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The US will do "whatever is needed" to shore up banks after a string of failures raised fears about financial stability, President Joe Biden said. His comments came after the US guaranteed all deposits at Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, which both collapsed last week. The US is trying to stop people taking out funds from banks after SVB collapsed amid a rush of withdrawals. Americans should "rest assured that our banking system is safe", Mr Biden said. People and businesses who have money deposited with SVB - the country's 16th largest bank - would be able to access all their cash from Monday, he said. Taxpayers will not bear any losses from the move, which extends protection beyond the $250,000 (£205,000) in deposits typically insured by the government. The cost will instead be funded by fees regulators charge to banks. "Let me also assure you we will not stop at this. We'll do whatever is needed," Mr Biden said. How did Silicon Valley Bank collapse? SVB - which specialised in lending to technology companies - was shut down by regulators on Friday. It was the largest failure of a US bank since the financial crisis in 2008 It came after SVB had scrambled to raise money to plug a loss from the sale of assets affected by higher interest rates. Word of the troubles led customers to race to withdraw funds, leading to a cash crisis Authorities on Sunday also took over Signature Bank of New York, which had many clients involved in crypto and was seen as the institution most vulnerable to a similar bank run after SVB. As part of their moves to restore confidence, US regulators unveiled a new way to give banks access to emergency funds, making it easier for banks to borrow from it in a crisis. But there is concern that the failures, which came after the collapse of another bank, Silvergate Bank, last week, are a sign of troubles at other firms. US financial markets were roughly flat in early trading on Monday, but shares of many banks were under pressure. Shares in First Republic bank, which is based in San Francisco, plunged roughly 70% before trading was halted. Elsewhere, HSBC said it was buying the UK arm of SVB for £1, while authorities in Canada took temporary control of the assets of SVB's branch in the country. Paul Ashworth of Capital Economics said the US authorities had "acted aggressively to prevent a contagion developing". "But contagion has always been more about irrational fear, so we would stress that there is no guarantee this will work," he added https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64935170

More than 60 bodies have been recovered in Malawi's main commercial hub of Blantyre after Tropical Storm Freddy hit southern Africa for the second time in a month. Strong winds and rains continue to cause severe destruction. "We have rivers overflowing, we have people being carried away by running waters, we have buildings collapsing," police spokesman Peter Kalaya told BBC Focus on Africa radio. Malawi was "overwhelmed" he added. Relentless rain and strong winds have hampered overstretched emergency teams in the country's southern and central regions, which are worst affected, Mr Kalaya said Victims taken to a hospital in Blantyre had injuries caused by falling trees, landslides and flash floods, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) country director Marion Pechayre told Reuters news agency. "A lot of [homes] are mud houses with tin roofs, so the roofs fall on people's heads," she is quoted as saying. Casualties were still arriving from affected areas, said Chipiliro Khamula, spokesperson for Malawi's department of disaster management. Officials expect the death toll to rise as some areas remain cut off. Freddy is the strongest tropical cyclone on record and could also be the long-lasting one, according to the World Meteorological Organization. On Sunday the storm struck Mozambique as a cyclone - for the second time in a less than a month after battering the island nation of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, causing severe destruction. It has been difficult to determine the extent of the damage caused in Mozambique and the number of deaths as power supply and phone signals were cut off in some parts of the affected areas. The timing of the storm could exacerbate Malawi's cholera outbreak, the UN and other agencies have warned, as the country battles one of its worst public heath crises. Experts says climate change is making tropical storms around the world wetter, windier and more intense. Freddy had broke records for the strength it has accumulated over the 8,000-km (5,000-mile) path it travelled across the Indian Ocean from north-western Australia. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-64938811

