Sony has announced its 2021 phone lineup for consumers: the Xperia 1 III and Xperia 5 III. The two phones are both high-end models with similar specs and features, with the 5 III being the smaller of the two. Both phones have OLED displays with 120 Hz refresh and three 12-megapixel rear cameras. While the standard and wide-angle cameras are similar to last year's models, the new periscope-style telephoto camera has its own optical zoom feature, offering both 2.9x and 4.4x zoom. The main and telephoto cameras include OIS (optical image stabilization). The phones are powered by Qualcomm's flagship Snapdragon 888 chip and offer excellent support for the (sub-6) 5G and 4G networks of T-Mobile and Verizon. Other specs include 4,500 mAh battery with 30W USB-PD fast charging, Android 11, NFC, memory card slot, headset jack, and IP68 water resistance. The stereo speakers are the first in a phone to support 360 Reality Audio. The Xperia 5 III has a 6.1-inch display with FHD+ resolution, 8 GB RAM, and 128 GB storage. The larger Xperia 1 III has a 6.5-inch display with 4K resolution, 12 GB RAM, and 256 GB storage. The 1 III also adds a ToF camera, wireless charging, Gorilla Glass Victus on the front, and speakers that are 40% louder than last year's model. The Xperia 1 III design consists of frosted glass and "blasted" metal, available in black or purple. The 5 III has a mirror finish and will be available in black or green. Both phones will be ship in the US "this summer". Pricing is to be announced.

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson is sounding off on the Dogecoin (DOGE) mania, as the meme cryptocurrency skyrockets into the top seven crypto assets by market cap. This week Doge has been on a tear, increasing in price by 522% in just the past seven days and 118% in the past twenty-four hours. The asset has rallied 10,650% on the year from $0.004 in January to an all-time high of $0.43 and has entered the mainstream, garnering attention and support from Tesla CEO Elon Musk and billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban. Although Dogecoin entered the crypto world as a joke, Hoskinson warns that as the asset's price takes off into the stratosphere, a bubble is no doubt forming that will cause many individuals to lose an alarming amount of money very quickly.

A former acting director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Michael Morell believes the already limited use of Bitcoin in illicit activity is on the decline. In a letter published by global security publication The Cipher Brief, Morell says there is "mounting evidence" showing a "shift" by illicit users "from Bitcoin to cryptocurrencies with stronger anonymity" such as the Anonymity-Enhanced Cryptocurrencies (AECs). The former CIA director says online darknet marketplace (DNM) White House Market and ransomware-as-a-service group Sodinokibi are now only accepting privacy-focused cryptocurrencies for payments. "The prominent DNM 'White House Market' has moved to accepting Monero (XMR) exclusively. Similarly, the ransomware group, Sodinokibi, no longer accepts Bitcoin as payment and will only take Monero." According to Morell, Bitcoin's publicly available and verifiable blockchain makes it ill-suited for criminal activity.

"In fact, its transparent nature led one blockchain analytics expert to compare transactions on blockchain to having the 'whole world' be a witness to paying someone $2,000 in a dark alley. Based on our research, I have come to believe that if there was one financial ecosystem for bad actors to use that would maximize law enforcement's chances of identifying them and their illicit activities, it would be blockchain."

Directed by Anders Thomas Jensen, Riders of Justice follows recently-deployed Markus, who is forced to return home to his care for his teenage daughter after his wife is killed in a tragic train accident. But when a survivor of the wrecked train surfaces claiming foul play, Markus begins to suspect his wife was murdered and embarks on a mission to find those responsible. Mads Mikkelsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Andrea Heick Gadeberg, Lars Brygmann, Nicolas Bro, Gustav Lindh and Roland Møller star. Magnet Releasing will open the film in NY & LA Theaters on May 14, 2021. It will be available everywhere May 21, 2021.

