As gaming laptops become more affordable, Nvidia is looking at lowering the bar for modern gaming even more with the announcement of the RTX 2050 GPU. Laptops that come with the RTX 2050 will hit markets sometime in mid-2022. We have no idea what these newer RTX 2050 laptops will cost but they should be cheaper than laptops with an RTX 3050. The RTX 2050 is based on the Ampere GA107 architecture which also shaped the 3050.

Publication: Digit

The Covid-19 pandemic threw a curveball at organizations that threatened to derail hard-fought diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) gains of preceding years. Most DE&I programs were not designed for remote or hybrid work and there was significant concern that they’d prove ineffective under new working conditions.

Publication: The Times of India

Intel recently shared a presentation with its employees announcing a $2 billion increase in its compensation budget. In the new budget, $1 billion in wages and $1.4 billion in stock compensation have been added. The majority of it will be distributed to current employees, but some will be used to recruit new employees.

Publication: TechnoSports

Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg’s dream metaverse project will need a 1,000-fold increase in computational efficiency to be successful, chipmaker Intel said.

Publication: Financial Express

Intel has delayed the announcement of its $100 fabs in Europe and the US till 2022. As part of the chipmaker’s plans to regain process leadership from its East Asian rivals, plans to set up advanced wafer manufacturing facilities all over the world have been drawn up. The foundries in Arizona, Israel, Malaysia, and America have already received several billion-dollar expansion projects.

Publication: Hardware Times