Tipster Claims Ps5 Will Be Priced Higher But Perform Poorer Than Xbox Series X

AestheticGamer, also known as Dusk Golem, has made claims on both ResetEra and Twitter to that effect. On Twitter, they’ve also claimed that Resident Evil 8 will only be running at 1080p 60fps on the PS5. They would later clarify that, on launch, the game would run at upscaled 4K on the PS5, but true 4K on the Xbox Series X, both at 60fps. And finally, they’ve also claimed that multi-platform games often perform worse on the PS5....

January 9, 2023 · 2 min · 235 words · Joyce Longie

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Postponed To Summer 2021

“In the present circumstances and based on the information provided by the WHO today, the IOC President and the Prime Minister of Japan have concluded that the Games of the XXXII Olympiad in Tokyo must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021, to safeguard the health of the athletes, everybody involved in the Olympic Games and the international community,” stated both parties in an official release....

January 9, 2023 · 2 min · 324 words · Howard Ivey

Toll Rates Of Four Highways To Remain Unchanged

These concession companies and their respective highways are Kesas Sdn Bhd (Kesas Expressway), Syarikat Mengurus Air Banjir dan Terowong Sdn Bhd (SMART Tunnel), Sistem Penyuraian Trafik KL Barat Sdn Bhd (SPRINT Expressway), and Lingkaran Trans Kota Sdn Bhd (Damansara-Puchong Expressway). In a media statement, Works Minister Fadillah Tusof said that in exchange for not raising the toll rates periodically, the concession period themselves will be extended. A private “not-for-profit” company called Amanat Lebuhraya Rakyat Bhd has offered to buy all of the four companies’ shares....

January 9, 2023 · 1 min · 160 words · Scottie Nquyen

Tomb Raider Definitive Survivor Trilogy Appears Briefly On Microsoft Store

GamesRadar+ managed to get a screenshot of what was inside the Definitive Survivor Trilogy before it was removed. And it looks to be a compilation of the reboot trilogy and all of their DLC. The compilation is also reportedly 4K and HDR-ready. The compilation also came with a release date of 18 March, which sounds like a little too soon. There’s no official price for the Tomb Raider: Definitive Survivor Trilogy yet....

January 9, 2023 · 1 min · 178 words · Lola Williams

Tony Hawk S Pro Skater 3 4 Cancelled Due To Vicarious Visions Merge

As VGC points out, Tony Hawk himself said so on a Twitch stream with Andy Gentile, a member of the THPS dev team. The initial plan, even up until the release date of THPS 1+2, was to do a 3+4 remaster. Then Vicarious Visions got absorbed into Blizzard. “and then it was over”. Tony Hawk said that Activision continued to look for devs to continue the project, but didn’t find anyone that the publisher trusted they way it trusted Vicarious Visions....

January 9, 2023 · 2 min · 248 words · Jonathan Cote

Top 10 Best Comedies Of The 2010S 2010 2019

The beauty of comedy is how malleable and diverse the genre can be and it’s one that deserves to be acknowledged! So while the New Year is still fresh, we want to kick it off with a rundown of some of the best comedies of the 2010s. 10. Scott Pilgrim v. the World (2010) Breakneck speed. That’s the name of the game when it comes to director Edgar Wright’s love letter to old-school arcade games in the form his live-action adaptation, Scott Pilgrim v....

January 9, 2023 · 8 min · 1684 words · Patricia Haydon

Touch N Go Launches Gopinjam A Digital Personal Loan Scheme Powered By Cimb Bank

With the CIMB Bank e-Zi Personal Loan as its foundation, GOpinjam provides personal loans from as low as RM100 to as high as RM10,000. With an interest rate of between 8% to 36% depending on the loan amount and repayment duration, customers can set the repayment tenure to be between one week to one year. Based on our quick experience with the service inside the app, the process to apply for GOpinjam is quite straightforward....

January 9, 2023 · 2 min · 239 words · Paul Lemmons

Touch N Go To Be Scrutinise By Kpdn S Task Force Soon

Among the complaints that have been raised by the public include TNG RFID issues, TNG NFC stock shortage, and an unresponsive customer service hotline. Salahuddin also added that stern actions will be taken against TNG if the company fails to solve problems faced by consumers. “If possible, a comprehensive autopsy will be done, so that these issues will not happen again in the future,” says the minister during a press conference in Johor Bharu earlier today....

January 9, 2023 · 2 min · 267 words · Basil Jack

Touch N Go Ewallet App Is Currently Missing From Ios App Store

Not only that, frequent highway users may also rely on its PayDirect feature which made it possible to pay tolls and parking using funds from the app’s wallet via a TNG card or RFID sticker. Hence, it might be a huge concern for some out there especially iPhone users to see that the app has just gone missing from the iOS App Store. First highlighted by the popular Apple-oriented blogger, Xavier Naxa, you will not be able to find the app through the manual search on iOS App Store at the moment....

January 9, 2023 · 1 min · 212 words · Dorothy Lowell

Twitter Blue Verification Rollout Reportedly Delayed Until After Us Midterm Elections

Just in case you missed it, Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk previously announced a major change to the platform’s Twitter Blue premium service, where subscribers are entitled to receive the much desired “Checkmark” verification badge without fulfilling any prerequisites. The billionaire initially planned to increase the service’s price from US$ 2.99 (~RM 14) to US $19.99 (~RM 95) in an effort to limit its privileges to those who are willing to pay....

