We’ve tested a couple high-end boards for Intel’s brand-new Alder Lake platform so far. But now we get to dive deep into the first mid-range Z690 board, Gigabyte’s Z690 Aorus Pro. Priced at $329.99, it’s one of the less expensive offerings in the Z690 universe (although there are boards priced as low as $200), but it still has a long feature list enthusiasts should love. There are a whopping 13 total USB ports, 2.5 GbE and integrated Wi-Fi 6 for fast networking, four M.2 sockets, a premium Realtek audio codec, overbuilt VRMs, and an updated appearance. The new look may be polarizing, with its grey-on-black heatsinks, but overall we like what the Aorus Pro delivers as a package very much. Since this is our first Gigabyte Z690 review, we’ll briefly cover the product stack. The Gigabyte website has a mind-blowing 25 models listed, across the Aorus, Aero, Gaming X, and UD families. The Aorus line has 15 boards, from the halo product Aorus Extreme Waterforce (and non-watercooled Extreme), Tachyon (overclocking centric), Master, Ultra, Elite, and Pro boards. There’s even a Mini ITX board, the Z690I Ultra. The Aero line consists of three boards (Aero D, Aero G, and Aero D DDR4) that sport a different design aesthetic (white) with hardware geared towards content creators. The Gaming X family has two boards (one DDR5, the other DDR4). Finally, the UD series makes up the budget end of things with five SKUs, including DDR4 options. On the design front, the Z690 Aorus Pro changed things up, going with less coverage on the shrouds and heatsinks due to PCIe slot placement. The M.2, chipset and top VRM heatsink are all grey, providing a rather stark contrast against the black PCB and other heatsinks. Personally, I prefer the old style that covers more of the board and uses grey more sparingly (like the Z690 Aorus Master). That said, this is still a good-looking board and makes a great focal point for your Z690 build, though the lack of RGB lighting elements may be a turnoff for some. Looks aside, the Z690 Aorus Pro performed well, mixing in with the other two Z690 DDR5 boards we’ve tested so far. The board led a few benchmarks, including Handbrake (x264), Cinebench R23, POV-Ray, and did a clean sweep in the Procyon Office tests and Photo Editing. RAM bandwidth and latency were spot on with the other results and so were our gaming tests. Power use was also in the middle of the Z690 boards tested so far. Overall, the Z690 Aourus Pro is a complete package that isn’t too hard on your wallet (by current motherboard standards). Read on for additional information on features, overclocking, and takeaways from our time with the board. Before we do that, here’s a complete list of the Z690 Aorus Pro’s specifications, direct from Gigabyte. Inside the Aorus Pro’s box are several accessories, including SATA cables, a Wi-Fi antenna, and screws. We didn’t find a disk/USB stick with drivers, but that could be a review sample omission. Worst case scenario, you’d have to download the drivers from the website, but that’s a good idea anyway, to make sure you have the most up-to-date software. Although the accessory list is a bit sparse, most of what you need to get started is here. Below is a complete list of the included extras. User’s Manual Installation Guide (4) M.2 screws (4) SATA cables (2) Temperature sensors RGB extension Microphone Wi-Fi antenna G-connector Taking a closer look at the Aorus Pro, we see a matte-black PCB, along with some grey lines stenciled on the board matching the heatsinks and shrouds. The VRM heatsink sports the Aorus branding, while the chipset has an Aorus Eagle on with a mirror finish. The black-and-grey board uses reinforcement on the primary PCIe slot and all four DRAM slots to mitigate EMI and and extra support for heavy graphics cards. Overall, I like the design, but the contrasting grey heatsinks are polarizing. Looks are subjective, but I would like to see more black instead. There’s less heatsink coverage here generally, due to the PCIe slot design and how close the chipset-fed slots are, but that does expose more of the motherboard. On the RGB front, you’ll have to add lights yourself. The board does not include any, much like the MSI MEG Z690 Unify we recently reviewed.

