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A new rumor has emerged regarding NVIDIA's upcoming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti graphics card from reputable leaker, Kopite7kimi. According to the information, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti will retain the same specifications that were detailed last month but will also get the same GPU hash rate-limiting treatment as the GeForce RTX 3060 to counter crypto miners. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Could Be Launching Soon With 12 GB GDDR6X Memory, 19 Gbps Pin Speeds & The Hash Rate Limiter To Counter Crypto Miners The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti has been doing the rounds in the rumor mill for quite some time. It has disappeared and reappeared several times with different GPU configurations but as we get closer to April, things are getting clear. The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti may indeed be launching and will retain the same core configuration as the ones rumored before and will also come with a new feature that was first introduced on the GeForce RTX 3060.NVIDIA had already stated that existing GPUs will not be affected by the hash rate-limiting tech but upcoming SKUs will definitely be receiving modifications to counter cryptocurrency miners. As such, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti will also limit its hash rate in several cryptocurrency algorithms, making it pretty useless and not a great investment for miners. The GeForce RTX 3080 for example features a mining hash rate of around 95-100 MH/s in Ethereum using the Daggerhashimoto algorithm. If we use the same 50% hash rate limit as the RTX 3060 and apply it to the RTX 3080 Ti, we get around 45-50 MH/s which is the same mining rate as the RTX 3070 while you're paying a vastly higher sum for the Ti variant. This will mean that more cards can end up in gaming PCs than mining platforms however we can't say if the availability of the card will be that great to begin with since the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 based on the GA102 GPU are still short in supply. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB 'Rumored' Graphics Card Specifications NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB FE (Founders Edition) graphics card is expected to feature the PG133-SKU15 PCB design and the GA102-250-KD-A1 graphics core. The GA102-250 GPU has also changed since the last time we saw them and will now feature 10240 CUDA cores within a total of 80 SM units. Since the main core configuration is entirely brand new, the previously leaked clocks & TMU/ROP counts should now be dismissed. As for memory, the card will feature 12 GB of GDDR6X memory. Unlike the 19.5 Gbps speeds of the RTX 3090, the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is said to retain the same memory speeds as the RTX 3080 at 19 Gbps. Since we are getting 12 GB memory, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti will be using a 384-bit bus interface which equals a total bandwidth of 912 GB/s. So while we see an 8 GB VRAM reduction over the previous spec, the larger bus interface should drive higher memory bandwidth. The TGP for the card is set to be the same as the RTX 3080 at 320 Watts. That's definitely needed to feed the extra cores so NVIDIA might have to optimize the clocks a bit here.

In November 2020, Electronic Arts was hit with a class action lawsuit alleging that its patented Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment technology was being used in games like FIFA Ultimate Team to push players into buying loot boxes. The plaintiffs claimed that the system adjusts player stats behind the scenes to make them seem weaker in the game than their listed abilities might suggest, which would nudge people into springing for player packs in hopes of finding someone better to add to their lineup. "This is a self-perpetuating cycle that benefits EA to the detriment of EA Sports gamers, since Difficulty Adjusting Mechanisms make gamers believe their teams are less skilled than they actually are, leading them to purchase additional Player Packs in hopes of receiving better players and being more competitive," the lawsuit claimed. Today, however, EA announced that the lawsuit has now been withdrawn, saying that the plaintiffs dismissed their claims after it provided them with "detailed technical information and access to speak with our engineers." "While EA does own a patent for DDA technology, that technology never was in FIFA, Madden or NHL, and never will be," it said in a statement. "We would not use DDA technology to give players an advantage or disadvantage in online multiplayer modes in any of our games and we absolutely do not have it in FIFA, Madden or NHL." This lawsuit wasn't the first time that EA has faced suspicions that FIFA difficulty cheats in response to player performance, but it has always denied that any behind-the-scenes shenanigans are afoot. In response to a pretty detailed question on the topic posted to Reddit in 2017, creative director Matt Frior told Eurogamer that while the game's algorithm does allow for some element of random chance in outcomes—sometimes even a superstar footballer is going to biff it—there "absolutely isn't" a system in place that's designed to react to player performance. If you'd like a look at the full patent that EA holds on "Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment," here it is.

In this week’s March special of Auto Express we have an electric car super test shootout between the new Ford Mustang Mach-E and the Tesla Model 3 – and the result may surprise you. We also have exclusive images of the new third-generation Toyota Aygo, which is set to feature inspiration from the larger Yaris when it arrives next year. Plus, we have the lowdown on the new all-electric Volvo C40 coupe-SUV and reveal 101 brilliant new cars coming in 2021 and beyond. In the drives section we hit the road in the new electric Audi e-tron GT, try out the Mercedes EQA and get behind the wheel of the updated Jaguar F-Pace SVR. If that wasn’t enough we have a used hatchback battle between the BMW 1 Series, Mercedes A-Class and Volkswagen Golf. How to buy Auto Express This week's issue of Auto Express is on sale now and there's a whole range of ways to get your hands on it! Subscribe The best value available to our readers is an Auto Express subscription. You can try your first 6 issues for just £1, plus all new subscribers will receive a free welcome gift when they join. We deliver free, straight to an address of your choosing so you can be sure that you'll never miss an issue. If you wish to continue your subscription after your trial ends you save a massive 47% on the shop price, paying just £24.99 every 3 months. Our money back guarantee means that should you need to cancel at any point we will refund any unmailed issues, you can't beat that value! Click here to visit our secure online shop and subscribe to Auto Express... Digital editions If you prefer to read Auto Express on your desktop, tablet or phone, you can get the digital edition through our online partner Zinio. Single issues are available from £2.99 or a subscription for an entire year is just £90.99. Click here to download Auto Express digital edition from Zinio... Single issues If you don't want to get your next 6 Auto Express issues for £1 by subscribing (RRP £22), then you can still buy single issues in shops or online. This week's issue of Auto Express is on sale now for just £3.80. You can find shops near you that stock the magazine by clicking here. If you can't make it to the shops or are unable to find it somewhere convenient, you can buy individual print issues of Auto Express to be delivered directly to your door. Click here to buy single issues of Auto Express

