Out today at launch It felt like Overcooked: All You Can Eat was going to board the next-gen train late after it was confirmed that the PS5 edition would be arriving this week; but publisher Team17 has announced that the Series X/S versions are indeed making launch. Specifically, today. It's "next-gen" y'all! In case you missed it, Overcooked: All You Can Eat is basically a definitive compilation. It hosts both games in the series under one umbrella with 4K visuals and 60FPS. It also makes the original Overcooked playable online, with cross-play capabilities "at a later date." As far as content goes, it's getting seven new levels and three new chefs. Ah, a whole new generation of broken friendships and families...sniff. It really feels like the next generation has arrived when a party game is right there to make people argue about how the console owner should have bought more DualSense remotes. At least you'll be able to jump into a full local session on Series X/S if people already have their Xbox One controllers! Assist Mode will let players stop recipes from expiring, meaning you'll never fail an order because you were too slow or overwhelmed. You don't have to, but the option's there and it could be useful for practicing trickier stages. Otherwise, by default, Assist Mode raises the "round timer" for each level, it gives out more points, and it increases how much time you have to make and deliver meals. Beyond that mode, All You Can Eat also has accessibility features for color-blindness, dyslexia, and a text size scaling. You'll be able to pump up the subtitles, level descriptions, and other wordy bits. Another thing I'm excited about: "seamless navigation between [both] games and [all] DLC." Well-meaning accidents are all part of the fun of the Overcooked series, but an option to tone down the stressful recipe time limits sure sounds pleasant. In the upcoming Overcooked: All You Can Eat for PS5 and Xbox Series X, there will be an Assist Mode for players who want a more laid-back co-op session. This trailer runs through the list of accessibility options for the Overcooked + Overcooked 2 remaster.

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If you want to upgrade your CPU but don't want to pay new release prices or just can't find a newer model, now is a great time to snag an older processor. Today, we're highlighting offers on both the AMD Ryzen 7 3800X ($334 at Newegg) and Intel Core i9-9900K ($319 at Amazon). But if you're holding out for the new hotness, check out our Ryzen 5950X / 5900X review and our coverage of Intel's upcoming Intel Rocket Lake processors. We published reviews on both the AMD Ryzen 7 3800X and Intel Core i9-9900K last year, and we definitely recommend checking them out for an in-depth look at why these older processors are worth the investment when it comes to performance. But in the meantime, here's an overview. When pushing the Ryzen 7 3800X to its limits, we determined it was all-around better than the Intel Core i7-9700K, but fell short in performance compared to the Intel Core i7-9900K, particularly when it comes to gaming. The Core i9-9900K offers 8 cores and 16 threads with a base frequency of 3.6 GHz and a turbo mode of 5 GHz before overclocking. The Ryzen 7 3800X has the same number of cores and threads, but a 3.9 GHz base clock with a 4.5 GHz boost clock. The Intel Core i9-9900K, being even more powerful than the i7, then absolutely stomped the Ryzen 7 2700X and Ryzen 7 3800X during DX12 and DX11 benchmark testing. On our test suites of games, the Core i9-9900K averaged 145 fps while the Ryzen 7 3800X hit 127 fps when using its Precision Boost Overdrive mode. Both are strong choices. Determining which one is best for you will ultimately depend on what you need out of CPU, which manufacturers you prefer, and how much you're willing to spend -- or of course if you already have a platform that's compatible with one of these chipset.

Four days ago, Blizzard told us how the World of Warcraft: Shadowlands expansion might go. For once, they were optimistic! Having been a part of countless launches throughout my life (including the original Xbox Live, which was one of the most fun), it's smart to expect the worst. For many an MMO launch it's common for the game to be completely offline that entire day, followed by a bottleneck situation where everyone is trying to log in at the exact same time. Chaos ensues. But not for Shadowlands. Blizzard instead decided to deploy this expansion launch server-side, which allowed players to log in beforehand and wait for the new questline. That's exactly what I did. Pictured in the image above are the moments before launch, while I waited with my Blood Elf Demon Hunter in Orgrimmar. As soon as the clock struck 6PM ET (launch), war drums sounded, and the quest-giver for the expansion appeared. It was as simple as that. I was ready to go and within one minute I was whisked away to Northrend, then the new starter zone The Maw. There are reports that some US and European servers weren't so lucky, but for many players I talked to, the experience was flawless. Given how catastrophic some launches have been these past few years, it's a win for Blizzard, and I hope all future expansions go this smoothly. Now let's see if they can keep it up. For a lot of people, World of Warcraft just had its smoothest launch ever Aside from the DDOS issues, which honestly there's not much they can do, this launch was amazingly smooth. I think allowing people to choose their starting zone really made a huge difference in the servers. I gotta tip my hat to Blizz, this launch was awesome! I very rarely ran into over-crowding issues, so their instancing/phasing worked flawlessly. Honestly besides the DDOS, I didn't even have any lag whatsoever. Idk how they did it but whatever you did Blizz keep doing it please.

President Emmanuel Macron is "very shocked" at footage of three police officers beating up a black music producer in Paris, French media report. Mr Macron has not publicly commented about the incident, but has discussed the issue - and those involved - with Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin. The three officers identified in the video beating Michel Zecler have been suspended and are under investigation. The incident on Saturday has led to fresh scrutiny of the security forces. Stars of the French World Cup football team are among a number of public figures who have spoken of their anger after the footage captured in the French capital was made public. On Friday, French media reported that a presidential official had described Mr Macron as being visibly upset by the incident ahead of talks with Mr Darmanin. Mr Darmanin earlier told French television that he would press for the officers' dismissal, saying they had "soiled the uniform of the republic". The officers were questioned in police custody on Friday. Tough French immigration bill approved On Thursday, French football star Kylian Mbappé, who is black, joined national teammates and fellow athletes in condemning the latest incident. "Unbearable video, unacceptable violence. Say no to racism," he wrote on Twitter next to a picture of the bloodied face of the injured producer. The security camera video was published on Thursday by the online news site Loopsider. It shows three officers kicking, punching and using their truncheons on the man after he entered his studio. Loopsider said he had initially been stopped for not wearing a mask. Mr Zecler said he was also subjected to racist abuse during the five minute beating. He was detained and charged with violence and resisting arrest, but prosecutors threw the charges out and instead opened an investigation against the officers. As he arrived at police headquarters on Thursday with his lawyer to file a complaint, Mr Zecler told reporters: "People who should have been protecting me attacked me. I did nothing to deserve this. I just want these three people to be punished according to the law." Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said she was "profoundly shocked" by the "intolerable act". Earlier this week, Mr Darmanin also ordered police to provide a full report after they violently dismantled a makeshift migrant camp in the capital, clashing with migrants and activists. He tweeted that some of the scenes were "shocking".

BMW has begun on-road testing of the updated version of its X7 luxury SUV, launched just two years ago, ahead of an anticipated launch in 2022. The facelifted X7 will retain the current car's striking front grille, in line with the company's commitment to its radical but controversial new styling direction. These new images confirm that the restyling will instead focus on the headlights, which have moved lower down the front end and adopted a more rectangular shape, similar to those worn by a recently spotted prototype for BMW's upcoming electric luxury saloon: the i7. There is also a reshaped lower bumper that appears to do away with the current car's prominent side air intakes. Following the initial unveiling of the X7 and the updated 7 Series with which it shares its front end design, BMW design director Adrian van Hooydonk argued that the SUV's prominent air intakes were in proportion to the rest of the car, and in fact smaller than those of its main rivals. He said: "Yes, the X7’s grille is bigger than other BMWs’, but so is the X7 bigger than any BMW before it. That one is in proportion. “Don’t worry, I don’t want the brand to turn into an oversized kidney grille brand - but I believe we understand the reasons for what we have done with the 7 Series and that the issue will solve itself thanks to evolving tastes in the markets for which the grille was introduced.” It's not clear if BMW's move to visually link the i7 and X7 means the latter will gain an electrified variant. Previously, BMW has stated that any hybrid version of the X7 would need to offer an electric-only range of more than 50 miles to comply with market regulations in China, a key market for the model. The plug-in X5 xDrive45e is officially capable of travelling 54 miles on electric power, but its powertrain would need to be uprated to provide a similar range in the heavier X7. Camouflage wrap makes any changes at the rear hard to spot, but the customary subtle tweaks to the bumper and light cluster designs can be expected.

