PC News Round Up, Issue 16
News Digest
Issue 16 of Neofiliac's PC News Round Up: This time, we bring 17 updates from EVGA, Lenovo, Microsoft, MSI, and SteelSeries.
This Round Up provides our summaries on these latest industry news. It is made possible with our NLP-based algorithms.
News Round Up
EVGA announced on 27 Jan 2022
Introducing the EVGA E1
Introducing the EVGA E1With the launch of the EVGA E1, EVGA is once again taking extreme gaming to the next level by setting a statement with our new gaming rig. The E1 will be extremely limited and available to EVGA Members only.Back in 1999 when EVGA first was founded, graphics cards were basic. Through quality and features EVGA has become a top choice for Power Supplies when gamers are building their systems.
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EVGA announced on 18 Jan 2022
Introducing the EVGA Z690 CLASSIFIED
Introducing the EVGA Z690 CLASSIFIED - The latest addition to EVGA’s most-respected line of motherboards. This motherboard fully supports the latest 12th Gen Intel® Core™ Series Processors and takes full advantage of PCIe Gen5 and PCIe Gen4 M.2 NVMe SSDs. DDR5 6400MHz+(OC) DIMM SupportNative PCIe Gen 5.0 x16 Slots and Gen 4.0 M.2 SlotsNVIDIA SLI Ready with Metal Reinforced PCIe SlotsCLASSIFIED Cooling Solution.
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Lenovo announced on 02 Feb 2022
Lenovo Climbs the List of Fortune’s 2022 World’s Most Admired Companies
Hong Kong – February 2nd, 2022 – Today, Fortune magazine published its annual list of the World’s Most Admired Companies, with Lenovo ranked at fifth, climbing from tenth position, for companies in the broad computing industry category. The annual ranking, which evaluates the corporate reputations of global organizations, looks at the 1,000 largest U.S. companies together with Fortune’s Global 500 companies that report annual revenues of US$10 billion or more. Within companies in the ‘computer industry’ sub-category, Lenovo was particularly recognized as “Most Admired” scoring well for the company’s innovation, quality of management, and global competitiveness.
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Lenovo announced on 27 Jan 2022
Lenovo Earns Perfect Score for Fifth Consecutive Year in 2022 Corporate Equality Index
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC – January 27, 2022 – Lenovo announced today that, for the fifth consecutive year, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation gave the company a perfect score of 100 on the 2022 Corporate Equality Index (CEI). Qualification for the index is based upon a company’s adoption of LGBTQ-related policies and practices, including non-discrimination, workplace protections, domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency programs, and public engagement with the LGBTQ community. “I’m proud of our continued efforts to promote workplace inclusion at Lenovo, for the LGBTQ community and all diversity segments,” commented Calvin Crosslin, Lenovo’s Chief Diversity Officer.
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Microsoft announced on 03 Feb 2022
What’s coming for the Windows Insider Program in 2022
Building off the Windows 11 momentum Panos shared last week, we want to take a moment and share a little bit on what’s coming for the Windows Insider Program in 2022. We have more people running preview builds of Windows 11 than we did Windows 10, and we are energized by all the feedback we’re seeing from Insiders and excited to use those insights to make Windows 11 even better for our customers. We will continue to document new features as they roll out in Insider builds through our flight blog posts but won’t document all the variations of features that we might be trying out in these builds.
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Microsoft announced on 03 Feb 2022
Unminifying function names in DevTools performance profiles
Starting in Microsoft Edge version 99, you can use the new “Unminify profile” button in the Performance tool to download an unminified profile using your published sourcemaps. This usually means that function names get minified and renamed to just a few characters, which makes deciphering the calls stacks in a performance profile really challenging. So, to help decipher minified function names we are introducing a new feature in the Performance tool that can create unminified versions of performance profiles.
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Microsoft announced on 01 Feb 2022
Minecraft celebrates the Year of the Tiger with free map and more Feb. 1-7
To help you celebrate, between Feb. 1 and Feb. 7 Minecraft will offer Lunar New Year themed packs, a free world by Next Studio and tiger themed items in the Character Creator: a free mask and a free sweater. In the new map – the Legend of Nezha – you can immerse yourself in an ancient tale of immortal heroes and battle as one of the world’s most beloved champions in a mesmeric world. Visit Minecraft.net to find out more.
