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[TechSpot Weekly Newsletter] Latest in tech November 9 TechSpot Best Of [The Best Gaming Mouse: Wired and Wireless Top Choices]( Your reaction speed might be as good as the guy staring back in your crosshairs, but if they're rocking a high CPI/DPI, low-latency [gaming mouse](, the chances of you ending up in their killcam will always be higher. Your reaction speed might be as good as the guy staring back in your crosshairs, but if they're rocking a high CPI/DPI, low-latency [gaming mouse](, the chances of you ending up in their killcam will always be higher. Mainstream Alder Lake [Intel Core i5-12600K Review: 5600X Defeated]( The [Core i5-12600K]( is Intel's latest mainstream CPU and a direct competitor to AMD's popular Ryzen 5 5600X. The Alder Lake chip packs 6 P-cores and 4 E-cores for a total of 16 threads. The [Core i5-12600K]( is Intel's latest mainstream CPU and a direct competitor to AMD's popular Ryzen 5 5600X. The Alder Lake chip packs 6 P-cores and 4 E-cores for a total of 16 threads. Next-Gen [AMD 5nm 96-core 'Genoa' Zen 4 CPU arriving in 2022, 128-core 'Bergamo' lands early 2023]( During its Accelerated Data Center keynote on Monday, AMD unveiled the roadmap for its upcoming fourth-generation Epyc silicon. AMD chief Lisa Su notes the two HPC processors... During its Accelerated Data Center keynote on Monday, AMD unveiled the roadmap for its upcoming fourth-generation Epyc silicon. AMD chief Lisa Su notes the two HPC processors... AI [Nvidia's 'Audio2Face' tech uses AI to generate lip-synced facial animations for audio files]( This tech, called "Audio2Face," has been in beta for several months now. It didn't seem to get much attention until more recently, despite its potentially-revolutionary implications for... This tech, called "Audio2Face," has been in beta for several months now. It didn't seem to get much attention until more recently, despite its potentially-revolutionary implications for... TechSpot Review [Forza Horizon 5 Review]( The implicit promise of Forza Horizon is in the name. You see something on the horizon, you can drive to it. Skyrim with cars. Far Cry with more cars and no guns. [Forza Horizon 5]( is even more beautiful than its predecessors. The implicit promise of Forza Horizon is in the name. You see something on the horizon, you can drive to it. Skyrim with cars. Far Cry with more cars and no guns. [Forza Horizon 5]( is even more beautiful than its predecessors. Industry [AMD's Ryzen 5000 series gets price cut in wake of Alder Lake launch]( VideoCardz reports that MicroCenter has reduced the price of some AMD Ryzen 5000 (Vermeer) processors in the wake of Alder Lake’s arrival. The most significant reduction is... VideoCardz reports that MicroCenter has reduced the price of some AMD Ryzen 5000 (Vermeer) processors in the wake of Alder Lake’s arrival. The most significant reduction is... See the list [The Golden Joystick Awards wants you to pick the greatest ever game and piece of hardware from these lists]( Voting for the various Golden Joystick Awards 2021 categories finished last week, but you can still vote for the ultimate game of all time and best gaming... Voting for the various Golden Joystick Awards 2021 categories finished last week, but you can still vote for the ultimate game of all time and best gaming... TechSpot Review [Intel Core i7-12700KF Review: Better than Core i9?]( After looking at the flagship Core i9 on launch date, this time we're reviewing the [more mainstream Core i7-12700KF]( which is meant to do battle against AMD's Ryzen 7 5800X at around $450. After looking at the flagship Core i9 on launch date, this time we're reviewing the [more mainstream Core i7-12700KF]( which is meant to do battle against AMD's Ryzen 7 5800X at around $450. Out of this World [The International Space Station is bigger than you think, as highlighted in this 4K video tour]( Astronaut Thomas Pesquet with the European Space Agency has published an in-depth tour of the International Space Station, the first of its kind shot in 4K. Astronaut Thomas Pesquet with the European Space Agency has published an in-depth tour of the International Space Station, the first of its kind shot in 4K. Tech Culture [Denuvo was behind those game outages over the weekend]( Over the weekend, users in a Resetera thread and on the Steam forums reported errors related to server access when trying to boot up games like Guardians of... Over the weekend, users in a Resetera thread and on the Steam forums reported errors related to server access when trying to boot up games like Guardians of... Featured Story [AMD intros 3rd-gen Epyc server CPUs using 3D V-Cache and up to 768MB of L3 cache]( AMD at Computex earlier this year teased next-gen 3D chiplet technology it developed in collaboration with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. During