Network and Beyond NaB

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports that iOS 16 will significantly change the lock screen and the Messages app. Rumors of an always-on display have also returned. https://www.techspot.com/news/94773-rumor-ios-16-bring-big-lock-screen-changes.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The base performance model will feature a 100+kWh battery with a range of over 300 miles and an electronically limited top speed of 155 MPH. DeLorean claims a 0-60 MPH time of 2.99 seconds while a sprint to 88 MPH will take 4.35 seconds. No word yet on additional performance... https://www.techspot.com/news/94771-delorean-shares-first-look-gull-winged-electric-sedan.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Researchers have just revealed a new zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Office, which the infosec community has dubbed Follina. It allows attackers to execute Powershell commands via Microsoft Diagnostic Tool (MSDT) once a malicious Word document is opened. https://www.techspot.com/news/94766-new-follina-zero-day-vulnerability-microsoft-office-works.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Not to be confused with DLSS, Nvidia's DLDSR (Deep Learning Dynamic Super Resolution) is a method of supersampling that renders supported games at a higher resolution than your monitor's native resolution. https://www.techspot.com/guides/2428-dldsr-vs-dlss/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Parts of Russia are already available in Euro Truck Simulator 2, but the Heart of Russia DLC announced last March would have opened up more of the country, including the capital Moscow, to its many players. However, the situation changed drastically three months ago. https://www.techspot.com/news/94765-euro-truck-simulator-2-dlc-heart-russia-canceled.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

In a series of tweets today, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo indicated that Apple's upcoming A16 chipset might continue to use TSMC's N5P process node, the same as its predecessor, the A15. The decision was reportedly made because the Taiwanese foundry won't be able to produce enough chips on the new N3... https://www.techspot.com/news/94763-apple-upcoming-a16-chipset-might-stick-5nm-tsmc.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

GFXBench is a free, cross-platform and cross-API 3D graphics benchmark that measures graphics performance with game-like content on desktop and mobile devices. https://www.techspot.com/downloads/7482-gfxbench.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

As reported by VideoCardz, prolific Twitter leaker Kopite7kimi claims that they have "confirmed" Nvidia will be taking a different approach to Ada Lovelace's release sequence compared to Ampere. https://www.techspot.com/news/94761-nvidia-rumored-launch-rtx-4090-first-rtx-4080.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

April brought news that Netflix likely thought would never happen: for the first time in a decade, its overall number of subscribers was down, which the streamer blamed on everything from rivals like Disney+ to account sharing and the Russia/Ukraine conflict. The resulting share crash saw it lose $54 billion... https://www.techspot.com/news/94757-netflix-ceo-calls-75-stock-crash-horrifying-defends.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

According to a new leak, MSI might soon release the MAG B660M Mortar Max WiFi DDR4 motherboard with an external clock generator made by Renesas. https://www.techspot.com/news/94755-msi-might-launch-first-intel-b660-ddr4-motherboard.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

In January, Buildzoid from Actually Hardcore Overclocking developed a straightforward solution: adding thin washers to the screws between the motherboard and ILM that reduce the pressure exerted by the ILM to a level that doesn't bend the integrated heat spreader (IHS). https://www.techspot.com/news/94753-small-metal-bracket-can-drop-i9-12900k-temps.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

MSI showed off its first QD-OLED monitor during the Computex 2022 conference in Taiwan earlier this week. It mixes Samsung's Quantum Dot technology with an OLED panel to create a monitor that should rival the Samsung Odyssey G8QNB and Alienware AW3423DW. We loved the latter, awarding it a score of... https://www.techspot.com/news/94754-msi-reveals-meg-342c-34-inch-qd-oled.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

According to a new report by the FBI, cybercriminals are stealing login credentials to the networks of US-based colleges and universities. These are then sold to other criminal actors or used for credential stuffing attacks, whereby attackers take advantage of victims who reuse the same credentials across multiple websites, most... https://www.techspot.com/news/94752-fbi-claims-vpn-credentials-us-universities-sold-russian.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

