Intel Xeon Platinum 8468 “Sapphire Rapids” CPUs With 96 Cores On Par With AMD’s EPYC 7763 Milan 128-Core CPUs In Leaked Benchmark The latest benchmark comes from Geekbench 5 (via Benchleaks) where we can see an entry of the Intel Xeon Platinum 8468 CPU. This is an upcoming Sapphire Rapids chip that will be offering 48 cores and 96 threads based on the Golden Cove architecture. The 8468 will come in two configs, a standard 300W with a 2....

iPad Air 5 Rumored to House Apple’s M1 Chip Coupled With 8GB of RAM and 128GB Storage The news was shared in a post on the Korean blog Naver by “yeux1122”, suggesting that the iPad Air 5 will come with an M1 chip and 8GB of RAM. Other than this, the upcoming iPad Air 5 is rumored to feature 128GB of storage for the baseline model instead of 64GB. Despite double the amount of storage and enhanced processing power, the iPad Air 5 is expected to be priced the same at $599....

Qualcomm’s X65 Modem in iPhone 14 Pro Makes Room For 50 Percent Faster Download Speeds Against The Galaxy S22 Lineup and the iPhone 13 Pro Models The iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max features enhanced cellular performance compared to the last generation’s iPhone 13 Pro and the Samsung Galaxy S22. Initially, it was observed that Apple’s latest flagship iPhone 14 Pro models show 38 percent faster 5G speeds compared to the iPhone 13 Pro....

Aiming to Ship 90 Million iPhone 14 Units Previously, Apple Has Trimmed That Figure Down to 87 Million Following Apple’s statement that there would be lower shipments of the iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max due to a COVID-19 lockdown executed in an assembly facility located in Zhengzhou, Bloomberg has pushed out a report, revising the technology giant’s iPhone 14 shipment figure for 2022. The initial shipments target was set at 90 million but has now been reduced to 87 million....

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Well, in a way at least as some crafty Halo Infinite Co-Op campaign testers have found a way to access the upcoming Halo Forge mod and recreate Kojima’s masterpiece within Infinite’s Forge mode, allowing Xbox and PC players owning Halo Infinite to experience a part of the former PlayStation-exclusive Silent Hills teaser (which, unfortunately, never saw the light). Created by Forge horror map creator ‘DT’, his Forge creation features the iconic intro hallway from the P....

Lenovo improves off of its previous designs with new technologies integrating AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA into each of its newest designs The Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Twist is a new multimode laptop with dual screens and an innovative hinge to adapt to your work or play. The displays are separated on each side of one hinge, with one offering a 2.8K OLED display and a secondary e-ink display. The new ThinkBook Plus Twist offers higher refresh rates and increased brightness....

Lexar comes in hot with new ARES RGB DDR5 desktop memory with up to 6000 Mbps bandwidth, XMP 3.0 & EXPO Flavors Users and attendees were greeted by Lexar’s new memory modules and internal/portable solid-state drives. Included products were an updated NM800PRO with Heatsink M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4 x4 NVMe SSD and SL660 BLAZE mobile gaming solid-state drive. However, the biggest surprise was the ARES RGB DDR5 desktop memory, added to the current ARES DDR series of desktop RAM modules....

That said, this is still the early access phase for the game, reserved to owners of Founder’s Packs. Lost Ark is officially launching this Friday as a free-to-play game, which means it might very well double or even triple the current peak number of concurrent online players. The early access update also introduced DirectX 11 support (which massively improved performance on most PCs), global chat, custom PvP matches and spectating, and Korean voiceovers as an optional DLC pack....

Pre-Orders Starting on July 8 Means the M2 MacBook Air Will Officially Be Available Starting July 15 Apple has provided the following details for its M2 MacBook Air below while also mentioning that the official launch date of the portable Mac is July 15. This date is the same one we reported about a few days ago. The M2 MacBook Air should appeal to customers who want a design makeover while also getting a blend of portability, performance, and extended battery life in a single package....

