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Take data security beyond the perimeter with Tresorit On the surface, it may seem as though the coronavirus pandemic completely redefined our approach to the traditional workplace. And while it's true that lockdown and quarantine measures made distributed work an absolute necessity, this was not unprecedented. At least, not in the way one might think. The fact is that, as noted by consulting firm McKinsey, the shift to remote work was one of several inevitable trends - the pandemic simply moved the timeline forward by about a decade. Distributed work was already inevitable. The hybrid workplace, which blends in-office collaboration with telecommuting, was already the future. The traditional walled fortress approach to cybersecurity was already becoming gradually more obsolete. Looking beyond the walls That isn't to say that controlling your security perimeter is no longer important. You still need to ensure your fortress, as it were, remains secure. The prominence of remote work simply requires you to think beyond the walls - to your supply lines and outposts, if we're to use the same analogy. Unfortunately, especially if you work in a regulated sector, this is often easier said than done for a few reasons: Locking down access and implementing increasingly-strict security controls is not the answer to these problems, either. As countless studies in the past have shown, security measures that interfere with productivity are functionally useless. People will find workarounds, and there is no guarantee that those workarounds will be secure. The answer to that is surprisingly simple. All you need is a secure content sharing platform developed with collaboration at its core. A solution that provides seamless, fully compliant end-to-end encryption. Introducing Tresorit: security that stays with your data An alternative to tools such as Dropbox and Google Workspace, Tresorit's end-to-end encryption is some of the best in the industry. Compliant with GDPR, HIPAA, FINRA, TISAX, and ISO27100, it offers full coverage for both email security and data sharing. Moreover, because it's built on zero trust architecture, passwords and encryption keys are neither stored in nor transmitted through the organization's servers. We'd forgive you for being a bit skeptical, of course. Every software vendor claims that their security is the best. Every software developer says they can help you protect your data. Where Tresorit differs is that its services have been fully evaluated by FIY Cybersecurity, with the third-party security analyst finding Tresorit's claims about its encryption completely accurate. Alongside its security controls, Tresorit offers all the same collaboration functionality as its competitors. Your users will be free to collaborate, communicate, and share content just as they did before. The only difference is that you'll have the peace of mind that comes with knowing that, whether it's in the hands of a vendor, a contractor, or a remote employee, your data is never out of your control. As for file storage, Tresorit's business plans offer up to 2TB per user with a file size limit of up to 20GB. Individual plans, meanwhile, max out at 2.5TB with a maximum file size of 10GB. Tresorit can be accessed in several different ways, depending on your organization's needs and infrastructure.

Samsung to expand S5 fab to meet demand for advanced chips. Samsung said this week that it would adjust pricing of its semiconductor wafers in a bid to finance expansion of its S5 fab near Pyeongtaek, South Korea. Just like its industry peers, Samsung Foundry has issues meeting demand for its services, so investing in an advanced production facility is set to ensure that it will be able to produce more chips using its advanced nodes in the future. Meanwhile, the price hikes could affect costs of GPUs, SoCs, and controllers produced by Samsung Foundry. "[Samsung Foundry] will accelerate growth by expanding Pyeongtaek S5 Line capacity and by adjusting pricing to enable future investment cycles," said Ben Suh, senior vice president of investor relations at Samsung, during the company's earnings call with analysts and investors (via SeekingAlpha and eeNews Europe). Samsung Foundry's S5 Line is the company's most advanced production facility designed to process wafers using the company's 5LPP (5 nm), 4LPE (4 nm) and thinner production technologies. Since the fab extensively uses extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, its expansion is very expensive as EUV scanners cost $ 120 million - $ 150 million (significantly more when compared to modern DUV scanners), so Samsung - which has been aggressively increasing its CapEx in the recent years - wants its customers to pay for it albeit indirectly. Using its latest nodes, Samsung Foundry produces loads of Exynos system-on-chips for smartphones that are used by its parent company and several other smartphone makers. In addition, Samsung Foundry makes millions Ampere graphics processors for Nvidia as well as tens of millions of other SoCs for many companies. While Samsung Foundry cannot increase its quotes overnight due to contract obligations, it can adjust pricing relatively quickly, which could lead to many of the best graphics cards being even more expensive. How Samsung Foundry's price hikes will affect prices of smartphones and graphics cards is something that remains to be seen, but certainly its customers will try to offset higher manufacturing costs somehow. Samsung is the only contract maker of semiconductors which officially confirmed incoming wafer price hikes for its customers. TSMC reportedly eliminated discounts for large customers starting early this year, but as far as price increases are concerned, the company prefers stability over short term gains, the firm said recently. Media reports claim that UMC had increased prices for production using mature nodes, but the company has not formally confirmed this.

