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Want to saw something quickly, but can’t find the saw and quickly vacuum up the wood chips that have been flying around for weeks while searching – anyone who is regularly in an open workshop or hack space probably knows the problem. But instead of always doing the same work, it should be possible to design the systems behind it better. At least that’s what people thought in the hobby heaven of Stuttgart and developed OSSO. The abbreviation is quite self-explanatory for O pen S ource – S ystem for S tidiness and O guideline for open workshops.
Behind this are six sub-projects: osSHELF, osVAC, osCLEAN, osBOX, osTRAY and osWALL, each of which addresses a known workshop problem and is implemented in different ways. For example, under osVAC, the vacuum cleaner concept of the hobby sky was rethought, which had previously often led to poor air thanks to many different vacuum cleaners with different connections and high bag consumption. Now there is a coupling system with a focus on the D 32 – standard hose and a workshop vacuum cleaner with cyclone separator. The resulting print templates for the numerous adapters that combine the existing vacuum cleaner parts are available for download on the Thingiverse 3D printing platform. Further developments are expressly desired.
Please develop further osCLEAN has also been tried and tested in practice Bringing cleaning and cleaning agents together properly. Plaster walls are now hanging in the workshop, on which the devices required, such as hand brushes and cloth rags, can be stored in a space-saving manner. OsWALL should work according to a similar principle. Since the corona pandemic is currently making it difficult to work together, the project is still in its infancy. There are already a few workshop walls with prepared suspensions, but in Stuttgart there is still room for improvement in the options for conversion and reconstruction. Some tools are difficult to assign to their place and when new devices are moved in, reorganization is often tedious.
More order with OSSSO (4 pictures) With osSHELF, different boxes can also be stowed efficiently.
(Image: OSSSO / Hobbyhimmel) Since the project is open source, everyone in Hobby Heaven is happy about anyone interested in developing the templates or implementing their own ideas and uploading their variants to Thingiverse. Short introductions on YouTube have recently been added to the range to make entry into the workshop as easy as possible. There, equipment such as saws, grinding and drilling machines are presented and it is explained what to look out for when using them. The videos may explicitly be used by other workshops and therefore do not replace the introduction on the respective device.
Competition for Makerspaces Finally, we are looking for other, even smaller, projects in our current Makerspace Challenge. Show us your hacks and little helpers against chaos and disorder in the workshop. We will award the three best entries with a basket full of tools and filaments. In addition to the general awesome factor, the focus is on reproducibility and the price-performance ratio. The deadline for submissions via the new Make Projects platform ends on 31. January 2021. (hch)
The MSI Prestige 14 Evo brings a first-class Tiger Lake processor to MSI’s productivity ultrabook, but it’s held back by a dim screen and quiet/tinny speakers.
For
Strong performance
14-inch display
Great webcam
Against
Dim display
Quiet, tinny audio
MSI’s back with an Intel Evo-certified update to its Prestige 14 productivity line. Alongside another, non-Evo refresh, this brings Tiger Lake to the gaming company’s productivity ultrabooks. While we miss the pink color option we saw with its 10th gen machines, this latest iteration of the Prestige 14 gives it industry-leading performance. But performance isn’t the only thing that matters, especially in the best ultrabooks.
MSI Prestige 14 Evo Specs
CPU
Intel Core i7-1185G7
Graphics
Intel Iris Xe
Memory
16GB LPDDR4-4267
Storage
512GB NVMe SSD
Display
14 inches, 1920 x 1080, IPS-level
Networking
802.11 ax Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.1
Ports
2x Thunderbolt 4, 1x USB 2.0 Type-A, 1x microSD card reader, 1x 3.5mm combination microphone/headphone jack
Camera
720p, IR
Battery
52 Whr
Power Adapter
65W
Operating System
Windows 10 Home
Dimensions(WxDxH)
12.6 x 8.6 x 0.6 inches (37.1 x 21.8 x 1.5 cm)
Weight
2.8 pounds (1.3 kg)
Price (as configured)
$1,149
Design of the MSI Prestige 14 Evo
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The Evo-certified update to the MSI Prestige 14 keeps the same basic look as previous releases, but unfortunately lacks the bright pink option from the
Ice Lake model
we reviewed earlier this year. Instead, you’ll have a choice between white and black here, though each comes with snazzy metallic lining on the edges of the lid and the touchpad.
There’s some extra styling on the MSI Prestige 14 Evo that gives it a premium look. On our gray model, a metallic blue strip accentuated the edges of the laptop’s lid and its touchpad, and in the right light, almost looked like it was an LED strip.
The rest of the laptop is more plain aesthetically, with the majority of the case being taken up by a uniform, somewhat glittery gray surface that’s unfortunately prone to collecting fingerprints. If you flip the laptop over, you’ll notice that the laptop’s vent hole placement resembles a city skyline, though this isn’t something you’ll see during typical use.
The keyboard is also home to a nice visual touch, as its keycaps are decorated with a slightly lighter version of the case’s color scheme.
Opening the laptop lid also lifts the keyboard off the desk at a five degree angle, to make for easier typing and better cooling.
There’s a wide variety of ports for such a small laptop. The laptop has two
Thunderbolt 4
ports, and the right side has a single USB Type-A port, a 3.5mm combination headphone/microphone jack and a microSD card reader. That last inclusion is a rare but helpful addition, although it’s unfortunate that the Type-A port is just USB 2.0 as opposed to belonging to a more recent connection standard like USB 3.2.
