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As with the last few entries, Crystal Dynamics developed the new Tomb Raider 89 using the Crystal Engine – albeit a heavily modified version. Being a multiplatform release, we were naturally worried about the game being geared toward consoles with PC being an afterthought, which has become increasingly common (Dead Space 3 comes to mind as a recent example) and generally results in lackluster graphics. Those concerns were at least partially alleviated when we learned that the PC port was being worked on by Nixxes Software BV, the same folks who handled the PC versions of Hitman: Absolution and Deus Ex: Human Revolution, both of which were great examples of what we expect from decent ports in terms of graphical quality and customization....

The social networking platform is internally testing the ability to make changes to a tweet after it has been published. During the current test, tweets can be edited “a few times” in the 30 minutes following their publication. Tweets that have been edited will appear with a special icon and timestamp to let others know the original tweet has been modified. Clicking the label will take viewers to the tweet’s history, which includes earlier versions of the post....

This week Ubisoft listed four resolution tiers of system requirements for Rainbow Six Extraction but did not mention anything about expected framerates. On the low end, the 1080p tier recommends a GTX 960 or a Radeon RX 560. At the 4K level, players need an RTX 3080 or a Radeon 6800XT. That’s on par with similar games like Far Cry 6 and Forza Horizon 5, but Extraction’s 1440p recommendation of an RTX 2060 is a bit lower than what Far Cry 6 wants at that resolution....

Nvidia recently told PC Gamer that Blizzard increased Overwatch 2’s framerate cap to 600fps after seeing how well the upcoming title ran on the GeForce RTX 4090. Nvidia also confirmed Overwatch 2 would support its latency-reducing feature, Nvidia Reflex. In a new demo, the RTX 4090 ran Overwatch 2 with framerates consistently over 360fps at 1440p, often topping 400fps and sometimes reaching 500. More impressive is that the demo likely ran at native 1440p without any resolution upscaling, instead displaying the 4090’s potential in raw performance....

Most analysts expect China’s leading tech companies will soon post their worst-ever quarterly results after being hammered by regulatory crackdowns and lockdown-related factory output issues. While this will make it harder for the country to weather the economic storm, the Chinese government’s plan for technological self-sufficiency has a more pressing obstacle it has yet to overcome. Bloomberg notes that the US is adding more restrictions on chipmaking equipment sold to Chinese foundries....

On the other hand, the Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 provides solid performance regardless of the file size and the ADATA Nobility Series N005 produced average read performance for the most part. While the DataTraveler’s write performance is very strong regardless of file size, the SuperSonic is pretty pathetic until the file size reaches at least 128K. While the ADATA Nobility Series N005 produced USB 2.0-like performance in our real world tests, it does relatively well in the Atto Disk Benchmark, providing less speed than the DataTraveler but more stable results than the SuperSonic....

Our 6GB ISO test mimics the performance you will see when transferring large files such as movies and games. The program copy test is made up of many small non-compressed files (6104 files totaling 2.75GB). The game copy evaluation is comprised of a mixture of small and large files. There are 1336 files in this test for a total size of 2.70GB. To avoid any bottlenecks we are reading from a Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB SSD and then writing the data back to this drive, which is considerably faster than any of the flash drives we are testing....

Throughout the week we’ll be sharing a few tips covering performance, security, data management, as well as our staff’s favorite Android apps. Without further ado, let’s kick things off with some convenient features you may not be familiar with to help you get more out of your Android device. Screen Pinning Screen pinning was originally introduced with Android Lollipop 5.0 as a way to lock your phone’s screen to a certain app....

But which headset is right for you? We have some options and recommendations depending on your budget and enthusiasm for immersive virtual reality tech. Best Affordable VR Meta Quest 2 Price: $396 Best Mid-Range VR HP Reverb G2 Price: $449 Best High-End VR Valve Index Price: $999 Best Affordable VR Good | Most Have It Mobile games aren’t as good as fully fleshed out titles on PC. Average | Competitors May Be Better Limited battery life....

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One of the most popular messaging services in the world is rolling out a handy new privacy feature. On the latest WhatsApp beta for Android and iOS, they have introduced a feature that would allow you to exclude specific contacts from seeing your “Last Seen” status. WhatsApp just added the feature on the iPhone/iOS beta yesterday, as their latest effort to add new privacy options for users. It’s available to some beta testers who are on the current WhatsApp beta versions and will be released to users in waves....

