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WhatsApp Beta Expands Multi-Device Support To Include iPad and Android Tablets

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WhatsApp’s multi-device support development is looking to be progressing quite well. According to WABetaInfo (via Twitter), the Facebook-owned private messaging platform is currently working on a beta update which will expand the list of compatible devices to include both iPad and Android-based tablets.

As most of us are aware prior to this, so far the only allowed non-phone devices that can be linked to a single WhatsApp account are personal computers such as desktops, laptops or Macs. Users can access their chats outside of their phone via the web client, desktop app or Facebook’s Portal platform by first scanning a QR code that is displayed on these devices. 

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Screenshots via WABetaInfo.

While the linking process for iPad and Android tablets weren’t detailed by WABetaInfo, it is likely that the steps would be similar to a degree – especially via web and Portal. The publication also claims that WhatsApp will release a dedicated app for multi-device use on both tablet platforms, but did not mention an expected date of availability. It’s worth noting that even though iPad and Android tablets do support the main WhatsApp mobile app, a dedicated account (and number) on these devices are required in order to access all features.

The inclusion of tablet support is also reflected in the main app’s list of paired devices, where users can keep track of recent logins. As you may recall from our previous report, WhatsApp also appears to be enhancing user authentication for the multi-device feature by including biometric-based verification, among other things. Another worthwhile feature that it plans to introduce is the ability for users to seamlessly chat on all linked devices without requiring their phone to be connected to the internet.

Unfortunately, there’s still no word on whether the platform is planning to allow users to link multiple phones to a single account. But seeing that tablet devices are soon to be added into the list, the possibility for the future inclusion of smartphones may not be far off.

Much like before, all of the existing and upcoming multi-device functionalities are only available in the beta version of WhatsApp. It is not known when the private messaging platform plans to have the feature available to the public.

(Source: WABetaInfo [Twitter 1, 2] via XDA)

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Leak Suggests Upcoming Fitbit Charge 5 To Feature A Refreshed Design

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Renders of an unannounced Fitbit Charge 5 smartband have made their way online, thanks to leakster Evan Blass (aka evleaks). As seen from the photos, it appears that the next generation wearable will sport a refreshed design and more interestingly, a full-colour display.

Unlike its predecessors, the supposedly upcoming smartband features a tall but rounded screen and a curvier body. On each side of the device are what appears to be long capacitive control panels for user interaction, which is somewhat a significant upgrade over the tiny single-sided panel featured on the third and fourth generation models. And should these leaked renders be proven accurate, this would make the Charge 5 to be the first from the series to feature a non-monotonous display.

Not much is known regarding the smartband’s specifications, battery life, or its included health and fitness monitoring features. However, it is safe to assume that it will likely inherit most of its predecessor’s main functionalities such as heart rate, sleep and workout tracking, as well as oxygen saturation monitoring, phone-to-wearable notifications, and several others.

Fitbit Charge 5 Leak Design

Based on the renders provided by Blass, the allegedly upcoming Fitbit Charge 5 would be offered in three colour options: black, grey, and beige. Unfortunately, the leakster did not mention when the smartband is expected to be launched. Regardless, there’s a chance that the Google-owned brand wearables company may announce it soon, especially given Blass’ track record of leaking product renders often a couple of months or weeks prior to their official unveiling.

(Source Evan Blass [Twitter])

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Khairy: PICK To Begin Vaccinations For Adolescents Aged 12 to 17 Years Old

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The National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK) will begin its plan to vaccinate adolescent Malaysians aged 12 to 17-years old soon, according to its coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin via Twitter. The implementation will be based on a priority order that has been recommended by Health director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah to the Special Committee on COVID-19 Vaccine Access Supply (JKJAV).

Khairy explained that PICK will prioritise on vaccinating 12 to 17-year-olds with underlying medical conditions. This is then followed by adolescents of the same age group with no medical issues based on age de-escalation.