This is the first non-convertible 14 inch Tiger Lake ultrabook we’ve reviewed, so it’s a touch larger than the closest competitors we have on record. At 12.6 x 8.6 x 0.6 inches, it’s certainly not large, but it is a touch longer than rivals. The Dell XPS 13 and Razer Book 13, for instance, are 11.6 x 7.8 x 0.6 inches, while the Asus ZenBook 13 is a slightly chunkier 11.9 x 8 x 0.5 inches.
The Prestige 14 Evo is surprisingly lightweight, though, matching the Dell XPS 13’s 2.8 pounds. That does make it slightly heavier than the ZenBook 13’s 2.4 pounds, but it’s still not as weighty as the Razer Book 13’s 3.1 pounds.
Productivity Performance on the MSI Prestige 14 Evo
This is our first time looking at a shipping laptop with the Core i7-1185G7 CPU. Every other Tiger Lake i7 laptop we’ve reviewed has an i7-1165G7, besides a whitebox system featuring the chip. What’s the difference? Not much. The 1185G7 has a slightly higher max turbo speed (4.3 vs 4.1 GHz), but both can run between 12W and 28W of power. Still, the Prestige’s chip is just a touch more, well, prestigious.
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You can see this in action on the Prestige 14 Evo’s Geekbench 5.0 results. This synthetic benchmark tracks general performance across a number of arenas, and the Prestige 14 Evo scored higher than any computers we tested it to. At 5,718 points, it’s closest match was the Razer Book 13 (5,460), coincidentally also made by a manufacturer known for gaming. The Dell XPS 13 was next (5,254), while the Asus ZenBook 13 came in last (5,084).
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This trend continued in our Handbrake video editing test, where we track how long it takes a machine to transcode a video down from
4K
to
FHD
. The Prestige 14 Evo completed the task in 12:27, while the Razer Book 13 took slightly longer at 14:46. The Zenbook 13 trailed behind with a 17:51 time, while the XPS 13 took the longest at 18:22.
The Prestige and the Razer Book once again lead scores in graphics testing, with all machines using Intel Iris Xe internal graphics which we benchmarked using 3DMark Fire Strike. Here, the Prestige scored 5,240 points and the Razer Book 13 scored 5,216 points. The Zenbook 13 dipped significantly with 4,407 points, and the XPS 13 rounded out the rankings with an even lower 3,598 points.
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The one category where the Prestige isn’t on top is on file transfer speeds. Here, it copied 4.97GB of files at a respectable 805 MBps, which was about on par with the XPS 13’s 806.2 MBps and was much higher than the Razer Book 13’s 479.2 MBps. Still, the ZenBook 13 was the leader here, with a transfer speed of 966.8 MBps.
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We also ran the MSI Prestige through Cinebench R20 20 times in a row to test how it holds up to extended strain. Our average score was 2206.2, which was impressive given that our first test earned 2268 points and that we tend to see a significant drop as the stress test continues.
During the stress test, the Prestige 14’s CPU ran at an average clock speed of 3434.1 GHz and an average temperature of 85.3 degrees Celsius (185.54 degrees Fahrenheit).
Display on the MSI Prestige 14 Evo
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At 14 inch screen on the MSI Prestige 14 Evo is
IPS-level
, but my viewing experience found that it was almost uncomfortably dim.
I tested the display on the MSI Prestige 14 Evo by watching the Wonder Woman 1984 trailer on it. To the screen’s credit, I found that the viewing angles on this screen were almost complete, with the image never washing out regardless of how far away I got from the display, whether horizontally or vertically. The panel also wasn’t reflective, and I was able to clearly see the image in both normal and low light.
The difficulty was in the actual image on screen. While I could follow the action well, the Prestige 14 Evo is more than just dim. It borders on dark. Colors also weren’t vivid or striking, though blacks were impressively deep.
Our testing backed up my impressions. Our luminance testing found that the average brightness across the Prestige 14 Evo’s screen was 284 nits, which is much lower than even its closest competitors. That would be the ZenBook 13, which had a 370 nit average brightness. The Razer Book 13 and Dell XPS 13, meanwhile, far exceeded these two laptops at 436 and 469 nits, respectively.
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The Prestige 14 Evo did fare better on color, registering a 78.9% DCI-P3 rating on our colorimeter. That’s more than we saw on the XPS 13 (69.4%) and the ZenBook 13 (76.1%), though it’s not quite as high as the Razer Book 13’s score (80.7%). Still despite scoring high on official benchmarks, the dim screen held the colors back in practice, since I had to strain more to see them.
Keyboard and Touchpad on the MSI Prestige Evo 14
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The keyboard on the MSI Prestige 14 Evo makes a strong first impression thanks to some snazzy decoration and the laptop’s hinge lifting it five degrees off the desk, but it starts to show some minor weaknesses with further use.
Keypresses are cushiony but still feel tactile, and there’s enough key travel for you to get an idea of when your press is registered. The issue comes with the construction of the keycaps themselves. They’re sturdy enough, but the top of each keycap can start to feel slippery during quick typing, which can get disorienting when touch-typing and is likely to cause the occasional typo.
Still, I was able to maintain a high words per minute count on 10fastfingers.com, where I scored 76 wpm on most tests. That’s just a few points below my 80 wpm standard.
