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As we know that coronavirus is a threat to us and wearing a protecting mask is a must nowadays. The demand for protective face masks has been really high since COVID-19, aka the new coronavirus, started hitting the news. So much so, in fact, that dentists can’t get hold of the ones they need to do their jobs.

The upsurge in people wearing masks has led to some interesting new social problems, like the fact that you can’t unlock your iPhone using Face ID if you’ve got a mask over half your face.

As ever, though, there’s a designer/artist type ready to solve this for you with the satirical products. Behold Resting Risk Face, by Danielle Baskin.

You can tell it’s satirical by the fact that a) it’s not actually available to buy (ostensibly until the global mask shortage is over, but when that happens it’ll probably be because the health scare is also over) and b) the website contains sentences like “If you enjoy late-stage capitalism, facial recognition respirator masks will retail for $40 [£31] per mask.”

You can say that it is satirical because

a) is not really available to buy (apparently until the global shortage of masks is over, but when that happens, it is probably because the health problem is over)

b) Website contains sentences such as “If you like late-stage capitalism, facial recognition respirator masks will sell for $ 40 [£ 31] per mask.”

How does it work?

After loading your face, we use computational mapping to convert your facial features into an image printed on the surface of N95 surgical masks without distortion. Our printer uses inks made from natural dyes. It is not toxic and does not affect breathability.

You can use your mask for everyday life as a barrier to air droplets. However, you will have to add it as an additional face in Face ID: Apple’s technology is too good to be fooled only by the mask.

If you wonder if this meaningless mask is a coil load, this is what WHO has to say: If you are healthy, you only need to wear a mask if you are caring for a person with the suspected 2019-nCoV infection. Wear a mask if you are coughing or sneezing. The masks are effective only when used in combination with frequent hand cleaning with alcohol or water and soap-based hand sanitizer. If you wear a mask, you should know how to use it and dispose of it properly.

Recently, the these two amazing smartphones launched in the market. Poco X2 with the Realme X2 and it was a beautiful neck to neck battle in which we found that the Poco X2 offers a slightly better overall package. When it comes to especially due to its price. According to the reviews, it is time to face Poco X2 against a rival from his own territory, which is even more affordable: the Redmi Note 8 Pro. If you are confused between these two phones here’s our comparison chart.

While, equipped with a powerful processor, impressive camera specifications, a large battery, and a premium design, the Redmi Note 8 Pro offers a lot for the money,.On paper, the Redmi Note 8 Pro seems pretty even with its cousin, but is it the best purchase or does it make sense to pay a premium for the Poco X2? Let’s find out.

Poco X2 vs Redmi Note 8 Pro prices and variants

The Poco X2 with 6 GB of RAM and 64 GB of storage. The following variant doubles storage with the same amount of RAM and the high-end variant offers 8 GB of RAM and 256 GB of storage in Rs. 19,999. These are very good prices for what is offered.

The Redmi Note 8 Pro also comes in three variants, but they are all priced lower than Poco’s offers. The Redmi Note 8 Pro starts at Rs. 13,999 for 6GB of RAM and 64GB of storage; going up to Rs. 15,999 for 6 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage, and Rs. 17,999 for 8GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. The high-end version of the Note 8 Pro does not have as much storage as the X2, but you can use a microSD card.

The Redmi Note 8 Pro is clearly more affordable than the Poco X2, in all variants, and is also easier to buy, thanks to the limited supplies of the Poco X2 shortly after its launch, resulting in a flash sales period. However, there is a reason why the Little X2 costs a little more, which we will see in a moment.

Poco X2 vs Redmi Note 8 Pro design and style

As both smartphones have a very good build quality and look very elegant. The Redmi Note 8 Pro comes in a more sober choice of colors, while the Poco X2 comes in brighter and more striking finishes. The glass backs on both phones are scratch resistant, which increases the feeling of quality. Both have similar weights and thicknesses, although the Redmi Note 8 Pro is a bit lighter.

