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https://www.arabnews.com/node/2036476/lifestyle The world’s leading luxury brands said on Friday that they planned to temporarily close stores and pause business operations in Russia. Birkin bag maker Hermes and Cartier owner Richemont were the first firms to announce such moves, followed by LVMH, Kering and Chanel. Doing business in Russia has become complex since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which prompted the United States, Britain and the Europe Union to impose sweeping sanctions. “Given our increasing concerns about the current situation, the growing uncertainty and the complexity to operate, Chanel decided to temporarily pause its business in Russia,” the French luxury fashion house said in a LinkedIn post. Luxury giant LVMH, which owns such brands as Christian Dior, Givenchy, Kenzo, TAG Heuer and Bulgari among others, will close its 124 boutiques in Russia from Sunday but will continue to pay the salaries for its 3,500 employees in the country, a spokesperson told Reuters. French multinational Kering, whose brands include brands as Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta and Boucheron among others, has two shops and 180 employees, which the company will continue to support. While affluent Russians are keen consumers of luxury goods, analysts say the proportion of luxury sales generated from Russian nationals is small compared to the industry’s main growth engines, China and the United States. Richemont, which also owns Dunhill, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Montblanc, Piaget, and Van Cleef & Arpels among other brands, has around a dozen directly operated stores, mostly in Moscow. It said in a statement it had suspended commercial activities in Russia on March 3 after stopping Ukraine operations on Feb. 24, the day Russia launched its invasion. Hermes, which has three stores in Moscow, had planned to open an outlet in St. Petersburg later this year. Investment bank Jefferies estimates that Russians account for around $9 billion in annual luxury sales, which is around 6% of Chinese spending and 14% of U.S spending on luxury goods. Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group, which owns high end watches and jewelry labels including Harry Winston, said it would continue its operations in Russia, but was putting exports on hold “because of the overall difficult situation.” L'Oreal, LVMH and Kering have all pledged financial support to help Ukrainian refugees and Richemont said on Friday it was initiating a “significant donation” to Medecins Sans Frontieres.

https://www.pcgamer.com/garrys-mod-and-rust-are-getting-more-expensive-in-russia-to-support-ukrainian-charities/ The price of Garry's Mod and Rust are going up in Russia—way up—because of what creator Garry Newman described on Twitter as "opportunism" among gamers looking to take advantage of the Russian ruble, the value of which has crashed as a result of sanctions imposed on the country over its invasion of Ukraine. Newman also pledged to make a hefty donation to charity to support victims of the war. "We're raising the price of our games in Russia because the ruble has crashed so much and it's leading to opportunism. We're going to donate any payments from Russia to humanitarian charities helping the Ukrainian people," Newman tweeted. "War sucks for everyone, so we're also going to donate another $500,000 to help them all out." The prices of both games have indeed gone up. Garry's Mod is now ₽750 ($6.40), up from ₽365 (which itself was an increase from ₽249, the regular price until September 2021), while Rust is now ₽3,000 ($25.65), compared to ₽1,465 previously. That price was also the result of a September 2021 increase: Previously it had been just ₽725. In an email sent to PC Gamer, Newman explained that the increase was made primarily to discourage people from using VPNs to buy his games cheaply, particularly Rust. Harsh sanctions imposed on Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine have driven the value of the ruble down dramatically: Five years ago a ruble was worth just under 20 cents US, which doesn't sound like much but is still an awful lot more than its current value of less than one cent. That means, for example, that prior to the price hike, people using VPNs to make Steam think that they're in Russia could have picked up Rust for less than $13, far below the regular $40 price in North America. The promise to donate funds raised by Russian sales of Rust and Garry's Mod to Ukrainian charities could make it appealing to Russian gamers looking to quietly oppose the invasion, but Newman doesn't think that outcome is likely. "My expectation is that things will sell less there—not more," he said. "There are of course many Russians that oppose what their country is doing, but I wouldn't expect that buying our games would be an appropriate way to protest against it. Especially considering Valve is still going to be taking their cut. And especially since they probably are unable to get a working payment method right now anyway." Russia is facing increasing isolation on all fronts arising from its invasion of Ukraine: Visa and Mastercard have blocked Russian financial institutions, PayPal is no longer accepting new users in Russia, and companies ranging from CD Projekt and Electronic Arts to Microsoft, Airbnb, Spotify, Volkswagen, Oracle, Netflix, Nike, and Boeing have restricted or halted their business operations in the country. Andy has been gaming on PCs from the very beginning, starting as a youngster with text adventures and primitive action games on a cassette-based TRS80. From there he graduated to the glory days of Sierra Online adventures and Microprose sims, ran a local BBS, learned how to build PCs, and developed a longstanding love of RPGs, immersive sims, and shooters. He began writing videogame news in 2007 for The Escapist and somehow managed to avoid getting fired until 2014, when he joined the storied ranks of PC Gamer. He covers all aspects of the industry, from new game announcements and patch notes to legal disputes, Twitch beefs, esports, and Henry Cavill. Lots of Henry Cavill.