One of the earliest examples of this phenomenon was the review section for a gallon of Tuscan Whole Milk. Since 2006, the otherwise unremarkable gallon of milk has gone on to inspire thousands of largely disassociate reviews, such as this commentary from user Alexander Strommen: “I was in Tuscany recently, and despite my sincerest efforts, was unable to sight any Tuscan Wholes. Given the rarity of this creature, I find it hard to believe that anyone has managed to domesticate them, let alone convince them to give milk....

A modder has made a slight alteration to his Laminar RM1 stock cooler using a very cheap and straightforward method, and although it doesn’t lower temperatures, it has a noticeable effect on sound levels. In his blog documenting the experience, Patrick Bene notes how the RH1 cooler (below) bundled with the 12th-gen i9-12900/i9-12900F processors has a blue cowl around it, unlike the RM1 that comes with the non-K versions of Alder Lake’s i7, i5, and i3 chips....

The Core 2 Quad Q9650 and Phenom II X4 965 processors were used at a range of frequencies to measure CPU scaling performance in Wolfenstein. Like most first person shooters Wolfenstein is GPU bound and relies little on the processor to deliver performance. Clocking the Core 2 Quad Q9650 at 2.0GHz and then 3.0GHz produced the same results. This was also the case when testing with the Phenom II X4 965 processor....

Although the GeForce GTX 260 smashed the Radeon HD 4870 continuously in the high quality tests, our first batch of medium quality results is surprisingly close. Here the GeForce GTX 260 is 10fps faster and while that’s still a comfortable margin for the GeForce, it’s nothing compared to what we were looking at earlier. This put the Radeon HD 4870 on par with the GeForce GTS 250. The GeForce 9800 GT was faster than the Radeon HD 4770, which was faster than the Radeon HD 4850....

Microsoft confirmed to VGC this week that supply constraints are currently affecting Xbox wireless controllers. Customers across Europe say they’ve gotten scarce, and prices online have risen. The US doesn’t seem to be in the same situation. Although many Xbox controllers on GameStop are only available pre-owned, plenty of new ones are available. Supply also appears normal at BestBuy.com and the official US Xbox website. The availability of the PlayStation 5’s DualSense controller also appears to be normal....

Firaxis’ 2016 release (download here) is arguably one of the greatest turn-based tactics games ever made. A sequel to 2012’s XCOM: Enemy Unknown, itself a reboot of the classic XCOM games from the 1990s/early 2000s, XCOM 2 builds on its predecessor with more of the incredibly tough but rewarding gameplay that made the original a hit. Once again, you get to build a squad to take on the alien menace, name them after your friends, and wince or laugh when digital representations of people you like/secretly dislike are killed....

In what ended up being a huge inconvenience, Google Play Services can be downloaded and installed through a special tool that’s available in Xiaomi’s Mi App Store. This app store is mostly in Chinese, so I had to guess my way through the download and installation process, but luckily the tool itself was reasonably straightforward to use. After a few taps and a long wait as the appropriate apps were downloaded, my Redmi Pro was loaded with the Play Store and basic Google integration....

On Thursday, Google announced that it has moved ChromeOS Flex from “early access” to “general availability.” Flex is a fork of the Chromebook operating system that is compatible with most hardware. Google has certified nearly 400 devices that can run Flex without issues, including various Apple models. Google announced ChromeOS Flex in February, noting that the lightweight operating system could breathe life back into old hardware. It could be an ideal solution for reusing an old end-of-life Vista or Windows 7 laptop....

This week, computer maker Zotac revealed a tiny Windows 11 PC at Computex 2022. The Zbox PI336 Pico is a small form factor (SFF) computer about the size of an external storage device (4.5in x 3in x 0.8in). This fully capable desktop can fit right in your pocket or be tucked away behind your monitor out of sight. The Zbox PI336 Pico minuscule chassis packs a 1.2GHz (3.0GHz boosted) Intel Celeron N6211 dual-core with UHD graphics, 4GB of LPDDR4x RAM, and 128GB of onboard storage....