Poco X2 vs Redmi Note 8 Pro performance and games

The Redmi Note 8 Pro works with MediaTek Helio G90T, a powerful game-oriented SoC. The Poco X2 uses Qualcomm Snapdragon 730G, which is the same as the Realme X2. Both are eight-core processors, but Qualcomm’s offer is based on the new 8 nm manufacturing process, compared to the 12 nm process for the Helio G90T. On paper, this should make it more energy-efficient.

Both processors are more than capable of handling everyday tasks, and with normal use, we do not notice any stuttering or delay in the interface or when performing multiple tasks on any of the phones. We tested the usual games like PUBG Mobile and Asphalt 9: Legends on both phones and these games worked very well. The Redmi Note 8 Pro was able to run both games with high graphic quality, but after about 20 minutes of play, we noticed that the phone got quite hot. The Poco X2 also warmed up a little after the same amount of time, but not as much as the Redmi.

The Final Verdict

It was a close fight between the Poco X2 and the Redmi Note 8 Pro but between the two, we feel that the Poco X2 is worth the premium it guidelines. For the extra money, you get fewer ads in MIUI, a smoother display, and more capable cameras for shooting video. The Poco X2 is a little bulkier than the Redmi Note 8 Pro and it only comes in flashy color trims, but other than this, there’s little to complain about.

The Redmi Note 8 Pro has long been our go-to recommendation in this segment, and even now, the base variant is still one of the best phones you can buy for under Rs. 15,000. However, when it comes to the higher-end variants, the Poco X2 offers better value for just a bit more money.

With the passage of time, the Runeterra is getting interesting and exciting. Recently the first update of Legends of Runeterra’s open beta cards came. The new Riot Games digital card game brings adjustments to champions, followers, spells, XP, expedition rewards and more.

Here is the list of patch information for you to check.

Champions

Lux (Level one)

• Power: Three → four
• Health: Four → five

Lux’s weaker state made it a little too difficult to use her as a linchpin, “build-around-me” card, according to Riot. Buffing her stats will help her ability to both stick around as an engine and act as a meaningful threat on her own.

Lux (Level two)

• Power: Four → five
• Health: Five → six

Yasuo (Level two)

• Level up: You Stun or Recall 6+ units → You Stun or Recall 5+ units

While testing Ionia changes internally, Riot found that Yasuo was catching collateral damage from changes aimed at elusive and handcuff decks. Inspiring Mentor was one of the best cards to use while leveling up Yasuo, and together with Deny would provide pivotal protection (extra important when heavily building around Yasuo).

Followers and Spells

Back to Back

• Cost: Five → six

Back to Back can be a huge blowout Burst-speed trick that often leaves opponents without profitable avenues for playing around it. Riot likes this kind of effect, but such a swingy card ultimately warrants a higher cost.

Crimson Curator

• Cost: Two → three

“Battle Scars” decks have been underperforming and the Noxus side of the theme has been a bit one-dimensional. Improving Crimson Curator should increase both options and viability for these decks.

Deny

• Cost: Three → four

Deny is moving from watchlist to changelist after rigorous internal testing and debate. While there are good arguments for Deny to exist at three mana, ultimately it’s proven too prevalent and disruptive to the metagame, heavily restricting viable card options.

Inspiring Mentor

• Health: One → two
• Old text: Play: Grant an ally in hand + 1|1
• New text: Play: Grant an ally in hand + 1|0

Inspiring Mentor was providing too much curve efficiency and resilience to Ionia decks, with the stats granted to the buffed unit often overly protecting them by putting them out of range of similarly-costed removal. Curving Inspiring Mentor into one or even two 4|3 Navori Conspirators was too powerful of a play pattern considering its consistency. With this change, Riot is ensuring an intended weakness of elusive units. Their low health can be more exploitable.

Jewelled Protector

• Power: Three → four
• Health: Three → four

Shifting power from Mentor to Protector (and into later parts of the game) should increase deckbuilding options and give opponents a bit more time to react or set up their own game plans.

