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F1 22 has a wealth of ray traced effects, such as high-fidelity opaque reflections, transparent reflections, ambient occlusion, and shadows. Some of those are even supported on next-generation consoles, but only PC gamers can use them in actual races. However, they are far from cheap from a performance standpoint. That’s where NVIDIA DLSS support comes in; according to NVIDIA, Deep Learning Super Sampling can accelerate performance by over two times at 4K in Performance Mode....

The game’s fourth major update weighs in at roughly 25GB on Xbox Series X|S, and around 23GB on PlayStation 5. Xbox One players are required to download 12GB of new data, while those playing on PS4 are presented with a 17GB-22GB download. On PC, the update varies between 8.64GB and 12.33GB (without or with HD Texture Pack). The new update adds support for the new “All the Blood” Rambo content, which allows players to help out a Rambo superfan on a bloody mission against the Yaran military....

As reported by @BenjiSales, the game, which finally launched on Steam after six months of Epic Games Store exclusivity, reached 13,803 peak concurrent players on June 19th, making it the second single-player entry in the series with the highest peak, following Final Fantasy XV which peaked at 29,498. If the game did not release on the Epic Games Store a few months back, Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade would undoubtedly have done better on Steam....

Motorola and Xiaomi May Have a Launch Timeline Battle on Which Phone Maker Announces the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Flagship First Motorola’s plans may have been unearthed by Digital Chat Station on Weibo, with TechDroider publishing a tweet talking about the same Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 launch timeline. Shortly after, Lenovo’s GM quoted DCS’ Weibo post, implying that we may see a flagship from the company shortly after Qualcomm’s official announcement has concluded....

I did a research on CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED and found out that it was related to some very essential Windows process that couldn’t read or write into the memory/pagefile. First of all we will need to see additional information related to CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED error. For this, I used BlueScreenView utility to see information about the system dump files present in the computer. Just run BlueScreenView and it will show you the latest BSODs and their information....

Nancy Pelosi’s stellar stock-picking skills have continued to garner attention in the recent past, boosted by the perception that the current Speaker of the US House of Representatives often ends up on the winning side of stock trades. Against this backdrop, Pelosi’s recent moves related to the NVIDIA stock naturally attracted a lot of attention, as flagged in our post last week. To wit, as per a recent Periodic Transaction Report filed by Nancy Pelosi, her husband Paul Pelosi exercised 200 call options related to 20,000 NVIDIA shares....

Here are more details on Zero Build mode and a handful of new weapons included in the latest update… Fortnite can be played on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5, Switch, and mobile platforms. Zero Build is a pure test of weapon, item, and traversal ability. Zero Build can be found in the Discover page as Solo, Duos, Trios, and Squads playlists. (Access the Discover page by clicking on the “CHANGE” button above “PLAY!...

Samsung Improves the Photography Experience for Galaxy S22 and Galaxy S21 Users Across the Board Samsung has decided to roll out the update for all Galaxy S22 users in South Korea. The update has firmware versions S901NKSU2AVHB, S906NKSU2AVHB, and S906NKSU2AVHB. The update is currently rolling out in South Korea. However, it is safe to say that it will be rolling out in other regions soon, and we will keep you posted....

For starters, the two new series are getting some neat tricks that are exclusive to Google apps. Google Duo users can now use the collaboration feature in the form of live sharing. Those running the Galaxy S22 devices or the Galaxy Tab S8 devices can now use video calling to collaborate across various Samsung apps such as Notes, Gallery, they can also create YouTube watch parties and even doodle together on using the apps....

Officially announced today, the One UI 4.5 will be built on top of Wear OS 3.5 and will be coming to the Galaxy Watch 4 and the Galaxy Watch 4 Classic in Q3 2022. This means that the update should be available before the end of September. The Galaxy Watch 4 Series Should be Updated to One UI 4.5 in August Sadly, Samsung has not given us a specific time but our guess would be August considering how the Galaxy Watch 5 series is supposed to arrive in the middle of August, and will most probably run the latest update....

MiHoYo’s free-to-play title harvested over $3 billion in revenue in its first year of release and has won several awards since 2020. Development on Genshin Impact kicked off in 2017 using the Unity Engine. Surely, the open-world action RPG isn’t the most visually-demanding game on the market, but many would have loved to see the game running in Unreal Engine. Bilibili’s “Steam Cat Marterio” did just that and released a Genshin Impact UE5 imagining, showing the game benefiting from slightly improved visuals and lighting....

This article discusses the ways we can use Office apps for free if you don’t have Microsoft Office installed on your system. A one-time purchase of Microsoft Office 2019 may cost around $249 or even more if you are going for the Pro Plus edition. If you are not a heavy user of Office suite, you can save this amount by using free Office apps which are also available from Microsoft but not as feature-rich as the complete Office 2019 or Office 365 suites....

Save $30 on Mophie’s 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Stand and Charge Your Entire Apple Ecosystem at Once Wirelessly Thanks to Qi wireless chargers taking off after the release of the iPhone 8 and iPhone X, manufacturers have gone all out with different types of wireless charging stations. Mophie has made a handful of them too, and right now, one of their best is discounted by $30. What’s great about this charging station is this - it is tailor-made for the Apple ecosystem....

The Gigabyte EAGLE GeForce RTX 4080 graphics card will show a new three-and-a-half slots design with 3 110mm cooling fans previously seen on the Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 overclocked (OC) GPUs. Yes, NVIDIA did “unlaunch” their GeForce RTX 4080 12 GB GPU due to terrible performance based on where the card was in the full RTX 40 series product series. The new card from Gigabyte will not be part of this particular event since it is the 16 GB variant....

Gigabyte’s X670E & X670 Motherboards Specs & Prices Detailed: High-End Designs Around $300-$500 US The lineup that Gigabyte unveiled includes both three AORUS and a single AERO motherboard. The motherboards do show the ‘X670’ label but it is stated that these are early designs prior to the AMD X670E spec update. We have been told by other manufacturers that X670E chipset specs had been shared with board partners very recently so it looks like some board makers were not prepared to showcase their final designs at Computex 2022....

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In order to access the VPN, you will have to have a 2TB or higher Google One Premium plan that costs $9.99 or $99.99 manually. If you are wondering, it is not available for the Basic or Standard tier. Google One VPN is Finally Availale for iOS Users You can go ahead and install the Google One app on your iPhone or iPad and start the setup process, once it is all rolled out, there will be a card in the Home feed that will let you enable the VPN....

Intel promotes Raja Koduri to executive vice president as the company gets ready to fight NVIDIA and AMD for a piece of the GPU market Intel poached Raja from AMD back in 2017 (an exclusive story I leaked) and since then he has quietly been working on Intel’s GPU ambitions. With weeks leading up to the ARC discrete GPU launch, giving Raja even more executive powers (although to be fair, Raja was calling the shots from the start) will allow Intel to be just that much more agile when navigating the GPU market....

The first is a physical gift package, limited to US residents due to shipping requirements set by ArenaNet. Its total value is estimated at around $450. Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons Gift Package Giveaway [US Only] The second giveaway is more traditional: ten digital codes for the Guild Wars 2 Ultimate Collection, which includes: It has an estimated value of $100 each and there are no regional limitations. Guild Wars 2 Ultimate Collection Giveaway Both giveaways will stay live for a week, after which we’ll close them and randomly select the winners....

Intel’s Arc A770 & Arc A750 Custom Designs From GUNNIR Come In Beautiful Black & Blue Designs For today’s launch, GUNNIR is introducing a total of five new graphics cards under its Photon and FLUX families. These include two Arc A770 and three Arc A750 models. Keeping the tradition alive of offering custom graphics cards at launch like they did with the Arc A380, GUNNIR’s Arc A770 & Arc A750 will feature a fully non-reference PCB and cooler design....