Black Friday is almost here, so it's time to start taking a look at your PC to upgrade whatever's holding it back. Whether you're building an entirely new PC or just doing slight upgrades, this time of year will be great for Black Friday PC component deals, whether you're looking for an SSD or a new kit of RAM. Across the PC components landscape, there are already a ton of awesome Black Friday deals, including some modern GPUs – not exactly the RTX 3080, though. So, if you've been plotting out your next-generation gaming PC build, or you just want to pick up a cheap SSD upgrade, TechRadar has you covered with some of the best PC component Black Friday deals you'll find. And, we're not even at actual, for realsies Black Friday yet. We're expecting even more amazing deals once the actual day of savings finally rolls around. And, just because we care, we'll gather all the best component deals right here, so be sure to keep this hub bookmarked if you're after some awesome computing deals. Looking for something else? These are the best Black Friday desktop deals Quick links to early Black Friday deals Early Amazon Black Friday deals Dell Black Friday sale Early Black Friday PC component deals

A recurring theme of 2020, pandemic aside, is a tech shortage. Brand new graphics cards like the Nvidia RTX 3080 / 3070 / 3090 and the AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT have been nearly impossible to find in stock, thanks to scalpers who use powerful bots to snap up inventory as soon as it becomes available and then resell it to consumers on eBay for twice the price. However, with the help of a Raspberry Pi and some open-source Python code, you can create your own bot and up your chances of scoring any hard-to-find new product, including consoles like the PS5 or XBox Series X. Think of the Pi as the scrappy T800 fighting against the better-specked T1000 bots that scalpers use. Coder Eric Marti has written Inventory Hunter, a Python app for Raspberry Pi that goes out and scrapes the web, checking to see if your desired products are back in stock. Here's shared the code and instructions on Github so you can use it yourself. You install the software using Docker, a container system used to package software into units for deployment. Marti used his program to buy an RTX 3070 after being unable to get one, due to all the professional scalping tools that snap up inventory as soon as it becomes available. "In a nutshell, inventory-hunter is a web-scraper that will notify you as soon as the product you want becomes in stock, giving you a better chance of successfully buying it," Marti explained on Reddit. "Before developing inventory-hunter, I used online inventory trackers such as NowInStock.net for this purpose. However, I found that these services are not fast enough to compete against scalpers. That is why I developed inventory-hunter." Marti chose the Raspberry Pi because of its " low power requirements and onboard ethernet" and he was able to run "multiple web-scrapers running 24/7 on my Raspberry Pi." Installation is a breeze, requiring that the user clones Marti's Github repository, then build a container using a pre-configured script. After that all that is needed is to create a config file which supplies the URLs to scrape data from, the frequency of scraping and the maximum price to pay. Running the code will trigger the script to check inventory on your chosen retailers, and once a card is found it will alert you via email. This is a great Raspberry Pi project and hack which solves a problem common to many and throws Pi in the face of scalpers.

Someone, somewhere, whether it's at Nintendo or Omega Force, is smiling ear to ear right now. Whoever's idea it was to tie Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity directly into Breath of the Wild is a genius. The whole "prequel" and alternate history angle fit very well with the general audacious feel of the Warriors series, and it looks like that gambit paid off financially as well. According to Koei Tecmo, Age of Calamity shipped three million worldwide units, which to them, makes it the best-selling Warriors game of all time. This period technically started around the year 2000, when the first proper Dynasty Warriors (Dynasty Warriors 2, a sequel to a fighter) was released. The publisher also notes that they will continue to distribute the demo for the game, in case you've been meaning to check it out, but are worried that they might pull it. Remember the distinction between shipped and sold here. For Koei Tecmo, it's their most successful Warriors game. But it remains to be seen how many of those units will be sold-through. As a general rule, modern mainline Dynasty Warriors titles sell roughly one million units worldwide throughout the lifetime of each game. Spinoffs can fare better: the original Hyrule Warriors also previously smashed Warriors records back in 2015. I think it's safe to say that there will be another Hyrule Warriors at some point, as well as DLC for Age of Calamity and potentially a "Complete" edition on a future Nintendo console.