Kinkou Lifeblade

• Health: Three → two

One of the intended weaknesses of Elusive decks is that fast decks should be able to effectively race them, since Elusive units are naturally smaller and less cost-efficient. Kinkuo Lifeblade often closed that door on what should be a fundamental weakness of the deck

Commander Ledros

• Cost: Eight → nine
• Power: Eight → nine
• Cost: Eight → nine

A card that does so much should incur a higher opportunity cost and provide opponents more room to win before and after it’s dropped, so Riot is bumping its cost up to nine, which will not only delay Ledros’ arrival but also allow less flexibility when recasting it.

Blade of Ledros

• Cost: Seven → eight

Rhasa, the Sunderer

• Cost: Seven → eight

Scuttlegeist

• Keywords: None → [Fearsome]

Tortured Prodigy

• Power: Three → four

Wraithcaller

• Keywords: [Fearsome] → None

Watchlist

• Fearsome and Control are on the LoR developers’ watchlist as potential problems. No changes were made during the open beta update. 

Clarity

• Units with effects that allow opponent reactions now have a “Skills” icon next to “Play” or “Attack” in the card text.
  • Hovering on the icon will bring out a tooltip explaining that the Skill allows opponent reactions before resolving.
  • Units with effects that do not allow opponent reactions will not have this icon.
• Created cards now have a tooltip that tells both players what created them.

Expeditions Archetypes

Demacian Steel

• Added: Chain Vest

Battle Scars

• Added: Might, Alpha Wildclaw
• Removed: Blood for Blood, Bull Elnuk

Suit up

• Added: Bull Elnuk
• Removed: Alpha Wildclaw

Shroom and Boom

• Added: Assembly Bot, Statikk Shock, Plaza Guardian
• Removed: Academy Prodigy, Chempunk Shredder, Get Excited!
• Shopkeeper trade logic improved.

XP and Expeditions rewards

• End-of-trial XP reduced:
  • Zero wins: 100 → 50
  • One win: 300 → 150
  • Two wins: 500 → 250
  • Three wins: 700 → 400
  • Four wins: 900 → 600
  • Five wins: 1,200 → 800
  • Six wins: 1,500 → 1,000
  • Seven wins: 2,000 → 1,500
• Reduced XP adjustments for daily PVP wins—players will now receive more XP at high numbers of PVP wins in one day, and will always receive at least 100 XP for constructed PVP wins.
  • Base PVP win XP: 200 in Normal / Ranked, 100 in Expeditions (no change)
  • One to 10 wins: full XP (no change)
  • 11 to 15 wins: -50 XP → full XP
  • 16 to 20 wins: -100 XP (no change)
  • 21 to 30 wins: -150 XP → -100 XP
  • 31+ wins: -200 XP → -100 XP

• Friend Challenge wins now grant 100 XP for the first five wins, and zero XP for 6+.
• Friend Challenges losses/ties now grant 0 XP.
• Friend Challenge matches no longer count towards daily PVP wins/losses or first wins of the day bonuses. They still count for quest progress.
• Six-win Expeditions reward now 1,500 shards (was 1,000), as well as a random champion card and golden chest (unchanged).
• Seven-win Expeditions reward now 3,000 shards (was 3,500), as well as a champion capsule (unchanged).

PC FPS options

• On PC-only, Riot has added an FPS option in the settings menu. The drop-down has three settings:
  • 30/60, 60, 60+

Miscellaneous

• Deckbuilder improvements
  • Mana curve now indicates number of cards at each cost.
  • Bugfix for “MAX” card count text not showing up.
  • Deck import & export now copies from/to device clipboard.
  • Minor visual polish and readability improvements.
• Board visuals
  • Corrected a repeated grass texture on Summoner’s Rift board.
  • Cleaned up and reduced intensity of lens flare effect on Demacia board.
  • Corrected occasional lighting issues when resolving certain spells on faction boards.
• Players on old client versions will now see a message asking them to restart the client and update, and will be unable to queue until doing so.
• Master tier rankings now more fluid based on how master players are performing against each other (previously released hotfix).
• Claimable rewards on region roads now more strongly highlighted.
• Patch sizes generally decreased.
• Friend Challenge stability improvements.
• Store now marked with a badge when new content is available.
• League of Legends gift cards are now redeemable in LoR.
• In-client messaging for maintenance updated for clarity.

