Xiaomi 12 series is confirmed to launch in China on December 28 and teasers of the smartphones have started surfacing via the company's official channels. Just days before the formal debut, entire specifications of the vanilla Xiaomi 12 model, along with pricing details, have been leaked by a Chinese tipster, leaving little to imagination. The handset is said to feature a 120Hz refresh rate display and a triple rear camera unit, headlined by a 50-megapixel primary snapper. Also, Xiaomi 12 is tipped to pack a 4,500mAh battery. The upcoming smartphone lineup from Xiaomi is said to include the vaniila Xiaomi 12 and Xiaomi 12 Pro models alongside Xiaomi 12X and Xiaomi 12 Ultra. Known tipster Panda is Bald (translated) shared the pricing details and full specification sheet of upcoming Xiaomi 12 on Weibo. Xiaomi 12 price (expected) As per the leak, the 8GB + 128GB storage variant of Xiaomi 12 could be priced at CNY 3,699 (rougly Rs. 43,700), while the 8GB + 256GB storage variant may be priced at CNY 3,999 (roughly Rs. 47,200). The top-end 12GB + 256GB model is said to carry a price tag of CNY 4,399 (roughly Rs. 51,900). Xiaomi 12 specifications (expected) Xiaomi 12 is tipped to run on MIUI 13. It may feature a 6.28-inch full-HD+ (1,080x2,400 pixels) 10-bit display with 120Hz refresh rate. The display is said to have HDR10+ and Dolby Vision support. The screen of Xiaomi 12 is tipped to support 16,000-level screen brightness adjustment as well. Xiaomi recently announced that Xiaomi 12 has bagged an A+ rating from DisplayMate. The tipster doesn't reveal the name of the chipset, but Xiaomi 12 is already confirmed by the company to feature a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC. It could be coupled with up to 12GB of LPDDR5 RAM and up to 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. For optics, Xiaomi is expected to provide a triple rear camera unit on the upcoming Xiaomi 12. The camera system is headlined by 50-megapixel primary camera with optical image stabilisation (OIS) and f/1.9 aperture, along with a 13-megapixel ultrawide camera with a 123-degree field-of-view. There could be a third snapper which supports 3x optical zoom, 10x hybrid zoom, and up to 30x digital zoom. Details of the selfie camera have not been shared by the tipster. Xiaomi 12 is said to pack 4,500mAh battery which supports 67W fast charging and 30W wireless charging. Other connectivity features on the handset are likely to include NFC, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth v5.2, and 5G. The handset is likely to include an X-axis linear motor. The smartphone could weigh 180 grams.

In context: When a company offers you a product for free, especially a useful or high-quality one, you are often the product in some way. Whether your data is sold, shared to third parties, or merely used to make the service as a whole better (and perhaps attract paying users), little comes for free. DucKDuckGo is a rare exception: it's a search engine that puts your privacy at the forefront and costs absolutely nothing to use. Of course, the quality of the search results isn't quite as good as Google's, but the lack of tracking is a fair trade-off in the eye of DuckDuckGo's many users. Now, DuckDuckGo's creators are working on a browser that will follow the same principles. Well, technically, it has already done so: the DuckDuckGo browser has been available on mobile devices for quite some time now. However, the desktop version is now in closed beta. Notably, it isn't a fork of Chromium or any other browser platform. DuckDuckGo is creating their app from scratch, using "OS-provided rendering engines." This allows the browser to work faster and more smoothly than competitors, as it does away with much of the "unnecessary cruft and clutter" that they tend to have. The interface also emphasizes clean, simple design elements, and has the same "Fire Button" as its mobile counterpart. This button immediately deletes cookies, browsing history, and other accumulated site data; except for sites you've chosen to "fireproof" (in case you need to stay logged in to, say, your email account). The browser's built-in privacy features include a tracker blocker, forced HTTPS encryption, and anti-email tracking, among others. It isn't clear when the DuckDuckGo desktop app will be made available to everyone, but it seems that early testing is going well, so hopefully, it will be released sooner rather than later.

