Oh, like this.
Windows 10's global market share has risen to 70% of desktop Windows systems, the same
month that Windows 11 fell to under 26%, its lowest market share since last September,
implying that a good chunk of Windows users took a peek at the future and did not like
what they saw, ads everywhere, crying infants, they're crying about the ads.
This stat comes from the appropriately named stat counter, and yes, it's somewhat unsurprising
when we're talking about an operating system that needs a plugin to remove all of the baked
in ads. I don't know, maybe Microsoft hasn't prioritized fixing Windows 11 because they're so focused
on security as evidenced by a leaked memo from CEO Satya Nadella commanding employees
to prioritize security over literally everything else, even support for legacy features, which
I guess includes a settings app that I can use without getting so frustrated I end up
speaking to my wife in an elevated tone. We've talked about this.
Microsoft is so super serial about security that they've said some of their executives'
pay will be tied to whether the company hits certain security milestones.
They may have just missed one, as a recent update to both Windows 10 and 11 broke some
customers' VPNs. Microsoft, it might just be time to cut your losses and move on to Windows 12.
What's that? First, you're going to try releasing a bunch of new Windows 11 laptops and branding them
AI PCs with a special co-pilot key to justify higher prices?
Okay, worth a shot. AMD revealed in their Q1 earnings report that sales of the company's gaming products, including
desktop radio and graphics cards, as well as custom processors made for consoles and
handhelds, is down 48% compared to last year, a figure that includes a 33% decline from Q4 2023.
Now, you could say, hey, it ain't easy being green, but AMD is team red.
Being green would be much easier in this case. NVIDIA's having a great time.
While AMD has managed to squeeze some impressive performance into the chips powering the Steam
Deck and its imitators, their strategy for desktop GPUs seems to have consisted of launching
a card for too high of a price and then reducing it until it's maybe worth buying instead
of the NVIDIA alternative. But there is a light on the horizon.
Mostly pretty accurate leaker, Kepler says that AMD's next-gen RDNA4 GPUs will feature
a brand new ray tracing system, as opposed to RDNA3, which was a simpler, iterative
improvement over RDNA2.
Wait till the investors hear that upcoming product will be better than current product.
That'll turn things around. And Apple, the second most valuable company in the world, also had a bit of a sad earnings
call. Compared to last year, the tech giant's overall Q2 revenue is down 4% to 90.75 billion.
No, it's not right. They give me my blue bubbles.
Fortunately for Apple, their earnings are actually slightly better than analysts anticipated,
given how poorly iPhones, iPads, and wearables have been selling.
So Apple stock actually shot up in the wake of the news.
Apple taking $110 billion worth of their own stock off the market and the largest share
buyback in US history may have also had something to do with that.
But who can say? It's a bit weird to see Apple making less money than usual, but to be fair, they appear
to be missing out on their cut of in-app purchases from TikTok.
If we can trust these screenshots of the app directing users to go purchase coins on
tiktok.com instead. This week, Apple also decided to skip collecting its controversial because it's stupid core
technology fee from developers of free iOS apps in the EU instead of demanding a 50 euro
cent cut of every free app install.
Look, it made sense at the time. Apple is also giving developers who meet a certain smallness threshold three years of
grace before they have to start paying up. Yep, Apple is basically poor now.
So it's time to launch some new iPads at the Apple event next week, where the company
is expected to reveal new iPad Pros and iPad Airs, possibly with an M4 chip.
And if the customers don't go for those, well, Apple can always just press the make rich
button again. It's always there. In order to introduce the QuickBits, I have to say something like, and now the QuickBits.
So I'll just, oh, oh, I already, that was, Intel is apparently making yet another change
to their processor naming scheme. Reliable leaker Raichu claims the new Aero Lake S desktop lineup will feature the Core
Ultra 9 285K, Core Ultra 7 265K, and Core Ultra 5 255K skews.
That's right, Intel decided to make their desktop processor names, the ones people could
feasibly understand, sound like their mobile processor names, the names that are about
as comprehensible as a tongueless Welshman after his 10th beer.
I mean, shouldn't go that far. And that's not even a fair comparison because that Welshman wouldn't cost hundreds of dollars
to hang out with. In fact, he'd probably pay for a couple of your drinks. He's a nice guy.
Okay. Well, there we go. Yeah, but who stole his tongue?
Nintendo is continuing to DMCA anyone and everyone they feel like.
It's Nintendo's world. And we just try to play games in it.
The company filed a single notice at GitHub, which triggered a chain reaction that took
down 8,535 forks of the Yuzu emulator.
In addition to attempting to wipe every trace of Yuzu from the internet, Nintendo is also
going after Migswitch, a flash cartridge for the Nintendo Switch console.
At least 75 sites reselling the product have been de-indexed from Google search at Nintendo's
request. And while the company carries out this bureaucratic carpet bombing, Yuzu and Migswitch's respective
alternatives, Ryu Jinx and Unlock Switch, are just kind of hanging out, aka trembling
in fear, hiding in the bunker. Hackers be hacking.
We all know that. But apparently sometimes two hackers will wind up trying to compromise the same router
at the same time, which they typically deal with by either one letting the other use the
router for a fee or both finding their own way to break into the device and using it
at the same time. That's apparently because even rival cybercriminals have a shared interest in there being lots
and lots of compromised routers. And also they're in love with each other.
It's a love-hate relationship. Claudio, what are you doing here?
I'm hacking the bank. I told you I never wanted to see you again.
Now that's all according to a report, even the Spanish accent, from cyber security researchers
Fernando Merseys, maybe, I don't know.
And uh, Feek Hackboard.
Yeah, that's an actual name. He looked it up and it's apparently Dutch, so I was way off.
I will hack all the boards in the world.
Following the leak of the Android Launcher app for the Rabbit R1 Not-An-Android-A-iPhone
thing, a software dev has added insult to injury by reverse engineering the R1 software
into a progressive web app and then demoed it running on an iPhone.
The APK was also dissected by the team at EmergeTools.com who confirmed that yes, the
R1 runs Android, along with some other findings.
Look, I just hope the Rabbit R1 goes down in history as the most beautiful, cool-looking,
desirable thing that is just a phone but worse in history.
It was $200 and a lot of people wanted it and bought it and then we moved on.
And Boston Dynamics has given their unsettling spot RoboDog a friendly new look, adding muppet-like
eyes, ears, and sparkly fur. Though its spindly legs still end in the usual rubber doorstop nubs.
It's giving horrifying cyborg from Half-Life.
The company even had Spot's new drag persona, Sparkles, perform a short skit slash dance
routine with the original Spotbot. The routine was apparently programmed into the robots using Choreographer, a dance system
that Boston Dynamics made for customers in the entertainment industry.
I don't know. I'm not sure I'd feel better after getting disemboweled by a rogue dogbot if it then gloated
about it by moonwalking away from my shattered body.
Oh, that's cute.
But I'll be equally shattered if you don't come back on Monday for more tech news, emotionally
and physically. It happens.
I won't explain it.