https://www.techspot.com/news/93657-unplanned-power-outage-taiwanese-plant-interrupts-semiconductor-production.html On Thursday, Taiwan's state-run Xingda power plant experienced a failure that affected a large portion of the island's residents and businesses. It caused power decreases and grid failures across the nation and hit several regions that are home to Taiwan's semiconductor manufacturers. TSMC is currently assessing the impact after observing voltage drops lasting between 400ms and 1000ms at some locations. The Xingda plant, run by Taipower, supplies an estimated one-seventh of Taiwan's total electrical output. The outage lasted 90 minutes and affected an estimated five million households. The cause of the incident was attributed to a failure in the station's turbine room, which triggered an emergency shutdown to avoid further damage. It resulted in cascading blackouts across the island and a 10.5MW drop in total power supply. Several of Taiwan's semiconductor manufacturers were affected and continue to assess the situation. The most notable companies affected were the well-known Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and Innolux, which is currently Taiwan's largest display panel manufacturer. According to TSMC, there was a manageable impact on their UMC Nanke plant. TSMC's initial assessment states that any production problems resulting from these power fluctuations should be negligible. However, the overall effect of the 90-minute incident is still being assessed. Innolux is also continuing to assess the impact to their production operations, and as of Friday, the company's facilities were still running on backup generators. Despite TSMC's claims of little to no impact, the delays stemming from the 90-minute incident could cascade down and ultimately extend the already hobbled semiconductor industry's chip shortage. For decades, semiconductor manufacturers have relied on lean manufacturing, a manufacturing methodology that focuses on providing customers with what they need when they need it. That means low to no additional inventory or surplus and almost no room for error during manufacturing and delivery. Any delays in this type of environment can result in missed or delayed shipments, affecting both TSMC's upcoming deadlines as well as deadlines for customers that rely on those nodes for their own products. Let's hope TSMC stays on track and helps to put this whole shortage behind us.

https://www.techradar.com/news/windows-12-5-features-we-want-to-see There's been much speculation that Microsoft is already hard at work on the successor to Windows 11, likely to be called Windows 12. Some of us at TechRadar are all for a swift follow-up to Windows 11, and would like to see Microsoft matching the regular update schedules of macOS and other operating systems. Sun Valley 2. So what improvements and new features might Windows 12 bring with it? Users have been peppering Microsoft with feature requests, with some of these wishes set to be granted in upcoming updates to Windows 11, tentatively called The TechRadar computing team has come up with its own wish list of five features we'd like to see in a Windows 12 release, no matter how unlikely some of them may be. This is still very early days for Windows 11 – we're not even at the one-year anniversary of the update having been announced. However, going on past releases, we'd expect to see Windows 12 arrive in late 2025, just as support for Windows 10 is ending. When Microsoft announced availability for Windows 11, the main requirement was for machines to have a hardware feature called TPM enabled, which is a security feature that can be found on most motherboards. While the same requirement will most likely be requested by Microsoft again, it may be at a point where almost every PC has TPM enabled anyway. Other than that, it will likely have similar requirements to Windows 11: 64-bit processor 1Ghz clock speed 4GB of RAM 64GB drive UEFI, Secure Boot capable TPM 2.0 (Trusted Platform Module) A display larger than 9-inches with HD Resolution (1366x768) DirectX 12 compatible graphics / WDDM 2.x Internet connection What we want to see We don't know much about Windows 12 yet, or whether the rumored upgrade will even become a reality, but we do have a good idea of what we want from it, with the following features topping our list. 1. Merge Skype and Teams into MSN Messenger 12 It's no secret that Microsoft's efforts on video calling and collaboration through messaging apps have been less than stellar in recent years. In a time when people needed to communicate remotely more, it was Zoom that took the lead and Skype was bafflingly left by the wayside. While there have been some new features brought to both Teams and Skype, there's still an air of confusion as to which one you should use. If you need to take part in a job interview that's on Teams, for example, chances are you'll quickly need to install the app and make sure it works. Instead, let's see them both retire and mark a fresh start for Windows 12, with the return of MSN Messenger to do the job these two apps have limped on with. Not only to see the return of nudges, winks, and classic sounds if users want, but powerful features to make it go toe-to-toe with Zoom, Google Meets, and FaceTime. Perhaps have integration with Slack, so if a video meeting is needed, it can prompt in a channel and with one button, MSN Messenger will launch with the required invitees. Microsoft needs to reboot how it perceives itself for messaging apps, and the return of MSN Messenger could be a great start to that. 2. Live Wallpaper A request by TechRadar's Senior Computing Editor Matt Hanson, and an intriguing one at that. There have been similar features in iPhones and Android phones for some years, with animations moving across these devices. But for PC and Mac, they've been relegated to third-party apps, such as Wallpaper Engine, to be able to have animated wallpapers with the ability to display information from your PC. To have something similar from Microsoft for Windows 12 could further push its efforts in themes, something that's seen improvements in Windows 11, thanks to its dark themes. Having a dedicated section for wallpapers where you can place static bytes of information on the desktop