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With the Chrome 121 release, Google is adding three new generative AI features to Chrome. Currently, the AI features are available on Windows and macOS in the US only. The AI features include smart tab organization, Help Me Write, and theme generation using AI. You can put similar tabs in a tab group using AI automatically. Help me write will let you draft texts on the web using AI. And you can generate unique themes based on your mood, and visual style using AI.
Early Google Pixel 9 Pro Render Leak Reveals Redesigned Camera Bar
Abubakar Mohammed
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Google Pixel 9 Pro renders have been leaked and they suggest sharper desgn, a revamped camera bump, and a flat display. The phone has the same dimensions as the Pixel 8 Pro with the only difference being it thinner by 0.3mm. The overall aesthetics are reminiscent of the latest iPhone and the Nothing Phone (2).
Ajith Kumar
Avatar: The Last Airbender will be available to stream on Netflix next month, and the streaming service has already piqued fan interest with the release of an exciting trailer today. Prepare for an amazing journey with Aang and his friends across the nations of water, earth, fire, and air.
Going by a brand new report, Samsung is likely going to release a more affordable version of their upcoming Galaxy Z Fold 6 this year. According to this report, this is a power move by Samsung to penetrate the foldable market further and give some tough competition to Chinese brands that have been actively rolling out cheaper foldables.
Death Stranding Director’s Cut Coming to Select Apple Devices on January 30
Vikhyat Rishi
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Death Stranding Director's Cut is launching on iPhone 15 Pro, Pro Max and Apple Silicon Mac and iPad models on January 30, 2024. The AAA gaming title, directed by Hideo Kojima, is already available for pre-order on the App Store at a discounted price of $19.99 for a limited time.
Palworld Beats CS2, Dota 2, and Cyberpunk 2077 to Become the Second Most-Played Game on Steam
Sampad Banerjee
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Palworld continues to break records as it has achieved another major milestone. The game has now surpassed CS2, Dota 2 and Cyberpunk 2077 to become the second most popular game on Steam. The game currently has a concurrent player peak of 1,853,216 players.
Intel Xeon ‘Clearwater Forest’ with New E-Cores Spotted in Linux Patch
Satyam Kumar
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Intel Xeon Clearwater Forest processors have been spotted in a new Linux patch. Here, it was revealed that it will feature Darkmont E-Cores. As per Intel roadmap, the Clearwater Forest processors are expected to release in 2025. This year in 2024, Intel will launch Sierra Forest Xeon processors.
OnePlus has finally launched the much-awaited OnePlus 12, and it comes with a host of improvements over previous year such as a USB 3.2 port, improved performance with Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, a larger 5,400mAh battery, a brighter display that goes up to 4,500 nits of peak brightness, wireless charging, and more. Priced starting at Rs 64,999, the phone will be available on Amazon India in two colors and storage variants — Flowy Emerald, Silky Black and 12/256, 16/512GB, respectively.
OnePlus has launched its affordable OnePlus 12R smartphone that brings the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset. It also offers LPDDR5X RAM on all variants, but UFS 4.0 storage is reserved for the 256GB variant only. The display is super-bright that can deliver a peak brightness of 4500 nits, and 1600 nits in HBM mode. The phone packs a 50MP Sony IMX890 image sensor, an 8MP ultra-wide lens, and a 2MP macro lens. For selfies, there is a 16MP camera. OnePlus 12R has a 5,500 mAh battery and can be fully charged in just 26 minutes.
In a recent edition of Game File, Don McGowan, ex-Chief Legal Officer of Pokemon Company calls Palworld the "usual ripoff nonsense", showing his surprise for the game becoming such a success and making it this far.
List of Motorola Devices That Will Get Android 14 Update Revealed
Abubakar Mohammed
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Moto has released an official list of devices in its portfolio that will get the Android 14 update. It includes their most recent foldable phones, the Razr 40 and 40 Ultra, alongside a few mid-range and upper-mid-range devices like the Moto G84 and G54. The update should arrive in the next few months, but we can't be sure as Motorola hasn't shared an official timeline.
