Biden believes that strong bipartisan legislation should be passed to hold ‘Big Tech accountable’ Biden published his op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, stating that entities in the technology industry exploit not just user data in the U.S. but are also the reason behind polarizing opinions. He believes that Big Tech is responsible for the following: One way to bring much-needed competition to the technology industry, according to Biden, is through strong bipartisan legislation....

Godeal24’s 2023 New Year Sale offers the best chance of saving on software and electronics. While you can get some free copycats, there’s really no substitute for the Microsoft Office suite. If you work in a job that requires emailing documents to colleagues and clients, Microsoft Word remains standard, especially if you need to build spreadsheets, and Excel is even more important to the world of work. Now you can always own the latest version of Office 2021 Pro for $24....

Acer’s gaming laptops get a significant upgrade for 2023 with the newest Intel and NVIDIA technology Increased display technology, DDR5 memory, and storage space have been heightened to give users unbridled speed and space for any situation. Thermals have also been improved for enhanced gaming lengths, ensuring users can play their favorite titles throughout the day. Acer Nitro 16 and 17 models offer Intel’s newest 13th Gen Core HX processors and 165 Hz refresh rates....

AMD DRM Next receives a new pull request ahead of the Linux 6.3 kernel update in February Before the AMD Radeon RX 7900 series graphics cards launched, additional work was needed to optimize the newest series. However, as you can see below, AMD engineers are working hard to increase optimizations and fixes to be added to Linux 6.3. Looking through the list, we see “secure display support,” which will enhance the use of multiple displays....

5K (gold and stamina); 10K (nature stones and skip ticket); 20K (Appa and food); 50K (event summon ticket and elements); 100K (Last Airbender Aang and five-star hero ticket). Avatar Generations is developed by Navigator Games, a Vancouver-based studio founded in 2016 by ex-Activision, EA Games, Ubisoft, Microsoft, Netmarble, Capcom, and Disney developers. The press release promises regular new content updates, including journeys of other Avatars such as The Legend of Korra....

The development team at Supertrick Games stated that they are grateful for players who enjoyed the game and enriched its community. However, the reason behind the suspension of the service comes from many complaints regarding matchmaking issues and lag. You can read the statement mentioning this below: There is no doubt that we experienced some challenges since the launch of our game, particularly with regards to in-game matchmaking and lag....

DirectStorage 1.1 improves the decompression of graphical assets in Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA, but the blue team comes out slightly better The recent benchmark test, developed by the website Compusemble, showcases the power of the technology firsthand on the site’s YouTube channel. We have provided the video below for easy viewing. The API allows the CPU to reduce the number of critical cycles needed for large tasks and decompresses game assets through “highly-parallel” graphics cards without the operating system taking over and using the processor on a higher level....

MSI Goes The Classy Route With Its GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM X Classic Custom Graphics Cards MSI has an interesting idea to reuse its previous-gen coolers with newer cards. The company has already announced its Radeon RX 7900 Gaming Trio Classic cards which utilize the previous Trio coolers and for the RTX 4090, the company seems to be offering the card in a variant that utilizes the 1st Gen SUPRIM cooler....

Of course, 2K didn’t waste any time talking about how they ‘disagreed’ with the fact that loot box mechanics violate Belgium laws. Regardless, the changes will be made, and 2K promised to comply with the BGC’s laws. What will come from these changes? Well, MyTeam mode players will notice that 2K will turn off the ability to purchase packs with premium currency/VC. Players will still be able to purchase packs through MyTeam points....

SpaceX’s highly anticipated Starship orbital test launch will take place at the end of this month, says a lone source report from a local publication in Boca Chica, Texas. The rocket company is building the world’s largest rocket at the village, and according to the Port Isabel Press, the vehicle will be tested right at the end of the month, on January 31st. The Starship orbital test flight has seen several speculative launch dates, with most of these pegging an attempt in 2022....

Courtesy of YouTuber ‘SiNKiLLeR’, this new comparison video shows both fan imaginings running in Ultra settings with Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) and Lumen. Based on this comparison video, it’s pretty obvious that the Unreal Engine 5 version offers better lighting and looks more realistic than its Unreal Engine 4 counterpart. On the other hand, the UE4 concept video features a somewhat distinct art style with more accentuated colors. It’s an interesting comparison video for sure, and one that Zelda fans might want to check out....

