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AMD Ryzen 7 8700G processor has just leaked on Geekbench. This is an APU, so it will feature very capable dedicated graphics. RDNA 3-based Radeon 780M has been mentioned in the leak. The new AMD processor is expected to launch with 8-cores & 16-threads as per the Geekbench CPU information. The processor should also boost beyond 5.0 GHz.
Shashank Shakya
2024 is knocking on our doors and along with it, comes a a brand new set of amazing TV shows set to release throughout the year. 2024 is getting us videogame adaptaions, novel adaptaions,Spinoffs, and a lot more. In 2024, we get to see a brand new spinoff of The Walking Dead, Avatar, and a live action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender. So, it seems that 2024 is going to be a busy year for our screens.
Tesla’s First India Factory Likely to Be Set up in Gujarat; Details Here
Sagnik Das Gupta
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New reports suggest that Elon Musk's Tesla India roll out may actually be sooner than expected as it has been reported that the EV maker will most probably set up its first factory in Gujarat. Reports also suggest that this will be officially announced during the Vibrant Gujarat 2024 Summit that has been scheduled for January 10, 2024.
Aquaman 2 is just around the corner and following the controversy around Amber Heard, this movie's theatrical viewership will most certainly take a toll. So, people might choose to watch it on OTT platforms. As of now, we do not have an official OTT release date for Aquaman 2 but looking at the pattern followed by HBO Max regarding The Flash and Blue Beetle, we can expect the movie to release on OTT anywhere between February 15- February 20th, 2024.
Aquaman 2 is finally in theaters and yes, Amber Heard is stil in the movie. However, after all her legal troubles, her total screentime has been cut down significantly. Amber Heard appears on screen for not more than 15 to 20 Minutes. Even though it indeed is understandable why her shots were cut down but it has seriously affected the quality of Aquaman 2 altogether.
Google Is Looking to Rebrand Android’s Nearby Share to ‘Quick Share’
Abubakar Mohammed
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Google is rebranding it's Nearby Share feature to Quick Share. The change was first spotted by tipster Kamila Wojciechowska in GMS version 23.50.13. Notably, Quick Share is the moniker used by Samsung. This suggests that Apple and Samsung are probably collaborating to merge the feature under Quick Share moniker.
Lian Li has launched its UNI FAN TL LCD. This is a PC case fan with an integrated screen. The resolution is 400x400, and the integrated display on the new UNI FAN is sized at 1.6-inch. The customizable screen lets you put whatever you want on it - whether it be a custom video, or your system statistics. The pricing starts from $46.99 and the fans have launched on Newegg. The fans are available in two sizes, 140mm/120mm. You can even buy it in reversed airflow and regular airflow designs.
Honkai Star Rail: Lynx Kit, Best Build, Light Cones & Teams Comps
Sanmay Chakrabarti
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Lynx is a 4-star Abundance character with the Quantum Damage type in Honkai Star Rail and is best suited for Sustain. Her best relic sets are the mix of 2-piece Longevous Disciple and 2-piece Passerby of Wandering Cloud, and 2-piece Fleet of the Ageless. The main Relic stats for Lynx are HP % and Speed, followed by Effect RES% and DEF. She is a good healer who can go with most teams, but her best team is the mono Quantum team with Seele, Qingque, and Silver Wolf.
Ishan Adhikary
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.
Anmol Sachdeva
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.
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.
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.
Vikhyat Rishi
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.
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.
Ajith Kumar
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.
Honkai Star Rail: Dr. Ratio Kit, Best Build, Light Cones & More
Sanmay Chakrabarti
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Dr. Ratio is a 5* Hunt character that does Imaginary Damage and is best suited as a main DPS. His best relic sets are 4-piece The Ash Blazing Grand Duke and 2-piece Talia: Celestial Differentiator. The main and sub stats for Dr. Ratio are Crit Damage, and Attack %, followed by Crit Rate and Speed. He is best suited for Follow-up Attack teams and fits perfectly with Topaz, Welt, and Huohuo.
The much anticipated One Piece spin-off series, Monsters: 103 Mercies Dragon Damnation, will debut in January 2024 and tell the tale of Ryuma, the famed swordsman from the land of Wano in One Piece. It will be available to stream on well-known services like Netflix and Prime Video.
Hideo Kojima and A24 Films Team up to Bring Death Stranding Movie
Sampad Banerjee
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Kojima Productions is officially collaborating with A24 Films to produce and create a movie on Death Stranding. The movie will help flesh out the game's universe, and will be an accessible movie for fans of the game, and movie lovers.
Vanshika Malhotra
Realme has launched a new phone under its C series called the Realme C67 in India. This is the first 5G smartphone under the lineup and comes with features like a 120Hz display, 33W fast charging, 50MP cameras, and more. The smartphone falls under Rs 15,000 and will be available via Flipkart and the company's website, starting December 20. The early sale will happen on December 16.
Arjun Sha
There exist a lot of good backup software that help users out when they find themselves with a critical failure. Some of the best options include Acronis Cyber Protect Home, Macrium Reflect, Paragon Backup and Recovery and many more. However, besides these there are a lot of conventional options including Google Drive for desktop and even Dropbox.
Beeper Mini is a new Android app which brought Apple's iMessage to Android. But the app has gone down once again. It looks like Apple is persistent with its efforts to stop iMessage from working on Android. About 5% of users are experiencing the bug, reportedly caused by Apple's continued efforts. On X (formerly Twitter), Beeper has suggested uninstalling & reinstalling the application to fix the issue while it works on a solution.
E3, the biggest gaming event, has permanently been canceled, as announced by the ESA (Entertainment Software Association). The event happened digitally back in 2021 and has been seeing cancellations since. It was supposed to happen this year in collaboration with ReedPop but was eventually canceled too.