Prior to the announcement, a circular published by Noor Hisham yesterday noted that Malaysia is expected to begin vaccinating teenagers from mid-September 2021. The process will involve those aged 12 to 15 who have comorbidities and those aged 16 to 17 with or without health conditions, he added.

On that note, Khairy confirmed in the same thread on Twitter that vaccinations for adolescents will be implemented as per the DG’s circular, as well as following the latest updated clinical guidelines. He also revealed that JKJAV will announce further details regarding the vaccination sometime next week.

(Source: Khairy Jamaluddin [Twitter] / NST)

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Project Hazel Reintroduced As Razer Zephyr; Beta Tester Applications Now Open

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Razer has recently announced that Project Hazel, its RGB-equipped N95 mask concept, has been christened with a new name: the Razer Zephyr. Along with this, the company also showcased the new product which now sports a slight redesign from the original prototype that was unveiled during CES 2021.

The mask is now more rounded than the original, and its Chroma-enhanced RGB lights are now situated on the edges of the filter. There’s also a new grille on the chin area, which could be an additional vent or a speaker system to aid voice amplification. Unfortunately, Razer did not provide any further information on the potential improvements included on the newly introduced Zephyr mask. Regardless, the new look would definitely delight cyberpunk enthusiasts and cosplayers alike.

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There’s also a chance that the redesign and additions are still a work in progress, as the company has announced a public beta test for the new mask. Razer noted that it is seeking valuable feedback from testers across the globe in order to implement further improvements to the Zephyr, which will likely be carried forward to a finalised version of the product.

Those interested can sign up for the beta via Razer’s official website. Aside from your name, country of origin and email address, you are also required to provide the company with your social media profile (Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter) and state the reason for joining the Zephyr beta test. It is suggested that approved applicants will receive a single unit of the mask for testing purposes.

With that, it appears it will still take some time until the new Razer Zephyr will be available for purchase. That being said, Razer did not provide any information for the new product’s expected price range or launch window. Let’s just hope that the Zephyr will still be relevant by the time the company has finalised its design and features in the near future.

(Source: Razer [Official website] [Twitter])

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Video Games Cheats Invade Consoles With Machine Learning

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Video game cheats have primarily been a plague on PC, not so much on consoles. But a new, relatively sophisticated method brings the disease to consoles. And it involves a PC, a capture card, and machine learning.

The Anti-Cheat Police Department, a bunch of volunteers who look out for and disrupt cheating groups, have shared on Twitter a new kind of cheating. As mentioned, it uses machine learning, The way it works is by having the cheat analyse your gameplay in real time, and the cheat adds in inputs so that your crosshairs snap to your enemies.

Because it’s not an aim bot or wall hack, you will actually have to see your enemies for the cheat to kick in. And even then, you’ll have to manually aim in the general direction of your targets until a certain threshold where it kicks in and does the aiming for you. Think of it as aim assist, but turned up to 19 and given a steroid overdose.

Making this even scarier is that this is usable even on consoles. All you need is a PC that’s running the cheat, and a capture card so allow your PC to see gameplay from your console.

There was a video promoting this on YouTube, presumably showcasing the cheat working in a Call of Duty. Activision has since made a copyright claim on the video, taking it down. But as Eurogamer reports, the cheat’s discord is still active, and the software is still up for sale. The good news is that it is still detectable. But even then, it will be awhile before any real action gets taken against this new breed of cheat. More so, it’s a sign of the evolution that cheats are currently going through

(Source: Anti-Cheat Police Department / Twitter via Eurogamer)

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New PS5 Variant Appears In SIRIM Database

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Back in May, we saw reports of the PS5 possibly getting a hardware redesign. Then in the same month, we saw the console getting registered with a new wireless module. One of those (likely the latter) may have just entered our shores, as it has appeared in SIRIM’s database.

The discovery was made by SIRIM database observer Kevin Ng TK, who shared the discovery on Twitter. Naturally, there’s no mention of the PS5 directly. But from the screenshot provided in the tweet, we can see two models labeled “video game console” registered to Sony Malaysia. And they bear the model numbers of CFI-1118A and CFI-1118B.