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Dogecoin, a blockchain-based digital currency named for a meme about an excitable canine, has seen its price rise by a factor of five over the last week. The price spike has made it one of the world's 10 most valuable cryptocurrencies, with a market capitalization of $45 billion. Understanding the value of cryptocurrencies is never easy, and it's especially hard for Dogecoin, which was created as a joke. Dogecoin isn't known for any particular technology innovations and doesn't seem to have many practical applications. What Dogecoin does have going for it, however, is memorable branding and an enthusiastic community of fans. And in 2021, that counts for a lot. In recent months, we've seen shares of GameStop soar to levels that are hard to justify based on the performance of GameStop's actual business. People bought GameStop because it was fun and they thought the price might go up. So too for Dogecoin. Tesla CEO Elon Musk may have also played an important role in Dogecoin's ascendancy. Musk has periodically tweeted about the cryptocurrency, and those tweets are frequently followed by rallies in Dogecoin's price. Late on Wednesday night, Musk tweeted out this image:

Doge Barking at the Moon pic.twitter.com/QFB81D7zOL

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 15, 2021

Dogecoin's price tripled over the next 36 hours. But what most of you don't know is that 97% of all inflows into $DOGE coin are being made with Tether $USDT. Price manipulation at it's finest!

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been banned as a form of payment for goods and services in Turkey, according to a published early today by the country's central bank. Bitcoin fell 2% to approximately $61,600 shortly after the announcement, which cited "irreparable" possible damages and significant risks with transactions involving cryptocurrencies. The new legislation goes into effect on April 30. Cryptocurrencies had been in the midst of a boom in the country, which has seen inflation weaken the value of the Turkish Lira. The Turkish lira hit near historic lows last month, coinciding with a spike in Turkey's Google searches for Bitcoin. The Central Bank of Turkey (CBRT) said that the ban, on direct or indirect use of cryptocurrencies and other such digital assets, was necessary because these assets were "neither subject to any regulation and supervision mechanisms nor a central regulatory authority," among other security risks.

Turkey accounts for a large percentage of cryptocurrency use in the Middle East. The country ranks 29th out of the 154 countries on forensics firm Chainalysis' Global Crypto Adoption Index-and number one in the Middle East. On Turkey-based exchange BTCTurk, the most common trade is lira for Bitcoin.

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Popular analyst and trader Nicholas Merten is unveiling the key reason that's powering Binance Coin's current parabolic ascent en route to becoming the third-largest crypto asset. In a new video, Merten tells his 428,000 subscribers that the recent delay in the deployment of Optimism, an update for Ethereum to make it faster and more cost-efficient, as the primary reason why perhaps some traders may have temporarily migrated to Binance Smart Chain (BSC) to trade altcoins, pushing up the price of BNB.

NVIDIA today released the latest version of GeForce Game Ready drivers. Version 466.11 WHQL comes with optimization for "Mortal Shell," including support for raytracing and DLSS. The drivers also add NVIDIA Reflex support for "Valorant" with its latest patch. The drivers also integrate NVIDIA Broadcast noise reduction feature into OBS. The list of monitors with support for NVIDIA G-SYNC grows, with the addition of LG's 2021 G1, B1, C1, and Z1 series monitors; and the MSI MAG301RF. Among the bugs fixed with GeForce 466.11 drivers are low frame-rates on "Supreme Commander/Supreme Commander 2," RAW files showing up black on Adobe Lightroom; "Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 VR" stuttering on machines with hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling disabled; and some displays showing incorrect color levels after booting into Windows.

Game Ready

• Mortal Shell
• Valorant NVIDIA Reflex Update

NVIDIA Broadcast

• Noise Reduction support in OBS

G-Sync
Support for

• LG 27GP950
• LG 2021 B1 4K Series
• LG 2021 C1 4K Series
• LG 2021 G1 4K Series
• LG 2021 Z1 8K Series
• MSI MAG301RF

Fixed

• [Supreme Commander/Supreme Commander 2]: The games experience low FPS. [3231218/3230880]
• [Adobe Camera RAW 12.x]: RAW files may show up black in Adobe Lightroom. [3266883/200717265]
• [VR]: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 VR may stutter if Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling is disabled. [3246674]
• Some displays may show incorrect color levels after booting into Windows. [3285148/3287063]

Windows 10 Issues

• [World of Warcraft: Shadowlands]: Random flicker may occur in certain locations in the game [3206341]
• [Batman Arkham Knight]: The game crashes when turbulence smoke is enabled. [3202250]
• [Steam VR game]: Stuttering and lagging occur upon launching a game while any GPU hardware monitoring tool is running in the background. [3152190]
• [Prepar3D]: The application crashes to desktop after launched. [3285067]
• [YouTube]: Video playback stutters while scrolling down the YouTube page. [3129705]
• [Notebook]: Some Pascal-based notebooks w/ high refresh rate displays may randomly drop to 60Hz during gameplay. [3009452]

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Elon Musk Says You Need To Buy $1,000 XRP Now (You Did Not See This) Ripple XRP

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Ripple Labs CTO David Schwartz is giving some reasonably sound investment advice, though it comes at a strange time for the payments network. "If you have life-changing amounts of cryptocurrency, please take some time to seriously consider selling some to reduce your risk and exposure," tweeted Schwartz, before adding: "This is not any kind of prediction about what the market will do." This is probably going to be my least popular tweet ever, but: If you have life-changing amounts of cryptocurrency, please take some time to seriously consider selling some to reduce your risk and exposure. This is not any kind of prediction about what the market will do.

From filmmaker Zack Snyder (300, Watchmen, Zack Snyder's Justice League), ARMY OF THE DEAD takes place following a zombie outbreak that has left Las Vegas in ruins and walled off from the rest of the world. When Scott Ward (Dave Bautista), a former zombie war hero who's now flipping burgers on the outskirts of the town he now calls home, is approached by casino boss Bly Tanaka (Hiroyuki Sanada), it's with the ultimate proposition: break into the zombie-infested quarantine zone to retrieve $200 million sitting in a vault beneath the strip before the city is nuked by the government in 32 hours. With little left to lose, Ward takes on the challenge, assembling a ragtag team of experts for the heist. With a ticking clock, a notoriously impenetrable vault, and a smarter, faster horde of Alpha zombies closing in, only one thing's for certain in the greatest heist ever attempted: survivors take all. Starring Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana de la Reguera, Theo Rossi, Matthias Schweighofer, Nora Arnezeder, Hiroyuki Sanada, Tig Notaro, Raul Castillo, Huma Qureshi, Samantha Win, Michael Cassidy, Richard Cetrone, and Garret Dillahunt.

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Chipmaker Nvidia has raised its 2022 first-quarter revenue estimate from the sales of its new cryptocurrency mining processor (CMP) to $150 million, up from the previously expected $50 million, the company announced on Monday, April 12. Nvidia's new CMP was first announced in February this year and is principally designed for industrial-scale mining of Ethereum (ETH), the second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap. The projection comes amid soaring global demand for graphic chips during the COVID-19 pandemic, with Nvidia saying that its overall first-quarter revenue, including CMP sales, will be above the earlier forecast of $5.3 billion.

Investing.com - XRP was trading at $1.77473 by 11:56 (15:56 GMT) on the Investing.com Index on Tuesday, up 30.11% on the day. It was the largest one-day percentage gain since April 10. The move upwards pushed XRP's market cap up to $80.22452B, or 3.68% of the total cryptocurrency market cap. At its highest, XRP's market cap was $65.62125B. XRP had traded in a range of $1.42122 to $1.77473 in the previous twenty-four hours. Over the past seven days, XRP has seen a rise in value, as it gained 86.1%. The volume of XRP traded in the twenty-four hours to time of writing was $23.50091B or 13.78% of the total volume of all cryptocurrencies. It has traded in a range of $0.8597 to $1.7747 in the past 7 days. At its current price, XRP is still down 46.06% from its all-time high of $3.29 set on January 4, 2018.

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NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang kicks off #GTC21​​ with a 'kitchen keynote' that presents the latest breakthroughs in #AI​​, data science, high performance computing, graphics, edge computing, networking, and autonomous machines. Following the keynote, GTC sessions offer a deep dive into the technologies transforming our world presented by prestigious researchers, including Turing Award winners, business leaders, and industry pioneers. With over 1600 sessions to explore - and free to attend - don't miss the chance to discover how to accelerate your business and you.

XRP is going to be Dollar 10,000 in near future. That's right. XRP is not coming slow and soon it is going to blow up the market. Since the last modification in the SEC Lawsuit, its price reached dollar 1 after three years and now it's getting higher since then. Experts are predicting it higher and higher and among the predictions, one big prediction of 10,000 dollars has also been made.

Is Coinbase going to add a batch of ALTCOIN pre-IPO next WEEK!? Which crypto coins could they be eyeing!? Prior Coinbase blog posts, The Coinbase Rosetta API & Wallet Link lead us right to possible cryptocurrencies. Which cryptos do we think are getting added Pre Coinbase IPO!?

Pager the nine-year-old macaque can now play Pong thanks to a Neuralink implanted in each side of his brain.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics website goes down after the producer price index rose by 1% in march, 12% annualised. The Federal reserve now admits high inflation is coming & they will have to lift interest rates soon. Get ready for big interest rate hikes.

The first generation of superheroes have kept the world safe for nearly a century. Now their children must continue their legendary ideals. From the mind of Mark Millar, Jupiter's Legacy is streaming only on Netflix May 7th, 2021.

Moore's Law Is Dead has just shared some images from what looks like Intel's upcoming Xe-HPG high-end gaming GPU. According to the Youtuber, these images are from an engineering sample, meaning that the final product may not look like this. Still, it can give you an idea of Intel's upcoming GPU. This engineering sample features 512 execution units. Moreover, Moore's Law Is Dead states that it will have 16GB GDDR6 memory and a 256-bit bus, with a TDP of 275W. The engineering sample also comes with 8-pin and 6-pin power connectors.

0:00​ We Need Intel Xe to be good.
2:38​ Pictures of Xe DG2 Engineering Samples
5:40​ Overview of Xe DG2 Specs and DLSS Software
11:00​ Xe DG2 release date, DG3 Elasti, and pricing information
14:37​ Is this leak too crazy to be true? How confident am I in this leak?
17:22​ Lunar Lake & hints at what Intel's working on for 2022 and beyond

A closely-followed trader who accurately called the timing of Bitcoin's collapse in January 2018 says the price of XRP is about to hit the stratosphere. In a new tweet, Peter Brandt tells his 459,600 followers that XRP just broke out of a massive bullish pattern after three years of consolidation.

In case you trade this (I don't)
Coin is enjoying SEC ruling and the madness of crowds
Weekly chart H&S patterns are too often not to believed. But sometimes they come true.
This possible inverted H&S with stunted RS would indicate prices a boat load higher (new ATHs). $XRP pic.twitter.com/TQdEV5j8Dv

— Peter Brandt (@PeterLBrandt) April 9, 2021

If XRP is to follow Brandt's script, it can potentially surge by a minimum of 276% from its current value of $1.02 en route to its all-time high of $3.84. The price of Ripple's native asset could go a lot higher as Brandt is predicting a new all-time high for XRP. The veteran trader's tweet about the fourth-largest cryptocurrency's bullish breakout comes just days after he highlighted that the XRP/BTC pair is flashing a strong buy signal.

The Federal Reserve has changed freedom of information rules right before an audit by George gammon. The FED also admits high inflation risks are rising.

First trailer for Those Who Wish Me Dead starring Angelina Jolie!

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Internet users accused former President Trump of breaking his own Coke boycott when they spotted what appeared to be a half-hidden bottle on his desk. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports.

Crypto Jebb breaks down the technical and fundamental side of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Cardano while giving his best price predictions for each. Find out where he thinks the cryptocurrency market is headed this summer and beyond.

Northern Data AG, a European data infrastructure company, has sold its US subsidiary Whinstone Inc. to Riot Blockchain, a publicly traded Bitcoin mining firm. Riot Blockchain will take control of Whinstone's planned mining operations in Texas. According to a press release from Northern Data, the deal is worth €67 million cash ($80 million) plus 12% of Riot's shares, worth upwards of $570 million. The entire deal comes to more than $650 million. Northern Data purchased Whinstone, which operates data centers, in November 2019. Its plan was to create "the largest data center in North America and the largest Bitcoin mining facility in the world." Construction of the one-gigawatt facility, which sits upon 100 acres in Rockdale, Texas, was set to conclude by the end of 2020. Videos posted to Whinstone's Facebook page show that it's made significant progress despite difficulties posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Northern Data, the data center is already operational, though it's unclear whether any Bitcoin mining is taking place there.

Riot isn't the only Bitcoin mining company focused on Texas. China-based circuit maker Bitmain, one of the world's largest Bitcoin mining players, set up operations at an abandoned Alcoa aluminum plant across the street from Whinstone's operation. Layer1, a newer player backed by PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, has a plant in West Texas. It may soon be joined by Canadian mining firm Argo Blockchain, which has purchased land there. Texas has become a popular destination stateside due to the state's light regulations and its relatively cheap electricity. In addition to the crude oil The Lone Star State is known for, it also has large quantities of natural gas and can tap into wind energy.

Bitdefender , in the first test, missed one ransomware, it is ONLY one but let me remind you that these are the most well-known ransomwares from last 5 years, not some fancy zero days, so , for me atleast, that is unacceptable for a product that aspires to be number one security solution.

These are smart glasses made by Razer. They have many interesting features having low latency audio for gaming or watching movies, Voice assistant compatibility, gesture controls, and more!

Today, Apple is releasing yet another round of betas for its next minor updates. This time though, there's no new build for macOS 11.2 Big Sur. The seventh developer previews are available for iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, and tvOS 14.5. While seven seems like an extraordinarily high amount of beta revisions to go through for a minor update, it's worth noting that there are actually a bunch of new features on the way. A big one is that iPhone users will finally be able to unlock their iPhone with an Apple Watch, solving the pain point of trying to use Face ID with a mask on. There are also new emoji characters, and support for new Xbox and PlayStation controllers, something that Apple has been promising for a while. Another thing you'll see is more privacy controls, with apps asking if they're allowed to track you. As for when these updates will actually ship, it should be soon. This is the seventh build, and while there could be more, Apple really doesn't go too far beyond this. Plus, WWDC is in June, and that's when Apple will announce its next big major updates.

Despite Google's efforts to combat malware on Android, every now and then a new threat slips through the cracks. Researchers at Check Point Research have shared details (via ZDNet) on a threat that could have lured Android users with the promise of free access to Netflix content and spread through WhatsApp. As noted in the company's blog post, the malware lives in an app called FlixOnline, which was available on the Play Store and promised users the ability to watch Netflix content from all over the world. However, instead of doing that, the app requests a handful of permissions that enable it to steal user data and spread to other users more easily. Once all permissions were granted, the app hid itself from the app launcher so it would be harder to delete. Upon being installed, the app requests a few special permissions - displaying over other apps, ignore battery optimizations, and notification access. Displaying over other apps means the app can disguise itself and display a fake login screen on top of other apps, leading users to enter their personal information and sending it to the attackers. Meanwhile, ignoring battery optimizations means the app won't be killed in the background, so it can stay active even if it's been idle for a while. Notification access is potentially the most concerning one. For one thing, the app can harvest information from the user's notifications, including messages they receive. Not only that, the app can perform quick actions on those notifications, like replying to messages on WhatsApp, which is exactly what it does to spread to other users. Whenever the affected user gets a notification from WhatsApp, the fake app hides it and sends a reply promising two months of free Netflix access with a download link that installs the malware on that device as well. Check Point Research reported the malware to Google prior to disclosing the vulnerability and the FlixOnline app was removed from the Play Store quickly. However, roughly 500 users downloaded the app over two months, which could have spread the malware to many other users through WhatsApp. Anyone who has been affected should uninstall the app from the device settings and change their passwords.

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Samsung today announced the US launch of five new phones in the company's affordable Galaxy A series, including three 5G models. The Galaxy A32 5G will be the most affordable 5G model at just $280, and will be exclusive to T-Mobile (and Metro) at launch. Samsung is able to offer 5G at this prince thanks in part to the MediaTek Dimensity 720 5G chip in the A32 5G, whereas the two pricier 5G models use the Qualcomm Snapdragon 750G. Samsung announced the A32 5G and A52 5G a few weeks ago, but withheld US launch details at that time. The Galaxy A52 5G will run $500 and come to both AT&T and T-Mobile (including Metro). New is the Galaxy A42 5G, which is similar to the A32 5G but adds mmWave 5G for Verizon. It also swaps the 90 Hz LCD display for a 60 Hz Super AMOLED display, switches to an in-display (optical) fingerprint reader, has double the storage at 128 GB, and has a different (but unspecified) processor. Most other keys specs are identical to the A32 5G. The A42 has a unique design on the back divided into four equal parts. Verizon starts selling the Galaxy A42 5G tomorrow for $400. All three 5G models will be available by the end of this week. The two more affordable 4G models are the A12 and A02s. We reported on the Galaxy A12 for AT&T on Monday. That model will also come to T-Mobile this week, and Verizon on April 29th. The most affordable model is the new Galaxy A02s (shown), "starting at" $110, although Verizon will sell it for $150 and T-Mobile says "Stay tuned for pricing details." The A02s has the same 6.5-inch HD display and huge 5,000 mAh battery as the A12, but with expected cost-trimming on the cameras (13 megapixel main and no wide-angle), processor (Snapdragon 450), and RAM (2 GB instead of 3). The A02s also loses NFC and the fingerprint reader, but keeps 15W fast charging, USB-C, memory card slot, and the headset jack. The A02 is distinguished by its textured design on the back, divided into sections diagonally. Verizon starts selling the A02s on April 29th; T-Mobile has yet to announce a launch date.

Bitcoin mining in China is projected to peak in 2024, per a new study. Researchers claim that Bitcoin's growing energy consumption could undermine global sustainability efforts. If left unchecked, China's Bitcoin mining industry could generate as much as 130.5 million metric tons of carbon emissions by 2024, according to a study published in the scientific journal Nature. Per 2019 aviation figures (the last year not impacted by COVID travel restrictions) this would equate to roughly 14% of the world's annual carbon footprint from flying. The Nature study, "Policy assessments for the carbon emission flows and sustainability of Bitcoin blockchain operation in China," predicted the impact of China's Bitcoin mining industry through to 2024. There's a related article from BBC News from Februray 2021. This article mentions another study from the University of Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF). It calculates that Bitcoin's total energy consumption is somewhere between 40 and 445 annualised terawatt hours (TWh), with a central estimate of about 130 terawatt hours. The UK's electricity consumption is a little over 300 TWh a year, while Argentina uses around the same amount of power as the CCAF's best guess for Bitcoin. And the electricity the Bitcoin miners use overwhelmingly comes from polluting sources. The CCAF team surveys the people who manage the Bitcoin network around the world on their energy use and found that about two-thirds of it is from fossil fuels. Huge computing power - and therefore energy use - is built into the way the blockchain technology that underpins the cryptocurrency has been designed.