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Apple Will Not Release Any Security Updates For iOS 14, Forcing Users to Upgrade Apple has told Ars Technica that the option to stay on iOS 14 was always meant to be temporary. Apple has essentially ended support for iOS 14 as it wants users to upgrade to the latest iOS 15 firmware. When Apple released iOS 15 to the public, the feature page on its website stated that the company would offer users a choice between different software versions in the Settings app....

— IGN (@IGN) April 27, 2022 Of course, as always with Supermassive titles, you can save all the characters if you’re clever enough, but where’s the fun in that? Need to know more? Here are The Quarry’s key features: The Quarry stalks onto PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, and PS5 on June 10.

If there were one word to describe Elon Musk’s stint as the CEO of Twitter so far, it would be upheaval. What began as an era dedicated to the ideals of freedom of speech has been quickly muddied by expediency and the necessity to retain major advertisers, with Musk’s characteristic impulsiveness providing a defining shade of tempestuousness to this saga. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2022 Perhaps, as a nod to the general perception of listlessness at Twitter or as a result of a sudden epiphany, Elon Musk commissioned an online poll a few hours back to gauge whether he should carry on as the CEO of Twitter....

The first new comparison video, shared by ElAnalistaDeBits, compares all versions of the next-gen update, highlighting the excellent implementation of ray tracing on PC, better screenspace reflections in performance mode on PlayStation 5, and better performance on Xbox Series X with ray tracing. PS5 and Xbox Series S offer two modes: Ray-Tracing or Performance. Xbox Series S also offers two modes: Quality or Performance. - Ray-Tracing mode on consoles only applies to global illumination of the sun, moon and fire....

Well, it turns out they won’t have to. CD Projekt Red’s Q3 2022 earnings report is out, and in it they let slip that The Witcher remake will be a “story-driven, single player, open-world RPG.” So, it seems like the folks at Fool’s Theory are going to be revamping the game in a pretty major way. Here’s what CDPR studio head Adam Badowski had to say about the remake project back in October… “The Witcher is where it all started for us, for CD Projekt Red....

There have been plenty of graphical showcases for CDPR’s latest title, but Digital Dreams’ latest video sparked some nostalgia. This new showcase in 4K resolution shows a heavily-modded version of Cyberpunk 2077 complete with the new Flying Cars mod and had us going back to 1989 when Doc sees flying cars in the 2015 version of Hill Valley. Sadly enough, even in 2022, we still don’t have actually flying vehicles, but we guess that in 1989, movie director Robert Zemeckis expected that flying cars would be a real thing 26 years in the future....

Tronsmart Bang Series Tronsmart Bang Series has got an excellent hit on party speakers, which comes with models Bang, Bang Mini, and the most attentive one, the Bang SE. Tailored for outdoor scenarios, the Tronsmart Bang SE has got an impressive 40W bright stereo system output and a very reasonable weight of around 2 kg. Thanks to its two 3,1-inch full-range driver units, it is packed with exceptional sound quality, presenting a loud & crisp sound....

Sadly, this exciting news does not come with the fact that we have a concrete release date for the upcoming Twitter feature, but the edit button is apparently in the works, and the new tweet from the company gives us an idea about how the feature is going to work. The Edit Tweet Button is Pushing Closer to Reality But Do We Really Want It? As shown in the test tweet below, the edited tweet will show the “Last Edited” time and date at the bottom of the post....

Announced last year, Archthrones is a DLC-sized mod for Dark Souls 3 that features mechanics from the original Demon’s Souls, including world tendency, world layout, soul form, and more. The team hopes to provide players with a new way to experience the third Dark Souls installment. In addition to offering features from Demon’s Souls, the overhaul mod will pack 3D models alongside new animations, improved lighting, and more. It’s an interesting upcoming project, which will also rearrange the world of Dark Souls 3 into 5 different realms....

The mod, which is currently in the works by Speclizer, still has quite a few issues to iron out before it is ready for public release, but if this happens, we can expect this mod to become quite popular, as it would provide players with a new way to enjoy the excellent game developed by Sony Santa Monica. God of War is now available on PC and PlayStation 4 worldwide....