The CFI looks to be the designation for the PS5 console, with the A or B suffixes denoting the disc or Digital Editions, respectively. And CFI-1118A is very close to the CFI-1115A that we saw back in late May. This likely means that the models coming in are the ones with the newer wireless module. As for the 1118 and 1115, it’s likely down to regional variants with no real difference beyond that.

Sony Malaysia CFI SIRIM

We can see this in the model numbers of the current batch of PS5 consoles in SIRIM. These have the model numbers of CFI-1018A and CFI-1018B, as opposed to the CFI-1015A and CFI-1015B model numbers for other markets. Incidentally, the PS5 used in our unboxing is designated CFI-1018A.

Of course, there’s no discounting the possibility of this being the one with the new CPU either. But judging from the previous two reports, it does seem more likely that this denotes the new wireless module than the new CPU. But we wouldn’t know for sure until Sony Malaysia makes an official announcement.

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The CPU Could Be Another Reason Why Windows 11 Is Not Supported By Your Machine – Lowyat.NET

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So, you were smitten by what Microsoft has showcased during the Windows 11 official launch event yesterday. You are now excited to grab the new operating system for your machine which you believe has met all the minimum requirement listed by the company.

Even then, you decided to download and run the PC Health Check tool anyway, just to see that your machine obtain the seal of approval from Microsoft (sort of). Unfortunately, your excitement immediately turned to a frown after this message appeared on your screen:

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You are fully confident that your PC has met all the requirements. Then you checked and thought: could it be the TPM or Secure Boot requirement? After all, the TPM 2.0 requirement has somehow resulted in quite a conundrum among users throughout the world.

So, you then proceed to check the settings within the BIOS of your machine and made sure the TPM / Intel PTT / AMD fTPM / Secure Boot settings have been enabled. Well, now my PC should be able to receive the green checkmark from the PC Health Check tool, you thought.

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But nope, the tool still spewed out the dreaded X mark on your screen. Since the PC Health Check tool does not provide further details (that has changed though, more details coming in our subsequent report) on why your machine is deemed not worthy for Windows 11 despite meeting all the necessary minimum requirements, you felt dejected and wondering: what gives?

Well, the answer could be the processor in your machine. As it turns out, Windows 11 has its own list of supported processors.

The list is quite long since it covers multiple class of processors but for those who are using Intel Core processor, the model must be at least from the 8th Gen family which was first launched in 2017. As for users that prefer AMD Ryzen, only chips from the Ryzen 2000 Series family and newer made their way to the list.

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You telling me that the octa-core AMD Ryzen 7 1800X can’t run Windows 11 but the dual-core AMD Ahtlon 3000G can? That’s wild.

When it comes to Qualcomm, only the Snapdragon 835 from 2017 was not listed as the supported processor for Windows 11. So, if the processor in your machine is not part of this list, the PC Health Check tool would still tell you that your machine is not able to run Windows 11.

It is understandable to feel frustrated to receive the X mark from the PC Health Check tool on your machine especially when there are still lot of processors that were released before 2017 or 2018 are still running fine in 2021. Among those that are on our mind includes the 7th Gen Intel Core and the original AMD Ryzen processors.

At first, there was some light at the end of the tunnel. According to the original compatibility documentation for Windows 11, CPU Generation is listed as a “soft floor” characteristic. This means devices that running on older chips can still be upgraded to Windows 11 as long as they met the “hard floor” standards such as having two or more CPU cores, CPU clock speed of at least 1GHz, 4GB RAM and 64GB storage as well as the support for TPM 1.2 and Secure Boot.

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Compatiblity guidelines for Windows 11: the top is the original version, as captured on 25 June while the bottom that we screenshot today.