that works with an animated live wallpaper, could appeal to all kinds of users. Microsoft could also bring back previous wallpapers, such as the hillside of Windows XP but have it animated, alongside some clouds displaying battery status or the weather. This can update the desktop substantially and make it much more up to date, without having to rely on widgets or a taskbar to showcase changes. While it's been great to see the return of Windows Media Player from Microsoft, having additional features such as podcasts feels irrelevant for what Media Player is for. macOS has had its own podcast app since Big Sur in 2019, but if you wanted to use a similar app on Windows, it's not clear where to start, as Microsoft doesn't offer a dedicated podcast app. This is why Windows 12 should include a dedicated podcast app that could also be used on other platforms, such as iOS and Android, so your subscriptions could sync across all your devices. Podcasts are a great way of listening to in A storming idea by our resident Computing writer Jess Weatherbed, as there is yet to be an integrated option in Windows to stream what you're playing. For years there have been apps such as OBS and Twitch that offer ways to stream what you're playing or watching with others. However, these apps have always required extra effort to make sure that you're streaming to viewers in good quality, with low latency. Then there's the additional aspect of the peripherals that streamers use to help show them in a better light, or Stream Decks to easily control their setups with shortcut keys. It can be overwhelming to manage multiple apps just to control all of these, which is why Windows 12 could benefit from having one app that can manage your streams and the peripherals. Microsoft has been pushing gaming in Windows 11 since its announcement in June 2021, with a redesigned Xbox app and HDR support. But countless gamers also stream these games through Windows, so there's a big opportunity here. Having one app to control, say, ring lights and the streams for viewers is appealing, shifting the heavy lifting to one app. It could automate streams based on the schedule and the games being played, alongside different lighting scenarios for the different times of the day. This could encourage more gamers to see Windows as a service, as the CEO of Microsoft Satya Nadella has been stating since the release of Windows 10 in 2015, while also making Windows 12 an enticing prospect A suggestion by our Editor-in-Chief at TechRadar Pro, Desire Athow – this can be an expansion of Your Phone, Microsoft's effort to sync your phone to Windows. But when you open this new app in Windows 12, it has a layout reminiscent of Windows Phone and its tile layout that can enable a desktop experience from your phone. This would be similar to Samsung DeX, where you can transform your S22 or Tab S22 Ultra into a desktop once it's connected to a peripheral. This new app would go beyond DeX and Microsoft's Your Phone efforts. When you connect to a monitor, it becomes a fully-fledged Windows 12 desktop, showcasing everything from your main PC. And when you click on an icon, it downloads the content from the cloud and displays it in its native resolution. It would be an innovative extension of the cloud, where you can access your files wherever you are. Here, you're carrying your desktop with you and all you need to do is to connect your smartphone to a monitor, either with touchscreen features or a keyboard and mouse. This would also further Nadella's plans again, similar to the streaming feature, of seeing Windows as a service. Having your PC in an app is an enticing thought, and could help for those situations when you have a short window of opportunity to do some work with a spare monitor, keyboard, and mouse somewhere.

Nickname: @Cinderella 乡 Video author: PlayStation Name of the game: HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST Video link: Short description of the video: Horizon Forbidden West is an action role-playing video game developed by Guerrilla Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. Set to release on February 18, 2022. A sequel to 2017's Horizon Zero Dawn, it features an open world in a post-apocalyptic western United States

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2036121/art-culture Exchanges being organized between architects, restorers from both countries Lebanese delegation will attend 27th International Restoration Fair in Italy ROME: Italy has pledged to help Lebanon protect its cultural heritage by training local restorers. “Italy is organizing a series of initiatives in Lebanon to encourage exchanges between Lebanese and Italian architects and restorers,” Ambassador Nicoletta Bombardiere said at a presentation in Beirut of the 27th International Restoration Fair, which will be held in the Italian city of Ferrara on June 8-10. The presentation was also attended by Claudio Pasqualucci, representative of Assorestauro, the Italian association of restorers. Bombardiere said: “Assorestauro’s engagement in Lebanon, and in supporting the presence of Lebanese restorers at the Ferrara exhibition, are testament to Italy’s commitment to support, protect and promote the highly prized Lebanese cultural heritage, also with direct involvement from the private sector.” At the fair in Ferrara, delegates from various countries, including Lebanon, will visit the main Italian restoration sites in person. International restorers and architects will have the opportunity there to deepen their knowledge of Italian restoration in dedicated meetings with exhibiting companies. “Also with this international exhibition, we intend to encourage the development of synergies between Italian and Lebanese companies in the arts restoration sector by promoting know-how sharing, the development of new products and processes, and the sharing … of the most advanced technologies,” Bombardiere said. Cooperation between Italy and Lebanon in the field of artwork restoration is already “particularly intense,” said Pasqualucci. He cited as the latest example “the significant contribution of Rockland,” a Lebanese industrial group that financed the restoration of the Ardea Purpurea fountain created by Italian artist Marco Bravura in Beirut’s Verdun district.