The Seven concept is an outlandish and futuristic preview of Hyundai's third bespoke electric car, which will go on sale in 2024 as a large, long-range rival to Volvo's upcoming XC90 replacement. The Korean marque labels the concept as a "category-bending" electric SUV, highlighting its aerodynamically optimised styling and extended wheelbase as departures from the design norms of conventionally fuelled contemporaries. Some of its more radical design cues will be toned down for production - but the recently launched Ioniq 5 remains largely faithful to 2019's straight-edged 45 concept and the Ioniq 6 looks to be heading into production with minimal alterations from the Prophecy - so expect the showroom-ready Ioniq 7 to look a lot like this. Autocar reported last year that Hyundai planned for its first three bespoke EVs to have highly individualised styling, and indeed the Seven concept adopts a radically different silhouette – "divergent from a typical SUV," according to the firm – and a raft of new design cues to mark it out from both its range-mates and its fuel-burning forebears. An obvious visual link, though, is the 'Parametric Pixel' design for the front and rear light clusters – which is a motif common to each of Hyundai's bespoke EVs, including its Heritage Series reborn classics – and is said to blend elements of "digital and analogue styles" and highlight the rigorous approach of its designers, who "considered every aspect of Seven's design, down to a single pixel". Sitting atop Hyundai's EV-specific E-GMP architecture, the Seven benefits from a flat floor, short overhangs and bonnet, and a 3200mm-long wheelbase - roughly as long as that of even the largest version of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class – all features that allow for a much more spacious cabin environment than offered by Hyundai's existing SUVs. It is in this respect that the production-spec Ioniq 7 will differ most obviously from the concept, which ditches a conventional three-row seating layout in favour of a more "fluid" format comprising a pair of movable, swivelling armchairs – complete with footrests – and a curved corner sofa-style arrangement at the back of the cabin. It's all part of what Hyundai describes as its "future vision of autonomous mobility", which previews how advances in self-driving capability could influence the interiors of upcoming models. A retractable joystick replaces the steering wheel, for example, and in place of a conventional dashboard, a sleek digital control panel spans the width of the cabin – an evolution of the set-up shown in the Prophecy concept – while a huge OLED screen in the ceiling serves as a sort of virtual sunroof with customisable displays. With the front seats turned rearwards, the Seven is transformed into a mobile lounge, with ambient lighting supplied by distinctive tube-shaped devices in the door panels, an inbuilt fridge and even dedicated shoe care compartments. Which of these, if any, will make it to production remains unclear, but Hyundai design boss SangYup Lee said the Seven "paves the way forward for what an SUV needs to become in the EV era", suggesting a similar ethos will be applied to production cars. Also representative of Hyundai's wider approach to sustainability is the 'bio-paint' exterior finish, recycled interior materials and focus on hygiene. For instance, an aircraft-inspired airflow system operates either horizontally or vertically to reduce cross-contamination between passengers, and once the vehicle is empty, UV lights run over all surfaces to eradicate bacteria and viruses. The Ioniq 7 will ultimately be technically similar – in terms of its drivetrain – to the Ioniq 5 and the Kia EV6, the first production cars to use the E-GMP platform. Its 800V charging functionality will make it compatible with the fastest EV chargers on the market – the Seven has a claimed 20-minute charge time from 10% to 80% capacity - and Hyundai is targeting a range of more than 300 miles, which if carried over to the Ioniq 7 would make it a close match for its rivals. Link : https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motor-shows-la-motor-show/new-hyundai-seven-concept-large-lounge-style-electric-suv

If Joe Biden was looking for respite from the tricky global challenges he has faced in recent months, he may not find harmony closer to home. The leaders of US, Canada and Mexico meet on Thursday in Washington, with plenty differences to resolve. Our correspondents in Toronto, New York and Mexico City give their perspectives on the so-called Three Amigos summit. Canada By Jessica Murphy, Toronto There may be less drama in this relationship since Mr Biden took office but it hasn't been smooth sailing and there are rough seas on the horizon. One observer has said what was once a strategic partnership has become a "largely transactional" relationship. A big bone of contention is Mr Biden's embrace of "Buy American" which has become central to his trade agenda. Critics argue such protectionist policies would increase the costs of goods to consumers and potentially shut out Canadian companies from lucrative US contracts. Alarm bells are ringing "a little louder right now for me", Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association, told the BBC. One of his top concerns is a proposed tax credit for US-produced electric vehicles which could have implications for the burgeoning electric vehicles sector. Mr Volpe expects both Canada and Mexico to file a dispute under the USMCA trade agreement if the issue is not resolved. Other areas of conflict include the Line 5 oil pipeline that runs between Canada and Michigan, which the US state has threatened to shut down, and an ongoing dispute over softwood lumber. Canadian and US leaders have been so busy dealing with domestic concerns since Mr Biden came into office that the relationship has been put on the backburner, says Maryscott Greenwood of the Canadian American Business Council. When Mr Trump was there, Canada dedicated significant time to making sure its interests were heard especially over trade. So this summit is an opportunity for the partners to begin to re-engage more substantially, she says. US By Laura Trevelyan, New York correspondent What the US really wants from Mexico is more control of migration at the southern border. Since President Biden's inauguration, US border agents have made a record 1.3 million arrests of migrants trying to cross into America - and the American public has noticed, with Republicans accusing Democrats of pursuing a policy of open borders, and public approval of President Biden's handling of immigration underwater. What are Biden's challenges at the border? Ever since candidate Donald Trump's rallying cry of build a wall with Mexico, the US-Mexico border has been an extremely potent political issue, and one where Democrats are vulnerable. Conservative cable news coverage of the caravans of migrants from Central America heading through Mexico to the US border are a constant headache for the White House. So when President Lopez Obrador meets President Biden in Washington, it's hard not to imagine Mr Biden noting with approval that the number of migrants taken into US custody along the border decreased for the third consecutive month in October. More of the same, please, Mr Biden might tell his Mexican counterpart. Looking ahead to the first summit between these three in five years, the US Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar underlined its importance. "The North American continent holds the keys to the future of the world, in terms of functioning democracies and economies. Our strategic alliances and imperatives for the US are much more closely tied to Mexico and its thriving future, and Canada and its thriving future, than they are to China." Mexico By Will Grant, Mexico City After the turbulence of four years of President Trump, Mexico has welcomed a more sober tone from the Biden administration. The unhelpful rhetoric about Mexico somehow "paying for" the border wall is gone. Whether on trade or security, conversations are being conducted in what diplomats consider a more serious and less capricious manner. When combined with a solid ties with Canada too, the diplomatic tone is altogether calmer in North America. But from Mexico's point of view, there was an upside to Mr Trump's fixation on immigration - President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador found he was left largely in peace on other bilateral topics. At the outset, the Biden administration said things would be different. For example, Democratic senators pushed hard for higher labour standards in the re-worked North American free trade deal, USMCA. Human rights abuses by the Mexican police and military and the continued strength of Mexico's drug cartels, including inside the US, have the potential to become very thorny issues. Link : https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59300461

Artist: Kodak Black Real Name: Dieuson Octave Birth Date /Place: June 11, 1997 / Pompano Beach, Florida, U.S. Age: 24 Social status (Single / Married): Married Artist Picture: Musical Genres: Hip Hop Awards: - Top 3 Songs (Names): Halloween Bill Kill & Super Gremlin & Nightmare Stories Other Information: Bill Kahan Kapri[6][7][8] (born Dieuson Octave, June 11, 1997), better known by his stage name Kodak Black,[9] is an American rapper. He gained initial recognition with his single "No Flockin", released in 2014. His debut album, Painting Pictures (2017), peaked at number 3 on the US Billboard 200 and included the Billboard Hot 100 top ten single "Tunnel Vision".

