it's time for tech news
you're used to the names GeForce and Radeon for high performance gaming gpus
but now we have a confirmed brand for Intel's challenger arc or is it a rc i
can't tell it's electric it's not arc but the k the other Intel repository of
CPU specs we're talking arc with a c which is the name team blue chose for
its chips using the z which is not a z it's an xe high powered GPU or zhpg are
you confused yet well thank you
well there's one more term to learn alchemist which is the code name for
Intel's first generation arc GPU or
arcgpu which is expected to perform in the same range as the rtx 3070 but
probably won't because nothing can we can have nice things my own salt the
branding will be used for both desktop and laptop performance gpus which will
support modern goodies like dx12 ultimate ray tracing variable rate
shading and ai driven super sampling super smash bros which sounds similar to
NVIDIA's dlss
deep learning super smash bros while we're hoping to see Intel's GPU this
year team blue is now telling us to expect them in q1 2022 because of course
they are you thought earth was done being a hell world for for once
no have you been to the interior of british columbia it's mordor
don't go there don't come here earlier this year NVIDIA launched revised
versions of their rtx 30 series gpus with their ethereum mining performance
reduced by 50 thanks to an even more unhackable
limiter well with ethereum surging lately one group of developers behind
the n and b minor program decided to make NVIDIA eat their words again nb
miner's new version boosts 30 series gpus to perform at 70 of their max
potential that's a 20 difference riley games maths
now weather remains financially viable to mine on these clearly not unhackable
cards will be up to the market but you think that NVIDIA and other tech
companies would stop calling things unhackable it's like telling Linus not
to drop something now the idea is in his head
you've already lost don't don't pack it if there's gravity
it's droppable the boatloads of bad takes on twitter may make your head hurt
sometimes but some people are actually getting real headaches thanks to the
bird app's latest redesign the new high contrast scheme twitter is using for
visual elements like follow buttons pops so much the denizens of the site are
reporting eye strain and result in headaches really annoying considering
the high contrast scheme also appears in dark mode which is specifically
designed to be easier on the eyes i like
living in darkness twitter has released a statement saying that they're tweaking
the new color scheme hopefully the changes roll out to everyone soon or
discourse may devolve to the point that the only response anyone can muster is
simply tweeting ratio until they pass out that's how they go that's how i go
to sleep every night i mean unacceptable for a public utility
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quick bits you gotta do better than that
you need more than dad the us highway safety administration is not sexy but
they are investigating something sexy tesla cars crashing into parked
emergency vehicles ouch with 11 such incidents occurring since 2018. one
death resulted and the investigators have already concluded tesla's autopilot
or traffic aware cruise control was enabled in all cases it seems likely
that tesla will be required to overhaul the way autopilot reminds the driver to
pay attention because it seems like right now it might be more of a
suggestion tesla hasn't yet commented but its stock is down as a result making
it a good time for a low hanging dogecoin joke new rumors are indicating
google may announce the pixel 5a as soon as tomorrow so far it looks like the
phone will essentially be a pixel 4 a5g with a significantly larger 4 680
milliamp hour battery so it could be a compelling choice if you think having to
charge your phone is a great injustice
and get this this phone might even have a headphone jack
whoa what an exciting new feature in this
hell world that's the point
Android 12 has a boatload of new features but there's an interesting one
that's been spotted in the latest beta called camera switches the idea is to be
able to use facial expressions to issue commands to your phone such as smiling
to open notifications or opening your mouth to scroll oh my god can you
imagine you're reading something it reads faster
it should make life easier for folks with accessibility issues or people who just want to excuse to make faces at
their phones even more than they already do that do the duck face and it takes a
picture it applies filters we've already got siri ala
and google assistant but apparently they're not enough as it looks like sony
may be throwing its hat into the digital assistant ring with something no one
will use the company is sending out surveys to gauge customer response to a
sonos-based smart voice control system which i'm sure millions of customers are
just itching to buy can i please have another ecosystem but the move actually
does make some sense as google and sony are currently facing off in a patent
lawsuit meaning sony might be keen to build its own voice assistant that isn't
reliant on google
and the next big retailer to start accepting crypto just might be the
world's largest walmart the company is looking to hire a crypto product lead
according to its career site hopefully this means they'll take mainstream
crypto but maybe we'll also get a great value coin that undercuts the rest of
the crypto market but with everyday low prices
distributed because everyone can afford it everyday high market cap time to
undercut this episode by ending it come back on wednesday for more tech news and
we'll give you five free news coins we're just uh we're just starting but
the potential is there guys it's gonna be huge
for ourselves we're gonna be ready to the tech news