Huawei is sending March 2023 security patch for smartphones and Mate 40 Pro is the first flagship to receive this new EMUI update among global consumers. It’s an initial rollout and the company is sending the upgrade gradually. Therefore, can check for the latest firmware manually, as it may take some time to cover all of the eligible devices. Huawei Mate 40 Pro users can grab March 2023 EMUI update with build version 12.0.0.307. This update fixes various issues in the software system. Therefore, it is suggested that you grab it right away EMUI 13: EMUI 13 is the next milestone for Huawei global models but the company has released plans for old devices to get the latest major software upgrade. Huawei Mate 40 Pro is one of those devices that are eagerly waiting for the next EMUI version. This golden flagship has a 6.76-inch screen with an OLED panel with a 90Hz refresh rate and up to 240 Hz touch sampling rate. The screen provides a high-resolution image production of FHD+ resolution (2772 x 1344 Pixels). This is the last Huawei flagship with 5G access. As it was powered by Kirin 9000 chipset with octa-core architecture. There’s a 24-core Mali-G78 GPU and a powerful Dual Big Core + Tiny Core NPU (Neural-network Processing Unit). The phone has ultra vision cine camera technology, a 50 MP Ultra Vision Camera (Wide Angle, f/1.9 aperture), a 20 MP Cine Camera (Ultra-Wide Angle, f/1.8 aperture), and a 12 MP Telephoto Camera (f/3.4 aperture, OIS), support AF. Huawei brought in a 66W wired charger and a 50W super fast wireless charger. You can use these to recharge the phone’s 4400mAh battery capacity. https://www.huaweicentral.com/huawei-began-to-rollout-march-2023-emui-update/

The design guide for modern power supplies has been updated to recommend just one type of cable plug for graphics cards. It's now recommended that the 12VHPWR connector capable of delivering up to 600W of power to a single GPU should use a plug design called 4 Spring, in a bid to reduce risk of rising temperatures. The 12VHPWR connector is a pretty new concept in the world of PSUs, first introduced in early 2022 as a part of a wider redesign with the ATX 3.0 specification(opens in new tab). The ATX 3.0 specification is basically a how-to guide to building a modern-day PSU for manufacturers, published by Intel, and it ultimately determines how different connectors and standards are actually brought to market. In a recent update to the ATX 3.0 PSU specification(opens in new tab), spotted by user harakaze5719 on Twitter(opens in new tab), Intel now recommends just one design, known as 4 Spring, for the 12VHPWR connector, and is actively dissuading manufacturers from using the alternative, known as 3 Dimple "Crimp Contacts inside of the cable plug are recommended to use the 4 Spring design instead of 3 dimple design, which will increase the contact area for electrical current flow inside the 12VHWPR connector and reduce the temperature rise of each contact." https://www.pcgamer.com/psu-manufacturers-warned-against-using-600w-gpu-power-plug-design-due-to-temperature-rise-risk/

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HIGHS Funky exterior styling, high-value feature list, turbo engine wakes this car up. LOWS Less cargo space than in other small SUVs, underpowered with the base engine, steering could be more feelsome. VERDICT : Hyundai's junior SUV is also one of its most satisfying—as long as you don't have plans to haul bulky cargo. Overview Whether you call it a low-riding SUV or a tall hatchback car, the diminutive 2023 Hyundai Kona is a practical and fun-to-drive vehicle, which makes it one of our faves. The entry-level engine is a 2.0-liter four-cylinder that makes only 147 horsepower, but the optional turbocharged mill dials in some spiciness that better matches the Kona's nimble handling. Like other Hyundai models, the Kona comes packed with a generous list of standard features—including driver assistance and infotainment technologies—at a reasonable price. More than reasonable, actually. Considering that rivals such as the Kia Seltos and the Volkswagen Taos cost thousands more to start, you may find it easy to justify splurging on a higher-trimmed Kona model even if you're on a budget. The Kona may not have as much passenger or cargo space as some of its larger rivals, but when it comes to driving satisfaction it's a bundle of spunky, funky fun—no matter whether you think it's a car or an SUV. https://www.caranddriver.com/hyundai/kona-2023

