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Samsung has officially started mass production of chips at its Hwaseong facilities using a 3nm process node and gate-all-around transistors. In doing so, the Korean tech giant has managed to beat rival TSMC in the race to develop leading-edge manufacturing techniques for the growing performance and energy-efficiency demands of the... https://www.techspot.com/news/95134-samsung-starts-manufacturing-chips-3nm-process-dram-supply.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

In a blog post highlighting some of the reasons for switching to Android, Google announced that its Switch to Android app for iPhone users was now being rolled out to all Android 12 phones. While Apple's 'Move to iOS' app has been helping users shift to iPhone for years, Google's... https://www.techspot.com/news/95133-google-ios-app-switching-android-now-compatible-all.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The first half of Stranger Things season 4 has sent Kate Bush's 1985 track Running Up That Hill flying up the charts (to number one in the UK) thanks to its use as the song that saves Max from a bone-snapping death at the hands of Vecna. https://www.techspot.com/news/95138-spotify-upside-down-playlist-reveals-own-anti-vecna.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

TSMC recently indicated it won't grow manufacturing capacity for process nodes older than 28nm. The company will have to convince its clients that are still basing products on 40nm or 65nm to transition to the more expensive 28nm, which will be its primary mature node going forward. https://www.techspot.com/news/95131-tsmc-wants-sunset-nodes-older-than-28nm.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Bloomberg writes that Niantic Chief Executive Officer John Hanke told staff in an email that the company was "facing a time of economic turmoil" and had already been "reducing costs in a variety of areas." https://www.techspot.com/news/95136-niantic-lays-off-8-staff-cancels-four-projects.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) of Brazil has launched an open public consultation on a proposal to make USB-C the required standard for all smartphones sold in the South American nation. https://www.techspot.com/news/95120-brazil-wants-follow-europe-making-usb-c-mandatory.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Snap didn't mention any specific features included with Snapchat+, but SVP of Product Jacob Andreou told The Verge that notable launch features include the ability to see who rewatched a story, an option to change the style of the app's icon and the ability to pin a friend at the... https://www.techspot.com/news/95121-snapchat-launches-paid-subscription-service-but-doesnt-remove.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

At Arm's Client Tech Day 2022, the company unveiled its next-gen lineup of processor cores that implement the ARMv9-A architecture. Semiconductor companies such as Qualcomm, Samsung, and MediaTek will utilize these designs in their upcoming SoCs intended for smartphones, tablets, laptops, and more. https://www.techspot.com/news/95117-arm-announces-next-gen-cpu-cores-cortex-x3.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Deepfakes have been around for a few years now. They were originally used to place celebrities' faces on the bodies of adult actresses to create a type of AI-generated porn, which is banned on most platforms. The process has become increasingly advanced since then, leading to laws designed to protect... https://www.techspot.com/news/95119-fbi-warns-more-criminals-using-deepfakes-remote-job.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

LGES plans to build an Arizona plant with 11 GWh/year capacity to supply cylinder-type batteries for EVs and electric tools. The company earlier this year announced that construction on the facility was set to begin in the second quarter, with mass production scheduled for the second half of 2024 https://www.techspot.com/news/95118-lg-reconsidering-13-billion-arizona-battery-plant-light.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Musk sent emails to SpaceX and Tesla executives earlier this month stating that employees must spend a minimum of 40 hours in the office per week or quit. They must also work in a main company office and not a remote pseudo location. https://www.techspot.com/news/95102-employees-return-tesla-following-elon-musk-demands-find.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

AMD recently announced that it will release its Threadripper Pro 5000 lineup for DIY consumers later this year, after being an OEM exclusive for months. A Chinese computer hardware retailer seems to have jumped the gun, as they reportedly started selling the workstation CPUs to consumers already. https://www.techspot.com/news/95100-chinese-retailer-starts-selling-amd-threadripper-pro-5000.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Insider writes that Amazon is sending its retailers messages to submit promotional deals for the event by July 22. "Submit recommended Lightning Deals for Prime Fall Deal Event Week for a chance to have your deal selected for Prime Fall Deal Event!" reads one. https://www.techspot.com/news/95099-amazon-hold-another-prime-day-event-fall.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

