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Windows 11 will soon allow easy webcam resolution adjustments in settings without extra software A hidden feature in Windows Insider build lets users manually select webcam resolution and frame rate New options include multi-app webcam use and a ‘basic’ mode for troubleshooting camera issues Adjusting your webcam’s resolution on Windows 11 PCs is about to get a lot easier - without needing to install extra software. The operating system already offers several webcam settings, which can be found by going to Settings > Bluetooth & Devices > Cameras. Here, you can change webcam settings like brightness, sharpness, and contrast, and soon you’ll be able to control your webcam’s resolution too. Signs of the new addition to Windows 11’s webcam settings were picked up and shared by reliable Windows leaker @PhantomOfEarth on X. In a recent Windows Insider Canary Channel preview build of Windows 11, they found a hidden feature ID that could be enabled that adds an option to modify your webcam’s image resolution. According to Neowin, this option will allow you to let Windows 11 choose the best resolution for your webcam automatically or manually select a fixed resolution and frame rate. If you enable this hidden feature ID, new options will be added to the camera settings menu. There, your webcam will (hopefully) now be listed with an ‘Edit’ option. Upon selecting this, you’ll be met with a list of resolutions available for your webcam, as well as two other new options, including letting multiple apps use your webcam at the same time and a ‘basic’ mode you can turn on if your webcam seems like it’s malfunctioning - not unlike booting Windows in ‘Safe Mode’ to debug OS problems. When we expect to see the new settings and how you can get it now If your computer is running one of the latest versions of Windows 11 (build 27744 or newer), you can enable this new setting for yourself, although you have to use ViveTool to do this. I would recommend you check out Neowin’s explanation of how to do this if you’re eager to test out this new feature early. Overall, this is a positive update to Windows 11 (something that has been… a little rare of late), especially since more in-depth customization of your webcam has often required the use of third-party apps. This could be especially useful while you’re in video calls or meetings or if you want to quickly switch video quality while making a recording. This change is still a hidden feature in a preview version of Windows 11, but if it’s made it this far, I expect that we’ll see it in a future update for the live public version of the OS fairly soon. Link: https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/windows-11s-new-webcam-settings-will-make-adjusting-resolution-a-breeze-no-extra-software-needed

The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released guidelines for network engineers, defenders, and organizations with enterprise-grade networking equipment as part of its continuing investigation into the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC’s) massive cyber espionage campaign. While the agency has released general guidelines for increased visibility and hardening that apply to any network, it also had a section labeled ‘Cisco-Specific Guidance.’ According to the document, “authoring agencies have observed Cisco-specific features often being targeted by, and associated with, these PRC cyber threat actors’ activity.” Aside from the recommendations mentioned, CISA also linked to Cisco’s IOS XE Hardening Guide and Guide to Securing NX-OS Software Devices. This shows that the networking company is likely aware of its vulnerabilities and is taking steps to help protect its customers from those who need it without removing features that make it easier for others who don’t need more stringent security to use its products. Jowi Morales is a tech enthusiast with years of experience working in the industry. He’s been writing with several tech publications since 2021, where he’s been interested in tech hardware and consumer electronics. CISA acknowledges Cisco and Google Cloud Security in the guideline document, which shows how the private sector cooperates with the U.S. government to help protect its network systems. Furthermore, this warning isn’t limited to the U.S., as other cybersecurity and counter-espionage agencies from other allied countries, specifically Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, are also participating in the investigation that the U.S. is leading. This warning was made about a month after the U.S. CISA announced that PRC-affiliated actors were targeting eight commercial telecommunications providers across the U.S., which was suspected to have started as far back as 2022. It said the attackers exfiltrated customer call records, compromised the private communications of some high-value targets in government and politics, and copied information related to U.S. court proceedings. The good news is that these activities are seemingly bound to the existing weaknesses of the target infrastructure, which are known to the authorities and manufacturers of the affected devices, which seem to be mostly Cisco networking equipment. CISA says that you could secure your network and prevent being targeted by these threat actors by patching the affected devices and services and ensuring your environment by following its released guidelines. Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/us-govt-says-cisco-gear-often-targeted-in-chinas-salt-typhoon-attacks-on-8-telecommunications-providers-issues-cisco-specific-advice-to-patch-networks-to-fend-off-attacks

