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During its Sustainable with Google event on Tuesday, the company announced a range of improvements across its product portfolio that are aimed at helping users make more sustainable decisions. Updates and projects aim to lower carbon emissions by steering people toward more environmentally friendly travel choices, greener products, and more accurate information around climate change. Besides consumer products, Google took the opportunity at the event to toot its own horn about a previous commitment to having net-zero data centers by 2030. The company says it is leveraging the “cleanest cloud in the industry” for partners like Whirlpool, Etsy, HSBC, Unilever,…

Tuesday’s Sustainable with Google event revealed information on a research project that is using A.I. to reduce the amount of time spent sitting at traffic lights. A series of pilot projects in Israel improved the timing at intersections, enabling Google to reduce fuel consumption and intersection delays by 10% to 20%. Not only does that help local air quality, but it’s also helping folks get to work more quickly. This has been done by calculating the relationship between traffic conditions and light timing within a reasonable level of accuracy, then building an A.I. model based on that data. Though these…

In Battlefield 2042, nothing matters. With 128 players scurrying around gargantuan maps at a time, scrambling to grab objectives, a single individual doesn’t make much of an impact. Each expat is a cog in a giant war machine as factions rally for control. When one soldier dies, it’s a “next man up” situation as a new one spawns in, ready to fight and likely die. That probably sounds nihilistic, but I don’t mean any of that in a bad way. On the contrary, futility is the game’s greatest strength. While playing a few rounds of Battlefield 2042’s Conquest mode ahead…

With so many areas within the U.S. experiencing oppressive warmth waves this early in the summertime, it’s time to think about including a sensible thermostat to your private home’s repertoire. Putting in one may have an outsize impression not solely how comfy you might be in your house, but additionally in your family funds. Heating and cooling your private home accounts for almost half of the typical residence’s utility payments, in line with the U.S. Division of Vitality.A programmable thermostat may help scale back these prices by turning your HVAC system on once you anticipate being residence, and off once…

The Bank for International Settlements’ (BIS) says stablecoin payment systems should comply with international standards for payment, clearing and settlement.A new report published Wednesday by the BIS Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) includes preliminary guidance on how to apply the Principles for Financial Market Infrastructures (PFMI) to stablecoin arrangements.The CPMI and IOSCO have invited the public to make general comments and answer a set of questions laid out in the document on the clarity of the report. Responses can be emailed to the CPMI (cpmi@bis.org) and IOSCO (consultation-03-2021@iosco.org) Secretariats by…

This week, Red Dead Online players will be able to unlock the Quick Draw Club No. 4 pass, the final mini-pass before the Halloween Pass 2 arrives later this month. This week also brings new bonuses, discounts, and items–here’s everything RDO players can enjoy this week.The final Quick Draw Club, like others before it, will cost 25 Gold Bars to unlock, with players able to recoup the investment when they complete the pass. The new pass includes the Dunster Outfit, an Ibarra variant Mauser pistol, plus more weapon cosmetics, clothing, emotes, and more. Players who have unlocked all the Quick…

In an interview with CRN, Intel’s CEO, Pat Gelsinger, stated that AMD’s lead over them will be over with the release of Alder Lake & Sapphire Rapids CPUs. Intel CEO Says AMD Has Done A Great Job But Their Lead Is Over With Alder Lake & Sapphire Rapids CPUs In the previous interview, Pat Gelsinger revealed how Intel’s Alder Lake chips will feature three AMD Zen-Like architectural innovations. In the latest interview, Pat revealed how his company plans to innovate with a solid roadmap and architectural foundation while ending the lead of competitors with new product designs such as CPUs,…

Microsoft had recently announced that it was teaming up with Qualcomm to bring native support for Wi-Fi Dual Station to Windows 11. And now, Qualcomm has said that the the Wi-Fi Dual Station coupled with its Qualcomm FastConnect 4-stream Dual Band Simultaneous (DBS) can set new benchmarks for low-latency gaming.Qualcomm said in the testing conducted by it, with off-the-shelf retail Wi-Fi 6 Access Points, Wi-Fi Dual Station with Qualcomm 4-stream Dual Band Simultaneous consistently delivered sustained jitter free wireless gameplay similar to ethernet latency under the same conditions.Further, in head-to-head wireless comparisons with Single Station Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Dual Station yielded…

Intel’s Core i7-12700K has also been spotted within the Puget System benchmark database and was running on a Gigabyte Z690 motherboard that supports DDR4 memory. Intel Core i7-12700K CPU Benchmarked On Gigabyte Z690 UD AX Motherboard With DDR4 Memory Support The Core i7-12700K was tested in three benchmark tests which include the After Effects, Premiere Pro, and Photoshop suites. What’s interesting about the bench is that the motherboard, which is the Gigabyte Z690 UD AX, features DDR4 memory support. A total of 128 GB of DDR4-3200 system memory was featured on the test setup along with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX…

Dhruv Bhutani / Android AuthorityUpdate, October 6, 2021 (1:30 AM ET): We’ve updated our OnePlus 9RT hub with new details concerning possible Chinese pricing and the phone’s physical design. See below for more! Original article: The OnePlus 9 series burst onto the scene a few months back. As a follow-up, the company usually debuts a year-end T series device bringing a chipset bump and smaller improvements. You’d probably expect that phone to be the OnePlus 9T. However, 2021’s lineup could be a little different.If the rumors ring true, OnePlus could soon debut a new hybrid device line melding its T and…