The little purple killing machine might even be * too * good in Halo Infinite's technical test. The needler never gets the respect it deserves. Halo fans have always raved about the Halo 1 pistol and the battle rifle, or the plasma sword or the Halo Reach grenade launcher or even the Covenant carbine, but dammit: I love the needler. And it looks like the combat designers for Halo Infinite do, too, because after a couple hours of hands-on with the multiplayer technical test, I think this might be the strongest the needler's ever been. I love the tiktiktiktik sound it makes as it fires out a quick sequence of razorlike purple crystals. I love that it homes in a little bit, because I'm a bad shot. I love the excitement and tension of those needles building up to a critical mass where they explode, instantly killing my target. Firing the needler is making a bet that I'll land enough needles to flip its damage from puny to mighty, rewarding me with that purple cloud of death. I'll admit that needler in Halo: Combat Evolved was a joke, though. Sure, you could use it in the campaign to blow up some grunts, but it took way too many needles to trigger an explosion on other Spartans in multiplayer. Three pistol shots in your head and you'd be toast, your needler still half full. In Halo 2 the needler wasn't much better by itself, but with the power of dual wielding it was fearsome: if you could get your hands on two needlers, you could pump a Spartan full of explosive purple in a blink. Bungie really gave the needler the buff it deserved in Halo 3, making it strong enough to stand solo in a firefight. I'm sure there are Halo purists who hated that being killed by or using a weapon with homing powers, but that was just fine with me: it meant the needler was pretty much always sitting there on the map waiting for me when I wanted it. I'm pretty sure the needler remained formidable in Halo Reach and Halo 4, but I don't remember if it was as good at tracking and as quick to hit its explosion point as it is in Halo Infinite. Infinite has a pretty quick time-to-kill, so I'm not sure if the needler really sticks out as unbalanced. But is it good? Oh yes, it's good. When he's not 50 hours into a JRPG or an opaque ASCII roguelike, Wes is probably playing the hottest games of three years ago. He oversees features, seeking out personal stories from PC gaming's niche communities. 50% pizza by volume.

"CARDRIVER" Trevor Milton, who resigned from Nikola last year amid fraud allegations, has been hit with three counts over misleading statements to investors. Trevor Milton, who founded and then served as executive chairman at EV startup Nikola, was indicted Thursday morning by the U.S. Department of Justice on three counts of criminal fraud. Prosecutors allege that Milton made false and misleading statements to investors about the abilities and technology of the company's products, allegedly cheating investors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Nikola distanced itself from the indictment, which is only directed at Milton, and said that it is still aiming to start production of its Tre cab-over electric truck this year. The founder and former executive chairman of electric truck startup Nikola, Trevor Milton, has been indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice on three counts of criminal fraud for making false and misleading statements to investors. The charges, brought by the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office, follow a year of turmoil for Milton, who resigned from the company in September 2020. A year ago, things were looking good for Nikola. The company was drumming up hype about its Badger pickup (pictured above), which was to be sold with electric and hydrogen fuel-cell powertrains, and was about to announce a partnership with General Motors, with GM engineering and assembling the Badger and taking a stake in Nikola. Soon after, however, a short seller called Hindenburg Research released a report accusing Nikola of fraud and specifically accusing Milton of lying about the technology and capabilities of Nikola's vehicles. The fallout from the report saw Milton resign and GM back partly out of the deal, saying in November that it would only supply the fuel cells for the Badger. According to the indictment, from November 2019 until his resignation in September 2020, Milton allegedly deceived investors into buying Nikola shares by making untruthful statements regarding the company’s products and underlying technology. Following the indictment, Nikola released a statement clarifying that "today's government actions are against Mr. Milton individually, and not against the company" and that "Nikola has cooperated with the government throughout the course of its inquiry." Last November, Nikola confirmed that it had received grand jury subpoenas from the Department of Justice regarding the fraud allegations, and in February, after an external review by a law firm, the company admitted that both it and Milton had made partially or completely inaccurate statements . Prosecutors in the indictment claim these false statements caused individual investors in Nikola to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars. Milton had previously tweeted that he would stand up against "false allegations" before deleting his Twitter account in September of last year and vanishing from the public eye. In its statement, Nikola said it is "focused on delivering Nikola Tre battery-electric trucks later this year." The Tre is a cab-over semi truck that Nikola claims will have a 753.0-kWh battery and 350 miles of range, with production to begin this year and a hydrogen fuel-cell powertrain joining the lineup in 2023. Nikola's stock prices dropped 10 percent in pre-market trading today following news of the indictment.

