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The recipe Finely chop 2 spring onions. Remove the leaves from several sprigs of rosemary to give you enough leaves for 2 tbsp, then chop them finely and add to the onions. Stir in 2 tsp of dried mint. Mix the seasoning with 500g of finely minced pork and add a little salt and pepper, too. Roll the mixture into approximately 12 small balls, then refrigerate for 30 minutes or longer. Make 4 large Little Gem leaves very cold in a bowl of iced water. Shave a small cucumber into thin pappardelle-like slices with a vegetable peeler and add to the bowl. Remove 12 mint leaves and a handful of coriander leaves from their stems and add to the chilled water. Warm a little olive oil in a shallow pan, then add the balls and cook for about 10 minutes until they are golden and sticky on the underside. Turn and let them cook on the other sides. Drain and shake the leaves dry, then stuff the lettuce leaves with the mint and coriander, the curls of cucumber and the sizzling hot pork balls. The trick When you place the balls in the hot fat, leave them be for several minutes before turning them. That way, they will develop a deep, golden brown, sticky crust. Temperature plays an import part here – the sizzling pork balls in the same mouthful as the iced lettuce and cucumber. A tiny detail, but I think an important one. The twist Use minced lamb instead of pork. Keep the mint and rosemary. If beef is your thing, use thyme in place of the mint. A little minced bacon or pancetta is a thoroughly sound addition whatever mat you are using.

President Putin said one of his daughters had been vaccinated against the virus Russian President Vladimir Putin has said a locally developed vaccine for Covid-19 has been given regulatory approval after less than two months of testing on humans. Mr Putin said the vaccine had passed all the required checks, adding that his daughter had already been given it. Officials have said they have plans to start a mass vaccination in October. Experts have raised concerns about the speed of Russia's work, suggesting that researchers might be cutting corners. Amid fears that safety could have been compromised, the World Health Organization (WHO) urged Russia last week to follow international guidelines for producing a vaccine against Covid-19. The Russian vaccine is not among the WHO's list of six vaccines that have reached phase three clinical trials, which involve more widespread testing in humans. Calling it a world first, President Putin said the vaccine, developed by Moscow's Gamaleya Institute, offered "sustainable immunity" against the coronavirus. Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said the vaccine had "proven to be highly effective and safe", hailing it as a big step towards "humankind's victory" over Covid-19. Last week, the Russian government announced it was preparing to begin mass vaccinations after saying it had carried out successful trials of the vaccine. More than 100 vaccines around the world are in early development, with some of those being tested on people in clinical trials. Despite rapid progress, most experts think a vaccine will not become widely available until mid-2021. "Sometimes individual researchers claim they have found something, which is of course, as such, great news," WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier told reporters on 4 August. "But between finding or having a clue of maybe having a vaccine that works, and having gone through all the stages, is a big difference."

Another Cyberpunk 2077 stream is on the way today; here's what time it starts and what to expect. With the release date for Cyberpunk 2077 approaching, CD Projekt Red is ready to host another Night City Wire stream to reveal more of the features and systems in its upcoming action-RPG. The next stream is happening today, Monday, August 10 at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET. You can watch it live below. [Update: The event is now over, and you can rewatch it below. Among the highlights were the many new Cyberpunk 2077 weapons that were showcased; we've rounded up details on all of those to help you catch up on what CD Projekt Red shared. The studio also confirmed that another Night City Wire broadcast is on the way, although a specific date was not announced.] Night City Wire Start Times 9 AM PT 12 PM ET 5 PM BST 2 AM AET (August 11) What To Expect CDPR shared the news recently on Twitter, with word that this edition of Night City Wire will focus on lifepaths, weapons, and the soundtrack. Lifepaths are essentially the character customization flowcharts, and according to the Cyberpunk Wiki the 2077 tabletop game offers three varieties: the StreetKid, the Corpo-Rat, and the Nomad. The video game adaptation may keep those intact or offer new ones entirely. Meanwhile, the reference to Refused is about the Swedish punk rock band. They'll be writing and producing a soundtrack as Samurai, an in-world "chrome rock" band. CDPR announced this partnership in July, so this Night City Wire will be the first check-in since then. The last Night City Wire focused on the world, the "Braindance" investigation mode, and the announcement of a tie-in Edgerunners anime Cyberpunk 2077 will release on November 19 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.

Where's the catch? One of the inevitable consequences of the pandemic is that schools and educational facilities have closed their doors to keep students safe. There has been a shift towards distance learning via video and e-learning platforms. Puffin Cloud Learning, a Raspberry Pi OS based operating system from CloudMosa is looking to speed up your e-learning with the Raspberry Pi. In a bold claim on their website “Browser benchmarks suggest Puffin is 1,200% faster than Chrome on Raspberry Pi.” Puffin manages these incredible speeds because the content is rendered remotely on their encrypted cloud servers. A JavaScript engine is used to pre-process and compress web pages before they arrive at your screen. This can be interpreted as a proxy server by some sites, and may affect the content that is available to you. Puffin Cloud Learning is claimed to be “300% faster than Chrome OS devices costing 300% more” and a Raspberry Pi is seen to be a cost effective solution for schools. “Raspberry Pi seems to be the best, if not the only, financially viable solution for many schools. For the cost of a $350 PC, the school can have 10 bare-bone Raspberry Pi.” We installed the Puffin Internet Terminal, the same browser that powers Puffin Cloud Learning on a Raspberry Pi 4 and in a speed test, loading the Tom’s Hardware site, we didn’t see a massive difference in speed. Puffin Internet Terminal was slightly faster at rendering the page but nowhere near the 1200% benchmarks suggest. That being said, every second counts and the browser feels responsive for general use. As spotted by leepspvideo, Puffin Cloud Learning / Puffin Internet Terminal is an interesting solution to speeding up your browsing.

One billion Android phones are at risk of attacks by hackers taking advantage of what a research firm says are 400 vulnerabilities detected on the smartphone's chips. Collectively called "Achilles," the vulnerabilities were found on stretches of code found in Qualcomm's Snapdragon chips, which are found on nearly half of all Android phones. Addressing the DEF CON Safe Mode security conference Friday, researchers at Check Point security firm said phones could be turned into spying tools providing access to photos, videos, location data, and other sensitive user details. The hacker need only successfully persuade a user to install a seemingly benign app that requires no permissions to operate. Hackers could spy on phone conversations, launch denial-of-service attacks, or surreptitiously plant malicious code. "You can be spied on. You can lose all your data," said said Yaniv Balmas, head of cyber research at Check Point. "If such vulnerabilities are found and used by malicious actors, it will find millions of mobile phone users with almost no way to protect themselves for a very long time." Check Point has distributed details of its findings to Qualcomm and affected phone vendors. It did not post the details in public so as to not provide any advantages to hackers. Qualcomm said it is addressing the vulnerabilities; issuing a new compiler and a new software development kit. But it is up to phone vendors to distribute patches for each model phone carrying the affected processor For vendors, it means they will need to recompile each and every DSP application they use, test them, and fix any issues [that] may occur," said Balmas. "Then they need to ship these fixes to all devices in the market." Snapdragon chipsets have been a welcome component of smartphones, wearable devices, and automobile systems. It's embraced for its speed and performance benchmarks, power efficiency, 5G support, graphics handling, and embedded fingerprint reading capacity. Digital signal processors don't attract the same degree of scrutiny by researchers for possible flaws as other computer components because technical specs are usually closely guarded by manufacturers. While DSP chips provide a relatively economical solution that allows mobile phones to provide end users with more functionality and enable innovative features, they do come with a cost," researchers from Check Point state in a report posted online. "These chips introduce new attack surfaces and weak points to these mobile devices. DSP chips are much more vulnerable to risks as they are being managed as 'Black Boxes' since it can be very complex for anyone other than their manufacturer to review their design, functionality or code." "Our research managed to break these limits and we were able to have a very close look at the chip's internal design and implementation in a relatively convenient way. Since such research is very rare, it can explain why we found so many vulnerable code sections," Balmas said. Snapdragon system-on-a-chip products can be found on leading phone products by Google, Samsung, Xiaomi, LG, and OnePlus. Apple provides its own processors, so iPhones are not affected by Achilles. Qualcomm said it has no evidence the vulnerabilities are "currently being exploited," but urged customers "to update their devices as patches become available and to only install applications from trusted locations, such as the Google Play Store."

