New iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max Schematics Gives us an Insight on the Dimensions and Thickness of the Forthcoming Flagships With a Larger Camera Bump Shared online by Max Weinbach, the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max schematics reveal an overall thicker design and a larger camera bump compared to the current models. The schematics give us a pretty good look at the dimensions and what we can expect from the ‘Pro’ models when it comes to design....

iPhone 14 Pro Models to Feature Significantly Rounder Design to Seamlessly House the Rear Camera Array Ian Zelbo creates renders for Apple products based on leaked information. He believes that the iPhone 14 Pro models could feature significantly rounder corners due to larger radii (via MacRumors). The information comes into light by cross-referencing leaked schematics, accessory molds, CAD renders, and more. However, the iPhone 14 Pro Max features virtually the same radii as the current iPhone 13 Pro Max....

The new design change means that the top-end iPhone 15 Ultra may end up resembling an Apple Watch The iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus are said to feature the Dynamic Island belonging to the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max. ShrimpApplePro states on his Twitter account that the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Ultra will feature thinner bezels, along with curved edges and a flat display. Slimmer bezels mean that the upcoming flagships will have a smaller footprint than the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max, making them easier to grip....

Just shortly after the complete specifications sheet of the Pixel 7 showed up online, we now have our hands on what looks like official marketing material for the upcoming smartwatch from Google. Moments After the Pixel 7 Leak, Pixel Watch Marketing Material Leaks, Giving an Insight on What We Should Expect Now the promotional material that we have on our hands is coming from multiple sources, and we are going to look at what the Pixel Watch is all about....

Of course, niche games like Live A Live don’t always hold up to wider scrutiny. Does the game deserve its reputation as one of the great unlocalized classics? I’ve had the opportunity to play through a significant chunk of the game, and while I’m not ready to render a final verdict yet, I do have some thoughts on whether you should let Live A Live into your life… Live A Live immediately sets itself apart from other JRPGs of the era, by letting you choose from seven chapters, each taking place in a different time period – Prehistory, Imperial China, Edo Japan, the Wild West, Present Day, the Near Future, and the Distant Future (for the purpose of this preview I played through the Imperial China, Edo Japan, Wild West, and Distant Future sections in their entirety)....

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Original Story: The next entry in the Mass Effect franchise, currently in the works up in Edmonton at BioWare, looks to be trying to tap into nostalgia for the original franchise. The game’s first teaser featured Liara from the first three Mass Effect games, strongly implying the new game will once again be set in the Milky Way. So, that raises another question – could original the series’ protagonist (or protagonists if you consider the male and female versions different) Commander Shepard also be returning?...

The new Microsoft Defender Preview still seems to be in the very early stages of development. The app will not be usable if you install it on your system now. It requires a Microsoft employee ID to be able to login and run the application. Looking at the application, it seems that Microsoft intends to separate the security components of Microsoft Defender. Currently, the Defender app (accessible from the Settings app) includes an antivirus, firewall, app & browser control and family safety options....

To further its argument, the FTC cited in its complaint that Microsoft had reportedly lied to the European Union’s regulatory body regarding the future exclusivity of ZeniMax games when that deal was cleared. Here’s the excerpt from the FTC statement: […] the FTC pointed to Microsoft’s record of acquiring and using valuable gaming content to suppress competition from rival consoles, including its acquisition of ZeniMax, parent company of Bethesda Softworks (a well-known game developer)....

Intel Tiger Lake CPU Powered MINISFORUM TH80 & TH60 Mini PCs Offer Ultra-Compact Design, Starting at $359 US Press Release: MINISFORUM announced their TH60 and TH80 mini PCs today. Both of them are equipped with Intel Tiger Lake H45 generation chips to provide ultimate performance and work flexibility. It is a multi-purpose mini computer designed for use in a variety of solutions, such as gaming, home office, media center/HTPC, printer management PC, digital signage, or mass-deployment enterprise IT solutions....

MSI Gets Ready To Roll Out AGESA 1.2.0.7 BIOS Firmware, Also Showcases AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Performance With 4.86 GHz ‘BCLK’ Overclocking This isn’t the first time that we are hearing that the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D can overclock. We’ve already seen the chip breaking past the 5 GHz on the MSI MEG X570 GODLIKE motherboard and posting up to 12% performance gains with the overclock applied. Now we can confirm that MSI’s MEG X570 GODLIKE motherboard & other options with external clock generators have the ability to allow overclocking on the 3D V-Cache chip and MSI will be releasing a new BIOS that will let users do just that....

In a podcast with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut Victor Glover, veteran actor Tom Cruise was left stunned by Glover’s experiences onboard Space Exploration Technologies Corporation’s (SpaceX) Falcon 9 rocket and the Crew Dragon spacecraft. Glover was part of the NASA-SpaceX Crew-1 mission to the International Space Station which took to the skies in November 2020 and became the first operational astronaut mission for the Crew Dragon spacecraft after NASA certified it following a demonstration mission earlier in the year....

This App Will Show iOS 16 Battery Percentage Icon on Your MacBook If you are running iOS 16 beta 5 on your iPhone, you will see that the battery percentage is shown inside the battery icon. Similarly, the Batteries app for MacBook will show percentage inside the battery icon. This will allow users to keep a seamless experience across both iOS and macOS. If you are unfamiliar, the current battery indicator on the MacBook can be disabled from the System Settings in the Battery menu....

The team behind the project has released a new update for the Xenia emulator, resulting in vastly enhanced visuals, more detail, and reduced latency when playing Xbox 360 titles on PC. “Specifically, with this new update, Xenia will look more beautiful than it ever looked before - at a low, or even near-zero, performance cost!”, Xenia graphics programmer ‘Triang3l’ writes. “This is achieved thanks to the magical wonders of the image post-processing effects developed in the industry, as well as changes to the emulator that help the newly added filters shine in an Xbox 360 emulation environment....

Sony has agreed to implement new measures for PS Plus subscribers, which include contacting long-term customers that haven’t used the service for a while to remind them how to cancel subscriptions. If users don’t cancel the service but aren’t actively using it, Sony will stop accepting payments altogether. Meanwhile, Nintendo has also altered its business practices; its Nintendo Switch Online service will no longer be sold with an automatic renewal set as the default option....

No longer just a pipe dream, the heretofore elusive Web3-based initiatives are finally starting to make headway where it counts: in the daily life of consumers. One such step is the launch of Mana Interactive’s VR banking app, dubbed the Mana VR. As a refresher, Mana Interactive is a neobank – one that exists exclusively online – and geared toward enthusiastic gamers. The bank offers a simple deposit account that is paired with a visa debit card....

NVIDIA To Resume Advanced Chip Shipments To China With The A800 Data Center GPU Accelerator Back in August, it was reported that the US Government had halted all of its top chip makers, which includes NVIDIA and AMD, from selling their GPUs to China and Russia. The chip ban on China was not only to halt the supplement of high-end GPUs but those chips which can be used for a military advantage....

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti & AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT Top With Highest Sales At Germany’s Biggest Retailer Despite relaunching at a $100 US lower price tag, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti isn’t the best value for a gaming graphics card despite offering some spectacular gen-over-gen gains. That has been the case with almost all graphics cards this generation but it looks like the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is selling well in the German retail segment compared to its competition....

NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Listed In China With Over $1000 US Prices For Custom Graphics Cards NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 4070 Ti graphics card doesn’t launch until the first week of January but we have already seen it listed by retailers and there’s also been an early performance leak that gives us a hint at where the graphics card should land in the creative applications. While the previous listing was nothing close to the real MSRP, the new pricing that has been listed in China might be what custom variants would cost in the Asian region....

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 & RTX 4080 PCB Detailed: AD102 GPU Pin Compatible With GA102, 24 GB GDDR6X Memory, Up To 600W TDP The latest information regarding the PCB of next-generation NVIDIA GeForce gaming graphics cards comes from Igor’s Lab. Igor states that the upcoming GeForce RTX 3090 Ti has been one crucial learning curve for NVIDIA and its AIB partners to ready themselves for the next-gen Ada Lovelace GPU lineup featured on the GeForce RTX 40 series....