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IFA 2020 will happen as in-person event after all-- if in the form of an invite-only "Special Edition" event taking place over just three days, specifically 3-5 September 2020.

The limits in attendee numbers are due to, of course, the coronavirus (aka Covid-19) pandemic. After all, the German government has banned all events with over 5000 participants until 24 October, leading organisers gfu and Messe Berlin to come up with an "innovative new concept" for the venerable trade show. The organisers add the IFA 2020 concept was developed in collaboration with German public health authorities to ensure the health and safety of all participants, and as such the show will not be open to the public.

MSI insists it will do nothing less than to "drown all opposition" with a first own-branded liquid cooler range-- the MAG CoreLiquid, a series consisting of four models, the 360R, 360RH, 240R and 240RH.

To differentiate the coolers from the competition, MSI highlights how the pump is integrated into the radiator, a decision the company says dampens the sound of the overall assembly and reduces noise. The pump in question uses a three-phase motor built right into the core, something MSI says further reduces vibrations. Meanwhile construction is in "high-quality materials," with three-layer netted plastic tubing and a reinforced mesh exterior.

The SD Association (SDA) announces the SD 8.0 specification-- leveraging the PCIe 4.0 specification to create faster SD Express memory cards, with data transfer rates reaching up to 4GB/s.

SD Express uses the PCIe 4.0 specification and the latest NVMe specification (up to 1.4). The SD 8.0 specification provides to transfer speed options for SD Express memory cards through support for either PCIe 3.0 x2 or PCIe 4.0 x1 with up to 2GB/s and with PCIe 4.0 x2 technology with up to 4GB/s. SD Express cards based on PCIe 4.0 x1 architecture use the same form factor as SD 7.0 cards, with a second row of pins, while cards supporting dual PCIe lanes (PCIe 3.0 x2 or PCIe 4.0 x2) have three rows of pins.

The Sony Alpha Twitter account teases a compact 4K camera-- the ZV-1, a camera rumours suggest is based on the popular RX100 VII and, as such, is primarily aimed at vloggers and other content creators.

The rumours come courtesy of another Twitter account, Nokishita. The digital camera blogger claims to have the press release for the ZV-1, one describing the camera as a 21.0MP shooter featuring a 1.0-type stacked CMOS sensor and "super-fast" autofocus, together with a 24-70mm zoom f/1.8-2.8 lens able to shoot both portraits and wide-angle images. The lens is interchangeable, and the camera uses AI-based subject recognition to track eye movement, even during 4K shooting.