PUBG Mobile Lite Celebrates 1-Year Anniversary, Gets 0.18.0 Update With New Map Areas, Guns, and More

PUBG Mobile Lite has finally got the 0.18.0 update as the game celebrates its first anniversary. It brings a host of new features and changes to the game. The Northwest side of the Varenga map has been revamped and newly-excavated urban ruins have been added.

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OnePlus Nord Day 1 update brings camera and video calling optimisation

OnePlus Nord was just launched in India alongside the OnePlus Buds. It’s been around 14 hours and the affordable OnePlus phone is already receiving its first update. The new update brings a bunch of system and camera optimizations to the phone that improves the video calling performance and the camera experience.

OnePlus Nord is receiving OxygenOS 10.5.1.AC01DA update which is around 103MB in size and brings optimizations to video calling performance, depth sensor, indoor picture quality, power efficiency when making videos in 4K UHD at 60FPS and system stability patches. The Nord will go on sale starting August 4 in India and you will already have an update waiting for you in case you are buying it.

OnePlus has been known to deliver regular software updates and system optimisations for all its smartphones and this is the first update for the company’s latest affordable smartphone.

OnePlus Nord specifications

OnePlus Nord features a 6.44-inch Full HD+ (2400 x 1080 pixels) resolution display that uses an AMOLED panel with a dual punch-hole cutout that gives it a 20:9 aspect ratio. The screen has a 90Hz high refresh rate and is topped with a layer of Gorilla Glass 5 for added protection.

The Nord is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G chipset with an octa-core CPU and Adreno 620 GPU. This is paired with upto 12GB RAM and upto 256GB storage option to choose from. It runs on Android 10 based OxygenOS 10.0.

It comes with a quad-camera setup on the back that consists of a primary 48MP camera, an 8MP ultra-wide-angle camera with 119-degree field-of-view, a 5MP depth sensor and a 2MP macro camera. On the front, there’s a 32MP primary selfie camera accompanied by an 8MP ultra-wide-angle camera with 105-degree field-of-view.

The OnePlus Nord has an in-display fingerprint sensor and is equipped with a 4,115mAh battery with support for 30W fast charging out-of-the-box. OnePlus claims that the Warp Charge 30T adapter takes around 30 minutes to charge the phone from 0-70%.

OnePlus Nord starts at Rs 24,999 in India and comes in three variants-- 6GB RAM/64GB, 8GB/128GB and 12GB/256GB and in Blue Marble and Gray Onyx colours to choose from.

 

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13-year-old commits suicide following argument over PUBG Mobile

A 13-year-old boy in Qasbayer village in the Southern district of Pulwama has reportedly committed suicide following an argument over PUBG Mobile. Details about the incident are limited, but as per the report, the boy’s father had asked him to eat food and stop playing the game. He was found hanging in his house a few hours later. The report also notes that the boy also had an argument with this younger brother over the game, which could have also led to the incident. The locals are now asking for greater awareness regarding these games and their effect on the youth.

PUBG Mobile argument leads to suicide of 13-year-old boy

There has been a lot of debate on the addictive nature of these video games and the harm that comes from them. Earlier this months, there were reports of a 17-year-old who allegedly spent Rs 16 lakh in PUBG Mobile. The amount was used to purchase in-game currency, which was used to purchase in-game cosmetic items, passes and more. The boy managed to do so as he had access to his parent’s bank account. However, the money was reportedly set aside for his father’s medical expenses and their son’s future needs. The report added that the boy was set to work at a scooter repair shop to make him realise the value of hard-earned money. 

Incidents like these highlight the importance of proper education and learning when it comes to dealing with video games. While developers need to create better tools to ensure the proper age limit in games as well as limit the money spent, it also up to parents and educators to inform kids about the dangers of video game addiction and peer pressure. 

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Update Chrome and Safari browsers to prevent getting hacked: CERT-IN

Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN), the government’s cybersecurity department has discovered multiple vulnerabilities in Google Chrome and Apple Safari browsers that can allow hackers to gain access to your personal information by conducting spoofing and DoS (Denial of Service) attacks. 

CERT-IN has found multiple vulnerabilities that affect all Google Chrome versions before the 84.0.4147.89 update and all Apple Safari browsers before the 13.1.2 update. Therefore, the Indian government’s cybersecurity agency has advised all users to download and update their Chrome and Safari browsers which come with patches to the known vulnerabilities as discovered by CERT-IN.

The agency has reported that multiple vulnerabilities exist in Google Chrome like heap buffer overflow, side-channel information leakage, policy bypass and more which allows remote attackers to deploy unauthorized code in order to bypass the security restrictions and access your personal information and data. The vulnerabilities also allow hackers to conduct DoS and spoofing attacks on a system.