I've been reliably informed that some people want nothing more than a really big wolf to ride around on. Behold: Soulframe answers, with its latest teaser trailer showing off Orengall's new fable, which lets you forge a pact with the wolf. Which means big wolf. I mean, all wolves are big, but that one's really big. The teaser trailer was debuted at the end of this week's Soulframe developer stream leading up to their enhanced pre-alpha—called Preludes—and eventually full public access to Soulframe. In it, the protagonist Envoy summons wolves to ride, battle alongside, and even uses wolf powers to contribute to their exploration and combat. The developer stream showed off Soulframe's most recent updates, like the Silent Rose Cave that will serve as its first player social hub area with NPCs to talk to, side quests to grab, and other people to meet. There's also the aforementioned new fable for Orengall, as well as new environmental challenges and hazards that show up during dungeon delves. "Ever since we started letting players get their hands on Soulframe earlier this year in our Pre-Alpha playtests, things have ramped up in the best way possible," said Geoff Crookes, Soulframe creative director, in a press release. "We've always had a greater vision for what we aspire Soulframe to be, but feedback from the community will always remain our north star. That community feedback paves a tailored roadmap on changes to make and focus on in our current Pre-Alpha around nearly every aspect of the game as we ramp things up for full public access. We hear the feedback around combat and lack of social features, which is why you’ve seen those elements become major focuses for us as we add new things like social hubs." You can watch the full hour Soulframe Devstream 3 on YouTube, or embedded below. You can also just watch one funny bug they showed off. Link: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/action/soulframe-shows-off-a-new-teaser-trailer-and-a-cool-giant-wolf-to-hang-out-with/

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Politicians are often accused of being married to their job, but two new Labour MPs have found time to get engaged to each other as well. Labour's Jeevun Sandher popped the question to Louise Jones at her home on Sunday, nearly two years after meeting on the campaign trail. The couple's good news was publicly revealed in the Commons by Leader of the House Lucy Powell, leaving "a couple of friends I forgot to tell" to learn about it via a parliamentary debate, Sandher said. Speaking to the BBC, he said "coming into politics is difficult, but with Louise, things are always incredibly easy". The couple first met in January 2023, when Jones was running to become a councillor in Loughborough, where Sandher was also campaigning. Over months, Sandher and Jones shifted from sparring in debates to sharing dates, proving that romance can bloom even amid the grind of political campaigning. "The more I got to know her, the more there was to love," Sandher told the BBC. By October 2023, their connection had blossomed into a romance., with Sandher eventually realising "the happiest times in my life were the times I was spending with her on a sofa". The pair both became MPs for the first time in July. Sandher won Labour the constituency of Loughborough, while Jones claimed North East Derbyshire, over 30 miles (48km) apart. Sandher does not see the distance being a problem. "We are in London four days a week and then we have to go back to our constituencies so we have to be a little bit apart," he said. "But I personally found it okay as there is a lot of stuff to do - this is a hard job." For both, their shared understanding of the demands of politics has been a cornerstone of their relationship. "I think we understand each other's lives incredibly well," Sandher said. "If Louise was to say to me 'oh, look, we have to cut these plans because of this reason,' I would completely understand - and vice versa." Combining forces has also made the job easier for Sandher. "Louise is wonderful, so I just think she's better than me in every single way" including on learning the ropes of parliament, he said. "You're also able to ask things of each other, some of that's the big stuff but some of the really small stuff which is like how do I fill in this admin form," Sandher said. Sandher and Jones will not be the first married couple in the House of Commons. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper served in Gordon Brown's cabinet alongside her husband Ed Balls, the former education secretary under Gordon Brown. Ex-health secretary Baroness Virginia Bottomley and her husband Sir Peter Bottomley both served as Conservative MPs. "We're going to have to ask them how they how they did it and what worked and what did not," Sandher said. "I'm always happy to take advice, because this is a new job and I'm trying to learn as much as possible. "So, Ed Balls - give me a call." Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c24n5j79v69o

