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that joke wasn't going anywhere after several 7000 X3 CPUs were fried into
disuse a beta BIOS was released by ASUS
that's right the whole episode will be like this ASUS released a beta BIOS for
its motherboards at the end of last month which was meant to ensure that SOC
voltage was capped at 1.3 volts to prevent any more CPU shocks except
according to the tech truth battalionite Gamer's Nexus the shocks both literal
and metaphorical kept coming the Steve team found that their updated mobile
could still reach at least 1.41 volts even worse updating to the beta firmware
that's supposed to stop your processor from frying void your warranty according
to a disclaimer now we were able to confirm with ASUS that the disclaimer is
standard boilerplate copy that's attached to all their beta BIOS updates
and they are actually honoring warranties on all boards affected by
this issue they said they were changing the disclaimer to reflect that but not
all of their websites have been updated yet so they should probably get on that
and also clarify that their support page makes it look like older BIOS has never
supported x3d chips not because they're trying to retcon the past but because
they want to make sure people install the right BIOS now Jay's two cents has
released a video announcing he is severing his partnership with the brand because of myriad issues including
product quality and customer support and if you want to know where we stand go
listen to our boss Linus rant about it on the WAN Show for
30 minutes we're recording this before the show so it's anyone's guessing we
know you're watching this after happy Saturday reviews for the ASUS Rog Ally
are out and you might not believe this but the handheld with newer Hardware
than the steam deck performs better than the steam deck what you may have an even
harder time accepting is that in a lot of ways the Ally is worse on paper rog's
handheld has a better screen better Apu ASUS even decided to get its speakers
Dolby Atmos certified finally you can watch Christopher Nolan films the way
the filmmaker intended on a tiny scream sandwich between two Circles of RGB
while the other bus passengers work up the courage to complain Dark Knight
ain't the only thing rising and no one can understand it still I was raged in a
bar fortunately for the strangers surrounding you the battery life is bad
ASUS gave the Ally a high resolution screen and a more powerful Apu than the
steam deck but thought the same 40 watt hour battery size would be A-Okay if it
isn't the battery it's the controls at least one reviewer found that the
touchscreen would register inputs when using the right thumbstick and there are
multiple reports of the Ally's face buttons getting stuck in the depressed
position which is very relatable just like me in high school and YouTube is
trying to block some users from using ad blockers but you can't block a blocker
to convince users to sit through ads something no one enjoys the platform is
weaponizing something even worse pop-ups images of the pop-up first spread on
Reddit just like everything else you wish you could unsee the message reads
that ad blockers are not allowed on YouTube and prompts users of certain
anti-advertisement extensions to either allow YouTube ads or try YouTube premium
you broke bum according to Google this is yet another small experiment on the
platform noting that ad blocker detection isn't new and that other sites
do the same damn thing that's not a quote it's worth noting that Google is
planning on removing support for the Manifest V2 browser extension API in
Chrome which will prevent some ad blockers from working in chromium-based
browsers which are most browsers it almost feels like this
is a well orchestrated and strategic business plan but this is the stadia
company so and the Google Plus company the Google Duo company they're no Elon
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time Google is working on an open source tool that will allow you to game using
only face movements project game face is
designed to help people like Lance car a streamer with muscular dystrophy with
only a webcam the tech allows precise enough control for Lance to write his
name in a demo video with this technology I can weaponize the
frustration I feel playing from software games by performing the first Elden ring
playthrough controlled exclusively by swear words
you use spells before die Twitter officially has a new CEO
after teasing a new hire yesterday Elon officially announced today that the new
CEO is Linda yacharino I think the it's
2C is that Italian I'm Italian so yeah you know formerly NBC Universal's chair
of global advertising yakarina officially left that job to accept the
Twitter CEO position so that Elon can step back and start being merely the
executive chair and CTO of the social platform on a totally unrelated note I
recently learned about the glass Cliff a phenomenon where women are more likely
to be put in leadership roles under precarious circumstances crazy right
anyway best of luck Linda don't at your boss anthropic has updated its chat GPD
competitor Claude with the ability to remember more than double the number of
words that Chad gbt can within the same interaction this amount is known as the
context window which sounds like something else I would like to have on
hand at all times the free version of chat GPT can hold about 3000 words in
its mind at once upgrade to chat GPT plus and it can handle about 32 000 but
the gifted kit of chat Bots Claude Khloe
can now remember around 75 000 words meaning you can hold the entirety of The
Great Gatsby in its mind during a conversation never before seen by any
high schooler as one does and frankly anthropic is starting to rub the other
moms at chatbot Elementary the wrong way he also plays lacrosse and just holds
his first painting he already has chest hair but he shaves it the UK's
competition and markets Authority has announced more restrictions for
Microsoft and Activision after blocking the merger the two companies must now
secure written consent from the CMA if
either of them acquires an interest in the other company or acquires an
interest in another business that holds an interest in the other company you
follow me here this sounds just like your parents trying to control who you
can and can date
meanwhile the EU is expected to approve the merger next week because there's
nothing more European than having an interest in lots of company
sorry about oranges and whiz announced a
new home monitoring system that uses its motion sensing smart bulbs and an indoor
camera the bulbs space sensing feature can detect changes in Wi-Fi signals
caused by movement so the light bulbs can Flash on and off at The Intruders
the app will also send alerts to your phone so you can check your cameras I
assume to make sure your guests are enjoying the haunted house
and you'll enjoy more Tech news on Monday if you come back here and watch
it until then just watch this episode again do it
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