DF Direct Weekly #255 goes live a day early, with reaction to Microsoft's GDC reveals, Crimson Desert console chat, Oliver's new Apple display, Intel's value-driven Core Ultra 200S Plus chips and The Witcher 4's path tracing: youtu.be/bTWwlpphEGo

@digitalfoundry So can you confirm or deny? Will there be any base console video before launch? Thanks

@digitalfoundry Where's base PS5 footage for crimson desert

@digitalfoundry Whens the next pc vid about crimson desert coming?

Privacy is one of the most underrated drivers of mass adoption in crypto People talk about scalability and UX, but without privacy, blockchains simply can’t move beyond niche usage. And the easiest way to understand this is through real everyday use cases, because until you see them, it’s hard to grasp why privacy actually matters. Use Case 1: Private Salaries On-chain payroll sounds cool until you realize it makes every salary, bonus and promotion publicly visible. No company wants competitors or random users seeing their entire compensation structure, and no employee wants their income exposed on a block explorer. With FHE, payroll can be fully automated on-chain while all amounts stay encrypted — visible only to the person getting paid. Use Case 2: Private Spending & Purchases In the real world, your daily spending is private by default. On-chain, every payment exposes your balance and full financial history. FHE fixes this: you can pay normally while your amounts and balances stay confidential. Use Case 3: Private P2P Transfers Sending money to a friend or family member shouldn’t reveal your entire financial life. But that’s exactly what happens today on public blockchains. With confidential transfers, the network validates the transaction, but the amount and balances remain encrypted. They’re basic situations everyone deals with daily. And rn, they simply don’t work on transparent blockchains. @zama fits perfectly here It doesn’t replace blockchains, it upgrades them with real privacy. No new environment, just confidentiality on demand. Exactly what’s needed for mass adoption.

@digitalfoundry Not buying Crimson Desert until I see a decent performance on base ps5

@digitalfoundry Talk about nvidia sponsor shadowed in the last video of high end pc performance of Crimson Desert. @CrimsonDesert_ @AMDGaming

@digitalfoundry great

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