An African serval cat that was found with cocaine in its system after an escape at a traffic stop will now call the Cincinnati Zoo home. The wild cat’s story has trended online in the wake of the release of the film "Cocaine Bear," a horror comedy based on the true story of a 175-pound black bear that was found dead near a duffle bag and some $2 million worth of cocaine. Social media users have predictably dubbed the serval “cocaine cat.” The feline made an escape after its owner was pulled over by police on Jan. 28, according to local animal control officials. It leapt from the car into a tree. Ray Anderson of Cincinnati Animal CARE said that local animal control, Hamilton County Dog Wardens, were called around 2 a.m. in the residential Oakley neighborhood In Ohio, it is illegal to own the animals, which can weigh up to 40 pounds. During the rescue mission, the cat named Amiry broke its leg and became more agitated. Once Amiry was taken in for medical care by Cincinnati Animal CARE, the team ran a drug test in which they determined that Amiry had cocaine in his system. It’s not the first time that Cincinnati Animal CARE, which has been operating as the county animal shelter, has had a wild animal test positive for drugs. In 2022, the group took in a capuchin monkey, named Neo, that had methamphetamine in its system. Since that case, it has become standard procedure for the shelter to test exotic animals that arrive at the shelter for drugs, Anderson said. Anderson confirmed that the owner of Amiry relinquished custody of the cat to Cincinnati Animal CARE before it was taken into the care of the Cincinnati Zoo. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/wild-cat-found-cocaine-system-live-cincinnati-zoo-rcna74305

The Samsung Galaxy S23 FE was expected to be powered by a Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC. Samsung was expected to release the Galaxy S23 FE smartphone after its launch of the Galaxy S23 series with three models — the base Galaxy S23, the Galaxy S23+, and the Galaxy S23 Ultra — earlier this year. The South Korean tech-giant is expected to launch a host of other smartphones in 2023. They are already expected to expand their foldable lineup with the purported Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 devices. The Fan Edition model of Galaxy S23 was previously reported to launch later this year at the second Galaxy Unpacked event alongside the Galaxy Tab S8 FE tablet. However, according to reliable tipster Roland Quandt (@rquandt), the Samsung Galaxy S23 FE smartphone is unlikely to launch this year. Although he did not immediately clarify if the phone may ever see the light of day, it is likely that Samsung may skip the Galaxy S23 FE model, just like it did with the Galaxy S22 FE. Reportedly, Samsung did not work on a Galaxy S22 FE model to boost the production of the Galaxy S22 Ultra model. The chips intended for the Galaxy S22 FE were reportedly redistributed to the Galaxy S22 Ultra in order to increase production of the latter. The smartphone manufacturer was previously projected to manufacture 3 million units of the Galaxy S22 FE model last year, but a chip shortage and high demand for the Galaxy S22 Ultra may have prompted the cancellation of the Samsung Galaxy S22 FE device, it was speculated Since situations have changed this year and chips are not anymore in “a shortage zone,” according to a TechRepublic report, it is unclear if Samsung will just postpone the release or scarp the Galaxy S23 FE model altogether. Since no official statement has been out yet, taking every report and speculation with a pinch of salt is advisable. The last Fan Edition model Samsung to release was the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE, which launched in two storage options and are offered in four colourways — Graphite, Lavender, Olive, and White. The phone is available in India starting at Rs. 30,999 https://www.gadgets360.com/mobiles/news/samsung-galaxy-s23-fe-launch-2023-postponed-leak-3852662?_gl=1*1icvxbw*_ga*WmJOR1J6ajROcGpSTG1qV3lwVVN5Wi01MTI3aXQ0ZTNuMUNaSGF6Y2lRd0pRUkJ1OTVWTU13LXdlZk9oUE1CTg..

Name of the game: Halo Infinite Price: 29.99$ Link Store: Press here Offer ends up after X hours: Offer ends 16 March MINIMUM: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 RS5 x64 Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 or Intel i5-4440 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: AMD RX 570 or Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 50 GB available space RECOMMENDED: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 19H2 x64 Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X or Intel i7-9700k Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: Radeon RX 5700 XT or Nvidia RTX 2070 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 50 GB available space

Discord is diving deeper into the AI space with a new conversational AI named Clyde. Clyde's AI makeover was announced on Thursday when the po[CENSORED]r chat platform unveiled a wide collection of new AI tools and experiments including an OpenAI-powered chatbot update. You may not use Discord every day, or at all, but it's become a go-to destination for people looking to have group discussions about topics like gaming, pets, anime, coding, and other nerdy pursuits. According to Discord, 150 million people chat on the service each month It's also become a key destination for AI content creation where, according to Discord, 30M users have experienced AI apps on the platform each month. https://www.techradar.com/news/look-out-chatgpt-discords-clyde-is-coming-for-your-ai-chatbot-crown

