- Helldivers 2 dev suggests restarting the game to fix a pricey new ship upgrade bug, confirms the team is “investigating a fix” Gamesradar
- Two Days After Helldivers 2 Players ‘Eradicated’ the Automatons, the Bots Are Back With a Massive Invasion Fleet IGN
- Helldivers 2 Players Are Loving New Armor Change Not Mentioned in Patch Notes GameRant
- Helldivers 2 hotfix takes swings at a whole hive of crash culprits, so you should be able to deploy more reliably now PC Gamer
- Helldivers 2 patch remedies the mission-crashing bugs that nearly derailed the Automaton war effort’s finale, just in time for the next Major Order Yahoo! Voices
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Dow Jones Slides 250 Points On Key Housing Data; DraftKings Pops On Upgrade – Investor’s Business Daily
- Dow Jones Slides 250 Points On Key Housing Data; DraftKings Pops On Upgrade Investor’s Business Daily
- WEDNESDAY’S BLOG Stock Market Today: What to Watch The Wall Street Journal
- NASDAQ 100, Dow Jones, S&P 500 News: Market Braces for October’s Volatility Amid Rate, Political Concerns FX Empire
- Stock Market Tests August Lows But These Indicators Remain Bearish; Yield Hits Nearly 16-Year High Investor’s Business Daily
- Nasdaq, S&P 500 Futures Retreat On Rate-Hike Worries — But Here’s Why This Analyst Sees Bullish End To Ye Benzinga
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Think Starfield isn’t optimised for PC? Todd Howard says you “may need to upgrade” your rig – VG247
- Think Starfield isn’t optimised for PC? Todd Howard says you “may need to upgrade” your rig VG247
- Todd Howard asked on-air why Bethesda didn’t optimise Starfield for PC: ‘We did […] you may need to upgrade your PC’ PC Gamer
- “I can play it on my PC” – Asmongold seemingly agrees with Todd Howard’s defense of Starfield being an Xbox-exclusive title Sportskeeda
- Starfield Game Director Confirms Mod Support Is Coming Next Year Beebom
- Starfield’s Todd Howard claps back at interviewer who questions PC optimization Dexerto
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Big 12 football transfers: Texas, Oklahoma upgrade with players ready to make instant impact in 2023 season – CBS Sports
- Big 12 football transfers: Texas, Oklahoma upgrade with players ready to make instant impact in 2023 season CBS Sports
- Michigan Wolverines news: Two big transfer portal victories, positive recruiting trends, and more GBMWolverine
- College football transfer portal 2023 rankings: Alabama tops nine teams with most Top247 departures 247Sports
- SEC football transfers: Offensive additions for Alabama, Georgia ready to make instant impact in 2023 season CBS Sports
- ESPN tabs Damon Wilson as possible ‘instant impact’ newcomer for Georgia football DawgNation
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Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 To Offer Significant Performance Upgrade Without Any Loss Of Efficiency Over The Last Generation – Wccftech
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 To Offer Significant Performance Upgrade Without Any Loss Of Efficiency Over The Last Generation Wccftech
- Galaxy S24 Snapdragon chip to boast better performance without sacrificing efficiency SamMobile – Samsung news
- New Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Performance Numbers Indicates That Previous Rumors Were ‘Too Optimistic’ Gizchina.com
- Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 will offer major performance boost with no compromise on efficiency gizmochina
- Early Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 performance numbers indicate bog standard generational upgrades Notebookcheck.net
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‘Next Bull Rull’—Ethereum Founder Issues Bullish Prediction After ‘Game Changing’ Upgrade Helps Bitcoin Price Rally – Forbes
- ‘Next Bull Rull’—Ethereum Founder Issues Bullish Prediction After ‘Game Changing’ Upgrade Helps Bitcoin Price Rally Forbes
- OKB Explodes 16% to Chart 2-Month High, Bitcoin Maintains $30K (Weekend Watch) CryptoPotato
- Bitcoin on track to end week 9% higher post inflation data, ether set for 13% weekly gain Seeking Alpha
- Ether ETH Price Swings Upward After Ethereum Upgrade, but What About the Future? CoinDesk
- Injective (INJ) Soars 60% Weekly, Bitcoin Flat Above $30K (Market Watch) CryptoPotato
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ARK: Survival Evolved to Ascend to PS5 in August, No Upgrade Path for Existing Owners – Push Square
- ARK: Survival Evolved to Ascend to PS5 in August, No Upgrade Path for Existing Owners Push Square
- Ark 2 is delayed, so they’re turning off Survival Evolved’s official servers and charging $50 for a remaster Rock Paper Shotgun
- Ark: Survival Evolved servers going offline in August to make way for Ark: Survival Ascended VG247
