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DietPi, the lightweight, multi-purpose OS for Raspberry Pi, SBCs and x86 machines, has announced version 8.17. And with this new release, we see new software and enhancements to the Debian-based OS. Key Updates in DietPi 8.17 New Software: openHAB Home automation software. New Software: Moonlight (CLI and GUI): Game streaming. New Software: Restic A command line based backup tool. Enhancement: Improvements for Raspberry Pi. Enhancement: Updates for NanoPi series boards. Enhancement: Update for ROCK4 boards. Bug Fix: Raspberry Pi analog audio bug fix. Bug Fix: DietPi reporting incorrect temperature (8.16 regression). Bug Fix: Google AIY ArmV7 conflicting Python module dependences resolved. Bug Fix: UnRAR install on RISC-V based systems is now fixed. Full release notes. DietPi is an alternative Debian-based OS for many different SBCs and x86 machines. Rather than defaulting to a desktop-based OS, DietPi uses a series of menus and user interfaces to facilitate the installation and configuration of specific tools. This level of flexibility means that DietPi is not restricted to being a desktop OS. You can use it tobuild a web server, DNS server (Pi-Hole being one), NAS, or build an appliance to stream games via Steam Link, moonlight etc. I've personally used DietPi to set up a Node-RED server in my home. Of course, if you want to install a desktop environment, you can. The same software installation process can furnish your desktop with LXDE, LXQt, MATE, Xfce or GNUstep. If gaming is more your thing, then DietPi can also be used for emulating classic machines such as the Amiga (Amiberry) and classic DOS-era gaming using Box86 and Box64. A Steam client and Moonlight are on hand to stream games from your gaming PC to the living room. Another level of flexibility afforded by DietPi is how many boards it can be used with. Around 48 SBCs and two images for x86 PCs means that DietPi can be used with a wide range of Raspberry Pi alternatives, and it can be used to breathe new life into aging x86 hardware. DietPi is free and can be downloaded from the DietPi website.

Name of the game: Insurgency: Sandstorm Price: 13.49 Link Store: https://store.steampowered.com/app/356190/Middleearth_Shadow_of_War/ Offer ends up after X hours: 40 hours Requirements: MINIMUM: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 7/8/10 (64 bit) Processor: Intel Core i5-4440 (3.10GHz)/AMD FX-6300 (3.50GHz) Memory: 8 GB of RAM Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760/AMD Radeon HD 7970 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 40 GB available space RECOMMENDED: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 7/8/10 (64 bit) Processor: Intel Core i7-8700 (3.20GHz) / AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (3.20GHz) Memory: 16 GB of RAM Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980/AMD Radeon R9 390X DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 40 GB available space Additional notes: SSD is recommended.

Oppo Reno 10 Pro, and Oppo Reno 10 Pro+ are expected to launch in India soon. The purported handsets are expected to succeed the Oppo Reno 9 series models — the Oppo Reno 9 Pro and the Oppo Reno 9 Pro+. The Oppo Reno 10 series, likely to be released later this year in China, is expected to include the Oppo Reno 10 5G, Oppo Reno 10 Pro 5G and the Oppo Reno 10 Pro+ 5G models. The models are also speculated to launch globally. Reportedly, the Oppo Reno 10 Pro and Pro+ models were recently spotted on the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) website, thereby indicating an imminent India launch. A MySmartPrice report claimed to have spotted the Oppo Reno 10 Pro and the Oppo Reno 10 Pro+ on the BIS website. The report suggests that the phones have obtained BIS certification with model numbers CPH2525 and CPH2521. The listing confirms the imminent launch of the Oppo Reno 10 series models in India but did not show any specifications of the devices. Previous reports suggested that the Oppo Reno 10 Pro is expected to feature a 6.7-inch curved AMOLED display panel. Leaked renders of the phone showed a centre-aligned hole-punch slot at the top of the display for the selfie camera. The back panel houses an elliptical module that holds the triple rear camera unit with three camera sensors aligned vertically alongside a dual-tone LED flash unit. The leak added that the Oppo Reno 10 Pro will measure 163.2mm x 74.2mm x 7.9mm (10.2mm including the rear camera bump). The Oppo Reno 10 Pro+, on the other hand, is expected to feature a 6.74-inch 1.5K AMOLED display panel with a refresh rate of 120Hz. A 91Mobiles report citing a Geekbench listing suggested that the Oppo Reno 10 Pro+ is expected to be powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 5G SoC paired with up to 16GB of RAM and probably up to 512GB of inbuilt storage. Meanwhile, the Oppo Reno 10 Pro could come equipped with up to 12GB of RAM. An earlier report noted that the Oppo Reno 10 Pro+ model is likely to sport a triple rear camera unit including a 50-megapixel primary sensor, an 8-megapixel sensor with an ultra-wide lens, and a 64-megapixel sensor with periscopic lens. The speculated 32-megapixel front camera is said to be housed with a centre-aligned hole-punch cutout at the top of the display. The report added that the Oppo Reno 10 Pro+ handset is expected to pack a 4,700mAh battery with 100W fast charging support and could come equipped with a USB Type-C port. All Oppo Reno 10 series phones are said to boot Android 13 with ColorOS 13 on top.

