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Sony has just announced it’s bagged yet another studio for its stable of exclusives – and it’s one that won’t be a surprise to those that have been keeping tight tabs on PlayStation’s recent greatest hits.Hermen Hulst, head of PlayStation Studios, took to Twitter to announce Sony’s acquisition of Bluepoint Games, the development team responsible for the lavish, big-budget remakes of Demon’s Souls for the PS5 and Shadow of the Colossus on the PS4. They also developed the God of War Collection and Metal Gear Solid HD Collection for PS3 and PSVita.The studio’s brilliant re-creation of Demon’s Souls for the…

Office 365 and Microsoft 365 subscribers always have the latest version of Microsoft Office — currently Office 2019. They also get more frequent software updates than those who have purchased Office 2019 without a subscription, which means subscribers have access to the latest features, security patches and bug fixes. But it can be hard to keep track of the changes in each update and know when they’re available. We’re doing this for you, so you don’t have to.Following are summaries of the updates to Office 365/Microsoft 365 for Windows, with the latest releases shown first. We’ll add info about new…

Apple on Thursday released a “Device Support Update” for macOS Big Sur separate from its usual update schedule. The release notes state that “This update ensures proper updating and restoring for iOS and iPadOS devices with a Mac.” Apple doesn’t provide any specific notes about the update, but since the new iPhone 13, iPad mini, and ninth-gen iPad made their debut recently, it could be related to those products. The update is 195.6MB and isn’t listed on Apple’s Big Sur support page. If you use your Mac to back up your iPhone and iPad (regardless of what model you use),…

Microsoft announced the upcoming release of Windows 11 in late June and is now releasing preview builds to some members of its Windows Insider program. The new operating system is scheduled to begin rolling out on October 5.The Windows Insider program is divided into three channels:The Dev Channel is where new features are introduced for initial testing, regardless of which Windows release they’ll eventually end up in. This channel is best for technical users and developers, and builds in it may be unstable and buggy. In the Beta Channel, you’ll get more polished features that will be deployed in the…

Blockchain records are an incredibly rich source to extract intelligence related to the behavior of relevant parties in the crypto ecosystem such as exchanges, miners, large holders (whales), long-term holders and many others. From manual labeling to machine learning classification models, there are several strategies that help identify the entities associated with blockchain addresses. That information can enable strategies that detect trading signals based on the flow of capital in and out of the relevant addresses such as an exchange’s hot wallets that are accessible online. From that perspective, blockchain represents a new source of alpha that can spark new…

Lenovo revealed their newest Legion 9000K desktop gaming PC, with an expected launch date of October 29, 2021, making it the first Intel Alder Lake 12th Gen processor-based gaming PC to hit the market. Lenovo Officially Unveils The First Intel Alder Lake 12th Gen Desktop CPU Ready Legion 9000K Gaming PC – Ready With DDR5 & PCIe 5.0 Support Lenovo’s Legion 9000K series is expected to support PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 memory. It is also speculated that it will ship with the Intel Z690 motherboard. The Intel Z690 “will carry the LGA 1700 socket which is designed around Alder Lake…

Battlefield 2042 won’t have keyboard and mouse support on consoles at launch, developer EA Dice has confirmed.In a blog post, laying out “Battlefield 2042’s Commitment to Positive and Fair play”, the developer confirmed that – at least at launch – those on Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4 and PS5 won’t be able to play Battlefield 2042 using a keyboard and mouse.”We’ve heard your questions about mouse and keyboard support for consoles,” the post reads. “We can confirm that we won’t be supporting this on consoles at the launch of Battlefield 2042, but we are still investigating the various options about making…

Battlefield 2042 developer EA Dice has revealed its new player reporting system alongside its plans to combat cheaters in the upcoming FPS.In a blog post, EA Dice laid out Battlefield 2042’s “Positive Play” features, Community Charter, and Reporting tools, as well as the “Fair Play measures” the developer has implemented to “ensure a level playing field”.In the post, EA Dice revealed that it will be using the Easy-Anti Cheat (EAC) tool to identify Battlefield 2042 cheaters, both in the Battlefield 2042 beta and full release. This is the same anti-cheat tool used in the likes of Apex Legends and Star Wars:…

Bit Digital (Nasdaq: BTBT) announced an $80 million private placement to sell stock to institutional investors. The share price fell 14% to $6.80 as of 14:00 UTC.The bitcoin mining company agreed to sell 13.5 million ordinary shares and warrants for another 10.1 million shares. The combined purchase price of one share and one warrant is $5.93. The warrants, each of which allows the purchase of three-fourths of a share, will have an exercise price of $7.91 per whole share.H.C. Wainwright & Co. is the exclusive placement agent. Bit Digital said it expects the placement to close on Oct. 4.Bit Digital…

Phison has announced that it will be shipping its next-gen E26 controller for PCIe Gen 5.0 SSDs in the latter half of 2022. The SSDs will be compatible with next-gen PCIe 5.0 platforms including the Intel Alder Lake CPU series which launches in November. Phison’s PCIe Gen 5.0 Ready SSDs With E26 Controller Start Shipping In 2022 PCIe 5.0 is slated to increase bandwidth compared to the previous PCIe 4.0 generation. In fact, PCIe 5.0 doubles the bandwidth speeds. And storage solutions, such as SSDs, are required to help to increase speeds as high as 7,000 megabytes per second, if…