- Ark 2 Delayed Again, to 2024; But a Next-Gen Version of the First Game Is Out in August IGN
- ARK: Survival Ascended announced for PS5, Xbox Series, and PC; ARK: Survival Evolved servers to shut down in August Gematsu
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Ethereum Sets Date For Shanghai Upgrade On Sepolia Testnet; Over $488M Of ETH Transferred To Coinbase – Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) – Benzinga
- Ethereum Sets Date For Shanghai Upgrade On Sepolia Testnet; Over $488M Of ETH Transferred To Coinbase – Coinbase Global (NASDAQ:COIN) Benzinga
- Ethereum (ETH) Developers Highlight Key Timelines in Shanghai Update Final Pre-Launch U.Today
- Ethereum: Everything you need to know about Shapella mainnet upgrade AMBCrypto News
- JPMorgan Estimates Ethereum Shanghai Upgrade Might Bring More Investors to Stake in the Protocol – News Bitcoin News Bitcoin News
- Ethereum’s Shapella transition is “on the horizon” Cointelegraph
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Galaxy Note 20 Ultra vs Galaxy S23 Ultra: A great upgrade for Note fans
The Galaxy S23 Ultra will be unveiled next week alongside the Galaxy S23 and the Galaxy S23+. However, its specifications and pricing have leaked already. And so far, it is shaping to be a killer smartphone, thanks to improved processing, better cameras, and longer battery life. It can also be a significant upgrade from Samsung’s last high-end Galaxy Note device, the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra.
Let us look at why we think the Galaxy S23 Ultra is a worthy upgrade from the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra.
A massively improved processor (Snapdragon 8 Gen 2)
For the first time in its history, Samsung will offer a Snapdragon processor in all its high-end smartphones worldwide. Going by all the leaks, the Galaxy S23 Ultra will feature a higher-clocked version of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor. Since multiple smartphones with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 have launched over the past couple of months, we have a fair idea of what to expect from the chipset.
Reviews reveal that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is an extremely powerful chipset while also being very power efficient when necessary. Tests have shown its gaming performance to be better than Apple’s A16 Bionic chipset used in the iPhone 14 Pro series. And Qualcomm has closed the gap with Apple in terms of CPU performance. The new 5G modem inside the Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 is also more efficient than previous generation Snapdragon chips. So, the Galaxy S23 Ultra will be leaps and bounds faster and more efficient than the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, be it the Exynos 990 version or the Snapdragon 865+ version.
So, if you are upgrading from the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra to the Galaxy S23 Ultra, your new phone will offer smoother animations, faster app and game opening times, better multitasking, and improved gaming.
Brighter display with the same S Pen
While the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra has an impressive Dynamic AMOLED 2X screen with a 120Hz refresh rate, QHD+ resolution, and up to 1,500 nits of peak brightness, the Galaxy S23 Ultra has an even better display. It is still a QHD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X panel with a 120Hz refresh rate, but the new screen used in the Galaxy S23 Ultra can go even brighter, at 1,750 nits, and has a variable refresh rate that goes as low as 1Hz to save battery (compared to 10Hz on the Note 20 Ultra).
The display also reproduces better colors at its highest brightness levels when used under direct sunlight (or any bright light). Plus, unlike the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, the Galaxy S23 Ultra’s display can run a 120Hz refresh rate even at QHD+ resolution, so you will get sharper visuals even at the highest refresh rate settings. And since the Galaxy S23 Ultra has a built-in S Pen slot, Galaxy Note fans won’t feel left out.
The Galaxy S23 Ultra’s screen is protected using Gorilla Glass Victus 2, which is more shatter resistant than the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra’s Gorilla Glass Victus protection.
Improved cameras all around
The Galaxy Note 20 Ultra was the first Galaxy Note series device with an ultra-high camera resolution (108MP). In comparison, the Galaxy S23 Ultra has a 200MP primary camera with OIS, faster autofocus, and a slightly wider aperture (F1.7). Going by Samsung’s promise and the leaked images, the 200MP camera should offer improved details, better colors, and a wider dynamic range. It will also have faster autofocus even in extremely low-light situations.