Forspoken was a divisive game, one of those that felt a little half-baked: There was lots to love, and an abundance of ideas, but it ultimately left many players unsatisfied and feeling like the whole thing didn't hang together(opens in new tab). The game's reception unfortunately led to its developer, Luminous, being unceremoniously snuffed-out(opens in new tab) and absorbed into the larger body of Square Enix, and in a new financial presentation by the publisher it's clear why. Reviews of Forspoken [...] have been challenging," said Square Enix in the presentation(opens in new tab) (via Eurogamer(opens in new tab)). "However, the game has also received positive feedback on its action features, including its parkour and combat capabilities, so it has yielded results that will lead to improvement of our development capabilities of other games in the future." Yeah, I don't think Forspoken 2 is gonna happen either. And all the above was just setting the scene for the main problem, which is that Forspoken's "sales have been lackluster" and, alongside the under-performance of other titles, means Square Enix "see considerable downside risk to our FY2023/3 earnings." The publisher's chief accountant Atsushi Matsuda now reckons meeting this financial year's relatively modest targets "will not be easy." Matsuda went on to say that "many of the new small and mid-sized titles we launched this year did not perform as well as we had expected." Alongside Forspoken, especially notable games here would be Babylon's Fall, Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, Tactics Ogre: Reborn, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion, and Octopath Traveler 2. Obviously success for a title like Octopath Traveler 2 is going to be measured on a different scale to, say, a mainline Final Fantasy, but it does seem like very little of Square Enix's 2022-23 slate has so far landed. The publisher's hopes for the rest of 2023 rest on the anticipated Final Fantasy 16 (June 22), though given the hot mess that was Final Fantasy 15 I won't be getting my hopes up for anything except exquisitely detailed portions of ramen. What will also be troubling to investors is that Square Enix is having bother at the same time as it's looking to get more heavily involved in dubious Web3 shenanigans(opens in new tab) like the blockchain and NFTs, technologies that so far have met with little but antipathy from the mainstream gaming audience. Sad times, but don't worry: Final Fantasy Tactics will save us https://www.pcgamer.com/square-enix-says-forspoken-reception-was-challenging-sales-lacklustre/

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Ukrainians are enjoying the onset of spring. The nights are still cold, but they are emerging from a winter of Russian missile strikes that have cut their power, heating and their water too. The winter was very hard but it was now over, declared President Volodymyr Zelensky. Ukraine still had heat and the country was unbreakable, was the message. Until Thursday, Ukraine had just gone for more than three weeks in a row with no blackouts and even had surplus in the system. There had been no Russian attacks for three weeks either, and it looked as if Vladimir Putin's battle to bring down Ukraine's supply was over. "Yes, we're doing it, but who started it?" he said in December, pinning the blame on Kyiv It was a far more desperate story at that point. As much as half the energy infrastructure was damaged and a Ukrainian nuclear security expert warned the situation was close to critical. But during those weeks of quiet, Russia was stocking up weaponry. In the early hours of Thursday it fired 81 missiles and left four regions grappling with emergency power cuts. By Friday, half a million people still had no power in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-biggest city. "It's totally cold now. We have food, but only part of it has been cooked," said Oleksii as he watched the battery life on his mobile phone slip to 14%. Five hundred people live in his block of flats, and when he went to his local "invincibility centre" to power up his phone, there were too many people with the same idea. Kyiv was also hit and one hospital treating 700 people went without heating and hot water for several hours. Another 150,000 people were left with no power in Zhytomyr, two hours' drive south of the Belarus border. The mayor said the next few weeks would be critical and rolling blackouts are looming for this city west of Kyiv. But, as resident Eugene Herasymchuk wrapped up his day at work on a sunny spring day, he was confident for the future. "We had three weeks without attacks and we had power. And the power in the system allowed local authorities to start up the trolleybuses and trams. That was a big step because before that public transport was on a pause." And for many Ukrainians, it was not long before they were back on the grid. "It's safe to say that Ukraine won on the energy front," said Tetyana Boyko from civic network Opora, praising the fleet of energy workers and international help. "Let's pray, but I think the worst-case scenario is over." https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64899045