Using Google Parental Controls We always want our children to be safe, and that extends to using their Chromebooks to browse the web, chat online or install apps Unusually for Google, it took a good while for it to introduce Parental Controls to Chromebooks as part of its Family Link system, which has been extended from its Android roots. But now by using Google Family Link, you’re able to protect your kids online, monitor what they get up to and block unsuitable apps and content with full parental controls. We’re going to look at how you can get Family Link, how to set it up, block and allow web sites, apps and monitor their web browsing to ensure they can stay safe online with their Chromebook. If you're thinking of buying a Chromebook, check out our guides to the best Chromebooks and best Chromebooks for students. 1. Check and update Chrome OS The Google Family Link parental controls were only introduced right at the end of 2018 when version 71 of Chrome OS was released. You’ll want to first check you’re up-to-date and if not update your Chromebook. The fastest way to do that is type chrome://version in the address bar and read off the very top release number otherwise, select Notification (bottom right area) > Settings (cog) > About Chrome OS and read the version number. It’d be unusual if your device was not a newer version, but if not check the Additional Details for scheduled update details and if a restart is required to activate a more recent update 2. Add your child To be able to manage your child’s account you’ll need to add them to the Chromebook if you haven ‘t already. There’s typically an 'Add person' button on the log-in screen that enables you to quickly add them there, but if this has been disabled, from within your account select Notification area > Settings > People > click your account > + Add account. You’ll need their Google account email and password. Follow the process and you’ll want to sign in and let the account set up 3. Tighten up access Google makes a good point of saying if you are the primary “owner” account you should disable Guest Mode and the ability to add new users from the login screen, else a child could easily circumvent any Family Link settings and parental controls by using one of these alternative options. To turn these off in your account select Notification area > Settings (cog) > People > Manage other people. Here you should disable the Guest option and choose 'Restrict sign-in to the following users'. You can add the email of potential other users, if they don’t already have an account on that Chromebook. 4. Enable Parental Controls Within your child’s account select Notification area > Settings (cog) > People > Parental Controls Set up to begin the process. It’ll confirm the child’s account you want to enable Family Link Parental Controls for, then list the devices that can be protected (Family Link extends to Android and Google Smart Speaker devices with their account on too) with that it’ll confirm the parent account to do the supervising. You’ll need to enter the email and password plus any secondary authentication. You’ll then be taken through what the system can and cannot do and ask your child to confirm the supervision via their password. 5. Set browsing restrictions First are safety restrictions on Chrome browsing, Google Search and in-app purchases. It has rational defaults but you’ll want to check each of these, for example we like to restrict all purchases. Next it’ll ask what devices Family Link should be installed on and so have managed access, select all suitable. You’re done, the account will need to log out and the child log back in. At this opening stage the parent need to confirm this initial access. 6. Family Link for Parents Presuming you have an Android device, if it’s not already installed on it head to Google Play and get the Family Link for Parents app. If you don’t have access to an Android device, most features are also available via a web front-end at https://families.google.com. The app’s front page is a usefully clear list of children in your family group, to control and monitor activity just tap the child’s profile picture. Manage Settings offers the general access control to Google services, mentioned in the initial setup, but they can all be adjusted here. Plus there’s a very basic YouTube filter, Location permissions and the ...more section is where you can unlink the Family Link system. 7. Setting time limits Limiting screen time is a key concern and Google Family Link offers good controls here with three specific areas: over all device time, a set bedtime when the device is locked and individual app limits. Device and Bedtime are both controlled within the same page and enable you to set different times on a daily basis, so you can offer later nights and longer use during the weekend. You can also specify a per-app time limit - for games perhaps - but the overall list of apps on a device are not comprehensive. Finally there is a general instant “Lock Device” button, but we’re not being held responsible for the consequences of using that. 8. Control cameras and sensors Towards the bottom of the Family Link controls is a list of devices - this will include any linked Google smart speakers, Android devices and Chromebooks - these provide you with granular control over the devices individual sensors, cameras, microphones and other required App permissions. Potentially this could stop your child from installing a messaging app that would request access to a device’s camera and microphone, though it would also cut out a lot of fun they can have with the device using creative apps. So, often it’s better to have a conversation about potential risks with certain types of apps, than using a blanket ban. 9. Using Family Link notifications Your kid's Chromebook is already waiting to go, so if you’re setting this up in the evening and have a bedtime set you’ll find yourself already locked out. It’s worth trying to browse the web, installing an app and other restricted activity to test if everything works as expected. Any of these activities will generate an email and an Android notification sent to your parental Google account. Android notifications make it super easy to approve website access with a tap, if you find email notifications are piling up they offer a link where you can disable these. Be aware limit changes appear as notifications on the child’s device and can be looked up on it too. So they know what you're up to! 10. Family Link web controls Head to https://families.google.com and check out the online web controls for Family Link parental controls. This has a mix of features not everything in the app is here, but the web version mixes in control of the Google Family Group system. If you’re setting a rigid set of web sets you’ll likely find it easier entering those via the Child > Websites on Chrome > Manage sites option.

Name game: The Town of Light Price: $ 2,84 Link store: https://store.steampowered.com/app/433100/The_Town_of_Light/ Offer ends up after X hours: 31 h 13 min SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS MINIMUM: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 7/8/10 64bit Processor: Intel Core i3 or equivalent AMD Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460, AMD Radeon HD 6770 with at least 1 GB VRAM DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 8 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Additional Notes: Supported Controllers: Xbox 360 or Xbox One compatible RECOMMENDED: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 7/8/10 64bit Processor: Intel Core i5 or equivalent AMD Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560, AMD Radeon HD 7790 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 8 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Additional Notes: Supported Controllers: Xbox 360 or Xbox One compatible