Apple has two suppliers to provide folded zoom actuators for the iPhone 15 Ultra’s periscope camera this year; the same manufacturers may provide for the iPhone 16 Pro range As Apple finally gravitates to folded zoom lens technology on its iPhones, it will require new suppliers to do its bidding. For the iPhone 15 Ultra, The Elec reports that folded zoom actuators will be provided by LG Innotek and Jahwa Electronics....

The Citizen CZ Smart is a second-gen Wear OS watch with Smart Care Advisor Today, the Japanese horology giant has introduced a second-gen CZ Smart Wear OS-powered watch with Smart Care Advisor. In addition to that, the watch is also available in 41mm and 44mm. The original was a massive 46mm for those who don’t remember. Those who want to go with a larger CZ Smart variant get a bezel that has 5-minute increments....

Gigabyte Sets A Record DDR5 Memory Overclock Record On Z790 AORUS Tachyon Motherboard, Over 11,000 Mbps Speeds The battle to achieve the highest memory overclock on the Intel Z790 platform isn’t stopping yet. We thought we had seen it all with the previous record that was posted on the ASUS ROG Z790 APEX motherboard but it looks like Gigabyte’s in-house overclocker, HiCookie from Taiwan, had some surprises up his sleeve. The renowned overclocker used the Z790 AORUS Tachyon motherboard which features a dual-DIMM design and has been specifically designed for extreme memory and CPU overclocks....

Intel’s Core i5-1350P CPU Performance Leaks Out, 13th Gen Brings A Tiny 8% Performance Increase Over 12th Gen The Intel Core i5-1350P processor is spotted within the Acer TravelMate P614-53 laptop, offering 12 cores and 16 threads. This laptop’s base and boost clocks are 1.9 GHz and 4.7 GHz, respectively & is equipped with 12 MB of L3 cache. Compared to the Core i5-1250P, that’s a 300 MHz higher boost & all the while retaining the same TDP figures of 28W (PL1) and 64W (MTP)....

Currently, BOE is expected to receive 70 percent of orders to mass produce iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus displays On his blog post published on Medium, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo provides several predictions concerning a member of Apple’s supply chain. BOE was previously caught cheating on an iPhone 14 display order, losing out on a 30-million shipment opportunity, but Apple is apparently a firm believer in second chances. For 2023, the majority of the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus display orders will be fulfilled by BOE....

Replying to a tweet from a fan, Raiden’s voice actor Quinton Flynn teased that things related to the series will be announced in the coming weeks, essentially giving more fuel to the rumors saying that a Metal Gear Solid remake will be announced in the first half of 2023. — Quinton Flynn (@quintonflynn) January 17, 2023 As already mentioned, rumors about a Metal Gear Solid remake have been circulating online for some time....

Talking on Twitter, the game’s Senior Character Artist Dan Eder told a fan going by the name of Walter White For MultiVersus asking for the main character of the Breaking Bad TV show to get added to the game to expect good things. — Dan Eder (@3DanEder) January 1, 2023 While the inclusion of Heisenberg or any other content inspired by Breaking Bad , by itself, would be wild, what would make this even more interesting for MultiVersus is the fact that the franchise is not owned by Warner Bros....

We are prepared to address and have been proactively addressing issues raised by regulators and competitors to ensure that the deal closes with confidence. We want people to have more access to games, not less. [ORIGINAL STORY] Sony is no longer alone in complaining about Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, following Bloomberg’s report that NVIDIA and Google also voiced their concerns to the US Federal Trade Commission. Apparently, both companies shared information to support the FTC’s claim that the acquisition of Activision Blizzard would provide Microsoft with an unfair advantage in the categories of cloud gaming, subscription service, and mobile gaming....

The news was announced yesterday through a short pre-alpha video from developer Overkill Software. We’ve included the in-game pre-alpha footage below: PAYDAY 3 is the long-awaited sequel to 2013’s PAYDAY 2. The game will be using Unreal Engine with development kicking off in 2019. At this point, it’s unsure whether the team is using either Unreal Engine 4 or Unreal Engine 5. Developed by Overkill Software en Starbreeze Studios, PAYDAY 3 is planned to release on PC and consoles....