AirPods Pro 2 Asking Users To Replace The Battery Soon The bug in AirPods Pro 2 seems to be originating from the Find My app on devices nearby whenever the MagSafe Charging Case or earbuds battery is low (via MacRumors). Since the second generation of AirPods Pro houses a U1 chip for Precision Finding, it also aids in the transmission of battery levels all the time. Henceforth, it is possible the bug in AirPods Pro 2 is associated with it....

With the game now set to launch on October 18th, the developers at Asobo Studio have been interviewed in the latest issue of EDGE magazine to discuss some of the game’s features. For example, Game Director Kevin Choteau mentioned the benefits of leaving behind older platforms like PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. We started from the basics to rebuild our gameplay, our AI and our visual effects. In Innocence, some parts could look a bit like a theatre set due to technical limitations....

The hardware specifications are downright impressive, with the Acer Swift X packing a Ryzen 7 5800U, which sports eight cores and 16 threads, clocking up to 4.40GHz. You also get a 4GB GDDR6 NVIDIA RTX 3050 Ti GPU and can enable ray tracing and DLSS in supported games to get an image quality and performance boost. The 4GB VRAM might become a limiting factor in a few games, but DLSS can still help to bring that performance up....

AMD EPYC Exceeds Opteron’s Historical 26% Market Share, Big Win For Team Red In The Server Segment & The Best Is Yet To Come! Almost three years back, AMD set a goal to achieve not only a 10% market share by 2020 but also to hit the historical high of 26% that was once amassed by its older Opteron CPUs. Within 5 years, the company not only achieved its first goal but its latest EPYC CPUs now amount to an x86 server CPU share of well over 25%....

Various global online stores showing AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, RX 6750 XT, RX 6650 XT Graphics Cards in stock before the official launch and selling for as high as $1000 Canada Computers & Electronics is the first retailer to show the cards in a banner advertisement. However, the link takes the user to their AMD Radeon RX 6000 series page but does not have the cards listed for sale. While we have already seen the pictures of the new cards before release, this is the first on a retail level to see anything promoting the unreleased series....

AMD Radeon RX 6000 Refresh Synthetic Performance Benchmarks Leaked: RX 6950 XT Flagship Faster Than NVIDIA RTX 3090 Ti In Time Spy and Fire Strike Yesterday, we gave you the first look at the full and final specifications of AMD’s Radeon RX 6000 refresh lineup which will include the Radeon RX 6950 XT, RX 6750 XT, and RX 6650 XT cards. The performance results we are sharing for these cards are based on reference designs that run at the boosted clock speeds we reported yesterday....

AMD Radeon RX 7900 Drivers Carry Fixes For Higher Power Draw Usage & Other Bugs During launch, the AMD Radeon RX 7900 series graphics cards were seen sipping in much higher power draw than the competition when idling and during normal video playback. The power draw was at times 4x higher than NVIDIA’s RTX 40 series graphics card in multi-monitor & video playback. AMD Radeon RX 7900 Series Power Consumption (Image Credits: TechPowerUp): Also, despite AMD claiming to offer a power efficiency improvement of 54% over RDNA 2, the RDNA 3-based Radeon RX 7900 series graphics cards came nowhere close to that figure....

The official statement from AMD is below: From the above advisory, AMD states that not only is the Ryzen 7000 processor an issue, but also the internal game engine for each game, the GPU, and the memory being utilized, which sounds as though it is more of an overall compatibility issue of the system and games as a whole. Many factors affect gaming performance, including the game engine, CPU architecture, GPU selection and memory choices....

AMD Ryzen, Threadripper, EPYC CPU Launches Rumored For March: Include Ryzen 7 5800X3D, Threadripper PRO 5000 & EPYC Milan-X The rumor comes from Videocardz sources which have told that AMD is expected to launch CPUs from each segment in the month of March. There will be data center EPYC, consumer Ryzen, and workstation Threadripper CPUs, all launching on different dates within this month. We will know for sure soon since the first launch of the month is planned for next week....

AMD Ryzen 7000 ‘Raphael’ Official: World’s First 5nm CPUs Launching This Fall With Over 5 GHz & Over 15% Performance Uplift Versus Ryzen 5000 The AMD Ryzen 7000 processors will be powered by the brand new Zen 4 core architecture which is going to be a total architecture overhaul. The CPUs will retain the chiplet design along with high-core counts. AMD hasn’t confirmed anything in terms of specifications but it is stated that they will be powered by TSMC’s 5nm process node and are designed for gamers first....