The Prestige’s precision touchpad is generous, and multitouch gestures register well. My only complaint is that the laptop’s fingerprint reader sits in the touchpad’s upper-left corner, and running your finger over it doesn’t register as moving the cursor. So, essentially, it acts as a dead zone that you could accidentally run into during use. However, the touchpad’s larger overall size means this isn’t much of an issue in practice.
Audio on the MSI Prestige Evo 14
The MSI Prestige 14 Evo features a bottom-firing speaker on either side. I tested their audio by listening to Mood by 24kgoldn, and I had a subpar listening experience.
The most immediate issue with the Prestige 14 Evo’s audio is its volume — or lack thereof. Even at 100%, the Prestige 14 Evo was quiet, just barely able to fill my small office with music. Even for personal use, you’ll probably want to keep it at close to 80% of its max volume.
Volume wasn’t the Prestige 14 Evo’s only problem, though. Its audio also tends to come across as tinny and weak. For example, Mood opens up with thunderclaps meant to evoke a raging storm, but they sound more like rustling leaves here. The song’s frequent drum beats also bear a remarkable similarity to clapping hands.
Essentially, the Prestige 14 Evo’s speakers are so poor that my first impression of them was “Are these mono?”
Upgradeability of the MSI Prestige 14 Evo
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We opened the MSI Prestige 14 Evo by removing the 7 Phillips Head screws along its bottom with a J0 screwdriver. Note that there is a screw underneath a “factory seal” sticker in the center of the case’s lid that you’ll have to remove alongside the screws on the laptop’s side.
Inside the Prestige 14 Evo, you’ll find the M.2 SSD and the networking chip, but since the RAM is soldered in and there’s no slots for expanded storage, the only change you’ll be able to make is swapping out the SSD for one with a larger capacity.
Battery Life on the MSI Prestige 14 Evo
The Evo branding suggests the MSI Prestige 14 should last long. But we have our own battery test, which continually browses the web, streams video and runs OpenGL tests over Wi-Fi at 150 nits of brightness. It confirmed that the Prestige 14 Evo does indeed last for a while before turning off.
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Specifically, we found that it had 12:25 hours of battery life on our test. That puts it a little over an hour behind the Asus ZenBook 13 (13:47), but it’s still ahead of the XPS 13 (11:07) and the Razer Book 13 (11:44).
Heat on the MSI Prestige 14 Evo
The MSI Prestige 14 Evo doesn’t get that hot under strain, but it does heat up more frequently than we’d like, even during casual tests.
After 15 minutes of streaming YouTube, the touchpad was the Prestige 14 Evo’s coolest location. It registered 77.7 degrees Fahrenheit (25.4 degrees Celsius). The next hottest location was the keyboard at 87.3 degrees Fahrenheit (30.7 degrees Celsius), while the laptop’s bottom measured 92.3 degrees Fahrenheit (33.5 degrees Celsius).
Its hottest location was slightly above its F4 key, where it hit 93.4 degrees Fahrenheit (34.1 degrees Celsius).
All of this is within what we’ve seen from similar 14 inch Tiger Lake laptops like the Lenovo Yoga 7i, but what makes the Prestige 14 Evo stand out is just how frequently it heats up. Even just sitting idle off to my side as I wrote this review, its fans were on full blast most of the time. This got noisy fast, and I quickly took to turning the MSI off when it wasn’t in use.
Webcam on the MSI Prestige 14 Evo
The MSI Prestige 14 Evo’s webcam reflects the need for strong video conferencing during the pandemic. The picture is so clear that I thought it might have been 1080p when I first turned it on. No, this is a 720p camera, but my mistake indicates how highly I think of it.
In both normal and low light, the Prestige 14 Evo’s camera displayed virtually no grain and was true-to-life in capturing the color and texture of my face. More impressive, however, is that I was able to easily capture a photo in front of my office window without it being washed out by background light. Instead, I was surrounded by the cityscape surrounding my apartment, a rare treat even on the best webcams.
The Prestige 14 Evo’s webcam also acknowledges privacy concerns, and the laptop’s Fn bar has an option to turn it off on the hardware level so that you don’t have to worry about being recorded without your knowledge. It also has an IR sensor for use with Windows Hello.
Software and Warranty on the MSI Prestige 14 Evo
The MSI Prestige 14 Evo comes mostly free of bloat, but because this is a productivity laptop coming from a brand known mostly for gaming, MSI’s snuck in some utility software to prove that it’s not limited to helping players up their K/D ratios. So, on top of standard Windows pack-ins like Microsoft Solitaire Collection and Spotify, you’ll also find apps like the MSI Center for Business & Productivity.
The MSI Center for Business & Productivity is essentially a fancy name for a program that lets you change your CPU’s power consumption based on which apps are open, plus direct more CPU resources to certain productivity programs like Photoshop. It also has noise cancellation functions, and can help you clear SSD space. It also has a unique feature to link iOS devices to your computer as a second display.
ColorDirector for MSI, Music Maker Jam and PowerDirector 17 Essential for MSI are also present and are more akin to bloat. These Cyberlink photo/video editing apps aren’t particularly popular choices among professionals, but I suppose they could make for a good way to get your feet wet before dipping into anything more advanced.
MSI Prestige 14 Evo Configurations
The Evo-certified MSI Prestige 14 has five available configurations, with price and availability depending on theretailer. Our configuration had an Intel Core i7-1185G7 CPU 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD. It cost $1,149 at B&H and Newegg at time of review.