During the official screening of What...if? season 2, a new series revolving around Wakanda and its past called "Eyes of Wakanda" was announced. This series is said to showcase the past warriors of Wakanda on a mission to find dangerous Vibranium artifacts from around the world. Along with this, two new animated series, X-Men'97 as well as Your Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man were confirmed as well.
Tata Is Working on the ‘Biggest’ iPhone Factory in Tamil Nadu: Report
Satyam Kumar
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Apple wants to diversify the manufacturing & assembly of iPhones in India. Before, it was China dominant. But now, combined with this new iPhone plant in Tamil Nadu (and the existing one in Karnataka, also managed by Tata Group), Apple will have increased production capacity across the South Asian region. Combined with the new plant, Apple and its suppliers plan to manufacture over 50 million iPhones annually in India!
After the huge success of the Uncharted movie, a sequel for the movie is finally confirmed. In an interview, Mark Wahlberg confirmed that a script for Uncharted 2 is in works where Tom Holland will reprise his role of Nathan Drake along with Wahlberg as Victor Sullivan. As of now, we do not have an official release date for Uncharted 2, but we can expect it to release anywhere by the end of 2025 or early 2026.
Amidst all the announcements in the Game Awards 2023, Hello Games has unveiled Light No Fire, a new adventure exploration game. From the short trailer showcased, the game packs an insane amount of flora and fauna along with procedural generation for good measure. Light No Fire will be a multiplayer experience and should launch soon.
Saber Interactive announces their next project, which is a first-person action-adventure game called Jurassic Park Survival. It takes place after the events of the first movie, featuring a brand-new character in the series, and familiar dinosaurs from the movie.
Hideo Kojima has finally revealed his upcoming Xbox project OD at The Game Awards 2023. Overdose will be a combination of a new game, a movie and a new type of media altogether. The teaser trailer showcased displays a variety of motion capture footage that looks equal parts interesting and terrifying.
Hellblade 2 Senua’s Saga Gameplay and Release Date Revealed in New Trailer
Upanishad Sharma
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At the Game Awards 2023 held recently, Ninja Theory and Xbox Game Studios revealed new gameplay for the upcoming story adventure Hellblade 2: Senua's Sage. The fresh trailer shows some amazing cinematics along with fresh gameplay. In addition, a tentative release window of 2024 has also been set for the game.
Physical verification process for SIM cards will soon come to an end in India, as per a notification issued by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) with an aim to make it digital and easy for people.
Baroque Works is an organization composed of bounty hunters, mercenaries, and other criminals working toward a mutual goal. Sir Crocodile is the founder and leader of it, and they spent years carrying out assassination plots, infiltrations, and other activities under the pretense of creating a new and superior nation. Crocodile's main goal was to overthrow the ruling Nefertari Family of the Arabasta Kingdom and install himself as their new ruler. He also wanted to get the ancient weapon called Pluton, which would allow him to become strong enough to challenge the World Government.
Kanika Gogia
Apple Shortcuts is a free and supremely useful iPhone app that lets you combine multiple steps to automate a complex task. While combining iPhone screenshots and other images for my articles, I discovered a useful iPhone shortcut that lets you combine multiple images in a few seconds. Check out this cool iOS shortcut to combine two or more images on an iPhone.
The internet is a vast place and finding fun and interesting websites to kill time can be hard. Websites such as Ancient History Encyclopedia, Neal.fun and 28 more in this article can help you kill time and even gain knowledge whenever you are bored.
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The ETaker M2000 is the first power station to pack the latest GaN technology for portability and lightweight profile. It also features a semi-solid Li-ion battery pack of 2008Wh capacity for high-density energy storage in less volume. Its weight is low in comparison to other competing power stations. Best of all, it's almost noise-free and can function even in harsh environments.
A new leak shows that new Ryzen 8000G APUs with Zen 4 CPU architecture and RDNA 3 GPU architecture will be quite performant. Several models from the upcoming lineup have leaked. The leaked benchmarks numbers show up to ~2.9x gain in performance, in Cyberpunk 2077 RT. Moreover, a release date of January 31st, 2024 has also been mentioned.
Jason Momoa is making a comeback as the lead in Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. This is going to be the closing movie for DCEU since James Gunn is all set to revamp the whole of DC universe. In this upcoming movie, we will get to see many characters make a comeback, like Patrick Wilson as Orm, Nicole Kidman as Atlanna, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as a bigger and badder Black Manta thirsty for revenge. Will he extract his vengeance from Aquaman? We will have to wait till 22 December 2023 to find out.
We recap the events of Sam Altman's ousting from OpenAI and his return to the company within a week. Chaos ensued when OpenAI revealed on November 18 that Sam Altman has been fired. This was followed by Greg Brockman quitting OpenAI. Then, we learned former Twitch CEO Emmet Shear was hired as the interim OpenAI CEO and Sam Altman was moving to Microsoft to set up a new AI research division. Now, on November 22, Altman has been reinstated as the OpenAI CEO with a new board.
A decade after co-founders Kapil Jindal and Devinder Maheshwari rebranded thetecnica to Beebom, they decided it was time for a change. So, today, we unveil the new Beebom identity. The new Beebom logo is modern, it’s vibrant, and it has a free-flowing design that gives a sense of limitlessness. The new logo is paired with a redesign of the Beebom website, which brings a ton of new features to make consuming tech stories easy for our readers.
We have bundled a redesigned website experience with the launch of the new Beebom brand identity. The new Beebom website reflects our high-spirited and colorful design language. Leading the redesign are features like trending tags (scroll above to see how it looks), quick summaries (like the one you're reading), TLDR block, image lightbox, glossary, and stunning new multicolor info blocks. There's a lot more to unpack, so feel free to explore. Do share any feedback you have with us, it's much appreciated.