"BBC" Social media is littered with posts that discredit those who doubt whether or not to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but these reactions to an otherwise complex issue are doing more harm than good. There should be no question about it: Covid-19 vaccines are saving lives. Take some recent UK statistics for example. In a study that followed more than 200,000 people, nearly all of the participants had developed antibodies to the virus within two weeks of their second dose. And despite initial concerns that current vaccines may be less effective against the delta variant, analyzes suggest that both AstraZeneca and Pfizer-BioNTech reduce hospitalization rates by 92-96%. As many health professionals have repeated, the risks of serious side effects from a vaccine are minimal compared to the risk of the disease itself. Still, a significant number of people remain reluctant to get vaccinated. According to a recent report by the International Monetary Fund, this figure ranges from 10% to 20% of people in the UK, to around 50% in Japan and 60% in France. The result is becoming something of a culture war on social media, with many commentators claiming that those who doubt the vaccine are simply ignorant or selfish. But psychologists who specialize in medical decision-making argue that these choices are often the result of many complicated factors that must be sensitively addressed if we are to have any hope of achieving po[CENSORED]tion-level immunity. Question of indecision While it is tempting to assume that anyone who rejects a vaccine holds the same beliefs, the fears of most people who doubt vaccines should not be confused with the strange theories of staunch anti-vaccines. "They are very vocal and have a strong presence both on and off the internet," says Mohammad Razai of the St George's Po[CENSORED]tion Health Research Institute, University of London, who has written about the various psychological and social factors that can influence people's decision-making about vaccines. "But they are a very small minority." The vast majority of those who doubt vaccines do not have a political agenda and are not committed to an unscientific cause: they are simply undecided. The good news is that many initially doubters are changing their minds. "But even a delay is considered a health threat, because viral infections spread very quickly," says Razai. This would have been problematic if we were still dealing with the older variants of the virus, but the increased transmissibility of the new delta variant has increased the urgency to reach as many people as quickly as possible. The 5 C Fortunately, scientists began studying vaccine vacillation long before SARS-Cov-2 was first identified in Wuhan in December 2019, and have explored various models that attempt to capture differences in behavior of the vaccine. people regarding health. One of the most promising is known as the 5C model, which considers the following psychological factors: Confidence: the confidence of the person in the efficacy and safety of vaccines, the health services that offer them and the political leaders who decide on their implementation. Complacency: if the person considers that the disease itself is a serious risk to their health. Calculation: the individual's participation in an extensive search for information to weigh costs and benefits. Convenience: how easy it is for the person in question to access the vaccine. Collective responsibility (which in English would be collective responsability, that is why it is part of the 5 Cs): the will to protect others from infection through one's own vaccination. In 2018, Cornelia Betsch of the University of Erfurt in Germany and her colleagues asked participants to rate a series of statements that measured each of the 5 Cs, and then compared the results with their acceptance of the relevant procedures, such as the influenza or HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine. Indeed, they found that the 5 Cs could explain the great variety in people's decisions and consistently outperformed many other potential predictors, such as questionnaires that focused more exclusively on trust issues without considering the other factors. In unpublished research, Betsch used the model to predict acceptance of covid-19 vaccines, and her results so far suggest that the 5 C's model may largely explain variation in vaccine decisions. people. There will be other contributing factors, of course. A recent study from the University of Oxford suggests that fear of needles is a major barrier for around 10% of the po[CENSORED]tion. But the 5 C's approach certainly seems to capture the most common reasons for vaccine concerns. Confirmation bias Jessica Saleska of the University of California, Los Angeles, notes that humans have two seemingly contradictory tendencies: a "negativity bias" and an "optimism bias" that can tip the balance in people's assessments of risk. and benefits. Negativity bias refers to the way one evaluates events that are beyond one's control. "When they present negative information to you, that tends to stick in their mind," says Saleska. The optimism bias, on the other hand, refers to your beliefs about yourself, such as believing that you are fitter and healthier than the average person. These biases can work independently, meaning you can focus on the dangerous side effects of vaccines while at the same time believing that you are less likely to have the disease, a combination that would lower confidence and increase complacency. Then there is the famous confirmation bias, which can also distort people's perceptions of the risks of the virus through the availability of misinformation from dubious sources that exaggerate the risks of vaccines. This reliance on misleading resources means that people who score high on the "calculation" measure of the 5C scale (people actively searching for data) tend to be more averse to vaccines than people who score lower. "If you already believe that vaccination could be dangerous, then you search (on the internet) by typing 'is this vaccine dangerous?' So all you're going to find is information that confirms your previous opinion," says Betsch. Context Remember that these psychological tendencies are extremely common. Even if you have accepted the vaccine, they have probably influenced your own decision making in many areas of life. Ignoring them, and assuming that those who have doubts about the vaccine are somehow deliberately ignorant, is in itself a foolish position. Nor should we forget the many social factors that can influence people's decision: the 5C "limitations / convenience" factor. Simply put, the perception that a vaccine is difficult to access will only put off people who are already reluctant. When we spoke, Betsch suggested that this could have slowed acceptance of the vaccine in Germany, which has a very complicated system for identifying who is eligible at what time to receive the vaccine. People would respond much faster, he says, if they received push notifications. Razai agrees that we need to consider the issue of convenience, particularly for those in poorer communities who may be hampered by the expense and time it takes to travel to a vaccination center. "Traveling to and from there can be a big problem for most people who receive minimum wage or unemployment benefits," he says. This is why vaccines are often best given at local community centers. "I think there has been anecdotal evidence that it has been more successful in places of worship, mosques, and churches." Finally, we must be aware of the context in which people make decisions, he says, such as structural racism that could have led certain ethnic groups to have a lower overall trust in medical authorities. It's easy to dismiss someone else's decisions if you don't understand the challenges they face in their everyday life.

