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The patent filing is an indication that the company is looking to explore and delve into the development of more complex facial animations, in an effort to push for further realism in all of its future game titles. It’s not a surprising move by EA, considering the studio has previously invested heavily in other technologies like lighting effects and hair rendering. The latter as evidenced in FIFA 21 and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order....

Check out some of the Twitter reactions below: — /Film (@slashfilm) April 23, 2019 — Erik Davis (@ErikDavis) April 23, 2019 — Sean Gerber (@MrSeanGerber) April 23, 2019 — Perri Nemiroff (@PNemiroff) April 23, 2019 And of course, no early reaction will be complete without some Ben Mekler nonsense: — ben mekler (@benmekler) April 23, 2019 Besides some of the reactions above, I’ve been mostly avoiding social media like the plague to avoid any accidental spoilers....

Priced at RM10 just like the standard TNG card, users can choose to purchase it through the TNG eWallet app. However, they do have to pay a shipping fee of RM5 as shown below: Alternatively, the new Enhanced TNG card is also available at selected Petronas and Shell stations across the country although not yet at LRT stations. According to the list on TNG’s website, around 153 stations are selling the card at the moment....

The company officially announced its decision to file an antitrust lawsuit against the company at Cupertino by posting it on its official page. Then, as now, the complaint accuses Apple of “not just harming, but completely eliminating” its competition in app distribution and payment processes via the use of iOS. Some of you may remember that Epic Games tried to launch its own direct payment option on Fortnite, for both Android and iOS devices....

Vitalik Buterin, the creator of Ethereum, explains in his bio that he was a player of WoW from 2007 to 2010. In that final year, “Blizzard removed the damage component from my beloved warlock’s Siphon Life spell”. This ends up being the trigger in helping Buterin realise “what horrors centralised services can bring”. And that put Buterin on the blockchain path, starting with writing for a blog called Bitcoin Weekly, and later cofounding Bitcoin Magazine....

Once implemented on Apple’s mobile operating system, the update will curb the ability of companies such as Facebook from gathering user data for targeted advertising. The social giant says that small companies, whom it is claiming to defend in the published ads, will be the ones experiencing a negative impact from the change as they are relying on the data to promote their businesses. “We’re standing up to Apple for small businesses everywhere,” wrote Facebook in the ad....

Originally, the DoubleTake feature was to be integrated as part of the existing FiLMiC Pro app. Due to it missing its initial release deadline, the company has released the feature as an independent app instead. The multi-cam DoubleTake mode will make its way to FiLMiC Pro later this year. DoubleTake utilises the new iOS 13’s multi-cam video capability and visualises shots from all four cameras on the iPhone 11 Pro....

The Subang-Seletar route uses ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft with a capacity for 72 passengers. The airline said that it currently operates twice-daily return flights but has plans to progressively increase the number of trips by the end of the year. One-way tickets start from RM119 and can be purchased through Firefly’s mobile app and website, which come with complimentary 20kg baggage allowance and in-flight refreshments. The airline’s chief executive officer Philip See hopes that demand will return to pre-pandemic levels and expects to reach 60,000 to 70,000 passengers by the end of the year....

While it generally looked almost the same as per its predecessor due to its square-ish design, the new Versa 2 comes with an AMOLED display alongside a faster processor. Users can also activate the smartwatch’s always-on display mode which is new to the series although this would cut its battery life from the usual 5+ days to 2+ days. The arrival of Versa 2 also marks the public release of Sleep Score which is a metric that Fitbit used to describe the quality of your sleep....

According to the automaker, Mach-Eau was born from a survey conducted by the company’s European branch, which found that one in five drivers will miss the smell of petrol once settling with an electric vehicle. The remainder, on the other hand, claimed that they would miss the scent at some degree. Interestingly, Ford also noted that petrol ranked as a more popular scent than both wine and cheese, and almost identically to the smell of new books....

