At this year’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), Apple announced the third major CPU transition for the Mac as it decided to move away from using Intel chips to custom-designed Apple Silicon processors. Switching to custom CPUs that are designed in-house gives Apple more control over its lineup of Macs, but why the decision came now?

Publication: Indian Express 

The Ryzen 3100 is priced very competitively for the performance it has, allowing us to get a CPU capable of higher end gaming while leaving us with some leftovers in the bank to invest in a GPU. It is very power efficient, and with some simple overclocking, can gain even more processing power.

Publication: TechQuila

Gaming took off in a really big way during the COVID-19 lockdown. There are a ton of new games available to play right now. This is probably one of the best times to get yourself a system that can run some AAA titles. Well, if you are looking at gaming laptops, then we’re here to help. Here are some really good gaming laptop that we think are worth taking a look at.

Publication: MensXp

The tussle for compute supremacy between Intel and AMD has never been this intense. AMD’s Ryzen series of processors have been hacking away at Intel’s market share in the consumer space at a fairly consistent rate, and team Blue has tried hard to not let go of their dominance. Now, a set of leaked slides from the Intel Partner Connect program has stirred up major controversy for Intel, causing a significant backlash from tech press and enthusiasts alike.

Publication: Digit

Microsoft Corp said it will close its physical store locations permanently but will continue to invest in a digital storefront that, along with third-party retailers, has driven sales of products such as the Xbox game player and Surface tablets. The move will result in a pretax charge of about $450 million, or 5 cents a share, in the current quarter, Microsoft said Friday in a statement.

Publication: Business Standard 

Hitachi, Ltd. and Microsoft Corp. on Thursday announced a multiyear strategic alliance. They will accelerate the digital transformation of the manufacturing and logistics industries across Southeast Asia, North America and Japan. The first solutions will be available in Thailand in July 2020. The two companies will work together to meet the growing demand for predictive maintenance and process automation in remote areas.

Publication: CIOL

Acer has announced updates to four of its most popular gaming notebooks: the Predator Helios 700, Predator Helios 300, Predator Triton 300 and Nitro 7. The company has announced a refresh to these models in a bid to bring improved performance and new features to gamers. With the update in tow, Acer’s notebooks now bring the latest 10th Gen Intel Core H-series processors.

Publication: India Today 

Microsoft said Friday it will close all of its stores and move its retail operations online, keeping just four locations and transforming them into “experience centers.” The move means the more than 80 Microsoft stores closed due to the coronavirus pandemic will not reopen as the tech giant enters “a new approach to retail,” according to a statement.

Publication: Deccan Chronicle 

Post unlocking, compa- nies such as Dell, Cisco and Foxconn had shipped goods for their Indian arms, which have been delayed, sources said. Similarly, mo- bile phone players such as Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi, which depend on inputs and components from China, have also been hit hard.

Publication: The Times of India 

Microsoft says it will close all of its stores and move its retail operations online, keeping just four locations & transforming them into ‘experience centres’. The move means over 80 stores closed due to the pandemic won’t reopen.

Publication: The Times of India 

Intel has released a new version of graphics driver onto Windows 10 powered PCs. The update version 27.20.100.8336 brings a host of new bug fixes and updates to the driver that fix a number of existing issues that users faced while playing various games. According to a report by Neowin, the update fixes issues in the free-to-play multiplayer version of the multiplayer online battle royale shooter Ring of Elysium (DX12 Beta). Prior to the update, a bug led to the game hanging and crashing while playing.

Publication: HT Tech – Hindustan Times 

With Ryzen CPUs AMD has totally changed the processor market with it efficient and powerful processors at an attractive price bracket. So, for consumers, Ryzen powered gaming laptops come as a great deal and to sweeten the deal Amazon’s Grand Gaming days starting from today to Junes 30th, you’ll get great deals coming up for you.

Publication: TechnoSports

The popularity of AMD Ryzen 3000 processors was highly praised in Europe: the European Hardware Association (EHA) called these CPUs “the product of the year”. However, several models are marked separately: Ryzen 3 3300X was awarded the title of the best processor for overclocking, and Ryzen 5 3600 – became the best processor for games, and Ryzen 9 3950X – simply the best processor of this year in Europe.

Publication: PhoneMantra

Microsoft Corp announced the intention to close all of their physical stores under the new approach to the retail trade. The company is expected to commit $450 million, or $0,05 per share, in the current, fourth fiscal quarter to write-down and impairment of assets. The company has suspended the operation of its stores Microsoft Store in late March in connection with the restrictions imposed by the pandemic coronavirus infection COVID-19.

Publication: The Times Hub 

Apple and Google formed an alliance earlier this year to launch a Covid-19 API that would enable healthcare organisations to track the spread of Covid-19 without compromising users’ privacy. The tool was launched in May and now, nearly a month and a half later the tool has arrived in India. Apart from this, we also heard about Amazon announcing new seasonal jobs in India and Snapchat’s plans of launching the second and third generation Spectacles in India.

Publication: HT Teach – Hindustan Times 

Intel and AMD have been locking horns since years when it comes to performance and the processor market share for PCs. Over the years we have seen AMD catching up to Intel’s offerings and in some cases, giving better and more powerful options now. But it looks like Intel is kind of ‘cheating’ to show that it still leads over AMD processors, as reported by Digit.

Publication: HT Tech – Hindustan Times

What’s the point of having something awesome when you can’t show it off. Here’s your chance to show off your amazing gaming rig and earn some goodies. AMD has partnered with Digit for the MOD SQUAD contest where gamers are invited to flex their AMD-powered gaming rigs and earn rewards.

Publication: Digit