According to the Albany Game Workers Alliance, the publisher has re-hired Reed Smith – an organization offering union-avoidance services- to stall the recognition of a union. According to the group, Activision has made the clear and conscious decision to use a union-busting firm instead of following Microsoft’s lead and committing to a labor neutrality agreement. In response to the GWA’s allegations, an Activision Blizzard spokesperson said that the company is looking to hold a studio-wide vote on unionization for staff at Blizzard Albany instead....

AMD B650E & B650 Motherboards From Gigabyte Pictured, Affordable AM5 “Ryzen 7000” Platform Coming To You Soon! We are aware of the premium prices that the AMD X670E & X670 motherboards are currently being priced at. Most motherboards are starting at over $300 US and the only options that were listed for under that amount are either sold out or not available yet. It is clear that AMD wants to focus on its high-end customers first before moving into the mainstream family....

NVIDIA & AMD GPU Prices Continue Dropping Below MSRP, RTX 3090 Series Falls Below $1000 US For The First Time! Last week, we reported how AMD & NVIDIA partners were ready to offer bigger discounts and cuts on their existing inventory to clear away their stock and get ready for next-gen GPUs. The graphics manufacturers failed in their initial attempt to move any decent quantities of GPUs but the second round, which will be more brutal in terms of price cuts than the first one, is expected to hit retailers this month and we are already seeing signs of that....

AMD Ryzen 7000 ‘Raphael’ CPUs, Featuring The Next-Gen 5nm Zen 4 Core Architecture, Entering Mass Production This Month Last month, the possibility of AMD’s Zen 4 powered Ryzen 7000 ‘Raphael’ CPUs was highlighted and now it looks like Greymon55 has more information that assures him that these chips will enter the mass production phase later this month. This is great news as we can now expect the chip sooner than expected....

AMD patent describes a future using photonics and classic technologies to achieve a hybrid future of semiconductor communications What is photonics? The science of photonics focuses on light waves and how to generate, detect and manipulate the source. There are two natures of light, described as wave-particle duality, having attributes of both a photon particle and a continuous electromagnetic wave. The initial goal of photonics during the 1960s was to utilize light waves to perform similar functions used by standard electronics....

AMD Ryzen 7320U ‘Mendocino’ CPU For Entry-Level Laptops Spotted: 6nm Chip, Quad Zen 2 Cores, RDNA 2 GPU The AMD Mendocino ‘Ryzen 7000’ CPU lineup will come in Athlon and up to Ryzen 5 flavors. This specific processor, the Ryzen 3 7320U, is designed around the FT6 socket which is only going to be utilized by the Mendocino chips. AMD’s Mendocino family of CPUs will be fabricated on a 6nm node and utilize both Zen 2 CPU and RDNA 2 GPU cores....

The new ASUS Zenbook 14 will offer a Zen 3-based processor with onboard AMD Radeon graphics and 1TB PCIe Gen 3.0 x4 SSD. While there are no complete specifications to gather information on, we know that the new Zenbook will utilize the AMD Ryzen 7 7730U processor. From data collected from AMD through slides, we know that the numbering system tells us the series and architecture used. Up to 16 GB of RAM and wireless WiFi 6E 802....

AMD Ryzen 7000 ‘Raphael’ Zen 4 Desktop CPUs Rumored To Get 170W 16 Core & 105W 12 Core Ryzen 9 Variants The AMD Ryzen 7000 CPU family, codenamed Raphael, is going to be the first to be produced on a 5nm process node. The CPUs are going to feature several architectural innovations such as the Zen 4 core architecture, offering higher IPC. AMD has already demoed pre-production samples running at up to 5 GHz across all cores and even higher if we talk about single-core boost clocks....

The new emojis on Android 13 QPR2 will be a part of Unicode 15.0 and will have a Donkey, a Moose, a Wing, a Jellyfish, and a Black Bird. You will also be getting a Pea Pod, Ginger, and a new plant called Hyacinth. New emojis are already available on Android 13 QPR2 Beta as Google prepares stable launch for March Moving forward, the Android 13 QPR 2 will also have three new hearts, a shaking face, and rightwards and leftwards pushing hands with multiple skin tone options, as well....

AORUS Upgrades 17X Behemoth Laptop With Intel’s Alder Lake-HX CPUs, Up To 16 Cores at 5 GHz, Up To NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU Intel has yet to announce its Alder Lake-HX lineup which will be the first laptop chips to rock up to 16 cores. While the specifications of these chips have leaked out and we have also seen some early benchmarks, it looks like AORUS has confirmed that they are upgrading their current lineup with the new offerings....