A Surrey wildlife rescue centre is warning against looking online for advice on caring for baby animals, after taking in mice that had been fed a mix including mayonnaise and corn syrup. Wildlife Aid Foundation (WAF) in Leatherhead was brought two baby mice, just days old, which were "in poor condition, underweight and very dehydrated", after a third sibling had already died. A spokesperson for WAF said they always advised members of the public to contact their local wildlife centre for advice if orphaned baby animals were found. "The internet has so much contradictory advice," they said. When they first came in, the centre's priority was to stabilise the animals, the spokesperson said, They said the animals' fur was covered in the substance they had been fed before arriving. While one of the mice brought in did not survive, the charity says the one that did survive, named Syrup, has since recovered and been released. Once its coat had grown back and it was back to showing mouse behaviours, such as hiding its food, Syrup was released into a volunteer's garden. The spokesperson said they completely understood people wanting to hand-rear baby animals, and it was "always all good intentions". Members of the public are advised only to give orphaned animals anything other than a shallow bowl of water if they are told by a professional to do so. The centre said: "With these DIY attempts likely to get worse as inappropriate footage is shared across social media, we beg you to please think of the animal before sharing or engaging with such content." Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c159380yx7wo

There's a loud stampede coming at us from the other side of that sandy dune. With every rev-match, it pops and crackles. When the wind deflects its roar just right, our ears catch the sound from what's likely a 700-hp 5.2-liter V-8 with a supercharger whining like a mosquito from hell. It's the Ford Mustang Raptor—a horse with Fox Live Dampers for legs and enough suspension travel to let you hustle down Michigan's bumpy I-94 highway without spilling your Vernors. What started with the F-150 Raptor, expanded to the Bronco Raptor—and is awaiting the Ranger— spreads to the only car Ford sells today. It will require a little sacrifice on the part of the Mustang: while it will get all-wheel drive, it will go without a two-speed transfer case and will have no manual option (a reality Mustang Shelby GT500 owners are all too familiar with). That said, when it arrives in 2026, it should have all the necessary tools to be among the quickest Mustangs ever. And it will perform like that wearing mudflaps. Leaping over the barrier of what's never been done before, Ford's Mustang Raptor is all-new, though it's certainly lived as a fantasy in the hearts of pony-car (and likely Raptor) fans for a long time. Full details have yet to be revealed but expect more information as we crawl closer to the Mustang Raptor's launch date, which is expected sometime in 2026. Pricing and Which One to Buy The price of the 2026 Ford Mustang Raptor / Raptor R is expected to start around $90,000 and go up to $110,000 depending on the trim and options. We speculate that Ford will follow formula that's similar to the F-150 Raptor's. It could well start with a base version that adds a significant bump in horsepower over the road-going V-8 model followed up by a Raptor R that drinks from a massive trough of torque. Like other Raptors, the starting pricing for the off-road Mustang will be as tall as its knobby tires. Link: https://www.caranddriver.com/ford/mustang-raptor

Arne Slot says his Liverpool players are used to the pressure of having to win as they seek to maintain their advantage at the top of the Premier League. Slot's side are seven points clear at the top going into Saturday's derby at Everton (12:30 GMT). Liverpool did stretch their lead to nine points by beating Manchester City last Sunday, but that was trimmed on Wednesday as they drew 3-3 at Newcastle while Chelsea and Arsenal, their closest challengers, both won. Premier League champions City, meanwhile, are nine points behind the Reds after beating Nottingham Forest on Wednesday. "I think if you play for Liverpool, every day you feel pressure because you play at a big club," head coach Slot said. "Everybody expects two things from us - that we win and that we play good football. "That's also the good thing - that these players are used to this being expected from them - so, if we are top of the league, second, third or fourth, people expect us to win and in a certain way. That pressure is always there. "If you play or work at this level, you like this pressure for the simple reason that players are able to do what is expected of them. It's much harder if you, for example, have to stay above the relegation zone. "We've got the quality to do what we are doing at the moment - winning games and playing good football. There is always pressure if you are at a club like Liverpool - like it is at Arsenal, Manchester City and Chelsea." 'We have to be aggressive but in a smart way' The game will be Slot's first derby as Reds boss but is set to be the last in the league at Goodison Park, with Everton planning to move to their new stadium for next season. Slot has watched back Liverpool's last visit to Goodison in April when, under Jurgen Klopp, they were beaten 2-0 as their title challenge faded. "I was a bit surprised after half an hour because Liverpool had the ball most of the time but there were 10 fouls by a Liverpool player and only one from Everton," said the Dutchman. "We have to be aggressive but in a smart way, especially because they are a big threat from set-pieces. If you want to talk about tactics, first you have to match their work-rate." There have been 23 red cards in the Merseyside derby during the Premier League era, with 16 for Everton and seven for Liverpool. Slot added: "It's going to be special for everyone. To be part of this game is already special and to be part of the last one at Goodison Park makes it probably even more special. "It's only a nice experience if the result goes your way and that is what we are focusing on most." Link: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/ceqln512yqzo