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Spartan season begins today: Season 1 of the hotly anticipated multiplayer game Halo Infinite is available ... right now. Tom French, Multiplayer Associate Creative Director for Halo Infinite, made the announcement during the Xbox 20th Anniversary Livestream on November 15. "On behalf of the entire Halo team," French said, "it's my honor and privilege to announce that your Spartan journey begins today. Right now you can download and start playing Season 1 of Halo Infinite's free-to-play multiplayer beta on Xbox One, Series S, [Series] X, and PC. "This is the kick off of our season and you'll have access to all the maps, core modes, academy features, and the full Battle Pass to unlock, and your progression will carry over when we officially release the game on December 8." Described by developer 343 Industries as a spiritual reboot of the series, Halo Infinite's campaign mode will continue the ongoing story of the franchise, and Xbox Series X players will enjoy "up to 4k resolution at 60fps in the campaign and greatly reduced load times creating seamless gameplay that ushers in the next generation of gaming". The multiplayer mode saw a couple of initial beta previews earlier this year, with the most recent being just last month. Multiplayer mode will also see the return of split-screen co-op, which was cut from Halo 5 in favor of an online only multiplayer mode – a creative decision that caused considerable controversy among the Halo fanbase. Bonnie Ross, head of 343 Industries said in 2017 that the removal of split-screen co-op from Halo 5 was "painful" and that "it erodes trust with the community. [We’ve had a] lot of learnings from that, and I would say for any FPS going out forward we will always have split-screen going forward." Analysis: will free-to-play multiplayer and Day One Xbox Game Pass bring in new fans? There are plenty of Halo multiplayer diehards out there, and Halo Infinite definitely aims squarely at the fanbase. But there's plenty of reason to think that this entry in the series could bring in new players who might not have gotten into past entries. For one thing, cross-progression between Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC should make it easier for everyone to play with their friends, while a Day One release on Xbox Game Pass could easily rope in a lot of potential players who might not have given it a look otherwise. Being free-to-play definitely doesn't hurt. But given the po[CENSORED]rity of a host of other free-to-play multiplayer shooters like Apex Legends, Fortnite, and Call of Duty Warzone, Halo Infinite has a lot more competition than it did when the first Halo game debuted 20 years ago. Check out the best Xbox Series X Black Friday deals while you wait for Halo Infinite

HP (via momomo_us) briefly listed a couple of unreleased AMD Ryzen 5000 APUs for mobile devices. By the looks of the model names, the mysterious processors should belong to the Barcelo family, the rumored refresh for Cezanne. AMD had caused a bit of confusion when the chipmaker revised its Ryzen 4000 (Renoir) APUs. Instead of launching the refreshed APUs (Lucienne) under the same Ryzen 4000 family, AMD opted to use the Ryzen 5000 moniker at a time when it had already released the Ryzen 5000 (Cezanne) lineup. For this generation, it would seem that the company is keeping the revised SKUs inside the same Ryzen 5000 family. Funnily enough, this means that the Ryzen 5000 lineup is now comprised of three different processor series: Lucienne (Zen 2), Cezanne (Zen 3) and Barcelo (Zen 3) Lucienne came with multiple improvements over Renoir, including a slightly reworked memory controller, individual core voltage control, faster integrated graphics - just to mention a few. It's uncertain if Barcelo will bring a rich featureset as Lucienne. Sadly, HP didn't exhibit the specifications for the Barcelo chips so we'll have to make some educated guesses. The Ryzen 7 5825U, Ryzen 5 5625U and Ryzen 3 5452U should be the refreshed versions of the Ryzen 7 5800U, Ryzen 5 5600U and Ryzen 4 5400U, respectively. Clearly, these are U-series parts, meaning they're confined to 15W by default. However, AMD does give its partners some wiggle room between 10W and 25W. Unless AMD has changed its recipe for mobile Ryzen chips (which we doubt), Barcelo will come with the same core counts and L3 cache as Cezanne. We're looking at eight and six Zen 3 cores for the Ryzen 7 5825U and Ryzen 5 5625U, respectively, and four Zen 3 cores on the Ryzen 3 5452U. All three processors come with support for simultaneous multithreading (SMT), of course. In terms of L3 cache, the Ryzen 7 5825U and Ryzen 5 5625U will likely have 16MB, while the Ryzen 3 5452U will stick to 8MB. For reference, Lucienne was typically clocked 1 GHz to 2 GHz higher than Renoir, and we can presume that Barcelo will come with similar uplifts. The APUs will still employ the Vegas graphics engine, but potentially feature improved clock speeds. The last time we saw Barcelo on a purported AMD roadmap, the 7nm APUs were rumored to hit the market 2022. HP's product listings, which have been removed, implies that Barcelo's debut should be close, maybe even early 2022.