Nickname: @Cinderella 乡 Video author: PlayStation Name of the game: Death Stranding Video link: Short description of the video: HEDGEHOG Gaming Plays Gameplay Walkthrough With All Part & Ending of Top Most Anticipated, Upcoming & Newly Released Games In 4K, 1080p HD 60fps & Full Gameplay Walkthrough of First Person / Third Person Games On PS5, Xbox Series X & PC.

https://www.pcgamer.com/the-impact-of-denuvo-on-total-war-warhammer-3-is-still-being-investigated/ Denuvo has become a recurring PC gaming villain, frequently blamed for launch issues and problems with performance. Even when it's working as intended DRM is never good for players, but time and time again Denuvo has been accused of making otherwise good games quite awful to play. This is currently the case with Total War: Warhammer 3, and Creative Assembly has been investigating its impact. While it's an impressive strategy romp—just take a look at our Total War: Warhammer 3 review—the launch was marred by technical issues, and while they can't all be blamed on Denuvo, when it comes to the performance niggles it's been held up as responsible. Creative Assembly does appear to be taking this seriously, but in a broad post on the work it's doing on stability, bugs and other issues it notes a few misconceptions about the DRM. The build reviewers played was stable. I didn't encounter any problems, and while the frame rate was a bit lower than I would have liked, nothing stood out as troublesome. It wasn't until launch that the issues started. The assumption has been that Creative Assembly didn't introduce Denuvo until the launch build, but apparently that wasn't the case. "Denuvo was included in press and content creator review builds," the post explains. "Why their performance was impacted post-launch is something we are actively working to understand, but the program was not purposefully omitted and then later added for the sake of the reviews." Creative Assembly also clarified that Denuvo has been in previous Total War games, so this is not a case of something new being added that's screwed everything up. This could mean that there's another factor that's causing problems with Denuvo. And while the DRM is being treated as a potential source of Warhammer 3's recent woes, Creative Assembly adds that the evidence is not yet conclusive. "Many players have presented evidence both ways, and there are likely to be many factors that weigh into the conversation. When we are confident in our results, we will make a call at that time." The transparency and ongoing investigation are both welcome, though Creative Assembly is also attempting to steer the conversation, threatening to treat any "off-topic comments about the technology as spam", which includes "calling for its removal". Given its atrocious reputation and the fact that it does nothing good for players, it seems pretty reasonable to want it out. It's an ill-conceived attempt to curtail the over-egged threat of piracy, and there's no reason why players should want it in their games. Elsewhere in the post, Creative Assembly offered a timeline for the next patch. It'll be targeting issues like ALT+TAB stability, unintended v-sync lock, battle desyncs, installation problems, as well as making Alderlake improvements that will hopefully stop the stuttering affecting players using 12th gen Intel processors. The team is aiming to release the Fraser is the UK online editor and has actually met The Internet in person. With over a decade of experience, he's been around the block a few times, serving as a freelancer, news editor and prolific reviewer. Strategy games have been a 30-year-long obsession, from tiny RTSs to sprawling political sims, and he never turns down the chance to rave about Total War or Crusader Kings. He's also been known to set up shop in the latest MMO and likes to wind down with an endlessly deep, systemic RPG. These days, when he's not editing, he can usually be found writing features that are 1,000 words too long. He thinks labradoodles are the best dogs but doesn't get to write about them much.

