Month: March 2022

Game industry unites behind call to cut off Russian market

Ubisoft, Take-Two, EA, Activision, Epic, and more join a growing corporate movement.

Locked out.

Enlarge / Locked out. (credit: Sean Gladwell / Getty Images)

Last week, the Ukrainian government put out a public call to "all game development companies" to "temporarily block all Russian and Belorussian accounts" in response to Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Now, after a slow start, many of the game industry's major players are heeding that call and cutting off new sales in the country.

French mega-publisher Ubisoft became the latest game company to take action against Russian customers Monday morning, telling Bloomberg that it is “suspending its physical and digital sales” in the Russian market. Take-Two announced a similar move earlier in the morning, telling Mashable that it is stopping "new sales, installations, and marketing support" in Russia and Belarus, including purchases made through the Rockstar Game Launcher.

The new announcements come after a flurry of similar actions taken by large game publishers over the weekend. Activision Blizzard announced late Friday that it will be cutting off games sales and offering a two-to-one match on employee contributions to relief organizations operating in Ukraine.

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Alldocube iWork GT is a Windows tablet with Intel Tiger Lake for $570 and up

The Alldocube iWork GT is a Windows 11 tablet with an 10.95 inch, 2000 x 1200 pixel IPS LCD display, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, and an 11th-gen Intel Core processor. It’s available from Banggood with prices starting at $570 for a modal with an Intel Core i3-1115G4 processor or $730 for a Core […]

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The Alldocube iWork GT is a Windows 11 tablet with an 10.95 inch, 2000 x 1200 pixel IPS LCD display, 8GB of RAM, 256GB of storage, and an 11th-gen Intel Core processor.

It’s available from Banggood with prices starting at $570 for a modal with an Intel Core i3-1115G4 processor or $730 for a Core i5 model.

I suspect there’s a typo on the page for the Core i5 model, as Banggood says that version has a Core i5-1115G7 chip which… doesn’t exist. The tablet most likely actually has a Core i5-1135G7 processor.

According to TabletMonkeys and AndroidPC.es, Alldocube also plans to offer a model with a Core i7-1165G7 processor in the future.

Each version of the tablet has LPDDR4x memory, solid state storage, a 5MP rear camera, 1MP front-facing camera, support for WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1, and a 3,900 mAh battery. The Alldocube iWork GT has two USB 3.1 Type-C ports, a USB 3.0 Type-A port, a micro HDMI port, , a headphone jack, and a microSD card reader. It comes with a 45W USB-C power adapter.

The tablet measures 10.2″ x 6.4″ x 0.4″ and weighs 1.3 pounds.

Unlike some other Windows tablets, the iWork GT does not have a built-in kickstand. But it is designed to be used as a 2-in-1 device thanks to a set of pogo pins on the back of the tablet that connect to an optional keyboard case that also functions as a stand.

Banggood is selling two compatible keyboards covers: a $65 magnetic keyboard and a $75 maglev keyboard.

Before pulling out your wallet, just keep in mind that Alldocube and Banggood, like most device makers and retailers that ship Chinese products directly to customers around the world, have iffy track records at best when it comes to customer service and support. So while the Alldocube iWork GT looks like a tablet that offers decent bang for the buck on paper, if you have any real-world problems with the tablet’s hardware or software, you may be on your own when it comes to finding solutions.

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How to save the International Space Station and prevent the dreaded “gap”

Unity in space remains in the best interest of the international partners.

The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab that took place following its undocking on Nov. 8, 2021.

Enlarge / The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab that took place following its undocking on Nov. 8, 2021. (credit: NASA)

In the 10 days since Russia invaded Ukraine, relations between the first nation to reach space and the Western world have been stripped to the bone.

To wit: Europe's space agency has canceled several launches on Russian rockets, a contract between privately held OneWeb and Roscosmos for six Soyuz launches has been nullified, Europe suspended work on its ExoMars exploration mission that was set to use a Russian rocket and lander, and Russia has vowed to stop selling rocket engines to US launch companies.

Virtually every diplomatic and economic tie between Russia's space industry and Europe and the United States has been severed but one—the International Space Station.

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LNG-Terminal Brunsbüttel: Habeck will Erdgas-Terminal zur Hälfte bezahlen

RWE und die KfW unterzeichnen Vereinbarung zum Bau eines LNG-Terminals in Brunsbüttel, eine Umstellung auf Ammoniak ist “vorgesehen”. Von Hanno Böck (Robert Habeck, Bundesregierung)

RWE und die KfW unterzeichnen Vereinbarung zum Bau eines LNG-Terminals in Brunsbüttel, eine Umstellung auf Ammoniak ist "vorgesehen". Von Hanno Böck (Robert Habeck, Bundesregierung)