It also offers smoother videos with a wider field-of-view at 8K resolution, thanks to a higher frame rate of 30fps. While both phones feature 4K 60fps video recording, videos coming out of the Galaxy S23 Ultra will have better colors and a wider dynamic range. Low-light videos will be brighter and have lower noise.
While both smartphones have a 12MP ultrawide camera, the one on the Galaxy S23 Ultra has autofocus, which means you can capture sharper images and macro images and stable videos. The Galaxy S23 Ultra also offers more optical zoom, thanks to its 10MP telephoto camera with 10x optical zoom. There is also an additional 10MP telephoto camera with 3x optical zoom. In comparison, the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra has a 12MP telephoto camera with 5x optical zoom.
The Galaxy S23 Ultra also features a better front-facing camera. Its new 12MP selfie camera sensor offers higher details and better videos than the 10MP selfie camera on the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. The new phone can also capture 4K 60fps selfie videos with HDR. So, be it still images or videos, the Galaxy S23 Ultra offers better camera performance than the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra.
Longer battery life, faster charging
The Galaxy Note 20 Ultra is powered by a 4,500mAh battery and has a 7nm processor. The Galaxy S23 Ultra has a 4nm processor and a 5,000mAh battery. Thanks to a more power-efficient processor and a bigger battery, the Galaxy S23 Ultra should easily last more than a day on a single charge.
The Galaxy S23 Ultra also features 45W fast charging, which means you can charge more than half of the phone’s battery within half an hour.
Longer software update support
The Galaxy Note 20 Ultra launched with Android 10 onboard and received three major Android OS updates: up to Android 13-based One UI 5.0. The Galaxy S23 Ultra will debut with Android 13-based One UI 5.1. It will get four major Android OS updates (up to Android 17). It means that if you upgrade from your Galaxy Note 20 Ultra to a Galaxy S23 Ultra, your phone will be up to date for four years from now.
There is just one catch
Both phones—Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy S23 Ultra—have many premium features in common, including an IP68 rating, AKG-tuned stereo speakers, an ultrasonic fingerprint reader, Wi-Fi 6, UWB, Wireless DeX, Samsung Pay, a high-speed USB Type-C port, wireless charging, and reverse wireless charging. However, the Galaxy S23 Ultra is a downgrade in one area. It lacks the microSD card slot that is present in the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. If you are someone who likes to swap out microSD cards and keep them handy for data transfer, you will be disappointed with the Galaxy S23 Ultra.
Overall, Galaxy S23 Ultra is a significant upgrade over the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra
The Galaxy S23 Ultra is still an almost perfect upgrade over the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra. It has a brighter screen, better screen protection, a faster processor, faster RAM and storage, better front and rear cameras, longer battery life, faster charging, and much longer software update support.
The only thing that should keep you with your Galaxy Note 20 Ultra is the Galaxy S23 Ultra’s lack of a microSD card slot. That said, the Galaxy S23 Ultra will come with a minimum of 256GB storage, which is something you might want to keep in mind.
Madison Brooks news latest: Prosecutors vow to upgrade charges against four accused of rape of LSU student
Louisiana sorority student Madison Brooks fatally struck by car after alleged rape
Prosecutors have vowed to upgrade charges against four males accused of raping a Louisiana State University student before abandoning her in a dark road, where she was struck by a ride-share car and killed.
Madison Brooks, 19, spent the night of 14 January at Reggie’s Bar in Baton Rouge where she allegedly met her attackers.
Investigators said Brooks was then sexually assaulted by the four men in a car before they dropped her off along a road in the early hours of 15 January. A driver then hit the Alpha Phi sorority sister and she died in hospital.
Kaivon Deondre Washington, 18, and a 17-year-old male who has not been named due to his age have been charged with third-degree rape.
Mr Washington’s uncle Everette Lee, 28, and Casen Carver, 18, are charged with principal to rape — they have since been released on bond.
At a bond hearing this week, prosecutors said they would seek to upgrade charges to first-degree rape and plan to convene a grand jury in the case. In the hearing, a judge said that footage shot by one of the suspects – along with other evidence – proves a crime occurred that night.
Earlier: Two suspects freed on bond
Andrew Blanco is following the case and filed this report.
Andrea Blanco26 January 2023 14:28
Liquor licence suspended at bar where LSU student met alleged attackers
The bar where an underage Louisiana State University (LSU) student met her alleged rapists before she was hit by a car and killed has had its liquor licence suspended.
The Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control announced on Tuesday that it was issuing an emergency suspension for Reggie’s bar in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, following the tragic death of 19-year-old Madison Brooks.