According to DigiTimes (via Tom's Hardware), Taiwan PC industry sources say the two big motherboard—and other hardware—makers are expecting the market to shrink by around a quarter this year compared to 2021. It's a prediction already seen in the Q2 2022 shipment figures, which experienced a larger-than-expected reduction. https://www.techspot.com/news/95097-asus-gigabyte-predict-motherboard-sales-fall-25-year.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Graphics card prices keep falling, so how about we look at which GPUs offer the best value? To complement our pricing update, here's how the GPUs compare in terms of cost per frame right now. https://www.techspot.com/review/2490-best-value-graphics-cards/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Back in July 2021, we learned that Valve's Steam Deck has a user-replaceable internal SSD, and this was well received by the gamer community. Modern devices are increasingly hard to repair (or upgrade) and companies have been trying everything in their power to prevent users from attempting to do repairs... https://www.techspot.com/news/95081-steam-deck-designer-warns-against-diy-ssd-upgrades.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued the recall for the SunVilla 10-foot Solar LED Market Umbrella sold exclusively at Costco warehouse and the retailer's website for between $130 and $160. The umbrellas feature a series of LEDs along the arms and a black solar panel battery puck... https://www.techspot.com/news/95086-recall-issued-costco-exclusive-solar-powered-patio-umbrellas.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

We've already had plenty of leaks regarding AMD's next-gen Ryzen 7000 desktop CPUs, but now we get to hear more about the alleged specs of its Zen 4-based mobile lineup, courtesy of YouTube channel Red Gaming Tech. https://www.techspot.com/news/95083-upcoming-amd-dragon-range-mobile-processors-supposedly-feature.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The last few weeks have not been kind to crypto. May saw Bitcoin crash to its lowest level since 2020, wiping $1 trillion off the markets, and that was followed by lending-platform Celsius freezing withdrawals due to "extreme market conditions." https://www.techspot.com/news/95084-ether-bitcoin-prices-rise-crypto-market-temporarily-passes.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

YouTube channels such as Max Tech and Created Tech made the discovery when testing the $1,299 base-model M2 MacBook Pro 13, which comes with a 256GB SSD. They found the read and write speeds both came to around 1,450 MB/s. That equates to about 50% slower reads (2,900 MB/s) and... https://www.techspot.com/news/95082-apple-m2-macbook-pro-13-has-much-slower.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Gates made his comments at the TIME 100 Summit this week (via Insider). The billionaire recommended the creation of a Global Epidemic Response and Mobilization (GERM) team of 3,000 infectious disease experts, managed by the World Health Organization, to help countries deal with outbreaks. https://www.techspot.com/news/94886-bill-gates-urges-creation-1-billion-year-germ.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

According to a report from analytics company Trendfocus (via Tom's Hardware), Microsoft is pushing those OEMs who use HDDs as the primary storage device in pre-built Windows 11 PCs to switch to SSDs. It's even set a deadline for when it wants the transition to take place: 2023. https://www.techspot.com/news/94882-microsoft-calls-oems-kill-off-hdd-boot-drives.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

According to Apple's fine print, iPadOS 16 is compatible with "iPad (5th generation and later), iPad mini (5th generation and later), iPad Air (3rd generation and later), and all iPad Pro models." That's a pretty decent range for the cutting-edge OS. However, it's also slightly misleading because a few of... https://www.techspot.com/news/94880-ipados-16-has-handful-features-only-available-m1.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The stat was tweeted by the official Microsoft Edge Dev account. It notes that the Sleeping Tabs feature was used on six billion tabs across Windows devices over the past 28 days, resulting in a saving of 273.7 Petabytes (273,700 TB) of RAM savings, or 39.1 MB of RAM saved per each tab. https://www.techspot.com/news/94872-microsoft-edge-browser-has-saved-users-273-petabytes.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