Windows 11 users are experiencing a bunch of issues – many of them ongoing – following the latest update for the OS, according to reports on Reddit. A new and rather worrying-sounding problem that some folks have experienced was highlighted in the thread on Reddit(opens in new tab) discussing the latest cumulative update for Windows 11 that arrived earlier this week (KB5026372 for Windows 11 22H2). A Redditor tells us: “This update broke the widget panel again and now it crashes something else; I think I’ll uninstall this update.” In fact, it can crash Windows 11 completely, as someone else affected by the problem (again on Reddit) points out(opens in new tab): “Opening widgets has become a game of Russian Roulette. Sometimes it works and sometimes it crashes the OS.” Another user chips in with the former thread, noting they have the exact same gremlin in the works. Nasty indeed, although that said, we’ve seen a potential cure being mentioned (we’ll bring that up when we discuss this in a bit more depth below). Elsewhere on the lengthy Reddit thread for KB5026372, we see complaints that the problem of SSDs running much more slowly than they should hasn’t been resolved (an issue kicking about since March). There are also reports of VPNs being problematic with the update – again, a continuing glitch with Windows 11 – with speeds dropping when using L2TP/IPsec protocols, and connection issues being reported, too. A further problem has been complained about by a number of people who use an Xbox controller and Xbox wireless adaptor with their Windows 11 PC. They’re finding that a crash happens when they turn off the controller. (But otherwise, everything works fine). Seriously annoying TPM detection issues also remain, with several users complaining about this happening (it seemingly affects various AMD Ryzen processors). Analysis: Flak fired at Microsoft A lot of these reported problems are issues that have been spotted before, and are hanging around – with Windows 11 users who are affected starting to get seriously irritated that Microsoft hasn’t yet deployed a fix for these. We can imagine if you are experiencing your SSD running much more sluggishly than it should (including booting), that’s going to get pretty old, pretty quickly. And this bug has been around since March. As one Redditor observes(opens in new tab): “Come on Microsoft... Security bugs and slowness should be a priority over ads about Edge in the search bar!!!“ They’ve hit the nail on the head there, in our opinion. As for the new issue with widgets, we don’t know how widespread that is. There are just a few scattered reports right now, so we’re assuming it’s only affecting a small number of people. However, with it crashing Windows 11 sometimes, it’s a pretty unpleasant bug to be hit by, no doubt. The good news with the widget panel flaw is that as we mentioned above, there’s an apparent cure. And that’s to uninstall the cumulative update, and then reinstall it, which according to one report resolves the problem. Obviously, take this advice with a good deal of salt – it may or may not work for you, but could be worth a shot.

Early samples of the Crucial T700 have the poise to be the fastest consumer SSD when the retail units hit the retail market on May 30. The T700 or one of its competitors will undeniably disrupt the list of the best SSDs very soon. Corsair's competing MP700 recently got pushed into the spotlight due to several scenarios where reviewers tested the SSD without a cooler, contrary to Corsair’s recommendation. The publications didn’t conduct the tests in bad faith, but rather to see what would happen if a PCIe 5.0 was to operate without a heatsink or cooler. And the experiments exposed a flaw in the MP700’s firmware related to the thermal throttle curve. Phison’s firmware engineering team has quickly jumped on the issue and has prepared a firmware update fix that's currently going through internal validation. The T700 and MP700 share similar components. Both SSDs use the Phison PS5026-E26 PCIe 5.0 controller and Micron 232-layer 3D TLC NAND. In Crucial’s case, the T700 utilizes slightly faster NAND (clocked at 2,000 MT/s) than the (1,600 MT/s) variant in other E26-powered drives. The higher-binned NAND propels the T700 to sequential read and write speeds up to 12.4 GB/s and 11.8 GB/s. However, even though the T700 and MP700 use identical E26 controllers and similar Micron NAND, they don’t use the same firmware. Larger and more prominent vendors have their own firmware teams working on SSD firmware. But smaller brands, or those not as heavily involved in the SSD realm, rely on reference firmware from the manufacturer. The rules vary by the SSD controller manufacturer. Some, like Silicon Motion, allow complete control over the firmware, while others don’t. In Phison's case, the company does firmware customization for its customers; in this case, that would be Corsair and Crucial. As a result, the T700 and MP700 don't have the same firmware. The vendors do not make their firmware, and given that these two drives exhibit different failure mechanisms, it is safe to assume that the firmware is different. Regardless, clearly there was a flaw in the MP700 firmware. And the solution seems to be as easy as tweaking the thermal throttle curve. That's why Phison was able to cook up a fix so quickly. Crucial's PCIe 5.0 drive hasn't suffered as drastic an issue, but that doesn't mean things are great with that drive if you run it without a cooler, either. German publication ComputerBase(opens in new tab) pointed out that the T700 suffered from thermal throttling in CrystalDiskMark when a heatsink wasn't cooling the drive. The SSD reportedly hit temperatures of 86 degrees Celsius. The SSD throttled hard, as evidenced by the low write speeds that stuck around the 100 MB/s mark. The publication's feedback aligns with our experience. Without a heatsink, our T700 sample performed fine in tests like DiskBench, but exhibited thermal throttling in longer benchmarks, such as CrystalDiskMark and IOmeter. The recorded average write performance after 15 minutes on the bare drive was 1,027 MB/s, down from the 3,681 MB/s on the one with the heatsink. Thermal throttling was working as expected. And honestly, when a drive is capable of write speeds of nearly 12 GB/s, in most mainstream use cases, you aren't going to be writing to it for anything close to 15 minutes straight. Crucial sells the T700 in two variants: as a bare drive and with a heatsink. The pricing difference is $30. However, the bare drive doesn't mean you should run the PCIe 5.0 SSD without a heatsink or cooler. In fact, Crucial, like Corsair, advises customers to use a heatsink with its PCIe 5.0 SSD. The bare drive version targets consumers who plan to use your motherboard's integrated M.2 heatsink with the T700. It's similar to how Intel stopped bundling stock coolers with the chipmaker's K-series processors, since enthusiasts frequently ditched the stock cooler for an aftermarket cooler. Depending on the motherboard, CPU cooler, and graphics card choice, sometimes it's impossible to fit a beefy M.2 cooler into the mix. So while Crucial's T700 bare drive offers consumers an option to save $30, you should be sure your motherboard has a cooler that you can bolt onto the drive, especially if you're going to be hitting it with lots of sustained writes.