In brief: Multi-monitor setups that require frequent side-to-side head movement can induce neck pain, according to LG, which is why the company has announced the new 16:18 format DualUp monitor that looks like two screens stacked vertically. This monitor will also be showcased at LG's CES booth, alongside a new (traditional-looking) UltraFine monitor. Whether you’re a financial analyst carefully studying multiple candlestick charts at work or a content creator fine-tuning a video timeline, LG’s upcoming DualUp display might be worth a look at. This upcoming 27.6-inch Nano IPS monitor sports an interesting new 16:18 aspect ratio and a resolution of 2,560 x 2,880px. LG notes that the DualUp’s unique design offers the same screen real estate as two 21.5-inch displays and is meant to deliver an ergonomic, comfortable viewing experience by reducing side-to-side head movements associated with typical dual/multi-monitor setups. As expected, the DualUp has a vertical split view function to take advantage of the double-height display. Other specs on this monitor are fairly ordinary. It offers a peak brightness of 300 nits (with Auto Brightness), a 1000:1 contrast ratio, 5ms GtG response time, and covers 98 percent of the DCI-P3 color gamut. In terms of connectivity, there are 3 x USB-C ports (1 upstream, 2 downstream with 96W charging support), 2 x HDMI ports, and a pair of 7W speakers. The DualUp comes with LG’s 2nd-gen Ergo stand that uses a clamp mechanism instead of a regular stand and supports pivot, height, tilt and swivel adjustment LG’s second monitor announcement is a new 16:9 format UltraFine display that has slightly better specs than the DualUp. This 4K 31.5-inch display features AMD FreeSync, while peak brightness and contrast ratio figures get a small bump to 400 nits and 2000:1, respectively. The UltraFine’s port selection and remaining feature-set are the same as the DualUp, but it uses a traditional stand that supports pivot, height and tilt adjustment. Expect LG to reveal the price and availability info for these monitors at the upcoming CES.

Warframe‘s big, story-driven New War update landed earlier this month, and it’s been a hit so far. The devs at Digital Extremes are heading out for the holidays, but not without offering a few ideas on what to expect from the game as we head into the new year. We’re going to see a lot more than the “clean-up and lead-up” that defined Warframe’s 2021, including new ways to play with the stuff that’s been introduced in New War. “I saw a lot of ‘wish this gameplay stayed’ and we share that feeling as well, so there will be some exciting experiments in bringing those change ups into the game in other ways that aren’t purely Quest driven,” director Steve Sinclair explains in a message to players. “We dedicated our Update 31: The New War to the Quest alone given its scope, and we dedicate 2022 to what comes next: a year full of doing the right things for Warframe. “2021 was all about clean-up and lead-up to The New War. We did our revisits of Railjack, Arsenals, tied together the Proxima & Ground with Liches & Sisters. But now, we have never felt more energized to work on Warframe, and we owe it to you to make 2022 our best year yet.” Maybe that’s not quite a roadmap, but it does offer an idea of what to expect from the coming year.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-59724425 One Sunday in October, Pastor Somu Avaradhi got a shock when he entered his church in Hubballi city in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. "There were people sitting inside, singing Hindu religious songs and shouting slogans," he told the BBC. He says he called the police, but when they arrived, the protesters accused him of abusing and forcing a Hindu man to convert to Christianity. The pastor was arrested - under charges of "outraging the religious feelings of any class" - and spent 12 days in prison before he was released on bail. This isn't an isolated incident - a report by the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) listed 39 cases of threats or violence against Christians from January to November this year in Karnataka. These include alleged attacks on pastors by members of right-wing Hindu groups, and even instances where they reportedly physically prevented them from holding religious services. Christians are a tiny minority in overwhelmingly Hindu India. Little change in India's religious make-up in 70 years The frequency, Christian representatives say, has increased since October, when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is in power in Karnataka as well as nationally, said it was working on a "strong" law against religious conversion in the state. Critics have described the current draft of the bill as "draconian" - it includes jail terms of up to 10 years