We all associate differently to food. Therefore, not every plate looks the same. What we choose to eat can be influenced by so many different things – culture, mood, environment, money, age, who we are eating with, and more. At Baptist Health South Florida, we believe in using food as medicine. Food should nourish the body and help it function at its best. March is National Nutrition Month and this year the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is encouraging Americans to “Personalize Your Plate.” What does food mean to you? Have you ever thought about where your food preferences or habits come from? Many cultures enjoy foods rich in different flavors, and traditional family recipes often are thought to be heavy and not as healthy, but that doesn’t have to be the case. You can personalize your plate to match your culture and food preference. Health is not a “one size fits all” proposition. We need to personalize it with our lifestyle. During National Nutrition Month, we encourage our community, employees and patients to embrace the “Personalize Your Plate” theme and choose nutrient-rich foods that match your lifestyle and culture. Throughout the month, we’ll be sharing tips on how you can identify those nutrient-rich foods and incorporate them into your daily diet. We’ll also share what we do at Baptist Health to increase the nutrient quality of the foods we feed our patients and offer to our employees and guests in our dining rooms. We invite you to enjoy your food – its origin, preparation, presentation, flavor, benefits and, of course, the people you share it with. Keep these tips in mind to remain health conscious and add a healthy twist to your family’s traditional dishes. Healthy Swaps For dishes that call for white rice, try a more fiber rich option, like wild rice, black rice, red rice, brown rice, or quinoa. Or make a healthy switch and give cauliflower rice a try. Arroz con pollo with cauliflower rice…yum! Reach for lower fat, lower salt, lower sugar ingredients. For example, use less oil or butter– try cutting it in half. Reach for lower fat milk or use a plant-based option. Read the label and compare food products. Bake it instead of frying it. Who doesn’t love maduros, or sweet plantains? Take a very ripe plantain, wrap it in aluminum foil and place it in the oven to bake. Bake fish instead of frying it. Practice portion control When abuela or mom offers you food, telling her “No thank you” doesn’t always work. In some families, they get very upset. If you’re trying to cut back, try eating a smaller portion. Load up on veggies or salad If there isn’t a vegetable or salad, make one or make a request. If there’s a dish with veggies in it, try adding more of this dish and cut back on other, less healthy options. Or, opt for a side of avocado and sliced tomatoes – always an easy and tasty option here in South Florida! DIY Seasonings Many ethnic foods call for seasoning packets, bouillon cubes or premade seasoning mixes or sauces that enhances the flavors in dishes. While they do enhance flavor, they can also add a lot of unwanted ingredients including excess sodium, which is associated with high blood pressure. Ethnic foods also can contain ingredients like monosodium glutamate (MSG), a flavor enhancer that has been shown to make food more addictive, or added food dyes and artificial flavors. These are all extra ingredients that your body needs to process, and they are not needed in our food. Instead, we recommend that you keep your dishes natural by making your own seasoning blend. Here’s a healthy recipe for Sazon Completo: Natalie Castro is a registered dietitian and the nutrition and wellness manager at Baptist Health South Florida, where she oversees the food and nutrition policy for the organization. Ms. Castro earned a bachelor’s degree in nutrition and dietetics from Florida International University and a master’s degree in nutrition and exercise science from State University of New York at Buffalo. She believes a food environment supported by healthy choices fosters healthier lifestyle habits. She is certified in adult weight management by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and her research is published in several peer-reviewed medical journals.

The Slater Memorial Museum on the campus of Norwich Free Academy recently created an exhibition within an exhibition. Having grown its collection of works by Ellis Walter Ruley fourfold over the past few years, the museum has installed a new wall in the Connecticut Artists of the Twentieth Century gallery, featuring the paintings of Ellis Walter Ruley (1888-1959). It is sometimes a risk to use the terms primitive, naïve or untrained to label the work by artists whose sensibility does not conform to that of the dominant culture. Today, we often use the term “outsider.” By 1890, Henri Rousseau (1844-1910) was painting in a style that remarkably predicts Ellis Ruley’s. It can be presumed that Ruley would not have traveled to the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford where he might have been exposed to Rousseau’s work, nor would he have been welcomed there in the 1950s as an African American man of humble means. He could have possibly seen Rousseau’s work in magazines or books in the 1940s and ‘50s. But the similarities are striking. Rousseau was born into an impoverished family and was not a distinguished student. His best grades were in music and art. The critics of his era scorned him as a rank amateur. But the early Modernists like Picasso and Surrealists like Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) found much to admire in his work. Rousseau perceived himself as a Realist. No writings exist from Ellis Ruley, and we have no record of whether he thought his own work was true to nature. This mystery inherent in Rousseau’s and Ruley’s work – a tension between the artist’s rendering and photographic reality — attracts the viewer. A native of Norwich, Ellis Ruley was, according to family lore, the son of the first run-away slave to settle in the city. From accounts of the day, he was a gentle, well-mannered and jovial person who began physical labor at an early age, working as a mason’s assistant and other construction-related jobs. A car in which he was riding from a work site and a local lumber company truck collided, leaving him injured. A cash settlement in 1929 made it possible for him to live a lifestyle out of reach of most Americans during the Great Depression and, eventually, to painting. Deeply devoted to surrounding himself with objects he thought beautiful, Ruley began by painting his window screens with fantastical scenes. He then painted fanciful, colorful animals on squares of black masonry paper, a material with which he would have been familiar from his days as a laborer. From screens and scraps, he moved to posterboard, purchasing house paints at the local hardware store. Ruley sold his work in 1952 and 1953 at the Norwich Art Association’s “Art In the Open” fair, each for $15, and stamping them instead of hand-signing. The Norwich Record (October 12, 1952) described him as an “extraordinary talent … entirely self-taught” with a “highly individual style.” NFA art instructor Joseph Gualtieri recognized Ruley’s talent and displayed Ruley’s work in the hallway of the Converse Art building, where dozens of NFA art students scurried past daily.

When it comes to the deployment of the next feature update for Windows 10 (21H1), Microsoft has taken another step forward, pushing the upgrade to all testers. As spotted by Neowin, Microsoft just updated the blog post which announced the original release of the latest preview build for 21H1 to indicate that it’s now all systems go in terms of getting the update to testers. We solve 100 common Windows 10 problems How to speed up Windows 10 How to uninstall a Windows 10 update Previously, Windows Insiders, as Windows 10 testers are known, could receive the latest preview build (19043.844) if they manually sought to install the upgrade via Windows Update.Now, Microsoft notes that: “21H1 is now being offered as a recommended update to all Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel. Insiders who previously didn’t choose to install 21H1 will now automatically receive 21H1 in the Beta Channel.” Refining and honing Microsoft is swiftly pushing on with testing to help refine and hone the 21H1 update before it’s unleashed on the general computing public. As we’ve already seen, Windows 10 21H1 won’t be anything particularly exciting, as it’s another minor upgrade that simply consists of an enablement package (the second of these in a row, in fact). Hopefully this indicates that the update is progressing on track, but as ever, we don’t know exactly when this one will arrive. According to the rumor mill, it’s probably going to be later on in the first half of 2021, with May seemingly being the most likely month for 21H1 to arrive.

We are only a few hours away until the unveiling of AMD's brand new Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics card and the red team is hosting an event that will be premiered live soon. The Radeon RX 6700 XT will be the latest entrant in the Radeon RX 6000 series family featuring the RDNA 2 architecture. Watch The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Graphics Card 'Where Gaming Beings Ep. 3' Livestream Even Here AMD has officially announced that the Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics card is all set to be unveiled today at 11 AM US (Eastern) time. The graphics card will be aimed at the sub-$500 US segment & tackle the likes of NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 3060 Ti and the GeForce RTX 3070 while featuring higher memory capacity and an architecture fine-tuned to deliver the best-in-class 1440p performance. With that said, we recently confirmed through our sources that the launch isn't expected until two weeks later on the 17th of March at 6 AM EST. Our sources have said that the graphics card will be getting a better launch supply though given the interest of gamers (and miners) in graphics cards these days, even a good supply may run dry very soon. AMD might also give us a few teasers of its upcoming announcements such as more mainstream RDNA 2 offerings, mobility GPUs, and even some brand new features such as the highly anticipated FidelityFX Super-Resolution technology. AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT With Navi 22 XT & RX 6700 With Navi 22 XL 'RDNA 2' GPUs Finally, we have the specifications for the Radeon RX 6700 series which includes the Navi 22 XT based RX 6700 XT and the Navi 22 XL based Radeon RX 6700 graphics cards. The AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT with the full Navi 22 XT GPU SKU is expected to feature 40 Compute Units or 2560 stream processors while the Radeon RX 6700 with the Navi 22 XL GPU SKU is expected to feature a cut-down configuration. The graphics card will feature a 12 GB GDDR6 memory buffer along with a 192-bit bus interface. AMD will most likely use 16 Gbps dies which would net a total bandwidth of 384 GB/s for the cards.A more recent leak pointed out to the Radeon RX 6700 XT being offered in two variants, a version designed for premium models featuring a TGP of up to 230W and a lower-tier variant designed for reference coolers with a TGP of 189W.Moving over to the design, the dual-slot card features a design similar to the triple-slot offering but with a slightly compact form factor. This shroud is said to be designed for the AMD Radeon RX 6700 series cards. The card features a dual axial-tech fan design and has the large "R" logo in the middle and on the fans too which represents the Radeon brand.The card also features the LED-lit Radeon logo on the sides and has a large cut-out to vent out the heat from the aluminum heatsink. There are two 8-pin power connectors on the card but we may also see 8+6 or configurations for the more power optimized variants. The card also comes with a dual-slot form factor and should feature a similar I/O as the Big Navi graphics card. It is expected that this cooler should house the Navi 22 GPU which is slightly smaller but still larger compared to AMD's Navi 10 (RDNA 1) GPU for the Radeon RX 5700 series graphics cards.