Name of the game: Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™ Price: 4.99 Link Store: https://store.steampowered.com/app/356190/Middleearth_Shadow_of_War/ Offer ends up after X hours: May 16 th Requirements: MINIMUM: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 7 SP1 with Platform Update Processor: AMD FX-4350, 4.2 GHz / Intel Core i5-2300, 2.80 GHz Memory: 6 GB of RAM Video Card: AMD HD 7870, 2GB / NVIDIA GTX 660, 2GB DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband internet connection Storage: 70 GB available space Additional notes: X64 required RECOMMENDED: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Creators Update Processor: AMD FX-8350, 4.0 GHz / Intel Core i7-3770, 3.4 GHz Memory: 12 GB of RAM Video Card: AMD RX 480, 4 GB or RX580, 4GB / NVIDIA GTX 970, 4GB or GTX1060, 6GB DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband internet connection Storage: 70 GB available space Additional notes: X64 required

Samsung Galaxy F54 5G is likely to be launched in India soon. The phone has previously been reported to debut as a rebranded version of the Galaxy M54 5G, which launched earlier this year and is available for purchase in select markets. The Galaxy F54 5G was previously spotted on the Google Play Console. The listing suggested a few specifications of the purported F-series handset. A new leak suggests specifications, features, possible price range and a launch timeline of the smartphone in the country. Tipster Debayan Roy (@Gadgetsdata) shared details about the upcoming Galaxy F54 5G in a tweet. The tipster claims that the phone is expected to launch in India within the next two or three weeks. This suggests that the handset could be launched by the end of May. The price of the handset is likely to be set within Rs. 26,000 to Rs. 27,000, according to the tipster. The Galaxy F54 5G will sport a 6.7-inch Full HD+ (2,220 x 1,080 pixels) AMOLED display with a refresh rate of 120Hz. The display panel is expected to feature Corning Gorilla Glass protection. The smartphone is likely to be powered by an in-house, octa-core Exynos 1380 chipset, as per the tipster. The triple rear camera of the Galaxy F54 5G is likely to comprise a 108-megapixel primary sensor with optical image stabilisation (OIS), an 8-megapixel sensor, and a 2-megapixel camera. The front camera for selfies and video calls is expected to be equipped with a 32-megapixel sensor. The tipster also claims that the Galaxy F54 5G will be backed by a large 6,000mAh battery unit and support 25W wired fast charging. The dual-SIM-supported handset will come equipped with a hybrid slot. For security, the phone will reportedly have a side-mounted fingerprint sensor. It is also expected to support Wi-Fi 6 connectivity. Samsung Galaxy M54 5G, which launched earlier this year, is offered in a Dark Blue and a Silver colour variant. The handset bears almost identical specifications to that of the leaked specifications listed above.

Windows 11’s Settings panel has been seen with a number of adverts in test builds of the OS, in what’s becoming a sadly familiar theme for preview builds of late. As spotted by German tech site Deskmodder(opens in new tab), this was flagged up by a respected source for Microsoft leaks, Albacore, on Twitter. Albacore shared some screenshots of the new home page for the Settings app, as uncovered by digging into a Windows 11 preview from the Canary channel (the earliest test builds). The first screen grab (on the left in the above tweet) shows an ad for Microsoft 365 at the top of the panel, telling users what they get with the service and that they can try it for free (for a trial period). Under that, there’s a prompt to ‘finish setting up your account’, which refers to completing the setup of your Microsoft Account. The other screenshots also have prompts relating to the Microsoft Account, this time urging users to sign into the account, one of which is shown on the Settings home page and another in the Accounts section. In the latter, users are told to ‘Sign in to get the most out of Windows’. Analysis: Stop it with the badgering We’ve been on the attack against ads in Windows 11 for a while now, as this seems to be a broad concept that’s gathering momentum with test builds of the OS in recent times, so consider this our feedback to Microsoft – don’t do it. Any of it. Microsoft calls this ‘badging’ – a name coined for the same kind of ads that appear in the Start menu that we’ve seen recently in previews of Windows 11 – and the firm regards these as helpful prompts for the user, but it’s advertising by any other name. Particularly the efforts to try and get those using Windows 11 with a local account to sign up for a Microsoft Account, and tie their OS installation to that. Now, we don’t know if any of these latest moves in testing (and still hidden in preview, in this case) will come through to the release build of Windows 11 – though badging in the Start menu has been rolled out in a limited fashion to the finished version of the OS. And there may be the ability to turn off these ads, too, as Deskmodder points out. In short, the final incarnation of the Settings panel when it’s implemented may be very different to what we see here. As it stands, though – in these leaked screenshots – there’s a fair old chunk of the Home page dedicated to these ads. Way too much for our liking, and it’s the Home page that’s our main issue. (You could argue that a prompt is justified in the Accounts section of the panel, and we don’t have as much of a problem with the Microsoft Account status being flagged here – it’s much more in context). As ever, we’ll have to wait and see how this plays out and hope that testers are making their feelings known if they aren’t keen on what seems to be a persistent angle for Microsoft at the moment with sneaking more ads into Windows 11.

After Chinese companies lost access to Nvidia's leading-edge A100 and H100 compute GPUs, which can be used to train various AI models, they had to find ways to train them without using the most advanced hardware. To compensate for the lack of powerful GPUs, Chinese AI model developers are instead simplifying their programs to reduce requirements, and using all the compute hardware they can get in combination, the Wall Street Journal reports. Nvidia cannot sell its A100 and H100 compute GPUs to Chinese entities like Alibaba or Baidu without getting an export license from the U.S. Department of Commerce (and any application would almost certainly be denied). So Nvidia has developed A800 and H800 processors that offer reduced performance and come with handicapped NVLink capabilities, which limits the ability to build high-performance multi-GPU systems traditionally required to train large-scale AI models. For example, the large-scale language model behind OpenAI's ChatGPT requires from 5,000 to 10,000 of Nvidia's A100 GPUs to train, according to estimates by UBS analysts, reports the WSJ. Since Chinese developers do not have access to A100s, they use less capable A800 and H800 in combination to achieve something akin to the performance of Nvidia's higher-performance GPUs, according to Yang You, a professor at the National University of Singapore and founder of HPC-AI Tech. In April, Tencent introduced a new computing cluster using Nvidia's H800s for large-scale AI model training. This approach can be expensive, as Chinese firms might need three times more H800s as their U.S. counterparts would require H100s for similar results. Due to high costs and the inability to physically get all the GPUs they need, Chinese companies have designed methods to train large-scale AI models across different chip types, something that U.S.-based companies rarely do due to technical challenges and reliability concerns. For example, companies like Alibaba, Baidu, and Huawei have explored using combinations of Nvidia's A100s, V100s, and P100s, and Huawei's Ascends, according to research papers reviewed by WSJ. Although there are numerous companies in China developing processors for AI workloads, their hardware is not supported by robust software platforms like Nvidia's CUDA, which is why machines based on such chips are reportedly 'prone to crushing.' In addition, Chinese firms have also been more aggressive in combining various software techniques to reduce the computational requirements of training large-scale AI models, an approach that has yet to gain traction globally. Despite the challenges and ongoing refinements, Chinese researchers have seen some success in these methods. In a recent paper, Huawei researchers demonstrated training their latest-generation large language model, PanGu-Σ, using only Ascend processors and without Nvidia compute GPUs. While there were some shortcomings, the model achieved state-of-the-art performance in a few Chinese-language tasks, such as reading comprehension and grammar tests. Analysts warn that Chinese researchers will face increased difficulties without access to Nvidia's new H100 chip, which includes an additional performance-enhancing feature particularly useful for training ChatGPT-like models. Meanwhile, a paper published last year by Baidu and Peng Cheng Laboratory demonstrated that researchers were training large language models using a method that could render the additional feature irrelevant. "If it works well, they can effectively circumvent the sanctions," Dylan Patel, chief analyst at SemiAnalysis, is reported to have said.