for those who are found guilty of converting others by "force", "fraudulent" methods or marriage, and possibly a denial of government benefits to those who convert from one religion to another. Every such decision will be scrutinised since those who choose to convert will be required to notify local officials two months before - and officials will investigate the reasons before allowing it to happen. Christian leaders are worried that the new bill will embolden Hindu radicals to further target the community. The fear is exacerbated, commentators say, by an increasingly polarising environment under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP in which minority communities feel targeted and threatened. "Once the bill is passed, we will have to wait for more persecution and more difficulties,'' Peter Machado, Archbishop of Bangalore, told BBC Hindi. The bill is modelled on a law introduced last year in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, also governed by the BJP. There, the law sought to target so-called "love jihad", a po[CENSORED]r Hindu right wing conspiracy that Muslim men lure Hindu women into converting by proposing marriage. State police have since registered more than 100 cases of alleged forcible conversion, the Print news website reported in November. The Reverend Vijayesh Lal, general secretary of EFI, which runs 65,000 churches in India, alleged that the pattern in Karnataka was similar to what happened in Uttar Pradesh before the law was introduced. "You push the community, you take them down, you level false allegations of conversion and then bring in a law which is unconstitutional," he said. Religious conversion is a controversial topic in India. Right-wing groups have long accused Christian missionaries of forcibly converting poor Hindus by offering them money or other support as bribes - a claim they deny. But Dalits (formerly untouchables) have historically been known to convert to Christianity to escape a rigid Hindu caste hierarchy. Despite laws to protect them, the community is routinely the victim of not just discrimination but also violence. These tensions have often translated into violence on the ground - in 1999, a spate of attacks on Christian institutions in the eastern state of Orissa (also known as Odisha) was followed by the horrific murders of an Australian missionary and his two young sons as they slept in a jeep. Christian pastors and priests in Karnataka say they are fearful for the future. Initially, the attacks were limited to a few pockets in the state, but now 21 out of 31 districts have reported at least one violent incident. "I have been here for 40 years but I don't really know why these conversion allegations are coming now. We have a lot of friends among the Hindu community here," said the Reverend Thomas T, president of the pastors' association in Belagavi district. Mr Thomas says that in November, local police informally told the association not to hold prayer meetings to avoid attacks by right-wing groups. A police official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told BBC Hindi that while individual police stations have advised priests to be careful, there was no "state-wide policy" on the issue. Father Francis D'Souza, a priest at a local church in Belagavi, alleged last week that a man with a sword tried to attack him. The case is being investigated and top police officials have assured Father D'Souza that he will be protected. "But that fear is still there in me," he says. Representatives from the community have questioned the need for an anti-conversion law, pointing out that India's constitution gives the right to everyone to "propagate religion". There is no national law restricting religious conversion, and attempts in the past to introduce such bills in parliament have failed. But various states have enacted legislation over the years to regulate religious conversion. BJP lawmaker Arvind Bellad, who led a massive protest against Pastor Somu, asked why only Christians are worried about the new bill. "The interesting aspect is that other minority communities like Muslims or Sikhs or Jains are not worried about this new law," he added. State chief minister Basvaraj Bommai has said that only those who try to lure people into converting to a different religion need to fear the law. But Archbishop Machado says that the attacks and the discourse around the bill are clearly aimed at Christians. "It is not a good thing that the government is doing to us," he said. Social commentator and retired Maj Gen SG Vombatkere said that people should not take the law into their hands. "If I have a complaint against you, I cannot come and beat you up," he said. "I have no business to attack you, whatever you may have done. But the unusual is becoming the usual these days."

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-59736716 Hospitality and entertainment firms are calling for a clear decision from the government on whether there will be further Covid restrictions in England in the coming days. Boris Johnson did not announce any new measures on Monday, but said data was being reviewed "hour by hour". Labour's London mayor Sadiq Khan warned time was running out. The chancellor met business leaders who want financial support on Monday evening, minister Stephen Barclay said. He said the government would "say more" about these discussions later and also urged people to have a "cautious" Christmas. Meanwhile, the health secretary is understood to want people with Covid to isolate for seven days, instead of 10. Sajid Javid is thought to be in favour of doing this - if clinical advice supports the change - to help ease potential staff shortages across the NHS and other organisations. With just four days until Christmas, people are looking forward to spending the festive season with loved ones after many missed out last year, when restrictions were brought in just before Christmas. BBC political correspondent Damian Grammaticas said it now seemed unlikely that new restrictions could be enacted in England before Christmas. But hospitality and entertainment businesses were facing critical decisions in the coming hours about whether to go ahead with or cancel events over the holiday period, he added. Sir Jeremy Farrar, a former member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), told BBC Radio 4's Today programme this was the most "difficult and uncertain time" since March 2020. Omicron's transmission was "eye-wateringly high", he said, adding that the variant's rapid spread was driving its impact more than its severity. Amid ongoing uncertainty about the severity of Omicron, he said it was reasonable to pause for 24 to 36 hours until that data emerges. But he said if hospitalisations were rising at that stage, the government would have to act - perhaps with more draconian measures than if they had acted a few days ago. The continuing sharp rise in UK case numbers is already affecting events across the country: The New Year's Eve celebration in London's Trafalgar Square for 6,500 key workers and members of the public is cancelled in the "interests of public safety" The Queen calls off her traditional festive stay at Sandringham as a precaution and will stay at Windsor London's Natural History Museum and Edinburgh Castle temporarily close due to coronavirus-related staff shortages Almost half of London's major theatres cancel performances this weekend including Hamilton, Wicked and The Lion King Premier League and English Football League clubs will fulfil their festive fixtures despite disruption as players test positive Former government chief scientific adviser Sir Mark Walport warned that the true number of daily Covid infections was more likely to be between 300,000 and 400,000, as only about a third of cases were being identified. He told BBC Breakfast delaying any decision on restrictions was "potentially very problematic" as rising cases meant some hospitalisations and deaths were already "baked into the system". In London - which is ahead of the curve on Omicron cases - hospitalisations have risen by about a third in a week, he said. London hospital group Barts Health Trust has already written to doctors warning they may have to cancel "some or much" of their planned operations in January to cope with the incoming Covid surge. After a two-hour cabinet meeting on Monday, the prime minister said the government was "looking at all kinds of things" to keep the Omicron variant under control and "ruled nothing out". There were still some things "we need to be clearer about before we decide to go further", he added. Ministers have argued that more information about the new variant is needed to justify the economic impact of any restrictions. Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg said that instead of imposing restrictions, the government should trust people to make the right decisions to protect their families, reports the Times. Last Christmas, large parts of south-east England were banned from mixing with other households, while for the rest of England, Scotland and Wales, people were only allowed to mix indoors on Christmas Day. The World Health Organization (WHO) has urged people to cancel some of their holiday plans as the Omicron variant spreads globally. "An event cancelled is better than a life cancelled," said WHO head Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

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In a nutshell: Intel is expected to show off its first non-K Alder Lake processors at CES in two weeks, and we’ve just seen what is allegedly a retail unit of one of these CPUs, complete with the new stock cooler. We’ve been hearing about Intel experimenting with new stock cooler designs since September. Now, Peruvian news site XanxoGaming has got its hands on one by purchasing a retail version of the Core i5-12400F. The cooler matches previously leaked images of the Laminar RM1, with a spiral design that makes it look pretty similar to AMD’s Wraith Stealth and Spire coolers. It also appears to feature a blue LED around the fan. In a nutshell: Intel is expected to show off its first non-K Alder Lake processors at CES in two weeks, and we’ve just seen what is allegedly a retail unit of one of these CPUs, complete with the new stock cooler. We’ve been hearing about Intel experimenting with new stock cooler designs since September. Now, Peruvian news site XanxoGaming has got its hands on one by purchasing a retail version of the Core i5-12400F. The cooler matches previously leaked images of the Laminar RM1, with a spiral design that makes it look pretty similar to AMD’s Wraith Stealth and Spire coolers. It also appears to feature a blue LED around the fan. Intel’s CES press conference, which takes place at Mandalay Bay, starts at 10 am PST on January 5. The Alder Lake non-K series processors are expected to launch alongside the budget-orientated B660 and H610 motherboards soon after the event finishes. Alder Lake has arrived to glowing reviews, so it’ll be interesting to see how the cheaper non-K chips shake up the market and compete with similarly priced AMD options. The 12th-gen CPUs have already boosted Intel’s share of the sales market in Germany, though team red remains the dominant force by far. In other Intel news, CEO Pat Gelsinger recently reaffirmed his belief that the current chip crisis will not alleviate until 2023.