Bug fixes

• Players should no longer get stuck on the loading screen when signing out of League of Legends while signed into LoR.
• Players logging into LoR from different devices should encounter fewer crashes.
• Fixed issues with region quests not progressing as expected.
• Fixed rare issues with players not receiving XP after games.
• MASSIVE nerf to high APMers: Players can no longer discard the same card to multiple Spinning Axes by quickly chaining them (previously released hotfix).
• Anivia’s summoned from deck will now correctly level up if her condition has been met.
• Players should no longer get stuck on “Connecting” if their opponent disconnects while loading

As we know that earlier this week the free FPS Warface was launched on Nintendo Switch with little fanfare and no prior announcements. It was a total astonishment moment and surprising for patrons.

Meanwhile Switch is not better known as a platform for online shooters. The developer My Games has now explained why he wanted to bring Warface to Switch.

Furthermore, the Global publishing chief Alexey Izotov gave his statement to GI.biz that the lack of many online shooters for Switch provides the opportunity for Warface to stand out.

While the statement is as following “The lack of online shooters on Switch is a big advantage for us,” he said. “We know this market very well, so we saw the opportunity to bring our experience in the FPS genre to this growing platform. We are also one of the few players in the market with continuously successful F2P games on consoles.”

Furthermore, the switch may not have a list of connected games as deep as those available on PS4 and Xbox One, but it has a series of monsters such as Fortnite and Overwatch, as well as Nintendo’s Splatoon 2.

Regarding the surprise release, Izotov said the studio wanted to show, not tell, and allow players to try the game immediately. “We decided that to speak properly about the game, we must be able to show it immediately,” Izotov said. “We wanted our community to see that we are interested in developing the Warface franchise on different platforms: PCs, home consoles, mobile devices and now Nintendo Switch. And the immediacy of being able to play immediately was very important for us.” ”

Warface is the first game developed with CryEngine to launch on Nintendo Switch. The Switch version was developed using a “very customized” version of the engine, according to GI.biz. The game has a lower resolution and frame rate on Switch, due to the power of the console in relation to PS4, Xbox One and PC, but Izotov said he is happy with what the team achieved.

“When we talk about PvP content, we rely on the following principles: stable frame rate, debugged network code and fixed resolution. The appearance of the game should not change depending on the amount of action on the screen. We believe we have accomplished this,” said. Finally, Izotov explained that my games are considering adding cross-play for Warface on PS4, Xbox One and Switch in the future.

Interesting News according to the sources that after deleting comments “it’s worth the wait” official VK social media page, Saber’s patch for the Switch version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Full Edition has started to roll out in some areas.

While the players in South Korea may have updated the game to version 3.6. The difference is visible in the leaked images. According to the details from Nintendo Everything (via Reddit), the update appears to be living up to its promise. It has amazing adding backup compatibility with the PC version of the game.

Furthermore, it has the ability to adjust, enable and disable various graphics options to achieve a clearer picture. When we have more confirmed information on the latest Patch release, we will be sure to let you know.

Furthermore, remember what Sabre Interactive said Update Switch port The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt-Full Version That will be worth the wait? Well, according to Wccftech [same source as originally sharing this news], all references to this update are now removed from Sabre’s website Official VK social media page. Strange but we only hope that it will be up again and with more advanced upgrades.

The only remaining reference for Witcher 3 is a post posted on January 27 that leads users to CD Projekt Red’s official support page All inquiries about the game.

While, Prior to that, it was reported and said that the modifier discovered additional graphical options for the title when the Switch was released. Because resulting in theoretically it would get a major update instead of a minor update. Let’s wait and watch for the next official announcement release.