A court in Turkey has given life sentences to 337 military officers and others, in one of the biggest trials linked to the 2016 coup attempt. Air force pilots and army commanders were among the nearly 500 defendants accused of trying to overthrow President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. They allegedly directed the plot from the Akinci air base near Ankara. Mr Erdogan says US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen masterminded the plot, which led to mass arrests. Mr Gulen has denied any involvement in the attempted coup in July 2016 that killed 251 people and injured more than 2,000. Mr Erdogan was on vacation at the time at a resort. Thousands of civilians rallied in support of Mr Erdogan in a night of turmoil, confronting rogue soldiers and preventing the plotters from seizing power. Nearly 500 on trial over Turkey coup plot Five years with turbulent Turkey's 'militant people' Erdogan: Turkey's pugnacious president The trial began in August 2017, and the charges included seeking to kill President Erdogan and seize key state institutions. Turkey's biggest court - in Sincan near Ankara - was packed for the verdicts. Officers who conspired against Mr Erdogan seized aircraft at the Akinci base, taking then chief of staff Gen Hulusi Akar and some other officers hostage. Former air force commander Akin Ozturk was jailed for life last year for his role in the plot. The indictment states that 25 pilots in F-16s bombed targets in Ankara, including parliament, which was hit three times, as well as key security buildings. The bombing killed 68 people in Ankara and injured more than 200. Twenty-five of those in the dock were generals and 10 were civilians. More than 10 of the military officers - including F-16 fighter pilots - and four civilians got 79 "aggravated" life sentences each. The "aggravated" sentence requires harsher prison terms than for a normal life sentence. Six were put on trial in absentia, including Mr Gulen and Adil Oksuz, a theology lecturer accused of being a key co-ordinator in the coup plot. Among those receiving "aggravated" life terms was businessman Kemal Batmaz, accused of assisting Adil Oksuz. Turkey's trauma after night of the tanks What is Turkey's Gulen movement? The Hizmet movement led by Mr Gulen has been branded a "terrorist" organisation by Mr Erdogan. He was once an ally of the president, but since the coup attempt the 79-year-old cleric has remained a fugitive in Pennsylvania and Turkey wants his extradition. Mr Erdogan carried out a sweeping purge of state institutions after the plot, sacking or suspending more than 100,000 public sector employees, including teachers and judges, who were accused of links to Mr Gulen. There have been many trials of alleged plotters and courts have issued more than 2,500 life sentences.

Volkswagen has opened order books for the new Golf Estate, with three trim levels for the standard car and a rugged Alltrack option available from launch. Prices start at £24,575 for entry-level Life trim, which comes equipped as standard with automatic LED headlights, a colour-coded rear spoiler, 16in alloy wheels, ambient interior lighting and satellite navigation. Style trim bumps the price to £26,765, adding extras such as high beam assist, front sports seats, three-zone climate control, lane change assist and 17in alloy wheels. Topping the line-up for now is the performance-inspired R-Line trim, which borrows styling cues from VW's top-rung R cars and features sports suspension, progressive steering, a heated leather steering wheel and a choice of drive modes. The jacked-up Alltrack car - priced from £35,560 - comes with four-wheel drive as standard for improved off-road ability and is further marked out from the rest of the range by its bespoke wheel designs, silver roof rails and black plastic side trims. A choice of three engines is available. The entry-level 1.0-litre turbocharged petrol (Life trim only) produces 108bhp and is capable of between 47.9mpg and 53.3mpg. The 1.5-litre petrol can be had in either 128bhp or 148bhp forms, and with or without a 48V mild-hybrid system, for consumption of between 45.6mpg and 51.4mpg. One diesel option, a 2.0-litre TDI, is available throughout the range with 113bhp or 148bhp and manages between 49.6mpg and 61.4mpg, depending on spec. The Alltrack is available exclusively with the diesel engine but with power bumped to 197bhp for a towing capacity of up to 2000kg braked on a 12% slope. Each engine can be paired with a six-speed manual gearbox or a DSG seven-speed dual-clutch automatic. The load-luggers complement the standard five-door hatchback launched earlier this year and the subsequently revealed GTI, GTD and GTE hot hatches. Key to the new Golf Estate’s practical appeal is an increase in size: at 4.63m long, it’s 66mm longer than the Mk7 Golf wagon, although rivals such as the Vauxhall Astra Sports Tourer are longer still. Its width and height are similar to its predecessor’s. The new-found length is all concentrated in the wheelbase, affording a 38mm increase in maximum rear leg room. The boot is larger than before, too, although by just six litres with the rear seats in place (up to 611 litres) and 22 litres with them folded flat (up to 1642 litres). The boot features the usual bag hooks and (optional on certain trims) 12V and 230V power sockets, while an electrically extending tow hook is available. Furthermore, the optional electric bootlid can be opened with a swipe of a foot underneath the rear bumper. Volkswagen claims the exterior design “exudes charisma”. Identical to the hatchback from the front up to the B-pillars, the estate has a roofline that slope downwards towards the rear in a coupé-like fashion. A steeply raked rear screen and unique tail-light and tailgate designs further mark it out from the hatchback. It remains unclear which performance powertrains will be offered with the estate. Previously, only the GTD and R were offered in long-booted form, but it’s likely that Volkswagen will want to leverage the reduced CO2 emissions of the GTE plug-in hybrid and bring that set-up to the estate.