As Audi gears up to launch its final internal-combustion car in just five years’ time, the race is on to transition its Audi Sport division into an electric-only performance brand. Audi Sport’s portfolio of petrol and diesel cars is larger than ever before, comprising uprated S and RS-badged versions of every model in Audi’s ICE line-up except for the A1 Sportback supermini. The hot E-tron GT, however, remains its only electric RS offering. The hot versions of the E-tron and E-tron Sportback SUVs wear just an S badge and the division has yet to show more potent derivatives of the new Q4 E-tron and Q4 E-tron Sportback. That trend is set to reverse rapidly in line with Audi’s wider plans to offer more than 20 electric models worldwide by 2025 and for electrified cars to account for 40% of its sales. The RS E-tron GT offers a glimpse at Audi Sport’s electric future and indicates how its offerings will be differentiated from their regular counterparts. Crucial to the transformation plan will be maintaining the variety and completeness of Audi’s line-up (which today comprises 17 model lines) to avoid losing customers along the way, so a near-direct replacement for every current model is on the cards. For example, the recently revealed A6 E-tron concept heavily previews the electric successor to today’s A6, and it will no doubt follow its predecessor in being offered with a performance range-topper tuned by Audi Sport. Although the A6 E-tron isn’t intended as an immediate replacement for the A6, it will occupy the equivalent segment in the EV market, and Audi bosses have all but confirmed that an estate version is on the way, too. All of which means the RS6 Avant is due an electric successor as well, continuing a model line that stretches back to the V10-engined C5 generation of 2002. While the current C8-generation RS6 arrived two years after the standard A6, the RS6 E-tron could well be launched at the same time as the standard A6 E-tron in 2023, following the example set by the E-tron GT and RS E-tron GT. The two are likely to be more closely matched in terms of design than the current A6 and RS6, too, given the subtle differences between standard and hot versions of current Audi EVs, so expect a slight toning down of the RS6’s flared arches, outlandish wheels and prominent rear spoiler. The regular A6 E-tron will be the second Audi model to use the premium-focused PPE architecture for EVs that Audi is co-developing with Porsche (following the Q6 E-tron SUV, a sister model to Porsche’s Macan EV) and that will offer the flexibility of various drivetrain layouts and power outputs. The A6 E-tron concept has one electric motor on each axle for combined outputs of 469bhp and 590lb ft – less power but exactly as much torque as the RS6’s 4.0-litre twin-turbocharged petrol V8. The RS6 E-tron, meanwhile, will up the stakes to more viably compete with the full-bore performance EVs currently being developed by BMW’s M division and Mercedes-AMG. Expect it to closely match the outputs of the top-rung RS E-tron GT, which packs 590bhp (or 637bhp in its ‘overboost’ mode) and 612lb ft to offset the inevitable added weight of its large battery pack, so a 0-62mph time of just over 3.0sec is highly likely. It remains unclear, however, whether the PPE platform – an evolution of the J1 architecture used by the E-tron GT and its Porsche Taycan sibling – can accommodate any more than two motors. The E-tron S and E-tron S Sportback SUVs use a tri-motor set-up, but they sit on an adapted version of the MLB Evo underpinnings that are used by the Volkswagen Group’s largest ICE models. As demonstrated by the A6 E-tron concept, the PPE platform can accommodate a 100kWh battery pack, which is good for a claimed range of more than 435 miles in this application. The RS6 E-tron won’t be able to match that figure, but it will benefit from the PPE platform’s ability to accept rapid-charging rates of as much as 270kW, whereby it could gain up to 186 miles of range in just 10 minutes. Plus, because the battery pack itself is spread out across the cabin floor and the wheels are pushed out to the corners, it will offer comparable interior space and load capacity to today’s RS6. Link : https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/audi-rs6-e-tron-due-600bhp-ev-performance-estate

Carina, a yoga teacher in Vienna, is not vaccinated against Covid-19 and wants to remain that way. So she is now under lockdown, like around two million other unvaccinated Austrians. She is only allowed to leave her home for essential reasons like work or shopping for food, and is barred from cafés and restaurants. So I met her in a Vienna park, where she is allowed to take exercise. Carina says she doesn't understand the rationale behind the lockdown and that it makes her feel sad. "I was walking by some cafes this morning," she told me. "It's a bit strange to look inside and to know that I couldn't go in. It makes you feel really excluded, and ostracised." "I'm one of these people that is made into the enemy," she said. "And that doesn't sit well." There have been demonstrations in several parts of the country in protest against the lockdown. Police say they'll carry out random spot checks on people in public places and fine anyone who can't show a certification of vaccination or recovery. Austria introduces lockdown for unvaccinated Covid passes set to stay as Europe heads for winter How fast is vaccine progress around the world? Around 65% of Austria's po[CENSORED]tion is fully vaccinated, one of the lowest rates in western Europe. The country is currently seeing the highest rate of daily infections for Covid-19 since the pandemic began. Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg says the government was forced to act because of the surge in new infections. He said the vaccination rate was "shamefully low" and would "keep us trapped in a vicious circle, from one lockdown to the next". Since the measures tightened, more Austrians have been getting jabbed. Long lines have formed outside one Vienna vaccination centre. Some were coming for booster shots, others for their first injections. Dr Thomas Szekeres, head of the Austrian Medical Chamber, says he is hoping the vaccination rate will rise to 80% or more. "We know that vaccination is the only way to decrease the number of infections," he says. "We know this from other countries. We hope that the lockdown for unvaccinated Austrians will be enough to decrease the number of infections. But the experts are not sure about that. Maybe we will need additional measures to reach the goal to decrease the number." Many Austrians have welcomed the increase in vaccinations, but some are concerned the lockdown for the unvaccinated isn't constitutional. Karl Weller, a Viennese businessman, told me he is very much in favour of the jab. "It is necessary for our health and our economy," he said. "But I think it's a catastrophe, to divide between the vaccinated and not vaccinated. People start to become more and more angry and they are afraid." Link : https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59298323

