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Many people need to learn how to use a smartphone properly. After all, these all-rounder devices require regular maintenance and important updates in order to be optimally protected against wear and tear and attacks.

Switching you phone off completely protects it

Surprisingly, this includes a very simple function: switching off the smartphone completely. According to security experts at the NSA, this alone helps to protect the device from hacking attacks. It is now not only common to gain access to smartphones via malicious links, but also via so-called zero-click exploits.

This involves bypassing the smartphone’s security functions step-by-step. Starting with a missed call, then the first installed files that gradually allow access to the system and tap into information. This usually goes unnoticed, but can fortunately be prevented by completely rebooting the device.

So how often should I turn off my phone?

The simple answer from security experts as to how often a mobile phone should be switched off completely is: at least once a week. In the best case scenario, however, you should remember to reset our phone even more often. This is because, in addition to eliminating the security risk, it also allows the smartphone’s operating system to run all functions smoothly.

By the way: To see how long your device has had to go without switching off, you can easily check the system settings. On Android devices, this can usually be found under “Device” and then “Status.” The uptime is displayed there in hours.

This article was translated from German to English and originally appeared on pcwelt.de.

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At a glanceExpert’s Rating
Pros

• Feels like a desktop replacement
• Has a large keyboard with a good layout for gamers
• Really powerful performance

Cons

• The display isn’t as colorful as an OLED
• The keys are a bit mushy
• The charging brick is huge, which reduces its portability

Our Verdict

The Dell G16 7630 is big and exceptionally powerful. It’s a great option for gamers wanting a desktop replacement at a more affordable price.

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Dell G16 7630: $1899.99

Dell G16 7630: $1899.99

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The Dell G16 7630 is big and has plenty of muscle to run your favorite games. Its display is exceptional, and it runs media with very smooth motion.

It’s also priced to be affordable. But the gaming laptop’s sheer size means it’s not that portable. If you’re looking for a desktop experience but don’t want to shell out on an 18-inch laptop, then this ripper fits the bill exactly.

Further reading: See our roundup of the best gaming laptops to learn about competing products.

Dell G16 7630: Specifications

There was only one unit that I could find available at the time of writing this review, and it shares my review unit’s specifications. They are as follows:

• CPU: Intel Core i9-13900HX
• RAM: 32GB / 4800MHz
• Graphics: RTX 4070 GPU
• Display: 16-inch 2560×1600 QHD+ LCD, 240Hz refresh rate, 100% DCI-P3 color gamut, 3ms response time, ComfortView Plus low blue light, Nvidia G-Sync
• Storage: 1TB PCIe NVMe Gen 4 SSD
• Webcam: HD 720p camera with single arrange digital mic
• Connectivity: Thunderbolt 4 port, 3x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1, HDMI 2.1 port, RJ45 Ethernet port, 3.5mm audio jack
• Networking: Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2
• Battery capacity: 84WHrs
• Dimensions: 14.05 x 11.37 x 1.01 inches
• Weight: 6.59 pounds (2.99kg)
• Cost: $1,737 on Amazon

Dell G16 7630: Design and build

The Dell G16 7630 is unashamedly a laptop for gamers that like a large space to play on. Its generous dimensions measure 14.05 x 11.37 x 1.01 inches, so it has a desktop replacement feel to it.

The chassis features an aluminum cover that makes it sturdier than if it were just made of plastic, but I did notice a bit of give there compared to laptops with solid CNC-milled aluminum chassis. The lid is similar, in that it will flex with firm pressure, but not with moderate pressure.

The display is a sight to behold. It may be only 16 inches on the diagonal, but its16:10 aspect ratio means you benefit from extra vertical space than in the laptop’s forbears. It gives the illusion you’re using an even larger laptop. That’s helped along by very thin left and right bezels that make every inch of screen space a prize to savor.

Playing games like Battlefield I and Cyberpunk 2077 was a real pleasure — my frame rates were high enough to stay competitive with the best players…

The top and bottom bezels are a lot thicker than the sides, especially the bottom bezel which sits atop a tall hinge. That’s a fact I was very happy for, since it meant I could look almost straight on at the screen without having to crane my neck downwards.

As to styling, the Dell G16 7630 eschews gamer-centric touches like RGB logos, or flashy Tron lights like the kind you’ll find in Alienware laptops, in favor of a simple Dell logo on the lid instead. I wasn’t unhappy about that since it meant the G16 7630 was one of those rare gaming laptops I could use in the office without anyone blinking an eye.

At least that was the case when the laptop was fully charged. When it was time to charge it, the huge 330W power brick was kind of a giveaway — it’s probably the chunkiest and biggest charging brick I’ve seen.

