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Graphics card maker Asus and cooling specialist Noctua have held up their side of the bargain with their previously rumoured GeForce RTX 3070 collaboration. According to new photos from an Asus representative in Vietnam, the Asus X Noctua GeForce RTX 3070 is all kinds of beige and brown—like, so brown.

The card was first spotted over on the EEC as “RTX3070-8G-NOCTUA”, but even before that time rumours were bubbling to the surface about a collaboration between the two. What can I say, the people want brown graphics cards—that includes me.

And, boy, are there shades of it here. Images of the card were posted to the ROG Vietnam Facebook page by an Asus employee (spotted by WCCFTech), although have since been taken down. That's likely a sign that these images were shared a little too early.

While it was still up, at least, the post also estimated a launch price of roughly 26 million Vietnamese dồng, which is around $1,100. A tall price to pay for a GeForce RTX 3070, which carries an MSRP of $499. That said, we don't yet know if Asus intends to sell the graphics card beyond Vietnam, and it's unlikely to be priced in line with the current exchange rate if it was.

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That Noctua branding is bound to count for more than looks alone, though. There are two NF-A12x25 fans loaded up onto the outside, and beneath that appears a sizeable heatsink too.

So, love it or hate it? Asus and Noctua have leaned in to the beige styling we've come to expect from Noctua's coolers. While that's sure to be a divisive look, there are plenty of sci-fi looking GPUs out there, just be thankful someone's catering to other tastes.

If you're looking for briar branches in New World, you've no doubt picked up a quest from Matthias Cormack, the barkeep in Windsward. The objective might not seem complicated, but with numerous plants in the world, it's not always easy to know what to look for until you stumble across it.

There are a lot of resources to gather in Amazon's new MMO, but finding them can be pretty tricky with so many players vying for the same materials. So if you're having trouble completing The Prickly Request objective, here's where you can find New World briar branches in Aeternum.

New World briar branches: Where to find them 

The briar bush is pretty tricky to spot amongst all the other plants you come across in New World. Your best bet is to head to a riverbank and look along the water line for a thorny looking bush with sparse green leaves. The image at the top of this guide gives you a good idea of what to look out for.

I found briar branches along the short river directly east of Windsward—there were a few rivercress stems here, too. The plant also favours grassy areas rather than forests, so look for rivers that cut through grasslands.

Also, bear in mind that other players may be trying to complete the same quest, so the further afield you go, the more likely you are to find briar bushes—and resources in general.

You'll still need to find the skinned rabbits and plucked turkeys to complete this quest, but the briar branches are by far the most difficult to locate. Once you've grabbed all the required materials, head back to Matthias Cormack in Windsward to complete the Prickly Request.

A 96-year-old woman who was due to go on trial for complicity in the murders of more than 11,000 people, and attempted murder of many others, has gone on the run, prompting German authorities to issue an arrest warrant.

On Thursday, a district court in Germany issued an arrest warrant for a 96-year-old woman who had worked as a secretary in a Nazi death camp between 1943 and 1945. The woman, Irmgard Furchner, was due to go on trial on Thursday on charges of complicity in murder at the Stutthof death camp, which sat on the Baltic coast in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. 

With the trial approaching, the elderly lady left her care home in a taxi and went to an underground station on Thursday morning, a spokeswoman for the district court said. Her whereabouts are now unknown. 

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Deutsche Welle reported that the announcement of her fleeing came as the court was preparing to start proceedings. If she is found, she will be brought to the court today and assessed to see if she is fit to stand trial, a Deutsche Welle reporter said, citing the arrest warrant.

She is charged with complicity in the deaths of 11,412 people and attempted murder of 18 others. The trial, if it goes ahead, will take place in the juvenile chamber of Itzehoe district court, close to Quickborn, north of Hamburg, as she was only 18 and 19 at the time of the alleged crimes. 

Prosecutors stated in their charge sheet that, between June 1943 and April 1945, Furchner “assisted those responsible at the camp in the systematic killing of Jewish prisoners, Polish partisans and Soviet Russian prisoners of war, in her role as a stenographer and secretary to the camp commander.”

She would be the first woman to stand trial in connection to atrocities committed by the Third Reich in decades. Her trial is partially the result of a 2011 verdict against camp guard John Demjanjuk, who was sentenced for aiding and abetting the murders of 28,000 people at the Sobibor death camp in Poland. The trial set the precedent that people could be held responsible for crimes committed at such camps, regardless of how small their role was.

