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Apple has decided to transition to newer 5G Mediatek from Intel modems in their future Apple Watch models. This decision is expected to provide better connectivity and performance for users.

Current Apple Watches are limited to 4G connectivity and do not support latest 5G connectivity. Mediatek modems support a feature called 5G Recap that allows for lower than standard 5G speeds but optimized for power consumption for always connected smart devices and wearables.

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CDPR aka CDProjektRed has released a major patch for Cyberpunk 2077 that improves gaming performance by 33% on Arrow Lake CPUs. The patch also fixes a number of bugs and issues that were causing performance issues. This patch bumps the version to 2.2 and update size is around 20GB.

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Khronos has released Vulkan 1.4 APIs which is a developer driven update to provide stable cross platform compute and graphics APIs aligning with our roadmap which has finally come into fruition said Tom Olson former Vulkan Working Group Chair as he is stepping down.

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Pat Gelsinger announced his retirement as CEO of Intel, effective from Dec 1 2024. The company has appointed two interim CEOs, David Zinsner and Michelle (MJ) Johnston Holthaus both of whom are currently serving as Intel's Interim chief operating officers.

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In a recent interview with Der8auer and Bens Hardware, Florian Maislinger, a tech communications manager for Intel, revealed that Intel plans to integrate 3D-VCache technology into their CPUs by 2025. This technology is expected to provide a significant performance boost for Intel’s CPUs.