In context: The past week has kept IT organizations scrambling to respond to the Log4j vulnerability impacting systems around the world. As security experts have continued to identify additional bugs in the logging utility, network administrators have worked tirelessly to identify and close off any potential access that that may allow the vulnerability to be exploited. Unfortunately, a newly discovered vector has proven that even isolated systems with no internet connectivity may be just as vulnerable, further complicating the already enormous problem. Researchers at Blumira have more bad news for the IT community battling Log4j security exploits. While previous findings indicated that impacted systems would require some type of network or internet connectivity, the security firm's recent discovery now asserts that services running as local host with no external connection can also be exploited. The finding pointed researchers to several more use cases outlining alternative approaches to compromise unpatched assets running Log4j. A technical post by Blumira CTO, Matthew Warner outlines how a malicious actor can impact vulnerable local machines. Warner states that WebSockets, which are tools that allow fast, efficient communication between web browsers and web applications, could be used to deliver payloads to vulnerable applications and servers with no internet connectivity. This specific attack vector means the unconnected but vulnerable assets could be compromised simply by an attacker sending a malicious request using an existing WebSocket. Warner's post details the specific steps a malicious actor would take to initiate the WebSocket-based attack. The newly identified attack vector will result in a greater number of vulnerable assets across already heavily affected industries. According to Check Point Software, over 50% of all government, military, finance, distribution, ISP, and education organizations are currently affected by the Log4j vulnerability. Warner notes that there are available methods organizations can use to detect any existing Log4j vulnerabilities: Impacted organizations can update their instances of Log4j to version 2.17 to mitigate the tool's vulnerability (which keep popping up). This includes any organization that may have applied the previous remediations, versions 2.15 and 2.16, which were later found to include their own set of related vulnerabilities.

OnePlus is working on launching new smart TVs in India in the near future, according to a tipster. The company could bring at least two new smart TVs to the Indian market, a 32-inch model and a 43-inch variant. Details about these smart TVs are currently unavailable, and the tipster has not provided a launch date for these smart TV models. The company already has three smart TV ranges available today — the affordable Y-series, the mid-range U-series and the high-end Q-series. According to a tweet by tipster Mukul Sharma, OnePlus is working on launching new smart TV models in India. The company could launch “at least” one 32-inch model and a 43-inch variant, according to information received by the tipster. While the tweet states the launch of the device could take place soon, there is no mention of a tentative date, or whether they will be part of the company's Q-series, Y-series, or U-series smart TV lineup. It is worth noting that OnePlus is yet to reveal any information regarding the launch of new smart TV models in the country. OnePlus is also working on releasing two new smartphones, the flagship OnePlus 10 series and the OnePlus Nord 2 CE 5G smartphone. The high-end OnePlus 10 Pro is expected to feature the flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC, along with a 6.7-inch (2,048 x 1,080 pixels) LTPO AMOLED display with a 120Hz refresh rate. The smartphone is confirmed to launch in January and is expected to feature a 48-megapixel primary camera, a 50-megapixel wide-angle camera, along with an 8-megapixel camera. On the front, OnePlus 10 Pro is could sport a 32-megapixel selfie shooter. Meanwhile, the successor to OnePlus Nord CE 5G is tipped to feature a MediaTek Dimensity 900 SoC, along with a 6.4-inch full-HD+ AMOLED display with a 90Hz refresh rate. OnePlus Nord 2 CE 5G renders were recently spotted online, ahead of the smartphone's official launch. On the camera front, OnePlus Nord 2 CE 5G could feature a 64-megapixel triple-camera setup, along with a 16-megapixel selfie camera. The smartphone is tipped to come with a 4,500mAh battery with support for 65W fast charging, according to recent reports.