Name of the game: Call of Duty®: Black Ops Cold War Price: 19.79 Link Store:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1237950/STAR_WARS_Battlefront_II/ Offer ends up after X hours: May 16 th Requirements: MINIMUM: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows® 10 64-bit (v.1803 or higher) Processor: Intel® Core™ i3-4340 or AMD FX-6300* Memory: 8 GB of RAM Video Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 670 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 or AMD Radeon™ HD 7950 - DirectX 12.0 Compatible System DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband internet connection Storage: 175 GB available space RECOMMENDED: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows® 10 64-bit (latest update) Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-2500K or AMD Ryzen™ R5 1600X processor Memory: 12 GB of RAM Video Card: System compatible with NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 970 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1660 Super or AMD Radeon™ R9 390 / AMD Radeon™ RX 580 - DirectX 12.0 DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband internet connection Storage: 175 GB available space

Xiaomi Civi 2, powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 SoC, was launched in China in September last year. Now, the smartphone brand is reportedly preparing to release a possible successor. Although Xiaomi has not yet confirmed the existence of the Xiaomi Civi 3, it has purportedly received certification from China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). It is said to come with 12GB of RAM and 512GB of onboard storage. The Xiaomi Civi 3 could feature a MediaTek Dimensity 8200 SoC under the hood. It is said to come with 32-megapixel dual selfie cameras. An alleged listing on the MIIT website, spotted by tipster Digital Chat Station, shows the Xiaomi Civi 3 with model number 23046PNC9C. As per the screenshots of the listing shared on Weibo, the smartphone could get 12GB of RAM and 512GB of onboard storage. The online listing confirmed 5G connectivity and Andorid operating system on the Xiaomi phone. However, it doesn't provide any further details. Although the Xiaomi Civi 3 launch is still not confirmed by the Chinese smartphone company, the listing on the MIIT site suggests that it could be announced in the coming days. As per a previous leak, Xiaomi Civi 3 will feature a 6.55-inch full-HD+ AMOLED display with up to 120Hz refresh rate. It is said to come with a MediaTek Dimensity 8200 SoC. The handset is tipped to include a dual rear camera unit, led by a 50-megapixel Sony IMX800 primary sensor. Further, it is said to pack two 32-megapixel front-facing cameras with a 100-degree field of view. The Xiaomi Civi 2 was launched in China in September last year with a starting price of CNY 2,399 (roughly Rs. 27,000) for the 8GB RAM + 128GB storage version. The handset has not been launched in India yet. Qualcomm's Snapdragon 7 Gen 1 SoC powers the Xiaomi Civi 2. It has a 6.55-inch full-HD+ AMOLED display with up to 120Hz refresh rate. A triple rear camera setup headlined by a 50-megapixel Sony IMX766 main sensor, 32-megapixel dual-front camera setup, and 4,500mAh battery with support for 67W fast charging are the other key specifications of the device.

Microsoft appears to be pushing forward with its Windows 11 widget masterplan in recent times, and here’s yet another piece of evidence to that end. Zac Bowden, a well-known leaker of Windows Central(opens in new tab) fame, tells us that his sources within Microsoft have said that Windows 11 users will be given the ability to pin widgets straight onto the desktop. Microsoft’s goal with this is to increase engagement with widgets, as clearly, when on the desktop, they’ll be utilized more – being right in the line of sight all the time, rather than being confined to the widgets panel (fired up from the taskbar) as they are currently. When will this move happen? Bowden can’t tell us that, but what the leaker does point out is that Windows 11’s widgets are being treated to a dedicated session at Microsoft’s Build 2023 conference (later in May). So, there seems a fair chance that this move might be talked about then, and if so, it may not be long before we see the feature in testing for Windows 11. All of this comes off the back of Microsoft introducing a new widget earlier this week in testing, but it’s a major one – Facebook. Analysis: Full steam ahead with gadgets – er, we mean widgets If the above guesswork of a vague timeline pans out then we should see the functionality to move widgets onto the desktop in Windows 11 appear later this year. That’s our gut feeling, anyway, as Microsoft appears to be focusing quite strongly on this area of the interface (widgets and File Explorer are undergoing a fair few changes in testing, and pretty major ones, currently). Furthermore, developers are very much being encouraged by Microsoft to implement widgets for their apps. Also, Bowden has mentioned the idea of shifting widgets onto the desktop before (in March), so it feels like the concept is progressing forwards at Microsoft, for the leaker to be bringing it up again now. It'd certainly be a useful bit of additional functionality for those who find widgets useful – to have them right there on the desktop. And if you don’t like widgets, well, you can still just ignore them. It isn’t like they’ll make their way onto the desktop of their own accord. With the ability to transfer them to the desktop if desired, Windows 11’s widgets are going to start to feel a lot more like the gadgets we had with Windows 7.

