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The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners is getting a sequel, its developer Skydance Interactive has confirmed. It doesn’t come as a surprise — the title quickly became one of the most popular games for the PlayStation VR since it launched in 2020, and it swiftly made its way to other platforms, including the Oculus Quest 2, Viveport and PC. Skydance has also revealed, along with its announcement that a sequel is in development, that the VR survival-horror title has welcomed 2.5 million players and has “far surpassed $60 million in revenue” since it became available on January 23rd, 2020.

The sequel is entitled Chapter 2: Retribution, and Skydance says it will pick up from where the first game left off. It’ll continue its predecessor’s storyline, which means players will play the Tourist that’ll have to survive the zombie-infested remains of New Orleans. That said, it’ll be developed as a standalone game for those who don’t want to bother playing the first and will feature new characters and new threats.

Chris Busse, head of Skydance Interactive, said in a statement:

“The past two years have been absolutely incredible for The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners, and we’re grateful forthe continued support from the player community who have helped make the game the success it is today. We’re excited to announce Chapter 2, and we can’t wait to let players explorethe new adventures that await them in the French Quarter and beyond.”

Unfortunately, that’s the only information Skydance has shared for now, though the company promises to release more details about the sequel later this year. 

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NVIDIA has reportedly made little to no progress in gaining regulatory approval for its $40 billion purchase of ARM and is privately preparing to abandon the deal, according to Bloomberg‘s sources. Meanwhile, current ARM owner SoftBank is reportedly advancing a program to take ARM public as an alternative to the acquisition, said another person familiar with the matter.

NVIDIA announced the deal in September 2020, with CEO Jensen Huang proclaiming it would “create a company fabulously positioned for the age of AI.” ARM’s designs are used under license almost universally in smartphones and other mobile devices by companies like Apple, Qualcomm, Microsoft, Samsung, Intel and Amazon. 

A backlash began soon after the announcement. The UK, where ARM is based, launched an antitrust investigation into the acquisition in January 2021, and another security probe last November. In the US, the FTC recently sued to block the purchase over concerns it would “stifle” competition in industries like data centers and car manufacturing. China would also reportedly block the transaction if other regulators don’t, Bloomberg‘s sources say. 

We continue to hold the views expressed in detail in our latest regulatory filings — that this transaction provides an opportunity to accelerate Arm and boost competition and innovation.

Companies like Intel, Amazon and Microsoft have reportedly given regulators enough information to kill the deal, the sources say. They previously argued that NVIDIA can’t preserve ARM’s independence because it’s an ARM client itself. As such, it could also potentially become both a supplier and competitor to ARM licensees. 

Despite the stiff headwinds, both companies maintain that they’re still pushing forward. “We continue to hold the views… that this transaction provides an opportunity to accelerate ARM and boost competition and innovation,” NVIDIA spokesman Bob Sherbin told Bloomberg. “We remain hopeful that the transaction will be approved,” a SoftBank spokesperson added in a statement.

Despite the latter comment, factions at Softbank are reportedly pushing for an ARM IPO as an alternative to the acquisition, particularly while the semiconductor industry is so hot. Others in the company want to continue pursuing the transaction given that NVIDIA’s stock price has nearly doubled since it was announced, effectively increasing the transaction price.

The initial agreement expires on September 13th, 2022, but will automatically renew if approvals take longer. NVIDIA predicted that the transaction would close in approximately 18 months — a deadline that now seems unrealistic.

Your debit and credit cards usually have a PIN so that when you purchase items, you can enter the PIN to verify your identity. However, depending on your settings, sometimes the requirement of entering the PIN is only for transactions valued over a certain amount, and that if you use contactless payments, sometimes a PIN isn’t even needed.

In those situations, it means that someone who stole your payment card could use it to buy items that are lower value to avoid using a PIN, and by then they might have already racked up a huge enough bill before you notice. That’s something that Samsung is hoping to change which is why the company has unveiled a new fingerprint sensor that can be used in payment cards.

According to Kenny Han, vice president of System LSI marketing at Samsung Electronics, “S3B512C combines a fingerprint sensor, Secure Element (SE) and Secure Processor, adding an extra layer of authentication and security in payment cards. The S3B512C is primarily designed for payment cards but can also be used in cards that require highly secured authentications such as student or employee identification, membership or building access.”

This means that instead of just verifying the card, it verifies the user at the same time which could be a better form of security. The company does not mention when we might be able to expect to see these sensors actually implemented in real life, but it sounds like a fantastic idea that we hope will become a reality one day.

Samsung Develops A Fingerprint Sensor For Payment Cards

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