A Roman villa indicating a "luxury lifestyle" has been discovered by archaeologists and 60 volunteers after metal detectorists reported a number of finds in the area. It is the first time the site has been excavated and it is the only Roman villa known of in Wiltshire's Chalke Valley. At 35m long, the villa had columns, mosaics, a bath house and possible outdoor pool, with finds now undergoing analysis before moving to Salisbury Museum. Dr Denise Wilding, of Teffont Archaeology which ran the dig, said: "They've put some time and money into making it quite a nice place to be." 'Luxury lifestyle' Dr David Roberts, from Cardiff University and part of Teffont Archaeology, was the dig's co-director. "The site was likely the centre of a significant estate in the later Roman period, and its owners must have extracted a great deal of labour and surplus from the local farming communities to fund their luxury lifestyle," he said. The dig found a barn, the main villa building with a separate bath house and an area that may have been an outdoor pool. Dr Wilding said the villa and bath house were "really well done-out" with finds including wall plaster, mosaics and the base of a column. "The owners are clearly trying to tie themselves into quite a Roman way of living." She said the find shows there were "local elites" in the area who had taken on Roman culture.By examining some of the less glamourous finds - like seeds and animal bones - they will be able to find out about everyday life, like the crops that were being grown and the animals farmed. Dr Wilding explained that detectorists had been reporting finds to Salisbury Museum for a while via the Portable Antiquities Scheme, which records items discovered by the public. After further investigations showed buildings at the site, the Cranborne Chase National Landscape'sChase & Chalke Landscape Partnership Scheme funded the dig and called for volunteers. "Our volunteers do a fantastic job of everything we ask them to," added Dr Wilding. Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4py2gykp4o

As 2024 draws to a close, and winter arrives, Russian forces are continuing to push their Ukrainian opponents back. In total, Russia has captured and retaken about 2,350 sq km of territory (907 sq miles) in eastern Ukraine and in Russia's western Kursk region. But the cost in lives has been horrendous. Britain's defence ministry says that in November Russia suffered 45,680 casualties, more than during any month since its full-scale invasion in February 2022. According to the latest UK Defence Intelligence estimate, Russia lost a daily average of 1,523 men, killed and wounded. On 28 November, it says, Russia lost more than 2,000 men in a single day, the first time this has happened. "We're seeing the Russians grinding out more advances," one official said, on condition of anonymity. "But at enormous cost." Officials said the casualty figures were based on open-source material, sometimes cross-referenced with classified data. All in all, Russia is estimated to have lost about 125,800 soldiers over the course of its autumn offensives, according to the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Russia's "meat-grinder" tactics, the ISW says, mean that Moscow is losing more than 50 soldiers for each square kilometre of captured territory. Ukraine does not allow publication of its own military casualties, so there are no official estimates covering the last few months. The Russian defence ministry says more than 38,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been lost (killed and wounded) in Kursk alone - a number that is impossible to verify. Yuriy Butusov, a well-connected but controversial Ukrainian war correspondent, says that 70,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed since February 2022, with another 35,000 missing. Earlier this week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denied US media reports that as many as 80,000 Ukrainian troops had died, saying it was "much less". He did not offer his own figure. But taken together, the Russian and Ukrainian casualty figures point to the terrifying intensity of fighting going on in Kursk and Ukraine's eastern regions. Western officials see no sign of this changing. "The Russian forces are highly likely to continue to attempt to stretch Ukrainian forces by using mass to overwhelm defensive positions and achieve tactical gains," one said. The pace of Russia's advance has increased in recent weeks (while still nothing like the speed of its rapid advances in the first months of the war), stemmed only by a significant change in the ratio of artillery fire between the two sides. Where once Russia was able to fire as many as 13 shells for every one Ukraine fired back, the ratio is now around 1.5 to 1. This dramatic turnaround is partly explained by increased domestic production, as well as successful Ukrainian attacks on depots containing Russian and North Korean ammunition. But artillery, while important, no longer plays such a decisive role. "The bad news is that there's been a massive increase in Russian glide bomb use," one Western official said, "with devastating effects on the front line." Russia's use of glide bombs - launched from jets flying well inside Russian-controlled airspace - has increased 10-fold over the past year, the official said. Glide bombs and drones have transformed the conflict, as each side races to innovate. "We're at the point where drone warfare made infantry toothless, if not obsolete," Serhiy, a front line soldier told me via WhatsApp. As for manpower, both Ukraine and Russia continue to experience difficulties, but for different reasons. Ukraine has been unwilling to reduce its conscription age below 25, depriving it of all 18- to 24-year-olds - except those who volunteer. Russia, meanwhile, is still able to replace its losses, although President Vladimir Putin's reluctance to conduct a fresh round of mobilisation points to a number of domestic considerations. Soaring inflation, overflowing hospitals and problems with compensation payments to bereaved families are all factors. In some regions of Russia, bonuses offered to volunteers willing to sign up for the war in Ukraine have risen as high as three million roubles (about £23,500; $30,000). "I'm not suggesting that the Russian economy is on the brink of collapse," the official said. "I'm just saying that pressures continue to mount there." Recent events in Syria could add to Moscow's woes, as the Kremlin decides what resources it can afford to devote to its defence of President Bashar al-Assad's regime. But with the situation in Syria developing rapidly, officials say it's too early to know what impact events there will have on the war in Ukraine. "There's certainly potentially longer-term prioritisation dilemmas for Russia," one official said. "It depends how the situation in Syria goes." Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0ewneynypwo