On Saturday, Chinese computer manufacturer PowerLeader launched a 'new' processor and compact desktop PC. During the press conference, PowerLeader talked about its first generation Powerstar P3-01105 CPU, featuring the "storm core" architecture, described as "extremely high performance," x86 compatible, and offering great support for Windows. And so it should, as it looks very much like a rebranded Intel Core i3-10105(F) Comet Lake CPU with 4C / 8T. In Chinese tech news media coverage, such as at ITHome, there was no hint given about a partnership with Intel on this rebrand. Instead, we have a quote from a PowerLeader execs talking about how the first gen Powerstar chips were "specially designed for daily desktop users, and are suitable for government, education, energy, industry, finance, medical care, games, and retail, etc." As well as the CPU, a new compact tower PC dubbed the PC PT620P, featuring the Powerstar P3-01105 CPU, was unveiled. A statement about this PC's capabilities provided a small hint that the Powerstar P3-01105 wasn't entirely domestic. According to the machine translation of a PowerLeader exec's statement, the new CPU "has extremely high performance, which is several times higher than that of the domestic CPU." There, it was admitted that this isn't a domestic CPU. One of the last official blurb worth reporting is that PowerLeader says the CPU will be launched shortly, targeting annual CPU sales of 1.5 million units. It's an Intel Chip, Sherlock In response to harukaze5719's Tweet about this Powerstar P3-01105 CPU, another Twitterer pointed out that what we are looking at is almost certainly an Intel Core i3-10105(F) Comet Lake CPU. The following clues convincingly point to this: Physical lugged heatspreader design, and other physical characteristics Physical substrate design is identical, as far as we can see Silk screen print format on the IHS is the same The PowerLeader processor name slightly jumbles Intel's: compare "10105" and "01105" They are both marked as capable of a "3.70GHZ" base clock Last but not least, the QR code on the upper right of the Powerstar P3-01105 PCB is said to match Intel's. There seems to be a weight of evidence pointing to a rebrand, but we await further announcements and third-party tests to ensure it. So please stay tuned for when the truth comes out. So, why would PowerLeader rebrand an Intel Core i3-10105? All we can find about the underlying reason for this sleight-of-hand with branding is that Chinese tech firms can benefit from attractive subsidies by developing and launching "domestic products." If that is true, it also explains how Innosilicon touted its Fantasy graphics cards as "domestic desktop GPUs," but later, we saw UK-based ImgTec confirm that they used the PowerVR architecture.

Name of the game: NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II Price: 9.99 Link Store:https://store.steampowered.com/app/1237950/STAR_WARS_Battlefront_II/ Offer ends up after X hours: May 6th Requirements: MINIMUM: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: 64-bit Windows 7 SP1/Windows 8.1/Windows 10 Processor: Processor (AMD): AMD FX 6350 Processor (Intel): Intel Core i5 6600K Memory: 8 GB of RAM Video card: Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon™ HD 7850 2GB Graphics card (NVIDIA): NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 660 2GB DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband internet connection Storage: 60 GB available space RECOMMENDED: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: 64-bit Windows 10 or later Processor: Processor (AMD): AMD FX 8350 Wraith Processor (Intel): Intel Core i7 6700 or equivalent Memory: 16 GB of RAM Video card: Graphics card (AMD): AMD Radeon™ RX 480 4GB Graphics card (NVIDIA): NVIDIA GeForce® GTX 1060 3GB DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband internet connection Storage: 60 GB available space

A former employee of OpenSea, the world's largest marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs), used inside knowledge of which assets would be featured on its homepage to make "free money," a prosecutor said on Monday as an insider trading trial wound to a close. The charges against Nathaniel Chastain, a former OpenSea product manager, were the first in a series of high-profile cases related to digital assets launched by the US Attorney's office in Manhattan last year. Prosecutors have called it the first criminal insider trading case involving such assets. Prosecutor Thomas Burnett said in his closing argument that Chastain chose which NFTs to feature, and then profited illegally by selling his tokens shortly thereafter. He made upwards of $50,000 (nearly Rs. 40 lakh) off such trades before getting caught in September 2021, Burnett said. "He was using OpenSea's information like his own piggy bank," Burnett told the jury. "It was as good as free money." Chastain's lawyers were expected to give their closing argument later on Monday. They have said that his actions were not insider trading, and that the information he accessed was not OpenSea's property and had no inherent value to the company. Chastain's lawyers have also said OpenSea did not start banning employees from buying or selling featured collections or creators until Chastain's last day, in September 2021. The company did not treat such information as confidential while Chastain worked there, his lawyer David Miller has argued. Chastain faces one count of wire fraud and one count of money laundering. His trial before US District Judge Jesse Furman in Manhattan began last week. The case could have broader implications for assets that do not fit into existing regulations preventing investment advisers, brokers and others from trading on material nonpublic information, legal experts have said.