https://www.pcgamer.com/rtx-40-graphics-cards-look-set-to-get-a-big-increase-in-shader-count-and-l2-cache/ The fallout from the weekend cyberattack on Nvidia continues. It seems like we’re getting daily drips of information as the hackers attempt to pressure Nvidia to cave into demands including the removal of LHR mining limiters. The first bit of new information indicates that the RTX 40 GPUs will contain significantly higher shader counts than those of RTX 30 GPUs. Starting at the top of the range, the AD102 GPU is set to include up to 18432 so-called CUDA cores. That's a huge jump from the maximum 10752 of the GA102 that you’d find in the fully unlocked (and for now non-existent) RTX 3090 Ti. The AD103 GPU could end up as the flagship laptop GPU, as the current GA103 is now. It could also end up in cards like a hypothetically named RTX 4070. It carries the same 10752 shader count of the GA102, and though that count is likely to be that of the fully unlocked chip, it could mean that a next gen RTX 4070 Ti will deliver performance on par with - if not better- than an RTX 3090. The GPUs from lower in the range don’t get as large a bump in shader count. The AD104, with up to 7680 cores is set to replace the 6144 core GA104, as found in the RTX 3070 Ti. We can expect this to end up in RTX 4060 Ti and 4070 class cards. Of course, we are a long way from launch and even if the GPUs themselves are in full production right now, we don’t know anything about yields. Nvidia will certainly harvest cut down variants like they do now. Clocks and shader counts for individual models are likely not finalised at this stage. News of the shader count increase isn’t the only Ada Lovelace leak today. On Twitter, @harukaze5719 posted a nice summary and comparison table. Nvidia is set to dramatically increase the L2 cache size of its new GPUs. The increases are so big that current L2 cache sizes are puny in comparison. Starting with the AD102, it's set to include up to 96MB of L2, compared to just 6MB of the current GA102. The AD103 has up to 64MB vs 4MB of the GA103 and the AD104 packs in 48MB vs the 4MB of the GA104. These increases dramatically alter the architecture and if optimised correctly, could deliver very impressive performance gains, not unlike AMD was able to achieve with its similar Infinity Cache. It lessens the need for a huge bandwidth increase that would be required to get the best out of all of those shaders. 192, 256 and 382-bit bus widths combined with a huge L2 cache should be enough to cover the bandwidth requirements of RTX 40 cards. In theory anyway. We’ll need to test that out for ourselves to know for sure. So, Ada Lovelace cards appear to have a little bit more of everything. More shader cores (or CUDA cores to use Nvidia’s naming convention), much more L2 cache and higher clocks thanks in part to TSMC’s 5nm process. Sadly though, there are rumours of similarly dramatic increases in power consumption, though we believe that rumours of up to 850W are all but impossible for a consumer card. Don’t be surprised to see 500W or more though. That’s scary enough. Both Nvidia and AMD are gearing up to take the fight to each other for the hearts, minds and dollars of gamers. Along with AMD’s Zen 4 and Intel’s 13th Gen Raptor Lake, the second half of 2022 is looking like a barnstormer of time to upgrade.Chris' gaming experiences go back to the mid-nineties when he conned his parents into buying an 'educational PC' that was conveniently overpowered to play Doom and Tie Fighter. He developed a love of extreme overclocking that destroyed his savings despite the cheaper hardware on offer via his job at a PC store. To afford more LN2 he began moonlighting as a reviewer for VR-Zone before jumping the fence to work for MSI Australia. Since then, he's gone back to journalism, enthusiastically reviewing the latest and greatest components for PC & Tech Authority, PC Powerplay and currently Australian Personal Computer magazine and PC Gamer. Chris still puts far too many hours into Borderlands 3, always striving to become a more efficient killer.

https://www.techradar.com/news/ios-16-release-date-rumors-supported-iphones-and-5-features-we-want-to-see After seeing the releases of iOS 15 and the subsequent iPhone 13 series, we’re in the midst of .1 updates that are slowly refining features we’ve been seeing since June, including iOS 15.2 and the forthcoming iOS 15.4. That doesn’t stop us from thinking of what could be in the next version of iOS, however, which we expect will be called iOS 16. Every iOS release has brought a major feature to the table, whether that’s widgets or dark mode. But iOS could still benefit from some new refinements to better manage how you use your iPhone every day. But if you're wanting to find out what Android users are looking forward to for 2022, check out our guide, tentatively called Android 13. We’ve combed through our iPhones to roundup five features we’d like to see arrive in iOS 16 next year, no matter how major or minor these may be. But first, we’ll run you through when we expect it to land and which iPhones will be supported. Apple has followed a traditional schedule of announcing the latest iOS update in June at WWDC, followed by a release around September. With iOS 15.3 available, Apple has been focusing on rolling out significant features across more .1 updates. In previous years, we've seen the trackpad appear on iOS 13.4, alongside ProRes in iOS 15.1 in October last year. It wouldn't be a stretch to expect an iOS 15.5 by the time we see iOS 16, with