It is understood that Furchner’s defense will argue that she was restricted to desk work.

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FIFA 22 Heroes are a new item type in EA's iconic football sim. Somewhere between Team of the Week cards and relatively expensive Icon cards, Heroes are items that could prove extremely useful when helping you put together your dream Ultimate Team.

Heroes are ex-players celebrated for a particular historic moment, like special goals or passages of play. While they're not attached to a single club, their chemistry is related to a singular league on top of the usual nation links. There is also only one version of each card with ratings that vary above 85. So with that in mind, here are all the confirmed FIFA 22 Heroes to look out for.

All FIFA 22 Heroes

Below you'll find all the Heroes available in this year's FIFA, along with the all-important overall stats, nationality, and league to help you with future SBCs:

Player	Position	League	Nationality	Rating
Mario Gomez	ST	Bundesliga	Germany	88
Tim Cahill	ST	Premier League	Australia	85
Jorge Campos	GK	Liga BBVA	Mexico	79
Diego Milito	ST	Serie A	Argentina	88
Fernando Morientes	ST	LaLiga	Spain	89
Sami Al-Jaber	ST	MBS Pro League	Saudi Arabia	86
Robbie Keane	ST	Premier League	Ireland	86
Abedi Pele	CAM	Ligue 1	Ghana	89
Clint Dempsey	ST	MLS	USA	85
Lars Ricken	CAM	Bundesliga	Germany	85
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer	ST	Premier League	Norway	86
Antonio Di Natale	ST	Serie A	Italy	88
Ivan Cordoba	CB	Serie A	Columbia	87
Freddie Ljungberg	RM	Premier League	Sweden	86
Jurgen Kohler	CB	Bundesliga	Germany	89
Jerzy Dudek	GK	Premier League	Poland	86
Aledandr Mostovoi	CAM	LaLiga	Russia	86
Joe Cole	CAM	Premier League	England	87
David Ginola	LM	Ligue 1	France	89

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said he is willing to restore a hotline between the two Koreas, but he says Seoul must drop its “delusion” that its northern neighbor wants to cause it any harm or provoke.

North Korean state media KCNA reported on Thursday that Kim had expressed interest in reviving the severed telephone channels from October “as part of the efforts for realizing the expectations and desire of the entire Korean nation to see the earlier recovery of the north-south relations … and durable peace settling in the Korean peninsula.”

Speaking at the Supreme People’s Assembly, Kim remarked that inter-Korean relations “stand at a crossroads”. According to him, ties must either take the course of advancing towards reconciliation and cooperation, or suffer national division “amid a vicious cycle of confrontation.”

Pyongyang refused to answer a routine call in August in protest over joint South Korea-US military drills being held, with Kim Yo-jong, the sister of the North Korean leader, accusing Seoul of engaging in “perfidious behavior.”

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The refusal followed the reopening of the channel in June, after the connection had been severed a year earlier due to bad relations between the two countries. Following the decision to cut ties, North Korea blew up an inter-Korean border office in Kaesong that facilitated communication.

The North Korean leader now says that restoration depends on the attitude of Seoul’s authorities. He added that Pyongyang has “neither aim nor reason” to provoke its southerly neighbor.

“It is necessary for South Korea to promptly get rid of the delusion, crisis awareness and awareness of getting harmed that it should deter the North’s provocation.”

Kim also accused Seoul and the US of destroying the stability and balance of the peninsula and causing more complicated dangers through excessive military presence and activities.

Taking special aim at Washington, Kim accused the White House of proposing talks with Pyongyang without changing its “hostile policy” and even using “more cunning ways and methods.” However, the US rebuffed Kim’s claims and urged for the nation to return to dialogue, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap.

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North Korea has launched several projectiles in recent weeks, with Pyongyang firing a new “hypersonic missile” off its east coast on Tuesday. Earlier this month, one test reportedly involved deploying a long-range cruise missile, as well as a newly developed rail-borne warhead.

Seoul also recently fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile; Pyongyang blasted its southerly neighbor’s attempt as “sloppy” and “self-comforting,” warning that this could derail the peninsula’s peace. 

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