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The iPhone 13 appears to be in the throes of a few challenges, be it those related to chipset shortages or the more recent one around fixing cracked screens. While the issue with global processor shortages is likely to continue till early next year, when it comes to the other issue Apple may have backtracked on its intentions. It appears that Apple could well be in the process of releasing a new software update that would help third-party repair shops fix a cracked screen on iPhone 13 devices without actually ending up messing with the Face ID recognition software. A report to this effect appeared in The Verge, though it did not give any specific date for the software update to arrive. iPhone 14 might not be that much more powerful than the iPhone 13 Read our full review of the iPhone 13 Check out our full review of the 2021 iPad The issue raised a few hackles worldwide following an investigation by iFixit who had tested this issue several times across many devices running the iOS 15 and iOS 15.1. The company said in a post on their website that attempting to fix a cracked screen rendered the Face ID on the iPhone 13 device completely ineffective. iFixit went on to share YouTube videos of several such instances on the blog post to substantiate their claim that the results they came up with had been replicated by numerous other repair professionals. This led to a collective protest from these third party repair stores around Apple attempting to monopolize iPhone repairs. The trick employed by Apple to ensure that iPhone users with cracked screens only approached authorized professionals is quite simple. Unless you removed a small control chip from the original screen, it would break the Face ID software. And the process involved for doing so was complex as it involved expensive machinery. Apple's authorized repair shops not only had access to a software tool that can make the device accept a new screen, but also the ability to micro-solder using equipment that they bought specifically outside at a higher cost. This meant that an iPhone user who has the misfortune of getting a cracked screen would have to spend extra bucks and visit a store that had a microscope to fix it. And this under the screen trick would also have ensured that future iPhones would too would have eased out of the ambit of third-party repair. Analysis: a win for Right to Repair Apple has grown more hostile toward independent repairs over the years, preferring instead that consumers get their products fixed directly through Apple at an Authorized Service Provider, or at third-party shops worldwide that are part of its Independent Repair Provider (IRP) program. The latter get tools, training, and parts sourced directly from the company. This runs against the Right to Repair ethos, which campaigns against device-makers deliberately designing their products to be harder for individuals and third-party shops to repair. While EU lawmakers have been exploring laws that eliminate e-waste and back consumer rights for years, the US government under President Biden’s administration is finally starting to revise Right to Repair laws – especially for smartphone makers. Apple isn’t the only company obstructing Right to Repair – a Bloomberg report back in May detailed how the trade group TechNet, which includes Google and Apple, encouraged lawmakers not to sign Right to Repair laws. The report also explained how tech giants lobby against such legislation on the state level, as Microsoft, Amazon, and others did for a 2019 Washington bill. The iPhone 13’s display-and-microcontroller serialization seemed like another way to funnel consumers into repairing devices through Apple-authorized businesses, functionally limiting Right to Repair. Hopefully the company walking back its arbitrary hardware limitation is a sign of its direction in the future.

According to a recent report from Bitcoin Press, the new Raptoreum (RTM) crypto has the potential to create a shortage of AMD Ryzen processors if enough cryptocurrency miners jump on the bandwagon. Unlike other cryptocurrencies that you can mine with graphics cards or ASICs, Raptoreum favors processors, especially those with huge caches, such as Ryzen, Threadripper or Epyc chips from AMD that tend to rank high on our list of CPU benchmarks and best CPUs for gaming. Having been in testnet for three years, Raptoreum launched earlier this year. It's based on the Proof-Of-Work (PoW) model and the GhostRider algorithm. The latter combines the x16r and CryptoNight algorithms present in Ravencoin and Monero or Bytecoin, respectively. GhostRider likes L3 cache, especially the massive ones, and that's an area in which Ryzen chips excel. AMD's Zen 3 mainstream processors, such as the Ryzen 9 5950X and Ryzen 9 5900X, feature up to 64MB of L3 cache. Based on information from the Raptoreum Mining Profitability Calculator, the Ryzen 9 5950X and Ryzen 9 5900X offer up to 4,247 h/s and 3,557 h/s, respectively. The first could net you 205 Raptoreum a day, while the latter delivers up to 172. At $0.0220255 per Raptoreum and utilizing an energy cost of $0.12/kWh, a Ryzen 9 5950X makes around $4.16 a day, while a Ryzen 9 5900X puts in a respectable $3.43. That means the Ryzen 9 5950X ($739) practically pays for itself in 178 days and the Ryzen 9 5900X ($524) in about 153 days. While the Ryzen 9 5950X delivers a higher hashrate, the Ryzen 9 5900X takes less time to break even. The more serious cryptocurrency miners may tap into AMD's core-heavy Ryzen Threadripper or EPYC products. These types of investors are obviously in it for the long game. For example, the Ryzen Threadripper 3970X mines up to 404 Raptoreum per day, while something like the EPYC 7742 gets you 597 Raptoreum. Now, imagine having two of these EPYC bad boys in a dual-socket system or AMD's spick-and-span Milan-X processors with up to 768MB of L3 cache. Supply for AMD's Zen 3 processors is still very stable, and some of the SKUs, such as the Ryzen 7 5800X have dropped down to $329.99 at Micro Center. There are also some small price cuts with the other Ryzen 5000 chips, but overall, there is ample stock. For the meantime, Raptoreum doesn't seem to have any effect on Ryzen stock, which is a good thing. However, the panorama could change when Ryzen with 3D V-Cache brings chips that can deliver up to 192MB of L3 cache, tripling that of a vanilla Ryzen processor.