This week's Steam Deck software update makes Remote Play Together fully operational on the handheld. Users can now join and host online sessions in games with only local multiplayer. https://www.techspot.com/news/94746-remote-play-together-comes-steam-deck.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Following the Borderlands 3 giveaway last week, the next free game in the Epic Games Store's Mega Sale is BioShock: The Collection. It comes with the System Shock spiritual successor BioShock, as well as BioShock 2, BioShock Infinite, and all of the single-player DLC packs and expansions released for the... https://www.techspot.com/news/94744-bioshock-collection-currently-free-keep-pc-far-cry.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Grabbing the set won't be as easy as shooting womp rats in Beggar's Canyon. There are only 501 being made, an homage to the 501st Legion, the elite stormtrooper legion nicknamed Vader's Fist. https://www.techspot.com/news/94740-feel-force-star-wars-themed-lg-c2-oled.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

PCMag reports that China's Modern Defence Technology journal published a paper last month warning of the potential dangers posed by Starlink satellites. The study was led by Ren Yuanzhen, a researcher with the Beijing Institute of Tracking and Telecommunications under the PLA's Strategic Support Force, and was co-authored by several... https://www.techspot.com/news/94741-researchers-china-country-must-develop-ways-destroy-starlink.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Recently, a listing appeared on SteamDB sounding suspiciously similar to Sony and Housmarque's award-winning roguelike shooter Returnal. Titled Oregon, the listing's tags accurately describe the game with terms like "third-person shooter," "bullet hell," "rouge-lite," and "female protagonist." Its history section mentions a Tower of Sisyphus—an extra mode in Returnal. https://www.techspot.com/news/94739-steamdb-listing-indicates-playstation-5-exclusive-returnal-might.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Senior Tech Analyst David Gibson from MST Financial sat in on the presentation, which confirmed that a Horizon series is in production with Netflix. Amazon is currently working on a God of War show. The third is a Gran Turismo TV series, but recently created media arm PlayStation Productions is... https://www.techspot.com/news/94738-sony-earnings-presentation-confirms-god-war-horizon-gran.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Asus has covered pretty much every laptop form factor with its refreshed Zenbook lineup, targeting creators with a variety of use cases and budgets. The main highlight is the Zenbook Pro 16X OLED (UX7602), Asus' most powerful Zenbook to date. Fully specced, its 16.9mm, 2.4kg aluminum chassis can house a... https://www.techspot.com/news/94530-asus-refreshes-zenbook-pro-series-oled-displays-14.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Sony sold two million PS5 units in the fourth quarter of its financial year 2021. That brings overall sales of the console to 19.3 million, but it's still down from the 3.3 million units it sold in the same quarter a year earlier. Additionally, Sony reports that 11.5 million PlayStation... https://www.techspot.com/news/94531-chip-shortage-hit-ps5-sales-last-quarter-but.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

These products are the WD_Black SN850X -- the successor to Western Digital's SN850 -- and the WD_Black P40. Both drives are SSDs, but only the former is designed to fit into a PCIe 4.0 NVMe slot on your machine. The P40, by contrast, is a portable drive that supports USB... https://www.techspot.com/news/94524-western-digital-latest-pcie-40-ssd-boasts-predictive.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Instagram head Adam Mosseri said select users will soon be able to share NFTs that they've made or bought in Feed, Stories or in messaging. https://www.techspot.com/news/94519-instagram-start-testing-nfts-select-users-week.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Wordle saw a surge of popularity last year when it jumped from around 90 players to over 300,000 in just two months. Soon after that, millions were trying to solve the puzzle, which changes to a new word every day. https://www.techspot.com/news/94515-new-york-times-pulls-potentially-controversial-wordle-answer.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Here's yet another look at the Ryzen 7 5800X3D with a big 40 game benchmark, but this time we've prepared a shootout against the more affordable and competitive Core i7-12700KF. https://www.techspot.com/review/2458-ryzen-5800x3D-vs-core-i7-12700/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