AMD Ryzen 7000 Laptop CPUs & NVIDIA GeForce RTX 40 Laptop GPUs Leak Out: Phoenix, Rembrandt-R, Barcelo-R & RTX 4050 Designs In The Works We have already seen various AMD Ryzen 7000 Mobility SKUs leak out over the past few months & now we have a confirmation from Lenovo whose specifications list of the IdeaPad Pro 5 & IdeaPad Slim have been leaked Notebookcheck. The CPUs that have been listed by the laptop manufacturer include:...

Apple Could Be Testing out Game Controllers With Three Different Styles, for a Variety of Devices Instead of filing a patent in the U.S., Patently Apple reports that the company filed it in Europe, where the rules are different. The patent was made public on March 31, 2022, under the number WO2022067344, with the following description provided. Apple is said to be testing out three game controller styles. The first one in the images is titled FIGS....

New Information Claims the 14.1-inch iPad Will Feature Regular LED Lightning, Implying a Smaller Price Tag Attached to the Product Thanks to an updated prediction from Ross Young through a tweet intended for this Super Followers, 9to5Mac reports a change in Apple’s supposed launch plans. Apparently, the new 14.1-inch iPad may not belong to the ‘Pro’ family at all, with new information claiming that the upcoming slate will not sport a mini-LED screen or support ProMotion technology....

ASRock Launches Its First Intel Arc Graphics Card, Meet The Arc A380 Challenger ITX For $192 US The ASRock Intel Arc A380 Challenger ITX graphics card is a very entry-level variant compared to the GUNNIR Arc A380 Photon which features a dual-fan design. The Intel Arc A380 Challenger features a single-fan which is based on a Striped-Axial design pattern to maximize airflow & also has the 0dB fan technology which ensures that the fans do no spin and generate unwanted noise when running at low loads....

ASRock has developed five styles for the new SSD cooling system, and it is stated that the airflow, measured in cubic feet per minute (cfm), will be 4.92. The new Blazing M.2 PCIe Gen 5 SSD cooling fan attachments will be compatible with X670E, B650 and B650E, and Z790 motherboards, and the company has provided a list of compatible models and which type of cooler variant will work with each....

Speaking during the latest episode of Game Mess Mornings, Jeff Grubb commented on the next entry in the Ubisoft series, confirming that the Project Red mentioned by Tom Henderson a few days ago is indeed the internal name of the Japanese portion of the game. During this segment, players will play as a Ninja to differentiate it from Ghost of Tsushima. This is definitely an interesting statement, considering the main character from the Sucker Punch developed open-world game is a samurai who is forced to become a ninja-like assassin....

ASUS X670E & X670 Motherboards Unveiled: Includes Flagship ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme For Super-Overclocking on AMD Ryzen 7000 Desktop CPUs Press Release: Get ready for the new look of high-end. AMD’s long-anticipated AM5 platform is breaking cover, and we’re ready to share some details on our flagship motherboard in the series: the ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme. Boasting next-gen PCIe 5.0 connectivity, DDR5 RAM, and a massive power delivery subsystem primed for overclocking, this next-gen board offers those who dare an unrivaled platform for their next build....

ASUS ROG Strix Gold Aura PSU Lineup Comes With RGBs, Enhanced Cooling, ATX 3.0 support, & Gen5 16-Pin ‘12VHPWR’ Connectors The new ASUS ROG Strix Gold Aura Edition PSU delivers the new ATX 3.0 standard for efficient delivery of power, along with enhanced cooling, support for the latest 16-pin PCIe connectors seen on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 series, and adds a flair of Aura Sync RGB for gamers looking to spice up the look of their rigs....

The announcement also comes with a slightly veiled confirmation of a delay, as the press release says that the game originally scheduled for 2022 will now launch in the Winter season, so presumably in the very first months of 2023. A more precise release date for Atomic Heart will be reportedly shared soon. Robert Bagratuni, CEO of Mundfish, said in a statement: Five years ago, when we founded the studio, we set ourselves the goal of creating a world-class product that could be appreciated by millions of people all over the world....

The SIG has gone ahead and introduced Auracast, a new audio technology, and brand that offers audio sharing, public listening tech, better accessibility, and more. Auracast is part of Bluetooth’s LE Audio and does a lot more than just point-to-point audio communication that was supported by the SIG up until now. You Might Soon Be Able to Share Your Audio on Multiple Bluetooth Devices Thanks to Auracast According to the group, Auracast will allow a single audio transmitting device to broadcast to an unlimited number of nearby devices....