Update: And it's gone again: Earlier today, March 2, The Sinking City was removed from Steam again due to a DMCA takedown request filed by Frogwares. "The Sinking City has been in dispute in French courts for a while," Valve's vice president of marketing Doug Lombardi told Vice. "An interim decision last fall appeared to give Nacon the right to distribute the game on Steam while the litigation proceeded. However, today we received a DMCA takedown notice for the version that Nacon recently shipped, so we have responded to that notice." Original story: A contractual dispute between The Sinking City developer Frogwares and publisher Nacon led to the game's removal from most digital storefronts last year. At the start of 2021, a French court determined that Frogwares had terminated the contract unlawfully, and thus ordered its terms restored until a final ruling was in place. That saw the game returned to Steam and elsewhere, although sales on Steam were unexpectedly halted soon after. It reappeared on Steam last week, but in an unexpected twist Frogwares warned against purchasing it, saying rather cryptically that it was not a build the studio had released. The story got even weirder today when Frogwares expanded on that claim with the allegation that Nacon "cracked and pirated The Sinking City" in order to re-release it on Steam without its knowledge. The lengthy post begins with a rundown of the dispute between Frogwares and Nacon, which led the studio to repeatedly refuse to deliver an updated master version of The Sinking City for release on Steam. That matter is currently before the courts, and a decision may not be made for quite some time. On February 26, a new version of the game appeared on Steam, which led to this escalation in the dispute. Frogwares claims that the version of The Sinking City that Nacon has put on Steam is actually a build it had "specifically prepared" for release on Gamesplanet, cracked and slightly modified to remove logos and other related content. The studio alleges that Nacon decompiled the game using a key to get around the Unreal Engine encryption system, which Frogwares said "is not DIY work by inexperienced people, this is done by programmers who know Unreal well." After that, it was apparently a matter of modifying some config files, making a few other changes, and then recompiling the game for release on Steam. The studio says it can prove this happened because it downloaded the Steam version released by Nacon and tried its existing encryption key on the archive—and it worked. "The hackers didn’t even care to use a different encryption key than the one we created when recompiling," the studio wrote. (It also claimed to know how Nacon acquired the key, but said that information will be submitted to the courts.) From there, the update moves into a relatively complex explanation of what was changed and how, along with further allegations of steps Nacon took "to hide the fraudulent exploitation of the game on Steam," and possibly other platforms. It also also claims that developer credentials on the account indicate that the files were uploaded by a Nacon employee. Frogwares emphasized that it holds neither Steam nor Gamesplanet responsible for its allegations, saying that it fully believes the Gamesplanet version was legally purchased, and that Steam had no reasonable way to know the build's true origins. It doesn't mince words about Nacon, though. "Nacon has proved they are willing to do anything possible to serve their interest, including illegal actions," Frogwares said. "They ignored the decision of the Justice and bypassed them, pirating The Sinking City in order to deceive their partners, Steam in the first place. "There are long term damages we need to take care of, Nacon unpacked our data, stole our source code and used it. Nacon can create a new version of The Sinking City using our assets; they can resell, reuse, recycle our content and our tools etc. We have to take the measure of what happened now and follow the best path on the legal side to prevent anything like this happening again." The dispute between the two companies has also continued to unfold on the new Sinking City Steam page, which both still appear to have access to. "We regret that Frogwares persists in disrupting the release of the Sinking City," Nacon said in an update posted at 1:02 pm ET today. "It's easy to play the victim, but all we seek is that Frogwares respect its commitments both in the contract and as demanded by the courts. "In regards to feedback on the release of the Sinking City on Steam, this is an official and complete version. However, due to a lack of cooperation with Frogwares, we are unable to integrate Steam-specific features (cloud saving/achievements). Thus, this version contains only the base game, without any additional content. Despite this, we have organized the release so that fans on Steam can enjoy the game." In an update posted to the page a few hours later, Frogwares said that the version of The Sinking City now on Steam "is a pirated one," and links to the video embeded above. All of the claims against Nacon are unproven, but the fact that Frogwares is willing to make them so openly is remarkable in its own right. I've reached out to the company for comment and will update if I receive a reply.

Rising fuel prices didn’t put the brakes on the recovery in car sales, but industry executives warned that a continued rise in petrol and diesel prices could impact sentiment soon. “The rising preference for personal mobility is still driving car sales and we saw that in the monthly sales numbers of February. However, there is likely to be an impact if fuel price continues to rise,” said Naveen Soni, senior vice-president of Toyota Kirloskar Motors (TKM). India’s largest carmaker, Maruti Suzuki, on Monday reported a 9.9 per cent year-on-year (YoY) growth in domestic wholesale to 147,483 units in February. The automaker also replenished inventory at dealerships after improved sales during the December quarter (Q3). Its factory dispatches improved sequentially as well from the 142,604 units recorded in January. Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) on Monday reported an 11.38 per cent decline in total sales at 28,777 units in February. M&M had sold 32,476 units last year. Passenger vehicle sales increased 41 per cent to 15,391 units last month, as compared with 10,938 units a year ago. “Demand continues to remain buoyant for our range of SUVs and pick-ups and we have a robust order pipeline. However, supply of semiconductors, as we all know, is a global issue and it is likely to continue for another three to four months. We will continue to monitor the situation and closely work with our suppliers to minimise this,” said Veejay Nakra, chief executive officer of M&M’s automotive division. India’s second largest car seller Hyundai Motor India’s (HMIL’s) overall sales rose 26.4 percent YoY in February, led by strong demand across its products, to 61,800 units, compared with 48,910 units sold last year. “Both domestic and export demand have recorded healthy double-digit growth in February, reflecting an all-round improvement in buyer sentiment,” Tarun Garg, director (sales, marketing, and service), HMIL, said. Similarly, TKM on Monday reported a 36 per cent increase in domestic sales at 14,075 units in February. It was 10,352 units last year. Analysts said discounts were lower in February. Inventory, too, was much lower for PVs and tractors. Wholesales are expected to grow for replenishing unusually low inventory of PVs and tractors.

