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Vivo T3 Lite 5G has been launched in India on Thursday. The phone comes with a 50-megapixel dual rear camera unit, an IP64-rated build, and a MediaTek Dimensity 6300 chipset. It appears to be a rebadged version of the Vivo Y28s 5G, which is officially listed on the global company website. The newly launched Vivo T3 Lite 5G joins the existing Vivo T3 5G lineup in the country which includes base and X variants. It is confirmed to go on sale early next month. Vivo T3 Lite 5G price in India, availability The Vivo T3 Lite 5G starts in India at Rs. 10,499 for the 4GB + 128GB option, while the 6GB + 128GB variant is priced at Rs. 11,499. The phone will go on sale in the country on July 4 at 12pm IST via Flipkart, Vivo India website, and select offline retail stores. Vivo also announced that HDFC, ICICI Bank, and Flipkart Axis Credit Card users can get a Rs. 500 instant discount during the purchase of the Vivo T3 Lite 5G. This will bring down the effective starting price of the handset to Rs. 9,999. The Vivo T3 Lite 5G is offered in two colour options - Majestic Black and Vibrant Green. Vivo T3 Lite 5G specifications, features The Vivo T3 Lite 5G sports a 6.56-inch HD+ (1,612 x 720 pixels) LCD screen with a refresh rate of 90Hz and a brightness level of 840nits. It is powered by a 6nm octa-core MediaTek Dimensity 6300 SoC paired with up to 6GB of RAM and 128GB of onboard storage. The RAM can be virtually expanded by an additional 6GB. The phone ships with Android 14-based Funtouch OS 14. For optics, the Vivo T3 Lite 5G is equipped with a dual rear camera unit that includes an AI-backed 50-megapixel primary sensor and a 2-megapixel depth sensor. It gets an 8-megapixel front camera placed within a centred waterdrop notch. The Vivo T3 Lite 5G packs a 5,000mAh battery and comes with an IP64 rating for dust and splash resistance. For security, it has a side-mounted fingerprint sensor. The handset also supports dual 5G connectivity and weighs 185g. https://www.gadgets360.com/mobiles/news/vivo-t3-lite-5g-price-india-launch-sale-date-availability-specifications-features-5980662#pfrom=topstory

Windows 11 just got its latest update, but Microsoft has put it on hold following the discovery of a bug that’s seriously bad news. This is the KB5039302 update, which is an optional download for Windows 11 22H2 and 23H2, so it’s still in preview, ahead of its release as the cumulative update for July 2024 next month. The showstopper of a bug puts affected PCs into what’s known as ‘reboot hell’ whereby the PC keeps failing to start, rebooting, failing again, then rebooting, and so on ad infinitum – well, until the user intervenes and tries to initiative a recovery. (Or in some cases, unplugs their PC out of frustration, no doubt – never do this if you can at all avoid it, we should add, as cutting power at the wrong time can be bad news for your system drive, as it could corrupt files potentially). What’s the root cause here? Well, it appears to have something to do with PCs using virtual machines (running another OS inside the current operating system, essentially). Neowin noticed that in its release health dashboard, where this gremlin has been flagged up, Microsoft tells us: “This issue is more likely to affect devices utilizing virtual machines tools and nested virtualization features, such as CloudPC, DevBox, Azure Virtual Desktop. We are investigating to determine the precise conditions under which this issue can trigger.” While that investigation is taking place, Microsoft has paused this update, so it won’t be offered to Windows 11 home users or businesses. Analysis: Room for doubt Clearly, given that having a PC trapped in a reboot loop is a dire scenario, it’s a good idea that Microsoft has pulled this update until the firm can work out what’s really going on here. This is an optional update anyway, so it’s not like KB5039302 is crucial, or even finished – which is why this flaw is present, no doubt. Although you’d really have hoped Microsoft would have picked up on such a calamitous bug before the final preview release of the update – but at least it’s being fixed now. This also goes to illustrate why it’s always a risk to download an optional update for Windows 11 – we’d recommend steering clear of these in case there is a last-minute showstopper, just like this glitch. Granted, as Microsoft observes: “Users of Windows Home edition are less likely to experience this issue, as virtualization is less common in home environments.” Even so, some Windows 11 Home users will use virtualization features, no doubt, and Microsoft isn’t 100% clear about the bug not affecting other PCs either. The language used is that the problem is “more likely” to hit PCs using virtual machines in some way, leaving room for doubt that it could affect other systems too. This is likely why the update has been retracted, for now, we’d wager. The crucial thing is that Microsoft fixes this one up, or at least pushes the feature or code that’s caused the problem aside, before the full release of the July 2024 cumulative update, clearly enough. https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-pauses-windows-11-update-as-its-sending-some-pcs-into-an-infinite-reboot-hell

