Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Microsoft Doesn’t Get It…”.
[ Riley mumbling ] [ James ], Uh Riley. What the What the I didn’t know we were ready.. You should knock first. After announcing the welcome news last week that users could install Windows 11 on hardware.
That’S not officially supported as long as they’re, okay dealing with potential issues. Yesterday, Microsoft made it clear that they themselves would definitely be the source of one of those issues telling the Verge that such unsupported installs aren’t entitled to get Windows updates, whether that be new features. Security patches or drivers., The VC community is obviously in an uproar, as this is just the latest misstep in Microsoft’s Windows, 11 marketing strategy..
Now it seems kind of unlikely that Microsoft would actually follow through with this, at least when it comes to security updates. Since it continued to support Windows 7 long after it said they were through., It’s over Just kidding, This seems to happen all the time with Microsoft and the solution seems to be to bully them into changing their mind.. Let’S all threaten to switch to Chrome. [ James ], Clamoring Clamoring. Ah come on.. What’S the matter you huh [ James ], Let’s rabble., Who do you think you are Microsoft? Apple Sony is quietly releasing a slightly tweaked model of the PlayStation 5.
And thanks to a teardown by Austin Evans, the internet got to take a peek at the new model’s significantly smaller heat sink. [ James ]. Was it worth it? Oh yeah. Many were concerned, the smaller cooling unit would make the PS5 run hot.
And indeed, Evans noticed thermal exhaust temperatures that were higher than the reference model by three to five degrees. Celsius., However, while Evans concludes, this is a bad thing. Many internet engineers are pointing out that evidence by itself doesn’t actually say anything about the new unit’s cooling ability.. The heat sink may be smaller because the cooling system was actually designed to be more efficient.
And the exhaust is hotter because it’s removing more heat from the system. Components. [ James ], Because it’s straight fire Yeah get it.. Austin, listen, you know, we love you, but maybe you should do an epic collab with Steve to sort this out..
That’S not a joke. Do it. And you may be familiar with the saga of Arm’s Chinese subsidiary, whose CEO refused to leave after being ousted by the board for using his position to enhance his own personal business last year.. Well, that CEO Allen Wu has remained in power at Arm China since then keeping representatives from the real Arm out of the Arm, China, building with private security and firing dissenters.
[ James ], The severed Arm crawling around on its own. (, laughs, ), And now the Tech, heist of the century has been completed. During a glitzy announcement event Arm China rebranded itself with a new name that roughly translates to Arm Limited or Amu Technology. According to Google [ James ] Forearm, that’s what that’s called. For Arm.
The new company will be developing its own processors and selling them to its existing partners in China, who may or may not know about the whole thing. [ James ] Or care Riley. Yeah. It’S a chip. Betcha can’t eat just one. Wow. I wish Arm had listened to that age-old advice, don’t get into a land war in Asia or hire supervillain masterminds. As the CEO of your foreign subsidiary., This is just basic stuff.. Now it’s time for Quick Bits brought to you by Ridge, Wallet maker of light, sleek wallets designed to fit easily into your front pocket for added security and confidence.. They even have RFID-blocking plates to keep attackers from stealing your information. There’s over 30 colors and styles.
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Before they got one and a half hours per day and three hours on holidays.. Now, there’s no video games- [ James ], Only school. from Monday to Thursday, and you can play for one hour, listen to this on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Only from 8:00 to 9:00 PM.
[ James ] Everyone’s online. At the same time, so you can matchmake-. That’S what I was just gon na say I can get behind the idea of limited gaming time, especially when the parents won’t do it, but …
At least the servers will be full., Matchmaking won’t be a problem. And one more China story.. The nation’s Supreme Court has ordered that nearly 500,000 AMD Radeon RX 470 graphics cards be returned to a crypto mining company called Genesis. After a dispute with its hosting provider.. The only problem is, China has banned crypto mining in many of its provinces.
[ James ] And video games for that matter. Send them over here Yeah. So Genesis could set up shop in a different country if they find some way to transport. Half a million GPUs or they could sell them and maybe help the GPU market, even because prices are starting to rise.
Again. Come on. What can you run with an RX 470 League, Big fan? Who do you main Well with the chip shortage still going strong? Maybe it’s not so exciting to hear that new Threadripper CPUs are on the way from AMD with listings found for the 64-core 128-thread Threadripper PRO 5995WX.. How much is a thread worth to you, James Fifty bucks [ James ]? Is it ripped? They have to come in a bundle though.
Over in Belarus. Hackers are attempting to disrupt the regime of its dictatorial leader, Alexander Lukashenko, whose election win in September 2020 is widely considered as fraudulent. And the ethical hackers are reportedly being assisted by government workers on the inside. Helping to leak information and cover for protests., I miss the days when “ Watch Dogs” was a futuristic hell scenario..
I miss a lot of things. And Instagram really really wants to know your birthday, obviously because they are getting you a delicious cake and not because they’re gon na restrict your experience. If you’re under 18.
Just kidding, .