This year's LG gram laptops—going on sale now—have upgraded to the latest 12th-generation Intel processors over the 11th-generation CPUs in last year's models. They also feature faster memory and storage, moving from DDR4 to DDR5 RAM (with a new 32GB option) and making the NVMe m.2 SSDs PCIe-4. https://www.techspot.com/news/94864-lg-2022-gram-laptops-upgrade-12-gen-intel.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

A mix of old and new, from strategies to shooters, our current PC game favorites will make you stare at the screen with a smile on your face while mulling the greatness of our platform. https://www.techspot.com/bestof/pc-games-2022/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Like many major tech firms, IBM suspended its business operations in Russia soon after the country invaded its neighbor. Since then, the company has been paying its Russia-based employees, but chairman and CEO Arvind Krishna last month warned that tightening sanctions on Russian banks were making it more difficult to... https://www.techspot.com/news/94866-ibm-starts-laying-off-employees-russia-three-months.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

In a newly released transcript from the sentencing obtained by Axios, Nintendo lawyer Ajay Singh described it as a "very significant moment" for the company. https://www.techspot.com/news/94863-nintendo-wanted-send-message-hacker-prison-sentence.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

BNPL plans have been gaining popularity recently, especially with inflation hitting a 40-year high and the increased cost of living—Elon Musk recently said he has a "super bad feeling" about the economy. PayPal, Block, Affirm, Klarna, and Mastercard are just some of the firms offering BNPL, and Apple is joining... https://www.techspot.com/news/94851-apple-joining-buy-now-pay-later-crowd-apple.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The HDMI Forum has just announced a new amendment to its HDMI 2.1a standard. It adds support for HDMI Cable Power, which will allow active cables to draw power directly from the connector without needing a separate power cable. https://www.techspot.com/news/94850-hdmi-cable-power-removes-need-separate-power-connector.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Diablo Immortal players have only had a few days with the game, but many have already started selling high-level characters and offering to level up other characters for a fee. Simply searching "Diablo Immortal boosting" uncovers several websites offering gray market services. https://www.techspot.com/news/94840-diablo-immortal-accounts-leveling-services-already-sale.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

FireAlpaca is a powerful drawing and painting software that allows you to create your own brushes, pens and patterns. It comes equipped with several comic templates and a "3D perspective" tool. https://www.techspot.com/downloads/5427-firealpaca.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The M2 chip consists of an 8-core CPU (four performance cores and four high-efficiency cores) alongside a GPU with up to 10 cores. In the Air, it is passively cooled, so you won't have to worry about fan noise. https://www.techspot.com/news/94839-redesigned-macbook-air-gets-m2-chip-magsafe-charging.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Darío teased some of what is already possible on Twitter, noting that the project is still several months away from launch. The dev also conceded that it'll be impossible to get every N64 game to work, but a whitelist of compatible titles should help to minimize confusion among players. The... https://www.techspot.com/news/94837-upcoming-emulator-plugin-add-ray-tracing-motion-blur.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Claims of the RTX 4060 having a higher TDP than the RTX 3070 come from regular leaker Kopite7kimi. He didn't mention the specific power consumption of the upcoming card, but the Ampere product's Founders Edition hits 220W while some overclocked AIB variants can reach 250W. https://www.techspot.com/news/94832-nvidia-rtx-4060-rumored-more-power-hungry-than.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

When buying a new phone, for most people the crucial elements are choice of OS and price. So, are you willing to shell out over a grand on the latest and greatest, or will a $350 mid-range champion suffice? https://www.techspot.com/bestof/phones-2022/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

Apple is sticking to its multi-platform streaming policy with WWDC 2022. The event will be shown on the company's website, YouTube channel, events page, the Apple TV App, and elsewhere. https://www.techspot.com/news/94830-watch-apple-wwdc-2022-event-right-here-10am.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