Apple Rolls out iOS 17.3 with Stolen Device Protection and More Features
Vikhyat Rishi
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iOS 17.3 introduces advanced security features like Stolen Device Protection, emphasizing biometric authentication for sensitive actions when not in a familiar location to protect you against stolen passcodes. The update also brings collaborative Apple Music Playlists and allows content steaming to TVs in select hotels.
Avengers: The Kang Dynasty Cast – All Characters Rumored to be in the Movie
Shashank Shakya
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The next thing we will get to see from the Avengers franchise is Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. Due to his legal troubles, Jonathan Majors has been removed from the movie. Now all that's left for us to see is if Marvel decides to keep Kang as the main villain or they will let him go and find a new villain. Avengers: The Kang Dynasty is expected to feature Doctor Strange, Captain Falcon, Captain Marvel and Spiderman.
A video shared by YouTube Toasted showcases a Pokemon mod in Palworld, where it replaces the existing Pals with Pokemon monsters. It includes popular characters like Torchie, Pikachu, among others. Furthermore, NPCs and bosses have also been swapped out by Pokemon characters like Brock, Misty, among others.
Avengers: The Kang Dynasty – Title, Release Date, Cast, Plot & More
Shashank Shakya
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The next Avengers movie in the MCU pipeline is Avengers: The Kang Dynasty. This movie will most probably play a pivotal role in the Multiverse Saga of the MCU, setting up the conclusion of the whole saga. However, the film is still hanging in the middle because of the legal troubles being faced by Jonathan Majors who was to play the big bad guy in this movie. We do have an official release date of May 1, 2026, but it may face some delays due to the whole Jonathan Majors fiasco.
Leaked Docs Suggest Intel Is Abandoning Hyperthreading on 15th Gen Arrow Lake
Satyam Kumar
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Leaked Intel docs suggest the upcoming 15th generation Arrow Lake processors may not feature hyper-threading. It has also been spotted that the new processor platform wll support DDR5 memory, and come with a new kind of Low Power E-core.
Samsung is reportedly working on its next flagship SoC, the Exynos 2500, and it might come with 10 CPU cores. It is also being said that Exynos 2500 will be fabricated on Samsung's 2nd-gen 3nm process node. The 10-core CPU may come with a single Cortex-X5 core, 5x Cortex-A730 cores, and 4x Cortex-A520 cores. According to the leak, the big prime core clock speed can vary between 3.2GHz to 3.3GHz.
Here’s How Many Vision Pro Units Have Apple Sold in Pre-Orders: Kuo
Vikhyat Rishi
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According to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple Vision Pro achieved immediate success with an instant sell-out during the first pre-oder weekend. However concerns arises as shipping times remained unchanged 48 hours later unlike popular iPhone models. The report acknowledges Apple's ability to reach a shipment volume of 500,000 Apple Vision Pro but highlights the critical issue of sustaining demand growth over time.
Laptop-Based GeForce RTX 4090M & RTX 4080M Desktop GPUs Selling in China
Satyam Kumar
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Nvidia RTX 4090M and RTX 4080M have been spotted on the website of China-based retailer Goofish. These are laptop GPUs, repurposed into desktop cards. Specialized companies, who are not official brand partners of Nvidia, have made the RTX 4080M and RTX 4090M GPUs with reduced VRAM and CUDA core count. The price for an RTX 4090M is quite high too, even higher than the desktop variant.
A group of researchers from Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence in Abu Dhabi developed a new AI tool to imitate human handwriting. Apparently, it just requires a couple of paragraphs to analyze the handwriting and copy it. Previously, generative adversarial method was used to mimic someone's handwriting. Although it worked great, it could not work on the subtle elements of a human handwriting. That's why they followed a vision transformer-based solution to formulate a handwritten text image generation approach. With this, the AI can be trained to accurately capture the essence of each human handwriting.
This Minecraft Mod Will Have You Literally Screaming at Your Screen
Radojka Travar
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Cave Dweller mod introduces a rather terrifying monster to Minecraft. It is a mix of a baby zombie and an enderman. It's fast and can even get into places you don't expect it to. It can crawl and crouch as it's chasing you and also deals a lot of damage. You can also escape from it, so it's not too OP. This beast can spawn in any light level and has complex animations and smart AI. The presence of the Cave Dweller is indicated by cave sounds, which will get more intense as the monster draws closer.
Did MachineGames Secretly Tease Quake 6 in the Indiana Jones Trailer?
Ishan Adhikary
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MachineGames teased us with a Quake 6 easter egg in the Indiana Jones reveal trailer during their showcase event of Xbox Direct 2024. In this showcase, they show us the MachineGames whiteboard where we notice a Quake 6 written above the Quake logo in the corner.
OpenAI’s Sam Altman Is Raising Money to Set Up AI Chip Factories
Sagnik Das Gupta
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According to a new Bloomberg report, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is looking to raise in billions to establish his own network of AI chip factories. He predicts that industry-leading foundries like TSMC, Intel and Samsung will not be able to support the needs of AI technologies in the future. So, as per the report, he is already in active discussions with investors like G42 and SoftBank Group, with funding requirements from G42 alone revolving around $8 billion or more.
One again, a brand new batch of Deadpool 3 set photos have been leaked and in these photos, we can see Ryan Reynolds in a new look. He is most probably playing the part of a Deadpool variant with long hair, fancier Katanas and golden pistols. His suit also looks armorized and much more crisp. We do not exactly know yet which variant he will be but let us wait till July 26, 2024 to find out!
Meta is going bullish on AI development by building a large infrastructure of hardware resources and bringing top AI talents from around the world. According to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta is working to achieve AGI and to make the vision a reality, it has already ordered over 340,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs. By the end of 2024, it will have a stockpile of 600,000 GPUs. Zuckerberg also says that Meta might open-source AGI as long as it makes sense. The company is now training the next-gen Llama 3 model that will have advanced reasoning and coding abilities.
The GDC 2024 survey has revealed that many developers are excited to develop games for Nintendo Switch 2. In fact, the 'Nintendo Switch successor' interests 32% of developers. Moreover, the survey has confirmed that 8% developers are already working on new game titles for the Nintendo Switch 2. The GDC 2024 survey was held with over 3000 developers, some of which work in AAA studios.
Microsoft Sets 16GB RAM & 40 TOPS of AI Computing Speed as Standard for New ‘AI PCs’
Satyam Kumar
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Microsoft is said to put new hardware requirements in place, for future PCs. Here, 40 TOPS has been mentioned as the minimum AI computing speed a PC should have, in order to be branded as an AI PC. In addition to this, Microsoft is also setting 16GB RAM capacity as a minimum for AI PCs. The newly released Intel Core Ultra processors do not meet this requirement.
Next Unit of Computing (NUC) is a kind of small form factor personal computer which was sold by Intel. In 2023, Asus acquired the NUC division from Intel and was excited to continue further development. However, a spokesperson at Asus has now revealed that the NUC 13 Extreme made by Intel will not be updated. At CES 2024, Asus has launched three new NUC offerings. The ROG NUC is a compact gaming powerhouse with up to RTX 4070 graphics, and Intel Core Ultra 9 processor. Two other Mini PCs being the NUC 14 Pro and NUC 14 Pro+ have also been released by Asus.
iPhone 16’s Capture Button Will Allow Zoom in and out by Swiping on It: Report
Anmol Sachdeva
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iPhone 16 series is expected to arrive with a new capture button. According to the latest report by The Information, the capture button will allow users to zoom in and out while clicking a photo or recording a video when swiped. The capture button will be the highlight of the iPhone 16 series as Apple is not expected to offer any major design change this year.
We Finally Have a First Look at Indiana Jones and the Great Circle!
Upanishad Sharma
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The official first look at Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has finally been shown off at the Xbox Developer Direct 2024 event. The three minute gameplay trailer shows a young Indiana voiced by Troy Baker. We see Indy solving puzzles, traversing through different scenarios and using his iconic whip. The game is set to release sometime in 2024 on PC and Xbox consoles.
Xbox's big 2024 game Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 officially gets a release date of May 21, 2024. We got the confirmed date in Ninja Theory's Xbox Developer Direct 2024 showcase event. Hellblade 2 was previously showcased at The Game Awards 2019 and The Game Awards 2023 to be an Xbox exclusive. In this event we also got an in-depth game overview for the anticipated Xbox title. It has also been confirmed that the game will be a digital only release.