We’re well into peak holiday, and that means it’s time for another free PC game from Epic. Today, it’s one of this year’s most unique RPG games, the reverse roguelike Loop Hero. You have until tomorrow at 8 am PT / 11 am ET / 4 pm GMT to claim your copy and start your quest to rebuild a shattered world. Loop Hero is a roguelike RPG, but rather than playing the hero, you’re placed in the role of dungeonmaster, watching a little warrior (or thief, or necromancer, as you unlock additional classes) plod around a track floating in the midst of an undifferentiated black abyss. As the little fighter journeys round and round, you’ll pick up new tiles to place down that give shape to the landscape. Each one has different effects, with some granting benefits and others spawning monsters, and your job is to modulate the difficulty such that your hero gets just enough of a challenge so that they’re properly leveled when they meet the area boss. The lo-fi Amiga-style graphics and chiptune soundtrack might lull you into thinking Loop Hero is a simple game, but don’t be fooled: there’s a lot of complexity here, and plenty to discover. Tiles often have hidden synergies that magnify their effects or change neighboring tiles, and each class demands a different approach to leveling and enemy placement.

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Economy When the world started to take notice of Evergrande's $300bn (£226bn) debt crisis earlier this year, some asked whether it would become China's "Lehman moment". Since then it has become clear that Beijing is handling the situation in a very different way to how Washington dealt with the bankruptcy of investment banking giant Lehman Brothers at the start of the global financial crisis in 2008. After Evergrande announced that it may not be able to meet all of its financial obligations, the crisis-hit firm defaulted on some of its overseas bonds. It has now reportedly entered a debt restructuring process with Chinese authorities that may include the sale of some of its founder's personal assets. "It is opaque but when we speak to our industry contacts in China, no one is surprised," said Vinesh Motwani of Silk Road Research. Evergrande v Lehman "The biggest difference between the two is that Evergrande was a train wreck that everyone saw coming," said Mr Motwani, who was working in the US as an analyst at Credit Suisse when Lehman collapsed. "When the 'three red lines' policy was announced more than a year ago, it was clear that Evergrande was one of the worst offenders, so the reaction in China was 'this was a long time coming'." The "three red lines" are a set of debt thresholds that severely limit the ability of certain property developers to borrow. For decades the sector had seen uncontrolled borrowing, something the China's central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), described as "reckless". Evergrande's crisis is a "grey rhino" event, a term used to describe a slow-moving obvious threat as opposed to a surprise "black swan" occurrence, according to Rory Green, the Head of China and Asia Research at investment advisory firm TS Lombard. "The warning about Evergrande has been going around for a very long time so none of the bondholders should be surprised that they're defaulting," he said. Another major difference between the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the Evergrande crisis is that when the US government needed to act, it had to pass legislation in order to have the authority to intervene but the Chinese government does not have this problem. By controlling the country's property market through state-owned banks, Beijing also knows which developers are likely to default - something that could not have been said about Washington during the subprime mortgage crisis. At the same time, China is being far more selective with its actions than the US was during the global financial crisis. Unlike Washington which bailed out some of the world's biggest banks, China's Communist Party is taking a more piecemeal approach. "Beijing is like a surgeon operating on a tumour who is thinking 'what do I need to save?'," said Alicia Garcia Herrero, the chief economist for Asia-Pacific at investment bank Natixis. For the Chinese government, it is crucial that Evergrande's day-to-day operations remain intact. It aims to ensure the company can finish the homes it is building so that ordinary property buyers are not affected and trust in the property market is not seriously damaged. As Ms Herrero puts it: "Beijing also needs to be looking at the heart, if it is still beating. That's people's perceptions of the property sector." So far, this approach seems to have limited the impact on the housing market, according to Mr Motwani: "Actual property prices are still up year-on-year. Even where they have fallen month-on-month, they are not down by double digits." But there are concerns that if prices continue to fall, potential buyers may put off purchasing new homes - which would further slow down the market. Experts predict Evergrande's restructuring could take months, if not years, with little in the way of headline-grabbing announcements as authorities try to avoid the kind of shocks that hit the global financial system after Lehman Brothers collapsed. Mr Green points to past big Chinese business failures. Using the implosion of insurance and financial giant Anbang as an example, he expects Evergrande's restructuring to be a long process: "Anbang went into restructuring two years ago and it is still ongoing. Evergrande is much bigger so it could take years. But in my opinion, the worst funding condition has passed." "The most likely scenario is for Evergrande to be split into separate units. It will be the cutting up of the grey rhino and regional banks will be tasked to deal with those separate units to ensure the stability of the sector and the economy." Will international investors be scared off? While Evergrande missing offshore bond interest payments may not have triggered a financial meltdown as they are mostly held by wealthy overseas investors, some analysts are concerned about the impact on the Chinese property sector's reputation. "It definitely hurts the faith of international investors in China's offshore real estate bonds," said Jackson Chan from financial markets research platform Bondsupermart. Crucially, it has made it much more expensive for Chinese property developers to borrow money from international investors. What remains to be seen is how Beijing strikes a balance between continuing its strict property market policies and the risk of the country's massive real estate industry losing access to affordable foreign investment.