This Lenovo IdeaPad 1 14-inch Windows 10 (S-Mode) laptop at Best Buy is just $119.99, nearly half off the original retail price with this early Black Friday deal (Not in the US? Scroll down for deals in your region). Even though no one would say this was the most powerful laptop out there, with a seventh-generation AMD A6 APU with Radeon R4 integrated graphics, 4GB RAM, and 64GB eMMC flash storage, it's the perfect laptop for those who just need something to stream movies or browse the web without having to worry about installing a lot of apps. Lenovo IdeaPad 1 deal: Lenovo IdeaPad 1 14-inch: $229.99 $119.99 at Best Buy Black Friday is a great time to find deals on Windows 10 S-Mode laptops, like this Lenovo IdeaPad 1 14-inch laptop over at Best Buy for nearly half-off. With a seventh-gen AMD A6 APU with Radeon R4 integrated graphics, 4GB RAM, and 64GB eMMC flash storage, it's the perfect laptop for basic computing tasks like streaming and web browsing. VIEW DEAL While it can handle some productivity tasks, its processor is only a dual-core model, so multitasking is possible, but it's not the kind of machine where you can have more than two or three things running at once without seeing a performance hit. This unit is better left to doing your basic computing work in a more focused manner than you might be used to with more powerful machines. Lenovo IdeaPad 1 14-inch laptop deals in your region If you're not in the US, you can still get a great deal on the Lenovo IdeaPad 1 14-inch laptop wherever you are in the world by checking the retailers below.

AMD's Radeon RX 6800 XT and RX 6800 officially launched one week ago, joining the best graphics cards and GPU benchmarks hierarchy lists. Today marks the arrival of third-party add-in board (AIB) partner cards. Sort of. Much like Nvidia's RTX 3090, RTX 3080, and RTX 3070, as well as AMD's Ryzen 5000 series CPUs, all of the RX 6800 series cards are sold out. But we received Sapphire's Radeon RX 6800 XT Nitro+ just yesterday, and we're working on running it through our test suite for a full review. Until then, here's the quick unboxing and look at what Sapphire has to offer. The card itself is quite large, basically matching the longest cards we normally see. It measures 310 x 134.3 x 55.3 mm (12.2 x 5.3 x 2.17 inches), so you'll need plenty of clearance in your case. It's a 2.7-slot design as well, blocking the two adjacent expansion slots on your motherboard. What's interesting is that the card actually isn't all that heavy, relatively speaking. It checks in at 1237g, which is less than AMD's reference card, as well as the RTX 3080 Founders Edition. Sapphire says the new design ends up running quieter while delivering better cooling compared to its previous designs. That's probably thanks once again to the new fan design with an integrated rim, though there are notches in the Sapphire fan. The benefit of the improved cooling is that Sapphire can increase the boost clock on the RX 6800 XT to 2360 MHz, with a 350W TBP (Total Board Power). Interestingly, MSI Afterburner and Asus GPU Tweak II both report the boost clock as 2409 MHz on our sample, but then neither utility has been updated for the RX 6800 series. Compared to the reference 6800 XT, you can easily see how much larger the Sapphire card is. The reference card measures 268 x 107 x 50 mm, so Sapphire's model is about 4cm longer and 2.5cm taller, and just a bit thicker. The reference card also weighs 1505g, so the Nitro+ is 268g lighter. That means less stress on your PCIe slot, though we've seen GPUs in the 1.5kg range for several years at least (e.g., Zotac's Amp! Extreme line). But you're probably most interested in how the card performs. Unfortunately, that's several days worth of testing, which means we won't have a full review until next week. Until then, we can offer this glimpse of performance courtesy of 3DMark. That's a bit faster than the reference 6800 XT, as you'd expect considering the difference in TDP and boost clocks. For example, in Port Royal, the reference card scored 9106 in graphics, while the Nitro+ got 9329. But the GPU clocks are more interesting than the score. The minimum GPU clock during the test sequence on the Sapphire card was 2287 MHz, with a peak clock of 2415 MHz. The reference card ran at 2210-2349 MHz. In general, at 'factory stock' settings, you'll get an extra 100 MHz or so of performance. We'll be looking to see if we can push the card a bit further in our full review. Of course, the big story remains the continuing GPU shortages. Many were hoping AMD would do better than Nvidia, but it sounds like stock of the AIB partner cards is even worse than we saw with Ampere. As we noted in our RX 6800 XT review, that's not really surprising. Given a choice between producing more Ryzen 5000 CPU cores (80mm square per compute die) and more Navi 21 GPU cores (519mm square), AMD makes far more money off the CPUs and can produce more of them. Unless TSMC can start producing more wafers for all of its partners, the shortages could continue for many more months.