In 2019, Asurion published a study indicating that US residents checked their smartphones an average of 96 times per day, or about once every ten minutes (when accounting for eight hours of sleep). https://www.techspot.com/news/94828-adults-us-check-their-phones-352-times-day.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The Saturday morning launch and recovery took place at Blue Origin's Launch Site One facility, located on Bezos' Corn Ranch near Van Horn, TX. The launch marked Blue Origin's 5th crewed flight and 21st overall successful launch of the New Shepard launch platform. https://www.techspot.com/news/94827-blue-origin-new-shepard-spacecraft-successfully-carries-six.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

DDR5 memory has become significantly cheaper since the beginning of the year. Computerbase found that prices in Germany for some kits dropped by over 20% in the past four weeks alone. https://www.techspot.com/news/94826-ddr5-memory-prices-dropped-over-20-percent-last.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

According to new rumors, Intel's 14th-gen desktop processors, codenamed Meteor Lake, will require a new LGA 2551 socket, meaning that current LGA 1700 motherboards would support only two CPU generations -- as has been the case for quite some time -- the current Alder Lake CPUs will be followed by... https://www.techspot.com/news/94825-intel-14th-gen-core-desktop-processors-may-require.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The Arc "Special Edition" GPU on display at IEM gave attendees a preview of the upcoming Alchemist 700-series lineup. It did not specify if the board was based on their flagship A770 or A780 model intended to compete directly with Nvidia's 3070 and 3080 lineups. https://www.techspot.com/news/94824-intel-arc-graphics-card-spotted-texas-gaming-tournament.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

It now requires approximately 156,000 downloads on any given day to get a free, non-gaming iPhone app to the number one position in the App Store in the US. In 2019, it took an average of just 114,000 daily downloads to accomplish the same goal. https://www.techspot.com/news/94821-here-how-many-daily-downloads-takes-hit-top.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

It was back in February when Street Fighter 6 was first announced. But while it brought plenty of excitement among fans of the long-running fighting series, the reveal also showed what was potentially one of the worst logos of all time. The simple, black and white hexagonal shape containing the... https://www.techspot.com/news/94817-street-fighter-6-trailer-reveals-tock-image-logo.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The announcement was one of the many reveals at Sony's June 2022 State of Play event yesterday. Anyone who played Marvel's Spider-Man when it arrived on PlayStation 4 in 2018 will know it was one of the best reasons to own Sony's last-gen console. The combination of its incredibly fluid,... https://www.techspot.com/news/94814-sony-reveals-marvel-spider-man-series-lands-pc.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

While giving away titles is a common occurrence on the Epic Games Store, the platform's Mega Sale has seen some of the most memorable titles of the last few years handed out for nothing. First was Borderlands 3, then came BioShock: The Collection. Now, it's the game that sees the... https://www.techspot.com/news/94811-wolfenstein-new-order-currently-free-epic-games-store.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

On Monday, researchers at Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) broke another data-rate record, with an officially recorded speed of 1.02 petabits per second. This rate is 10 Tb/s faster than its previous high-data-rate test in December 2020. And it's more than three times faster than the... https://www.techspot.com/news/94809-japan-researchers-break-another-data-speed-102-petabits.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

The canister was developed in conjunction with subsidiary Woven Planet Holdings. It measures roughly 16 inches in length and is seven inches across with a target weight of 11 pounds. https://www.techspot.com/news/94804-toyota-shows-off-portable-swappable-hydrogen-cartridges.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

May saw RTX 3080 users increase 0.24% among Steam survey participants. It was followed by the RTX 3070 (+0.19%), while the RTX 3060 was fourth (+0.18%). Joining the green team in the top-ten performers' list was the Radeon RX 6800 XT, which entered with a 0.15% share. It now sits... https://www.techspot.com/news/94800-nvidia-rtx-3080-rtx-3070-dominated-steam-survey.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger

In a Facebook post published today, Sandberg briefly announced the news and briefly recapped her history at the company, describing some of the ups and downs of her 14-year career. In it, she recounts her first meeting with Mark Zuckerberg at a party in 2007, where she learned about --... https://www.techspot.com/news/94795-meta-coo-sheryl-sandberg-step-down-fall-after.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=blogger