It started in a fairway bunker in Hawaii. It was the day after Thanksgiving in 2018 and rap artist Macklemore was enjoying some down time with his family, manager Ben Secord and some of his closest friends. Located behind the house they were renting was a golf course. After some incessant pestering, Macklemore was finally peer pressured into playing his first round of golf. While he didn’t share his friend's enthusiasm, his plan was to get through the first nine holes before finding a viable excuse to leave. After hitting a house on his first shot, and hacking his way through a foreign Hawaiian course, he then found himself in a sand trap. Frustrated and ready to leave, he grabbed a 5-iron. He swung and connected pure to the amazement of both himself and his friends. He remembers the crisp sound, the feeling and flight of that shot, because it relaxed him. All the frustration that had been building to that moment were left in that bunker and he finally began to enjoy himself. After they had finished, he couldn’t wait to play again. That one shot spawned a fascination that has since grown into a new found passion for golf. “It’s all I want to do,” he says. “There’s just this dopamine rush when you hit a good golf shot. The mental sharpness that it takes, the present nature of one golf shot at a time, not getting too far ahead of yourself, not thinking about the score, but just being present. It’s a complete, holistic, mental and physical experience that I just love. Golf has completely changed my life for the better.” On a good week, he can get in four rounds. While the pandemic stunted the completion of a music project he had started to work on, it has allowed him a lot more tee times and quality time at home to spend with his wife and two daughters. The notorious gloomy weather of his hometown of Seattle doesn’t deter him either. The Golf Channel is often on in the background when he’s home, so even when he’s not playing, he is still consuming the sport. MORE FOR YOU Verizon, Riot Games Expand Partnership With League Of Legends, Valorant Ahead Of Midseason Iceland Events How Starlink Is About To Disrupt The Telecommunications Sector What Is An NFT—And Should You Buy One? Through touring, he’s gotten the opportunity to play on a lot of courses all over the world. Given how much he had grown to love his time on the green, he begin to find a huge component that frustrated him even more so than those first few swings back on that course in Hawaii. No matter where he played, he noticed that everyone dressed the same. Growing up in the Capitol Hill neighborhood in Seattle, Macklemore’s first experiences in fashion were shopping at second-hand stores due in part to his admiration for old vintage golf fashion. From Chi Chi Rodriguez’s straw hats, Payne Stewart’s knickers tucked into his argyle socks, to Arnold Palmer’s cardigans; Macklemore always admired their personal style and found comfort in standing out. How could he fully enjoy his newfound love if he’s wearing the same outfit as Joe Public on hole 9? “I go into all these pro-shops and golf stores and it’s like all these guys have on the same polo and it’s so boring, basic and cookie cutter,” he said. “I couldn’t stand out if I tried to.” He knew that there had to be golfers out there that felt the same as he did. In seeing that void for individuality, Macklemore wondered if he put his time, resources, and creative energy fully into the design process, could he produce top-quality apparel that not only made him feel completely comfortable on the green, but that he could also wear casually away from it? The concept of Bogey Boys was born. After a year and a half of sampling, designing, poring over all the small details such as the stitching of the embroidery, down to the crop of the pants, Season One of the Bogey Boys golf apparel and lifestyle brand released last week exclusively at bogeyboys.com. Given the general stigma of golf being a rich, old white man’s sport, Macklemore braced for some awkward stares and snide comments on the courses when he began to wear his early testing samples of the apparel. What he received instead was several inquisitive conversations and complimentary remarks about his new threads, which let him know that there was a lot of room for growth in the game from both a stylistic and inclusion standpoint. He’s hoping that what he’s doing with Bogey Boys helps to further bring new energy and more diverse participants to golf. “Golf dates back to an era of this long lineage of this exclusive boys club,” Macklemore says. “That’s not what this game is about. This game is about camaraderie, getting outside, spending hours with your friends or family, having fun, and getting outside of that box that this game has been stuck in. It shouldn’t be such a stuffy sport. “We hope to use this platform to open the floodgates, to make sure it’s accessible to all people. Obviously, it’s a pricey sport but there are ways around that,” he continued. “There are great local municipal courses throughout the country, and I think that’s something Bogey Boys is going to be focused on in the months and years to come — how can we as a brand get more people involved, get more youth involved, and help assure that whoever wants to play this sport has the access to do so?” While Season One is already proving to be an early success with several items selling out quickly and garnering positive feedback, Macklemore is proud and says he’s even happier with how Season Two is coming along and is anxiously looking ahead to what’s in store for Season Three. He would love to work with an up and coming golfer on the Korn Ferry Tour or someone not quite yet established on the PGA Tour that aligns with his vision for Bogey Boys. But for now, he’s enjoying making cool clothes that he also loves to wear. When he talks about golf and all of his creative ideas to help continue to grow the sport, it’s easy to forget that he has only played the game for a couple of years. Macklemore considers it surreal and a little bit stupid that he’s already competing in PGA events. No matter his score, the calm and joy that the game brings him replaces any nerves he has about having his shots broadcasted live on T.V. to millions. It’s that unwavering passion in why he feels this lifestyle brand will resonate beyond the club houses and continue to help the sport reach new audiences. “This is something that’s not just a flash in the pan moment for me,” Macklemore says. “It’s not just let me get in for a year or two, and it’s definitely not driven by money. It’s driven by pure love for this game and where we can take it stylistically and that’s what Bogey Boys is going to do.”

MONDAY, March 1, 2021 (American Heart Association News) -- Some patients looking to reschedule annual physicals, wellness visits or other routine medical appointments long delayed by COVID-19 first may need to make time to find a new doctor. Thousands of practices have closed because of the pandemic, a recent survey shows, with thousands more planning to close in 2021. Finding a new doctor means more than just making sure the provider is covered by your insurance, said Dr. Jennifer Bacani-McKenney, a family physician in Fredonia, Kansas. "Safety protocols are important. Do they require a mask for patients and staff?" she said. "Do they have hand sanitizer available at the front door?" President-elect of the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians, Bacani-McKenney has owned and managed her own practice for more than a decade. She recommends looking for a physician who offers flexible options for patients, a sign of a commitment to quality care that will last beyond COVID-19. For instance, most doctors now offer telehealth services. Bacani-McKenney's practice started offering curbside visits during the pandemic. "How willing is your doctor to meet you where you feel most comfortable?" Bacani-McKenney asked. Practices have adapted amid their own challenges. Dr. Wayne Altman, co-owner and president of the Family Practice Group in Arlington, Massachusetts, is a professor and chair of family medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. He said most practices have adjusted as best they can to the "new normal." For instance, Altman said, the pandemic forced many employees with children to juggle work schedules with priorities at home as schools transitioned to online learning. COVID-19 struck at a time when primary care already was facing a looming crisis. A July 2020 report by the American Association of Medical Colleges estimated a primary care physician shortage of between 21,400 and 55,200 by 2033. A large portion of the physician workforce is nearing retirement age, and there are growing concerns about physician burnout, the report said. The financial fallout from the pandemic led to more worries. In another July 2020 survey, the Physicians Foundation found that 8% of doctors have closed their practices in 2020, which amounts to roughly 16,000 practices. The survey found that another 4% expected to close their practice within 12 months. The same survey found that 72% of doctors had a reduction in income due to COVID-19. By December, a different report from the Larry Green Center and Primary Care Collaborative found that 52% of practices said payments were "worse" than in spring 2020. "Primary care, the foundation of our fragile health system, is on the verge of collapse," the authors of that report wrote. Altman said the health care system's fee-for-service payment model "aligns incentives in the wrong way." Doctors are paid by insurance companies based on productivity, such as the number of patients seen in the office or procedures performed. He instead supports a model providing monthly payments for doctors per patient. This would help primary care offices invest in services that have not traditionally been paid for by health insurance such as telehealth, counseling, health coaching, home visits and other important components of care. Telehealth options that became more po[CENSORED]r during the pandemic are here to stay, Altman said. "If you're looking for a new doctor, you should really make sure that they're offering telehealth, and most are." However, different insurance carriers have different sets of payment rules for visits that are telehealth versus in-person, Altman said. Massachusetts has a state law that keeps them the same for two more years, though Altman added that does not apply for patients with national health insurance carriers. The health insurance payment maze makes it challenging to figure out the right way to run a business, he said. "But what most doctors have done is focus on taking care of their patients as best as they can." Bacani-McKenney said she didn't take a salary for about the first month of the pandemic as her practice figured out how they were going to safely operate. A Payment Protection Program loan helped the business with 14 employees stay afloat until they were able to start seeing patients again. She encouraged people who have lost their primary care doctor to begin looking for a new one as soon as possible, even if just to begin with a telehealth visit. A good doctor will want to know about a patient's medical and personal history, Bacani-McKenney said. "We really need doctors to focus on the social determinants of health, someone who is aware that health is more than just medications and a diagnosis," she said. "Your doctor should take time to know you well from the very beginning so they can care for you as best as they can." American Heart Association News covers heart and brain health. Not all views expressed in this story reflect the official position of the American Heart Association. Copyright is owned or held by the American Heart Association, Inc., and all rights are reserved. If you have questions or comments about this story, please email editor@heart.org. By Genaro C. Armas

Although Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) will be supported for the life of Windows 10, more and more online services have stopped or will soon stop supporting Microsoft's legacy browser. In an update to the Google Workspace blog, the search giant reminded both end users and IT admins that Workspace apps including Docs, Sheets and Slides will no longer support IE11 beginning on March 15. We've built a list of the best browsers available today These are the best endpoint protection software solutions Also check out our roundup of the best anonymous browsers Google isn't the only company ending support for IE11 though as last November, Microsoft ended support for the Teams web app in the browser while announcing that Office 365 apps would no longer be supported from August 17 of this year.Ending IE11 support In its blog post, Google recommends that Workspace users make the switch to a supported browser such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari or Microsoft Edge in order to continue using its web apps. The end of support for IE11 in Workspace will affect users of Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, and Enterprise Plus, as well as G Suite Basic, Business, Education, Enterprise for Education, and Nonprofits customers, which is why Google is warning users about the upcoming change. For those that didn't see its blog post though, the company has begun showing a banner alert to Workspace users in IE11 telling them they'll need to upgrade their browser by March 15 to continue using its services. While users could switch to Chrome or Firefox, Microsoft has made a number of advancements to Chromium-based Edge since its initial release in 2019 and the browser now really feels like a modern replacement of IE11. We've also featured the best VPN

Intel will soon be expanding its 11th Gen Tiger Lake portfolio of notebook CPUs with high-end 8 core offerings to tackle AMD's Cezanne lineup. The Intel Tiger Lake-H lineup would be split into two segments, the 35W parts which will be quad cores only while the 45W variants will feature more up to 8 cores. Intel's 11th Gen Tiger Lake-H Core i9, Core i7, And Core i5 Enthusiast Notebooks Listed Online, Core i9-11980HK Flagship To Feature 8 Cores The listings were spotted by Momomo_US and include three Intel Tiger Lake-H (45W) CPUs. All models are featured in Lenovo's upcoming Legion notebooks which will come in various CPU / graphics configurations. The main competitor for these laptops will be AMD's Ryzen 5000H CPU lineup codenamed Cezanne which launched a while back and offers up to 8 cores & 16 threads based on the Zen 3 core architectur Starting with the top model, we have the Lenovo Legion 7 16" laptop which will feature the Intel Core i9-11980HK flagship. This CPU will come with 8 cores and 16 threads while its base and boost clock speeds are set at 2.6 GHz / 5.0 GHz, respectively. The configuration features 32 GB of DDR4 memory, 1 TB of storage, and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card. This is followed by the Lenovo Legion 5 17.3" laptop which will feature the Core i7-11800H. The CPU will also feature 8 cores and 16 threads with clock speeds rated at 2.4 GHz base and 4.6 GHz boost. There's also the Core i9-11900H which will feature a similar core configuration but higher clocks of 2.5 GHz base and 4.9 GHz boost. The laptop is configured with 16 GB of DDR4 memory, 512 GB of storage, and NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 3060 graphics card. Lastly, we have the Lenovo Legion 5 15.6" with the Intel Core i5-11400H. This CPU will come with 6 cores and 12 threads. The clock speeds will be rated at 2.7 GHz base and 4.5 GHz boost while the laptop itself packs 8 GB of DDR4 memory, 512 GB storage, and the option to either select from an NVIDIA discrete graphics chip or Intel Iris Xe Max GPU. All four CPUs will feature a base TDP of 45W but will be configurable by OEMs while the higher-end HK variants will support overclocking. Their prices, however, as mentioned by the retailer, are not up to date and are just placeholders till we get close to the official launch which is set around late Q2 2021. The high-performance 10nm Intel Tiger Lake-H lineup would consist of up to 8 core and 16 thread chips based on the new Willow Cove architecture. The CPUs would carry up to 34 MB of cache that's 24 MB L3 (3 MB L3 per core) and 10 MB L2 (1.25 MB per core). Tiger Lake CPUs will come with an asymmetrical 48/32 KB L1 cache and will fully support AVX2 & AVX-512 instructions. Tiger Lake-H CPUs would additionally feature Two-Level Memory (2LM) and SGX (Software Guard Extensions). Intel's Tiger Lake-H family would support DDR4 speeds up to 3200 MHz. There will also be up to 20 PCIe Gen 4.0 lanes on the Tiger Lake-H chips which will be a definite advantage over AMD's Ryzen notebook lineup.

Electronic Arts announced in February 2020 that after seven years in the hands of developer Ghost Games, the Need for Speed series was being moved back to Criterion, which would take the series "into the next generation." During EA's November 2020 earnings call, the company said that the new game would be released sometime during its 2022 fiscal year, putting it somewhere between April 1, 2021, and the same date in 2022. That situation has now changed, however, as chief studio officer Laura Miele told Polygon that the next Need for Speed has been delayed by a year, and that Criterion has been moved to support the development of Battlefield 6, which has apparently been slowed by the COVID-19 pandemic. "[Battlefield] is shaping up great, the team has been working incredibly hard, they pushed hard last year, and yes, we have been working from home," Miele said. "And it’s hard; it’s hard to make games from home, and the [EA DICE] team is fatigued a bit." "We have a great game and some incredible potential with this game. We’re playing to win; we’re playing to put a great Battlefield game out in the market." Criterion's move from a racer to a shooter is a better fit than it might first seem. The studio is probably best know for racing games—it also created the Burnout series of racing games—but since co-developing Need for Speed Rivals with Ghost Games in 2013, it's backed up EA DICE on Star Wars Battlefront and Battlefront 2, and Battlefield 5. EA is also now the proud owner of another racing game specialist, Codemasters, which will presumably release a new addition to its annual F1 series this year (it hasn't missed a year since 2009). That gives EA a presence in the racing genre even without a new Need for Speed. Miele also emphasized that there is no plan to either cancel the Need for Speed series, or hand it over to Codemasters. "[Criterion] own the Need for Speed franchise; that’s why they managed the remaster," she said. "Anything that’s happening within the Need for Speed brand, they are responsible for, or things come through them to ensure that they’re on board with it."The delay of the new Need for Speed means that we can now look forward to it happening sometime after April 1, 2022—quite some time off. As for Battlefield 6, or whatever it ultimately ends up being called, it's currently slated to arrive sometime before the end of this year. A setting hasn't been revealed yet, but it promises a "never-before-seen scale," although it's not clear whether that means map size, player counts, or possibly both. We expect to learn more about the game in early summer.Andy covers the day-to-day happenings in the big, wide world of PC gaming—the stuff we call "news." In his off hours, he wishes he had time to play the 80-hour RPGs and immersive sims he used to love so much.

NEW DELHI: Car and tractor makers are likely to report a strong set of auto sales numbers in February, but growth in two-wheeler sales may not be as strong despite a low base. Analysts said that the rising fuel cost may increase cost of ownership, while suggesting that hike in vehicle prices in January were insufficient to compensate for rising raw material cost which could lead to margin pressure for automakers in the March quarter. Emkay Global expects personal vehicle (PV) industry growth at 15 per cent, with Tata Motors' domestic volumes soaring 101 per cent and Mahindra & Mahindra's 29 per cent on a low base, thanks supply issues a year-ago. The brokerage pegs Maruti's sales growth at 7 per cent. Maruti Suzuki is seen to report a further fall in market share to to 47.5 per cent in February compared with 49 per cent in December quarter and 53 per cent in February last year, Nomura India said. In case of two-wheelers, Emkay expects a mixed bag, with volume growth for TVS likely at 9 per cent, Eicher Motors' Royal Enfield's at 8 per cent and Bajaj Auto's at 4 per cent. Hero MotoCorp is seen reporting a negative 4 per cent growth in sales. In the tractor segment, domestic volumes are seen growing 28 per cent for Mahindra & Mahindra and 27 per cent for Escorts. In the commercial vehicle segment, domestic commercial vehicle volumes are expected to grow at 22 per cent for Ashok Leyland and 9 per cent for Tata Motors, while decline of 9 per cent for M&M due to supply issues. "MHCV demand has been improving on strong Tipper/ICV demand and a gradual recovery in replacement demand as well," Emkay said.

The fedora Humphrey Bogart wore in Casablanca may have secured Borsalinos place in fashion and cinematic history but it will be something like the cow-print bucket hat that will help ensure its future. The storied Italian hat-maker still makes its felt hats by hand in a Piedmont region factory using the same artisanal techniques from when the company was founded in 1857 and some of founder Giuseppe Borsalinos original machinery It is updating its offerings for next fall and winter with a focus on customisation and youth-trends. The new collection displayed during Milan Fashion Week takes inspiration from the Arts Crafts design movement in mid-19th century Britain Hat pins with leaf and floral motifs allow women to uniquely shape the hats to take up an oversized brim say or to create an elegant fold in the crown. A leopard fedora can be paired with a long chain to wear over the shoulder when going in and out of shops while a clochard has an optional leather corset. “You cannot change a hat so much,” Giacomo Santucci Borsalinos creative curator said. “You can change the attitude of the hat.” Unisex styles including baseball caps berets and bucket hats come in updated new materials including a spotted cow print black patent leather and rainproof nylon Such genderless looks are becoming an increasingly important part of the collection Santucci said. “The hat is no longer a tool to cover yourself but to discover yourself,” he told The Associated Press. The company which relaunched three years ago was in the process of scaling up production from 150000 hats a year to a goal of half a million when the pandemic hit. “To be honest it is such a small company in a way it is very simple to react,” said Santucci who is also the current president of the Italian Chamber of Buyers “The smaller you are the more reactive and prompt.” Beyond new styles that means getting people talking Santucci who was Gucci CEO during the Tom Ford era created a new film for this season featuring Milanese women who chose hats to match their styles striding through the center of the city Last seasons film featured dancers from Alessandria site of the original Borsalino factory dancing through the factory floor. “My strong belief is that fashion is becoming more and more a discussion,” Santucci said New social media platforms like Clubhouse are giving people the chance to create a limited and select group to discuss relevant topics which Santucci said has been key during the isolation imposed by the pandemic. He also has pursued collaborations with ready to wear brands including Borsalino X Valentino. “Brands are changing It is getting closer to entertainment to give people the chance to engage with the brand to understand it better Not only to understand what was done in the past but to really interact and to have the chance to be part of the same community,” Santucci said. For more lifestyle news, follow us: Twitter: lifestyle_ie | Facebook: IE Lifestyle | Instagram: ie_lifestyle

Cactus League games begin tomorrow! Or today depending when you’re reading this! The Oakland A’s open their spring schedule against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday, Feb. 28, at 12:05 p.m. PT. Before the action gets going, here’s all the latest news out of A’s spring camp. Montas and Barrera arrive Two members of the club were delayed in their arrivals, but both are now in Arizona. Starter Frankie Montas had to wait after testing positive or coronavirus and experiencing symptoms, and he was placed on the COVID-19 related injured list. Now he’s cleared to join camp and has done so, reports Matt Kawahara of the S.F. Chronicle. Montas has begun throwing and “feels fine, will be on same schedule as everyone else, he’ll just be a bit behind,” adds Alex Coffey of The Athletic. Montas still must be activated from the IL at some point, and when that happens the A’s will need to make a corresponding move to clear a spot for him on the 40-man roster. Meanwhile, outfield prospect Luis Barrera was held back due to visa issues, but they’ve been resolved and he’s in Arizona for intake testing, per insider Martin Gallegos. Starting rotation, schedule notes, TV broadcasts The A’s first four Cactus League games are Sunday through Wednesday, against the Dodgers, Reds, Brewers, and Rockies. Oakland will put the following starters on the mound for those contests, reports Shayna Rubin of the Mercury News: Sun (vs. LAD): Daulton Jefferies Mon (vs. CIN): Grant Holmes Tue (@ MIL): Parker Dunshee Wed (@ COL): Cole Irvin Jefferies and Holmes both made the Top 10 of our latest Community Prospect List, and they’re both on the 40-man roster. Dunshee is in the running to make the Top 30 of the CPL (No. 29 last year). Irvin was acquired over the offseason and is on the 40-man. Of course, “starting” in early Cactus League games doesn’t mean much, as nobody will likely go more than a couple innings yet. But the first pitch of 2021 A’s baseball will be made by Jefferies. Better yet, you might be able to watch him throw that pitch on Sunday. According to the current listings on my TV, the A’s vs. Dodgers opening game will be on MLB Network at 1 p.m. PT (which would mean a one-hour delay). And that might not be the last time. All Angels spring games will be televised, which means when the A’s play them it should be available on MLB Network, points out Melissa Lockard of The Athletic. Oakland plays the Halos on Friday, and then again on March 20, and the Dodgers again on March 26. Click here to see the A’s full spring schedule. Another detail regarding these four games is that they’ll only go seven innings apiece, reports Gallegos. (Hot take: I like it, as long as it’s just the first few games. Sometimes the early spring games go on too long anyway, and these are just loose warmups not strict or meaningful affairs.) One more fun fact: When the A’s face the Dodgers on Sunday, they’ll go against starter Mike Kickham, who made his MLB debut against Oakland in 2013 as a member of the Giants, via A’s radio voice Vince Cotroneo. Among the hitters Kickham will see are Elvis Andrus, Ramon Laureano, Mark Canha, and Mitch Moreland, reports Kawahara. Manaea and Puk A pair of lefties, who have both dealt with their share of injuries lately, are feeling great. Sean Manaea is working on the mental side of the game with a mental performance coach this spring, reports Gallegos. The southpaw also did a new training regimen over the winter to target some specific muscles, explains Gallegos in his full writeup — after reading that story, you’ll leave you with the distinct impression that Manaea is in the best shape of his life. A few odds and ends and links, beginning with an early injury. OF Ka’ai Tom is “dealing with an oblique issue” and is expected to miss the first week of games, per Kawahara. Tom is a Rule 5 draft pick, so he must make the Opening Day roster to stay in the organization (though he can also stay if he opens the season on the injured list). He ranks No. 15 on our Community Prospect List. Per Gallegos: “Ramón Laureano said he’s been talking a lot with Elvis Andrus about stealing bases. Says the whole time is excited to learn from the veteran shortstop.” As for why Laser isn’t talking to annual camp attendee Rickey Henderson about stealing bases, that’s because the Man Of Steal (and other usual advisers like Dave Stewart) can’t be there due to COVID restrictions, notes Gallegos. New A’s catcher Aramis Garcia learned his strong pitch-framing skills from Yasmani Grandal, according to this story by Coffey (paywall). Interesting note from Coffey: “General Manager David Forst said that if García hadn’t missed the 2020 season after having surgery on his right hip labrum, he likely would’ve been the Rangers starting catcher.” Kawahara: A’s ‘excited’ to play in front of fans again at Hohokam Stadium ($) Kawahara: A’s spring training observations: Clubhouse leadership will be a group effort ($) Kawahara: A’s spring training observations: Batting leadoff ... Mark Canha? ($) Kawahara: A’s spring training observations: Left-handers, young hitters impress ($) Kawahara: At Giants and A’s spring training, ‘weird’ is just the new normal ($) A’s Plus podcast: Matt Kawahara and Susan Slusser talk spring training Kleinschmidt (NBCS): Lowrie fully embracing underdog role for A’s roster spot Woo (NBCS): Six under-the-radar A’s players to watch during spring training games Gallegos: Soderstrom seeks ‘good impression’ with A’s As for that last link, here’s some video to go along with it, of top A’s hitting prospect Tyler Soderstrom.

Two years ago, KKR sunk hundreds of millions into a software company. Based on my interview with the software company’s CEO, I would not be surprised to see it go public. The company in question is Rochester, Mich.-based OneStream Software which supports a cloud-based platform that helps companies close their books accurately and do planning, budgeting, forecasting and analysis. In February 2019, KKR invested over $500 million in OneStream, valuing the company at over $1 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. After my February 11 interview with CEO, Tom Shea, I concluded that OneStream is on a glide path to an IPO. Here are three reasons this is one to watch: Clear demand for its services Successful IPOs of peer companies OneStream’s focus on delighting every customer KKR’s Investment In OneStream OneStream is majority owned by KKR. OneStream sought feedback from potential investors and concluded that KKR was the best one. As Shea told me, “We hired Wells Fargo WFC -3.7% to see if [potential investors thought] we could be a good public company as we approached the $100 million mark. We talked to 10 investors and got four offers in the $1 billion range. We chose an offer from KKR because it could use its balance sheet more strategically. There would be no debt and the KKR Global Institute could help us win government customers.” KKR’s majority stake in OneStream was secured with a more than $500 million investment through KKR’s private-equity and growth-equity funds. According to the Journal, up until its February 2019, OneStream had self-financed. MORE FOR YOU Buy Churchill Capital IV (CCIV) On $12B Lucid Motors Merge Report Why Amazon Can’t Beat Shopify AMC In More Danger On Warner’s Bid To Boost HBO Max OneStream’s rapid growth sprang from the way its platform simplifies reporting and planning for financial executives by tying together separate accounting systems. In 2018, OneStream grew its revenue by 137% and expanded its customer base by 66%. Shea told the Journal that its platform “enables finance professionals to complete reporting and planning tasks from a single platform.” Evidence of Demand For Corporate Performance Management Corporate performance management software is a large market growing modestly. According to Statista, 2020 revenue was about $4 billion and by 2024, the market is expected to grow at a 2.4% compound annual rate to $4.4 billion. Demand for cloud-based performance management services is growing far more rapidly — at a 16.5% annual rate — than on-premises software’s 3.7% growth rate, according to IDC. Large enterprise software companies have entered this industry through acquisition. For example, Oracle acquired Hyperion for $3.3 billion in March 2007 — which had previously acquired UpStream Software, a company that Shea ran, in January 2006. SAP bought another rival, Business Objects for $6.8 billion in October 2007. Meanwhile, the Journal cited Anaplan, a business performance management platform provider, about which I wrote in July 2018 and Workiva, a financial reporting software provider — as rivals to OneStream. These publicly-traded competitors provide evidence that there is sizable pie worth fighting over here. Anaplan And Workiva Growing Fast Although Shea told me that Anaplan — which he views as a point product — does not offer the integrated platform that customers so value from OneStream, its rapid growth and considerable returns to investors could foreshadow the opportunity available to investors should OneStream go public. Back in July 2018 — three months before its IPO — CEO Frank Calderoni told me that Anaplan had enjoyed very rapid growth the year before. As he said, in its fiscal year ending January 2017, Anaplan had $120 million in revenue, was growing at 75%, added 250 customers for a total of 700, employed over 700 people in 16 offices in 12 countries, had raised a total of $240 million in capital, and generated good cash flow. That was enough for Anaplan to go public. Since then its stock price has soared and its revenues have increased quickly. More specifically, Anaplan stock has risen at a 66% average annual rate to about $79.45. Meanwhile, its revenues have increased at a 42% average annual rate over the last three years to $348 million, according to Morningstar. Workiva has also rewarded investors — though not quite as well. Since its December 2014 IPO, Workiva shares have risen at a 39% average annual rate to $105. Meanwhile, its revenues have increased at a 19% average annual rate over the last three years to $352 million, according to Morningstar. OneStream seems to be growing faster while its revenues — Shea did not share them — seem to be in the same ballpark. As Shea said, “Our goal is to grow 100% — we grow or die. We want every customer to be willing to serve as a reference [for potential customers.]” OneStream expects 2020 to exceed its “great” 2019 results. As Shea said, “When Covid hit on March 8. 2020 it was stark. We realized all our plans were useless. We had to close the books every day. Slowly over time demand came back. Companies needed to eliminate non value-added work. We ended up beating our pre-Covid budget by a good amount.” OneStream provided some hints of how fast it’s growing last month. According to a press release, its fourth quarter 2020 bookings increase 67% from the year before and 2020 ARR popped 85%. OneStream’s customer based increased 40% last year to over 650 enterprises — including “The Timken Company TKR -0.7%, Ingram Micro IM 0.0%, Costco, U.S. Steel, Hillenbrand, Chemours and The Downer Group,” noted the press release. OneStream’s Focus on Delighting Customers How has OneStream been able to grow enough to attract so much capital from KKR? I was surprised to learn that he credited my 2019 book, Scaling Your Startup, with helping OneStream to “do the right thing to scale.” He might have been referring to the idea I described in the first stage of scaling — to work closely with a company that is an early adopter to make sure they love the product and will happily serve as a reference. Before getting into that, Shea has big company work experience but the heart and mind of an entrepreneur. As he told me, “Coding is my passion. I sold my first software program at 22. While I originally aspired to be CFO of a Fortune 500 company, maybe I should have started as an entrepreneur.” He started another company in 2000. As he said, “I started a company with friends. We were successful with every customer each of which became references. We were cash flow positive, never took investment from outside because we did not want to compromise our mission. We sold it in 2006 to Hyperion which was acquired by Oracle ORCL -1.2%.” After staying with the company, he left to start OneStream in 2010 aiming to fix the problems that diverse accounting systems presented for financial executives trying to close their books, plan, budget, forecast, and analyze accounting data. As he said, “Hyperion was successful at addressing ERP software. We were babysitting non-integrated SAP SAP -0.3% components — correcting things that weren’t integrated. Our product was on top of ERP systems providing information for decision making — financial reporting, planning, account reconciliation, tax. How do I understand each individual one better and present it in a more consumable format?” Shea was inspired by the iPhone. “I was impressed by the way the iPhone worked. I previously used a Blackberry and the iPhone had it all in one — a flashlight, camera, and music player. We helped find new patterns and changed how the CFO can help all stakeholders and enable the company to continue to grow. Closing books every day has enabled CFOs and companies to think differently,” he said. OneStream spent years getting the right product before it started adding customers. “From 2010 to 2012, we fit the product to the market. Is it viable to make one product that solves all the problems? In 2012 we got a first customer with 1,000 users in 60 currencies. It was a public company and the numbers had to be right. By 2015 we had 10 customers. We had a 60% growth rate over the entire lifecycle. We broke even after two years — became profitable without using debt.” Between 2010 and 2020 we made the transition to software as a service in the cloud. With an annual recurring revenue (ARR) model we faced capital pressure. We modulated as we worked to $100 million in revenue. In 2018 we went to sponsors to see how they viewed the business. They saw we were hyper-focused on product/market fit, we had a strong culture, we were not afraid to hire go-to-market people. We got people in the top five percent of every functional area. We sped up customer’s time to value. By 2018, OneStream had some big companies as customers. These included UPS, Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Post Holdings POST -0.8%, Fruit of the Loom and The Carlyle Group. It was reaching the $100 million level it needed to go public — but Shea wanted the company to reach $500 million in revenue, according to Crane’s Detroit Business. KKR has helped OneStream in more ways than just providing capital. As he told Crane’s, the deal helped the company hire Bill Koefoed as CFO in November 2019 with a background at Microsoft MSFT +1.5% and other big technology firms. By December 2019, OneStream’s employee base had scaled from 250 that February to 420. Shea also expected to win government business thanks to KKR Global Institute. That’s because David Petraeus, a retired U.S. Army general and former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, joined OneStream’s board after the KKR deal closed. One thing seems clear: OneStream’s focus on keeping customers happy is helping it succeed. According to Gartner IT +0.7%, one of its customers wrote in June 2020, OneStream offers "an outstanding product! Genuine commitment to product development, customer satisfaction." What does the future hold for OneStream? ”An IPO is a logical outcome,” said Shea.

