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Vikhyat Rishi
In a recent development, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that Apple has ramped up the production of its first-ever mixed reality headset, Vision Pro, and is planning for a launch by the end of February next year. The headset will be first available to U.S. buyers only, and it is very much possible that Apple will ask users to purchase the device in-store or pick up an online order from the store.
New Leaks Reveal Samsung Galaxy S24 Series Launch Date and Renders
Abubakar Mohammed
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The Samsung Galaxy S24 release is due next year and some of the latest leaks suggests the phone may launch in the Galaxy Unpacked event named "Galaxy AI" on January 18, 2024. The color variants of the entire S24 series have also been leaked.
Sampad Banerjee
PlayStation Blog publishes its game of the year list for 2023. The fan-voted awards event felicitates Spider-Man 2 with most of the categories, along with The Game of the Year. Furthermore, Hogwarts Legacy takes back home the PS4 Game of the Year. Baldur's Gate and Alan Wake 2 receives few awards across the categories.
GTA 6 official poster is filled with hidden easter eggs. According to some fans, there is a map leak in it. One of the storefront glasses might have a potential view of the new Vice City map reported by some fans. The leak comes after the fans zoomed into the location and upscaled the image. It seems like an under-development version of the GTA 6 map. However, Rockstar Games have not officially confirmed or commented on it.
Twitter (aka X) Down Currently; Tweets Not Loading (Update: Back Online)
Anmol Sachdeva
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Twitter is down for several users worldwide. According to reports on Down Detector, the outage began on 12:30AM EST and around 80,000 users have reported that Twitter is not working for them.
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick steps down from his role and will leave the company on December 29, 2023, according to a memo released by the Activision Newsroom. Bobby was with Activision as a leader for 32 years and delivered some popular game like Call of Duty, Diablo, and World of Warcraft to the fans. Activision was criticized for toxic work culture under his leadership. Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard earlier this year for $68.7 million. Xbox head Phil Spencer sends a heartwarming farewell to Kotick but claims the daily work will be as usual.
Intel Core Ultra processors have been tested in Linux-centric CPU benchmarks. This testing revealed disappointing performance results. However, it is quite early to say which is the better processor. Depending on how a particular program takes advantage of Meteor Lake hybrid performance architecture in Core Ultra processors, the performance will differ. Intel's own benchmarks point us in the opposite direction, showing Core Ultra is better.
WhatsApp Tests Audio Sharing over Video Calls: Here’s How It Will Work
Anshuman Jain
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Latest WhatsApp beta for Android hints at the upcoming addition of a music/ audio sharing feature. The feature will come into play while you are sharing your screen on a video call. It will allow other participants to listen to the audio coming from your device. It won't work on regular video or voice calls. The feature will be available soon on WhatsApp for Android and iOS.
ASRock has just launched its new Mini PC lineup. The highlight feature is the addition of Intel Core Ultra processors, with Core Ultra 5 125H and Core Ultra 7 155H being available as the CPU options. The new Meteor Lake Arc graphics make these new Mini PCs quite good in the graphics department as compared to last generation. These Mini PCs support up to quad 4K displays, and have latest features like Wi-Fi 6E and Thunderbolt 4.
Nothing Phone (1) Gets Android 14-Based Nothing OS 2.5 Open Beta 1
Abubakar Mohammed
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Nothing has finally pushed its long awaited Android 14 Beta update to Nothing Phone (1) in the form of Nothing OS 2.5 Open Beta 1. The update brings lots of features and improvements over Android 13 both internally and externally. You can install the beta update right now by downloading the OTA file.
Call of Duty 2025 to Be a Futuristic Black Ops 2 Sequel; Insider Gaming Reports
Ishan Adhikary
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Call of Duty is set to launch in a futuristic setting according to the Insider Gaming reports in 2025. The game will continue the story of Black Ops 2 and will be based around the Gulf War as per the report. Along with some old black ops protagonists coming back, there will be a classic ‘pick 10’ create-a-class, the gunfight game mode, and round-based zombies.
Anmol
The Beeper developer team is not giving up its mission to keep iMessage working on Android. It has a new solution that will roll out to Beeper Mini and Cloud users on December 20. This solution is more so a workaround that requires users to own a Mac or have a friend with a Mac who can lend them registration data. The team believes this is a reliable solution, but we will know for sure in the coming days.
What if season 2 is just about to go live on Disney Plus for streaming and is going to bring us evem more mind boggling concepts as compared to the first season of What If. This series is going to have nine episodes in total whose titles are also released. Each episode of this series will release back to back for nine days starting from December 22, 2023, the official release date of What if Season 2.
A substantial portion of details regarding the Wolverine game has leaked online, after hackers publicly leaked data from Insomniac Games. The wolverine leak consists of character details, such as Jean Grey and Logan teaming up, the villains, and the mutant star casts. Furthermore, the studio's eyeing a 2026 launch.