Benchmarks for Intel’s next-generation Lunar Lake chips surfaced on BAPCo’s laptop CPU charts, with the results for the 'Core Ultra 7 258V 2.20 GHz' besting the Meteor Lake Core Ultra 5 125H and getting similar performance to AMD’s Ryzen 9 and Ryzen 7 7040 'Phonenix' chips. The Intel Core Ultra 200V processors are expected to arrive in September this year, so many laptop makers are testing and finalizing their products. This process includes benchmark testing, and we’ve also seen some results for the same chip appear on the more po[CENSORED]r Geekbench benchmark. The BAPCo test was run using its CrossMark benchmark, a multi-platform testing app that looks at overall system performance based on real-world usage patterns similar to how actual users drive their PCs on a day-to-day basis. Leaked specs show a P-Core Boost Clock of 4.8 GHz and Base Clock of 2.2 GHz, while its E-Core Boost Clock speed is 3.7 GHz. However, we should note that the 258V is rated for a base TDP of 17W and a max turbo power of 30W. This is comparable to the ultra-low power Meteor Lake chips, like the Core Ultra 7 164U and Core Ultra 5 134U. So, it makes sense for the chip to be outperformed by its older but higher-powered cousins like the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H and up. Nevertheless, it outperforms the Core Ultra 5 125H, despite the latter being rated for 28 to 115W TDP. We should also reiterate the known fact that Lunar Lake chips will ditch Hyper-Threading technology to make its chips more power-efficient for thin-and-light laptops. Rumors indicate that the Core Ultra 7 258V will only have four P-Cores and four E-Cores, for a total of eight cores and eight threads. That means it will have fewer cores and threads than the Core Ultra 5 125H, which has four P-Cores (eight threads) and eight E-Cores. Remember, these are benchmark results of laptops that are still under engineering development. While these numbers are indicative of how the chip could perform, note that actual performance is subject to change, depending on how well the manufacturer optimizes hardware/software for the final product. Furthermore, different laptop models will likely have some minor differences. If you’re raring to get Intel’s latest and take advantage of Lunar Lake’s IPC gains, you should at least wait for laptop reviews to come out, like our Copilot+ PC launch testing live blog. That way, you know what you’re diving into and can avoid nasty surprises when you boot up your new computer. https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/intel-core-ultra-7-258v-mobile-processor-matches-top-ryzen-7-phoenix-in-bapco-performance-charts

Update 6/25/2024: As incredible as the 1954 Corvette Corvair recreation is, it has had a troubled auction history since we profiled it ahead of Dana Mecum's 35th Original Spring Classic Auction in Indianapolis in 2022. At that event, it was a no-sale, bidding only to $60,000. More recently, in May 2023, it bid to $101,000 at the auction website Clasiq, and was also a no-sale. We'll continue to monitor its saga and update this piece if and when the Corvette Corvair actually sells—and for what price. The idea of concept cars (or the concept of idea cars?) has been around a long time. A concept car is a great way to gauge people's reaction to new and sometimes revolutionary car designs, which was even truer before the advent of the internet. And, after all, it's a lot cheaper to build a few than to commit to a full production year of a car that may turn out to be a dud. What Happens to Concept Cars When They Are Done Being Shown-Off? Sadly, most concept cars are lost. Why? Well, since most don't carry real VIN numbers, they can't be sold or even driven on the roads. So, once their jobs are done the manufactures have to either pay to store them or just send them to the crusher after being stripped of any useful bits. Some manage to survive due to sneaky employees, and some notable ones have been put into the historic collections of manufacturers, but typically they just cease to exist. Such was the case with the original 1954 Corvette Corvair concept cars. It seems that five (a number open to debate) were built by GM to show off the fastback body style, and the first one was unveiled at the 1954 Motorama Show held at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. GM loved to do variations of their new Corvette, including a convertible, a sporty fastback, and a sweet two-door station wagon. Most just faded away, although the station wagon ultimately morphed into a full-size ride called the Nomad. The fastback body style shown here carried on, but was produced as an entirely different car than the one with four seats, rear-mounted engine, and futuristic design that you see here, called the Corvair (a portmanteau of "Corvette" and "Bel Air"). This particular 1954 Corvette was hand built to replicate the Motorama Corvair coupe, and was constructed by Brett Henderson of Blue Flame Restorations, with every effort taken to faithfully replicate the concept car. It's fitted with an original 1956 rearend and a set of AC Delco shocks, as well as original 1954 front suspension and steering parts. Front disc brakes help it stop more assuredly, while the 265ci (4.3-liter) V-8 engine is fed by a Holley four-barrel carburetor and is backed by a 700R four-speed automatic transmission linked to a two-speed Powerglide shifter. The 15-inch steel wheels are wrapped with a period-correct set of Firestone whitewall tires, lending it even more period-correct originality. Finished in a fresh coat of Crystal Red, the interior uses custom-designed Al Knoch bucket seats, custom window glass, gauges from a 1956 installed in the factory 1954 dashboard, and more. Entered into the 2015 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance, the car was also named a personal favorite by legendary custom car builder George Barris at the Corvette Funfest, also in 2015. Why Didn't GM Ever Produce the Corvette Corvair? When the 1953 Corvette was released to the public, its styling and fiberglass construction were groundbreaking, but just 300 were sold. It looked amazing, but compared to the sports cars coming out of Europe, competitive performance was sadly missing from the mix, partly due to the Blue Flame inline-six-cylinder engine and two-speed Powerglide automatic transmission. With no manual transmission to compete with German, Italian, and British offerings, the Corvette wasn't a viable choice for many. As such, sales were lackluster, and Chevrolet was considering killing off the Corvette. Enter Zora Arkus-Duntov (remember himand hisArdun flathead Ford OHV engine kit?). Zora knew a few things about performance and had grand ideas about adding V-8 engines and manual transmissions to the Corvette so it could better-compete in the sports car segment. However, his rescue of the Corvette didn't happen fast enough to save the Corvette Corvair design, and the concept cars were sent into oblivion. The red one replicated here vanished right after the Motorama show, and a Seafoam Green version (some say it was in fact the same car, repainted) was shown around the country before pulling the same disappearing act. This faithful recreation of the iconic 1954 Motorama Corvair is being sold at Dana Mecum's 35th Original Spring Classic Auction in Indianapolis, May 13-21. To find out more about this vehicle, or become a bidder at the 2022 Mecum Auctions event in Indy, head to its listing as Lot S271. The Corvair is scheduled to head to the auction block Saturday, May 21; be sure to sign up to MotorTrend+ for a free trial to catch all the action from Indy! 1954 Chevrolet Corvette Corvair Concept Replica Mecum Highlights Hand built by Brett Henderson of Blue Flame Restorations, with every effort taken to faithfully replicate the original GM Motorama concept car 265ci V-8 engine Holley four-barrel carburetor 700R four-speed automatic transmission linked to a two-speed Powerglide shifter 15-inch steel wheels Period-correct Firestone whitewalls Fresh paint Entered into the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance in March 2015 Original 1956 rearend and AC Delco shocks Original 1954 front suspension and steering parts Front disc brakes Gauges from a 1956 model were laid into the factory 1954 dash Custom-designed Al Knoch bucket seats Custom window glass Named a personal favorite by legendary custom car builder George Barris at the Corvette Funfest in 2015 Watch a Full Episode of Roadkill! '85 C4 Corvette-Kart vs. '14 Lingenfelter C7! On episode 35 ofRoadkill, David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan hack the entire body off a C4 Corvette, cage it, and call it a race car! The guys then fulfill a dream that began a long time ago when they first wrote the "Vette Hack" article for HOT ROD, slicing 900 pounds of ugly fiberglass off of a 1985 Corvette to prove that it would handle better in the autocross. Then see what happens when they race the Vette Kart against a 2014 Corvette upgraded by Lingenfelter https://www.motortrend.com/news/1954-chevrolet-corvette-corvair-concept-mecum-auctions/

Legendary former Arsenal and France striker Thierry Henry is one of the names being considered to succeed Rob Page as Wales manager. Henry, who has managed Monaco and Montreal Impact, is in charge of France’s Under-21 side and is preparing to lead his country’s Olympic team in the Games in Paris next month. The 46-year-old has a connection to Wales, having studied for his coaching badges with the Football Association of Wales (FAW). The FAW sacked Page last Friday after three-and-a-half years in charge following Wales’ failure to qualify for Euro 2024. The governing body plans to take its time in appointing a successor, with no fixture for Wales until they begin their Nations League campaign at home against Turkey in September. Some FAW bosses are keen to hire a big name, as they did when they appointed former Wales and Manchester United captain Ryan Giggs in 2018. Henry would be an even higher-profile appointment, given he is one of his generation’s greatest players and remains prominent as a television pundit as well as France's Under-21 coach. The FAW would not be able to offer Henry as large a salary as some other national associations but, as he would be able to maintain his lucrative media and sponsorship work if he was Wales manager, the governing body believes its financial constraints would not necessarily prevent a deal from happening. It was a similar case when Giggs was in charge, with the former winger dividing his time between various business and commercial interests as well as his managerial duties. Henry had a stellar playing career, winning two Premier League titles, two FA Cups and a host of individual honours during a prolific period at Arsenal that saw him became the club’s all-time leading scorer. He also won two La Liga titles and the Champions League with Barcelona before embarking on a coaching career that has seen him serve as an assistant to teams such as Belgium as well as managing in his own right. Speaking on BBC Wales’ Elis James' Feast of Football podcast, former Wales striker Robert Earnshaw said: "I spent some time with Thierry on the coaching course a couple of years ago because he was on the Welsh FA course. "He knows [FAW chief football officer] David Adams and the set-up, and he understands Welsh football. The one thing that stood out when I was sat with Thierry was his football brain is brilliant. "With France Under-21s and the Olympic team, he understands young players. He would raise the bar and the level. I don't know whether he would want it. I could see someone like Thierry doing it. His football brain is brilliant, he's so sharp, advanced and has got great ideas." https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/cl44y5ld6myo

Millennials’ taste in home design has become the punchline of Gen Z jokes, as the younger generation mocks the drab, gray decor of their predecessors. But, as it turns out, there’s a psychological reason behind millennials’ fondness for gray — their penchant for “millennial gray,” as it’s called, can be traced back to the home decor of their childhood, experts say. “There was an over-saturation of yellow ‘builder beige’ in the ’90s when most millennials grew up,” Los Angeles interior designer Loren Kreiss, the CEO and creative director of the luxe furniture company Kreiss, told HuffPost. As a result, millennials have, in a sense, become “allergic to warm colors,” he added. “The shades of gray trend really accommodate our desire to move away from the overstimulating chaos of our childhoods and towards a more serene environment,” Ontario-based interior designer Marissa Warner, the owner of The Home Narrative, told the outlet. And, coincidentally, gray is a calming color to a minimalist generation that prioritizes “mindfulness” and craves a “calm and stable environment,” noted Jennifer Chappell Marsh, a marriage and family therapist located in San Diego. “It’s like having one less thing to worry about in a world of uncertainties,” she told HuffPost, adding that a visually “uncluttered house” decorated in “palatable, neutral tones can provide a sense of stability and control.” “Keeping things simple can really help reduce stress and create a sense of order.” Not to mention, gray is gender neutral, which aligns “with more inclusive and non-binary values that many millennial parents and couples support,” she added. Despite the backlash against “millennial gray” — and it’s sister trend “sad beige” — realtors don’t expect the bland color palette to dwindle in the near future. “We are seeing lots of gray and white interiors within new construction and within flips, and millennials still seem to be placing strong offers on those types of homes,” said Gracie Loebs, a realtor in Virginia. Although, Kreiss would argue that a “grandma-core” aesthetic is on the horizon, which he believes “might even be worse.” “Think your grandmother in the English countryside, but hipster: stripes, checkers, and other cheekily ironic and contrived design choices,” he explained. “Everyone wants their house to look like it’s old now.” https://nypost.com/2024/06/25/lifestyle/millennial-gray-is-po[CENSORED]r-for-home-decor-for-this-psychological-reason/

In the end, it was a mixture of diplomacy, politics and law that allowed Julian Assange to take off in a private jet from London's Stansted airport on Monday, bound ultimately for Australia and freedom. The deal that led to his liberty - after seven years of self-imposed confinement and then five years of enforced detention - was months in the making but uncertain to the last. In a statement, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said the possibility of a plea deal "first came to our attention in March". Since then, it had been advising the United States "on the mechanics" of how to get Mr Assange released and to appear before a US federal judge “in accordance with his wishes and those of the US government”. But the origins of the deal – after so many years of deadlock – probably began with the election of a new Australian government in May 2022 