The community's creativity has shined after Fortnite's new Joy Ride update. Fortnite's new Joy Ride update has brought a lot of silliness to the battle royale. Players are taking the newly added cars seriously--with some running their own in-game gas stations to fill up enemy cars and provide healing items before sending them on their way. It's wholesome and a brief break from the carnage and chaos that Fortnite usually emphasizes. "Thank you to this random Summer Drift [player] that protected me and helped me so I could fill up cars," said u/PokeStarChris42 on Reddit, who had been running his own gas stop in-game. "And thank you for avenging me when I died." A number of players have started to run their own filling stations by surrounding the in-game ones with walls (except for an entrance and exit to drive through), loading up their enemies cars with gas after they drive up, and even giving out healing items to make sure they have a safe drive. Everyone wants to enjoy driving around the map--no one likes getting destroyed when they're pumping gas. If you're into that sort of thing, we won't judge. "I heard lots of happy squealing noises coming from my sons room yesterday. He bought the crash test dummy [skin] and was so happy to be pumping gas for cars in solo," said megreads781. "He was super psyched because a bunch of players came and got gas and didn’t kill him. I know it’s battle royale but I just wanted to say thanks to those who do things like this. You made my son's day!!!" Some players have gotten their entire squads to go along with the gag. They use the sign spinning emote and the Redline skin to get other players' attention. The rest of the squad acts as security while gas is getting pumped. Their service isn't always free though, sometimes they'll ask for a mini shield potion for their trouble. The fun hasn't stopped at gas. A few bold players have set up entire car dealerships in locations with lots of vehicles. "I did make a car lot and sell cars, it was great," said BITTTRIPISDONE. "Well, If you had the patience." His prices were fair. The standard Sedan costs one mini shield potion, the standard truck costs two, the Mudflap semi truck cost one regular potion jug, and the Whiplash sports car costs two. It may not last forever as the new car smell wears off, but players are happy with how cars have convinced people to put down their guns for a few moments while they fuel up (or do donuts in the grass). "I love how the community has gotten more wholesome ever since cars," said -Boyo_-Boyo. "This really shows that even updates such as these can change a lot of people."

The long-time PC manufacturer ends a legacy. In a press release earlier this week, Toshiba has come forward with news that the company is officially stepping away from the PC manufacturing market. For decades, Toshiba has been a global competitor in the PC industry, going as far as introducing one of the first commercially available laptops in the 1980s. Over the last few years, however, Toshiba has been slowly removing assets—including major shares in their PC business. In June of 2018, Toshiba relinquished over 80% of its PC subsidiary shares to Sharp who rebranded Toshiba Client Solutions Co., Ltd under Dynabrook. Since the purchase, Toshiba has still maintained ownership of the remaining 19.9%. As of this week, Toshiba has officially sold that remaining stake giving complete ownership of the PC business to Sharp under the Dynabrook name. This move also classifies Dynabrook as a fully-owned Sharp subsidiary. Details are still developing and new information is expected to arise as the transition takes place.

A security expert revealed this week that an exploit commonly used against Windows users who own Microsoft Office can sneak into MacOS systems as well. A former NSA security specialist who addressed the Black Hat security conference this week summarized his research into the new use for a very old exploit. Patrick Wardle explained that the exploit capitalizes on the use of macros in Microsoft Office. Hackers have long used the approach to trick users into granting permission to activate the macros, which in turn surreptitiously launch malicious code. But Wardle noted that attacks against Mac systems using such macros began occurring around 2017. In 2018, the internet security company Kaspersky uncovered evidence that North Korean hackers infected a cryptocurrency exchange in what was believed to be the first such assault on a MacOS system. Hackers residing under the world's most repressive regime may have earned up to $2 billion in cryptocurrency hacks, according to a report released why the United Nations last year. The hacks rely on the use of two additional weak spots, one a nearly 30-year-old file format little used in recent years. While Microsoft Office generally prompts users before a macro is executed, the old SYLK Excel file format (.SLK) does not trigger a prompt. Thus, it can be used to bypass a line of security. Wardle noted that Microsoft Office handles code for old files differently than code for newer ones. When researchers alerted Apple to the .SLK vulnerability last year, Wardle said, Microsoft declined to issue a patch, asserting that malicious code would be contained within the secure Microsoft Office sandbox environment. Wardle, who slyly proclaimed, "Working at the NSA corrupted my mind and filled it with evil ideas," set out to test those boundaries of the sandbox protection. In a matter of days, he found a vulnerability. By beginning a filename with the "$" character, he learned, a file can break out of the sandbox and avoid detection. "Security researchers love these ancient file formats because they were created at a time when no one was thinking about security," Wardle told Motherboard. Microsoft has patched the SYLK vulnerability and says it is communicating with Apple on addressing other issues raised by the research of Wardle and others. Wardle fears these hacks may be just the tip of the iceberg. "I was surprised how easy it was," to devise these hacks, Wardle told Wired magazine. "I do have experience doing this, but it would be arrogant for me to think that well-resourced hacker groups aren't looking at this and don't have similar talents, if not more so. It's a very broad attack vector. Sufficiently resourced and clever hackers will find ways to gain access and persist on Mac systems." Dutch researcher Stan Hegt, who uncovered the SYLK macro vulnerability, praised Wardle's research but also cautioned there likely are more problems to come. "The fact that he's now built a full exploit chain definitely proves a point," said Hegt. "I'm pretty sure if you dig deep in Office, especially on Macs, there's more" troublesome issues to uncover.

What you need to know about changing your Spotify password Changing or resetting your Spotify password is simple, whether you've been locked out of your Spotify account accidentally, or you want to change your Spotify password to something more secure. Spotify is the most po[CENSORED]r music streaming service in the world, with over 113 million subscribers as of October last year – part of that po[CENSORED]rity comes from the availability of a free subscription tier, which allows you to listen to music without paying monthly (albeit with annoying ads interrupting your music). To get rid of these ads and gain access to other features, you need to sign up for a paid Spotify Premium account – unfortunately, these accounts can be vulnerable to hackers who don't want to pay for their own subscription. As Spotify only allows one device to stream at a time, anytime your account's hacker plays a song, your music is immediately stopped. This can lead to an incredibly irritating tug of war between you and the hacker, as well as changing your music recommendations to the hacker's tastes. That's why it's important to regularly change your Spotify password, ensuring that its difficult to guess and not already in use for any of your other apps or accounts. Whatever your reason for changing or resetting your Spotify password, here's everything you need to know. How to change your Spotify password Know your existing Spotify password and just want to change it to something more secure? The first thing to note about changing your Spotify password is that you can't do this via the mobile or desktop apps; instead, you must head to Spotify in your browser. Login with your current credentials and click on Profile at the top right corner of your screen; then, click on Account from the drop down menu. This will take you to an overview of your account. Head to the sidebar on the left, and select Change Password. Now, you'll need to enter your old password, followed by your new password (which you'll have to repeat to ensure you've typed it correctly). When you're done, click Set New Password. Resetting your Spotify password Lost your old Spotify password? Open up the app, and click on Forgot Your Password? underneath the Log In button – alternatively, you can head to Spotify's Password Reset page in your web browser. Then, you'll need to enter the email address you used to sign up to Spotify. iI you can't remember which email address you used, or you no longer have access to it, you can contact Spotify to update the email address associated with your account. Signed up with Facebook? If you signed up to Spotify using your Facebook account, and you've forgotten your password, you'll need to recover your Facebook credentials to log in. Want to create a separate Spotify password so you don't have to log in with Facebook? Create a Spotify password so you can log in with your email address instead. Head to the Password Reset form and enter the email address associated with your Facebook account. Then, you should receive an email, allowing you to change your Spotify password. Choosing a password It's always best to use a password that you don't use for any other applications – after all, if one account becomes compromised, you don't want a hacker having access to all your other accounts because the login details are exactly the same. If you're worried about remembering lots of different credentials, the best password managers will do this for you – and many come with password generators, which will come up with a strong password for you. If you decide to choose your own password, be sure to use a mixture of numbers, uppercase, and lowercase letters to make it difficult to guess. Punctuation marks like '!' or '%' are worth including, too. What about two-factor authentication? Unfortunately, Spotify doesn't offer two-factor authentication, which adds another layer of security to your online accounts. However, if you login to Spotify via Facebook, you can set up 'App Passwords', which generates an one-time password any time you access your Facebook account via a third-party service like Spotify. To do this, head to your Facebook account, and then go to Settings > Security and Logins > App passwords > Generate app passwords.

