When I think about tech news, I get a fuzzy feeling in my tummy. My heart rate rises,
my ears get cold, my palms get strangely dry as a desert. My doctor is completely at a loss.
It may be officially time to worry about Intel. The company has been kicked out of its position
in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a long-time benchmark of the health of the U.S. stock market.
And in terms of health, Intel was basically a necrotic limb that naturally had to be amplitude
by S&P Dow Jones Indices, the company that maintained the Dow index, and replaced
with NVIDIA, the cool new multi-trillion dollar cyber limb with AI and a kung fu grip.
The swap reflects the loss of influence Intel has suffered in the last year,
and the stock market isn't the only one losing faith. The U.S. government is discussing how to
save Team Blue, as the company may be too strategically important to lose. American
policymakers may be encouraging a merger deal for Intel's chip design business
with perhaps AMD or Qualcomm. In the meantime, Intel is planning to reduce its workforce at
its Israeli research and development centers, though dozens of employees have already left
this year to work for NVIDIA, who is straight up single white female Intel at this point.
The leaked PS5 Pro specs were wrong, something we've learned thanks to the console's unboxing
embargo being lifted. According to Digital Foundry, the console's specs are detailed within the
included safety guide, because nothing keeps you safer than knowledge. There were three specific
points worth mentioning. It has a 390 watt power supply, 50 watts more than both the launch version
and slim version of the PS5 Digital Edition. We also learned that the GPU's compute performance
was exaggerated more than a man's height on Tinder. While leaks suggest a GPU capable of 33.5
teraflops, it actually manages around half that, 16.7 teraflops. But the console does have 2 gigabytes
of extra RAM, more than the 1.2 gigabytes claimed in those same leaks. Taking a more hands-on approach,
Brazilian YouTube channel Tag performed the first teardown video of the PS5 Pro,
which was actually against the embargo. They confirmed it has an easy access slot for the
CMOS battery, a repairability feature not seen on most consoles. Speaking of not seen, Sony has
removed the 8K liable from the PS5 Pro's box, just like they did with the PS5 non-Pro. But this
time they've replaced it with a label stating it's a disc-free console, like a Surgeon General's
warning on a pack of cigarettes, but like, way stupider. On July 7, 1967, legendary rock band
The Beatles released a single called All You Need Is Love. They called the song that because quick bits
hadn't been invented yet. A geekbench result for the now confirmed Ryzen 7 9800X3D was spotted by
Everest on Twitter, showing AMD's newest gaming champion beating the 7800X3D by an impressive
24%. The chip was apparently overclocked to achieve this from 5.2 to 5.46 gigahertz,
but that still wasn't enough to bring this desktop gaming chip close to last week's
geekbench results for Apple's M4 Pro and M4 Max, baby! But that's fine, this generation of chips
from both AMD and Intel focus more on efficiency than raw power, which is why the Apple chip
are also more efficient. What are we doing here, guys? Production of Apple's cheaper Vision Pro
has been delayed beyond 2027 for a while now, according to insider Ming-Chi Kuo. However,
less than a month ago, fellow insider Mark Gurman determined the headset is still due next year.
More recently, however, Gurman suggested Apple was considering making a lower-cost glasses gadget
that would use the computing power of your iPhone, similar glasses from companies like Xreel.
I kind of want that to be real, not because I think it's a good idea,
but because I'm a bad person who wants to laugh at the people who buy it. It's the little things
in life. Even Microsoft may have finally grown tired of the co-pilot name, as rumors suggest the
company may rebrand its AI as Windows Intelligence. Stop! The new name was apparently found reference
in an administrative file after an unpopular new update to co-pilot. Not only is Microsoft
basically copying Apple's Apple Intelligence, but somehow they've made Apple's AI name sound
less stupid by comparison. Amazon and Meta have both hit regulatory snags in their plans to build
massive nuclear-powered data centers. Amazon has been blocked from building a data center right
next to a plant in Pennsylvania on the grounds that it might cause blackouts for other customers.
Meta's own similar deal with another nuclear plant was thwarted when a rare species of bee
was found living on the land earmarked for the project, proving that nature itself has turned
on Mark Zuckerberg. And Netflix is removing 20 out of 24 of its interactive specials,
which are basically choose-your-own-adventure movies. They're keeping the four most popular ones,
including the award-winning Black Mirror, Bandersnatch, which I thought sucked, and Bear Grills,
You vs. Wild, which will be a big relief for fans of dystopian horror and drinking their own pee to
survive. Mind you, we are losing a lot of greats like Barbie Epic Road Trip, Boss Baby, Get That Baby,
and WWE's Escape the Undertaker. And you'll find the perfect escape when you come back on
Wednesday for more tech news. With us, the people you like. Be there.