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2023-08-04 20:54:00
Larian has released the first hotfix for Baldur’s Gate 3 since the release of the game. Information regarding the patch appeared in a blog post on the official RPG page on Steam. The developers have fixed more than 150 bugs and errors that players have encountered since the release of Baldur’s Gate 3. Among them are many interactions that led to crashes, as well as the inability to progress through the story. Among other things, the authors of the RPG eliminated a bug due to which some players might not save – the problem was in cross-platform saves. This feature has been temporarily disabled. All the fixes can be found here. The full release of Baldur’s Gate 3 on PC took place on August 3rd. Since 2020, the game has been in early access, and in total it took six years for Larian to develop it. In the first day of online RPG has exceeded 530 thousand people at the same time.
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2023-08-04 16:06:42

A Canalys released today his latest research on the global tablet marketreferring to the second quarter of 2023. Despite having recorded yet another drop in sales, this time by 11% ( once morest 18% in the previous period), the sector continues to have Apple as the absolute leader.

According to the firm, during the last quarter, 31 million tablets were delivered around the world — the lowest number since the first quarter of 2020. Apple, even so, managed to record a positive number (+2%) in the year-on-year comparison, having sent around 12.3 million iPads in the period.

Those numbers gave Apple a slice of the comfortable market. 39,8% once morest just 18,8% of its main rival, the Samsungwhich ended the quarter with around 6 million tablets sold (-13.6%). A Amazonin turn, appears in third place with approximately 2.2 million devices shipped it is a market share of 6,9% (-33,4%).

the chinese Lenovo comes just behind the American giant, with regarding 2.1 million tablets sold in the second quarter of this year and a market share of 6,7% (-39,1%). Your compatriot Huawei appears in the last position, with approx. 1.6 million devices sold and a slice of 5.2% of the market (-2.8%). The rest of the sector corresponds to 20.8% of sales (-10.6%).

According to Himani Mukka, research manager at Canalys, despite these consecutive declines, the sector remains more stable than smartphones and computers, even following the pandemic.

With the PC and smartphone markets also under threat, manufacturers that sell tablets have an additional tool to help target bundles of opportunities in the consumer, commercial and education sectors.

Also according to Mukka, the market should witness a new boost in demand for devices in the second half of the year, with vendors “continuing to launch new products, adopting aggressive market entry strategies and boosting promotional activity”.

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2023-08-05 04:17:10

A man tries to get 68 iPhones taped to his body through customs, the unfailing resistance of the Galaxy Z Flip 5, a feature on Android will reconcile you with QR Codes, this is the news recap for Friday August 4 2023.

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What’s new in the Android and High-Tech universe on Phonandroid this Friday, August 4, 2023? First of all, we obviously mentioned the video game release of the month: the launch of the final version of Baldur’s Gate 3. The title from Larian Studios is already one of the biggest hits on Steam of the year, and as much the say right away, this is the game of the summer not to be missed.

In a completely different area, we have also discussed in our columns this security flaw detected by several students in Tesla’s system software. Thanks to this vulnerability, it is possible to activate the manufacturer’s paid functions for free, such as the FSD, its autonomous driving technology. You might also read this unusual story on Phonandroid. A man has earned no less than €300,000 per year in Tech by accumulating three permanent contracts. His technique? Telecommuting. But without further ado, let’s take a look at the three pieces of information you absolutely must remember in the news for this Friday, August 4, 2023.

He tries to pass 68 iPhones through customs taped to him

A man attempted to smuggle no less than 68 iPhones through Chinese customs. To do this, the smuggler taped all the devices to his body. Unsurprisingly, the crude ploy didn’t work, not least because of the heavy and suspicious gait of the smuggler.

To know more : He tries to go through customs with 68 iPhones taped to his body and is caught on the spot

The unfailing resistance of the Galaxy Z Flip 5

The YouTube channel Mrkeybrd, which specializes in testing foldable smartphones, wanted to ensure the resistance to folding of the Motorola Razr 40 Ultra and the Galaxy Z Flip 5. Samsung’s latest is doing well. While the Z Flip 5 passed 100,000 folds without a hitch, its competitor’s hinge gave up the ghost following just 43,800 folds.

To know more : The Galaxy Z Flip 5 is much more durable than the Motorola Razr 40 Ultra, the proof in video

Android will reconcile users with QR Codes

A recent update to the QR Code scanning system on Android now allows your smartphone to automatically zoom in on a QR Code when detected. This greatly facilitates and speeds up the process.

To know more : Android – this long-awaited function will finally reconcile you with QR codes

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