US regulators have shut down Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and taken control of its customer deposits in the largest failure of a US bank since 2008. The moves came as the firm, a key tech lender, was scrambling to raise money to plug a loss from the sale of assets affected by higher interest rates. Its troubles prompted a rush of customer withdrawals and sparked fears about the state of the banking sector. Officials said they acted to "protect insured depositors". Silicon Valley Bank faced "inadequate liquidity and insolvency", banking regulators in California, where the firm has its headquarters, said as they announced the takeover. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), which typically protects deposits up to $250,000, said it had taken charge of the roughly $175bn (£145bn) in deposits held at the bank, the 16th largest in the US. Bank offices would reopen and clients with insured deposits would have access to funds "no later than Monday morning", it said, adding that money raised from selling the bank's assets would go to uninsured depositors. Investor flight With many of the firm's customers in that position, the situation has left many companies with money tied up at the bank worried about their future. "I'm on my way to the branch to find my money right now. Tried to transfer it out yesterday didn't work. You know those moments where you might be really screwed but you're not sure? This is one of those moments," one start-up founder told the BBC Another founder of a healthcare start-up said: "Literally three days ago, we just hit a million dollars in our bank account... And then this happens." He managed to get the money wired to a different account 40 minutes before the deadline. "It was pending. And then this morning, it was there. But I know other people who did the same thing minutes after me, and it's not transferred." "It was a crazy situation," he said. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64915616

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PETITION TARGET: New York Standing Committee on Environmental Conservation Lured by fake distress calls or bait, then gunned down indiscriminately with high-powered rifles by participants seeking to kill for cash or other prizes, hundreds of defenseless wild animals in New York each year are dying painful deaths without dignity — with their corpses often tossed like trash. Each year, New York is home to at least 29 wildlife killing contests, which award “prizes” to participants who kill the most animals, the heaviest animals, or the largest animals. Victims include coyotes, foxes, crows, bobcats, squirrels, rabbits and woodchucks, according to legislation that seeks to ban this brutal travesty by prohibiting any event whose objective is killing wildlife — whether for prizes or “entertainment.” The bills, A0219 and S04099, note there is no evidence that these killing contests are effective in “managing” wildlife po[CENSORED]tions — and, rather, run counter to science-based wildlife management principles. Meanwhile, wildlife killing contests are undeniably cruel — allowing participants to use unethical devices such as distress calls, lures, or bait, and leaving orphaned babies likely to die from exposure, predation, or starvation, according to the legislation. “Wildlife killing contests are a wanton waste of New York’s wildlife resources, which belong to all state residents,” the legislation states. “These organized competitions treat animals as disposable pieces in a game to win cash and prizes.” Eight other states have banned these gruesome contests, which glamorize and glorify the killing of sentient beings — and it’s time for New York to do the same. Sign our petition urging New York legislators to whole-heartedly support and quickly pass this legislation, which will save countless innocent lives while sending a strong message that killing — especially glamorized killing for people’s greed or “entertainment” — will NOT be tolerated. https://ladyfreethinker.org/sign-stop-cruel-wildlife-killing-contests-in-new-york/