The cheapest version we could find was the version with the i5-1135G7, 16GB of RAM and a 512GB SSD, which came in at $1,099 at B&H at time of the review.
On the other side of the spectrum, the most advanced version we could find had the same specs as our review unit, except for having a 1TB SSD. It cost $1,199 at Best Buy at the time of review.
Bottom Line
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The MSI Prestige 14 Evo may seem premium at first, thanks to its name and the shiny trim along its outer edges, but on further inspection, it has serious compromises on everything but its performance.
While the Prestige 14 Evo largely boasted slight performance improvements over competitors, its gains were mostly meager, with the
Razer Book 13
in particular nipping at its heels across our tests. This is unfortunate, given that the Razer Book 13 has a brighter screen as well as louder and, in our experience, clearer audio.
Granted, the $1,599 Razer Book 13 is also more expensive than the Prestige 14 Evo, and the
Dell XPS 13
, which has similar strengths, is even more unapproachable at $1,650.
But the $999
Asus Zenbook 13
, which has a larger SSD and a brighter screen, is actually cheaper than the Prestige 14 Evo. MSI’s machine outclasses it a touch more on performance than the Razer Book 13 and the XPS 13, but the ZenBook actually has faster file transfer speeds than any of them. Its speakers were similarly tinny to the Prestige 14 Evo, but were much louder.
So whether you settle on the Prestige 14 Evo depends on your priorities in a laptop. If budget and performance are your first concerns, then it’s a pretty enticing machine. But if you’re willing to take a slight performance hit and pay a few hundred dollars more, you can get a machine with much higher quality components. Alternatively, if you’re OK with a noticeable but not oppressive performance dip, you could also get a machine with overall better components while paying less.
Vimeo is being spun off into a standalone public company as the video streaming site sees rapid growth brought on by the pandemic. Since shortly after its founding, Vimeo has been owned by IAC, the enormous tech and media holding company behind Angie’s List, Ask, Dotdash (formerly About.com), and, until recently, the dating app juggernaut Match Group.
IAC expects to complete the spinoff of Vimeo in the second quarter of 2021. “It’s time for Vimeo to spread its wings and become a great independent public company,” Joey Levin, IAC CEO, said in a press release. The spinoff is supposed to help Vimeo raise money to further invest in product and sales capabilities.
Vimeo, founded in 2004, has long offered what is essentially a more professional alternative to YouTube. The site allows paying members to customize the video player surrounding their films, put password protection on videos, create custom sites, integrate with Google Analytics, and have multiple team members manage an account, among other features more likely to be needed by teams and professionals than individuals. Creators can also offer rentals and purchases of their films through Vimeo.
The site doesn’t focus on video discovery and vitality to the extent that YouTube has, and its free plan comes with significant limitations, so it’s never achieved quite the same scale as its most prominent competitor.
Vimeo says it now has 200 million users (though it doesn’t clarify if that number is in total, per month, or something else) and has grown rapidly throughout 2020. “In the last 7 months we’ve welcomed over 30 million new members, seen over 60 million new videos created and uploaded, and powered millions of live events that went digital for the first time — more than the prior 3 years combined,” Vimeo CEO Anjali Sud wrote last month.
In November, Vimeo raised $150 million, valuing the company at $2.75 billion, according to CNBC. Sud said the funding would help Vimeo build new tools for teams and enterprise users, develop richer live event features, and add integrations with more third-party platforms, alongside the creation of other new tools.
“We’re ready for this next chapter and focused on making video far easier and more effective than ever before,” Sud said in today’s press release.
OPPO recently showed two design concepts. LetsGoDigital interviewed Harrison Chen, General Manager OPPO Benelux AED about these new products.
Last week OPPO managed to surprise the tech world with two special concept products. Via Twitter, the smartphone manufacturer showed a futuristic “slide phone” as well as a “music link”, both of which are created in collaboration with the Japanese design studio nendo. The so-called slide phone is a foldable device with three hinges and a stylus pen. Music link is a collection of devices, in which the True Wireless Stereo earbuds play a central role. It is a smartwatch, an AI speaker, a wired charger and a wireless charger, which all work together seamlessly.
It is not the first time that OPPO shows a concept smartphone, less than a month ago, the smartphone manufacturer unexpectedly demonstrated the Oppo X 2021 during INNO Day 2020 – an extendable smartphone with a rollable display.
LetsGoDigital has had the opportunity to interview Harrison Chen, General Manager of OPPO Benelux AED (The Benelux area includes The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. ‘AED’ stands for Authorized Exclusive Distributor). We wondered, among other things, what OPPO’s goal is with these concept products and whether these futuristic devices will actually be brought to market. The following Q&A provides more insight into OPPO’s thinking regarding these new concept devices and future IoT products.
Question 1: Why did OPPO decide to collaborate with nendo?
Answer: “The cooperation between OPPO and nendo is based on a mutual appreciation for each other’s brand and a shared vision of qualitative and innovative designs. OPPO believes that technology should be both innovative and comfortable for people to use. The Japanese design studio nendo and founder Sato Oki shares the vision to inspire users in everyday life in a fun and surprising way.”
Question 2: Why did OPPO decide to collaborate on ‘slide phone’ and ‘music link’ rather than other concept designs? What does OPPO try to express through these concept designs?
Answer: “Based on our shared vision for design philosophy, OPPO and nendo have joined forces to explore and investigate users’ need for a smartphone with a larger screen and better portability, bringing forth the “slide-phone”.