Almost a decade ago Turing Prize winner and now former Google employee Dr. Geoffrey Hinton was known to enthusiastically exclaim among his AI students, "I understand how the brain works now!" Now, however, the "Godfather of AI" has walked away from Google -- and he's more apt to be heard desperately ringing AI alarm bells. In an exit interview with The New York Times(opens in new tab), Hinton expressed deep concerns about the rapid expansion of AI, saying "it is hard to see how you can prevent the bad actors from using it for bad things.” A direct line connects Hinton's decades-long pioneering work in neural networks to the chatbots (ChatGPT, Google Bard, Bing AI) of today. His breakthroughs more than a decade ago led Google to bring him on board to develop next-gen deep-learning systems that could help computers interpret images, text, and speech in much the way humans do. Speaking to Wired in 2014(opens in new tab), Hinton's enthusiasm was clear: "I get very excited when we discover a way of making neural networks better -- and when that’s closely related to how the brain works." A very different Hinton spoke to The New York Times(opens in new tab) this week, to outline all the ways AI could run humanity right off the rails. Here are the key takeaways: Rush to compete means guardrails fly off While companies like Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI often profess that they're taking a slow and cautious approach to AI development and chatbot deployment, Dr. Hinton told The New York Times that he's worried the reality is that increased competition is resulting in a less cautious approach. And he's clearly right: Earlier this year we witnessed Google rushing out a not-ready-for-primetime Bard to meet the surprise appearance of Microsoft's ChatGPT-powered Bing AI. Can these companies balance a market imperative to stay ahead of the competition (Google staying Number 1 in search, for example) with the greater good? Dr. Hinton is now unconvinced. Loss of truth Dr. Hinton worries about the proliferation of AI leading to a flood of fake online content. Of course, that's less a future concern than a real-time one as people are now regularly fooled by AI music that fakes the vocal gifts of the masters (including dead ones), AI news images(opens in new tab) being treated as real, and generative images winning photography competitions(opens in new tab). With the power and pervasiveness of deep fakes, few videos we watch today can be taken at face value. Still, Dr. Hinton may be right that this is just the beginning. Unless Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and others do something about it, we won't be able to trust anything we see or even hear. A ruined job market Dr. Hinton warned The Times that AI is set to take on more than just tasks we don't want to do. Many of us have taken ChatBots like Bard and ChatGPT for a spin at writing presentations, proposals, and even programming. Most of the output is not ready for primetime, but some of it is or is at least passable. There are right now dozens of AI-generated novels for sale on Amazon, and the screenwriters union (Writers Guild of America) in the US has expressed concern that if they do not agree on a new contract, studios might outsource their jobs to AI. And while there haven't been widespread layoffs linked directly to AI, the growth of these powerful tools is leading some to rethink their workforces. Unexpected and unwanted behavior One of the hallmarks of neural nets and deep learning AI is that it can use vast swaths of data to teach itself. One of the unintended consequences of this human-brain-like power is that AI can learn lessons you never anticipated. A self-determining AI might AI on those lessons. Dr. Hinton said an AI that can not only program but then run its own programming is especially concerning, especially as it relates to unintended outcomes. AI will be smarter than us Current AI often appears smarter than humans, but with its propensity for hallucinations and manufactured facts, it's far from matching our greatest minds. Dr. Hinton believes the day when AI does outsmart us is fast approaching, and certainly faster than he originally anticipated. AI may be able to fake empathy – see its recent trial as a source for medical advice(opens in new tab) – but that's not the same as true human empathy. Super-smart systems that can figure everything out but without consideration of how their choices might impact humans are deeply concerning. While Dr. Hinton's warnings are in stark contrast to his original enthusiasm for the tech sector he all but invented, something he told Wired about the work on human-brain-mimicking AI systems back in 2014 now sounds oddly prescient: "We ceased to be the lunatic fringe. We’re now the lunatic core."

Graphics Card modder and YouTuber Paul Gomes, recently published a video where he converted an RTX 3060 8GB, one of the best GPUs, into its faster and higher capacity RTX 3060 12GB sibling. The mod involved adding two more memory ICs to the PCB and adjusting a few capacitors to enable the necessary memory channels. In the end, the GPU saw a notable performance increase with the 12GB configuration. Last year, Nvidia quietly released a second iteration of the RTX 3060 to the desktop market known as the RTX 3060 8GB. This model downgraded the memory configuration from 12GB operating on a 192-bit wide bus, to 8GB operating on a 128-bit bus, presumably in an effort to reduce cost. But despite this, current GPU prices for the 8GB version aren't, in general, any cheaper than the 12GB. That's despite the fact that the 8GB is noticeably slower than the 12GB version due to its reduced memory bandwidth. Aside from the mod adding two more memory ICs to the RTX 3060 8GB's PCB, a few transistors need to be mani[CENSORED]ted and the BIOS needs to be replaced so the new modules can be recognized. Gomes first adds two more ICs by preparing two of the four blank slots on the PCB, then installs the ICs by pressurizing the contact points between the chip and PCB, and heating them up. Next Gomes melts some of the resistors, controlling the card's memory system, so the GPU can detect the new memory modules. Then he installs a new BIOS on the RTX 3060 that supports the new modules. Presumably, Gomes is utilizing a BIOS from the RTX 3060 12GB version of the card. Performance was noticeably better with the additional memory ICs, even in situations where the additional 4GB of VRAM was not being utilized. Gomes tested the newly modified GPU in Unigine's Superposition, and The Last of Us Part 1, where performance went up by 22% and 12% respectively. The Last of Us Part 1 in particular, saw VRAM usage jump from 7.6GB on the original 8GB configuration to 10.29GB with the modified 12GB configuration. Modifying an RTX 3060 8GB with 12GB of VRAM is probably not the best way to get RTX 3060 12GB performance, especially when both cards cost the same (at least in the United States). But the mod is definitely cool to see and shows how customizable Nvidia's GPUs really are if you have the right equipment and the right GPU model (with different BIOSes featuring more than one supported memory configuration) to play with.