Retail giant has partnered with Adobe to integrate its Marketplace with Adobe Commerce Retail giant Walmart has announced that it will begin offering its proprietary technologies and capabilities to SMBs and other firms to help them better serve their customers across both digital and physical storefronts. Over the last few years the company has developed its own technologies and services in an effort to meet the rapidly evolving needs of customers at scale. These capabilities allow Walmart to create differentiated experiences for its customers and to grow its business as online shopping continues to increase. We've assembled a list of the best ecommerce platforms around These are the best payment gateways on the market Also check out our roundup of the best ecommerce hosting CEO of Walmart US, John Furner explained in a press release how the company will use the profits from its new venture to reinvest back into its own customer value proposition, saying: “We’ve built new capabilities to serve the evolving needs of our own customers, and we have a unique opportunity to use our experience to help other businesses do the same. Commercializing our technologies and capabilities helps us sustainably reinvest back into our customer value proposition. ” Adobe Commerce integration As part of its effort to provide its technologies and capabilities to other businesses, Walmart has also announced a new strategic partnership with Adobe to integrate its Marketplace, online and in-store fulfillment and pickup technologies with the software company's ecommerce platform Adobe Commerce. Through the Adobe Commerce platform, retail businesses will be able too utilize the retail giant's cloud services to offer pickup and delivery to their customers. At the same time, businesses will also be able to reach new customers using Walmart's Marketplace where they can leverage its fulfillment services to offer 2-day shipping across the US. CTO and chief development officer at Walmart, Suresh Kumar explained how its new strategic partnership with Adobe will help other businesses achieve their digital transformation efforts, saying: “The core mission of helping people save money and live better is at the heart of every idea including Scan & Go and checkout technologies, AI-powered smart substitutions and pickup and delivery. Combining Adobe’s strength in powering commerce experiences with our unmatched omni-customer expertise, we can accelerate other companies ’digital transformations."

ASRock releases platform for high-performance Xeon W-3300 workstations. Hot on the heels of Intel's Xeon W-3300-series CPUs announcement, ASRock on Thursday introduced one of the industry's first retail motherboard for the processors. The company's C621A WS platform allows system makers and enthusiasts to build ultra-high-end workstations with up to 38-core Xeon W-3375 CPU, 2TB of DDR4 memory, and four PCIe 4.0 x16 dual-slot graphics, SSD or FPGA cards. Being designed solely for workstations and multi-purpose servers, the ASRock C621A WS is all about expandability, stability, and reliability as opposed to focus on overclocking, advanced cooling, built-in features, and impressive look in case of high-end desktop platforms. The C621A WS motherboard has a rather modest seven-phase digital voltage regulating module (VRM) that can still handle Intel's W-3300 CPUs with an up to 270W TDP. If Intel decides to offer a successor to its Xeon W-3175X CPU with unlocked multiplier, it does not look like the C621A WS will be an ideal choice for such a chip. The motherboard uses a narrow version of the Socket P +, so it is compatible only with select coolers. One of the reasons why ASRock had to stick to a narrow socket is because it wanted to go with the ATX form-factor to ensure broader compatibility with chassis without making any compromises to expandability or features. The C621A WS platform carries eight slots for DDR4 memory that can support up to 2TB of DRAM using RDIMM, LRDIMMs, and / or Intel Optane Persistent Memory modules. In addition, the platform has four PCIe 4.0 x16 and three PCIe 4.0 x8 slots for add-in-boards, such as graphics cards, FPGA accelerators, high-end enterprise-grade SSDs or other adapters. As for storage, the C621A WS has one M.2-22110 slot for a PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD, one M.2-22110 slot for a SATA or PCIe 3.0 x1 drive, two SATA ports, and one Mini-SAS connector. Connectivity department of ASRock's C621A WS platform includes two 10GbE ports controlled by the Intel X710-AT2 chip, two GbE connectors enabled by the Intel I210, and four USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports on the rear panel. The motherboard also has headers for two USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C and two USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports on the front panel. Meanwhile, to enable remote management (which is needed both for servers and workstation applications), the motherboard has Aspeed's AST2500 BMC controller with a dedicated GbE port as well as a D-Sub display output. In general, C621A WS's expandability, storage capabilities, and rear panel I / O comply with industrial trends for modern workstations that integrate plenty of compute and / or graphics horsepower, but do not store loads of data locally, but rather connect to a high- performance NAS that stores hundreds of terabytes. What is surprising is that ASRock decided not to enable Thunderbolt 4 and Wi-Fi 6E support on its mainboard, something that Intel's C621A platforms are supposed to support. ASRock did not disclose when it plans to start sales of the C621A WS motherboard, though is likely that it will hit the market in the coming weeks or months along with Intel's Xeon W-3300 'Ice Lake-64L' processors with up to 38 cores . Pricing of the C621A WS is unknown, but since this is a workstation solution it will be priced accordingly.

A hotfix will be ready tomorrow. Microsoft Flight Simulator patch improves performance but causes more crashes A major update came to Microsoft Flight Simulator this week, with improved performance as one of its main focuses. According to the release notes, it added "improved multi core support for CPU" as well as "better memory and GPU usage" and "faster loading times". In addition, "stutters have been significantly reduced". That all sounds like great stuff, but unfortunately the update has also been causing the game to crash to desktop for some players, even in the menu. That's not so great. The subreddit contains several posts along the lines of "New update has increased performance, unfortunately this isn't useful because now I can't play for 5 minutes without crashing to desktop" or deploying the usual memes. The tone of posts on the official forum has been less playful, however. The latest development update notes that a hotfix dealing with the problem will be ready tomorrow (8am PT on July 30), with fixes for "various crashes" including those "related to the offline AI traffic". A community manager announced the hotfix while noting the last week has seen a change on the forum with an increase in "users lashing out at each other, threats made towards one another, and some general rudeness". From now on the forum will have a zero-tolerance policy and users being rude to other users will be given a 30-day silence period. The community manager concludes, "There is absolutely a way to have a civil discussion about Flight Simulator without name-calling, baseless threats, or harassment." Jody is that guy who will try to convince you to play some indie game you've never heard of with a name like Extreme Meatpunks Forever. He is also on a doomed quest to play every Warhammer game.