Besides, a seamless experience is one of the most important user needs in the Internet of Things (IoT) era. With this thought in mind, the “music link” was born to provide users with a seamless connecting and an extremely user-friendly operating experience. The integration of technology and human-centricity reflects OPPO’s design philosophy.”
Question 3: What is OPPO’s design philosophy?
Answer: “OPPO is always striving to provide more users with advanced technology with an aesthetic design. These concept designs are OPPO’s latest exploration into more possibilities on the integrating of technology and aesthetics.”
Question 4: Is there a commercial planfor the OPPO x nendo concept designs?
Answer: “OPPO uses technology to empower people to capture the beauty around them and to unleash their imagination of the future, thereby helping everyone to get the best out of life. Currently, these conceptual designs are intended to showcase OPPO’s ideas about the integration of technology, in an aesthetic form that connects and enriches daily life. By the collaboration with nendo, OPPO hopes to inspire the team to provoke ideas for future product designs and the new user capabilities that comes with it.”
Question 5: Are there any plans for OPPO and nendo to collaborate in designing commercial products?
Answer: “The cooperation between OPPO and nendo / Oki Sato has been very exciting and innovative and has made us think about future possibilities. We will keep you informed if there are any follow-up plans.”
Question 6: There is an AI smart speaker included in ‘music-link’. Does this mean OPPO will release an AI smart speaker?
Answer: “In addition to the OPPO Watch, Enco Free earbuds, 5G CPE and other products that have been released this year, OPPO is actively expanding its IoT product portfolio for the global market. More products will be introduced in the future. You will hear more about this next year. ”
We thank mr. Chen for the time he has taken to answer our questions. Although we have unfortunately received no confirmation as to whether the OPPO x nendo will ever be released, it is clear that OPPO intends to continue to expand its product portfolio in the future with innovative products, where usage and design go hand in hand.
Last month, independent market agency International Data Corporation (IDC) announced that OPPO is the fastest growing smartphone manufacturer in Europe in 2020, with a year-on-year growth of more than 560%. We are therefore very curious about what OPPO will come up with in 2021. If we are to believe the rumors, the company will release its first foldable smartphone in the second half of 2021. However, details about this device are still scarce.
Below a YouTube video published by OPPO about the new music link.
The following YouTube video demonstrates the OPPO slide phone.
Page 1: Razer Tomahawk ATX in the test: Midi-Tower with Razer Chroma RGB and swing doors
Razer is entering the case segment – and we are testing the company’s first midi tower with the Tomahawk ATX. This gaming case already attracts attention visually with its Razer Chroma RGB lighting and glass swing doors. But does the Tomahawk ATX also have a functional impact?
Razer was previously not on the list as a case supplier. But if Seasonic as a power supply manufacturer brings an at least exciting case onto the market, why shouldn’t Razer also succeed? Especially since Razer already offers products far beyond the input device segment. Entry into the housing market should be successful with two models. The Tomahawk Mini-ITX is offered as the basis for powerful, but space-saving gaming systems. The Tomahawk ATX, on the other hand, is designed as a midi tower and supports a maximum of E-ATX mainboards.
Both models have a similar design with a minimalist shape but eye-catching lighting embossed. Both a central Razer logo in the front and underbody lighting light up. Swinging doors made of glass, which make the interior easily accessible in both models, are also striking.
Another thing both models have in common is their high price. The Tomahawk Mini-ITX should 199, 99 Euro. For the full-blown Tomahawk ATX, Razer uses 229, 99 Euro.
In the unpacked & touched video we take a first look at the case:
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Razer includes two bags with assembly material, instructions, black cable ties and two Velcro fasteners for cable management as well as some stickers with the Tomahawk ATX.
Before we start the actual test, here are the key data of the housing in tabular form:
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Already shortly after the release of Cyberpunk 2077 the first modifications appeared with those Players could adapt the dystopian role-playing game to their needs. Almost two weeks after the title was officially released, the most successful mods have emerged on the popular among modders, Nexusmods.
The first place goes to a mod called Cyber Engine Tweaks by a large margin. The unofficial game expansion was already over 150. 000 downloaded times and is primarily intended to improve performance, including the activation of SMT use on AMD processors counts. Furthermore, some errors and bugs should be fixed to reduce crashes and game breaking bugs. Another new feature is the debug menu, which is intended to support players in solving problems and bugs in the game independently. )
With around 59. 000 Downloads, CyberConsole ranks second among the most popular mods on the site. The modification uses the command line already integrated into the game and makes it visible for all users. With the commands available, players can do many different things. Cheating additional money as well as rare items and equipment is one of the main functions. In contrast to Cyber Engine Tweaks, CyberConsole actively intervenes in the game and under certain circumstances gives you massive advantages. It is of course up to each player to decide to what extent a use of the console fits their own style of play.
Third place among the most successful mods for cyberpunk 2077 is just under 50. 000 Downloads Better Vehicle Handling. The modification should, as the name suggests, make the driving behavior of the vehicles in the game more pleasant. However, the developer of the mod explicitly points out that he is still experimenting with the settings, which can change the driving behavior in future versions.
The installation of modifications for Cyberpunk 2017 is usually quite simple, but varies from mod to mod As a rule, however, the modders offer detailed installation instructions in the description and there are also many videos on YouTube whose topic is modding in cyberpunk 2077 is.