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Microsoft announced on 01 Feb 2022
Test IE mode in Microsoft Edge with Internet Explorer Driver
In collaboration with our friends in the Selenium project, the Microsoft Edge team is excited to announce that you can now test Internet Explorer mode in Microsoft Edge with Internet Explorer Driver. With just a few changes to an existing test that runs against Internet Explorer, you can get your tests running in Internet Explorer (IE) mode in Edge. By running your tests in IE mode, you will be able to verify that any legacy web content that runs in Internet Explorer will work as expected in IE mode in Microsoft Edge.
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Microsoft announced on 31 Jan 2022
Free Microsoft Flight Simulator Australia update takes you sky high Down Under
Do it all today with World Update VII, now available for free for all Microsoft Flight Simulator players. Just update your simulator, download the update and then enjoy the experience of flight throughout Australian skies. Head over to Xbox Wire to find out more.
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Microsoft announced on 28 Jan 2022
Adding event handlers: Sounds, Dark Mode & Windowing (Part 2)
You will be guided to accomplish the following in this post:. Play a sound when a drum pad button is clicked Switch into dark mode when the toggle switch is turned on Go into a specific windowing mode when a presenter mode is selected. Store the sound clips under your project’s Assets folder because that is the folder path we will provide to specify which sound to play.
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Microsoft announced on 28 Jan 2022
Making the app single-instanced (Part 3)
Single-instanced apps only allow one instance of the app running at a time. They allow you to launch multiple instances of the same app at one time, which we call multiple instances. Attempting to launch a second instance of a single-instanced app will only result in the first instance’s main window being activated instead.
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Microsoft announced on 28 Jan 2022
Build your first WinUI 3 app (Part 1)
As part of the Windows App SDK, WinUI 3 provides a modernized UI framework for building Windows 10 and Windows 11. This 3-part blog aims to help members new to Windows development quickly build familiarity using the Window App SDK through a fun sample app. Working with simple and easy-to-use UI controls from Windows UI Library (WinUI) 3 Customizing windowing options so that the user can multitask with the app always on top or have a full immersive experience Making the app single-instanced to reduce synchronization issues between instances
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Microsoft announced on 27 Jan 2022
Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22543
Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22543 to the Dev Channel. We’re introducing more natural voices for Narrator. This build has a good set of improvements such as a few updated visuals for some UI areas.
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MSI announced on 01 Feb 2022
Get ready for the Dying Light 2 Stay Human bundle available for redemption today!
Unlike imagined apocalyptic worlds, the brightly-colored danger-filled world of Dying Light 2 Stay Human is brought to life in full 4K resolution using the latest RTX Graphics technology via MSI products. Ray Tracing, DLSS, Quantum Dot and MSI Night Vision technologies will enable gamers to get through the night with enhanced gameplay immersion, stability and outstanding gaming performance using MSI products.EXPLORE A CITY PLUNGED INTO THE NEW DARK AGES - The virus won and civilisation has fallen back to the Dark Ages. Your choices matter.Gamers globally now have the chance to redeem Dying Light 2 Stay Human Standard Edition digital PC game by purchasing eligible MSI product models to explore The City!The promotion period runs between the 1st of February 2022 (00:01 local time) and the 5th of March 2022 (23:59 – local time).More information is available here: https://www.msi.com/Promotion/Dying-Light-2-Game-Bundle Meanwhile, please checkout other MSI special consumer campaigns at Promotion Page.• Special Gleam event - Entering the Gleam by entries and win Dying Light 2 Stay Human Collector’s Edition and unique giveaways for free!• Shout Out for MSI - Your review could give someone the assurance they need.
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MSI announced on 27 Jan 2022
MSI enriches SSD product line with SPATIUM M450
CHARGE AHEAD WITH SPEED[Taipei, Taiwan] MSI is announcing the launch of a new Gen4 PCIe NVMe model to its SSD category – SPATIUM M450 PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2. This new product allows MSI to continue to refine its identity as a high-performance PC brand and grow its product ecosystem by expanding SPATIUM, our high-performance storage category. SPATIUM M450, the entry Gen4 PCIe model for the MSI SSD lineupSPATIUM M450 was developed to meet the expectations of mainstream SSD consumers.
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MSI announced on 27 Jan 2022
MSI Showcases the Latest 80 PLUS GOLD 1000W Gaming Power Supply Unit: MPG A1000G
The MPG A1000G is MSI’s latest 1000W gaming power supply unit designed for gamers looking for the best for their build. Visually, the MPG A1000G has patterns that resemble those you can see on the MPG VELOX 100P AIRFLOW PC case and the MPG Z690 CARBON WIFI motherboard. Compatibility-wise, MSI’s products can easily match with one another to create the friendliest PC DIY ecosystem.Long-Lasting QualityAs we all know, the efficiency of your power supply unit directly affects your system’s overall performance and its power consumption.