My review unit was a smart Nightshade Black color, which has a kind of charcoal hue. It also blended in nicely with my office environment.

Dell G16 7630: Keyboard and trackpad

The keyboard’s single-zone RGB backlighting was a brilliant blue color on startup, which was quite mesmerizing to see. The keyboard is full-sized and has a useful key layout for gamers, including full-sized arrow keys and a collection of media shortcuts down the right-hand side.

Dominic Bayley / IDG

Dominic Bayley / IDG

Dominic Bayley / IDG

The laptop also sports a Game Shift Key that lets you change and maximize the laptop’s fan speeds for heavy tasks. The ADSF keys are outlined by a white border, which gives the keyboard the battle station look many gamers like.

Unsurprisingly for a laptop this size, the keys feel a bit mushy, but they fire off rapidly and with a satisfying low audible click. They are also nicely sized for my medium sized fingers — spacious but not trampoline-sized.

One hitch is the trackpad’s smallness. It plays second fiddle to the G16 7630’s keyboard and could do with an extra half inch in each direction. Its clicks are nevertheless fast, and the trackpad tracks well, so it’s not a total loss.

Dell G16 7630: Connectivity and audio

A useful assortment of ports line the G16 7630’s flanks, allowing me to plug in my normal array of peripherals. There’s a Thunderbolt 4 port for transferring my essential game files at a quick speed of up to 40Gbps and an ethernet port for when I want the lowest latency in games.

The laptop’s Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth functionality are also snappy — although, Wi-Fi 6 is rapidly becoming an older standard now, with laptops like the 2024 Razer Blade 16 now sporting the updated Wi-Fi 7 standard.

The Dell G16 7630 is a large laptop and it projects sound really well in a large room. The laptop’s two speakers are well tuned for mid-tones, so you get a nice neutral sound in games. I only noticed slight vibrations at higher volumes. Dolby Atmos support gives the audio an appealing immersive quality.

Dell G16 7630: Display and webcam

I made a promise to myself when the 2024 Razer Blade 16 came out that I wouldn’t play games in 2650x1600p with anything less than a 240Hz refresh rate. Thankfully my Dell G16 7630 came with the same refresh rate and resolution combination, which made for really fast and smooth game action.

Indeed, playing games like Battlefield I and Cyberpunk 2077 was a real pleasure — my frame rates were high enough to stay competitive with the best players. The screen resolution was also very detailed, but I’ve seen richer colors on OLED displays. Still, the Dell G16 7630’s 100 percent DCI-P3 color display produces a good enough picture to look bright and texture-rich.

The laptop’s brightness was also never an issue. I measured a peak brightness of 497 nits, which I used to my advantage to keep the display visible in very bright rooms of my house.

The 720p webcam impressed me less than the display. It’s adequate for chats and meetings, but some images came out looking a little orange at times.

A single microphone array also didn’t do my voice much justice in game chats. The sound lost some detail at different moments, which made me sound a little robotic.

Dell G16 7630: Gaming performance

The Dell G16 7630 features a fast high-end Intel i9-13900HX processor made for gaming. It belongs to the Raptor Lake family, and sports 24 cores and 32 threads and a maximum turbo frequency of 5.4GHz.

Compared to the older Alder Lake CPUs, this ripper has a more efficient P-Core microarchitecture and larger caches. It also supports faster DDR5 RAM (up to 5,600MHz), so it’s really designed to shred in games.

To test its performance, I first ran the Cinebench Multi-Threaded benchmark. This test flexes all the CPU cores to give an indication of how well the processor fares when it’s really pushed to the maximum.

Dominic Bayley / IDG

Dominic Bayley / IDG

Dominic Bayley / IDG

My review laptop clocked a score of 10,658 in this test, which was quite decent; to be honest, though, there are now a bunch of laptops with 14th-generation Intel CPUs that will muscle out a score like this. But for an Intel 13th-generation CPU, the i9-13900HX is well up to the task of running your most demanding games.

With plenty of thermal headroom in the hefty chassis, the laptop’s CPU also performed admirably in a bespoke test that uses the free HandBrake utility. The CPU managed to keep rising thermals at bay when tasked with encoding a 30GB MKV file to the MP4 format. It took just 828 seconds to finish.

Dominic Bayley / IDG

Dominic Bayley / IDG

Dominic Bayley / IDG

Anything under 850 seconds is quick and snappy. It bodes very well for carrying out tasks that really tax the G16 7630 CPU, like video editing or encoding. You can be sure the G16 7630 won’t just chug along, it’ll keep processing effectively even if it gets hot.

Moving on to the graphics performance tests, the 3DMark Time Spy 1.2 Overall test showed that Nvidia’s mid-range 4070 mobile CPU has a lot of muscle, placing third among its peers in our performance charts.