more significant features for both your iPhone and iPad. Apple tries to support a variety of iPhone models in every new iOS release. iOS 15 supports iPhone 6S at a minimum, which was released in 2015. An early leak suggests - unsurprisingly - that the iPhone 6S (along with the iPhone 6S Plus and original iPhone SE) won't get iOS 16, but that everything from the iPhone 7 onwards will. It certainly wouldn't be a stretch to expect iOS 16 support for the iPhone 7 series at a minimum, but with some features likely held back, mainly due to the hardware limitations of the camera, or the chip inside certain iPhone models. Every iOS release comes with a major feature, but also a bunch of minor improvements across the board. If you still have an iPhone 8 for instance, you may reap the benefits of some of the small features in iOS 16 when it arrives. But you will most likely miss out on the big feature that Apple will showcase. Aside from the release date and compatibility details above, the only thing we've really heard about iOS 16 so far is that it might have big, interactive widgets. These are apparently being referred to internally as 'InfoShack', and you can see how they might look in the image below. They'd essentially house multiple smaller widgets, of all different styles. That image also shows redesigned icons, so we might see that in iOS 16 too. However, the Apple TV remote icon is suspect, as it looks nothing like the actual Apple TV remote (which the current icon does), so we'd take this with a pinch of salt. We don't know much about iOS 16 yet but we have a good idea of what we want from it, with the following features topping our list. The iPhone camera has seen huge improvements in recent years, with more lenses being added and features such as Night Mode and Cinematic Mode being introduced. Advertisement However, this has meant that the camera app has begun to feel bloated. Accessing forced flash or exposure settings requires a few more swipes than we’d like, alongside hidden gestures that don’t feel needed. With the release of iOS 15.2, we’ve seen a new macro button appear, which can help you more accurately set up those close-up shots when needed. This is just for the iPhone 13 series, though. Starting afresh with the camera app could help new users take photos in a whole new way, alongside giving existing users a fresh way of taking photos and videos. It wouldn’t be a stretch to assume that Apple has more big plans for the cameras in future iPhone models, which will also mean new features that we’ll be switching on and off when required. Let’s see an app that’s redesigned for what came before, and lays the groundwork for what’s coming next. This is a feature that appears in iPadOS 15 and macOS 12 Monterey, where you can drag your finger from the bottom-right corner, and you can quickly type in some notes, no matter where you are on your device. There are many gestures you can do on an iPhone, so there’s no harm in adding one more. Dragging from the bottom right corner would display a note that you could quickly type in, and save for a later date. With your thumb being your primary point of interaction with your smartphone, it's an easy win that can really help with quickly jotting something down. It will also save the strain of your thumb instead of reaching for the Control Center on the top right, and selecting the Notes icon. Since widgets were given a makeover in iOS 14, alongside the ability to place them anywhere on the home screen, some other apps have not been forthcoming with their own widgets to help reduce some steps. One blatant example is the Home app. You may have a selection of smart lights in your home where you use the app to help manage these. But if you want to quickly switch on a light, you may experience a delay if you ask Siri, or if the app isn’t responding, which has happened often in our experience. Having a widget on your home screen for your smart lights could really help reduce the steps in quickly switching the bedroom lamp on, instead of having to find the Home app. It’s a little strange that the widget hasn’t appeared as yet, but we’re hoping it arrives, not only to iOS 16, but future versions of macOS and iPadOS as well.

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https://www.arabnews.com/node/2035196/lifestyle English actor who played the lead role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Netflix series “Daredevil” — lawyer Matt Murdock by day and titular masked vigilante at night… who also happens to be blind. That series was cancelled in November 2018, despite a passionate — if not huge — audience, who will have been relieved to have seen Cox’s brief cameo appearance as Murdock in last year’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” which suggests that Cox (as Daredevil) is likely to feature heavily in MCU projects over the next few years. Where else you might have seen him: Cox first came to international attention in the 2007 fantasy film “Stardust,” opposite Claire Danes. He had a recurring role in season two of “Boardwalk Empire,” and played Jonathan Hellyer Jones in 2014’s Stephen Hawking biopic “The Theory of Everything.” In his own words: “People always think I know more than I do. That’s funny to me, because the people who make these decisions — who know how secretive they need to be — the worst thing they could do is tell actors.” Bernthal qualifies as an international Comic Con veteran these days, 11 years on from his debut as Shane Walsh in “The Walking Dead.” That character alone was probably