Similarly, Apple Safari browser has been found with various vulnerabilities that could be exploited by hackers to conduct cross-site scripting attacks and gain access by executing codes. 

The vulnerabilities discovered by CERT-IN were reported to both Google and Apple and updates for Chrome and Safari has been pushed that updates Chrome to the latest version 84.0.4147.89 and Safari to 13.1.2 version. The update is rolling out to users with over 38 security fixes and other patches on Chrome and the update is also being seeded by Apple for Safari browser.

How to update Google Chrome and Apple Safari?

To update Google Chrome to the latest version, open Chrome and click the three-button menu. Select the Help option from the list and click About Google Chrome. The browser will start checking for the latest update and you can install it once it arrives.

For Safari, you need to open the App Store and click the Updates tab. Once the latest update for Safari arrives, you will be notified to install the update.

 

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Asus ROG Phone 3 launching tonight: How to watch the live stream, expected specs, and more

The ASUS ROG Phone 3 is launching in a few hours and if you would like to see the launch event, you can do so in the video below. The ASUS ROG Phone 3 is confirmed to run on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ platform. Other specifications of the smartphone are not yet confirmed, but the rumour mills have churned out enough information to give us an idea of what the phone will be capable of. So let’s take a look at everything we know about the upcoming Asus ROG Phone 3

ASUS ROG Phone Live Stream

The Asus ROG Phone 3 will launch tonight via a live stream. The live stream will kick off at 8:15 PM and you can watch it in the video below. During the launch event, we expect to see a lot of gaming prowess shown off in the device along with some demos. In the past, we have seen the Asus ROG phone sport gaming accessories as well, and we expect the same to be shown off here.  

ASUS ROG Phone 3 Specifications

As we’ve stated above, at the heart of the ASUS ROG Phone 3 will be a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ SoC. However, other specifications of the smartphone have been a part of the rumour mill for some time now. The device is expected to feature a 6.59-inch Full HD+ (2340 x 1080 pixels) AMOLED display. It is expected to come with a refresh rate of 144Hz, a feature exclusive to the PC gaming space thus far. The display is also expected to be HDR10+ certified, which will let you watch content from OTT platforms like Netflix in HDR.

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset is an octa-core CPU running at 3.09GHz and it also comes with Adreno 650 graphics. The phone will reportedly be offered with 12GB/16GB RAM and 256GB/512GB/1TB storage variants. The triple rear camera setup could have a 64MP primary camera while on the front, the ROG Phone 3 could sport a 13MP selfie camera.

Under the hood, the smartphone is expected to be powered by a 6,000mAh battery with support for 30W fast charging. 

Will the ASUS ROG Phone 3 Have Air Triggers?

A very gamepad controller like feature on past ROG phones was Air Triggers. These are ultrasonic pressure-sensitive sensors placed on the side of the phone and can be pressed using the forefingers, much like the triggers on a gamepad controller. These are quite useful when playing shooter games like COD Mobile or PUBG Mobile.  We think they will be available on the ROG Phone 3 as well.

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Rocket League Turns Free-to-Play Later in Summer 2020 as It Hits Epic Games Store

Rocket League will be free-to-play later in summer 2020. When that happens, Rocket League will also move from Steam to the Epic Games Store.

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AMD launches Ryzen 4000G Series APUs for OEMs only New Zen+ 3000 Series Athlon CPUs also announced

AMD announced the availability of Ryzen 4000G series of APUs but has limited availability to OEMs only. This means DIY enthusiasts such as yourselves will not be able buy these new 4000G APUs in the retail market, yet. The AMD Ryzen 4000G APUs use the same Renoir mobile silicon as we saw in the recently launched Mobile 4000 series of processors. This makes the AMD Ryzen desktop 4000G processors based on the Zen2 architecture and not Zen3. The DIY Ryzen 4000 CPUs based on Zen3 microarchitecture are set for launch later this year. Since desktop hardware has more headroom, the Renoir Mobile 4000 APUs have been bumped up to fit the 35W and 65W power envelopes that desktop environments can easily handle. In all, AMD is launching 12 new 4000G series processors under the Ryzen 4000G and Ryzen 4000G Pro series, with the latter featuring AMD’s enterprise grade protection technologies.