Name game: Borderlands 3 Price: $ 29,99 Link store: https://store.steampowered.com/app/397540/Borderlands_3/ Offer ends up after X hours: 20 August SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS MINIMUM: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 7/10 (latest service pack) Processor: AMD FX-8350 or Intel i5-3570 Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon™ HD 7970 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2 GB DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 75 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX Compatible RECOMMENDED: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 7/10 (latest service pack) Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 5 2600 (Intel i7-4770) Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon™ RX 590 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 75 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX Compatible

Initial release date: 2020 Developer: Hardsuit Labs, Inc. Engine: Anril Engine 4 Series: Vampire: The Masquerade Stylist: Brian Mitsuda Platforms: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Microsoft Windows The upcoming vampire RPG releases later this year on PS5 and Xbox Series X along with Xbox One, PS4, and PC. There are plenty of exciting games releasing on PS4 and Xbox One this year, but naturally, we're all hungry for new information on the next-generation games launching on Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5. Microsoft's May Inside Xbox stream revealed a slew of upcoming games coming to Xbox Series X--one of them being Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2. Since then, a new trailer has confirmed the game will release on PS5 as well. The dark vampire RPG will release on both next-generation consoles as well as Xbox One, PS4, and PC in late 2020. No exact release date has been confirmed, but the game is up for pre-order with several special editions and pre-order bonuses. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 was originally planned to release in Q1 2020, but publisher Paradox Interactive announced late last year that the game was delayed to later in 2020. While it's unknown whether Bloodlines 2 will release this holiday season alongside PS5 and Xbox Series X or will have a separate release date for the next-gen consoles, Microsoft has confirmed Bloodlines 2 supports Xbox Series X Smart Delivery. That means you can safely pre-order the game for Xbox One and automatically receive the Series X version as well. The game also features cross-gen character saves so that your progress on Xbox One will transfer over to Series X. Unfortunately, no equivalent service has been announced for PS4 and PS5, so if you're looking to play on that platform, you'll want to hold off on pre-ordering for now. Bloodlines 2 is an RPG and the sequel to 2004's Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. The game takes place in 21st-century Seattle within the "World of Darkness," where vampires, werewolves, demons, and other supernatural creatures exist among humans. Your character is a human recently killed and revived as a "thinblood" vampire, one with weaker powers than full-blood vampires. In this world, there are various vampire clans with different strengths and abilities, and there are also five different factions representing different ideals and positions in society. The RPG features mostly first-person gameplay and lets you create your own vampire character; you can choose who they were as a human and their vampiric power (or "Discipline), which can be upgraded over time. You'll eventually be able to join one of the vampire clans, which unlocks new abilities, and can ally yourself with one of the factions, which impacts your interactions with other characters. If the idea of stalking the streets as a vampire intrigues you, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is now up for pre-order with several special editions to choose from. There are also incentives for pre-ordering early in the form of some digital bonus items. Read on for everything you need to know about pre-ordering Bloodlines 2 before it lands on console and PC later this year. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 pre-order bonuses Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 pre-order bonuses Anyone who pre-orders Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 will receive the First Blood pre-order pack, which includes a digital copy of the official soundtrack, engraved pistol weapon skin, retro hunter outfit, and civil war saber weapon skin. As of this time, no retailers are offering exclusive bonuses. Pre-order Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 First Blood Edition | $60 Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 official box art The game's standard edition is called the First Blood Edition, and it's selling for $60. You'll receive the base game and pre-order bonuses. The First Blood Edition is available to pre-order below. Note the slight discount available on PC via Green Man Gaming--this is a code you must redeem on Steam. PS4 See at Amazon -- $60 See at Walmart -- $60 See at Best Buy -- $60 Xbox One / Series X See at Amazon -- $60 See at Walmart -- $60 See at Best Buy -- $60 PC See at Amazon (Steam code) -- $60 See at GOG -- $60 See on Steam -- $60 See on Epic Games Store -- $60 Pre-order Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Blood Moon Edition | $90 Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Season of the Wolf season pass Bloodlines 2's Blood Moon Edition will cost you $90 for the full package. In addition to everything included with the Unsanctioned Edition, you'll receive the Season of the Wolf season pass, which will add more story content and a new weapon skin. The story packs will "take you deeper into the underbelly of Seattle and introduce some of the more fantastical denizens from the World of Darkness." The season pass also includes a major expansion for the game "in which the vampires' greatest enemy enters Seattle." +Base game with pre-order pack +24-hour early access +Unsanctioned Blood Pack In-game developer commentary (feat. Brian Mitsoda) In-game art book Damsel's beret Jeanette outfit Smiling Jack outfit Voerman family portrait Sarcophagus table Severed arm weapon skin Stop sign item Season of the Wolf season pass Bludgeon weapon skin Story pack 1 Story pack 2 Expansion You can pre-order the Blood Moon Edition below. Like the Unsanctioned Edition, it's only available on PC so far, and there are discounts available right now. PC See at Amazon (Steam code) -- $90 See at GOG -- $90 See on Steam -- $90 See on Epic Games Store -- $90 Pre-order Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Collector's Edition | $170 Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 Collector's edition Of course, Bloodlines 2 is getting a fancy Collector's edition that'll cost you a decent chunk of change. It includes several physical collectibles, including an Elif figurine, a 7-inch vinyl, and steelbook, along with the game's Unsanctioned Blood Pack and Season of the Wolf season pass. It'll sell for $170, although you'll also be able to buy the Collector's edition minus the game for $110. This edition is only available through Paradox Interactive's website. Base game with pre-order pack Detailed map of Seattle 7” vinyl featuring in-game soundtrack 28 cm Elif figurine Steelbook Bloodlines 5th edition core book (digital) Unsanctioned Blood Pack In-game developer commentary (feat. Brian Mitsoda) In-game art book Damsel's beret Jeanette outfit Smiling Jack outfit Voerman family portrait Sarcophagus table Severed arm weapon skin Stop sign item Season of the Wolf season pass Bludgeon weapon skin Story pack 1 Story pack 2 Expansion

