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This update doesn’t just come with news regarding Luna’s userbase. In fact, there are some other quality of life improvements worth addressing. Some of these QoL changes also involve platforms other than Luna. The next QoL update influences the Twitch platform. With the latest Luna update on PC, Mac, and Fire TV, a new broadcast button lets you stream gameplay live with a camera feed overlaid on-screen, providing a new, simple way to broadcast to friends or the Twitch community....

AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT, RX 6750 XT, RX 6650 XT Graphics Cards Based on RDNA 2 Refresh GPUs Rumored For Launch Next Month This time, the rumor comes from Enthusiast Citizen who has been highly reliable with his leaks in the past and this is a further confirmation that the red team is going to launch its RDNA 2 Refreshed graphics card next month. The leaker states that in addition to the three RDNA 2 refresh graphics cards, AMD will also introduce the Radeon RX 6500 (Non-XT) which will be similar to the Radeon RX 6400 but aimed at the DIY market whereas the former is only available in the OEM segment....

Many thanks to @Microsoft for this continued collaboration. pic.twitter.com/IX1dGcNbVt — GPUOpen (@GPUOpen) June 23, 2022 As of now, we still don’t have any information on whether FSR 2.0 will be included in Sony’s PlayStation development kits, but of course, FSR is open source, so there’s nothing stopping devs from implementing it on PS5, it might just be a bit more work. It would be nice to hear more from Sony on this subject, but they tend to keep mum about these sort of things....

Benchmarks comparing the AMD AOCC 4.0 and LLVM/Clang compiler library are put to the test on Zen 4 powered Ryzen & EPYC CPUs The new AOCC 4.0 presents the Zen 4 “zenver4” optimizations and further support for the latest architecture. AOCC 4.0 is not open-source. It is a derivative of the LLVM/Clang compiler library and is considered exclusive to AMD Zen 4. Michael Larabel of Phoronix compared the two compiler libraries with his AMD Ryzen 9 7950X processor to determine the performance differences between the two libraries....

AMD opens the Radeon Ray tracing Analyzer code to the public and the new Radeon Data File extension AMD explains that the Radeon Raytracing Analyzer will allow users to monitor the performance of applications using raytracing and locate possible issues that could arise during use. Along with the announcement of RRA code becoming available to the public, AMD has also revealed the AMD Radeon Data File, a library on GitHub under “amdrdf,” which will allow developers to open Radeon Data Files or RDFs....

AMD Radeon RX 6950XT ‘RDNA 2 Refresh’ Graphics Card Rumored For April Launch In a new rumor by Coreteks, it is reported that AMD’s Radeon RX 6950XT would be launching in mid of April. That’s at least 2 months earlier than the previously rumored June-July launch we got earlier from Greymon55. It is also reported that the Radeon RX 6950XT would be the only Navi 21 graphics card that’s being refreshed and that the Radeon RX 6850XT isn’t in the lineup....

AMD Ryzen 7000 “Zen 4” Desktop CPUs Official - Full Specifications, Performance & Pricing Unveiled The unveil today covers several aspects that users were waiting for. We had already learned the specifications earlier this month but now we get to confirm that they were indeed correct and we can also take a look at the official performance numbers and the prices from AMD itself. But before we get into that, let’s take a look at the CPUs that we will be getting during launch:...

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X CPU Offers Up To 5.2 GHz All-Core Boost Clocks, Hits 91C at Stock The latest result was discovered by TUM_APISAK and shows us another CPU-z benchmark for the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X CPU. This is definitely not the best score for the Zen 4 flagship that we have seen so far but since the result was validated, we can see how the clock speeds on the retail CPU are going to look like....

AMD Instinct MI300 To Be Red Team’s First Exascale APU Product With Zen 4 CPU, CDNA 3 GPU Cores & HBM3 Memory The first references to AMD’s Exascale APU date all the way back to 2013 with more bits and pieces being revealed in the coming year. Back in 2015, the company revealed its plan to offer the EHP, an Exascale Heteorgenous Processor, based on the then-upcoming Zen x86 cores and Greenland GPU with HBM2 memory on a 2....

AMD and The Pixelary show the collaborative powers of AMD hardware and Blender 3.0 rendering enhancements in new demonstration This year’s video differs from last year’s video from the two companies. Last year, for the 2020 championship-winning W11 EQ Performance car, the animation was created using AMD’s Radeon ProRender engine plug-in and the previous Blender version. Now, AMD and The Pixelary take the power of two AMD Radeon PRO W6800 graphics cards and utilize the new support in Blender 3....