"CARDRIVER" A company document proposing a colossal second factory, likely to be built in Arizona, reveals an $ 5 billion initial investment from Rivian, according to a report from Reuters. After production of the R1T begins at Rivian's Normal, Illinois, late this summer, Rivian will break ground on a new facility, according to company documents obtained by Reuters. The proposal calls for an initial investment of $ 5 billion and a 10,000-acre plot that would dwarf most factories, such as BMW's 1200-acre Spartanburg, South Carolina, plant. Rivian is currently considering building on land to the east of Mesa, Arizona, and CEO R.J. Scaringe has already held talks with the governor of Arizona, according to Reuters. Earlier this month, we reported that deliveries of the Rivian R1T electric pickup would be delayed until September after originally being scheduled to start in July. Rivian has said that the R1T, as well as the related R1S electric SUV, will be built in Rivian's factory in Normal, Illinois, when sales finally get underway. According to a report from Reuters, the Amazon-backed startup is already planning a second vehicle assembly plant, with a company document revealing that Rivian will invest $ 5 billion in the new facility. Rivian is also building electric commercial vans for Amazon. Although an early document obtained by Reuters did not directly identify Rivian and said the plant would sit on a 2000-acre plot, the revised proposal disclosures plans for a plant on a vast 10,000-acre property, which Rivian calls Project Tera, Reuters said. Officials allegedly said that finding a plot of land that big would be a tricky endeavor, and if the factory was built to that size it would be more than eight times larger than BMW's 1200-acre plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina, where the German automaker built more than 400,000 SUVs in 2019. The document also said that Rivian aims to break ground on the factory in the fall of this year, with production beginning at the plant in the second quarter of 2023. Unsurprisingly, Reuters cited sources with knowledge of the proposal as saying the plans are likely pushed back by up to six months due to the pandemic. The factory location has yet to be confirmed, but Reuters' sources mentioned land near Gold Canyon, east of Mesa, Arizona, and said that Rivian CEO R.J. Scaringe has discussed the proposal with Arizona Governor Doug Ducey. The company already has a presence in the area, with a small engineering and test center in Wittmann, just north of Phoenix and about an hour's drive from Mesa.

"BBC" After weeks of waiting and uncertainty, Pedro Castillo finally took office this Wednesday of the presidency of Peru. The 51-year-old rural teacher was sworn in in front of Congress before delivering his first speech as head of state, in which he promised to advocate for health services, fight corruption and approve a new Magna Carta. "One of our main political flags, now turned into the flag of the majority of the people, is the convocation of a Constituent Assembly," he said. The King of Spain, as well as the presidents of Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia and Ecuador were among those attending the oath, which was not alien to symbolism to mark the new rhythm that Castillo has promised to bring to his country. A new outfit For the first time in history, a Peruvian president was sworn in with a chotano hat, the typical one from the Cajamarca region that Castillo has made part of his style. But beyond the hat, what attracted the most attention in the local media was the clothes he chose for the occasion: a blue suit with embroidered indigenous motifs and a collarless shirt, similar to the one traditionally worn by Evo Morales and that others have also used. leftist leaders such as Rafael Correa, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva or Nicolás Maduro. In fact, the Peruvian press highlighted the similarity of the clothing with the traditional liqui liqui, the typical costume of Venezuela. The clothes Castillo would wear during his inauguration had caused curiosity in Peru. Recently a journalist asked the first lady what clothing the new president would wear, to which Lilia Paredes replied that "clothing does not define the person." Don't walk on the red carpet In his review of the troops and at the entrance to Congress for the swearing in, Castillo did not use the traditional red carpet, a symbol of the distinction of his high position. Previously, the dignitaries invited to his inauguration had walked on the carpet to enter Congress, but Castillo chose not to go down those steps. The rural teacher, since his campaign, has promised to remain faithful to his peasant traditions. In fact, in the elections he tried to vote on a horse. In the same vein, during his first speech he announced that he will not fulfill his functions as president from the Government Palace, the headquarters where the Executive Power has traditionally functioned during the republican life of Peru. "I will not govern from the house of Pizarro," said the new president, referring to the name with which the Government Palace is usually designated, in honor of Francisco Pizarro, the Spanish conqueror. "We must break with colonial symbols. We will cede this palace to the Ministry of Cultures to be used as a museum," he added in front of King Felipe VI of Spain, who was among the guests at the inauguration. The swearing-in message The most solemn moment of the inauguration, the swearing in, was also loaded with symbolism. And it is that traditionally, in the swearing-in formula, the new president, touching the Bible, swears "by God and these Holy Gospels" that he will faithfully perform "the office of president that the Republic has entrusted to me, that I will protect the religion of the State, I will preserve the integrity, independence, and unity of the nation, I will keep and enforce its Constitution and Laws." Castillo, on this occasion, put his harvest in the traditional oath to mention the offices of many of those who form his political base and, also, to give a political message about his goals in government. "I swear by the peasants, the indigenous peoples, the ronderos, the fishermen, the teachers, the professionals, the children, youth and women that I will hold the office of president. I swear by the peoples of Peru, for a country without corruption and for a new Constitution, "he said. Castillo was declared the winner of the presidential elections on July 19, after a long dispute over votes and recounts that lasted more than a month. The now president prevailed over the other candidates in a first round on April 11, where he did not reach the necessary majority, and then in the second round, on June 6, he defeated Keiko Fujimori, from Fuerza Po[CENSORED]r.

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Social network is piloting a new Shop Module feature Twitter has revealed that users of its social network will soon be able to buy products when they visit a business' profile thanks to the introduction of its new Shop Module feature. This isn't the first time the company has explored adding shopping features to its platform though as back in 2015 it tested out a "Buy Now" button, product pages and product collections. While Twitter eventually decided to shift its focus to other areas, the company's investor relations account said earlier this year that it was “thinking about commerce” once again. We've built a list of the best ecommerce platforms available These are the best payment gateways on the market Also check out our roundup of the best ecommerce hosting Now in a new blog post, Twitter has announced that it is launching a pilot of its Shop Module feature to see if shoppable profiles can lead to users actually purchasing products after discovering and talking about them on its social network. Shop Module Twitter's new Shop Module is a dedicated space at the top of a profile where businesses will be able to showcase their products. When a user visits a profile with the Shop Module enabled, they can scroll through a company's carousel of products and tap on one of them to learn more. Instead of opening a separate browser window, Shop Module will open an in-app browser so that users can browse products and even purchase them without having to leave Twitter. The social network plans to start small by piloting its Shop Module feature with a handful of brands in the US. Twitter users in the US using the service in English on iOS devices will be the first to see the Shop Module according to the company. However, it is also building a new Merchant Advisory Board that will be made up of brands that have established themselves as best-in-class examples of merchants on its platform. Twitter's Shop Module feature is still in the early stages but we'll likely hear more once the company decides to expand its pilot program further by adding support for Android smartphones or launching in additional countries.

Palit's partner launches 238mm GeForce RTX 3070. Gone are the days when add-in-board (AIBs) makers would introduce Mini-ITX graphics cards based on top-of-the-range GPUs. Today, virtually all premium graphics AIBs are large and can barely fit into many typical desktops. To address such systems, Palit's partner in Japan this week introduced a GeForce RTX 3070 LHR graphics card that is shorter than other RTX 3070 boards on the market, including Nvidia's own RTX 3070 Founders Edition. Galakuro's GeForce RTX 3070 LHR (GG-RTX3070-E8GBOC / DF / LHR) carries Nvidia's GA104 GPU with 5888 CUDA cores clocked at up to 1725 MHz as well as 8GB of 14 GT / s GDDR6 memory that connect to the processor using a 256- bit interface. The card has four display outputs (three DisplayPort 1.4a, one HDMI 2.1) as well as one eight-pin auxiliary PCIe power connector. Like other products designed by Palit, this one is compatible with Palit's / Galax's XtremeTuner software. The AIB does not feature an extreme GPU clock or an enhanced VRM to ensure superior overclocking potential of the card. Its main selling point is a 238 mm length: this is 4 mm shorter when compared to Nvidia's own GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition and is about 120mm shorter when compared to typical GeForce RTX 3070 boards from AIB makers. Lower length of the card will allow its installation into PCs that cannot house a 400-mm graphics card, such as smaller ATX, Micro-ATX, or even larger Mini-ITX systems. There is a catch though. Palit's GeForce RTX 3070 LHR has a rather massive cooling system with two 102mm Wings fans that makes it 54 mm thick and 128mm high, which will likely make it incompatible with certain PCs. The 238mm GeForce RTX 3070 LHR made by Palit is currently available only in Japan from its partner Galakuro Gaming. Hermitage Akihabara reports that the board has been announced, but it does not say anything about its price. What remains to be seen is when (and if) the Palit-made 238mm GeForce RTX 3070 LHR board is set to arrive to the U.S. and Europe under KFA2 and Galax brands. There are loads of cases that cannot comfortably accommodate a full-size 400mm graphics card and many of their owners are looking forward to upgrading their graphics cards, so chances that Palit will bring the board to these markets are fairly high.

This simple fix makes the text look a lot better. The pixel art remasters of Final Fantasy I-III are out on Steam today, and they represent an important do-over for Square Enix: proper ports of classic games that have previously been butchered with ugly upscaled art and other issues. The pixel art looks really nice! These are the kinds of ports Square Enix should've done years ago. Except, well, something went really wrong with the fonts, which fans noticed immediately when the games were revealed last month. The pixel art remasters use a bland sans serif font, but the bigger sin here is how squished it is. It looks like someone accidentally set the letter spacing to like, -100, leaving vast gulfs of empty space in the UI and a font that's pretty hard to read. Thankfully, as RPGSite has discovered, there's an easy way to make the new Final Fantasy font look much, much better. If you buy any of the new Final Fantasy remasters on Steam, head to the game's local files and open the Final Fantasy_Data StreamingAssets folder. Now copy and duplicate the following files in a temporary folder: With those files backed up, delete the two "font_en" files from the StreamingAssets folder. Then rename font_ja.bundle to font_en.bundle, and rename font_ja.manifest to font_en.manifest. Finally, copy the old font_ja files back into the folder so the game doesn't throw a fit over missing files. This change doesn't replace all the English text with Japanese characters like it may seem — if you set the language to English, it'll still be in English. What it does is apply a different formatting to the English text, making it appear much wider and more readable. RPGSite notes that this fix could potentially cause the English text to overflow the user interface, since it's obviously been designed and tested for the smaller font, but that they haven't had any issues. Depending on how the UI is designed to scale, this may depend on what resolution you're playing the game at. Still: definitely worth it. Square Enix should do the right thing and add a pixel art font option to the game, just as they're updating the recent Legend of Mana port with the original font this fall. But for now, this will do.

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"CARDRIVER" Bentley claims the massive new rims each save around 13 pounds of weight, are safer in the event of a collision, and improve handling, braking, and tire wear. Bentley’s Mulliner division worked with carbon experts Bucci Composites over five years to create 22-inch carbon-fiber wheels for the Bentayga. The wheels shed about 53 pounds off the Bentayga’s 5400-pound curb weight and were tested around the Nürburgring Nordschleife in Germany. Bentley also says the lightweight, rigid material makes the Bentayga more nimble, reduces tire wear, and prevents rapid tire deflation in the event of a severe impact to the wheels. Both lightweight and rigid, carbon fiber has become prolific in modern supercars and sports cars, helping automakers shave that extra tenth off the car's lap time by removing extra mass. But carbon fiber's po[CENSORED]rity among performance vehicles has also meant that it is in vogue for vehicles that are not exactly suited for the track, such as the 5400-pound Bentley Bentayga. Bentley has revealed a set of 22-inch carbon-fiber wheels for the Bentayga, developed by Bentley's in-house coachbuilder Mulliner in collaboration with carbon specialist Bucci Composites. The wheels took five years to engineer, and Bentley claims that this is the largest carbon-fiber wheel in the world. Each wheel saves about 13 pounds for nearly 53 pounds of total weight savings. Bentley tested the wheels at the Nürburgring Nordschleife to boost their performance credentials. Although the weight savings aren't going to make such a colossal vehicle noticeably quicker around the Green Hell, Bentley also touts safety improvements brought by carbon fiber's rigidity. With an aluminum wheel, Bentley said, a severe impact could cause the wheel to crack or shatter, in turn causing the tire to burst, but Bentley says that the carbon-fiber weave would tend to come apart more gradually in the event of an impact , producing less-extreme tire deflation. The British marque also argues that the reduced weight and increased stiffness of the wheels boosts steering agility and grip, as well as leading to more responsive braking. We found this to be the case when we compared the Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R's carbon-fiber wheels with the aluminum units on the GT350 in 2016, crediting the 58-pound-lighter wheels on the R for its quicker acceleration and better grip. Finally, Bentley says that the stiffness of carbon fiber means less flexing of the wheel and a more consistent contact patch between the tire and the ground, reducing tire wear. The new 22-inch wheels will become available to order through Mulliner later this year, although there is no word yet on how much extra the carbon-fiber rims will cost.

"BBC" Cuba is an "example of resistance" and "deserves to be declared a World Heritage Site." When Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) spoke these words over the weekend and spoke out against the embargo and sanctions by the United States, he himself acknowledged that they could provoke "anger in some or many." That did not prevent this Tuesday from reinforcing criticism of its northern neighbor by describing the economic embargo that the United States has maintained on the island for decades as a "medieval action". "We may have differences, but a people cannot be condemned to hunger, to disease," said the Mexican president on Tuesday in reference to the health and economic crisis that Cuba is going through. The harsh words against Washington's policy follow the praise that AMLO gave Cuba over the weekend during a ceremony before representatives of American countries, including the Cuban Foreign Minister himself, Bruno Rodríguez, who afterwards described as "transcendental "His speech and thanked Mexico" for its leadership and solidarity. " The admiration and good harmony of the Mexican president towards the Caribbean island is not new. But his stance on the allegations of violence by the Cuban government during the recent protests in the country has received harsh criticism and questioning. Already on July 12, AMLO expressed his "solidarity with the Cuban people" and exhorted "everyone not to opt for the use of force" but rather "let the Cubans resolve these issues peacefully." But there was no mention of the questioned performance of the Caribbean government. Despite the fact that his usual discourse is that of non-interference in the affairs of other countries, the Mexican did instead focus on requesting the suspension of the US embargo. This Tuesday, he described it as "inhuman" and revealed that he received a letter from the Cuban president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, in which he explained the "difficult situation due to the blockade" in the country. To show its support, Mexico announced last week the dispatch of two ships with supplies within the framework of what it called "humanitarian assistance" to Cuba, which in addition to the protests is experiencing its worst health moment since the pandemic began and a harsh economic crisis. Just a day earlier, the US had tightened sanctions against some Cuban officials after the crackdown on the latest demonstrations. Despite acting against the current of his neighbor to the north, AMLO insisted that other countries should join in sending aid. This Sunday, two planes with about 90 tons of humanitarian aid donated by Russia landed in Havana. "It is not enough to vote every year at the UN against the blockade," said AMLO, who appealed for this political stance "to now become facts and help the people of Cuba." Call to other countries It remains to be seen if this call from the Mexican president is effective and manages to lead a current of tangible change in the diplomatic relations that the world currently maintains towards Cuba. "I have no doubt that no one else is going to follow the example of a president who is living by the ideals towards Cuba and the Revolution of the 60s and 70s. It would be ridiculous," disagrees Luis Rubio, president of the Mexico Evalúa think tank. According to the analyst, "Russia continues to do so for historical reasons, for its logic that responds to a pragmatic vision." And Argentina? "Perhaps, I do not doubt it. President (Alberto) Fernández has shown to have an ideological position similar to López Obrador, but he has a vision of the 21st century, not the 70s," he tells BBC Mundo. The two Mexican aid ships, which will depart this Tuesday and Wednesday from the port of Veracruz, contain medical supplies such as syringes, face masks and oxygen tanks. Food and diesel gasoline will also be shipped. "Faced with this situation of blockade, wanting to politically subdue the Cuban people, the Cuban government, we made the decision to help, to be in solidarity," the president explained.