Zen 2, Meet 7nm Vega AMD's Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G "Renoir" desktop APU brings eight Zen 2 cores and 16 threads paired with a reworked Radeon RX Vega graphics engine to the mainstream desktop, breaking the old ceiling of four cores and eight threads found with the company's previous-gen "Picasso" APUs. AMD claims the new 7nm chips offer up to a 25% increase in single-threaded performance and up to a 2.5X increase in multi-threaded applications over the prior-gen Picasso APUs. That type of performance would normally make Renoir a shoe-in for our list of Best CPUs – but there's a catch. To the disappointment of enthusiasts and DIY'ers everywhere, AMD chose to target the pre-built OEM and SI system market with its desktop Renoir chips. The Renoir desktop APUs come in both typical consumer models and specialized 'Pro' variants for professional users, but they are functionally the same silicon and the various models have exactly the same specifications. Unfortunately, you won't find either family at normal retail outlets, but the grey market is a busy place. Distributors have already begun selling some of the models to the general public, and we snagged an eight-core Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G. This is nearly a carbon copy of the consumer-focused Ryzen 7 4700G, and it will let us see what the "OEM-only" chips bring to the table in gaming and application performance. The Renoir lineup consists of six non-Pro models for the consumer market, with three 65W models leading the charge in the Ryzen 7, 5, and 3 families. Each chip also comes with a lower-power 35W "GE" variant for thermally-constrained and small form factor builds. Six corresponding Ryzen Pro models come with the same specifications as the consumer variants, including clock speeds, TDP, cache, and graphics cores/clocks. The Pro models come with a few added professional-level features, like support for encrypted memory and fTPM, among other features that we'll cover below. However, disabling those features on the Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G allows us to see how the consumer-oriented Ryzen 7 4700G will perform in all of the relevant areas, like gaming, application performance, and power consumption. The 4700G is essentially the same chip with some features either fused off or disabled, and like the 4750G, it also doesn't come with the fancy packaging and bundled cooler we expect with retail chips (although there are ad-hoc bundles listed in some regions). Enthusiasts won't have to wait forever for new APUs that will come through retail outlets: AMD says it will deliver unspecified next-gen APUs for the DIY market (400- and 500-series motherboards) at an undetermined time. For now, let's see what the OEM-exclusive chip looks like in our performance tests. Ryzen 4000 'Renoir' Series Specifications AMD has a staggered naming convention and release cadence for APUs compared to its standard desktop processors, which can be confusing. The Ryzen 4000 "Renoir" lineup of desktop APUs come with the Zen 2 microarchitecture and the 7nm process, just like their Ryzen 3000 series desktop CPU counterparts, but with the notable addition of the Radeon RX Vega graphics engine. Meanwhile, desktop Ryzen "Vermeer" models will come with the 7nm process and Zen 3 microarchitecture in the near future (AMD says we'll see the first Zen 3 consumer chips by the end of the year), and if AMD follows its existing pattern those will also be Ryzen 4000 series. The desktop Renoir models drop into 500-series motherboards, but the chips aren't backward-compatible with 400-series motherboards. AMD's OEM partners will likely use custom motherboards, while system integrators typically use standard off-the-shelf consumer motherboards. In that vein, all the major motherboard makers, like MSI, Asus, Gigabyte, and ASRock, have added support for Renoir APUs. You can tune the Pro series on standard mainstream desktop 500-series chipsets that support overclocking (X- and B-series), but professional chipsets tend to limit overclocking. We tested with standard desktop motherboards, so we turned the knobs on MSI and Asus motherboards with impressive results (deep dive on the following page). The chips also work with AMD's standard Adrenalin graphics drivers. With Renoir, AMD added Ryzen 7 models to the APU lineup for the first time. The halo eight-core 16-thread 4700G/4750G marks a new maximum core count for AMD's APUs and comes with a 3.6 GHz base and 4.4 GHz boost clock. The new six-core 12-thread Ryzen 5 4600G surpasses the previous-gen quad-core eight-thread Ryzen 5 3400G in terms of cores and threads, but matches its predecessor's 3.7 / 4.2 GHz base/boost. The Ryzen 3 4300G rounds out the 65W Ryzen 4000 G-series family with four cores and eight threads that operate at a base/boost of 3.8 / 4.0 GHz. The G-Series chips use the same monolithic die and architecture as the Ryzen 4000 H-Series laptop chips, with the primary differences between the two families being TDP, tuning, and a PGA interface for the desktop chips (laptop models are BGA-mounted). AMD's 7nm Renoir die comes with 9.8 billion transistors fabbed on TSMC's N7, nearly twice the number of transistors found in the previous-gen Picasso chips, packed into a 156mm2 die that is 25% smaller than Picasso. The laptop models have to adhere to a strict power and thermal envelope to both conserve battery life and fit within thin devices, and AMD has developed a whole series of technologies to support those objectives. The H-Series laptop chips employ features like DPTC, APML, STAPM, and STT v2 (all outlined in the album below), to enable smarter boosts and dynamic power allocation. The desktop Renoir APUs aren't constrained by many of those power-saving features. Instead, the 65W chips employ the standard Precision Boost 2 algorithms that we're used to from the Ryzen 3000 desktop chips. As with AMD's other chips, the 65W TDP desktop APUs adhere to a maximum 88W Package Power Tracking (PPT) ceiling, meaning they can pull a maximum of 88W from the socket at stock settings. That means the APU has to balance power between the graphics and execution cores based upon the workload, as you'll see on the following page. As expected, overclocking removes those limits. The 65W 4700G/4750G chips, which are unofficially listed for $309, compete with Intel's $323 Core i7-10700 that comes with eight cores and 16 threads. The biggest difference between the Core i7-10700 and the 4700G/4750G boils down to integrated graphics. The 10700 comes equipped with Intel's generally lackluster UHD Graphics 630 engine, while the Renoir model features much faster RX Vega cores. AMD chose to stick with the Vega graphics engine found in its previous-gen Picasso APUs because it hasn't optimized Navi for mobile yet. Still, the company made several architectural enhancements when it ported Vega from the 12nm to the 7nm node. The 4000 series models come with fewer Vega CUs than their predecessors - the Ryzen 7 4700G/4750G comes armed with 'only' eight CUs (512 ALUs) compared to the Ryzen 5 3400G's eleven CUs. AMD also increased the graphics clock up to 2100 MHz for the Ryzen 7 Renoir models, a big increase over Picasso's peak of 1400 MHz, and added support for the HDR/WCG encode engine (HEVC), yielding a 31% performance improvement in encoding. AMD claims it wrung out ~60% more performance per Vega CU (as measured in Time Strike) for its H-Series laptop chips that use the same die. That improvement comes as a byproduct of the increased peak graphics clock (50% increase for desktop APUs) and more memory throughput. Picasso supported two channels of DDR4-2933, but Renoir brings that up to DDR4-3200 (peak frequency varies based on DIMM po[CENSORED]tion and rank). The Renoir APUs have two integrated memory controllers, with each supporting 1x64 for DDR4 and 2x32 through virtual channels for LPDDR4x memory. The integrated memory controller on the mobile APUs supports LPDDR4x-4266, and while the desktop APUs could technically address LPDDR4x as well, AMD doesn't actively support the feature. However, both Renoir variants use identical memory controllers, so the support for faster transfer speeds likely contributes to Renoir's incredible memory overclocking prowess (we easily reached DDR4-4000 in 1:1 mode, and speeds beyond DDR4-5000 are possible). AMD's 7nm Ryzen models generally have much lower power consumption than Intel's competing chips, and that should be amplified with the desktop APUs because all of the components, including the graphics, PCIe and memory controllers, are integrated into a single die. That means they don't need the the 12nm I/O die like the chiplet-based Ryzen 3000 CPU models. For instance, the 4750G matches the 105W Ryzen 7 3800X's core counts, but does so with a single monolithic 7nm die. Meanwhile, the 3800X is a chiplet-based design with one 7nm compute die (CCD) with processing cores and one 12nm I/O die that houses the memory and PCIe controllers, among other functions. Renoir's monolithic die does come with a trade-off, though: AMD had to make room for the Vega graphics engine. The Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G comes with only 8MB of L3 cache, while the 3800X comes armed with 32MB of L3 cache. Renoir's reduced cache capacity certainly has an impact on gaming performance because it requires more trips to main memory to fetch data, which we'll cover in our gaming testing. The Renoir desktop APUs support a PCIe 3.0 x16 connection to the PEG slot, a x4 connection to the chipset, and a x4 connection to a storage device (M.2). Unlike the standard Zen 2 desktop models that support the PCIe 4.0 interface, AMD says it stuck with PCIe 3.0 for desktop APUs because it had already baked the interface into the mobile chips to meet the lower power thresholds in notebooks. In contrast, the mobile chips only support eight lanes of PCIe 3.0 for a graphics card, which helps save on power consumption. Our chip comes from the Pro lineup, so it has many of the professional-centric features found in AMD's Pro Technologies suite. That includes multiple layers of security, including AMD memory guard that enables fully encrypted memory and support for firmware TPM (fTPM) that eliminates the need for physical FPM keys. The manageability suite includes tools for simplified deployments, long-term imaging (via stable drivers), extended software stability (18 months), and long-term availability of the chips (two years).