A new RTX 3050 graphics card is being worked upon, as per a new leak coming from WCCFTech and Chinese Forums and is reportedly launching in February 2024. The new RTX 3050 will have cut-down specs such as a 6GB VRAM capacity, different memory bus width, and lower CUDA Core count. It is expected that Nvidia will make RTX 3050 more affordable, and this new 6GB graphics card will have a market price of under $200.
Now You Can Minimize Web Pages in Picture-in-Picture Mode on Android
Abubakar Mohammed
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The latest version of Google Chrome on Android now has a flag that allows you to enter Picture-in-picture when browsing. It works in Android System WebView as of now and you can minimize web view into PiP mode.
A ransomware group leaks 1.6TB worth of data from Insomniac Games online. This leak contain details about Marvel's Wolverine, including cast, internal demos, and more. Furthermore, the leak also contains every detail on titles planned by Insomniac Games and their slated launch windows.
The latest WhatsApp beta update on Android lets you share your WhatsApp status directly to Instagram! This feature allows you to share your status as an Instagram Story without leaving the app, giving you more control over your cross-posting on social media. You can choose which status updates you want to share and can even upload them simultaneously on both Facebook and Instagram. This new feature is expected to roll out soon as it is already available in the beta version.
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro with Intel Raptor Lake Laptop Chips Spotted Online
Satyam Kumar
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Lenovo Legion 5 Pro has leaked online in a product listing of Malaysian-based online shopping store known as Shopee. This upcoming gaming laptop is expected to launch in early 2024, and has already leaked online with various specifications being shown. Nvidia RTX 4070 & 4060 can be seen on these laptops, but more importantly the Raptor Lake based 14th Gen CPUs i9-14900HX and i7-14650HX were also spotted within the specs of Lenovo Legion 5 Pro. The price was also revealed, although it will likely differ based on the region.
Max Payne famed actor James McCaffrey passed away due to multiple myeloma cancer at the age of 65 on December 17, 2023. The actor was famous for his work in games like Max Payne, Alan Wake 2, and Control. He also worked in a lot of famous movies and tv series such as 2004 classic Rescue Me.
Jonathan Majors' trial has finally come to an end with him being charged guilty of domestic violence. Following this verdict Jonathan Majors has been fired from MCU and will no longer be playing the role of Kang the Conqueror. However, Jonathan Majors' attorney says that he will keep fighting to clear his name from all the charges.
In an expected event, terabytes of data sourced from Apple's Testflight server has leaked online. Named "TeraLeak," the leaked data contains thousands of builds of iOS apps and games dated from 2012 to 2015. While it's still unclear where the data originated from, the single source of information is an X (formerly Twitter) user @Teraleak.
HP to Launch the World’s Lightest 14-Inch Gaming Laptop; Here’s a First Look
Satyam Kumar
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HP's Omen line is getting updated, with the upcoming HP Omen Transcend 14 gaming laptop. It will feature new Intel 14th Gen processors with Meteor Lake architecture, and offer up to Intel Core Ultra 9 CPU variants paired with RTX 4070. At 1.6kg, the claim of being the world's lightest gaming laptop could hold up true after all!
In an unexpected move, Apple today announced that it will pause the sale of Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 in the United States. This is in response to a court ruling that says that Apple infringed on medical tech company Masimo's patents to builds its new blood oxygen monitoring feature that debuted on the Apple Watch 6 in 2020. Both the Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 will stop selling on December 21 on Apple's website and December 24 in retail stores.
AMD FSR 3 is an AI frame generation feature. You can enable it on any relatively modern GPU in a few games that support the technology, but Nvidia DLSS 3 cannot be enabled unless you have the latest RTX 40 Series graphics card. Now, with the latest FSR 3 mod, you can get frame generation working in any game that has DLSS 3 support! Whether you have RTX 30 Series or RTX 20 Series, you can enable frame generation with FSR 3 with this latest mod made by Nukem9.
Nvidia RTX 4070 Super, RTX 4070 Super, and RTX 4080 Super are new graphics cards that are expected to be unveiled very soon. The launch details of these new RTX 40 GPUs from Nvidia have now been leaked, and it has been revealed that these RTX 40 Super GPUs will start hitting the shelves from January 17th, 2024 onwards. Nvidia will have its product announcement on January 8th, 2024 at its 'Special Address' CES 2024 event.
Genshin Impact 4.4: Cloud Retainer and Gaming Unveiled in Drip Marketing
Abubakar Mohammed
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Xianyun (Cloud Retainer) and Gaming are now official in Genshin Impact. HoYoverse's drip marketing revealed their official designs and both the characters are coming in Genshin Impact 4.4.
You’d Soon Be Able to Remotely Uninstall an App from Your Android Device
Akshay Gangwar
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Tipster AssembleDebug found and enabled a feature flag in the Google Play Store that allows users to remotely uninstall apps from connected devices. The feature should arrive soon to all Android devices.