Regardless, the M2 MacBook Air impresses with excellent battery life, when it was reviewed by TechCrunch. Despite its unibody aluminum construction, Engadget reports that the machine is lightweight, and given that it delivers incredible battery life and performance thanks to the M2, it will be an ideal product for the majority of customers. While there are advantages of owning the M2 MacBook Air, The Verge reports that the latest product suffers from the same flaws as the M2 MacBook Pro, which includes getting hot under intense workloads and then throttling afterwards....

Meta Quest Pro Costs $1,500, With Rumors Claiming That Apple’s AR Headset Could Be Available in the Same Range, or Even Higher Speaking to Stratechery’s Ben Thompson in a podcast interview, Zuckerberg was quick to point out that Apple likes to make money off its customers by building hardware and that what he is trying to do is completely different. Zuckerberg does forget that the Meta Quest Pro is priced at $1,500, which is incredibly expensive, but according to previous rumors, Apple’s AR headset is said to be priced in the $2,000-$2,500 range....

Patch v1.1006.0.0 introduces support for the recently released Intel XeSS upscaling technology and updates AMD FSR to version 2.1.1, providing users with more options to achieve better performance without sacrificing visual quality too much. The update also introduces some performance improvements with ray tracing enabled. Among the many additions featured by the new Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered is also new connect to PSN option, which allows players to link their Steam and PlayStation Network accounts to unlock additional content....

Since this is a preview update, the intentions behind it seem that Microsoft wants to test these fixes before releasing them officially when Patch Tuesday hits. Also, this is an optional update and would require it to be installed manually. Microsoft has already released Windows 10 Build 19042.906 for v20H2 for the Release Preview channel, and Windows 10 Build 19043.906 for v21H1 for the Beta channel for Insiders. However, this update has been made to a stable channel with fixes just the same as for those on the Insider channels....

In a recent Xbox blog post that essentially outlines plans for Microsoft to build a gaming platform for the next 20 years, the company outlined its plans to continue making Xbox the best value in gaming for players to enjoy the best games, across genres and across console, PC, and cloud. So, let’s start with the Cloud-based plans. Today, Xbox Gaming is going to be available in beta form for users in Argentina and New Zealand....

According to Call of Duty leaker TheGhostofHope, Modern Warfare II will actually receive campaign DLC in late 2023 as part of a premium map pack release. He previously said about this map pack: Interesting piece of info I heard from a trustworthy source recently… Infinity Ward are planning to release all/almost all Modern Warfare 2 (2009) maps together all at once sometime during the post-launch of Modern Warfare II (2022)....

Speaking on the MultiVersus subreddit, user hugeleakeractually confirmed, as mentioned above, that the datamined list of characters is mostly accurate. It includes two more characters from Game of Thrones, Daenerys Targaryen and The Hound, as well as Joker and Raven from the D.C Universe, Rick and Morty, and others. The MultiVersus leakers also talked about characters that did not appear in the datamined list, but that they know they are likely coming....

For those not in the know. RIven is the second game in the Myst series. It’s set to happen immediately after the events of Myst as Atrus (the character that assisted you in the best ending of the game) asks for your help to free his wife from the power-hungry Gehn. This game was born as a point-and-click adventure game with immersive environments. Now, the development team at Cyan has confirmed that they are developing a remake of this legendary title....

Xbox Game Pass’s next library update is slated to include the current version of 2K Sports’ yearly NBA release, NBA 2K22. With NBA 2K22, players can experience the excitement of their own postseason with MyTeam mode, the ultimate NBA fantasy competition. With tighter controls than before at your disposal, you’re more in control of your players’ movements. With content like MyTeam, where you can create your own dream team to play with, MyCareer’s quest-driven story mode going beyond the court, or just playing online, you’re never left without something to do in this game....

As of this year, Neopets hosts over 69 million accounts on their servers, and that community is in a bit of trouble. Initially confirmed via a Neopets representative on Discord, the company tweeted out that a major data breach had occurred yesterday, which you can see below. — neopets (@Neopets) July 21, 2022 This was also talked about on the community website JellyNeo. This topic of discussion came after the hacker had offered to sell the “complete database and source code....