Apple is planning a series of new Mac processors for introduction as early as 2021 that are aimed at outperforming Intel's fastest. From a report: Chip engineers at the Cupertino, California-based technology giant are working on several successors to the M1 custom chip, Apple's first Mac main processor that debuted in November. If they live up to expectations, they will significantly outpace the performance of the latest machines running Intel chips, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be named because the plans aren't yet public. Apple's M1 chip was unveiled in a new entry-level MacBook Pro laptop, a refreshed Mac mini desktop and across the MacBook Air range. The company's next series of chips, planned for release as early as the spring and later in the fall, are destined to be placed across upgraded versions of the MacBook Pro, both entry-level and high-end iMac desktops, and later a new Mac Pro workstation, the people said. [...] The current M1 chip inherits a mobile-centric design built around four high-performance processing cores to accelerate tasks like video editing and four power-saving cores that can handle less intensive jobs like web browsing. For its next generation chip targeting MacBook Pro and iMac models, Apple is working on designs with as many as 16 power cores and four efficiency cores, the people said. While that component is in development, Apple could choose to first release variations with only eight or 12 of the high-performance cores enabled depending on production, they said. Chipmakers are often forced to offer some models with lower specifications than they originally intended because of problems that emerge during fabrication. For higher-end desktop computers, planned for later in 2021 and a new half-sized Mac Pro planned to launch by 2022, Apple is testing a chip design with as many as 32 high-performance cores.

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Cyberpunk 2077, one of the most highly anticipated video games of the past decade, has already been delayed three times. Employees at CD Projekt Red, the Polish studio behind the game, have reportedly been required to work long hours, including six-day weeks, for more than a year. The practice is called "crunch" in the video game industry, and it is sadly all too common. From a report: It's also something that the leadership at CD Projekt Red said wasn't going to happen to the people making Cyberpunk 2077. Video game developers rarely speak openly with the press about their labor practices, but that's just what CD Projekt co-founder Marcin Iwinski did in May 2019. In a conversation with Kotaku, he said that his company thought of itself as more humane than its competitors. While long hours would be permitted for those interested in working them, crunch would not be made "mandatory." He called it a "non-obligatory crunch policy" and said it was something to be proud of. [...] Shortly thereafter, signs began to emerge that the Cyberpunk 2077 project was in trouble. In January 2020, CD Projekt announced the game's first delay. The release date was moved from April to September. The multiplayer component was also pushed into at least 2022. "We need more time to finish playtesting, fixing and polishing," said IwiÅski and head of studio Adam Badowski. That same day, during a public call with investors, CD Projekt revealed that crunch would ultimately be needed to get the game done on time. It would also be mandatory for at least some employees. "Is the development team required to put in crunch hours?" asked an investor, to which CD Projekt CEO Adam KiciÅski answered, "To some degree, yes, to be honest." [...] In September, Bloomberg reiterated what CD Projekt's leaders said to investors months before. A leaked email mandated six-day work weeks. Crunch had become a requirement, and according to anonymous employees, some developers had been working nights and weekends "for more than a year." In other words, delays do not mean relief for workers. Oftentimes, it simply means working at the same exhausting pace for additional weeks or months.

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RPG『エルダー・スクロールズ』シリーズのベセスダが、Twitterで遊ぶ「新作」をリリースしました。

Image:Amazonブログ　dayoneアレクサの万能感。今年のクリスマスはどのように楽しみましょうか？新型コロナの感染者数が著しく増えているので、人を呼んで大々的にパーティというわけにはいきませんよね。だったら、盛り上げ役はアレクサに任せてみては？先日アップされたAmazonブログdayoneに、クリスマスにピッタリなアレクサ活用法が紹介されていましたよ。アレクサにツリーをつけてもらうAma

食べ応えのある太いそばを、豚のうまみとニンニクを効かせた濃厚カレースープに合わせた「日清のどん兵衛 背脂風豚ニンニク 濃厚カレー太そば」が、2020年12月8日(火)からセブン-イレブン限定で登場します。「そばはあっさりしている」という既成概念を覆してきた「日清のどん兵衛 背脂風豚ニンニク濃厚ラー油太そば」に続く第2弾が編集部に届いたので、そのガッツリ系っぷりを一足先に味わってみました。

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カメラの性能がますますアップするなか、SNS発信や個人的な思い出に写真や動画を撮る機会が増え、動画撮影にもこだわるようになって...そろそろ「もっとクオリティを上げたい」「スマホカメラアクセサリがあったら便利かも」と思っている人はけっこういるのでは。 そんな人におすすめしたいのがジンバルなんですが…街なかやユーチューブで実際に持っている人を見かけたことがあるけど、名前は知らなかったという人もいる