January 9, 2023 · 3 min · 429 words · Ola Sanchez

Twitter Dismisses Two Executives Puts Freeze On Hiring

Beykpour, in particular, tweeted that Parag Agrawal, the current CEO of Twitter, had asked him to leave his position and the company, after it was made clear that Agrawal wanted to “take the team in a different direction”. In hindsight, Beykpour’s dismissal was quite abrupt; the man was on paternity leave when Aragwal decided to bring down the hammer on him. — Kayvon Beykpour (@kayvz) May 12, 2022 “I’m proud that we changed the perception around Twitter’s pace of innovation, and proud that we shifted the culture internally to make bigger bets, move faster, and eliminate sacred cows,” one of Beykpour’s tweets said....

January 9, 2023 · 2 min · 300 words · Rich Lermon

Twitter S Unannounced Premium Subscription Confirmed In Apple App Store

The listing of the subscription – known as Twitter Blue – was spotted by leakster Jane Manchun Wong, who also first discovered the premium subscription’s existence by reverse engineering the platform’s code. It is revealed that the plan is priced at US$3 (~RM16.50) monthly and would offer paid users with a variety of “premium” features that are not found on free accounts. According to Wong, Twitter Blue provides users the ability to add bookmarks to tweets, a Collections feature for save and organise posts, and a new “undo tweet” feature....

January 9, 2023 · 2 min · 379 words · Kelsie Mccormack

Upcoming Ios 14 5 Update Let Users Unlock Iphones Via Apple Watch Adds Dualsense Controller Support

Since face masks have become a necessity for every individual as of late, the upcoming update introduces a new method for users to easily unlock their iPhones via their Apple Watch. According to a report by Engadget, the feature acts more like a 2-step verification process rather than a remote unlocking ability. Specifically, unlocking the paired Watch device will then activate the iPhone’s Face ID system that uses a lower facial recognition accuracy to identify its owner....

January 9, 2023 · 2 min · 271 words · Lois Peffley

Upcoming Windows Update Hits The Last Nail Into The Adobe Flash Coffin

The update itself is simply called the “Update for Removal of Adobe Flash Player”. It is expected to roll out this month, and become mandatory once July comes around. And it’s not just a Windows 10 thing, as older versions like Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 will also have Flash removed. This will be the final nail in the Adobe Flash coffin. The company itself announced all the way back in 2017 that it will stop support for it by the end of 2020....

January 9, 2023 · 1 min · 183 words · Rosemarie Stewart

Us Lawmakers Voices Concerns Over Facebook S Libra Wants Development Of Currency To Stop

Maxine Waters, the US lawmaker who cited security and data privacy concerns over Libra, said that any further development of the cryptocurrency should be put on hold. At least until the nation’s Congress and regulators are able to review the issue, as well as summon company executives to testify before them. Waters is also concerned that Libra may just be another medium Facebook is using to flex its social networking muscles....

January 9, 2023 · 1 min · 115 words · Andrea Zamudio

Us Looking To Open Up To 10 New Chip Factories

According to Reuters, Raimondo said the US$52 billion (~RM215 billion) bill, which currently seems to have bipartisan support, would generate “US$150 billion-plus” in investment in chip production and research. “We just need the federal money … to unlock private capital,” Raimondo said. “It could be seven, could be eight, could be nine, could be 10 new factories in America by the time we’re done.” As reported before, the US is keen to ramp up its domestic chip production capacity in the face of a global chip shortage and an escalating rivalry with China....

January 9, 2023 · 1 min · 194 words · Alice Watts

Watchos 7 2 Helps Apple Watch Become A More Competent Cardio Fitness Tracker

Popular among those with an active lifestyle as well as endurance athletes, American Heart Association have previously released a scientific statement back in 2016 stating that having a low level of VO2 max would increase the risk of other health issues including heart disease, high blood pressure, and obesity. Meanwhile, predicted VO2 max is something that Apple Watch has already been able to track for the longest time. However, the presentation of the data inside the Health app was rather bland as it doesn’t come with any useful context as compared to many other digital fitness platforms and wearables out there: However, that changes today with the release of watchOS 7....

January 9, 2023 · 2 min · 399 words · Sheri Hammer

Wd Black Sn850 Ssd Gets Firmware Update Addresses Write Performance For Amd X570 Motherboards

To recap, the issue with the SN850 first came to light when X570 users began to notice that the PCIe 4.0 SSD’s write speeds were significantly lowered than what WD said it could do. Specifically, the SSD’s write speeds on AMD X570 motherboards were nearly halved. That said, it would still reach speeds of nearly 3000MB/s but clearly, it was nowhere near its rated 5,300MB/s write speeds. It didn’t take long for WD to acknowledge the issue, stating that it would release an update for the SN850 soon, which leads us to the present-day situation....

January 9, 2023 · 1 min · 124 words · Bryant Evans

Whatsapp Is Letting You Adjust Privacy Settings For Specific Contacts

At the moment, these settings only allow you to display them to either everyone, your contacts, or absolutely nobody. The new feature enhances the privacy setting so you can choose to let your contacts have access to these sections of your WhatsApp account but still blacklist certain people. [Image: WABetaInfo]That being said, the way that the “Last Seen” status works remains the same as per existing policy. Specifically, you won’t be able to see someone else “Last Seen” status when you exclude them from seeing yours....

January 9, 2023 · 1 min · 173 words · Stacy Rothstein

Whatsapp May Call You Instead Of Sms To Verify Your Phone Number

According to WABetaInfo, they will allow WhatsApp to call your phone, and then immediately end the call to verify your phone number. The number is reportedly different every time a call comes in, making it impossible to trick. This feature is being worked on in the beta version of Android 2.21.11.7 update. When it goes live, users will first see an introduction page for the feature. This will explain why WhatsApp will need permission to make and manage calls, and access your phone’s call log....

January 9, 2023 · 1 min · 183 words · Frankie Crawford