The family of the jailed Saudi women's rights activist Loujain al-Hathloul says her trial has been transferred to a terrorism tribunal. Ms Hathloul's sister Lina had expressed hope that she would be freed when the trial resumed in Riyadh on Wednesday. But she said their parents had now been informed that the case would be heard by the Specialised Criminal Court. Ms Hathloul and 12 other activists are accused of conspiring with foreign organisations hostile to the kingdom. They were arrested in May 2018, weeks before King Salman lifted a ban on women driving that they had campaigned against for years. Saudi Arabia's human rights problems that won't go away Activist 'offered freedom if she denies torture' Last weekend's G20 summit hosted by Saudi Arabia was overshadowed by calls from international human rights groups to free the women and other imprisoned critics of the government. The kingdom rejected the calls, saying it would not allow people to lecture it. The BBC's Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet, who is in Riyadh, says Loujain al-Hathloul has come to symbolise activists detained in Saudi jails. The 31-year-old first came to prominence as a campaigner for women's right to drive in the kingdom. Saudi officials insist her detention has nothing to do with that issue. They say the charges she faces are related to her contacts with foreign diplomats, media, and activist groups. Ms Hathloul's family say she was held incommunicado for three months following her arrest, and that she was subjected to electric shocks, whippings, and sexual harassment. They also allege that that she was offered freedom if she agreed to say she was not tortured. The Saudi government denies the allegations of torture. Wednesday's hearing was the first time since 26 October that Ms Hathloul's family has had any news of her since she went on hunger strike in protest over her conditions in detention. Her sister Lina tweeted that she looked weak and shook uncontrollably when she appeared in court, where their parents were present. She also said that Loujain had told them that she ended her hunger strike after two weeks because the guards at her prison began waking her up every two hours at night and deprived her of sleep. To release or not to release - Saudi sources say there is division over how to resolve an issue which casts a dark cloud, whatever the kingdom does. Some argue it is best to draw a line under the most high profile, highly criticised cases including Loujain al-Hathloul's. Others insist if they make one gesture, they will keep being asked to make even bigger ones. Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman said in a 2018 Bloomberg interview there were videos proving Ms Hathloul was a spy. Other reports speak only of contacts with foreign diplomats, media, and other activists. Her family says she was offered freedom in exchange for a letter or a television appearance saying she had not been tortured. The authorities may be weighing up whether she makes more headlines in, or out, of prison. But a kingdom which does not want to be seen to be bending to the dictates of others may now be mindful that demands are likely to grow louder once President-elect Joe Biden is in the White House.a 2px presentational grey line Ms Hathloul's family are even more worried now that her case has been transferred to the Specialised Criminal Court, our correspondent adds. Human rights groups say the SCC, which was set up in 2008 to try terrorism cases, has been used to prosecute peaceful dissidents and that it is notorious for violations of fair trial standards. Lina al-Hathloul had expressed hope before the hearing that the Saudi authorities would release her sister.