Experience the next big thing for macOS before its official release The public beta for macOS Big Sur is now available and you can download it if you want to experience the next big update to Apple's desktop operating system. Ending a 10-year run of macOS 10.x, Big Sur (macOS 11) will bring a revamped interface along with updates to several apps and utilities. When you download Big Sur, the first thing you'll notice are the changes to the UI. App icons have been re-sculpted to gently curved squares while depth, shading and translucency are emphasized throughout the OS. There is more color combined with white space unless you're in Dark Mode, which is still supported in Big Sur. iPhone and iPad owners will be familiar with the new Control Center, which offers quick access to settings (volume, Bluetooth, display brightness). The Notification Center was also updated with deeper interactions while more customizable widgets are also coming to Mac. The goal behind these changes is to make the overall look and feel of the OS more consistent. Not a Chrome user? Safari now lets you customize your start page and add favorites, frequently visited websites and a custom background image. We covered all the major changes coming to Safari separately but a few others worth noting including password tracking (so you know which passwords were stolen in a breach), tab previews when you hover over them, and a built-in translation feature. Apple Maps is also getting a significant update, adopting many of the features found in iOS 14. Curated guides and the ability to create your own guides for your favorite spots will arrive on the new version. Apple will also bring indoor maps so you can find your way through airports and shopping centers on foot. There is a lot more coming to macOS Big Sur, which we've unpacked in our initial announcement post. You can give that a read or jump into the deep end and install the beta by following the below instructions. How to install macOS Big Sur beta First, you'll need to know which laptops are capable of installing the beta. Apple is pretty generous on this front, including practically every MacBook model still being used today. Here is the full list: MacBook (2015 and later) MacBook Air (2013 and later) MacBook Pro (late 2013 and later) Mac mini (2014 and later) iMac (2014 and later) iMac Pro (2017 and later) Mac Pro (2013 and later) If your MacBook is on that list, then you can download the Big Sur beta. But before you do so, we should warn you that this is an early look at the OS, and as such, there is a chance you'll run into bugs, app compatibility issues or any range of problems Apple hasn't yet ironed out. If you have a spare MacBook, use that! If not, consider what could happen if your laptop stopped working. You should also free up at least 15GB of space on your hard drive as the macOS Big Sur beta is 12.3GB large. With that out of the way, here are the steps needed to download the macOS Big Sur beta. Go to the Apple beta software program page Sign up for access if you haven't already (Apple ID required) Press macOS above the laptop image (the center option) At the top of the page, click on Enroll your Devices. At this point, we recommend backing up your Mac. In step 2, press on "Download the macOS Public Beta Access Utility." This will download a file. Once it's downloaded, open it up and install it. If it hasn't installed already, go to Software Update in System Preferences and download it there.

Curious about how point of sale systems work? This guide walks you through the entire process The process of ringing up sales looks simple enough to the casual observer: the customer hands an item to the cashier who then scans the barcode and then taps a few keys at the register. The cashier tells the customer the total amount due, which prods the shopper to pay so they can take their products home. It’s a simple and (usually) quick process, but what many people don’t realize is that there’s a lot going on behind the scenes of every point of sale transaction. If you’re curious to learn how everything works, keep reading. This post will shed light on the ins and outs point of sale (POS) systems and how they work. Let’s get started. What is a POS system? A POS system — sometimes referred to as ePOS system — is exactly what it sounds like: it’s the system that enables the point of sale process to take place. When we say “POS system” we’re referring to the hardware and software that allow cashiers to ring up sales. While many consider “POS” and “ePOS” as the same thing, in some countries like the UK, the two terms have an important distinction: “POS” systems are traditional cash registers while “ePOS” are their electronic counterparts. The term “POS” seems to be more po[CENSORED]r in countries like the US and Australia, while “ePOS” is more widely used in the UK. Which brings us to our next point... POS systems vs. cash registers Think of cash registers as the analog version of modern POS systems (or ePOS systems if you’re in the UK). The former is a device whose main purpose is to ring up sales, while the latter is an integrated system that not only facilitates the checkout process, but also helps you manage your catalog, market to your customers, and run your business as a whole. Cash registers focus on just sales. They don’t sync with your inventory system, provide you with any reports, or “talk” to your other business apps. A POS system, on the other hand, has more business management capabilities and can also connect with other platforms that you’re using in your business. Key components of a POS system We can’t talk about how POS systems work without first discussing its components. Generally, POS systems are composed of two tightly connected parts: hardware and software. The hardware covers the equipment or devices used to carry out the checkout process. They include: POS display Barcode scanner Receipt printer Payment terminal Cash drawer Not all POS systems will have every single device above. If you send out email receipts for example, then you don’t need a receipt printer. If you only accept credit card payments or do business on-the-go, then a cash drawer isn’t necessary. The two must-haves in any POS system are the display and payment terminal. The software is the program that’s running your POS. The look, feel, and functionality of your POS software will vary from one provider to another, but most modern systems will have the following features: Sale screen Inventory management Customer relationship management Reporting and analytics On-premise vs. cloud-based POS software can also be classified as either being cloud-based or on-premise (on-site). The former can be accessed over the internet, while the latter is hosted locally on your own server or computer. Cloud-based point of sale systems usually work through a SaaS (Software as a Service) model, and providers charge a subscription fee for the software. On-premise POS systems are installed on your computer, and you typically have to pay for the software upfront or pay a licensing fee. Many are opting for cloud-based software because they’re more accessible and scalable. With cloud-based solutions, you can access the software from any device as long as you have an internet connection, making it easy to check in on business. Updates happen automatically, and you simply have to download the latest version of the software. With on-premise software, the solution “lives” in your device or server, so you’re in charge of maintaining and updating the software. Businesses that prefer to have their data on-site are usually the ones that choose on-premises software. How POS systems work: different components coming into play The best POS systems work when the components mentioned above function seamlessly together to enable the transaction. Think of it this way: the hardware and software of your POS solution “talk” to each other to make the sale happen. Here’s how: Things kick off when a sale is initiated by the cashier. That is, when they scan a product or enter it into the sale screen. At this stage, the POS software po[CENSORED]tes the sale screen with each line item. It displays the product along with the price, and the total amount owed. On the backend, the software is syncing with its inventory management and adjusts the stock levels based on the quantities purchased by the customer. While all that is happening, the cashier tells the customer the amount due and the shopper selects a payment method. If the customer pays electronically via credit card or their mobile device, it triggers the payment terminal to come into play. The customer follows the prompts on the terminal and goes through with the sale. If they’re paying cash, they can just hand the amount to the cashier. The cashier confirms the amount on their end. Then, the receipt printer is triggered and prints the receipt. For cash transactions, the printer sends a signal to the cash drawer to open when necessary. Note: Other things can take place, depending on the store. For instance, some stores have a loyalty program, in which case the customer gives the cashier their member details. Other times, the merchant may ask the shopper to enter their contact information. These things can happen before or after the payment step, depending on the store’s setup. Behind the scenes, the software is also working to keep everything in check. Stock levels are updated and data is fed into the system’s reporting and analytics. If customer details or loyalty data are captured, the system also stores that in its database. It doesn’t stop there: POS systems play an important role after the transaction The work of your POS or ePOS system doesn’t end when the transaction is over. As mentioned previously, newer point of sale systems can help you run multiple components of your business, including inventory and customer management, finances, analytics, and more. Consider the following: Whenever you make a sale, your POS software logs the transaction and updates your stock level. Let’s say you’re a clothing boutique, and at the beginning of the day, you had 50 large maxi skirts in stock. Throughout the day, you sold 25 of those dresses. If everything is working correctly, your POS system would’ve recorded those 25 transactions and modified your stock levels accordingly. A POS system that tracks your inventory becomes particularly handy if it’s able to connect with your other sales channels. Going back to the maxi dresses example, if you sold an additional 10 dresses online, then your system should take those sales into account and update your overall inventory levels. Your POS system and payment processor work hand in hand. For best results, opt for an integrated payment solution, wherein your restaurant POS system or retail POS software interfaces directly with your payment processor. That way, when a customer makes a payment via credit card, their payment data directly feeds into your POS and you can ring up sales faster. While it is possible to opt for non-integrated payments, this setup will require cashiers to manually key in payment data into the POS, which makes the experience more cumbersome. POS integrated payments also make end of day reconciliation easier. Instead of manually checking receipts against all your transactions, an integrated payment solution automates the process, thus saving time and minimizing errors. One of the great things about a modern POS or ePOS system is having easier access to data and insights. Unlike traditional cash registers, which only record transactions, POS systems can track and analyze sales, inventory, and customer data, which then leads to powerful reporting and analytics. The best POS systems in the market make it easy to track important metrics in your business and many allow you to filter data so you can easily find the information you need. For instance, if you’d like to generate sales reports for a given time period, product category, or even customer group, a solid POS system will help you do that. Want to figure out what your top sellers are or how fast stock is moving? There are plenty of POS solutions that can crunch the numbers at the drop of a hat. These things simply aren’t possible with a clunky cash register, and it’s one of the many reasons why more and more businesses are switching to new and trusty POS systems.

