oh man can i get someone else to do this
today i'm tired oh dang it well i can't outsource my
hosting duties but Intel looks to be outsourcing some of its CPU
manufacturing although Intel has long made its own chips reports indicate that
they're contracting with tsmc the same fab that makes processors for AMD to
produce coffee lake cpus mostly on the lower end of the product stack that'll
make for some awkward water cooler conversations at the plant the move
follows a number of difficulties that Intel has faced in producing its current
gen 14 nanometer chips with demand outstripping supply by a full 50 in some
cases this has led to a noticeable increase in processor prices for team
blue even as AMD is trying to get a seven nanometer chip to market before
the end of the year but look Intel's just trying to fix things
instead of throwing them out okay you know 14 nanometers a perfectly good
process just needs a little spit shine little tlc
are you suspicious that your smart tv might be spying on you well for you
vizio owners out there they might soon be fessing up of their own volition back
in 2015 it came out that vizio was
bundling hidden software with its tvs that could track your tv watching
behavior so it could sell that information onto marketers and of course
consumers were not told about this nor were they offered a way to opt out but
once the cat got out of the bag vizio found themselves in court and now has to
send notifications to consumers through their tvs if their personal information
was compromised not only that the notifications have to tell viewers that
they're eligible to join a class action lawsuit so your vizio tv will
essentially be telling you that you can sue its own maker because it's screwed
up are you there god it's me
you're getting served oh bam yep
he's leaving now james he just did that bit he did that bit and now he's gone if
you were wanting to get your hands on a fancy new ray tracing optimized graphics
card without shelling out tons of money for something at the top of the product
stack then you should probably prepare to be disappointed an interview with
NVIDIA's chief financial officer heavily implied that the rtx 2070 will be the
lowest end card that will support the new ray tracing tech with a more
affordable 2060 and below missing out
meaning they'll also likely stick with the more traditional gtx branding while
it isn't super surprising that NVIDIA might not feel confident enough in how
much computing power the lower end cards have to give them ray tracing support
gamers are in a not great position as they'll have to pay a princely sum just
to see if ray tracing in games ends up being worth it at all but i feel
confident buying the top end stuff because how much of my life do i want to
not have ray tracing zero percent and i've already failed at
that so i guess i won't buy the top end stuff so what are you buying it what's
that are you reviewing it are you reviewing it was it i don't we
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the quick bits there have been rumblings once again that apple is moving away
from its proprietary lightning connector in favor of the open usbc standard and
we might get our first official glimpse at that on wednesday when apple unveils
its new iphones although those phones will probably stick with lightning a
report has suggested that the new ipad pro will feature usb-c or a port that
looks and acts like usb-c but it's called something revolutionary like usb
snow leopard that was stupid USB-C you later Thunderbolt USB-C later
alex stepped in for james everybody love that guy
for some part of the appeal of cryptocurrency is its unregulated nature
but new york state has just officially approved a pair of digital currencies
being referred to as stable coins the name comes from the
fact they're both pegged to the us dollar to help avoid some of the wild
fluctuations we've seen with other cryptocurrencies like bitcoin the
companies behind them hope that 24 hour a day trading which you don't get with
regular money will help broaden their appeal but the only people qualified to
use them will be
stable geniuses if you've reserved tesla's more
affordable model 3 you might be getting into your fancy new car as early as this
week the company is offering non-customized model 3s to reservation
holders immediately though it's been speculated that the rationale behind the
offer is that tesla needs the extra money in the face of falling stock
prices and problems it's been having on the assembly line and the massive influx
of elon musk's smoking weed memes
it's really been everywhere now halo might be finally coming back to the pc
sooner than initially expected although the next installment in the series halo
infinite has already been announced for Windows the pc may also be getting halo
5 guardians this report is based on an update to its amazon listing that
implies halo 5 will soon be part of the play anywhere ecosystem that allows
gamers to buy a title for either xbox or Windows and have access to it on both
platforms and as cool as a halo 1 lan party is
i can i can say from experience yeah yeah i just as soon give guardians a
spin halo 4 was actually the last title i played on the xbox at my parents house
so i need to know what happens and keep a lookout for an interesting
power delivery system that isn't a motorized scooter battery the next time
you go to walmart the retail giant announced a partnership with asia a
company that provides wireless charging technology walmart is deploying the tech
in order to cut the costs associated with running a bunch of messy wires to
gadgets like handheld scanners and surveillance cameras although there's no
word yet on whether shoppers will be able to charge their phones wirelessly
and maybe do a little comparison shopping while they're at it because if
there's one company that needs to make more profit for their owners it's walmart and then i was gonna say you
like that james because he's kind of like pro business
and i'm anti-business oh no i love it oh you don't even know what i
said i like business yes
i love it it's business time and business is good
and speaking of comparison that's today's show
i don't know how that's john wrote this script so come on wednesday for another incomparably good
dose of tech news that's a little too confident for my taste john
incomprehensible technique incomparably incomprehensibly good dose of tech news
the news will just be okay on wednesday okay guys
especially because Linus is hosting