Chip designer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc (AMD) received a fresh dose of optimism from research firm Wedbush yesterday as analyst Mayyy Bryson outlined in an interview given to CNBC that he believes the company will outperform its peers in the semiconductor space. Bryson believes that AMD will continue to gain market share from rival Intel Corporation in the personal computing space, outlining that in his opinion this trend will continue throughout the course of this year and the next....

Android 12L is Google’s First Minor Update in a Long Time For those who don’t know, Android 12L introduces two-column layouts along with other improvements to the large screen experience. This is done through the system and core applications. You are also getting a new taskbar for large devices. The split-screen mode has also received an update with now a more prominent divider line. You are also getting a handful of other changes such as letterboxing for portrait-only apps on tablets along with gestures for notifications....

Apple to Launch Two New Macs at Its WWDC Event in June, As Per Latest Report The news is shared by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman in his latest Power On newsletter, suggesting that Apple will launch two new Macs at its WWDC event in June. This is not the first time that Mark Gurman has coined the launch of new Macs in June. With the Summer timeframe already mentioned by Ross Young, we can presume that Apple will launch its upcoming Macs with its custom silicon at its WWDC event in June....

Apple Took The First Spot in The List of Most Valuable Brands in the World, Google Took The Second Spot Apple took the top spot with a valuation of $947 billion. What this means is that the company is on its way to becoming the world’s first trillion-dollar brand. Apple offers a wide range of products and services and continues to expand its lineup with the latest upgrades every year. In terms of services, the entertainment and payment services also contribute to the value of its brand....

Apple’s Latest iPad 10 and Apple TV 4K Comes With an Increased 4GB of RAM For Better Performance The iPad 10 is probably the biggest release from yesterday’s announcements, considering the number of variations it brings to the table. Compared to the iPad 9, the 10th-gen model features a massive redesign. It comes with a bigger 10.9-inch Liquid Retina Display, A14 Bionic chip, USB-C, and four new finishes. The latest Xcode 14....

ASUS to drop pricing this Spring sitewide on all GPUs, including the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30-series Graphics Cards When price drops have happened before by most companies, the graphics cards are typically less popular cards that are not adequate for today’s gamers. One card in question is the AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT. Alas, an ASUS representative told the gaming website, “ASUS has been dropping pricing across all SKUs.” ASUS is officially the first company to lower its GPU prices throughout all lines....

The announcement was made during Ubisoft’s FY 2022 first-quarter sales report, which detailed several other tidbits regarding the company’s performance during the first quarter of 2022. When talking about the state of the game, the report states that the delay is due to a commitment to deliver a ‘cutting-edge immersive experience that takes full advantage of next-gen technology.’ The report then goes on to state that while the additional development time is a reflection of the current ongoing constraints on productions across the industry, the team at Ubisoft is hard at work to design the most efficient working conditions to ensure flexibility for their teams and productivity while delivering the best experience to players....

AYANEO introduces the new GEEK 2 handheld PC with an AMD Ryzen 7 6800U APU and a $750 price tag The new AYANEO Geek 2 Handheld Gaming console, which comes in black and a transparent violet, is a similar colorway that Nintendo used with the Nintendo 64 and Gameboy Color systems. The form factor for this design is a change from the current AYANEO and AYANEO NEXT (both standard and PRO versions) currently available on the company’s website....

Bitcoin is currently ensconced within a rare volatility compression zone, one that is likely to herald the much-anticipated cyclical bottom for the world’s premier cryptocurrency. However, before Bitcoin is able to resume its intrinsic upward trend, as dictated by the cryptocurrency’s perpetually decreasing supply dynamics, much more pain awaits bullish investors. As is evident from BitMEX’s Daily Historical Bitcoin Volatility Index (daily timeframe) above, the cryptocurrency was this calm just two other times this year, with both instances resulting in additional losses....

Following the game’s beta on all platforms last month, Infinity Ward already addressed initial player feedback, and the developer has now provided an update on what changes have been made to the game’s multiplayer mode, which includes changes to enemy visibility, audio, aiming in third-person, the user interface, weapons, and more. “We have been blown away by your response to Modern Warfare II’s Campaign Early Access that began last week”, the studio writes on the official Modern Warfare II blog....