News Leftist candidate Gabriel Boric has won Chile's presidential election after an early concession from his far-right rival, José Antonio Kast. Mr Kast conceded defeat barely an hour and a half after polls closed, and with around half of ballots counted. With most of the votes counted, Mr Boric won with 56% and Mr Kast trailed with 44% of the votes. The election has been one of the most polarised in recent decades and comes after mass anti-government protests. Both candidates offered starkly different visions for the country, and both are outsiders representing political parties that have never been in government. At 35-years-old, Mr Boric will become one of the world's youngest political leaders, and the youngest president in Chile's history. Chile's dark past hangs over presidential run-off The deep divisions ahead of polling day In a phone call with outgoing President Sebastián Piñera, which was publicly broadcasted, Mr Boric said he would do his "best to rise to this tremendous challenge". A former student protest leader, he backed the mass demonstrations against inequality and alleged corruption that rocked Chile in 2019 and 2020. Once the most stable economy in Latin America, Chile has one of the world's largest income gaps, with one percent of the po[CENSORED]tion owning 25% of the country's wealth, according to the United Nations. Mr Boric has promised to address this inequality by reforming Chile's pension and healthcare systems, reducing the work week from 45 to 40 hours, and boosting green investment. His rival, meanwhile, stood on a platform of law and order, pledging cuts to tax and social spending. Mr Kast also defended the legacy of former military dictator General Augusto Pinochet, who took power in a coup and ruled the country from 1973 to 1990. Under his leadership more than 3,000 people were murdered by the state or disappeared, and thousands of political opponents were held in internment camps. In a tweet, Mr Kast said he had called Mr Boric to congratulate him on his "great triumph". "From today he is the elected President of Chile and deserves all our respect and constructive collaboration," he added. The country is going through huge changes after voting overwhelmingly last year to re-write Chile's Pinochet-era constitution. Mr Piñera said that Chile was living in "an environment of excessive polarization, confrontation [and] disputes," and urged his successor to "be the president of all Chileans."

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In brief: Getting hold of a new graphics card remains an exercise in futility and disappointment for all but those willing to pay scalpers a small fortune. There is another option, though, providing you’re lucky enough: win one from AMD, which is giving away special Halo Infinite editions of its Radeon RX 6900 XT to 28 people. We all know that the graphics card market remains in a sorry state, with prices still around double the MSRP on the rare occasions when they’re in stock. AMD’s Radeon RX 6900 XT is particularly elusive and expensive; eBay sellers list the card at around $2,000 on average, twice its $999 suggested retail price. Thankfully, AMD is running a competition that sees 28 of its RDNA 2 products given away. And these aren’t just any Radeon RX 6900 XT cards; they’re Halo Infinite Limited Editions, complete with a green and yellow color scheme, Master Chief’s 117 service number, and the FPS’ name. There are several ways to win one of the cards, the easiest being to simply input your details in this form to be entered into a sweepstake. Another way of winning involves watching OpticMaNiaC or DKarma on Twitch from January 5. Participants just have to wait until a moderator mentions a keyword then comment and enter that keyword to be entered into a draw. The final method involves playing the Halo Infinite multiplayer and following AMDGaming, OpticMaNiaC, or DKarma on Twitter. You then need to look out for tweets from OpticMaNiaC and DKarma with challenges to complete in the game. Replying to these tweets with video captures of the challenges will let you compete for a spot on a team that will train together in a series of live streams. Following completion of the exercises, the selected person will win a card. Nvidia is also giving consumers the chance to win some high-end hardware right now, including three Matrix-inspired powerful PCs, an RTX 3080 Ti, monitors, and