The agency cited “the seriousness of the allegations and the potential threat to public safety”.
Rachel Sharp26 January 2023 14:00
Who are the four men charged with her rape?
Four men have been arrested for allegedly raping Louisiana State University student Madison Brooks before dropping her off in a dark street, where she was fatally hit.
Kaivon Deondre Washington, 18, and a 17-year-old male who was not identified because he is a minor have been charged with third-degree rape.
Mr Washington’s uncle Everette Lee, 28, and Casen Carver, 18, were also charged with principal to rape.
LSU has confirmed that none of the four alleged attackers are students at the college.
(Baton Rouge PD )
Rachel Sharp26 January 2023 13:30
What happened to Madison Brooks?
Brooks, 19, was allegedly sexually assaulted in a car on 15 January after a night of drinking in a Baton Rouge bar before being left on a dark road in the early hours of the morning, at which point she appears to have been struck by accident by a passing car, dying later in hospital of her injuries.
Joe Sommerlad has put together a timeline of everything we know about the case so far:
Oliver O’Connell26 January 2023 13:00
Autopsy shows injuries consistent with sexual assault, say authorities
An autopsy confirmed that Madison Brooks had injuries consistent with a sexual assault attack, according to an arrest warrant.
Investigators said that the victim and the four suspects met at a bar on 14 January before she allegedly asked them to drop her off. Mr Carver told authorities that Mr Washington and the unidentified minor asked the victim to have sex with them but admitted she was intoxicated, stumbling and slurring her words.
The men then dropped her off in a neighbourhood near Pelican Lakes Parkway. While standing in a dark portion of the roadway around 3am, Brooks was hit by a vehicle and died hours later in the hospital.
Footage from the bar seized by investigators reportedly showed her falling several times in front of at least one of the suspects before they left the business.
Mr Carver told police that Brooks was “very unstable on her feet, was not able to keep her balance, and was unable to speak clearly without slurring her words.”
Despite her state of intoxication, two of the suspects proceeded to have intercourse with her inside the car, Mr Carver told police. He later said that he “felt uncomfortable and hated it.”
When asked by investigators if he believed Brooks was too impaired to consent, Mr Carver reportedly said, “I guess.”
Rachel Sharp26 January 2023 12:30
Prosecutors vow to upgrade charges
Now, prosecutors in the case have also vowed to upgrade the charges against the alleged attackers.
Prosecutor Stuart Theriot said at Tuesday’s bond hearing that the state would seek upgraded charges of first-degree rape and planned to convene a grand jury in the case.
Kaivon Deondre Washington, 18, and a 17-year-old male who has not been named due to his age have been charged with third-degree rape. Mr Washington’s uncle Everette Lee, 28, and Casen Carver, 18, are charged with principal to rape.
Mr Washington had his bond set by 19th Judicial District Judge Brad Myers at $150,000. Mr Lee was given a $75,000 bond and Mr Carver was given a $50,000 bond. Mr Lee and Mr Carver were released on bond on Wednesday.
The 17-year-old’s bond hearing has been postponed to February.
Rachel Sharp26 January 2023 11:48
Reports of incidents at Reggie’s Bar prior to Madison Brooks’ alleged rape and death
It has emerged that it is not the first that the bar where Madison Brooks spent the night of 15 January, Reggie’s – located in the area dubbed Tigerland – has come under fire before over a series of violent events.
Oliver O’Connell26 January 2023 11:30
Bar where Madison Brooks met alleged attackers loses liquor licence
The Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control announced on Tuesday that it was issuing an emergency suspension for Reggie’s bar in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, following the tragic death of 19-year-old Madison Brooks.
The agency cited “the seriousness of the allegations and the potential threat to public safety”.
Oliver O’Connell26 January 2023 09:30
Outraged community demands justice for LSU student
The city of Baton Rouge has been shaken by the alleged rape of Madison Brooks that led to her tragic death when she was struck by a car. Fellow LSU students, mothers and the university’s president demand justice for her, as Andrea Blanco and Rachel Sharp report.
Oliver O’Connell26 January 2023 07:30
Judge says video intended to clear suspects does the opposite
A video that four men hoped would exonerate them of the rape of a Louisiana State University (LSU) student has instead proven that a crime did occur, according to a judge – hours after an attorney for two of the suspects claimed it shows the late 19-year-old had consented to sex.
Rachel Sharp reports on what was said in court.
Oliver O’Connell26 January 2023 05:30