On Saturday, Asus used the Republic of Gamers-brand Facebook page to tease its first SSD: the ROG Strix SQ7. There was little to see in terms of specs beyond it being a 1TB-capacity M.2-2280 drive with a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface. We don't know whether that 1TB is the maximum... https://www.techspot.com/news/94510-asus-teases-first-ssd-pcie-40-rog-strix.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

We compare the Radeon RX 6600 XT and GeForce RTX 3060 head-to-head to see how these two GPUs stack up using the latest drivers in a wide range of games. Currently both of these GPUs are selling for about $400. https://www.techspot.com/review/2460-geforce-rtx-3060-vs-radeon-6600-xt/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

If that sounds familiar, then you're probably thinking of Microsoft Surface devices. Microsoft markets the Surface Pro as a more capable version of the iPad Pro in their awkward but funny ads. iPad proponents say that Apple's device is better at what it does, even if it's slightly less versatile. https://www.techspot.com/news/94505-apple-patents-ipad-accessory-turns-mac.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Over a year ago, Nvidia launched Lite Hash Rate (LHR) versions of most of its RTX 3000 lineup, which it designed to significantly reduce the mining performance for Ethereum and other GPU-minable cryptocurrencies. https://www.techspot.com/news/94504-nvidia-lhr-limiter-has-bypassed-enabling-full-mining.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Yuga Labs sold Otherdeed NFTs via Opensea. The collection sold (or at least tried to sell) tokens to claim real estate and resources in Yuga's upcoming metaverse game, Otherside. The NFT drop netted approximately $310 million in just a few short hours. https://www.techspot.com/news/94501-nft-fans-lose-millions-video-game-real-estate.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The controller bar comes to Windows 11 insiders today. It's a new version of the Xbox Game Bar that opens after pressing the home button on an Xbox controller while not in a game. Now, users can start their three most recently-played games or boot up game launchers like Steam... https://www.techspot.com/news/94498-windows-11-insider-adds-controller-operated-game-bar.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Fortnite is the first free-to-play game to come to Xbox Cloud, with more planned. Playing it doesn't require a Game Pass subscription either. All that users need is a Microsoft account. Just head to the Xbox Cloud website in a browser to play Fortnite on mobile devices or even PCs... https://www.techspot.com/news/94497-fortnite-returns-ios-through-xbox-cloud-gaming.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Firefox 100 enables video overlay and AV1 video decoding hardware acceleration by default on Windows with supported GPUs, adds floating scrollbars on Linux, and more. https://www.techspot.com/downloads/19-mozilla-firefox.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The free IMDb What to Watch app on Fire TV turns the often arduous task of discovering and deciding what to watch into three mini-games, which will recommend movies and TV shows across multiple streaming services. https://www.techspot.com/news/94486-amazon-turns-choosing-what-stream-series-mini-games.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The four models with expected June availability are the Lenovo Slim 9i, the Slim 7i Pro X, the Slim 7 Pro X, and the Slim 7i Carbon. The devices are expected to start at $1,799, $1,699, $1,499, and $1,299 respectively. The hardware under the hood is largely configurable, and the... https://www.techspot.com/news/94483-lenovo-launch-new-lim-notebooks-june-featuring-carbon.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Since last December, GeForce Now subscribers have been able to stream games in 4K HDR at 60 frames per second through the premium RTX 3080 tier, but only on Nvidia's Sheild TV. Other devices were limited to a maximum resolution of 1440p, though at 120fps. https://www.techspot.com/news/94481-geforce-now-brings-4k-cloud-gaming-pc-mac.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Scientists at Caltech's Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) at the Palomar Observatory have discovered a strange pair of binary stars. It is the "black widow" star system designated ZTF J1406+1222. On Wednesday, the astronomers published a paper on their findings in the Nature academic journal. There are a few things that... https://www.techspot.com/news/94477-astronomers-discover-neutron-star-devouring-brown-dwarf-companion.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