enough to keep him on the circuit for the rest of his life, but he then went on to star in Marvel’s “The Punisher,” (a spin-off from Charlie Cox’s “Daredevil” show) as the titular antihero of a dark, gritty show that was cancelled after its second season in 2019. But Bernthal did make a recent cameo appearance as The Punisher in the MCU’s “Hawkeye” mini-series, so perhaps Bernthal will be reunited with his good friend Cox in an upcoming Marvel feature. Where else you might have seen him: Bernthal has stayed busy ever since his rise to fame in “The Walking Dead.” Some of his movie credits since include “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Baby Driver,” “Ford v Ferrari,” and last year’s “King Richard” with Will Smith and “Sopranos” prequel “The Many Saints of Newark.” In his own words: “The criteria in which I decide what I'm doing next is: ‘Does the script move me?’ ‘Who am I working with?’ ‘Who is the filmmaker?’ and ‘Is that somebody I'm dying to work with?’ I never really look at this stuff in terms of career trajectory, it's all about who I’m working with and how good the material is. One of the finest screen ‘tough guys’ currently working, Rooker is also a “Walking Dead” alumnus, playing Merle Dixon (Daryl’s brother) — a misogynistic, murderous redneck — in early seasons of the AMC show. Comic Con fans will also know him from his portrayal of Ravager leader Yondu Udonta in the MCU’s “Guardians of the Galaxy.” Though he might look like a caricature baddy, Rooker has a gift for adding ambiguity and humanity to his roles, and can generally be relied on to improve any scene he’s in. Where else you might have seen him: Rooker made his film debut in 1986’s “Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer,” playing Henry Lee Lucas, a role for which he was widely praised. You might also have heard him in the “Call of Duty” video game franchise, in which he has played himself and the character Mike Harper. In the movies, he’s most commonly seen in action films or thrillers — in 2021 he starred in “The Suicide Squad” as Savant and also joined the “Fast and Furious” franchise in “F9.” In his own words: “When people leave a movie, if they have more questions than answers, then I’ve done my job. That’s my forte and I like it a lot and I love leaving the audience wanting more and knowing there is more, which is really cool.” She might not be the biggest name on the MEFCC roster this year, but the English actress was an important part of what was arguably the biggest TV show of all time: “Game of Thrones.” As a former slave turned advisor to Daenerys Targaryen, Emmanuel’s Missandei was an often-isolated voice of wisdom and calm amid the madness of the fight for the Seven Kingdoms. She even made it all the way to the final season, although not the finale, sadly. Where else you might have seen her: Unless you’re a fan of the UK soap opera “Hollyoaks,” which — let’s face it — is unlikely, then chances are you’ve only seen Emmanuel’s post-“GoT” work, the most prominent roles of which are her appearances in the “Maze Runner” franchise and in the last three “Fast & Furious” films. If you’re more into rom-coms, you might have caught her in the US miniseries “Four Weddings and a Funeral.” In her own words: “Missandei stayed kind and graceful and dignified despite unimaginable pain and suffering. Trauma can make people really unhappy and really angry. And she just wasn’t. But she had a fierceness, a quiet confidence and a quiet strength.” The Chinese-American actress and model is an official Disney Legend thanks to her voicing of the lead role in 1998’s “Mulan” and its 2004 sequel — a role she has reprised in a TV show (“Sofia the First”), a movie (2018’s “Ralph Breaks the Internet”) and a video game (2005’s “Kingdom Hearts II”). Where else you might have seen her: Wen is also a regular in “Star Wars”-related shows, including “The Bad Batch” and “The Mandalorian,” in which she stars as Fennec Shand. Further performances of interest to Comic Con fans include starring roles in 1994’s “Street Fighter” movie, animated TV show “The Batman,” “Stargate Universe,” and “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D,” in which she plays Melinda May/The Cavalry. In her own words: “The kinds of characters that have always attracted me are like role models for me — they make me realize what I'm capable of doing if I set my mind to it. And I guess that gets translated when it reaches the audience, who in turn get The Irish actor joined the MCU last year, playing the mind-controlling superhuman Druig in “Eternals.” He also has a minor role in this year’s “The Batman,” and played a scavenger in last year’s medieval fantasy “The Green Knight.” Where else you might have seen him: Although he’s recently been seen in several pop-culture hits, Keoghan is an acclaimed dramatic actor — he was nominated for BAFTA Rising Star award in 2019 — with a string of impressive performances behind him, including roles in “Dunkirk,” “The Killing of a Sacred Deer,” and mini-series “Chernobyl.” In his own words: “I’d mitch off school and go to watch all of these films. I was learning my craft by watching these old movies. I was getting educated and I didn’t even know it.”

Nickname: @Cinderella 乡 Video author: PlayStation Name of the game: Gran Turismo 7 Video link: Short description of the video: Gran Turismo 7 (GT7) on Playstation 5 showcasing the new cafe, garage, cars and more. This video also includes the first few cars that you collect within the games story, and the first championship race.

https://www.techspot.com/news/93593-mediatek-unveils-dimensity-8000-series-silicon-affordable-5g.html MediaTek is one of the most prominent mobile chipset manufacturers, but its position is being challenged by Qualcomm, especially when it comes to 5G-enabled silicon. The company's latest move is a duo of mid-range Dimensity chips targeted at upper mid-range phones. Over the last few years, the concept of the affordable flagship has meant fewer bells and whistles and the use of previous-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon high-end chips to meet a lower price point. Examples include the OnePlus 9R, Realme GT2, the Poco F3, and the ZTE Axon 30. However, MediaTek wants to offer an alternative in the form of proper mid-range chipsets that can compete with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 888 and Snapdragon 870 mobile silicon, at least in terms of performance--Dimensity 8000 and Dimensity 8100 are its solutions. They come with four Arm Cortex-A78 CPU cores clocked at up to 2.85 GHz, four energy-efficient Cortex-A55 cores, and a Mali G610-MC6 GPU. The two chips are built on TSMC's 5nm process node, and the main difference between them is the clock speed of the CPU, GPU, and NPU. The Dimensity 8000 supports FHD+ displays with a refresh rate of up to 165 Hz, while its bigger brother can handle WQHD+ screens at up to 120 Hz. Both sport MediaTek's Imagiq 780 image signal processor that can handle up to a single 200-megapixel shooter or a triple camera module with two 32-megapixel sensors and one 16-megapixel sensor. It also touts 4K and HDR10+ video capture. Both chipsets support quad-channel LPDDR5 RAM working at up to 6,400 Mbps and have UFS 3.1 storage. Each integrates a sub-6GHz 5G modem and comes with Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 standards. A notable feature that also made its way to the higher-end Dimensity 9000 silicon is support for AV1 hardware-accelerated decoding. A feature that Samsung already added to its Exynos 2200 SoC. Qualcomm also plans to use it in its upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen2. MediaTek says its new mid-range mobile chipsets will debut in several phones later this year with price ranges between $400 and $700, starting with Xiaomi's Redmi K50 Pro, the Realme GT Neo 3, and the Oppo K10. The OnePlus Nord 3 might also use one of the new chips, but we know for sure that Xiaomi's Redmi K50 Pro+ will integrate the Dimensity 9000, which is another win for MediaTek. The Taiwanese company maintains a lead on the smartphone chipset market. Research from CounterPoint analysts indicates MediaTek's market share dipped slightly in Q4 2021 but is still above Samsung's 30 percent share. Qualcomm remains unchallenged in the 5G modem market, but that could easily change once Apple transitions to first-party modems sometime in 2023.

https://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-office-365-cost-hike-delayed-for-some-users Microsoft has decided to delay its planned price increase of Office 365 for an additional two weeks. The software giant had announced its first “substantive” price increase since launching Office 365 in 2011 was set to occur on March 1, 2022. Thankfully though, pricing will not increase for consumers or Microsoft's education customers at this time but businesses that use Microsoft's office software can expect to pay quite a bit more depending on how many employees they have when they need to renew their subscriptions. In a support document published at the end of February, Microsoft informed its reseller partners that it had created a “transitional grace period” due to high demand by businesses looking to renew their subscriptions before the company's pricing changes went into effect. For those unfamiliar with Microsoft's pricing changes, Microsoft 365 Business Basic will increase from $5 to $6 per user per year, Microsoft 365 Business Premium will go from $20 to $22, Office 365 E1 will go from $8 to $10, Office 365 E3 will go from $20 to $23, Office 365 E5 will go from $35 to $38 and Microsoft 365 E3 will go from $32 to $36. As a result, Cloud Solution Providers (CSPs) now have until 5pm PDT on March 14 or 12am UTC on March 15 to submit transactions and have them invoiced at the software giant's February 2022 pricing. This means that the next few weeks will likely be quite busy for CSPs as businesses try to renew one last time with the old Office 365 pricing. While Microsoft did wait over a decade to raise the price of both Office 365 and Microsoft 365, some businesses could turn to Google Workspace or other Microsoft Office alternatives following the implementation of the company's planned price increase. We've also highlighted the best online collaboration tools and the best hybrid working tech

https://www.pcgamer.com/observer-developer-halts-sales-in-russia-and-belarus/ Bloober Team, the developer of games such as Observer, Blair Witch, Layers of Fear, and the Medium, has pulled its games from sale on Steam in Russia and Belarus. "This action is not meant as a retaliation against the people of these regions, but as a statement against the war," the company said. The move follows a similar one by fellow Polish developer, CD Projekt. In addition to US and European government sanctions, various banks and payment processors have also suspended business in Russia. Bloober says that while its decision "might affect many Russian and Belarussian players who are not involved in this invasion," it believes "every step that can help stop the war is worth taking." By removing its games from sale in Russia, it hopes to express "full solidarity with the Ukrainian people" and to put "pressure on Russian and Belarussian public opinion." As some game studios express opposition to the war by suspending sales, others are directly affected by it. Stalker 2 developer GSC Game Worlds is located directly in the war zone, and has suspended operations in the interest of its employees' safety, while the publisher Ubisoft has aided its Ukrainian employees with advance salaries and housing assistance.Ted has been thinking about PC games and bothering anyone who would listen with his thoughts on them ever since he booted up his sister's copy of Neverwinter Nights on the family computer. He is obsessed with all things CRPG and CRPG-adjacent, but has also covered esports, modding, and rare game collecting. When he's not playing or writing about games, you can find Ted lifting weights on his back porch. Observer, Blair Witch, Layers of Fear, and the Medium, has pulled its games from sale on Steam in Russia and Belarus. "This action is not meant as a retaliation against the people of these regions, but as a statement against the war," the company said. The move follows a similar one by fellow Polish developer, CD Projekt.