Upcoming AMD Ryzen 7000 CPU outperforms Zen 3 by up to 40%
Thanks to a well-known Twitter tipster, we now have one of our first looks at the performance of two upcoming AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs, the Ryzen 9 7950X and the Ryzen 7 7700X. Thanks to leaked benchmarks, we can compare the new processors to their Ryzen 5000 counterparts.
What’s the verdict? So far, it seems that the CPUs have done a spectacular job, beating the previous generation by up to 40%. Can these results be trusted?
From Digital Trends
Samsung patent shows off transparent display technology
It’s hard to believe but the first Samsung Galaxy Z Fold was released close to three years ago. Before 2019, a device with a foldable display was something you’d only see in technology demos or science fiction movies. In 2022, foldable smartphones are produced by nearly every major manufacturer, and it’s become quite common. So we ask ourselves, what’s next? A recent Samsung patent application has popped up on the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) website and shows off a display that could give us a potential look at the smartphones of the future.
From XDA
Google’s Tensor 3 CPU and Samsung’s Exynos 1380 reportedly in the works
As per a report from GalaxyClub, Google and Samsung are already working on a third-generation Tensor SoC, which should power next year’s Pixel 8 lineup. On the one hand, it’s no surprise that Google and Samsung will continue to work on their joint venture but on the other, it’s not the first time Google has killed a project or two.
After all, the first-generation Tensor chipset isn’t exactly on par with the competition from Qualcomm and Apple. Things may change in the future, though. The Tensor’s advantage, however, is that Google has the freedom to tailor the SoC to its needs. Its camera AI capabilities, for example, are quite impressive and allow the Pixel 6 to offer some advanced features.
The same report also says that Samsung is working on the Exynos 1280 successor – a mid-range chip used in some of the company’s budget offerings.
Unfortunately, the leak doesn’t go into details so aside from the Tensor 3’s S5P9865 model number and the fact that it’s being tested on a developer board codenamed “Ripcurrent”, there’s nothing else we can work with.
From Gsmarena
OnePlus Nord Wired Earphones launched in India
As promised, OnePlus today launched the OnePlus Nord Wired Earphones in India. They come in a single black color and are designed after the Bullets Wireless Z neckband-style Bluetooth earphones.
The Nord Wired Earphones pack 9.2mm dynamic drivers and have a sound cavity of 0.42cc. These come with a 3.5mm connector, and OnePlus bundles a total of three pairs of silicone tips (small, medium, large) for passive noise cancellation.
You also get an inline mic with button controls, and the earphones also have magnets that allow you to play/pause the audio.
The OnePlus Nord Wired Earphones are IPX4 rated and weigh 15 grams. They are priced at INR799 ($10/€10) and will go on sale starting September 1 through OnePlus’s official website and Amazon.in. You’ll also be able to buy them from OnePlus’s Experience stores and other offline partner retail stores across the country.
From Gsmarena
OPPO takes a big step into the digital world by unveiling its Digital Avatar technology
We are living in an increasingly digital world.
If you’ve been paying attention, that shouldn’t come as any great surprise. Even prior to the pandemic, there was considerable interest in technologies such as virtual reality and augmented reality. Amidst lockdowns and quarantine measures, that interest has only increased exponentially.
By now, you’ve probably heard all the hype around the metaverse. Nebulously-defined at best and little more than a marketing buzzword at worst, there’s at least one concept at its core that demonstrates considerable promise — the notion of one day connecting with one another through virtual reality not simply as customizable avatars, but as vivid digital representations of our actual selves.
The idea of connected online environments populated by realistic, simulated, and dynamic avatars of our friends and family.
That may seem like something taken right out of the annals of science fiction. But it isn’t. On the contrary, it’s something Chinese tech company OPPO just made more feasible than ever through its AI-guided 3D body reconstruction technology.
