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Rockstar launches a new subscription service: GTA+

Rockstar launches a new subscription service: GTA+

Rockstar has found a new way to profit from GTA players: GTA+† The game company offers the subscription service for GTA Online for $5.99 per month. As a GTA+ member, you receive 500,000 GTA dollars deposited into your virtual bank account every month. You’ll also get “free” access to the LS Car Meet in-game car show, your yacht will be …

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Test bench: Apple iPad Air (2022): No Air, but Pro Light

Test bench: Apple iPad Air (2022): No Air, but Pro Light

introduction The Apple iPad is and remains the most successful tablet. The company’s program now includes a large family. The standard iPad is the “entry-level model” and there are also the deluxe iPad Mini, Air and Pro models. The iPad Air has just been replaced by a new model and we have started working on it. The Air is …

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Chronological or algorithmic? Instagram gives users the choice of timeline

Chronological or algorithmic?  Instagram gives users the choice of timeline

Instagram now gives users a choice of timeline composition. In addition to a chronology formed by an algorithm, it becomes possible to scroll the messages chronologically. Additionally, a user can choose between a timeline with all followed accounts and a timeline with “favorite” accounts. Social media had been testing the novelty for months flux† This fulfills the desire of users …

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Revamped GTA V Next-Gen Digital Foundry Scans

Revamped GTA V Next-Gen Digital Foundry Scans

Rockstar released the revamped next-gen version of GTA V for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S this week. The game has been tweaked primarily graphically: with 4K resolution, 60fps, HDR, and ray tracing. Loading times have also been significantly shortened. Youtube channel Digital foundry has the improvements in its new video extensively analyzed. Permission required to view YouTube This …

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“Apple saves 6 billion euros by providing iPhones without charger or earphones”

"Apple saves 6 billion euros by providing iPhones without charger or earphones"

Since the launch of the iPhone 12 in 2020, Apple no longer provides chargers or earplugs with its smartphones. According to the manufacturer, this decision should, among other things, guarantee significantly less electronic waste, although analysts point out that there are also nice financial advantages. For example, Apple would save around $32.2 per iPhone by omitting these accessories, thanks to …

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NASA’s mega-rocket travels the first meters on its way to the moon

NASA's mega-rocket travels the first meters on its way to the moon

The SLS rocket, along with the new Orion lunar capsule, is the most important part of the US space agency’s new Artemis lunar program. This first rocket will perform the Artemis 1 unmanned flight to test all systems orbiting the moon. The next flight, Artemis 2, is now scheduled for 2024 and will put humans back in orbit around the …

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No European mission to Mars this year due to Russian invasion of Ukraine

No European mission to Mars this year due to Russian invasion of Ukraine

A planned European mission to Mars is canceled due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The European Space Agency reports that ESA† After the first Mars mission in 2016, the agency had planned to set up the second part of the ExoMars program this year with the Russian space agency Roscosmos. But according to the ESA, this is no longer …

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First Look at AMD’s Radeon Super Resolution

First Look at AMD's Radeon Super Resolution

The main new feature in AMD’s major driver release is Radeon Super Resolution. This upscaling technique brings “all the goodness of the FSR to the driver”, according to AMD, allowing thousands of games to enjoy “free performance” immediately. Does it work as well in practice as it does on paper? Tweakers could already get started. RSR versus FSR Let’s start …

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Quantum researcher Leo Kouwenhoven leaves Microsoft

Quantum researcher Leo Kouwenhoven leaves Microsoft

Physics professor Leo Kouwenhoven has left Microsoft. The American technology company confirms that NRC after a a message in by Volkskrant† Since 2016, Kouwenhoven has been working on a quantum computer for Microsoft. Beginning of last year a research group led by Kouwenhoven withdrew a scientific publication due to data processing issues. According to Kouwenhoven himself, his departure from Microsoft …

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