What is it? I know what you’re thinking: another special edition Alpine? Well, hold on, because this one is worth your time. It’s true that Alpine has been rivalling the Bugatti Veyron for the number of special editions that have amounted to some different paint and wheels, but this year’s Légende GT is different. Unlike last year’s Légende GT, this one has the A110 S’s 292bhp engine, in combination with the standard chassis. We’ve always found the S’s extra power welcome, but not worth giving up the supple chassis that makes the standard A110 so unique and such a breath of fresh air, so the Légende GT promises to be a kind of Alpine greatest hits album. All the more as it also gets the other desirable equipment that you have to pay extra for on Pure and the regular Légende versions. That includes the 320mm Brembo brakes and sports exhaust, as well as the Focal stereo, as well as parking sensors and a reversing camera. As the ‘GT’ moniker suggests, it’s also supposed to be the most luxurious A110. As such, it comes only in two well specced versions: matte grey with black leather interior or dark blue with brown leather. The seats are the six-way adjustable option, rather than the ultra-lightweight buckets in the Pure or the A110S, and the interior is finished off with ‘Dinamica’ microfibre headliner and gloss carbon fibre elements with unique copper weave. What's it like? As the spec suggests, the Légende GT does indeed feel like a greatest hits album. After four years it’s no longer surprising, but it’s just as wonderful and satisfying to drive as ever. The biggest news with this year’s Légende GT is more power, but despite the horsepower boost, it’s only 0.1 of a second faster to 62mph. That’s largely because it gets no additional torque. The A110’s engine has always been a tool to access the brilliant chassis. It’s now just a slightly faster tool. It still fizzes, snorts and barks amusingly, and the seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox is still fast and responsive, but just short of the best ‘boxes. But with no big change in character or raw performance, and a slightly laggy delivery, the more powerful motor is no game changer. The real appeal of the Alpine is still its natural agility and the way it always feels on its toes, ready to be steered from either end. That’s truly a thing to savour in a world of locked-down all-wheel drive hyper hatches. The steering isn’t as talkative as you’d hope, but you get enough back through the chassis and the way the car moves on its springs that you don’t really miss it. With all that’s been said and written about the A110’s compliant chassis, you might expect something that rides like an old French car. The Alpine doesn’t – it’s sports car firm and it doesn’t have the absolute damping control of some Porsches, but it’s still uniquely untroubled by terrible British roads. Only a Caterham will provide even more interaction, but unlike with a Seven, you don’t need to mentally or physically prepare for longer journeys in the A110, since it’s as comfortable and as easy to get in and out of as a normal car. The seats are soft, supportive and adjustable, and the noise at higher speed no more wearing than in most hatchbacks. However, despite the good seats, the nice leather and the quality stereo, the interior is where the list price of the Legende GT becomes hard to justify. Those pleasant elements and slivers of carbon fibre can’t disguise that there are a tad too many last-generation Renault bits in there, and the infotainment system might be the worst on the market today, offering neither Carplay nor Android Auto. None of this is what you buy the Alpine for, but when Dacias come with a better system, it’s rather grating on a car that costs from £61,655, or £64,807 as tested. Should I buy one? This is the best Alpine you can buy right now. It’s also the most expensive. In the world of special editions that simple logic is remarkably rare, but you can’t help but wonder if you would have any less fun or be appreciably less cosseted in a £15,000 cheaper Pure version. Probably not. And at £3,400 more than the A110S, you’ve got to really want that softer suspension set-up. If you can afford it, the Legende GT is the one to go for, but you wouldn’t regret it for a second if you had to ‘settle’ for a less pricy spec. Link: https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/alpine/a110/first-drives/alpine-a110-legende-gt-292-2021-uk-review

