Technology is the story of parents saying, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
And then their kid's going, ah, you don't understand me dad.
And then inventing the microwave. Lots to unpack there.
AMD has released a firmware update that fixes an issue
caused by a previous firmware update which disabled cores on a couple of Ryzen 7000 CPUs.
That was a rogue update that escaped from the lab. Science has gone too far.
The affected CPUs were the six core Ryzen 5, 7600X, and the high end 12 core Ryzen 9, 7900X.
Both of whom weren't available for comment, which is fair enough.
It's an embarrassing situation and they don't have mouths.
The buggy firmware also caused other problems, namely creating a situation where systems
with the 7600X simply refused to boot.
We've all been there. Thankfully, motherboard makers including MSI
are already releasing BIOS updates containing the new firmware.
Just in time for AMD to announce that it found 31 different vulnerabilities in various processes
from the Threadripper and Ryzen 2000 to 6000 series Zs.
Ah, but don't worry. Team Red has issued new firmware updates to OEMs
to address these holes. So update if you can,
and hopefully these aren't the types of updates that will also need updates to fix.
But hey, that's the game. We'll keep you updated.
Dueling stories out of the Western US today as the nation keeps moving forward,
getting more electric vehicles on the roads, and off the couch.
They're lazy. The Federal Department of Energy, I don't understand what this is.
The Federal Department of Energy announced that it'll be providing a $700 million loan
for a mining project in Nevada to extract lithium,
a crucial material for EV batteries. But a couple of states over,
legislators in Wyoming have drafted a resolution calling for EVs to be phased out by 2035.
There are such early adopters over there.
It was laggards in California. Basically, the politicians that came up with the resolution
are just trying to pull a pretty stun aimed at states like California,
who are trying to phase out gas cars with the bill's sponsor citing the importance
of Wyoming's oil and gas industry as impetus for this bit of political theater.
And to be clear, the resolution would be entirely symbolic if passed.
So the states won't impound your Tesla simply for being a Tesla.
You could have gone with hydrogen. But Elon says your Tesla will be able to impound itself
by 2036. You can't sue a robot, not yet anyway,
but you can sue its creators. And this is exactly what's happening
to stable diffusion, mid-journey, and deviant art.
Famous robot creators. But not open AI, they're rock solid.
These services are all being taken to court over alleged copyright infringement.
While the images that these art AI spit out are originals,
they're only created after the AI's have analyzed
billions of pieces of art created by humans employed in content minds.
In the matrix world. The AI's use the knowledge they gain to imitate existing styles of art.
In fact, a group of artists are now using to claim their intellectual property rights
are being violated. At the core of the matter are two issues.
Number one, whether the AI's negatively affect the artist's ability to sell their works,
and whether the AI art changes enough from the original pieces for them
to be considered entirely new works of art rather than derivatives,
which would infringe upon copyrights. I expect mid-journeys core defense to rest upon the fact
that they don't even know what's going on inside the AI's demented little metal head.
We don't know what we did. It's just like, gonna be goo in there.
Can't put the two space back in the tube, baby. Spring, the scariest time of year.
Spring, the only season that's a verb. Almost a verb.
Hey, we say autumn in this house. Autumn.
Quick bits whenever meant to be honest by men. Enjoy the following news, morsels.
At your peril! YouTube has heard the cacophony of creators
bashing the platform's latest update to its ad-friendly guidelines,
and has decided to take another look at it, they guess.
The new guidelines led to videos that have swearing in the first two seconds
being demonetized, which was a harsh change from the previous policy
allowing swearing within the first 30 seconds. However, YouTube have not yet disclosed exactly
what the new policy will be, so it was probably best to wait a bit longer
before trying to make a living off profanity-filled tirage-y-
Oh, that's bulls***! Based on that coming.
You may have noticed that third-party Twitter clients haven't been working correctly lately.
Don't worry, it looks like this was probably on purpose,
because it's Elon. Internal Twitter messages have reportedly revealed
that the company cut off access from outside apps because, insert a reason here that would make sense
to Elon Musk and his fans, but some have speculated it's due to lost ad revenue
from people not using the official app. Elon needs that money.
They've allowed clients to have access to the API again, so I guess Elon figured that it's probably better
to have people tweet than not tweet. What will we do with no tweets?
He likes money, but he needs tweets. It looks like a new Apple product announcement is imminent,
as rumors have been swirling that the company will finally unveil its M2 Macs,
and or M2 Pro-powered MacBook Pro lineup,
possibly alongside a new Mac Mini that is not a Pro
that features the same Pro chips, or non-Pro chips.
I added in a lot of a few more Pros there. I want to zhuzh up the Pros.
This is real. A new MacBook Pro model has also popped up
in a Canadian government database. We have those, so it looks like this rumor
may actually have some moose legs. Moose have the long legs, but really.
We got those ones. Google Stadia may be shutting down, but don't throw away your controller, all six of you.
Google has confirmed that they'll be enabling Bluetooth through a self-serve tool next week,
meaning that you'll be able to use it as a generic game pad for other PC games.
Without it, the controller would have become an expensive paperweight, or a prop for your next Twitch stream.
Self-serve tool, a.k.a. the Stadia CEO.
Oh. And if you purchased one of those big 86-inch LG TVs last year,
there's a good chance it's not subject to recall. It's not.
LG has recalled over 50,000 of the sets because they're vulnerable to tipping over
due to the stand being excessively stressed under the TV's weight.
However, LG also clarified that the hazard only exists
when the stands aren't installed correctly, so make sure you read the manual
and don't leave your TV out in the field.
And wind, it's just a sale.
Oh, TV tipping, cow tipping.
I'll give you a tip this episode's over. Come back next time.
That's Wednesday for more tech news.
And fun.