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A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday upheld a law requiring Chinese-based ByteDance to divest its po[CENSORED]r short video app TikTok in the United States by early next year or face a ban. The decision is a major win for the Justice Department and opponents of the Chinese-owned app and a devastating blow to TikTok parent ByteDance. It significantly raises the prospects of an unprecedented ban in just six weeks on a social media app used by 170 million Americans. TikTok plans to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court. In detailing their support of the law, the appeals court noted it was the result of Republicans and Democrats working together, as well as two presidents, as "part of a broader effort to counter a well-substantiated national security threat posed by the PRC (People's Republic of China)." The Justice Department says under Chinese ownership, TikTok poses a threat because of its access to vast personal data of Americans, asserting China can covertly mani[CENSORED]te information that Americans consume via TikTok. Attorney General Merrick Garland called the decision "an important step in blocking the Chinese government from weaponizing TikTBut the Chinese Embassy in Washington called the law "a blatant act of commercial robbery" and warned the United States "must handle this case in a prudent manner to avoid harming the mutual trust between the two countries and the development of bilateral relations." ok.” The ruling comes amid growing trade tensions between the world's two biggest economies after the administration of President Joe Biden placed new restrictions on China's chip industry and Beijing responded by imposing an outright ban on exports of gallium, germanium and antimony to the United States. U.S. appeals court Judges Sri Srinivasan, Neomi Rao and Douglas Ginsburg rejected legal challenges brought by TikTok and users against the law, which gives ByteDance until Jan. 19 to sell or divest TikTok's U.S. assets or face a ban. Link: https://www.gadgets360.com/social-networking/news/tiktok-us-ban-law-upheld-sale-deadline-7193898#pfrom=home-po[CENSORED]r

OpenAI has started the holidays early with the launch of a 12-day event called "12 days of OpenAI". Each day over the next week or so, OpenAI will be unveiling new updates to existing products as well as new software, including the much-anticipated Sora AI video generator. penAI CEO Sam Altman has said that there will be daily live streams with a launch or demo each day, "some big ones and some stocking stuffers". The company kickstarted the festivities with the huge unveiling of the o1 reasoning model as well as a new business tier of ChatGPT, called ChatGPT Pro. That's not a bad start, and we fully expect to see even more huge reveals throughout the event. We're here to cover everything "12 days of OpenAI" throughout the coming days, so grab a cup of hot beverage, sit back, and relax, as we uncover the next era of OpenAI software. It sounds like OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is as disappointed as we are that there will be no new 12 Days of OpenAI announcements until Monday. He has tweeted to say he can't wait until he can share more news with us and that, "Monday feels so far away". Link: https://www.techradar.com/news/live/12-days-open-ai-live-2024