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SteelSeries announced on 01 Feb 2022
SteelSeries x TRICKED Esport Announce Partnership for 2022
COPENHAGEN | CHICAGO – FEBRUARY 01, 2022 – Tricked Esport, the Danish esports organization, today announced a new partnership with SteelSeries, the worldwide leader in gaming and esports peripherals, in which the original esports brand will become the official peripherals brand for Tricked Esport. With the new partnership, SteelSeries will provide Tricked Esport’s schools and professional teams competing in global tournaments for CS: GO, Fortnite, FIFA, and League of Legends (LoL) with its award-winning line of esports and gaming gear, including the award-winning Prime Pro Series line of mice that revolutionized gaming mice technology with the first-ever Optical Magnetic switches. It's exhilarating to find a partner that is equally passionate about our work with talent development and the education sector of esports,” said Morten Jensen, CEO and Founder, Tricked Esport.
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References
- ^ Introducing the EVGA E1. [EVGA]. https://www.evga.com/about/pressrelease/?id=435. 27 Jan 2022.
- ^ Introducing the EVGA Z690 CLASSIFIED. [EVGA]. https://www.evga.com/about/pressrelease/Default.asp?id=434. 18 Jan 2022.
- ^ Lenovo Climbs the List of Fortune’s 2022 World’s Most Admired Companies. [Lenovo]. https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-climbs-fortunes-most-admired-companies-list/. 02 Feb 2022.
- ^ Lenovo Earns Perfect Score for Fifth Consecutive Year in 2022 Corporate Equality Index. [Lenovo]. https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-earns-perfect-score-for-fifth-consecutive-year-in-2022-corporate-equality-index/. 27 Jan 2022.
- ^ What’s coming for the Windows Insider Program in 2022. [Microsoft]. https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2022/02/03/whats-coming-for-the-windows-insider-program-in-2022/. 03 Feb 2022.
- ^ Unminifying function names in DevTools performance profiles. [Microsoft]. https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2022/02/03/unminifying-function-names-in-devtools-performance-profiles/. 03 Feb 2022.
- ^ Minecraft celebrates the Year of the Tiger with free map and more Feb. 1-7. [Microsoft]. https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2022/02/01/minecraft-celebrates-the-year-of-the-tiger-with-free-map-and-more-feb-1-7/. 01 Feb 2022.
- ^ Test IE mode in Microsoft Edge with Internet Explorer Driver. [Microsoft]. https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2022/02/01/test-ie-mode-in-microsoft-edge-internet-explorer-driver/. 01 Feb 2022.
- ^ Free Microsoft Flight Simulator Australia update takes you sky high Down Under. [Microsoft]. https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2022/01/31/free-microsoft-flight-simulator-australia-update-takes-you-sky-high-down-under/. 31 Jan 2022.
- ^ Adding event handlers: Sounds, Dark Mode & Windowing (Part 2). [Microsoft]. https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2022/01/28/adding-event-handlers-sounds-dark-mode-windowing-part-2/. 28 Jan 2022.
- ^ Making the app single-instanced (Part 3). [Microsoft]. https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2022/01/28/making-the-app-single-instanced-part-3/. 28 Jan 2022.
- ^ Build your first WinUI 3 app (Part 1). [Microsoft]. https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2022/01/28/build-your-first-winui-3-app-part-1/. 28 Jan 2022.
- ^ Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 22543. [Microsoft]. https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2022/01/27/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-22543/. 27 Jan 2022.
- ^ Get ready for the Dying Light 2 Stay Human bundle available for redemption today!. [MSI]. https://www.msi.com/news/detail/Get-ready-for-the-Dying-Light-2-Stay-Human-bundle-available-for-redemption-today-139597. 01 Feb 2022.
- ^ MSI enriches SSD product line with SPATIUM M450. [MSI]. https://www.msi.com/news/detail/MSI-enriches-SSD-product-line-with-SPATIUM-M450139639. 27 Jan 2022.
- ^ MSI Showcases the Latest 80 PLUS GOLD 1000W Gaming Power Supply Unit: MPG A1000G. [MSI]. https://www.msi.com/news/detail/公告-1-21-尾牙139623. 27 Jan 2022.
- ^ SteelSeries x TRICKED Esport Announce Partnership for 2022. [SteelSeries]. https://steelseries.com/press/107-steelseries-x-tricked-esport-announce-partnership-2022. 01 Feb 2022.
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