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Musician Name: Andrew Bazzi Birthday / Location: August 28, 1997 (age 25) Dearborn, Michigan, U.S Main instrument: Pop and R&B Musician Picture: Musician Awards & Nominations:- Best Performance: - Other Information: Andrew Bazzi, known as Bazzi, is an American singer and songwriter. His song "Mine", released in October 2017, gained po[CENSORED]rity in early 2018. The song peaked at #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has been listed on several other charts internationally. In 2018, he released his debut studio album, Cosmic, which reached #14 on the Billboard 200. Bazzi was born on August 28, 1997, in Dearborn, Michigan. He learned to play the oud and guitar in childhood. In 2012, he started posting covers of songs on his YouTube channel. In November 2014, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in music. He finished high school from Santa Monica High School in 2015. He is of Lebanese-American descent. His current partner is Australian model Renee Herbert, who also has a twin sister named Elisha. Bazzi created an account on Vine in July 2013. By 2015, he had amassed 1.5 million followers on the site. In September of the same year, he became the first artist to release a Vine "Featured Track", which was titled, "Bring Me Home". In 2016, he was featured on Fancy Cars' single, "Fun". Over the next two years, Bazzi released several singles, including "Alone", "Beautiful", "Got Friends", and "Sober". In October 2017, he released the single, "Mine". The song grew in po[CENSORED]rity after becoming a meme via Snapchat. In January 2018, the song appeared on the Billboard Hot 100, debuting at number 56. In April 2018, the song charted at number 11. Bazzi also released three new singles in 2018, ''Why?'', '' Gone'' and ''Honest''. He is currently working in collaboration with Marshmello. On March 13, 2018, Bazzi was announced as a special guest on Camila Cabello's Never Be the Same Tour. On April 17, 2018, Cosmic debuted at number 35 and later peaked at number 14 on the Billboard 200. In April 2019, Bazzi released "Caught in the Fire" and "Paradise". On August 8, 2019, he released his debut mixtape Soul Searching, which includes the song "Paradise" as well as "Focus" (featuring 21 Savage) and "IFLY". In 2020, Bazzi released several singles: Young & Alive, Renee's Song, I Got You, I Don't Think I'm Okay, Crazy. He is currently signed to Warner Music Group.

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Name of the game: Resident Evil 2 Price: 8.49 Link Store:https://store.steampowered.com/app/883710/Resident_Evil_2/ Offer ends up after X hours: May 8th Requirements: MINIMUM: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: WINDOWS® 10 (64-BIT Required) Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4460 or AMD FX™-6300 or better Memory: 8 GB of RAM Video card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960 or AMD Radeon™ RX 460 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 26 GB available space Additional notes: This game is expected to run at 1080p/30 FPS. If you don't have enough graphics memory to run the game at your selected texture quality, you must go to Options > Graphics and lower the texture quality or shadow quality, or decrease the resolution. An internet connection is required for product activation. (Network connectivity uses Steam® developed by Valve® Corporation.) RECOMMENDED: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: WINDOWS® 10 (64-BIT Required) Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-3770 or AMD FX™-9590 or better Memory: 8 GB of RAM Video card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 or AMD Radeon™ RX 480 with 3GB VRAM DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 26 GB available space Additional Notes: This game is expected to run at 1080p/60 FPS. An internet connection is required for product activation. (Network connectivity uses Steam® developed by Valve® Corporation.)

Google Pixel Fold is expected to launch soon in the market. It is being speculated that the company may unveil the Pixel Fold at the upcoming Google I/O, scheduled for May 2023. However, Google is yet to confirm any detail officially. However, despite no official announcement, there has been a number of rumours about the purported smartphone. A recent leak by a po[CENSORED]r tipster, displaying the design renders of the Pixel Fold, has provided new insights into the smartphone's cover design. The images shared by tipster Evan Blass (Twitter @evleaks) on a personal Twitter account, via 9to5Google, appear to be taken from a press render that the company could use for marketing. The leaked image shows the Pixel Fold's outer display with a centrally aligned punch hole, the Pixel Launcher home screen with themed icons, Google's stock apps, and a blurred At a Glance widget. Additionally, the smartphone appears to have a wider aspect ratio and a thinner hinge. In the shared images, the Pixel Fold seems to be a lighter black colour variant. Previously, the US pricing and full specifications of the Google Pixel Fold were leaked via a YouTube video. The phone is tipped to cost $1,799 (roughly Rs. 1,47,000) for the 12GB RAM + 256GB storage variant and $1,919 (roughly Rs. 1,57,500) for the 12GB RAM + 512GB storage option. The handset is said to be available for pre-orders from May 10 via Google Store. Google Pixel Fold specifications (expected) The Pixel Fold will reportedly sport a 7.6-inch inner display with a 1,840 x 2,208 pixels resolution, a 6:5 aspect ratio, and a 120Hz refresh rate. The outer display is expected to be a 5.8-inch OLED panel with a 1,080x2,092 pixels resolution. The handset is tipped to be powered by Google's Tensor G2 SoC, coupled with a Titan M2 security chip and 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM. Other leaked details suggest a triple rear camera unit on the smartphone, led by a 48-megapixel primary wide-angle lens. The other two lenses on the Pixel Fold rear could include a 10.8-megapixel ultrawide camera and a 10.8-megapixel dual PD telephoto lens. https://www.gadgets360.com/videos/tecno-phantom-v-fold-5g-first-impressions-making-a-bold-statement-696642