New e-mails from Huawei engineers regarding Linux kernel development suggest that HiSilicon - Huawei's chip subsidiary - is prepping a new Kunpeng SoC with HBM (High Bandwidth Memory) technology - as highlighted by Phoronix. This will likely be the the first significant release from HiSilicon in a while but don't get your hopes up as it could also just be a rebranded older model with a slight pinch of HBM. There are very few CPUs with HBM. Most notably Intel’s Xeon Max (Sapphire Rapids HBM) and AMD’s custom EPYC CPUs for Microsoft are the first ones to come to mind. Therefore, it’s a significant achievement for Huawei to put out a Kunpeng chip with HBM. Kunpeng is a series of server SoCs from HiSilicon that were originally designed using Arm's Cortex cores. HiSilicon later transitioned to custom Arm-based Taishan cores with the Kunpeng 920 featuring 64 such Taishan V110 cores fabricated using TSMC's 7nm process. Plans for future versions were spoiled in light of US sanctions as China was and still is unable to procure bleeding-edge nodes from TSMC - with all Chinese chip makers reliant on SMIC. Just a few months back, a Kunpeng chip with Taishan V120 cores surfaced with performance similar to AMD's Zen 3 architecture so these processors do have something to show for themselves despite lackluster support on desktop. A series of patches from Huawei has added support for an unnamed Kunpeng SoC featuring HBM in the Linux kernel. As far as public records go, HiSilicon never formally revealed any chip integrated with High Bandwidth Memory so this is indeed a new processor in the making. Nonetheless, the patches go over developing a driver for the Kunpeng SoC platform that offers the user an interface to power the HBM on or off depending on the workload. HiSilicon is likely to stick with the Arm ISA but it might upgrade the aging Taishan design, up the core counts, and improve connectivity. As far as fabrication goes, SMIC's 7nm is the most probable candidate since nodes better than or equal to 5nm require special EUV machines. While it is theoretically possible to manufacture 5nm wafers without EUV - using techniques such as SAQC (Self-Aligned Quadruple Patterning) - the same method was the very reason Intel's 10nm node suffered delays and lost its competitiveness against TSMC. Chinese chip makers have been barred from using Arm's advanced Neoverse V-series CPU cores for some time now. HiSilicon will likely leverage a modified version of the Armv8 ISA or even Armv9 for that matter since both architectures are not subject to the US trade ban. It will be interesting to see how these chips fare against the likes of Granite Rapids and Turin though we suspect a one-sided battle. Link: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/huawei-preps-new-kunpeng-cpu-with-hbm-linux-patches-point-to-an-unannounced-kunpeng-arm-server-soc

The game plan is gobble gobble. One of Marvel Rivals' most lovable heroes is a support named Jeff the Land Shark, an apparent fixture of the West Coast Avengers who, in Rivals, spends his days spitting healing waters at his friends and lobbing the occasional water bullet at a baddie. On paper he's the closest thing Rivals has to a pacifist—a Mercy analog for Overwatch fans—but it turns out his ultimate is packing some serious multi-kill potential that's only now being realized. "Jeff's Sacrifice," reads a post from Reddit user EndergirlQueen, who last night shared one of the first documented Jeff the Shark team wipes. Jeff's ultimate is the affectionately named It's Jeff!: an AoE crowd control move that gobbles up all players (enemies and allies) in a 10-meter radius and temporarily traps them in Jeff's belly. The default use of It's Jeff! (the exclamation is important) is to momentarily take troublesome pieces off the board—occupants of Jeff's innards just have to wait around and take chip damage during the ride. But some players, eager to get the most out of Jeff's gut prison, are setting self-preservation aside and hurling him off the nearest cliff, killing himself and 5-6 enemies in the process. This is objectively the funniest way to get a kill in a videogame. The "I'm going down and you're coming with me" maneuver has existed in every era of multiplayer gaming—climbing in the driver seat of an enemy warthog and gunning for a cliff in Halo, getting stuck with a semtex and running toward its thrower in Call of Duty, dive-bombing a doomed jet in Battlefield—but I reckon the Jeff "giga gulp" is closest in form to Donkey Kong's grab in Super Smash Brothers. When you find yourself sharing controllers with people who don't know how to wiggle out of his grasp, it's really easy to press Z to hoist Link over Donkey Kong's head and jump off the nearest ledge. I mean, that's just beautiful. It might be the case that there's a way to wriggle out of Jeff's intestines and I (as well as everyone in these matches) just don't know it yet, but it's also possible that Jeff is simply a fish to fear when a ledge is near. I hope NetEase doesn't change this one. It's probably frustrating as hell to be successfully capturing a contested point one second and be inside a shark the next, but I'd say it's about as balanced as anything else I've seen in Marvel Rivals so far. If you gotta die, at least you're dying nestled next to your friends in a warm (wet) belly. Link: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/marvel-rival-players-discover-a-little-shark-lad-can-instakill-the-whole-enemy-team-by-eating-them-and-hurling-himself-off-a-cliff/

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