Protesters in Israel have blocked roads and attempted to stop the prime minister flying out the country amid nationwide demonstrations against controversial judicial reforms. Vehicles obstructed access roads to Ben Gurion airport, from where Benjamin Netanyahu later took off for Rome. The weeks-old protests are some of the biggest Israel has ever seen. Critics say the reforms will undermine democracy; the government says planned changes are better for the electorate. In Tel Aviv, thousands of protesters, many waving Israeli flags and carrying signs with slogans against the reforms, marched towards an intersection close to the city's busiest road, the Ayalon highway. Shay Harel, 64, carried a sign with a target drawn in the middle, which he said was for the "policemen with the M16 [machineguns]". "Last Wednesday they threw [stun] grenades at me, they hit me with horses - young soldiers who don't know what they're doing," he told the BBC. "I don't blame them, they get their orders. I blame the Netanyahu family, who are demolishing my country. I won't let it happen, I'm ready to give my life for it. I have written my will," he said. Mr Harel joined protesters who confronted lines of Israeli border patrol officers and mounted police. The BBC followed hundreds of protesters who broke off from a main march, taking side streets before scaling fences and pouring onto the highway. There were violent scuffles as lines of officers pushed back protesters. Security forces pinned one man to the ground before detaining him. Another was led away to a police truck as protesters cried "shame" at the police. One protester, Rina Benny, walked along a line of security forces and offered them red roses. None accepted. "It's flowers against the guns," she told the BBC. "I was a soldier for many years, and now I am a soldier in the street. I want to save my country for grandchildren... because it was a great democracy and now somebody stole it from us," she said. "When I was a soldier we knew exactly what we were fighting for. Now I don't know... and we don't know how it's going to end, it's terrible" she said. Meanwhile convoys of cars streamed towards the airport from early morning, causing gridlock at the entrance to try to block Mr Netanyahu from getting there by road. He flew in by helicopter instead. US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin landed at the airport on Thursday and was reportedly forced to alter his schedule because of the protests. In talks with his Israeli counterpart, Mr Austin expressed concern about escalating violence in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. It came hours after three Palestinian militants were killed in a gun-battle with Israeli forces in the town of Jaba. Israel said the militants had opened fire as an undercover unit carried out an arrest raid. The official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, said the three had been "executed". Elsewhere in the demonstrations in Israel, students blocked one of the main entrances to the northern port city of Haifa, while in Jerusalem hundreds of military reservists demonstrated outside the offices of a pro-reform right-wing think tank. Some blocked the entrance to the office with sandbags and seven reservists were arrested, local media reported. In Israel, military service is compulsory, and most men are required to do reserve duty every year afterwards, mostly up until the age of 40. The protests against the judicial reforms have been going on for about 10 weeks, bringing at times hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets. The issue has caused deep divides in Israeli society, and significantly has seen reservists - the backbone of Israel's military - threatening to refuse to serve as a way of showing their opposition. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-64866881

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Warner Bros. has again delayed a video game based on the Suicide Squad comic book franchise, pushing it from a May release date to later this year, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter. Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League, a multiplayer shooter game starring a group of comic book anti-heroes, was originally planned for release in 2022 until it slipped to 2023 early last year. Last fall, London-based developer Rocksteady Studios said it would be out May 26. The new release date was not yet clear. A representative for Warner didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Suicide Squad was showcased during a PlayStation event in February but received criticism from fans due to its service elements, such as purchasable cosmetics and a requirement to play online. The delay is necessary mostly to fix bugs and improve aspects of the game that were lagging behind and won’t overhaul many of the core gameplay that had led to the backlash, the person said, asking not to be named discussing information that isn’t public. Warner’s first game of 2023, Hogwarts Legacy, has been a massive success, selling more than 12 million copies despite widespread backlash due to Harry Potter creator JK Rowling’s views https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-09/warner-bros-delays-suicide-squad-game-again-after-fan-backlash?leadSource=uverify wall

Name of the game: Frostpunk Price: 5.99$ Link Store: Press here Offer ends up after X hours: Offer ends 16 March System Requirement MINIMUM: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 7/8/10 64-bit Processor: 3.2 GHz Dual Core Processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 660, Radeon R7 370 or equivalent with 2 GB of video RAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 8 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible Additional Notes: Please make sure that you have the latest VC package installed, and - if you're using Windows 7 or 8 - that you have the KB4019990 update applied. RECOMMENDED: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 7/8/10 64-bit Processor: 3.2 GHz Quad Core Processor Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 970, Radeon RX 580 or equivalent with 4GB of video RAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 8 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible Additional Notes: Please make sure that you have the latest VC package installed, and - if you're using Windows 7 or 8 - that you have the KB4019990 update applied.