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AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 (FSR 3) has been available since September, but it is only featured in a few games compared to Nvidia's DLSS 3. The highly anticipated game Nightingale has entered early access without FSR 3 due to reported crashes caused by the technology according to developer Inflexion Games. Inflexion Games stated in a pre-launch update that FSR 3 was causing crashes during a Server Stress Test, leading them to temporarily remove it. However, they plan to reintroduce it in a future update, possibly as an older version of FidelityFX. Nvidia's DLSS and Intel's XeSS, similar technologies, are...

OnePlus is making another run at a smartwatch with its Watch 2. The company claims in an announcement that the new watch will have up to 100 hours of battery life and said it will come in black and silver colors. It says it will share more at Mobile World Congress this Sunday, February 25th. The new watch has a stainless steel chassis and sapphire crystal watchface and will feature “meticulous health monitoring.” The 100-hour battery life claim requires what it’s calling “Smart Mode,” which presumably is just a weird way of saying “low-power mode.” OnePlus wants to be an...

International law enforcement, led by the UK’s National Crime Agency, disrupted ransomware gang Lockbit's operation. The group behind notable hacks against aircraft manufacturer Boeing, chip giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, sandwich chain Subway and thousands more had its site taken offline on Monday while authorities arrested major players behind the gang. "This site if now under the control of law enforcement," the website reads. According to malware repository Vx-underground, law enforcement took down at least 22 Lockbit-affiliated Tor sites."Through our close collaboration, we have hacked the hackers; taken control of their infrastructure, seized their source code, and obtained keys that...

TL;DR OnePlus has shared official renders of the OnePlus Watch 2 and confirmed that it will launch on February 26, 2024, at MWC Barcelona. The OnePlus Watch 2 has a stainless steel body and a sapphire crystal watch face. It will come in two colors: Black Steel and Radiant Steel. OnePlus recently began teasing its next smartwatch, the OnePlus Watch 2, aiming to compete against other top smartwatches. The company has now practically announced the new smartwatch, revealing its design in official renders alongside several key details. The OnePlus Watch 2 will launch on February 26, 2024, at the Mobile...

A coalition of international law enforcement agencies, including the FBI and the U.K.’s National Crime Agency, have disrupted the operations of the prolific LockBit ransomware gang. LockBit’s dark-web leak site — where the group publicly lists its victims and threatens to leak their stolen data unless a ransom demand is paid — was replaced with a law enforcement notice on Monday. “This site is now under the control of the National Crime Agency of the UK, working in close cooperation with the FBI and the international law enforcement task force, ‘Operation Cronos,’ the message reads. “We can confirm that Lockbit’s...

Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: Google doubles the cost of some legacy Nest Aware subscriptions internationally, including in Canada, while some modern plans are getting prices hiked by 25%  —  Modern plans get a 25 percent increase, while older plans double in price.  —  Google's “Nest Aware” camera subscription is going through another round of price increases. Source link

In December 2022, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the key maker of the world’s most cutting-edge chips, said it planned to spend $40 billion in Arizona on its first major U.S. hub for semiconductor production.The much ballyhooed project outside Phoenix — with two new factories, including one with more advanced technology — became a symbol of President Biden’s quest to spur more domestic production of chips, the slices of silicon that help all manner of devices make calculations and store data.Then last summer, TSMC pushed back initial manufacturing at its first Arizona factory to 2025 from this year, saying local workers...