Opera looks to be already planning the next phase of its web browser with Windows 11 on the horizon. After our chat with the team, we were assured that Opera were encouraged by the new look of Windows 11, with a more modern taskbar and context menus that look much more elegant than what’s appeared in Windows in recent years. However, web browsers are seeing something of a redesign in recent times, from their perception of what a browser should do, to what it looks like. Opera is very aware of this, and seemingly wants to make sure that it's the best alternative to users when some want a change from Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. The Opera House Opera has been working on plenty of features to its browser lately, namely a refined design in the R5 update, and now a version that's available on Google Chromebooks. During our chat with the team, we asked if the gaming version of the browser, Opera GX, would come to Chromebooks as well. Opera GX is Opera’s take on web browsers for gaming. From its neon-red user interface to features that help gamers check on the latest deals for games and hardware, it’s a browser that’s tailored to a specific user on both Android and PC devices. With Opera now on Chromebooks, we could see the GX variant appear soon. "Let's see. We just launched the mobile version of Opera GX, so it’s now available on all major platforms other than Chromebook. " said Stefan Stjernelund, product manager Opera for Android and Arjan van Leeuwen, Product Engineering Lead for Opera Desktop. However, with Windows 11 on the way, we were curious as to whether the team were looking into a slight redesign of Opera’s user interface to better match the new look of Microsoft’s upcoming operating system: “We are exploring our options but our goal will be to bring Opera to the Microsoft Store as soon as possible. So far, we've seen a bit more user-friendliness in the new Windows 11 UI and, of course, any such changes that make our users' lives easier on Windows are welcome. " Analysis: Could we see a Windows 11 influence for Opera? We’ve seen some major changes in appearances to operating systems over the years. Apple’s operating system has seen redesigns in Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite and macOS 11 Big Sur to better reflect the appearance of iOS. Meanwhile, redesigns of Windows have been a staple of major releases, with Windows XP, Windows Vista and of course Windows 8 being received with polarizing reception from its users due to their overhauled looks. With Windows 11, Microsoft is refreshing every part of the operating system, from the right-click menus to having every window be rounded, dragging Windows into the modern age. Advertisement As Opera looks towards a future where more users are installing its browser, it should be a priority to make it look as though it’s at home on Windows 11, with the design language and color-scheme matching the new look that Microsoft is still refining. It looks as though now is a great opportunity to give users a choice as to what they want to use as their default web browser. The way we use our default browsers has certainly changed in the last 18 months, with many people working from home and using different browsers to separate work from pleasure. With Opera looking to double-down on making its browser available to more users across different platforms, we may see the company become one a web browser trend-setter, rather than being the one left in the dust of others.

SK Hynix deploys EUV, on track for DDR5 production in 2H 2021. SK Hynix has announced plans to kick off volume production of DDR5 memory in the coming months. Commercial DDR5 components made by SK Hynix will likely arrive to the market along with Intel's Alder Lake platform, due to be launched late this year. In addition, the company will start to make 176-layer 3D / 4D NAND flash memory in the second half of the year. Just like other makers of DRAM, SK Hynix demonstrated its first DDR5 chips and modules back in 2019. Yet, mass production which will commence in the second half of the year, is notably different from engineering samples. By now, SK Hynix has supplied samples of its DDR5 ICs and sticks to interested customers that are validating them with their platforms and upcoming CPUs. These chips will be mass produced in the second half of the year to meet demand from PC makers that will use Intel's Alder Lake processors. In the first half of 2022 DDR5 chips will be used for servers powered by Intel's Sapphire Rapids CPUs. "The company disclosed that it would begin supplying its 1anm DRAMs, which are mass-produced via EUV) equipment, and mass production of DDR5 DRAM within the second half of this year," a statement by SK Hynix reads. SK Hynix said that it had started volume production of LPDDR4-4266 using its 1a nm fabrication technology that uses extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography earlier this month. The company indicated that the new production tools increase its wafer productivity by 25% (when compared to the previous 1znm node), whereas its new LPDDR4 chips consume 20% less power vs. similar previous-generation products. Starting from early next year, SK Hynix's 1a will also be used to make DDR5 memory, which will replace SK Hynix's 1st generation DDR5 products in the future as EUV provides substantial benefits to more complex DDR5 ICs both in terms of power and performance, but perhaps more importantly in terms of die size. In addition to initiating volume manufacturing of DDR5 in the second half of the year, SK Hynix will also start to mass production of its 176-layer 4D NAND (3D NAND with logic under memory arrays) in the coming months. The company has already started sampling 512Gb 176-layer chips with makers of SSD controllers, so expect drives based on the new type of 3D NAND memory sometimes in 2022. Meanwhile, initial applications to use novel types of 3D NAND are always inexpensive retail storage solutions , such as USB flash drives and memory cards.