Genshin Impact Players Furious With the New Artifact Loadout Feature
Sanmay Chakrabarti
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Genshin Impact Developers recently revealed the upcoming, highly anticipated Artifact Loadout feature in their latest Developer Discussion. This has received major backlash from the Genshin Impact Community as the Artifact Loadout feature is a complete 180 from what the players wanted. Many Genshin Impact content creators and players have taken to Reddit and Twitter to share their displeasure with the new Artifact Loadout feature.
Apple to Pay $125 to iPhone 7 Users Affected by ‘Loop Disease’: Here Are Eligible Users
Kanika Gogia
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Apple to pay $35 million to settle a US Action Lawsuit that alleged it of using defective chips which caused audio issues in iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. If you bought an iPhone 7 or 7 Plus between September 16, 2016, to January 3, 2023, you are eligible for a compensation of up to $349, provided you meet certain requirements. Here are all the details.
Here’s How Much the Galaxy S24, S24+, and S24 Ultra Cost in India
Sagnik Das Gupta
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The Galaxy AI event has taken the wraps off of the Samsung Galaxy S24 series pricing in India. The vanilla Galaxy S24 price starts from Rs. 79,999 for the base 8GB/256GB variant and goes up to 89,999 for the 512GB variant. Meanwhile, the Galaxy S24+ starts at Rs. 99,999 for the base variant and goes up to Rs. 1,09,999. Finally, the Galaxy S24 Ultra price starts from Rs. 1,29,999 and goes up to Rs. 1,59,999 for the 1TB variant.
At the Galaxy Unpacked 2024 event, Samsung has announced that Galaxy S24 devices would receive Android OS updates for seven years. This comes after Google made seven years of update commitment for the Pixel 8 series in 2023. Earlier, flagship Samsung devices were offered four years of OS upgrades and five years of security updates. So this change is quite significant for Android users and more phone makers might follow suit.
Samsung finally unveiled the Galaxy S24 lineup at the Galaxy Unpacked 2024 event. Galaxy S24, S24+ and S24 Ultra, all come with Galaxy AI features, and feature immersive displays that offer up to 2600 nits of brightness. S24 Ultra, in particular, is powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy in all markets and regions. On the other hand, S24 and S24+ come with Exynos 2400 in majority of the markets, but some countries get all three models with the Snapdragon chipset. Samsung has also used a titanium frame on the Ultra variant this year.
Minecraft snapshot 24w03A has been released today, and it brings changes to the armadillo, experimental features, and spawn chunks. Armadillo texture now includes eyes on the sides and the base color is lighter. The armadillo scutes and wolf armor textures have also changed slightly. Spiders now run away from armadillos if they're not rolled up. Moreover, the Breeze mob can also deflect all projectiles, not just arrows and tridents. A brand new command lets you change the spawn chunk radius of your world, so you can easily boost performance. The new default value is 2 and it used to be 10.
In a recent development, the screen time for Marvel's upcoming movie Madame Web has been revealed by a Norwegian ticketing company called FilmWeb. According to them, Madame Web will have a total runtime of 1 hour 56 minutes, making it the longest Sony Spider-verse movie.
Mortal Kombat 2 was announced way back in January 2022 and is officially in the works. This movie brings together an amazing cast with legendary characters like Scorpion, Raider, Sonya Blade, and a lot more. In a recent development, Karl Urban in joining the cast of Mortal Kombat 2 as Johnny Cage, bringing the character to life.
In a recent press release, Apple reveals that the Vision Pro headset will come with Guest mode and Travel mode. Guest mode in Vision Pro will allow you to share the Vision Pro with your friends; the access will have a limited data exposure. On the other hand, the Travel mode will ensure stable visual when wearing Vision Pro while you are in a airplane.
Genshin Impact 4.4 Leaks: Exploration of Mt. Lingmeng in Chenyu Vale Showcased
Sanmay Chakrabarti
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Well-known Genshin Impact leaker, Fy Leaks, have revealed in-game footage and screenshots of Mt. Lingmeng, which is part of the Chenyu Vale. Chenyu Vale is going to a big zone with many rewards and interesting locations. The overworld of Mt. Lingmeng in Chenyu Vale is filled with lush greenery, flowing rivers, small waterfalls, and gorgeous cherry blossom trees. The underworld appears to have been an old abandoned temple with candle-lit alters.