However, Microsoft has since removed the soft floor and hard floor method in the compatibility guideline. It looks like like the company is adamant that your machine must be equipped with the supported processor alongside TPM 2.0 in order to eligible for the Windows 11 upgrade.

That being said though, there is still quite time left for Microsoft to make further tweaks to the operating system as Windows 11 will only be released towards the end of the year. So, expect to hear more changes to it as we get closer to the operating system’s eventual release into the market.

(Images: Threddy / Twitter, AMD, Microsoft. Thanks to all of our readers on Facebook that have provided us tips for this story: Zenyu Loh, Iswardi Abu Bakar, Muhd Raziq, Shawn Anand.)

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Alleged Intel 4th Generation Sapphire Rapids Scalable Xeon Die Image Leaks

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Back in 2019, Intel announced that its 4th generation Xeon processors would be named Sapphire Rapids and told the world that the upcoming CPU lineup would carry support for yet unreleased features, such as DDR5 and PCIe 5.0, but no images of the chip. That changed recently, though, thanks to the post of a prominent leakster.

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The leakster in question goes by the byline 结城安穗-YuuKi_AnS (@AnsYuuki), who posted several images of what appears to be the alleged die shots of Intel’s Sapphire Rapids. To be clear, the shot is that of the CPU cores after it had been delidded, with one report indicating that they “violently tore apart” the lid.

Upon closer inspection, the die shot shows the CPU’s 60-cores, but according to additional leaked information, the top of the line Xeon in the lineup will only be able to access 56-cores in total, meaning that four of those cores may just be locked away.

In addition to the high core count, the CPU will reportedly feature up to 64GB of HBM2e memory; a physical feature that has already been confirmed via a Linux kernel update. Lastly, the CPU is to be based on Intel’s 10nm Enhanced SuperFin die lithography.

Beyond that, we’re still pretty much in the dark about Sapphire Rapids and its performance, but we do know that this 4th generation scalable Xeon CPU lineup will be going toe-to-toe with it’s direct competitor, AMD’s EPYC 7003 “Milan” workstation CPU series, which are based on the company’s Zen 3 architecture.

(Source, Yuuki_AnS via Twitter, VideoCardz // Image: Twitter)

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LG Called Out By Tech Channel For Attempting To Manipulate “Editorial Direction”

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It is no secret that big names and major corporations that manufacture popular products, often try and get reviewers to publish reviews of said products in a favourable light, usually with the promise of monetary compensation. For LG, the Korean electronics giant found itself between a rock and a hard place when its attempt to bribe tech channel, HardwareUnboxed, went horribly wrong.

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The whole showdown was made public when Tim Schiesser, one of HardwareUnboxed’s reviewers, posted a video about his engagement with LG recently. To summarise the video, Schiesser’s bane started when LG began dodging his questions about one of its gaming monitors. Shortly after, the brand then issued a “reviewer’s guideline”.

To be clear, brands issuing reviewer’s guidelines is nothing out of the ordinary. In this case, handing out such a document seemed a bit odd, given that the gaming monitor in question had been in Schiesser’s lab for some time now. The punchline of this conversation, however, was that LG blatantly tried its luck in attempting to get Schiesser to provide it with a “draft” of his review, and that he would be given compensation for his cooperation. Unsurprisingly, Schiesser said no.

This isn’t the first time HardwareUnboxed has taken to expressing its discontent against major brand names. Some of you may remember how the tech channel was initially struck by NVIDIA’s banhammer last year, due to issues pertaining to, yet again, the channel’s editorial direction. It wasn’t until two other major tech channels, LinusTechTips and JayzTwoCents, decided to step into the ring that NVIDIA decided to backpedal on its decision.

The good news is that, shortly after the video went live, Ken Hong, Head of Global Corporate Communications, LG Electronics, contacted Schiesser, hopefully to apologise for the kerfuffle and to inform him that the company will be implementing “significant changes” to how its monitor reviews will be handled in the future.

(Source: HardwareUnboxed via Twitter, YouTube, Techspot)

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