Belarus's leader has threatened to cut-off gas supplies to Europe if sanctions are imposed over an escalating migrant crisis at the country's border. Thousands of people are at the border with Poland, where they are enduring freezing conditions in the hope of crossing into the European Union. Western officials have accused Belarus of provoking the crisis to undermine EU security, an allegation it denies. Meanwhile, the EU is reportedly preparing a package of fresh sanctions. "If they impose additional sanctions on us... we must respond," the country's long-time authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday. "We are heating Europe, and they are threatening us," he said, referring to a Russian gas pipeline that runs through Belarus and into the EU. "And what if we halt natural gas supplies?" he added. "I would recommend that the Polish leadership, Lithuanians and [others] think before speaking." His comments raised new concerns about a shortage of natural gas supplies and high prices in Europe. More EU sanctions could be introduced on Belarus as early as Monday, two unnamed diplomats told the Reuters news agency. They added that the airport in the capital, Minsk, could be sanctioned in an effort to stop international airlines carrying migrants from landing there. The EU has accused Belarus of mounting a "hybrid attack" on its territory by encouraging thousands of people to try and cross into Poland. It claimed the country's leadership had enticed them with the false promise of easy entry to the EU as part of an "inhuman, gangster-style approach". It also listed some 20 countries from which it said migrants had flown into Minsk, mainly on tourist visas. The Polish government is pleased with the support the EU and its member states are giving it over the crisis. Make no mistake, they're definitely on the same page. There's even discussion in Brussels about partially funding a $400m (£298m) fence that Poland plans to erect on part of the border by mid-2022. Poland also wants the EU to block flights bringing the migrants to Belarus. That won't be easy, but the EU is looking at moves against the Belarusian state airline Belavia and private charters. It is also in the process of broadening sanctions against companies and individuals tied to Alexander Lukashenko's regime. 2px presentational grey line Also on Thursday, stranded migrants threw rocks and attempted to break a razor wire fence at the Polish border. Poland has been accused of pushing people back across the border into Belarus, contrary to international rules of asylum. "There's no way to escape," 33-year-old Shwan Kurd told the BBC, who described arriving in Belarus at the start of November. "Poland won't let us in. We are so hungry. There's no water or food here. There are little children, old men and women," he said. Link : https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59246899

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Usually we don't cover weird and whacky iPhone 13 Pro cases, because a diamond-encrusted gold-flecked shell won't protect your iPhone 13 Pro any more than an affordable alternative, but one has launched that we've got to show you. Caviar is the big name in gauche - arguably tacky - iPhone cases, and it's just launched three new models for the Pro model iPhone 13s. The most interesting one - which you already know about because of the headline of this article - is the Tyrannophone. Costing $8,610 (roughly £6,360, AU$11,680) for the iPhone 13 Pro version or $9,150 (about £6,760, AU$12,410) for the iPhone 13 Pro Max edition, the Tyrannophone has a big T-Rex on the back. However the eye of this dinosaur is made of amber, the gold parts are 24 karat gold, the head itself is made of titanium, and one of the teeth was formed out of T-Rex tooth. These are the best iPhones Check out our iPhone 13 mini review The Samsung Galaxy S22 is expected soon Yes, that's real T-Rex tooth, presumably from a fossil, and it's 80 million years old. You can really buy a phone case with a T-Rex tooth in it. You can see the monstrosity here - only 7 are being made in total, as we'd assume the number of T-Rex teeth in circulation is pretty low. There are two other cases in the Tyrannophone's collection. The first is the Monsterphone, which you can see here, which costs $7,760 (about £5,730, AU$10,520) for the iPhone 13 Pro and $8,300 (roughly £6,130, AU$11,260) for the Pro Max - this has a titanium build, 'composite scarlet material' in its pattern and is only being made in a run of 99. Finally, if you've got all the money in the world, you could buy the Teradiamond, which is available to view here and is being made in a collection of 18. The Teradiamond is made of titanium, has loads of 18 karat engraved gold, and has a pattern made of 1,028 diamonds and 128 rubies. Yep, there are over 1,000 gems encrusted in the back of the Teradiamond phone case. So how much does the thing cost? Well, hold onto your socks - it's $49,240 (around £36,380, AU$66,800) for the iPhone 13 Pro version and $59,700 (roughly £44,100, AU$80,980) for the Pro Max. That's an incredible amount - you could buy multiple great cars for that price.