Samsung recently published a teaser for its flagship SoC Exynos, which is expected at CES 2021 2100. The new processor will be used for the first time in the upcoming Galaxy S 21 series. This is especially interesting because the Snapdragon 888 from Qulacomm, depending on the region, in the Galaxy S 21 will be installed. Last year the Exynos 21 lost to the competition from Qualcomm, especially when it comes to gaming, the performance of the SoC was far below expectations. However, Samsung seems to have better cards next year. The information from the leaks about the European Galaxy S Ultra give up hope for a fight Eye level between the two chip manufacturers.
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Samsung apparently no longer relies on the in-house Mongoose Cores, but will likely like competitor Qualcomm on a combination of a Cortex X1 high-performance core with up to 2, 91 GHz as well as three Cortex-A 78 – and four Cortex-A 55 – Cores with up to 2, 78, or 2, 21 GHz. The production should also take place in the 5 nm process. This should also reduce the performance and efficiency difference between the Exynos 2100 and the Snapdragon 888 are not as serious as their predecessors. At the moment it is still unclear whether the Samsung Exynos 2100 also has special features, such as triple ISP to offer.
Buyers of the Galaxy S are expected to benefit from Samsung’s upcoming flagship processor the regions around India and Europe. As in previous years, the version of the smartphone for the USA, China and South Korea will probably have a processor from Qualcomm, i.e. the Snapdragon 888 are used.
Google returns to the topic of inefficiencies , explaining the causes that caused the malfunctions of last week
by Nino Grasso published 21 December 2020 , at 10: 41 in the web channel Google YouTube
Last week the whole world suffered severe disruptions on all Google services, and the company promptly returned to the subject by officially declaring that the damage was caused by a bug in automated system for the management of memory quotas of Google User ID Service . The bug involved the Google account log-in system, preventing users from authenticating on all online and Cloud services.
In short, who tried to access company services, such as Gmail , YouTube , Google Drive , Google Maps, Google Calendar and many other services, the 14 last December, for about an hour, was greeted by an error screen. During the outage, users could not send emails through the Gmail mobile apps, or receive emails via POP3 on the desktop, or YouTube users received error messages (503), with an invitation to try again (in vain).
Google describes the causes and impact of the outage
“Monday 14 December 2020 from 03: 46 at 04: 33 US / Pacific, all operations for issuing credentials and the account metadata searches did not work “, the company explained on an error report page. “As a result, we were unable to verify user authentication by providing 5xx errors on all authenticated traffic. Most of authenticated services had an impact: high error rates across the entire Google Cloud Platform, and the Google Workspace API and Consoles “.
At the root of the problem there was the decreased capacity to access the storage space by the central system of the Google authentication system , all due to a bug in the memory quota management system. Due to the error the authentication requests from users failed, referring to errors on “virtually” all attempts.
For authentication in its services Google uses the Google User ID Service , a system that stores unique identifiers for each Google account managing the authentication credentials for both OAuth tokens and cookies. Furthermore, it also stores user data in a distributed database that makes use of Paxos protocols to coordinate updates during authentication. The Service automatically rejects all access attempts that make use of obsolete data, which is why during the disruption all the authentication that required a Google OAuth access were rejected.
The bug is was introduced in the systems in October as part of a “migration process of the User ID Service to a new management system of quotas “, explains Google, with parts of the previous system that have remained in use and have set the use of the storage provided for the User ID Service. Once the new criteria were enabled (last week) access to writing on Paxos protocols was immediately forbidden and in short all operations in reading have become obsolete preventing all access attempts running on the platform.
Two outages on Gmail on the same day
On Gmail, the problems continued for about seven hours after the failure in the authentication system was resolved, with several users of the platform not being able to deliver their emails. Google always talks about it in another article: “The error message indicated that the email address did not exist and, therefore, some emails were never delivered. Affected users should have received a bounce email generated by an intermediary SMTP service. In some cases the SMTP error message was quoted in the email, based on to the configuration of external SMTP clients in connection with the Google SMTP service “.
Google also explained the causes of the second disruption, also caused by an operation being migrated, in this case, however, of the configuration system underlying the Gmail SMTP incoming service.
Despite launching at the beginning of the month, we are yet to look at a custom RTX 3060 Ti graphics card – the subsequent launches of first the AMD RX 6900 XT and then Cyberpunk 2077 kept our attention elsewhere. That changes today however, as we assess the Palit RTX 3060 Ti GamingPro OC. With a hefty factory overclock and a power target that is 40W higher than the reference spec, what can this card offer to the mid-range market?
Watch video via Vimeo (below) or over on YouTube at 2160p HERE
In terms of its appearance, the Palit RTX 3060 Ti GamingPro OC may look familiar, and that’s because it shares a very similar design to the RTX 3080 GamingPro OC that we reviewed a couple of months ago. It’s not quite identical though, while the cooler has also – understandably – been stripped back slightly as the 3060 Ti is a lower-power chip.
Still, increasing clock speed by 135MHz compared to the Founders Edition is no mean feat, and it will be interesting to see how that affects the thermals and noise levels of this card. We also test seven games, including Cyberpunk 2077, to see if the GamingPro OC can offer a meaningful performance increase over the Founders Edition.