Vulkan 1.3.214 releases to fix numerous errors and add new Ray Tracing extensions for AMD vendors The new Vulkan update is not a significant change compared to the previous 1.3.213 update but does offer more solved corrections and adds an AMD vendor extension — VK_AMD_shader_early_and_late_fragment_tests. The new Vulkan extension adds SPIR-V SPV_AMD_shader_early_and_late_fragment_tests extension, allowing graphics shaders to opt in to offer early and late fragment tests. This testing is also only provided through AMD....

The system is actually inspired by the manual motion pattern, moving back and forth to mimic manual mopping, but with more speed (at least 5 times faster!) to result in cleaner, stain-free floors faster. This means, unlike the regular smart vacuum cleaners that slap a rag on the bottom of a water tank to just drag a wet cloth across the floors, yeedi vac 2 pro imitates actual human mopping but makes it better by doing it 5x faster for a better, deeper clean....

YouTube Premium Subscribers Can Now “Pinch to Zoom” in On Videos in Portrait and Landscape Mode If you are a YouTube Premium subscriber, you will see a new “pinch to zoom” feature (via 9to5Google). You can check out the new feature on the company’s experimental features page. Take note that the “pinch to zoom” feature is different than switching videos to landscape mode. You have the ability to zoom in on different elements of the video....

GameStop (NYSE:GME), a retailer of video games, consumer electronics, and gaming merchandise that precipitated the meme stock mania, has finally revealed crucial details regarding its upcoming NFT marketplace. Contrary to popular expectations, GameStop has not partnered with Loopring for its NFT-focused initiative, instead choosing Immutable X as its Ethereum Layer-2 partner. As per the details, GameStop has announced the creation of a $100 million fund – denominated in Immutable X’s IMX tokens – to finance grants for NFT creators: GameStop chose Immutable X due to the network’s “zero gas fees for trading and minting NFTs in a carbon-neutral environment,” as per the company’s press statement....

The new trailer, which can be watched below, focuses on the Bruiser Style, the more aggressive of Kaito’s two fighting stances. Lost Judgment - The Kaito Files is the first story expansion for the latest game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio. In the expansion, players will take control of Masaharu Kaito as he takes on a new case following the events of the main game that ties up loose ends of his past....

Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID), the Saudi-backed, US-based manufacturer of electric vehicles, announced today that it would soon start delivering the performance version of the Lucid Air Grand Touring EV. As per the Lucid Group’s press release, the performance edition of the Air Grand Touring will offer 1,050 horsepower, an EPA-estimated range of 446 miles, and an acceleration from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 2.6 seconds. With an MSRP of $179,000, the latest version of the Air EV is expected to hit the road in June 2022 in the US....

M1 Ultra Is Only 4.5 Percent Slower Than a Workstation 64-Core CPU in Multi-Threaded Workloads The top-tier version of the M1 Ultra was benchmarked on Geekbench 5, and in the single-core category, the chip secured a score of 1793. The result makes it faster than the Ryzen Threadripper 3990X with 64 cores and 128 threads, which obtained a score of 1213. However, it is still the fastest processor in the multi-score department, getting 25133 points, whereas the M1 Ultra got 24055....

The M2 MacBook Air Will Still Be a Pricey Purchase, so Entry-Level Notebooks Will Continue to Sell Well Laptop manufacturers that use Intel processors are seemingly sweating over the release of the M2 MacBook Air, according to a report by DigiTimes that was spotted by MacRumors. In the higher-end category, one vendor believes that the upcoming notebook will outsell its competitors. The M2 MacBook Air is priced at $1,199 in the U....

Earlier Rumor Claimed the M1 Ultra’s Successor Could Fuse Two Powerful Apple Silicon for the Mac Pro During Apple’s presentation of the M1 Ultra, the company announced that its most powerful chipset was not only eight-times the size of the M1 but it was made by combining two M1 Max parts, a process the Cupertino-based giant likes to call UltraFusion. This process helps unlock new performance levels for the Mac Studio, and since it is meant to be a stationary machine, it can operate at a higher wattage without any worry for portability or battery drain....

— ᴅʀ. ʙʀᴏʟʏ l Comms Open l (2/5) (@Dr_Broly) May 22, 2022 Through the power of memes such as this, its characters, and many other “quotable moments” from that Max0r video, Revengeance has seen a rather large player spike on Steam lately, according to SteamCharts. Back when its PC version launched in 2014, the game’s peak concurrent players were around 1900 users, which is alright. Things really picked up in December, when the meme culture had an unexpected resurgence (I almost had you there)....