Apple Announces iOS 16 With Widgets on the Lock Screen, Major Update For Messages, and More iOS 16 revolves around new intelligence, sharing, and communication features. In addition to this, the company is taking customization to the next level. We will be covering all the new features in detail which you can check out below. iOS 16 features a new Lock Screen, something that Apple did not update for a long time....

Apple Accounts for 25 Percent of TSMC’s Annual Revenue, so It Has More Leverage to Keep the Same Price TSMC’s original business plan was to increase prices next year in between the 6-9 percent hike range. Economic News Daily reports that later, there was some negotiation, starting with a 3 percent increment and gradually reaching the 6 percent threshold. We assume that the chip manufacturer would charge a higher percentage to clients for its more advanced chip process, which at this time, is its first-generation 3nm....

It was reported that back in 2021, around 88% of teens used to own an iPhone, and 90% expected an iPhone to be their next phone. Both of these numbers were at new all-time highs. The report also highlighted that 70% of US teens owned AirPods. Apple Pay is Finally Getting the Love it Deserves Now, the report indicates that 87% of teens own an iPhone and 87% are expecting an iPhone to be their next phone....

No Word on When the Redesigned M2 MacBook Air Will Officially Be Available for Customers Assuming that customers only want to purchase new MacBook Pro because of the upgraded M2 chip, they will likely ignore the MacBook Air. It is possible Apple has not publicly announced the MacBook Air because of supply chain issues, preventing certain parts from being shipped in large quantities, including the M2 SoC. Regardless of what is happening in the background, the M2 MacBook Pro will be available to purchase in less than a week and retains the same design as its predecessor, the M1 MacBook Pro....

Apple’s Second-Generation AR Headset to Launch in 2025 With a New Affordable Option Prominent analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo stated in his new Medium blog that Apple’s forthcoming second-gen AR Headset may have a high-end and affordable option which will launch in the first half of 2025. The company plans to hold a special event in January of 2023 to showcase the first-gen AR Headset to the world. Initially, the headset is expected to be expensive but later on, the company could potentially announce a more affordable option....

Apple Services are Currently Down and Apple’s Official System Status Page Says Everything is Fine The funny thing is, if you go to Apple’s official System Status page, it seems as though everything is fine. But if you go through different social media channels, including Twitter, Reddit, etc. you’ll find out that a lot of Apple services are currently down, including iMessage. It seems as though the outage is more widespread than we originally thought....

Apple is developing 11.1-inch and 13-inch OLED iPad Pro models for 2024 Ross Young confirmed to MacRumors that Apple is working on 11.1-inch and 13-inch iPad Pro models with an OLED display. The new iPad Pro models are expected to launch in 2024 and there are a few other changes that might be part of the mix. With the new display sizes, we can expect slimmer bezels and a change in the overall form factor of the tablet....

Apple Watch Detected Atrial Fibrillation and Saved a Maine Woman’s Life According to CBS News, a Maine woman first thought that her Apple Watch was malfunctioning and was ready to toss the watch but now she “swears by it.” Earlier in May, Kim Durkee saw warnings from her Apple Watch two nights in a row. The wearable warned the user that she was experiencing atrial fibrillation. At first, the user thought that it must be an error....

Apple Watch Ultra with LTE Available with a $50 Discount for the Holidays - Order Now and Receive it Ahead of Christmas You have to be quick because there’s no telling when stock might run out. You don’t need any discount code or coupon in order to get this discount. Just add it to your cart and receive the best-ever Apple Watch ever made ahead of Christmas. Buy Apple Watch Ultra [GPS + Cellular 49mm] Smart Watch w/Rugged Titanium Case & Green Alpine Loop - Was $799, now just $749 If you’re an outdoor person or a real Apple enthusiast, then you need the Apple Watch Ultra around your wrist....

While $1,649.99 is a price that cannot be entertained by many, getting an RTX 3080 with the entire package is another story. The build quality can be described by many as ‘A Plus’ because the ROG Zephyrus G15 sports a magnesium alloy chassis instead of aluminum to keep the weight down. Additionally, if you compare the thickness, the machine is not as bulky as its competitors, and that is because ASUS is running the laptop RTX 3080 up to a 100W power limit when NVIDIA’s Dynamic Boost kicks in....