GPU
RTX 3090
RTX 3080
RTX 3070
RTX 3060 Ti
RTX 2080 SUPER
SMs
82
68
46
38
48
CUDA Cores
10496
8704
5888
4864
3072
Tensor Cores
328
272
184
152
384
RT Cores
82
68
46
38
48
Texture Units
328
272
184
152
192
ROPs
112
96
96
80
64
GPU Boost Clock
1695 MHz
1710 MHz
1725 MHz
1665 MHz
1815 MHz
Memory Data Rate
19.5 Gbps
19 Gbps
14 Gbps
14 Gbps
15.5 Gbps
Total Video Memory
24GB GDDR6X
10GB GDDR6X
8GB GDDR6
8GB GDDR6
8GB GDDR6
Memory Interface
384-bit
320-bit
256-bit
256-bit
256-bit
Memory Bandwidth
936 GB/Sec
760 GB/Sec
448 GB/Sec
448 GB/Sec
496.1 GB/sec
TGP
350W
320W
220W
200W
250W
The RTX 3060 Ti is the first Ampere GPU to launch which wasn’t announced in the September livestream event. Just like the RTX 3070, however, it uses Nvidia’s GA104 GPU, but a cut-down version of that silicon. That means the RTX 3060 Ti incorporates 38 Streaming Multiprocessors (SMs), and thanks to Ampere’s new SM structure with its two FP32 datapaths, each SM houses 128 CUDA cores, giving a total of 4684.
Ampere also places one RT core, and four Tensor cores, in each SM, giving a total of 38 RT cores and 152 Tensor cores. This is accompanied by 152 texture units, and 80 ROPs which are now housed directly within each graphics processing cluster (GPC), with 16 ROPs per GPC, and 5 GPCs in total for RTX 3070.
Nvidia’s reference spec for the RTX 3060 Ti sees a rated boost clock of 1665MHz. The GamingPro OC is a factory overclocked mode though, with a rated boost clock of 1800MHz. We test real-world clock speed behaviour later in this review.
For the memory, Nvidia is using the same configuration as the RTX 3070. That means it sports 8GB of 14Gbps GDDR6 memory, operating over a 256-bit bus, for total memory bandwidth of 448 GB/Sec.
Lastly, for total graphics power, Palit has set a power target of 240W for the GamingPro OC, which is a 40W increase of the reference specification.
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Early one morning, a week after the pandemic started, chef and food writer J. Kenji López-Alt strapped a GoPro to his head and filmed himself making breakfast. In the video, you can see López-Alt rummaging through his fridge, slicing and frying bacon, and peeling a bit of egg off a pan to give to his excited dog. There’s no recipe beneath the video, no voice-over instructions detailing what we’re seeing — it’s just a guy in a kitchen making breakfast.
Videos like these became both much-needed entertainment and valuable educational resources early in the pandemic, as a world of people realized they would be stuck at home indefinitely with their own (not necessarily stunning) cooking, and a little extra time to put into it. Food and drink streams surged in popularity on Twitch, doubling in hours watched year over year in August, according to StreamElements and Arsenal.gg. On YouTube, “cook with me” videos more than doubled in popularity starting in March and maintained that growth through October, YouTube told the Associated Press.
“It gives [viewers] confidence to do stuff in the kitchen,” said López-Alt, author of The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science. His own videos lack the polish and perfect cuts of a professional show and include the slip-ups he makes along the way. “It gives them permission to make mistakes.”
Cooking shows have been around for a century, but new formats online have revitalized the genre in recent years. On YouTube in particular, you can find step-by-step instructional lessons, personal “cook with me” vlogs, and stomach-churning food challenges like stuffing McDonald’s burgers and nuggets into an oversized burrito. On Twitch, chefs and home cooks broadcast themselves live from their kitchen as they prepare meals. And on TikTok, you can watch videos teaching you how to make a new dish in under a minute.
Many hosts noticed a pickup in views and engagement as the pandemic went on. “It definitely has been skyrocket high with the views on things you can do at home,” Zahria Harvey, whose YouTube channel XO. ZAHRIAAA is known for “cook with me” videos, told The Verge. Harvey says one viewer wrote in about making an affordable date night meal featured on her channel for an anniversary dinner because she couldn’t go out to dinner. “It was like wow, these videos are actually helping a lot of people during this time,” Harvey said.
The influx of new viewers has also meant more live interaction for hosts on Twitch. “I find that the community is way more vocal and involved past March this year,” L.A., a photographer and former sushi chef who runs the channel The Hunger Service, told The Verge. L.A.’s streams typically run for three to four hours and show him preparing and cooking a meal, talking through his process as he’s working. As he cooks, viewers ask questions about the process, like how sharp a knife needs to be or how to turn a recipe vegan.
For López-Alt, who’s known for his Serious Eats column, his channel became a fun outlet for both him and his viewers. The format he locked into — strapping a GoPro to his head — is what made video finally click for him, and it helped him reach viewers who weren’t familiar with his writing. “The food I cook on my channel is stuff I was generally making for lunch and for dinner,” López-Alt said. “I could do it consistently, people seemed to like it, [and] I enjoyed making it.” Viewers told him the videos were a bright spot and were helping them learn how to cook.
Some creators have found that the surge in interest in their channels extends beyond cooking. Remi Cruz, a popular YouTuber who frequently features cooking on her two channels, said that people have been more interested in basically anything you can do at home. For “vlogmas,” she’s been using cooking to fill the gap where she’d normally vlog about outdoor activities and holiday shopping. “I’ve just been implementing some sort of cooking-related thing every day, and people genuinely love it,” Cruz told The Verge.