Dominic Bayley / IDG

Dominic Bayley / IDG

Dominic Bayley / IDG

In the Rise of the Tomb Raider gaming test, the Dell G16 7630 performed very respectably, placing just behind the Razer Blade 16 2024.

Dominic Bayley / IDG

Dominic Bayley / IDG

Dominic Bayley / IDG

The performance in the Shadow of the Tomb Raider gaming benchmark was even better. Here, the Dell G16 7630 toppled the field, opening up a can of whoop-ass on laptops like the Razer Blade 16 and the Asus ROG Zephyrus G14.

Dominic Bayley / IDG

Dominic Bayley / IDG

Dominic Bayley / IDG

These scores suggest that the Dell 16 7630 can be expected to perform capably and produce smooth action to keep you competitive in games.

The benchmarks reinforce what we already know about the RTX 4070 GPU, too — it’s a great video card that provides performance like Nvidia’s top-tier RTX 3080 GPUs.

What’s more, if that last score is any indication, this laptop offers a few performance surprises against laptops with RTX 40 series GPUs too.

Dell G16 7630: Battery performance

To test the laptop’s battery life, I started by charging the review unit up to 100 percent. The volume was set to 50 percent and a cheap pair of headphones was plugged in to control sound.

I also switched off the keyboard backlighting and the laptop’s Wi-Fi was switched to airplane mode. Finally, a 4K movie was set to run on repeat and the power cord was unplugged.

Dominic Bayley / IDG

Dominic Bayley / IDG

Dominic Bayley / IDG

The G16 7630’s 84WHr battery ran for 5 hours and 35 mins. That’s the length of time you can expect a lightweight task like running a video to last on this laptop. For gaming, which uses more power, you can expect about half that time — so about 3 hours of battery life.

That’s not great, but the laptop charges quickly when you plug it in. The only problem is the charging brick is so big you won’t want to take it with you when you leave your house.

Should you buy the Dell G16 7630?

The Dell G16 7630 is a seriously big laptop that really fills a niche market. For me that feels like gamers looking for a desktop replacement but who don’t want to shell out on a more expensive 18-inch gaming laptop.

There’s a solid argument why you’d want that, too. The configuration I reviewed costs just $1,899, which is a lot cheaper than say, the Razer Blade 18, which has a starting price of $2,599. That makes it a particularly good buy if you can get by without a lot of portability.

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Pink Drainer, a notorious crypto wallet-draining service, is winding down its operations, according to a May 16 screenshot shared by blockchain sleuth ZachXBT.

A Dune analytics dashboard by Web3 anti-scam firm Scam Sniffer showed that Pink Drainer, through its numerous fraudulent schemes, pilfered over $85 million from more than 21,000 victims in the last year alone.

This closure marks yet another “scam-as-a-service” provider stepping out of the scene recently. Last year, Inferno Drainer and Monkey Drainer ceased operations due to undisclosed reasons.

Why is Pink Drainer quitting?

In the screenshot, Pink Drainer stated they have achieved their objectives and are retiring. Consequently, they intend to wind down their infrastructure and securely eliminate all stored data. The statement reads:

“We are truly happy to have supported all of you for over a year without any scams, backdooring, or major incidents. This entire thing grew so much larger than we could have even imagined it would have when we had started. We apologize for the lack of prior notice about our departure, but I think most of you will understand.”

The scammers cautioned users to be wary of impersonators, emphasizing that they do not plan to return in the future. It added that any future communication would be signed by one of its wallets, identified as “0x636/0x9fa”.

Pink Drainer acknowledged that its retirement might not significantly disrupt the scene, as users are likely to transition to other similar services. Therefore, it encouraged financially stable users to step back from the fray and enjoy life.

Meanwhile, Pink Drainer’s announcement has been met with relief within the crypto community. Yu Xian, the founder of blockchain security firm SlowMist, wrote:

“The old [phishing] gang Pink Drainer announced its closure after making a total profit of $75M. It may not be that easy to ‘retire’ as there are a lot of law enforcement records. Waiting for the moment when the gang is caught.”

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Netflix has just added a disturbing movie about AI, and it’s like watching a longer episode of “Black Mirror” but with more jam-packed action.

In a significant advancement for the blockchain industry, 5ire, a blockchain unicorn, announces the launch of its dual-chain blockchain platform into “general availability.” This milestone marks the beginning of a new era, offering organizations innovative and cost-effective blockchain solutions.

With its innovative consensus mechanism, sustainable tokenomics model, and robust governance structure, 5ire’s platform unlocks unprecedented opportunities for developers, startups, and enterprises worldwide. To commemorate this milestone, 5ire is thrilled to unveil the “Build the New Web” program—a comprehensive initiative offering bespoke incentives, grants, and technological support to empower projects and teams building on the platform.