the company’s virtual Accelerated Data Center... AMD at Computex earlier this year teased next-gen 3D chiplet technology it developed in collaboration with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company. During the company’s virtual Accelerated Data Center... WTF?! [Nintendo will launch a new console within the next 79 years]( In its report, Nintendo explained that it "plans to continue to expand its business around the core concept of creating unique integrated hardware-software products," which has worked... In its report, Nintendo explained that it "plans to continue to expand its business around the core concept of creating unique integrated hardware-software products," which has worked... [Survey: Apple laptops are less popular in the US than those from HP and Dell]( According to data from a Statista Global Consumer Survey (via Finbold), Apple took a 24% share of the US laptop market as of October 2021. That puts... [Call of Duty: Vanguard players grow irritable as news of weapon bloom mechanic spreads]( CoD statistics provider TrueGameData recently published several tweets revealing a previously unknown gameplay mechanic referred to as weapon bloom. The mechanic causes a player's bullet to travel... [Intel Arc Alchemist GPU shows off AI-based XeSS magic in new Riftbreaker video]( Two of the leading technologies in this generation's GPU wars have been Nvidia's Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) and AMD's FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR). Both promise to... [Pinocchio-inspired Souls-like Lies of P looks awesome in alpha gameplay trailer]( Lies of P, announced by South Korean developer Round8 Studio, really does take the classic fairy tale about a wooden puppet who wishes to be a real... [PureVPN moves HQ to the British Virgin Islands, because where a VPN is located matters]( After spending over 15 years in Hong Kong, PureVPN has decided to change homes. The company expresses gratitude to Hong Kong for all the years of support,... [Elden Ring details revealed: 60fps cap on PC, ray tracing support to arrive via patch]( While Elden Ring will be one of many games to offer ray tracing effects, they will arrive via a patch. Whether that will be post-launch or land... [Samsung starts mass manufacturing LPDDR5X memory, paving the way for mobile devices with up to 64 GB of RAM]( Back in August 2020, Samsung started mass producing 16 Gb LPDDR5 DRAM at the world’s largest semiconductor line, opening the possibility of cramming up to 16 gigabytes... [Intel's 12400F punches above its weight class, may be a serious budget competitor]( French technology site Le Comptoir Du Hardware (The Hardware Counter) recently reviewed several Alder Lake processors (as have we), comparing their performance to other 10th through 12th-gen... [BMW is removing touchscreen functionality from some new cars due to chip shortage]( News of the change first broke on BMW enthusiast forum Bimmerfest. According to the original poster, the following models will be impacted: [Apple Mac Pro 3nm SoC packing up to 40 CPU cores on track for 2023]( Apple is now halfway through its planned transition to self-designed custom silicon, but the company doesn’t necessarily want to leave Intel and AMD chips behind. The M1,... [Intel's locked Alder Lake CPUs could start at just $119]( Intel’s unlocked Alder Lake CPUs have received generally positive reviews, with experts praising the performance gains over Rocket Lake as well as AMD’s Ryzen 5000 series CPUs,... [AMD announces a new cloud gaming GPU and teases next-gen accelerators]( According to AMD VP Jeff Connell, the demand for cloud gaming warranted the creation of a GPU just for the job. But the V620 isn’t limited to... [Intel's 13th-generation Raptor Lake CPUs reportedly won't ditch DDR4]( Intel's recently released 12th-generation CPUs are the first to support DDR5 RAM, but Intel obviously didn't drop support for DDR4 right away. The earliest DDR5 RAM sticks... [Here's how many people paid $450,000 for Virgin Galactic's edge-of-space flight]( The reservation figures were listed in Virgin Galactic’s third-quarter earnings report (via The Verge) released yesterday. It shows that 600 people paid $250,000 for a ticket to... [Intel pays VIA $125 million for Centaur employees, but not the company itself]( Taiwan company VIA Technologies sent out a press release this week briefly discussing the deal with Intel. All it says is that Intel will be able to... [Google says its enhanced security algorithms can slow down the fingerprint scanner on the Pixel 6]( Up until the Pixel 5A, Google used a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner that also supported a couple of useful swipe gestures for bringing down notifications or pulling up... 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