From Techradar
Netflix’s ad-supported tier could cost between $7 and $9 per month
:format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/71290342/acastro_STK072_04.0.jpg?w=770&ssl=1)
Netflix’s forthcoming ad-supported tier may cost between $7 and $9 per month, according to a report from Bloomberg. Depending on which plan you currently pay for, that could be a significant savings; the company currently offers plans at $9.99, $15.49, and $19.99 per month.
After the company reported that it lost subscribers for the first time in more than a decade, co-CEO Reed Hastings indicated in April the company was ready to consider a cheaper offering supported by advertising, despite years of spurning the idea of ads. Co-CEO Ted Sarandos confirmed the ad tier was in the works in June, and Netflix announced Microsoft as the technological partner helping to deliver ads in July.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the ad-supported tier will have some downgrades from the no ads plans; executives have said that some content will be missing from the ad tier at launch, while code spotted in its mobile app indicates Netflix may not let users on the ad-supported tier download shows for offline viewing.
From The Verge
Websites may write to the clipboard in Chrome without user permission
If you run Google Chrome or another Chromium-based web browser, then websites may push anything they want to the operating system’s clipboard without user permission or any user action.
Computer users may use the clipboard of the system for temporary storage: a password for entering it on a website, a file for moving it to another location on the system, or a bit of text found on a site for pasting in a Word document or a search engine.
Sites should never have access to the content of the clipboard, at least not without user permission. Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers have no such restriction currently. The makers of the Brave web browser considered adding the user gesture requirement in 2021, but this has not been implemented in the browser. The two other major browsers that do are not based on Chromium, Firefox and Safari, protect the clipboards of their users.
Visit the Webplatform News website to test your browser. All it takes is to visit the site and check the content of the clipboard afterwards.
From Ghacks
When Billionaires And The Government Work Together To Control Information
Facebook restricted visibility of the New York Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story in the lead-up to the 2020 election after receiving counsel from the FBI, according to Facebook/Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
“So we took a different path than Twitter,” Zuckerberg said during a Thursday appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience. “Basically the background here is the FBI, I think basically came to us — some folks on our team and was like, ‘Hey, um, just so you know, like, you should be on high alert. There was the — we thought that there was a lot of Russian propaganda in the 2016 election. We have it on notice that basically there’s about to be some kind of dump of — that’s similar to that. So just be vigilant.’”
Zuckerberg said a decision was made to restrict that information on Facebook’s multibillion-user platform. He said that unlike Twitter, which banned the sharing of the article entirely, Facebook opted for the somewhat subtler option of censorship by algorithm.
“The distribution on Facebook was decreased,” he said, adding when pressed by Rogan that the decreased visibility of the article happened to a “meaningful” extent.
From Caitlin’s Newsletter
Hackers stole LastPass source code in data breach incident
Today, LastPass confirmed a data breach in a blog post describing the incident to its customers that rely on the company’s products for online security. The company emphasized that customer data was not stolen in the breach, however, and that users do not have to do anything to secure their data.
In a post written by CEO Karim Toubba, LastPass stated the following:
“Two weeks ago, we detected some unusual activity within portions of the LastPass development environment. After initiating an immediate investigation, we have seen no evidence that this incident involved any access to customer data or encrypted password vaults.”
The breach occurred through a compromised developer’s account, and the unauthorized party made off with portions of the company’s source code and proprietary LastPass technical information.
From Digital Trends
Scientists discover colossal ocean may completely cover this planet
One hundred light-years away in the cosmos, a sprawling ocean may slosh over the entirety of a distant planet.
Astronomers recently announced that the exoplanet TOI-1452 b is close in size to Earth and lies in a region of its solar system where liquid water could exist. Vast amounts of water — many times the amount of water on Earth — could account for the planet’s lower density (as opposed to a world teeming with rock and metal). The team of over 50 scientists published their results in The Astronomical Journal.
“TOI-1452 b is one of the best candidates for an ocean planet that we have found to date,” Charles Cadieux, an astronomer at the Université de Montréal who led the research, said in a statement.
From Mashable