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Mid-range Z490 pricing with features to match The Asus ROG Strix Z490-E Gaming is priced at $299.99, making it the most expensive Z490 ROG Strix motherboard in the lineup. For this price, it includes the latest in connectivity, including Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201, 2.5 GbE LAN, front and rear USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C connectors, and a premium audio codec. All of what we expect to see at this price on this platform is here. Asus currently has twenty -- yes, 20 -- different Z490 boards, with the ROG Maximus boards sitting above the Z490 ROG Strix series in the stack. Asus also carries the TUF, Prime, Creator, and ProArt lines, each with their own styling, features and price points. From Mini-ITX to E-ATX, for overclockers or professionals, Asus offers a suitable Z490 motherboard for pretty much every type of builder or build. The Z490-E Gaming we have for review performed well overall across our testing suite. While it tended to be a bit on the slower side in the Office tests (the performance difference isn’t noticeable), it did well in tests for compression/decompression (7-zip), encoding (LAME) and rendering (Cinebench). In the end, there are no concerns with the performance of this motherboard in both the stock configuration as well as when your CPU is overclocked. The Z490-E Gaming took our i9-10900K up to 5.2 GHz at 1.35V, with all cores and threads enabled (no AVX offset); we were only limited by CPU temperature. The VRMs proved more than capable to handle Intel’s current mainstream flagship processor. Other features include a 16-phase (14 for Vcore) 50A teamed VRM configuration, SupremeFX S1220A audio codec with dual op-amps, Intel I225-V 2.5 GbE and has a VRM cooling design that connects the heatsinks to the chipset area via a U-shaped heat pipe that weaves its way through the base of the coolers. Below is a complete list of specifications. A first glance at the Z490-E Gaming reveals a mostly black PCB, with black heatsinks and shrouds. The chipset, M.2, and VRM heatsinks are all connected via heat pipes for better cooling capabilities. The VRM heatsinks are large, have a lot of mass and come with a small 40mm fan for additional (optional) cooling. In addition to the stealthy black look, the chipset area and shroud above the left VRM bank both have RGB LEDs. The shroud has the ROG symbol and Strix glowing, while the ROG letters are written out on the chipset. You can’t escape this lit-up branding unless you disable the onboard LEDs, but that shouldn’t get in the way of it fitting in with most build themes. Starting on the top half of the board, the shroud covering the left VRM bank is mostly plastic and houses some of the RGB LEDs mentioned above. The ROG symbol is frosted, while the Strix is illuminated by the LEDs shining through the plastic. Between the shroud and VRM heatsinks are 8-pin and 4-pin EPS connectors (4-pin optional) that send power to the CPU. The four DIMM slots support up to 128GB of RAM at speeds listed to DDR4 4600(OC). As always, your mileage may vary, as reaching these speeds depends on the processor’s Integrated Memory Controller (IMC) and the memory kit used. Above the DIMM slots are two (of seven) fan headers. All fan headers support up 1A/12W of power, except for the W_PUMP+ header which is 3A/36W. To the right of these fan headers are the first of four total RGB headers, one 3-pin (addressable) and a 4-pin. On the right edge of the board, just above the 24-pin ATX power connector is the Q-LED code area. These four LEDs (labeled Boot, VGA, DRAM and CPU) light up according to where your system is at during POST. If there is a problem in one of these areas, the LED will stay lit. This in combination with the Q-Code LED aids significantly in no boot situations. Below the 24-pin connector is the front-panel USB 3.2 Gen 2 header and USB 3.2 Gen 1 (USB 3) header. For the power delivery, Asus uses a teamed setup, sporting 14-phase 50A SIC639 MOSFETs controlled by the Digi+ VRM chip, an 8-channel ASP1900B module running in 7+1 mode. With a total of 700A available to the CPU, we didn’t have any issues running our Core i9-10900K at 5.2 GHz with all cores and threads. Temperatures during this testing were in the middle of the pack, even without using the included (optional) VRM fan. The bottom half of the board is, in part, covered by heatsinks, but mostly near the chipset area and above the M.2 sockets. On the far left of the board, the audio section is fully exposed. We also spot several premium Nichicon audio capacitors, a Texas Instruments RC4580I op-amp and the SupremeFX EMI cover on top of the S1220A codec. The integrated audio solution should be fine for most users. In the middle are six PCIe slots, three full-length and three x1 size. The primary GPU slots (top two) are reinforced to prevent shearing from heavy video cards. Both slots are sourced from the CPU and work in a x16/x0 or x8/x8 configuration. This setup supports 2-Way SLI and, with the bottom full-length PCIe slot running at x4, will work with AMD 3-Way CrossfireX. All x1 slots’ bandwidth are sourced from the chipset. Wedged between PCIe slots are two M.2 sockets. The top socket, M2_1, supports both PCIe- and SATA-based modules up to 110mm long. The bottom socket, M2_2 supports PCIe only. As is typical with this platform, some lane/port sharing is inevitable. In this case, if M2_1 is in SATA mode, SATA6G_2 port is disabled. M2_2 shares bandwidth with SATA6G_5/6. When M2_2 is po[CENSORED]ted, those ports are disabled. Additionally, if there is something installed in the second PCIe slot, the bandwidth of M2_2 drops from x4 to x2. On the far right edge of the board are the six SATA ports that support RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10. Outside of that, there is nothing else in this area worth writing about. Along the bottom edge of the board are several headers, buttons, and switches covering a variety of functions. Below is a complete list of these headers in order from left to right. Front panel audio Q-Code LED 4-pin RGB header 3-pin RGB header Thunderbolt header (2) USB 2.0 headers Clear CMOS jumper Temperature sensor (3) Fan headers Thermal sensor header (between fan headers) (2) USB 2.0 headers System Panel header The rear IO area consists of 10 total USB ports, with four USB 3.2 Gen 2 (one Type-C and three Type-A) ports, two USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports, and four USB 2.0 ports. The number of ports should be plenty for most users. If you plan on using the integrated video card, the board offers a DisplayPort and HDMI video outputs. The audio stack is standard, with five plugs and SPDIF. Above the USB Type-C port is the Intel 2.5 GbE port. And last but not least on the integrated rear IO, is a BIOS Flashback button for flashing your BIOS without a CPU.