In context: Adobe has always been the go-to solution for professional designers, primarily due to InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator. These are extremely powerful programs, but demand a significant time investment in order to master them them. If that has historically been a barrier for you, Adobe's latest solution might be worth a look. Adobe's Creative Cloud Express is a new creative app that aims to simplify creating multimedia content, making it an attractive solution for small businesses, students, influencers and social media managers. Adobe's new app enables users to create compelling marketing materials through drag-and-drop and a few clicks. The Creative Cloud Express app uses the same framework and technologies as other Adobe applications like Premiere, Photoshop and Acrobat. It also features Adobe Sensei to remove backgrounds from images, edit videos and turn them into GIFs, and even convert/export PDFs. "With Creative Cloud and Creative Cloud Express, we are meeting the demands of all creators and catalyzing the creator economy," said David Wadhwani, CBO and VP at Adobe. "Creative Cloud Express is the start of a brand-new journey to introduce first-time creators to Adobe creative tools while adding significant value to our current Creative Cloud subscribers." The app is free in its base version, offering thousands of templates, images, fonts, essential editing tools and 2GB of cloud storage. However, you can pay $9.99 per month for the premium subscription (three-month free trial available), which unlocks more assets, 100GB of cloud storage and other editing tools. Moreover, premium subscribers can add their brand/company logo, convert PDFs to other formats, and create, manage and share templates and assets in Creative Cloud libraries. If you subscribe to the premium service, you'll also have access to Adobe Premiere Rush, Photoshop Express, Spark Video and Spark Page. Creative Cloud Express is available on Adobe's website or from the Microsoft Store, Google Play Store or Apple App Store. Enterprise and Teams users will have to wait until 2022 to try it out.

Sony has kicked off its year-end sale in India on Thursday, with discounts on its Bravia smart TVs and audio products. As part of the sale, the company is offering discounts, cashback offers, and a two-year warranty on specific Bravia TVs. Similarly, Sony has also discounted its audio products including true wireless earbuds, headphones and Bluetooth speakers, with discounts of up to 60 percent of the retail price. The sale is available across offline and electronic stores, the company's online store, as well as Amazon and Flipkart until January 3, according to the company. As part of the company's year-end sale, the company is offering an instant cashback offer on select Bravia TVs, as well discounts of up to 30 percent. The company is also offering a two-year warranty on some Sony Bravia TV models, listed on the company's website. These include the Sony Bravia XR-65A8OJ IN5 which is currently priced at Rs. 2,65,990 down from the retail price of Rs. 3,39,900, and the Sony Bravia KD-55X8OJ, which is priced at Rs. 87,390 (MRP Rs. 1,09,900) on the website. According to Sony's website, customers can purchase four headphones models equipped with active noise cancellation at a discount. The Sony WH-1000XM4 is discounted at Rs. 24,990, down from the retail price of Rs. 29,990, while the Sony WH-H910N is on sale for Rs. 9,990 (MRP Rs. 24,990) or a discount of 60 percent. Meanwhile, the Sony WH-CH710N is currently priced at Rs. 7,990 (MRP Rs. 14,990) and the WH-XB900N costs Rs. 9,990 down from Rs. 19,990. Sony is also offering discounts on its true wireless (TWS) earbuds, with the company's WF-1000XM3 TWS earbuds currently listed at Rs. 9,990 (MRP Rs. 19,990) while the Sony WF-SP800N TWS earbuds are priced at Rs. 10,990, down from Rs. 18,990. The Sony WF-XB700 can be purchased at Rs. 6,990 (MRP Rs. 11,990) while the Sony WF-H800, which usually cost Rs. 16,990, are priced at Rs. 6,990. Sony has discounted its SRS-XB13 wireless Bluetooth speaker at Rs. 3,590, down from the listed price of Rs. 4,990. The company is also offering discounts on its wireless Bluetooth headphones, starting with the Sony WH-CH510 and WI-XB400 that cost Rs. 2,990 and Rs. 2,790, down from their listed price of Rs. 4,990. Meanwhile, the Sony WI-C400 which costs Rs. 3,990, are now priced at Rs. 2,990 and the Sony WI-C310 costs Rs. 1,999, down from the listed price of Rs. 3,290.