The new Porsche 911 GT3 could be the most anticipated car of 2021, as Porsche’s last stand for naturally aspirated, high-revving sports cars. “It’s a modified Speedster engine,” confirms Porsche’s GT line director Andreas Preuninger. There are differences, because the 992-generation 911 GT3 will have to pass regulations not applicable to the 911 Speedster during its production cycle, but the 4.0-litre naturally aspirated flat six revs to the same glorious 9000rpm. The output? Preuninger’s saying 503bhp, so the same as the Speedster, and an increase over the previous 991.2 GT3’s 493bhp. Not a huge bump in power, then, but homologating what’s essentially a racing engine for the road isn’t the work of a moment, especially given ever-stricter regulations around emissions, particulates and sound. They’re so restrictive these days that Preuninger says some 80% of his team’s engineering time is applied just to maintaining the GT3’s level of performance, which leaves the remaining 20% of their efforts for improving it. The gains this new GT3 will bring are generated elsewhere. Preuninger’s quick to point out, though, that there won’t be any more weight, saying: “I didn’t want the car to be heavier. That was critical. It has to be bigger because I've got the 992 body now, but I don't want to carry more weight.” Using the usual GT3 mass-reduction route - no rear seats, less sound deadening, lighter materials, thinner glass and, now, a carbonfibre bonnet - the 992 GT3 weighs no more than its predecessor. That’s been achieved without resorting to things like deleting the air-con – which isn’t even possible with the new 992 GT3. We’re in one of Porsche’s many prototypes and Preuninger is driving on familiar roads around Weissach. He says: “This is a Motorsport car so it has to live up to that expectation.” There’ll be a lap time applied to it when it’s launched, but for now, he’s saying nothing, except, obviously, it’ll be quicker. The improvements, then, are centred around the GT3’s chassis and aerodynamics, with significant changes throughout. The most obvious visual clue is the aero and, in particular, the rear wing. “It's always form follows function – always, especially here,” he says. The wing apes that of its racing relations, being hung-mounted, creating beneficial, uninterrupted, airflow under it. Usefully, too, it cleans up airflow into the GT3’s engine. There’s a huge diffuser out back as well, a flat underside and airflow-managing and exploiting ducts in the front and underneath – all doing everything they can to force the rushing air to do the job that the GT department wants from it. It has worked, convincingly, and this GT3 comes with a 50% increase in downforce but without any increase in drag. That’s significant, not just for track speed, but because Preuninger wants the GT3 to be quick at high velocities. “We live in Germany with autobahns and I want it to accelerate heavily until you see a 'three' as the first of the triple digits. After that I don’t care,” he says. To prove exactly that, part of our route today takes in some derestricted autobahn, where Preuninger emphasises his point convincingly by nudging the transmission-tunnel-mounted PDK stick (Preuninger preferring a stick to paddles, hence its inclusion) to drop some gears and let the 4.0-litre do its thing. The forces it delivers is reminiscent of the Speedster, only the note’s a bit deeper in its tone at lower revs, with the pitch changing and screaming with rousing intensity as it runs to its lofty, 9000rpm redline. Point proven, Preuninger peels off the autobahn and takes in some familiar, more challenging country roads. It’s here that it’s more revelatory. The ride proves remarkably supple despite the car's clear focus and lack of rubber bushing, something achieved despite it riding on springs 25-30% stiffer than the previous GT3's. Damper tuning is key here, which, Preuninger admits, his team are hugely specialised in. The rear axle is lifted from the 991.2 so it's a multi-link-set up with rear-wheel steering, but the front has changed dramatically and features a double-wishbone layout, with parts picked off the shelves from the Cup and RSR racing cars. “We were not sure if we could get this system into the 911 platform. But we did it and it was worth it,” says Preuninger. Quicker to react to bumps, there’s less resistance and it’s stiffer and more stable under braking. It feels it, too, the 992, despite its bigger footprint, and it comes across as wieldy and incisive even when you're sitting in the 'wrong' seat. The brakes – 408mm on the front axle and 380mm on the rear – are pitted, rather than through drilled, aping, again, those racers. The front discs sit behind centre-locked 20in alloy wheels, now 9.5in wide up front with 255/35 ZR20s Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2s. The 21in rear wheels are 12in wide and shod in 315/30 ZR21 tyres. Inside, there’s GT3 specific instrumentation and drive modes, which have been simplified and reduced to just Normal, Sport and Track, with each being configurable. There is the choice of the seven-speed PDK automatic or a six-speed manual, both offered on the two GT3 derivatives, whether you prefer the overt track-refugee look of the standard GT3 or the quieter sleeper style of the Touring.