that brought to power an administration determined to bring home one of its citizens detained overseas. Anthony Albanese, the new Labor prime minister, said he did not support everything Mr Assange had done but "enough was enough" and it was time for him to be released. He made the case a priority, largely behind closed doors. "Not all foreign affairs is best done with the loud hailer,” he said at the time. Mr Albanese had cross-party support in Australia's parliament too. A delegation of MPs travelled to Washington in September to lobby US Congress directly. The prime minister then raised the issue himself with President Joe Biden at the White House during a state visit in October. This was followed by a parliamentary vote in February when MPs overwhelmingly supported a call to urge the US and the UK to allow Mr Assange back to Australia. They lobbied hard the influential US ambassador to Australia, Caroline Kennedy. A key player was Stephen Smith, who arrived in London as the new Australian High Commissioner in early 2023. Diplomatic sources said he "did a lot of the heavy lifting, making it a personal thing to get this over the line". Mr Smith - who paid an early visit to Mr Assange in Belmarsh prison in April 2023 - was also foreign minister in a former Australian government led by Kevin Rudd, the current ambassador in Washington who was also involved in the negotiations. Simon Jackman, Honorary Professor of US Studies at the University of Sydney, told the BBC there was a "natural inclination" for Australian governments to support the US but public and political sentiment had shifted just enough in both countries to give Mr Albanese “cover” to agitate for Mr Assange's release behind closed doors. Australian ministers even at times compared the detention of Mr Assange to other Australian nationals held as political prisoners by Iran and China. Greg Barns, a barrister and legal adviser to the Australian Assange campaign, said it was the politics that made a difference. "The Albanese government was the first to elevate the matter with the US. And Albanese got support from the opposition. "The treatment [of Assange] stuck in the craw of many Australians. People would ask, 'where’s the public interest in that?'" The legal lifeline Then came the law. On May 20, the High Court in the UK gave Julian Assange a legal lifeline. It ruled that he could bring a new appeal against attempts to have him extradited to stand trial in the US for obtaining and publishing military secrets. At this point, he faced multiple charges under the US espionage act: 17 of publishing official secrets, each of which carried a maximum 10-year prison term, and one of hacking, which was punishable by up to five years. One key part of the judgement was about whether Mr Assange – as an Australian citizen - would be able to use the US constitutional First Amendment right to free speech as a defence. Nick Vamos, former head of extradition at the CPS and head of business crime at the law firm Peters & Peters, said that the May ruling put pressure on both sides to come to the table and complete the deal. He said the ruling potentially allowed Mr Assange to argue that publishing secret US information was protected by the First Amendment, something that could have led to "months if not further years of delays and pressure". "Faced with this uncertainty and further delay, it looks as if the US have dropped the publishing charges in exchange for Mr Assange pleading guilty to hacking and 'time served', finally bringing this saga to end,” he said. Mr Vamos added that Mr Assange's legal team would however have recognised that the First Amendment would have made no difference to the separate charge related to hacking. So even if they eventually saw off the charges relating to the publication of the secret material, there would be no protection against the hacking charges that went alongside them. “Both sides saw the risks and that brought them to the table,” he said. The politics behind the scenes As ever, politics also played a part. The Americans had signalled their willingness to do a deal some time ago. In August last year, Ambassador Kennedy publicly suggested a plea deal could be a resolution to the stand-off, a suggestion ultimately picked up by Mr Assange’s lawyers. And in April, Mr Biden said he was considering a request from Australia to drop the prosecution. US diplomats were keen to protect relations with Australia, with which it had agreed – along with the UK - the so-called Aukus defence and security partnership. The Assange case had been a long-standing irritant in UK-US relations many diplomats were keen to square off. Speculation grew that the Biden administration wanted the issue resolved before the presidential election in November, and some Assange supporters even suggested the US feared a Labour government in the UK would be less willing to agree to his extradition. The White House was quick to say on Tuesday that it had played no part in the details of the plea deal - that was a matter for the Department of Justice. In the end, after all the years of legal and diplomatic dispute, it seems that all sides simply reached a point where they wanted a deal and were willing to compromise to get one. Whitehall sources said the date of the next High Court hearing was fast approaching on July 9 and 10 and both sides knew that if they were to agree a deal, it had to happen now. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c511y42z1p7o

Nexon and Tencent’s Dungeon & Fighter Mobile has had a strong first month in China, raking in $270 million on iOS - more than twice that of Honor of Kings’ earnings in the same period. The new release was China’s most-downloaded game and top revenue earner over its first 30 days, according to Sensor Tower data reported by Bloomberg. It also surpassed its first $100 million in only 10 days, topping revenue growth charts at the time. As a result of this early success, the mobile RPG was partially responsible for Tencent’s 12% rise in mobile games revenue last month. Revenue rise Dungeon & Fighter Mobile is, as its name suggests, a mobile spinoff of Nexon’s 2005 beat ‘em up series Dungeon & Fighter. It released in South Korea in 2022 and Tencent landed the publishing rights for its release in China, but was delayed in doing so by Chinese governmental restrictions. Tencent has since removed Dungeon & Fighter Mobile from Android app stores due to the licence agreement expiring, but even so, the game has seen huge success in the region so far, driven by spending on iOS. It’s good news for Nexon, as only days before launch in China, president and CEO Junghun Lee shared his hopes for Dungeon & Fighter Mobile’s "profoundly positive impact on Nexon’s revenue and profit profile". This was after the company’s revenue declined 32% YoY in China this Q1. With Nexon’s situation looking brighter now, Sensor Tower senior director of Asia-Pacific marketing Nan Lu commented: "Since its release, DnF Mobile has been occupying the top positions for the iOS charts in all categories. This is a very impressive start, and it has been stable as well. The future performance will depend on Tencent’s operations and continuous updates to the game. "Since DnF Mobile can leverage a substantial amount of content already used in its Korean version, we expect the decrease in revenue to be gradual, helping to maintain player interest and prolong po[CENSORED]rity." In total, 15 more overseas licences were granted approval for Chinese launch this May, including Valorant, Mario, and Pokémon games. https://www.pocketgamer.biz/dungeon-and-fighter-mobiles-first-month-of-ios-revenue-was-twice-that-of-honor-of-kings/

Generative AI stands ready to summarize, ideate, assist, and answer almost any question, but the true test of its seemingly unlimited capabilities is whether it can beat the answer OG: YouTube. Spoiler alert: it can't When you become an adult, there are certain skills you can or should learn. Cooking, cleaning your home, grocery shopping, minor home or apartment repairs, and basic car maintenance. As a long-time adult, I can handle most if not all these tasks, even car upkeep. However, there's one task, however that I tackle with trepidation: jumpstarting a car. Weirdly, I've had to do it multiple times in the last year, most recently when my son's car died. Jumpstarting a dead car entails running a pair of unwieldy jumper cables from one fully charged car battery to the flat battery. A typical car battery is 12V, but it has enough amperage to zap you unconscious or worse. Even though I've done this at least a dozen times over the years, I find it hard to tell the positive terminal from the negative terminals (mostly because car batteries are so dirty you usually can't see plus or minus labels or the terminal color coding). More importantly, one jumper clamp should not be attached to the terminal and instead, for safety, should be clamped onto some metal part of the dead car as a ground. Since my memory is faulty and this is an inherently dangerous task (these acid-filled batteries can also explode), I usually open YouTube and search 'How to jumpstart a car'. There are dozens of related queries, and a lot of videos that provide step-by-step visual guidance. I play them and pause as I complete each step. It's pretty foolproof. With my son's car sitting dead on the street, I pondered a different path. We're in the age of AI, after all, so why not let ChatGPT 4o give it a try? Instead of playing a video, I might get clearer text instructions, and perhaps even a diagram that I could save and reuse the next time one of us leaves the interior car light on. Help me help you In the prompt field, I typed in 'How to safely jumpstart a car', and within seconds I had excellent, detailed instructions. It hit all the key points, including attaching one end of the jumper cables to an unfinished piece of metal on the dead car. There were even extra safety instructions. ChatGPT 4o didn't note its sources, but the information is so ubiquitous that I have to assume it came from multiple uncredited experts. https://www.techradar.com/computing/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-still-cant-beat-youtube-when-it-comes-to-getting-answers

Qualcomm's range-topping Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 appears to have been benchmarked in PassMark, and its results were quite a mixed bag. On the one hand, a low-power Arm-based processor beats the more power-hungry x86 CPUs from AMD and Intel, but on the other hand, it fails to beat its fellow Arm-based rivals from Apple. When it comes to graphics, things do not look exactly good for gamers, either. Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 processor with 12 cores running at 3.80 GHz to 4.20 GHz scores 3,895 points in the single-threaded PassMark benchmark. This is high enough to be on par with Apple's M2 (3,922 points, eight cores, 3.48 GHz), Intel's Core i5-13500 (3,890, 14 cores, 20 threads, 2.50 GHz to 4.80 GHz, 65W – 154W) or Core i7-13700 HX (3,879, 8C/16T, 2.10 GHz to 5.0 GHz, 45W to 157W). But this is behind Apple's 12-core M2 Pro running at 3.48 GHz which scores 4,109 points when it is properly cooled, and is significantly behind M3/M3 Max which operate at 4.0 GHz and score 4,770 to 4,845, well ahead of Qualcomm's flagship. When it comes to PassMark's multi-thread benchmark, Qualcomm's 12-core Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 processor scores 23,272 points, which is ahead of Apple's 9-core M4 (22,445 points, inside a tablet and without active cooling) and Intel's Core i5-12600H (22,748 points, 12C/16T, 2.70 GHz to 4.50 GHz, 35W to 95W). However, the system-on-chip is significantly behind Apple's 14-core M3 Max (36,346), 12-core M3 Pro (27,318), and even 12-core M2 Pro (26,406). As far as GPU performance in the PassMark benchmark is concerned, Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 with Adreno GPU scores 2,759 points, which is in line with GeForce MX 350 (2,807). While the numbers show that Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 processor is not exactly a performance champion in PassMark, keep in mind that we are dealing with only one synthetic benchmark that is not even the most po[CENSORED]r one. Another point to consider is that Qualcomm has never advertised thermal envelope or power consumption for its Snapdragon X Elite processors. When comparing them to desktop or laptop x86 CPUs, we may be comparing Apples and Bananas to Oranges. Yet, the power consumption of Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 should be comparable with some of Apple's latest processors (say, 12-core M3 Max) and if this is the case, then Qualcomm's SoC just cannot beat its direct competitor in traditional workloads. In any case, for now, it is too early to draw any conclusions as benchmark results are unofficial and we may be dealing with pre-production hardware and software (though chances that this is the case are low). https://tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/qualcomms-flagship-snapdragon-x-elite-in-passmark-fails-to-beat-apples-m3

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If Labour wins the general election it will need an "effective opposition" in Parliament, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has told the BBC. Mr Hunt is the latest senior Conservative to publicly acknowledge his party could be on course for defeat. He urged people not to vote for Reform UK, claiming this would result in fewer centre-right MPs. Earlier, Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said opinion polls suggested Labour was heading towards "the largest majority virtually in the history of this country". And last week Grant Shapps urged voters not to give Labour a "supermajority", with the party's power "unchecked". With the Tories losing support to Reform, senior figures have repeatedly warned that backing Nigel Farage's party would split the centre-right vote, benefiting Labour. Rishi Sunak insists he is still fighting to win. Privately, many Conservative candidates are fairly open about their belief that victory is implausible and that their party should instead hope to limit the scale of a Labour victory. However, it is only in this last week senior Tories have publicly raised this prospect in an apparent change of strategy. In an interview with BBC economics editor Faisal Islam, Mr Hunt was asked if talk of a Labour "supermajority" on 4 July was an implicit acknowledgement that the Tory campaign had gone badly wrong. "I think it's very important if Labour win, that they have an effective opposition in Parliament," he said. In his own constituency, Mr Hunt has admitted he faces a "knife-edge" battle with the Liberal Democrats to win the new seat of Godalming and Ash in Surrey. In the 2019 election for his old seat of South West Surrey, Mr Hunt had a majority of 8,817. “I do face a fight here, for sure," he told the BBC. "And what I say to people on the doorstep is if you vote for Reform.... Reform aren’t going to win but the Lib Dems will win. "You will have fewer centre-right MPs and fewer MPs who want to control migration, fewer MPs who want to reduce tax, and that isn't what those voters want." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c033qqme69po