If you are waiting on news of Intel's upcoming Rocket Lake processors then I have something for you today. One of our sources provided us with the complete technical specifications of Intel's upcoming Core i9 and Core i7 Rocket Lake family. Intel's Rocket Lake architecture represents the first significant architectural upgrade in over 6 years and will feature PCIe 4.0. It will finally allow Intel to achieve parity with AMD's PCIe 4.0 equipped Zen platform as well as a massive IPC boost over Skylake. Intel Rocket Lake Core i7 and Core i9 CPU lineup with final turbo boost frequencies Before I begin, keep in mind that the B-0 stepping is essentially the QS sample and while this revision is usually final, Intel may decide to polish these some more. In that case, the final variant could potentially be better than this - but not worse. The company's flagship Rocket Lake CPU, the Core i9 11900K will be able to boost to an astounding 5.3GHz single-core and 4.8GHz all-core thanks to Intel's incredibly mature 14nm process. Combined with the IPC increase we are seeing, this should put an incredible amount of competitive pressure on AMD's Zen 3 lineup. While we aren't making any claims yet, I would not be surprised if Intel retakes the performance crown from AMD in 2021. Without any further ado, here is the Core i7 and Core i9 lineup: Intel is preparing a total of 10 SKUs in the Core i7 and Core i9 families for launch (at least in the near future). TDPs range from a measly 25W all the way up to 125W. Depending on whether you prefer energy efficiency or raw performance, there is ample variety for everyone. Intel's flagship processor, the Intel Core i9 11900K has an incredible single-core boost of 5.3 GHz coupled with an all-core of 4.8 GHz. These will be super-binned chips that have been qualified to perform at this speed and will be shipped en masse. Considering this is 14nm, the availability of these SKUs should be very good. There are also Core i9 11900KF, Core i9 11900T, Core i9 11900 and Core i9 11900F flavors in this family. Intel has even managed to provide an all-core boost of 3.7GHz in 35W TDP with the Core i9 11900T. [caution: opinion] I personally expect the Core i9 series to outperform Zen 3 based offerings from AMD. [/opinion]. For the Core i7 parts, all core boost will be around 4.6 GHz while the single-core boost will be 5.0 GHz. These are lower binned variants that will be much cheaper than the Core i9 parts. They will still offer the 18% IPC increase over last generation (skylake-based uArch) and PCIe 4.0 with the one thing that probably matters the most right now: supply. With TSMC bottlenecked, Intel has a real chance to gain market share if they can ship Rocket Lake in volume. Considering its based on 14nm - we see no reason why they would not be able to just that. Based on leaked benchmarks, we expect the Core i7 family to perform just slightly worse than AMD's Zen 3 based offerings / achieve parity in some cases. Rocket Lake is shaping up to be the most exciting offering from Intel in almost 6+ years. With the maturity of the 14nm and readily available volume, the company might just succeed in selling its "process-decoupled" philosophy. Unlike GPUs, which are dependant on more than one supply constraint (memory/materials etc), CPUs are primarily dependant on the foundry - and with Intel Foundries perfectly tooled for 14nm - this is their chance to recapture some of that lost market share.

Today in news stories I expected to write several years ago, there's an upcoming crowdfunding campaign for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - The Boardgame. Imagine that! There are basically no details at this time, though you can sign up on the game's funding page to be notified of new developments as they emerge. It's billed as "an epic co-operative board game of adventure across Skyrim for 1-4 players." The game will be available as a preview on tabletop simulator at some point before it 's crowdfunded. If you're not familiar with board game jargon, an adventure board game usually focuses on moving characters from point to point on a map in order to accomplish goals. Things like fights or quests are usually done with one or two dice rolls, and equipment or money is your reward. Players will rack up points, and the person with the most points wins. Expect it to be a bit like an abstract of an entire Skyrim playthrough, rather than the nitty-gritty details. This most predictable of board game adaptations is going to be funded via Gamefound some time in the near future, and it's part of the ongoing partnership between Bethesda and board game and RPG publishers Modiphius. Modiphius previously made miniatures games The Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms and Fallout: Wasteland Warfare, and they're supposed to be publishing tabletop roleplaying games based on Fallout and Dishonored. Jon Bolding is a games writer and critic with an extensive background in strategy games. When he's not on his PC, he can be found playing every tabletop game under the sun.

i will vote for V2 for text and blur .