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The Amazon Echo Buds are the smart home giant's first true wireless earbuds, and they've just been given a host of new features to help you track your workouts. Initiated via Alexa voice commands, the wireless earbuds can now monitor runs and other types of exercise, tracking your steps, calories burned, your speed, and distance. Read our Amazon Echo Buds review The best true wireless earbuds of 2020 The top Black Friday headphones deals we've spotted so far According to The Verge, the Echo Buds use built-in accelerometers to track your steps, which is used alongside personal stats you enter into a workout profile in the Alexa app. By using your height and weight alongside the step-tracking data picked up by the Echo Buds, Amazon says it can "calculate the distance of your runs and walks and the amount of calories burned". Starting a workout can be done by giving commands like "Alexa, start my run", and you can check on your performance by asking things like "Alexa, what's my pace?". Running buds Amazon says that the new feature should start rolling out to users over the next few days – just in time to snap a pair up over Black Friday. Whether the new features will pave the way for stronger integration with the company's first fitness band, the Amazon Halo, remains to be seen; you can't buy the Amazon Halo just yet (it's currently available to buy via invite only), with a wider release date still to be announced. In any case, the fitness tracking features could heighten the competition between the Amazon Echo Buds and the Apple AirPods, which don't offer any workout monitoring functionality. Still, we weren't exactly enamored with the sound quality offered by Amazon's headphones; in our Amazon Echo Buds review, we noted that sound quality and battery life leave a lot to be desired when compared to the competition, even though their connectivity and value for money is undeniably good. That value for money could be heightened over Black Friday, which falls on November 27 this year; in fact, we've already seen some fantastic Echo Buds discounts among the early Black Friday headphones deals. If you're on the hunt for a pair of Echo Buds, check out the best prices we've found below:

If you've already bought, or plan on buying, a Ryzen 5000 processor, AMD just made the deal a whole lot sweeter. AMD's Precision Boost Overdrive (PBO) introduced one-click hassle-free overclocking to the masses for the Ryzen lineup of processors. Still, while the tech boosts performance in multi-threaded workloads, it has long failed to benefit single-threaded workloads. That changes in December when AMD's new Precision Boost Overdrive 2 (PBO2) lands in BIOS patches. The new PBO2 boosts single-threaded performance while retaining the benefits of the existing multi-core boosts, and even adds a little extra oomph there, too. The new PBO2 only works with Ryzen 5000 series processors, and AMD is also bringing in a new sophisticated undervolting technique to Ryzen 5000 processors for the undervolters among us. We have plenty of testing that shows the benefits of PBO in our recent Ryzen 9 5950X and 5900X reviews, not to mention the Ryzen 5 5600X review. Still, AMD's impressive demo benchmarks show PBO2 basically enabling users to step up a tier over their existing processor in single-threaded performance. That's impressive given that AMD's Zen 3 processors have already soared to the top of the single-threaded performance benchmarks hierarchy. For example, PBO2 grants the Ryzen 7 5800X nearly the same exceptional single-threaded performance of the beastly Ryzen 9 5900X. As with all overclocking, and AMD's policy with the first-gen PBO, the new PBO2 invalidates your warranty. But given the relatively risk-free performance gains we've seen with PBO, and the fact that the automatic nature of the feature avoids using excessively dangerous amounts of voltage, we think PBO2 overclocking will continue to be the safest path to wringing out the best performance possible. That said, proceed at your own peril. A few motherboards, like the MSI X570 Godlike and the Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master, already support the feature in current BIOS patches, but PBO2 officially lands in new BIOS revisions carrying the 1.1.8.0 AGESA, which will come to the masses in December. Silicon quality always varies from chip to chip, and based on how you did in the silicon lottery, your chip may have much higher overclocking potential than others. The PBO adaptive algorithm allows you to extract the utmost performance from your chip. As with first-gen PBO, the new PBO2 allows the processor to exceed the AM4 socket power limitations to boost performance based on your chips' capabilities, the power delivery given to the chip, and your cooling solution. The new Curve Optimization feature opportunistically adjusts voltage based upon operating conditions, such as if the processor is idling or under heavy load. This increases the range and impact of overclocking or undervolting, and is an automated feature. The feature now shifts from adjusting parameters via fixed voltages to applying new settings via "counts," which are worth approximately 3mV-5mW apiece. This gives the feature a dynamic range that allows for further automatic fine-grained tuning. Ryzen 5000 owners will have a range of 30 counts for adjustment. The adaptive algorithm adjusts these variables once every millisecond based on telemetry data fed over the Infinity Fabric from various on-chip sensors.