is not guaranteed for all samples but they are trying to make it easier with upcoming AGESA updates. With that said, DDR4-3600 will still be the best memory in terms of price/performance ratios. What is the fastest possible RAM you can run with 1:1 FCLK? DDR4-4000. 2000MHz FCLK is to the Ryzen 5000 Series what 1900MHz FCLK was to the Ryzen 3000 Series. Many samples can do it, but not all. In the upcoming AGESAs, we will be implementing additional tuning that will make reaching 2000MHz easier. This is not a guarantee. There is no "safe bet" that your CPU will reach this frequency. But don't be surprised to see a bunch of people bringing that magical 2000MHz FCLK home with DDR4-4000. Okay, so what's the best price/performance? DDR4-3600 continues to be a "sweet spot." The kits are inexpensive, widely available, perform well, and have good compatibility. Is it the best in every category? No, but that's not what the sweet spot is. 3600 is a good bet because it's a good value in perf/$ for someone who wants to plug and play. Is it the best possible performance? No. Is it close? Yes, and without tinkering. What's the best memory, even if I have to overclock? Probably very tight timing 3600 or 3800, just like the Ryzen 3000 Series. The timings on these memory bins can be super aggressive versus higher memory speed grades, and that usually overpowers frequency. I only bought 3200, did I do bad? No, DDR4-3200 is typically binned with tight timings that make it very competitive with a weak or average DDR4-3600 kit. You're not missing out on a ton of performance, but there are gains to be had w/ OC if you're interested in it. Did you change the memory controller? No. Everything you know about memory from the Ryzen 3000 Series still applies. Everything. In full. Except the ceiling is now +100MHz higher @ DDR4-4000 for good samples. MSI's Suggested Overclock Voltages For AMD Ryzen 5000 CPU Family During its MSI Insider webcast, MSI also provided a lot of key insight into the AMD Ryzen 5000 Desktop CPUs, especially the CPU & memory overclocking capabilities of the Zen 3 architecture. MSI first showed off the first look at a delidded AMD Ryzen 5000 desktop CPU. AMD is known to utilize a very high-quality solder design on their processors which includes IHS gold plating & silicone-protected capacitors which offer better durability and proper contact with the integrated heat spreader to dissipate heat more effectively to the cooling solution. Each of the three chiplets also features a liquid metal thermal interface for better heat conductivity which shows AMD is still keeping its CPUs prepped up with high-quality materials underneath. Moving on, MSI listed down overclock voltages and the resulting power usage based on its own internal testings. According to MSI, these are the overclock voltages tey would suggest users. We have the voltages for each CPU along with the power consumption and current ratings listed below: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X - 1.30V (1.26V Stress / 24.56A / 294.72 Watts AMD Ryzen 9 5900X - 1.35V (1.30V Stress) / 18.02A / 216.24 Watts AMD Ryzen 7 5700X - 1.40V (1.35V Stress) / 11.26A / 135.12 Watts AMD Ryzen 5 5600X - 1.45V (1.40V Stress) / 8.460A / 101.52 Watts MSI also showcased that Auto overclocking for Ryzen 5000 desktop CPUs delivers slightly better results than what PBO has to offer. And finally, MSI showcased the memory latency performance of Ryzen 5000 CPUs which has been vastly improved with Zen 3. MSI acknowledges AMD's claims of DDR4-4000 being the sweet-spot. MSI also demonstrated latency as low as 49.5ns with an FCLK of 2100 MHz or DDR4-4200 (CL14). AMD Ryzen 5000 AGESA 1.1.1.0 BIOS For 500-Series Motherboards Last but not least, anyone whose getting the AMD Ryzen 5000 Zen 3 CPUs should be ready to install their new processors in their 500-series motherboards by following these guidelines: Getting ready right now is easy: Have an AMD 500 Series motherboard. Already have a motherboard? Update your motherboard's BIOS to a version containing AGESA 1.1.0.0. This will make sure your AMD Ryzen 5000 Series processor has full performance and the best experience. Just bought a new motherboard? You can easily perform a BIOS update via USB Flashback (if needed). This will allow you to update the BIOS even when the installed processor is not compatible with the current BIOS. You may not even need a CPU installed at all! Consult your manual for details on how to perform a BIOS update via USB. And if you have an AMD 400 Series motherboard, you should see BIOS updates starting in January 2021. What’s new in AGESA 1.1.0.0 for Ryzen 5000 Series: General performance improvements for many types of workloads Improved support for loading and applying overclocked memory profiles Improved BIOS overclocking robustness Improved USB hotplug detection Improved SATA device detection on select SATA ports Adds support for Eco Mode for automatic TDP reduction (AMD Ryzen Master) Overall, this AGESA is designed to bring the Ryzen 5000 Series to the full performance and experience intended by AMD. Performance optimization is really the hero of this release, so make sure you grab the update for your motherboard when you’re up and running on “Zen 3.” But that’s not all! We have an exciting roadmap beyond AGESA 1.1.0.0 and wanted to give you a small preview of what’s coming in future BIOS updates. Beyond AGESA 1.1.0.0 for Ryzen 5000 Series: Returning support for negative core voltage offsets (“undervolting”) with all-new AMD functionality for better frequency, voltage, and performance tweaking Additional AMD optimization for performance and stability at ~2000MHz fabric clock. While not all processors are innately capable of reaching this frequency, our tuning is intended to help stabilize the overclock on capable samples —good luck! Additional functionality tuning for benchmarking under extreme OC conditions (e.g. LN2)

The latest Division 2 patch addresses bugs with Control Point supply rooms and The Summit. The Division 2 servers on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One are back online after a three-hour maintenance period during which developer Massive Entertainment deployed a new update. The full patch notes are detailed below. The notes in the update are largely the same as those found in last week's The Division 2 patch that ended the limited-time apparel event The Last Resort. As previously noted, all 29 cosmetics that could be acquired during the LTE can now be purchased with premium credits. Elsewhere in the update are fixes for various bugs, like those within Control Point supply rooms that cause them to remain locked even after killing the enemies in the area. Other fixes include issues with floors in The Summit missing objectives or having inoperable elevators and problems where recalibrating attributes would cause lower gear-score items to downgrade. If you haven't checked out The Division 2, it's worth a look--it scored a 9/10 in GameSpot's review. Full The Division 2 Patch Notes (11/3) Fixed an issue where Control Point supply rooms would remain locked after killing Rogue Agents in the activity. Fixed an issue where certain floors in The Summit would have missing objectives or inoperable elevators. Fixed an issue where Recalibrating Attributes onto lower gear-score items would also downgrade the recalibrated value. Fixed an issue where the Rate of Fire attribute in the Recalibration Station did not appear at its proper maximum. Last Resort apparel event is now closed and will no longer be available. Last Resort apparel items are available for purchase with Premium Credits. The Legacy cache will become available with a rotated selection of apparel. Apparel event outfits will be available for standalone purchase with a 25% discount. The Xbox Series S / Series X and PlayStation 5 launch on November 10 and November 12, respectively. While a dedicated next-gen port of The Division 2 isn't in the works, the game will be available on next-gen hardware thanks to backwards compatibility with cross-gen support. With only a week left until the new consoles drop, be sure to hit up our PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X / Series X preorder guide to learn if or when stores will be restocked for launch day.

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