Specifically, AMD will license out its newly announced and “highly-scalable” RDNA graphics architecture to Samsung for use in its mobile devices. In return, Samsung will pay AMD the appropriate licensing fees and royalties for it. As a recap, AMD announced its new RDNA graphics architecture at its keynote at Computex 2019 last week. It essentially revolves around the semiconductor maker’s new Navi GPU architecture, which in turn is based on the new 7nm fabrication....

Specifically, the 64GB DDR5 kit consists of two 32GB DDR5 dual-channel memory sticks, capable of running at sustained speeds of 6000MHz, and are designed to work with Intel’s latest 12th generation Core series desktop CPUs and Z690 chipset motherboards. Other specifications of the G.Skill’s new memory kit include CL timings of 30-40-40-96. As for availability, G.Skill’s new Trident Z5 RGB series DDR5-6000 memory kit is expected to hit markets globally sometime during the second quarter of this year....

The agreement aims to force large, profitable multinational companies to pay taxes where they operate – not just where they base their headquarters. For many years, large MNCs – especially tech companies – have been accused of not paying enough taxes or shifting profits overseas to avoid taxes. US Treasury Secretary said the deal would end the practice of countries racing to the bottom on corporate taxation, Reuters said. She also said that European countries would repeal their digital services taxes because of it....

Featuring a 34mm watch case alongside a slim 14mm watch band, what made Lily rather unique among Garmin’s smartwatch is the patterned lens within its monochromatic touch display. Whenever the display goes idle, the pattern would then reveal itself which is how Lily is able to position itself as a stylish watch. As you may expect from a Garmin fitness smartwatch, Lily which has a water-resistant rating of 5 ATM is also equipped with heart rate and blood oxygen (Pulse Ox)....

The company’s GeForce RTX 3090 Gaming OC, then, is no exception to the rule, but as the old saying goes: it’s what is on the inside that counts. Specification Design I rarely gripe about a card’s aesthetics, but in the case of the RTX 3090 Gaming OC, I feel obliged to address certain design choices Gigabyte has made with it. Let’s be clear: I don’t believe there is anything wrong with the asymmetrical design of the card’s cooler shroud and heatsink, but I honestly believe that Gigabyte could have taken a leaf out of the design book of its more premium AORUS lineup, even just a little bit....

Back in 2019, MoT was under the leadership of Anthony Loke who at the time allowed foreign ships to perform submarine cable repairs in Malaysian waters to help speed up such tasks. Subsequently, the move was also expected to make Malaysia more attractive to data centre operators. However, the exemption was reversed in November 2020 by its successor, Ir. Dr Wee Ka Siong who apparently did so to protect the interest of the local shipping industry and national security....

The aforementioned feature is currently being tested on the latest build of Google Chrome Canary on Windows. As seen in the screenshot above, the advertisements displayed would be noticed in the form of a card format below the Google Search bar. According to XDA, this new ‘hub’ section will also include streaming services and even recipes based on your browsing activity. For now, it is not known if Google will indeed implement this feature on its full-fledged Chrome browser....

The small catch here is that Google won’t be putting the roadblocks on right away. Once Google has identified a problematic site that’s rife with these kinds of ads, the aforementioned site will have 30 days to get rid of them. You do have the option to turn this off, but this is one of the few times when you’d ask “why would I want to do that?” Popup ads are the bane of the internet, as its creator has attested to....

Specifically, the new preference mode has been condensed down to four video quality options: let the app decide automatically, High Picture Quality, Data Saver, and Advanced mode. All pretty self-explanatory. The tab will also display the quality for current videos which, if you simply leave it to the app to decide, is set to 480p by default, as means of preserving bandwidth. As 9to5Google points out, one of Google’s main objective in making this tab is simply to free users from the burden of having to choose the resolution that suits both their video output at the time, as well as their bandwidth....

On top of the list is the Google for Startups Accelerator. The program itself has been adapted to help startups cope with the unique situation of today. One example is the focus on adapting to social distancing restrictions. In addition to that, there’s also the Mahir Digital Bersama Google program. With this, the company provides online, in-person training to help businesses move online. As you’d expect, this has also seen the addition of new modules to that end....