Viewers won’t always end up cooking what they see, but these videos can still make their time in the kitchen a bit more fun — or at least, distract them while they think about the great meals they’ll eventually go back out to a restaurant and order.
“People are looking for some sort of comfort,” L.A. said. “Comfort food is a thing, and watching these shows can offer that comfort. You may not be making it at the time, but maybe you will.”
Ever since PlayStation cut ties with Facebook, streamers can no longer broadcast live or upload clips directly to Facebook. It’s easy to livestream directly to Twitch, YouTube, and Twitter, though. You can start the stream from your console, know that your voice and game audio will be leveled, create a title, click start streaming and watch the stream from your phone, tablet, or computer.
What You Need to Livestream from PlayStation
● PlayStation 4 or 5: the user interface is similar.
● Headset with a 3.5 mm output to plug into the PS controller.
● A Controller to navigate through the menus and monitor audio levels
● A Monitor to see how high or low the volume
● A PSN account to access the party function.
Setting Up Voice Audio for PS4 Livestreams
To ensure sure that your livestream includes your voice
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2. Slide to the right and select Settings
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3. Select Sharing and Broadcasts
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4. Select Broadcast Settings.
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5. Then select Advanced Settings
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6. Navigate to Audio Sharing Settings
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We see three different options
● Include Microphone Audio in Video Clips is for when you’re recording gameplay. For example, 15-minute clips can be recorded and saved in your gallery with or without your commentary. Select this to include any commentary made during the 15 mins. Include Microphone Audio in Broadcasts is for livestreaming. Check this box to ensure your microphone is heard during your livestreams. Share Party Audio: checking this box will include party audio in video clips and broadcast. This one needs to be selected in order for your livestream to hear the people in your party chat. Selecting this will also override the first one Include Microphone Audio in Video Clips. Your voice will be included in every clip made.
Now that you have made your party chat sharable with your livestream, let’s setup allowing your voice to be broadcast in your friend’s livestream.
How to Set Your Broadcast to Capture Friends’ Party Chat Audio
These are the settings you need to change and have others in your party change on their ends so the stream can hear you and your buddies.
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2. Press theOPTIONS button on the right of the touchpad on the controller to see Party Settings & select Party Settings.
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3. Scroll down to Allow Your Voice to Be Shared
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4. Select Always Allow
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Now your voice is available in your buddies’ stream.
Once you’re in a party and you notice someone’s mic is too low or too high they can be adjusted in party settings.
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Since PlayStation’s recent update, joining parties and in-game sessions are different. Once you select party, the software will automatically take you to the party that you’re in. Or it will show you parties that you are invited to. You can no longer view other people’s parties without an invitation.
3. Select Party Settings from the right-side menu.
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You’ll see the top three options are now available to select
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4. Select Adjust Microphone Level, if you wish to change your microphone sensitivity.
If the bar is yellow in the Too Low zone, you’re a quiet talker, slide the bar up to increase your volume.
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If the bar is red and in the Too High zone, you’re a loud talker, slide the volume down to lower your volume.
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5. Select Adjust Audio Mix
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The bar will adjust the game or your party chat. If you’re playing a game like Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout and don’t need to hear the game audio slide the bar to the left.
If you’re playing a game like Apex Legends and you need to hear the game audio slide the bar to the right. This adjusts settings for you and your broadcast as well.
6. Select Chat Audio to prioritize which chat is being used, the game voice chat or the PlayStation party voice chat.
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Adjusting these settings can increase the production value of your stream. And it combats people who like to put their mics close to their mouths. You are able to control anyone’s volume from your PlayStation.
Setting Up Voice Audio for PS5 Livestreams
1. Click the Settings button on the top right-hand side
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2. Select Captures and Broadcast
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3. Select Broadcast on the left side of the screen.
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4. Select Audio.
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5. Toggle onInclude Voice Chat Audio. This allows other streamers to broadcast your voice, your livestream to capture your voice and your commentary to be captured when you save Game Clips.
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A shortcut to including your Mic Audio and Party Audio is included your Save Game Recording Menu
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How to Balance Voice Chat and Gameplay Audio
1. Press the PS button on the controller. You’ll see a menu appear on the bottom
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2. Scroll to the right to the Sound icon. A menu box will appear that will have a bar underneath Voice Chat Balance.
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3. Move the bar to the left to turn up the Voice Chat or move it to the right to turn up the Game Chat Audio.
As we mentioned above, if you’re playing a game like Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout and don’t need to hear the game audio, slide the bar to the left. If you’re playing a game like Apex Legends and you need to hear the game audio, slide the bar to the right.
How to Access Party Settings
1. Press the PS button on the controller.
2. Slide to the right toward Game Base.Game Base is four icons over
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3. Create a party by pressing the square button on your controller.
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4. Press the PS button
5. Select Game Base and scroll to the right of Create Party button to the Settingsbutton
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6. Select Voice Chat Settings
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How to Adjust Your Mic Settings
1. Select Microphone Level Voice from the Voice Chat Settings menu.
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2. Slide the bar to the left to turn down your mic sensitivity and slide the bar to the right to turn up the mic sensitivity
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Also in Voice Chat Settings, you see Share Your Voice.
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Here is another place where you can allow your voice to be shared through your buddies’ livestream.
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There is a shortcut available in your Game Base to adjust or mute your mic.
The PlayStation 5’s UI is slightly different, with newer icons and functions. So you’re able to do the same things with fewer steps. The mini-menu that pops up when you press the PS makes it easy to create shortcuts.
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