AMD Ryzen 4000G series APUs

The AMD Ryzen desktop 4000G series will see six Ryzen 4000G APUs and six Ryzen 4000G Pro APUs. The lineup is fairly simple, we see 3 core configurations in the stack starting from the Ryzen 3 4300G having 4 Cores / 8 Threads and going up to the Ryzen 7 4700G which has 8 Cores / 16 Threads. There’s a Ryzen 5 4600G in the middle with 6 Cores / 12 Threads. All of these three APUs are rated for 65W and they are accompanied by 35W ‘GE’ APUs that have the exact core and Turbo configuration. So a Ryzen 3 4300G (65W) and a Ryzen 3 4300GE (35W) have the exact same 4C/8T turbo configuration but different TDPs. The same pattern can be seen in the Pro series of APUs as well. The only exception happens to be the top SKU in the stack, i.e. the 4700GE and 4750GE whose Turbo clocks are lower than their 65W counterparts. Obviously, base frequencies are more in tune with the TDP so that’s different between the 65W and 35W variants.

MODEL

CORES

THREADS

TDP

BOOST

BASE FREQ

GPU CORES

GPU CLOCK

CACHE (MB)

AMD Ryzen 4000G OEM APUs

AMD Ryzen 7 4700G

8

16

65W

4.4 GHz

3.6 GHz

8

2.1 GHz

12 MB

AMD Ryzen 7 4700GE

8

16

35W

4.3 GHz

3.1 GHz

8

2.0 GHz

12 MB

AMD Ryzen 5 4600G

6

12

65W

4.2 GHz

3.7 GHz

7

1.9 GHz

11 MB

AMD Ryzen 5 4600GE

6

12

35W

4.2 GHz

3.3 GHz

7

1.9 GHz

11 MB

AMD Ryzen 3 4300G

4

8

65W

4.0 GHz

3.8 GHz

6

1.7 GHz

6 MB

AMD Ryzen 3 4300GE

4

8

35W

4.0 GHz

3.5 GHz

6

1.7 GHz

6 MB

AMD Ryzen 4000G PRO APUs

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750G

8

16

65W

4.4 GHz

3.6 GHz

8

2.1 GHz

12MB

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750GE

8

16

35W

4.3 GHz

3.1 GHz

8

2.0 GHz

12MB

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650G

6

12

65W

4.2 GHz

3.7 GHz

7

1.9 GHz

11MB

AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 4650GE

6

12

35W

4.2 GHz

3.3 GHz

7

1.9 GHz

11MB

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350G

4

8

65W

4.0 GHz

3.8 GHz

6

1.7 GHz

6MB

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350GE

4

8

35W

4.0 GHz

3.5 GHz

6

1.7 GHz

6MB

 

All these APUs have support for DDR4-3200 memory and have eight PCIe 3.0 lanes since these were designed for single add-on cards. SLI or CrossFire are not seen in mobile form factors. This could be one of the reasons why we don’t see these processors being launched for the DIY market. Also, it should be noted that APUs are generally used in entry-level configurations which don’t feature discrete graphics cards so putting aside PCIe lanes for an add-on graphics card isn’t a priority. 

The 4000G series of APUs in the above list will be supported by AM4 motherboards using the 400 and 500 series of chipsets.

New AMD Athlon Gold and Silver 3000 Zen+ APUs

While the 3000 series APUs have been out for quite some time, AMD has decided to bolster their ranks with newer Athlon Gold and Athlon Silver SKUs as well as their PRO counterparts. 

MODEL

CORES

THREADS

TDP

BOOST FREQ

BASE FREQ

Graphics Cores

L2/L3 CACHE

AMD Athlon 3000G APUs

Athlon™ Gold 3150G

4

4

65W​

3.9 GHz

3.9 GHz

3

6 MB

Athlon™ Gold 3150GE

4

4

35W

3.8 GHz

3.8 GHz

3

6 MB

Athlon™ Silver 3050GE

2

4

35W

3.4 GHz

3.4 GHz

3

5 MB

AMD Athlon 3000G PRO APUs

AMD Athlon™ Gold PRO 3150G

4

4

65W

3.9 GHz

3.5 GHz

3

6MB

AMD Athlon™ Gold PRO 3150GE

4

4

35W

3.8 GHz

3.3 GHz

3

6MB

AMD Athlon™ Silver PRO 3125GE

2

4

35W

3.4 GHz

3.4 GHz

3

5MB

 

Performance wise, these Athlon 3000 APUs would be ranked below the Ryzen 3000 series APUs.

AMD Ryzen 4000 APUs for Desktop DIY Enthusiasts

AMD always releases APUs based on a certain microarchitecture after the CPUs are out. So the 3000 Series Zen2 CPUs would be followed by the 4000 Series Zen2 APUs. Which is what we saw today, however, since these are Renoir desktop ports, we haven’t actually seen the DIY APUs yet and AMD is supposedly going to release them soon. Ideally, we’d like to see them before the Ryzen 4000 CPUs are launched but with the current DIY market in shambles thanks to Covid-19, AMD appears to be taking the cautious path or catering to demand rather than putting stuff out in the market and hoping for consumers to come. 

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