From tech enthusiasts to casual users and seasoned developers, there’s a role for everyone in the 5ire network. Validators, the backbone of the ecosystem, ensure the integrity and efficiency of the network by validating transactions and creating new blocks. Nominators, on the other hand, support the network by selecting reliable validators without the technical requirements of running a node.

Developers can leverage the 5ire IDE to create and deploy smart contracts on the 5ireChain network, while users can earn rewards through staking their 5ire tokens, contributing to the network’s security while enjoying attractive Annual Percentage Yields (APYs).

In addition to these exciting developments, 5ire recently announced an incentivized testnet airdrop, with a pool of over a whopping 5 Million $5IRE Coins to participants who actively contribute as validators and nominators. This initiative does not only incentivized community engagement but also provides valuable feedback and insights for further enhancement.

“With the launch of our ‘Build the New Web‘ program, we are excited to offer unparalleled support and incentives to the vibrant community of developers, validators, nominators, and users,” said a spokesperson from 5ire. “Together, we are shaping the future of 5ireChain and building a more sustainable blockchain ecosystem.”

As 5ire prepares to transition to the mainnet, the excitement among its community continues to grow. While this announcement marks a significant milestone, it’s important to note that requirements and processes may evolve over time as the platform matures.

Join the 5ire community to stay updated to what can be a huge potential in the layer 1 market. Welcome to the future of blockchain—welcome to 5ire.

For more information, visit 5ire’s website.

About 5ire

5ire is a dual-chain (EVM and WASM) blockchain ecosystem that focuses on combatting global sustainability issues, aligning to the UN’s 2030 agenda for sustainable development. At the core of 5ireChain (5ire’s native blockchain) is a SPoS (Sustainable Proof-of-Stake) consensus mechanism that incentivises validators towards sustainability to receive higher rewards.

The post Sustainable Blockchain 5ire Announces General Availability of its Layer 1 Chain: With A 5 Million $5IRE Airdrop appeared first on BeInCrypto.

The post Top 6 BEST Altcoins To Buy For 10x Profits In 2024 appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News

As Bitcoin experiences a sideways consolidation phase, dropping up to 23% from its all-time highs, its overall market outlook remains cautiously optimistic. This consolidation is viewed as a healthy correction, potentially setting the stage for future growth.

Analysts from Altcoin Daily believe Bitcoin still has room to grow, possibly doubling its current value to reach between $100,000 and $120,000 this cycle. With this in mind, analysts have identified six cryptocurrencies that could be 10x in 2024 based on their strengths and development potential.

Here are the top 6 Altcoins with 10X potential! 

Injective (INJ)

The Injective blockchain is designed for finance, with every upgrade and integration improving financial apps. It integrates with Solana and Cosmos and grows its ecology. Injective plans to build a layer three Arbitrum chain to enhance its infrastructure and interoperability. Injectives have great growth potential.

LimeWire (AI Crypto)

LimeWire has changed from a file-sharing service to an AI-generated music platform. Blockchain manages rights and income for AI-created music. As AI and blockchain integration grows, LimeWire hopes to be among the top 10 AI tokens by year’s end.

My Lovely Planet (MLC Token)

My Lovely Planet is one of the fastest-growing Web3 mobile games, available on the App Store and Google Play. The game has over 170,000 monthly active users and combines casual gaming with real-world impact by planting trees as players level up. The game’s token, MLC, is not yet live but is distributed through quests and tasks. This unique blend of gaming and environmental impact positions it well for substantial growth.

Polkadot (DOT)

Polkadot’s innovative strategy and SEC compliance set it apart from Layer 1 (L1) blockchains like Solana, Cardano, and Avalanche. Polkadot’s Web3 Foundation recently rejected DOT as a security, allowing institutional adoption. Polkadot’s innovative technology and regulatory foresight imply revival and growth despite being down 87.4% from its peak.

Solana (SOL)

Solana is known for its high-performance blockchain, which can handle thousands of transactions per second. It has been steadily implementing new features and updates, making it a robust competitor in the L1 space. With continuous development and a growing ecosystem, Solana remains a top contender for significant price appreciation.

Ondo Finance (ONDO)

Ondo Finance offers an institutional-grade financial platform backed by major investors like Founders Fund, Pantera Capital, and Coinbase. It allows users to earn a yield on US Treasuries and the US dollar on-chain. Ondo recently announced the launch of a new platform called Global Markets, aiming to bring all publicly traded securities on-chain with native access to traditional securities exchange liquidity. 

As BTC moves sideways, analysts expect altcoins to climb. Will you try these high-to-lower mid-cap altcoins in the coming weeks? Tell us your choice.