"NASA's twin Voyager probes keep making discoveries in interstellar space," reports Space.com The Voyager mission has detected a new type of "electron burst," which will provide insights into the mechanisms of flaring stars, a new study reports. The bursts occur when cosmic ray electrons — fast-moving particles from far beyond the solar system — are pushed by shock waves generated by solar eruptions. The electrons then accelerate further along cosmic magnetic field lines to incredible speed, study team members said. "The idea that shock waves accelerate particles is not new," corresponding author Don Gurnett, professor emeritus in physics and astronomy at the University of Iowa, said in a statement. "[But] we detected it in a new realm: the interstellar medium, which is much different than in the solar wind, where similar processes have been observed...." Eventually, the magnetic field lines propel the cosmic rays to almost the speed of light — nearly 670 times faster than the solar shock waves that first pushed them. (The shock waves move at roughly 1 million mph, or 1.6 million kph, study team members said.) The article marvels at the fact that the spacecraft are still sending back data regularly from 14 billion miles away, beyond the edge of our solar system, more than 43 years after they left earth. They even detected the original solar shock wave which caused the electron burst "up to a year after the event occurred. "The wait time happened because the spacecraft are so far from the sun."

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Kyashが、12月8日に提供開始を予定していた「残高利息」のサービス開始を中止すると発表した。サービスの名称や内容についても見直す。当初は想定していなかった混乱が生じる懸念があるため。

　NZXT製PCケース「H1（CA-H16WR-B1-JP/CA-H16WR-W1-JP）」に関して、「安全に関わる不具合が発生する可能性がある」として、同社の正規代理店であるタイムリーが製品使用の一時停止を呼びかけている。

Image:Amazon小さいのに目が潰れそうな眩しさ！すっかり日が暮れるのが早くなってきた昨今、庭や玄関ポーチやベランダが「暗いなぁ」「泥棒が来たらヤだなぁ」なんて思ったことありませんか？そんなお家には太陽光パネル搭載のセンサーライトを設置するのがおすすめです。筆者は1階に住んでいるのですが、かれこれ7年ほど使っているセンサーライトの暗さが気になっていたため、先日のブラックフライデーを機に新調し

クリスマスの時期になると日本でも街中や家の中にクリスマスツリーが飾られますが、アメリカ人は1年で20億ドル(約2100億円)もの金額をクリスマスツリーに費やしています。そんなアメリカにおけるクリスマスツリー産業について、ビジネス・テクノロジー系メディアのThe Hustleが報じています。

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NTTドコモが、FOMA／Xi契約から5G契約への契約変更を電話でも受け付け始めました。早速、電話で手続きしてみました。

CCCフロンティアは、iPhone 12シリーズに対応した保護ケース「Shoulder Strap Case」を発売。好みの長さに調整できるオリジナルストラップが付属する。

KDDIらは、大容量の無線信号を配信する「光ファイバー無線技術」を開発。27Gbps無線信号のモバイルフロントホール伝送などの統合伝送実験に世界で初めて成功し、アンテナ設置箇所のスペース・消費電力削減が可能となる。

発売から約1か月を経ても入手困難なPS5争奪戦で、また「当時の狂乱ぶりの一コマ」として記録されそうなできごとがありました。

Socにハイミッドレンジ用の高性能な『Snapdragon 720G』する『AQUOS sense4』。『おサイフケータイ機能』『最高レベルの防水性能』を持つSIMフリーモデルとしては最もお勧めしたい ...

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PlayStation 5対応のゲーミング液晶が対象 ASUSゲーミングモニタレビューキャンペーン 対象購入期間：2020年12月4日（金）～2021年1月31日（日） レビュー投稿・応募受付期間：2020年12月4日（ […]

ゲーミングデスクトップのセットも運べそうですよ、この容量。 Uber Eatsバッグの機能性の高さが注目され、数多のフォロワーが登場しました。そのなかでもサンコーの「オーバーモーツ」は、一歩先行く仕様でかなり欲しいヤツ。

コントローラーを握ってシャドーボクシングをしながら気軽にエクササイズができるNintendo Switch用ソフト「Fit Boxing 2」が2020年11月3日(木)に発売されました。リズムゲームのような感覚で誰でも楽しくプレイできるとのことで、実際に遊んでみました。

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