"As a result of Defendants' wrongful acts and omissions, and the precipitous decline in the market value of the Company's securities, Plaintiff and other Class members have suffered significant losses and damages," the complaint reads. https://www.techspot.com/news/94479-disgruntled-netflix-shareholders-sue-over-subscription-disclosures.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Data loss is rampant these days and a good backup strategy can save you from losing access to important information. In this guide, we explore how to export and download Gmail emails for safekeeping. https://www.techspot.com/article/2434-gmail-backup/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

On Wednesday, the UK's Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) proposed security rules for digital marketplaces to follow to protect UK users' devices and data from compromised apps. The DCMS specifically mentions Apple, Google, Amazon, Huawei, Microsoft, and Samsung. However, the proposed guidelines would apply to any online... https://www.techspot.com/news/94468-uk-government-proposes-code-practice-app-stores.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Last year, a space startup called SpinLaunch completed work on a prototype centrifuge in New Mexico capable of spinning an object at up to 10,000 Gs and launching it into the air. The company's stated purpose was to eventually build an enormous kinetic cannon that could launch satellites into space. https://www.techspot.com/news/94466-here-what-looks-like-get-flung-centrifuge-1000.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

During the company's earnings call on Wednesday, chief marketing officer Brady Brewer said Starbucks will be exploring new concepts such as ownership and community-based membership models. Part of that push will involve digital collectibles, some of which could be accompanied by "engaging" content experiences. https://www.techspot.com/news/94469-starbucks-announces-plans-nfts-digital-asset-sales-tank.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Sources familiar with the company's plans and internal documents seen by The Verge suggest the Sonos Ray (model S36 and codenamed Fury) will retail for around $249. To hit that price point, Sonos had to leave out key features like Dolby Atmos, built-in microphones and HDMI connectivity. https://www.techspot.com/news/94465-sonos-expected-launch-budget-friendly-soundbar-coming-weeks.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Intel launched its Xe HPG (the name Arc was going by back then) Scavenger Hunt on March 26 to gain more publicity and interest for its Alchemist graphics cards. It began with a video posted on Twitter containing some hidden codes that pointed to an Intel website and went from there. https://www.techspot.com/news/94459-intel-arc-scavenger-hunt-prizes-suggest-graphics-cards.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Microsoft recently announced an update to the Windows 11 Game Bar, which adds an Auto HDR Intensity slider. The feature will remember the setting for each game. The update also makes the on/off toggle easier to reach. The slider comes with Game Bar version 5.721 and above. Users can update... https://www.techspot.com/news/94454-windows-11-users-can-now-adjust-auto-hdr.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Boiling Steam has been tracking the number of games that can run on the Steam Deck. Since the handheld PC launched on February 25, the numbers show that Steam has been verifying playable games and making tweaks to the OS to ensure more titles will work flawlessly on the machine. https://www.techspot.com/news/94453-valve-has-verified-almost-1300-games-run-steam.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Researchers recently published a paper detailing a vulnerability they are calling Augury that affects Apple's M1, M1 Max, and A14 processors. It might also reach older A-series chips and newer M1 relatives. https://www.techspot.com/news/94452-augury-vulnerability-discovered-apple-silicon-mobile-chips.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

In order to write to the drive, you must first install a dedicated piece of software that is only compatible with Windows 10 or Windows 11. The drive does work with Windows, Mac, and Chromebook, but is limited to read-only mode. The idea is to protect mission-critical files from being... https://www.techspot.com/news/94447-verbatim-introduces-write-protected-external-ssd-10-year.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

On Monday, the European Commission (EC) issued a statement of objections against Apple restricting NFC payment capabilities exclusively to its Apple Pay service. According to the commission, it is an abuse of the company's dominant position and is against European Union (EU) competition laws. The determination comes on the heels... https://www.techspot.com/news/94429-eu-accuses-apple-breaking-competition-law-over-apple.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Rather than relying on a series of filters to decontaminate water, the machine leans on a technique called ion concentration polarization (ICP) that uses electricity to filter out salt molecules, viruses and bacteria. https://www.techspot.com/news/94430-suitcase-sized-device-turns-seawater-drinking-water-push.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger