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AMD RX 6500 on the cards, launch set for April. Could be priced close to the RX 6600 XT

AMD has only just released its Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics card, but that hasn’t stopped fresh leaks appearing for the currently unreleased RX 6500 series, projected to use AMD’s Navi 23 architecture.The details come from reputable leaker & also insider, KittyYYuko, who has a flawless history of posting GPU leaks several months before launch as we’ve seen with his Ampere leaks. The leaked GPU is listed as ‘Dimgrey Cavefish’, which is the internal codename used by AMD for the Navi 23 we heard circulating last year. This will be the third addition to the Navi family and the smallest…

LTPO displays support adaptive refresh rate, Oneplus 9 will feature it and Oppo Find X3 pro receives an update for it

The OnePlus 9 series are all set to use the new LTPO type of AMOLED display. One of the key advantages of this tech is that it easily supports adaptive refresh rate – CEO Pete Lau revealed that the OnePlus 9 duo will be able to go from 120Hz all the way down to 1Hz. Similarly, Oppo too launched the Find X3 Pro with an LTPO type AMOLED display, and which supports the adaptive refresh rate from 1 Hz to 120 Hz. The Chinese company promised the flagship would have this feature, but launched it without, just to push it…

A Florida woman just gave birth to a baby with COVID-19 antibodies

A Floridan lady who received a single dose of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine while pregnant recently gave birth to the first-known baby born with COVID-19 antibodies “after maternal vaccinations” in Florida, according to a study shared in a preprint server. While this finding has yet to undergo peer review and full publication in a legitimate journal, it could mean immunity against the COVID-19 illness might carry over multiple generations through pregnancy, via the Moderna vaccine. A US woman gave birth to a ‘vigorous, healthy’ baby girl with COVID-19 antibodies The mother — who is a frontline healthcare worker — was given…

Lexar’s Longsys tests DDR5-4800 memory performance with Intel’s Adler Lake, achieves 112% improvement over DDR4

One of the key pillars of next gen PC systems is going to be the introduction of DDR5 memory support. JEDEC released its final specification for DDR5 last July, and it wasn’t long until SK hynix was producing DDR5 DRAM ICs. In December Team Group became one of the first PC component makers to outline its DDR5 memory module release plans, and much more recently Asgard launched its DDR5-4800 RAM modules for Intel Alder Lake platforms. We’ve known for a while now that memory makers are working on DDR5, with plans to launch the first modules later this year alongside…

NASA’s Perseverance rover spots a dust devil zooming across the Martian surface

While Perseverance is flexing and testing out various pieces of equipment in preparation for the start of its science mission to explore and search for signs of ancient life on Mars, it’s already started sending back some exciting data. Not long after landing, NASA’s Perseverance rover used a microphone to listen to the wind on Mars. Now it’s also gotten an eyeful of what that wind can do. On Tuesday, NASA shared the rover’s view of a whirling dust devil making its way across the Martian landscape. Even while not working, it’s still managed to capture images and data from…