Matt Reeve’s Arkham Asylum Spinoff Series Is Set in the New DCU: James Gunn
Shashank Shakya
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Back in 2022, it was confirmed that Matt Reeves' The Batman will build a whole universe of its own. The first announcement included The Penguin spinoff series and along with it another spinoff called The Arkham Asylum. Recently, James Gunn has confirmed that Arkham Asylum will be set in the DCU along with other upcoming DCU Projects. Arkham Asylum does not have an official release date yet.
Intel ExtraSS is an upcoming frame generation technology. It is expected to be open source, since it was tested on Nvidia's RTX 3090 graphics card. Intel's method of achieving FG is a little different from AMD and Nvidia, which rely on interpolation. Intel's vision will use extrapolation instead, and as a result ExtraSS could have better latency than current FG methods which use interpolation. The technology is currently under development.
Apple Watch Series 10 to Get a New Design & Significant Health Features: Gurman
Anmol Sachdeva
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In his latest weekly newsletter, Mark Gurman has reported that Apple is planning to launch at least one Apple Watch model next year with a new design. Additionally, the upcoming Apple Watch could also feature health features like sleep apnea and hypertension detection.
As per a Bloomberg report, Apple is planning to redesign the entry-level AirPods. The company will launch two new AirPods 4 models, one with ANC and one without. Other major changes include an updated design, a redesign case (possibly with a speaker and a lanyard loop), and a USB-C port. The AirPods Max is also expected to get a USB-C port and new colors.
Ajith Kumar
To commemorate the upcoming 25th anniversary of the One Piece series, the production team has made a surprise announcement for the remake of the anime series. The One Piece remake will be produced by Japan's WIT Studios and distributed by Netflix. The remake is going to adapt the story from the beginning, the East Blue Saga, but there is no release date known right now.
The second season of the Hell's Paradise anime has been teased on the JUMP Super Stage RED at Jump Fest 2024. The release date of season 2 is still not known, but it is likely to adapt the Hōrai Arc (chapters 60–110). The staff has confirmed that Ryouta Suzuki will voice Yamada Asaemon Shugen, a new cast member who will appear in season 2.
While fans were eagerly waiting to see MAPPA announce the second season of Chainsaw Man, they were surprised with a movie announcement. MAPPA has released a key visual and a teaser for the upcoming movie, titled Chainsaw Man The Movie: Reze Arc. This movie will focus on the mysterious girl we saw at the end of the Season 1 finale. We don't have a release date yet, so stay tuned for more information.
The fifth season of the Haikyuu anime adaptation is being followed by two movie installments to wrap up the series. The trailer of the first movie, titled Haikyuu Decisive Battle at the Garbage Dump, was released at Jump Festa 2024. The first movie is releasing on February 16, 2024 and will focus on the match between Karasuno and Nekoma High in the Tokyo Nationals.
The most anticipated Dandadan anime is slated to air in October 2024, which will also feature well-known voice actors including Natsuki Hanae, Mayumi Tanaka, Shion Wakayama, and Kazuya Nakai.
One Punch Man: World is set to release on January 31, 2024 in North America and on February 1, 2024, the game will be made available to players in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Pre-registration for the game is currently open and can be accessed on Android, iOS, and Windows devices.
To stay away from the cost and burden of judicial trial, Apple has agreed to pay $25 Million to settle a class action lawsuit over its Family Sharing that claims Apple has earned millions of dollars through fraudulent sales by making users believe that they will receive up to six copies of an App when they were receiving only one.
Vanshika Malhotra
Nothing is expected to introduce an affordable smartphone, possibly called the Nothing Phone 2a and its design and possible specs have now been leaked. This showcases a new design, which includes horizontally-placed rear cameras, as opposed to the vertically camera setup of the Phone (1) and the Phone (2). It might be powered by the MediaTek Dimensity 7200 chipset and could launch at MWC 2024.
Rebel Moon: Zack Snyder’s Vision of Star Wars Thrashed by Critics
Shashank Shakya
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Zack Snyder has been working on his very own vision of Star Wars for quite some time. Now, since the movie is in its limited screening period, the reviews recieved by Rebel Moon are majorly negative. Almost every critic has spoken negatively for Rebel Moon claiming that Zack Snyder has failed to deliver this time. However, the OTT release of Rebel Moon is still pending so now let's see if the OTT reviews turn out any different from the initial ones.
Noise has launched the new Pure Pods OWS (Open Wireless Stereo) earbuds, a first for India with the new AirWave technology. This allows for precise air conduction mechanisms, which can lead to enhanced audio quality. The earbuds can also be converted into a neckband with the detachable Pure Band. Priced at Rs 2,999, the Noise Pure Pods is available for pre-booking and will be available, starting December 19 in Power Black and Zen Beige colors.