During the coronavirus pandemic, Zoom, Skype, and other videoconferencing systems have become our lifelines for workplace communication. But while those platforms work well for many kinds of virtual meetings and conferences, their capacity to replicate the kinds of spontaneous, informal interactions that take place when people are together in person is limited. Enter Minglr, a new software platform developed by researchers at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Minglr is designed to support the kinds of impromptu, private conversations that individuals have before and after meetings, in the lobby during breaks of conferences, and around the office coffee machine. By making these interactions possible online, systems like Minglr can further boost the desirability and feasibility of remote work, learning, and professional networking. "I think ad-hoc interactions—those 'hallway conversations'—are among the most important things that people miss in today's work-from-home environment," says Thomas W. Malone, the Patrick J. McGovern (1959) Professor of Management at MIT Sloan and the founding director of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, who led the Minglr research team. "From a collective intelligence standpoint, lots of research suggests that those random encounters are key to creative innovations in cities, research labs, companies, and elsewhere. And we know from our own personal experiences that they are also critical to making new professional connections, forming social bonds, and building camaraderie in a group. But most people don't realize how straightforward it is to create videoconferencing software that supports these ad-hoc interactions." "We want to demonstrate what is possible, and we hope that all major videoconferencing systems will implement functionality like that in Minglr." To create Minglr, Prof. Malone teamed up with Jaeyoon Song, an incoming MIT Sloan Ph.D. student, and Chris Riedl, associate professor for Information Systems and Network Science at the D'Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University. Together, they developed a prototype of the software, building on an open source videoconferencing system called jitsi. The team plans to make Minglr available as open source software to anyone who is interested in using the tool, including developers who would like to contribute to it. It works like this: At a virtual meeting or conference, participants and attendees log on to Minglr and see a list of people who are available to talk. The system lets them select the ones they want to speak with. They can also see the people who want to talk to them. And if they select one of those people, then both parties enter into a private video room where they can chat for as long or as short a time as they wish. A working paper the team just released describes a pilot test of Minglr at the June MIT Collective Intelligence 2020 meeting, which was held online as a virtual conference. In one survey reported in the working paper, conference attendees indicated that conversations in hallways, lobbies, and at social events were the most important part of attending an academic conference. And in another survey, 86% of participants who used the Minglr system successfully said that they thought future online conferences should employ something like it. "The positive feedback we received on Minglr has helped us see new pathways for its functionality," says Song. "We knew that the system could be valuable at virtual business meetings and professional conferences, but now we see potential uses in virtual classes, parties, and other kinds of social engagements. Minglr allows you to meet new people, chat with folks you already know, and spark different kinds of conversations. With Minglr, we see a future that involves much richer and deeper online interaction."

Your Amazon password for Prime, Shopping and more Your Amazon account controls lots of things, from your online shopping to what you watch and listen to, so it's important to have a secure account, and your password is key for that. Here's how you can change your Amazon password, so you can make sure it's as secure as possible. You'll want to change your Amazon password if your current one is too weak - if it's currently 'qwertyuiop' or 'Password123' then you'll probably want to change it for something different. It's also safe practise to regularly change your password anyway, so here's how to do that. It's not hard to change your Amazon password, but as with websites, it can sometimes be hard to find your way around the website's different menus, especially given it's just a touch different from other sites. So that's why we've come up with this guide on changing your Amazon password. So without further time wasted, here's how to change your Amazon password, or reset it. How to change your Amazon password It's not hard to change your Amazon password, but we'd recommend doing it on the website, rather than the individual app of the Amazon service you use, since it can be simpler. First, on the Amazon website, click 'Accounts and Lists' in the top bar, to the right of the search bar - you can also hover your mouse over this menu if you want, then click 'your account' in the drop-down menu that appears. Next, click 'Login and Security', and this will bring up a list showing the bare-bones details of your account. Your password will be visible as a series of asterisks, and next to that is a button to 'Edit' it. Click this button. The next page that opens will ask for your password - input it - and the new password, re-entered after to make sure you've written it right. Once you've done this click 'Save changes', and your you'll have successfully changed your Amazon password. You'll get an email confirmation letting you know your password was changed, in case you forget. How to reset your Amazon password If you've forgotten your Amazon password, you'll want to reset it, but this isn't too hard a process. On an Amazon sign-in screen, click 'Forgot your password'. Now, you'll be prompted to input a phone number or email address, and you should enter whatever number or email address you started your account with. Now, you'll be shown a entry box for an OTP, or a One-Time-Password. Keep this tab open. You'll be emailed, or texted, your OTP. Check your email account or phone to get this password, and type it into the field on the Amazon website. In the next page, you'll be asked to enter your password. You'll need to follow the rules, which are listed below, then write it again in the box below. Once you've done this, your password will be changed, and you'll have to use this new one going forward

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A good deal if refresh rates aren’t your thing Good deals on IPS panels can be hard to find, at least if you care about high refresh rates or resolutions. If you’re willing to sacrifice on at least one of those features, though, you can save a good chunk of change. Take Lenovo’s Q27q-10 IPS monitor, a 1440p 75Hz display that’s currently on sale for $230 on Best Buy. That’s $70 off its usual $300 asking price. The Lenovo Q27q-10 is a 27 inch IPS display that focuses on fidelity. At a max resolution of 2560 x 1440, it’s not exactly the 4K of the best monitors, but it’s still higher than the FHD industry standard. And while its 75Hz refresh rate isn’t quite the 144Hz many gamers set as a minimum, it is still 15Hz over the more common 60Hz. It also has both HDMI and DisplayPort connections, is VESA mount and Freesync compatible and advertises 300 nits of brightness. The key draw for this monitor is getting an IPS display at a higher-than-FHD resolution for less than $300. You might have to sacrifice high frame rate gaming to do so, but you’ll get great viewing angles and colors in exchange.