The latest Raspberry Pi OS has today been announced, and it sees a number of changes under-the-hood, and a few that will be noticeable by end users. Chiefly, a new window manager, "mutter" which requires Raspberry Pi models with 2GB of RAM of greater. In a hidden bonus, YouTuber Jeff Geerling has confirmed that some Raspberry Pi 4 owners may see a speed boost built-in to the latest release and a possible new 64-bit release. For its "Bullseye" release we mainly get a number of behind the scenes updates, including a speed boost for those of us lucky to have new BCM2711 SoC with a C0T model number. these chips appear on newer Raspberry Pi 4, Compute Module 4 and Pi 400 boards and it appears that for the Pi 4 and CM4 you get an extra 300 MHz performance boost, 1.8 GHz, vs the stock 1.5 GHz. Owners of older Raspberry Pi 4 with B0T model numbers can still manually overclock their Pi. The new Raspberry Pi OS is still based upon a 32-bit release, but it appears that there is also a 64-bit release, lurking in the shadows and spotted by Geerling. Whether this is still a beta or ready for release remains uncertain. Bullseye also big changes to the desktop environment. The first change is a new window manager "mutter" which replaces openbox. Window managers are used to draw application windows. The update to mutter requires a Raspberry Pi with 2GB or more of RAM, leaving this new feature for most of the Raspberry Pi 4 and Compute Module 4 models. The extra RAM is required as mutter draws all the windows to a memory buffer, then sent for display. Mutter provides more visual flair than openbox, at the expense of more memory. Owners of Raspberry Pis with less than 2GB of RAM, including the new Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W can still use the new OS, it will default to the older openbox window manager. The new window manager was necessary for another new addition the GTK+3 user interface toolkit. In the past Raspberry Pi OS, and a number of other applications used the older GTK+2 toolkit. The move brings Raspberry Pi OS inline with many applications who have been using GTK+3 for a number of years. The update is noticeable with widgets and tabs, but the Raspberry Pi team have tried to keep everything a similar as possible. Behind the scenes, we see the previously experimental KMS (kernel modesetting) driver become the norm. The KMS is used to control connections to a display and in the past Raspberry Pi used a closed source KMS. Now we see Raspberry Pi move to an open source solution with drivers being part of the Linux Kernel. The Raspberry Pi camera drivers have been replaced with a standard Linux API, libcamera, another open source solution to a previously closed source codebase. Right now that is all we know, with a future blog post promising to expand on the new camera API. Other changes are an improved notifications system which appear in the top right of the screen. Making use of the notifications system is an updated plugin which checks for software updates and offers to install them without the need for the terminal. The Raspberry Pi camera drivers have been replaced with a standard Linux API, libcamera, another open source solution to a previously closed source codebase. Right now that is all we know, with a future blog post promising to expand on the new camera API.

What is it? Enter, then, the latest special Ferrari that you have to be invited to buy. It’s the 812 Competizione and, as is the norm with different generations of Ferrari, it gets a different name rather than just being, say, another ‘GT3’ or ‘LT’. This car’s forebears are the F12 tdf and the 599 GTO. It’s based on the ‘ordinary’ 812 Superfast, whose 789bhp 6.5-litre V12 has been tweaked even more as the Competizione’s centrepiece, with titanium conrods, new pistons, a 3%-lighter crankshaft and redesigned heads with sliding finger followers between the camshafts and the valve stem (because they cope best with very aggressive cams and high revs). Now the engine revs to 9500rpm and makes an additional 30bhp while doing so, for 819bhp. At the 2015 launch of the F12 tdf, Ferrari’s engineers thought there was one more generation of development left in the big V12. This is that car but, legislation notwithstanding, there might even be a little more yet. The F12 tdf’s throttle response was, though, massively aggressive, even at low revs. Too responsive. It’s what Ferrari thought its customers wanted at the time. Getting a big front-engined V12 car to be hyper- responsive isn’t easy, so they put huge tyres on the front and then set about taming it. Just not quite enough. This time around, they say, they looked for a car that’s a little more drivable – although still one with huge, 275-section front tyres. Both stability and agility are meant to be aided by the third generation of Ferrari’s rear-steering system, which it calls Virtual Short Wheelbase. Usually, rear-steer systems turn the wheels in unison, either in the same direction as the fronts to aid stability at high speed or against them to increase low-speed agility. In this iteration, though, the rear wheels can steer independently of each other. So they toe in under braking to add stability, then they go back to pointing the same way as each other at other times. Then, finally, there are the aerodynamic upgrades, which couple with cooling upgrades and some new design touches. The lateral slash across the bonnet is meant to shorten the look of the vast front section, but it lets air out of the engine bay at its edges, too. A larger front grille lets more air at the radiators and the carbon-ceramic brakes. Thus the underbody is flat, without the regular 812’s fins that push air to the wheel wells, so more air now travels at speed beneath the body to the vast rear diffuser. The titanium exhausts sit at the very edge of the body, possible because new petrol particulate filters negate the need for a muffler at the rear. And while carbonfibre vanes are absent from the underbody, they do feature on the rear deck, nudging fast-moving air outwards towards a full-width rear spoiler. The opaque rear deck also has the visual effect of lengthening the body, making this very front-engined V12 look more racy, more mid-engined. What's it like? Appropriately, then, our drive was limited to Ferrari’s Fiorano test track, rather than on the road where the opportunities to exercise 819bhp are quite limited. It’s also where I scared myself silly in an F12 tdf. The 812 Competizione doesn’t scare one silly. It’s still tremendously exciting (anything that slams into a 9500rpm limiter with this verve could be nothing else), but it’s a much more complete, rounded car with it. It’s agile. The huge front tyres and active rear steer do disguise the weight. That’s claimed at 1487kg dry and 38kg lighter than an 812 Superfast, which we weighed at 1725kg fully fuelled. Likewise Ferrari’s now-trademark light, accurate and quick steering. It helps settle the car and keep the nose planted if you trail the brakes into a corner, but even under power accelerating into quicker turns, it’s still very responsive. Yet it settles into balanced cornering easily, too. It’s trustworthy and, even with this amount of power and speed, communicative and reliable. It’s not as balanced or playful as, say, the Porsche 911 GT3 or Ferrari’s own mid-engined supercars, the F8 Tributo and SF90 Stradale, but given that it has 819 naturally aspirated horsepower and absurdly fat front rubber, it’s relatively easy to feel comfortable with. Inside, the architecture is largely 812 Superfast, but with plenty of carbonfibre, to which, inevitably, you can add even more via the vast options list. Link : https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/ferrari/812-superfast/first-drives/ferrari-812-competizione-2021-review