Russia is reportedly blocking Twitter, Facebook, various news sites, and major app stores, according to a German journalist.
The move comes after the Russian government announced last week that it was partially restricting access to Facebook in retaliation for the company applying fact-checking labels to posts from state-controlled media outlets. Earlier this week, Meta, Facebook’s parent company, and YouTube blocked access to Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik in the European Union.
The news of Russia’s blockade came from Mathieu von Rohr, head of the foreign desk at German newsmagazine Der Spiegel. He tweeted that “Twitter, Facebook, BBC, Deutsche Welle, App Stores” were all being blocked. (Deutsche Welle is the German public broadcaster.)
Pablo González hat seit Montag keinen Kontakt zu seinem Anwalt oder seiner Familie. Polnische Behörden beschuldigen ihn der Spionage für Russland. Für seinen Anwalt ein absurder Vorwurf
Pablo González hat seit Montag keinen Kontakt zu seinem Anwalt oder seiner Familie. Polnische Behörden beschuldigen ihn der Spionage für Russland. Für seinen Anwalt ein absurder Vorwurf
Raytracing, mehr Details bei Schäden an Haut und Auto: Rockstar Games stellt die Verbesserungen von GTA 5 auf PS5 und Xbox Series X/S vor. (GTA 5, Playstation 4)
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Each key also has customizable actuation and can perform two inputs with one press.
Enlarge/ Razer's Analog Optical mechanical switches. (credit: Razer)
Do you use a keyboard and mouse or a controller when playing PC games?
One of the biggest advantages gamepads have over keyboards is the joystick, which provides pressure-sensitive control in a way that most keyboards can't. Razer's Huntsman Mini Analog, released Thursday, makes the debate a bit more complicated.
The name says it all. Razer's latest keyboard is a small clacker with pressure-sensitive mechanical keys. Proprietary analog optical switches can detect how hard you're pressing a key and adjust input accordingly. This differs from how most keyboards function; typical boards use digital input and read either a 0 or 1 value (not depressed or depressed). All of the keys in the 60 percent keyboard can be programmed to use analog input via Razer's software.
MSI has been releasing small but powerful gaming PCs under its Trident brand for years, typically by packing premium specs into a compact chassis. But the new MSI MAG Trident S 5M is a little different: it’s a compact PC designed for cloud gaming. Since it’s designed to stream games from remote servers, there’s no need […]
MSI has been releasing small but powerful gaming PCs under its Trident brand for years, typically by packing premium specs into a compact chassis. But the new MSI MAG Trident S 5M is a little different: it’s a compact PC designed for cloud gaming.
Since it’s designed to stream games from remote servers, there’s no need for an expensive, high-performance, power-hungry graphics card. So the MAG Trident S 5M doesn’t have discrete graphics. But it has plenty of other features that could make it a decent all-around computer for home or office use in addition to cloud gaming.
The computer measures 13.2″ x 7.3″ x 3.7″ and has a volume of 2.6L. It comes with a 120W power supply and the system is actively cooled with a fan inside the chassis.
Inside is an AMD B300 motherboard and MSI will offer models with AMD Ryzen 3 5300G, Ryzen 5 5600G, or Ryzen 7 5700G processor options. Those are 65-watt desktop chips with Radeon Vega integrated graphics.
Other features include dual SODIMM slots for up to 64GB of DDR4-3200 memory, a 2.5 inch drive bay for a hard drive or SSD, two M.2 2280 slots with support for PCIe Gen 3 x4 SSDs, support for WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 4.2, and a selection of ports that includes:
1 x HDMI 2.0
1 x DisplayPort 1.4
1 x VGA
1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C
2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
1 x USB 2.0 Type-A
1 x Gigabit Ethernet
1 x 3.5mm mic input
1 x 3.5mm mic/headphone combo jack
MSI says the computer’s compact, console-like size would make it seem at home in a living room. And it comes with a few options for gaming and game streaming, including:
MSI App Player – Android system emulator (with support for multi-instance functions for running different games in different windows)
Game Stadium Software – launch and control games with a joystick
MSI says you can sign up for a Microsoft PC Game Pass subscription directly from its Stadium software to stream games over the internet. But I don’t see any reason why you wouldn’t be able to use other game streaming services like NVIDIA’s GeForce Now, Google’s Stadia, or Amazon’s Luna as well.
Honestly, the advent of cloud gaming means that any PC is potentially a gaming PC. But the Trident S 5M does have a console-like design and decent specs, so you could probably do worse if looking for a dedicated machine for game streaming and/or home office use.
The company says the Trident S 5M is already shipping, but it doesn’t appear to be available in stores yet, so there’s no word on pricing.
Specs at a glance: Asus ROG Strix Flare II Animate
Switches
Asus ROG NX Red or Brown
Keycaps
Doubleshot PBT plastic
Connectivity options
USB-A cable
Backlighting
Per-key RGB
Size
17.13×6.5×1.5 inches
(435×165×38 mm)
Weight
2.55 lbs (1,157 g)
Warranty
1 year
Price (MSRP)
$220
Other perks
USB passthrough port, keycap puller, switch puller
Switches, keycaps, chassis colors, backlighting—many features bring personality to mechanical keyboards. But for the flashiest among us, they're not enough. If you've ever looked at an RGB keyboard and still yearned for more pizzazz, Asus' ROG Strix Flare II Animate is for you.
LEDs go wild on this keyboard, from the bright RGB backlight to the hundreds of mini LEDs above the numpad that create pixellated animations to varying degrees of success. You'll need to love LEDs to be drawn to the keyboard, but they're not the Flare II Animate's sole selling point.
The MangoPi-Nezha MQ is a tiny single-board computer powered by a Allwinner D1/F133A processor based on RISC-V architecture. That’s a 1 GHz single-core chip, so don’t expect this little computer to be a speed demon. It also has just 64MB of DDR2 storage. But at $39, it’s one of the most affordable options for folks looking […]
The MangoPi-Nezha MQ is a tiny single-board computer powered by a Allwinner D1/F133A processor based on RISC-V architecture. That’s a 1 GHz single-core chip, so don’t expect this little computer to be a speed demon. It also has just 64MB of DDR2 storage.
But at $39, it’s one of the most affordable options for folks looking to dip their toes in developing hardware and software projects around RISC-V architecture. The folks behind MangoPi-Nezha MQ have launched a Crowd Supply crowdfunding campaign for the little board and expect to begin shipping the MQ to backers in July.
The board measures just 1.6″ x 1.6″ and features two USB Type-C ports (one for data and one for power), two 22-pin expansion headers, a microSD card for storage, an onboard Realtek RTL8189 chip with support for WiFi 4 (802.11n) and an onboard microphone.
There are also expansion headers or solder points that can be used to add flash storage or connect a capacitive touchscreen display, among other accessories.
MangoPi is positioning the MQ as an open source, open hardware project and the company has posted hardware documentation and the RT-Smart microkernel operating system on GitHub.
While the $39 price tag includes free shipping, the MangoPi-Nezha isn’t the only game in town, and it’s not necessarily the cheapest either: Sipeed’s Lichee RV that launched a couple of months ago features the same Allwinner D1 chip but packs 512MB of RAM and a design that allows the computer-on-a-module to be connected to a carrier board for expanded functionality. The Lichee RV is available from AliExpress for $17 and up (with shipping to the United States running about $5).
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