Intel has officially announced they are changing their processor branding dropping their eyes like an awkward teenager asking the popular girl to prom
It me Riley this is TechLinked and you may not be bothered by Intel's new core and core ultra branded chips yet, but
You will be
Intel hinted to the verge that core ultra chips will have bigger feature sets arc level integrated graphics
AI capabilities and even the absolute best performance. That's right. You name a buzzword and the ultra has it
this isn't the only change as we referenced earlier their iconic tier numbers like i7 and i9 are becoming a much less Apple like
seven and nine introducing phone
15 pro Imagine Christopher Hirsch Intel's director of product branding says the question is no longer
Am I an i7 guy? Am I an i9 guy? It's now. Are you an ultra buyer or are you a core buyer?
As we'll go to the flea market I
Guess the eyes kept away the non guys well
That's a surprise. Alright, we're rhyming It's too early for rhyming and the branding change gets even worse Intel will now put the processor number after the word
Processor meaning the company expects customers to speak sentences like hello. I would like to buy an Intel core
Ultra 9 processor 1070k which was an awful physical experience for my mouth just now
The changes will take effect with a launch of Meteor Lake later this year
So enjoy the mouthfeel of Intel's current branding while you still can
Twitch is introducing partner plus a program that will allow anyone to earn 70% of their subscription revenue with several notable caveats
First of all by anyone twitch means anyone with 350 recurring subscriptions for a period of at least three consecutive months
That should have been obvious, but which is kind of like saying hey anyone can win the lottery
Yeah, technically, it's true But you're more likely to get hit by lightning and run over by a car on the way to buy the ticket
Know your limit play within it. I did not especially since twitch prime subscriptions and gift subscriptions
Arguably the most common types of subscriptions don't count towards the 350 sub goal
But once you achieve it for those three months You are automatically enrolled in partner plus for the next 12 months until you hit the hundred thousand dollar cap
Don't get too rich
Yes, okay naturally the reactions to this announcement have been mixed longtime streamer
Harris Heller was expressing his consternation with twitch's monetization
Okay, I'll accept it when Seth Hendricks the creative and editorial director of twitch literally entered the chat to tell
Heller that he didn't think heller was wrong per se. He just had so many assumptions that are so way off
Poor Hendricks couldn't figure out that's the same thing which might explain why twitch has made so many poor decisions recently
They don't know what words mean Hendricks proceeded to spend 10 minutes spamming the chat to the point where a fed-up heller
Finally tried to ban Hendricks only to find out you can't ban twitch employees
So he just ended the stream
Because at twitch we believe that interfering with your ability to make money on our platform requires a
Personal touch will come screw up your stream And the EU Parliament has approved comprehensive regulation to the region's battery market to make it a
battery market
The legislation which comes from a proposal made over two years ago is meant to ensure batteries can be repurposed
remanufactured or recycled once all the battery juice has been squeezed out one of the big changes for consumers will be that device
Manufacturers must design batteries so users can themselves easily remove and replace them
Instead of having to send your phone to some blue-shirted group of jerks that call themselves geniuses because they think they're better than you
Other changes include requiring EV batteries to declare their carbon footprint and eventually giving them a fancy
Digital battery passport starting in 2026 that will hold information on the battery model such as
Cars would have feet
What footprint oh my gosh, that was so long ago. It's way too slow such as which side is its best side for taking photos
That would be a passport photo joke if you didn't take passport photos face forward
The passport will also contain information specific
The passport will also contain information specific to the individual battery and its use
But before this all becomes actual law the EU council will need to formally endorse the text before its
Publication in the EU official journal shortly after and its entry into force like Obi-Wan or in American still cooking
Digger ain't going off you Jacob would love to write our smaller stories as little songs and call them quick hits
But Linus said we don't have the budget Started on licensing it's a whole mess CEO of reddit Steve Huffman aka
Huff Huff pass is standing firm on the platform's controversial API changes Huffman has stated that reddit was
Never designed to support third-party apps despite doing exactly that for ten years already based on my personal experience
Reddit also wasn't designed to support first-party apps
Oh Despite stating that they wouldn't unilaterally reopen communities that are closed for the protest reddit has
Implied that moderators of protesting subreddits may be replaced to keep the site open and accessible to users
And that's what the users want I mean look at all these incredibly recent one word five-star reviews
We're not saying reddit is paying for these reviews, but if they are they aren't buying enough
Their average is still 3.6 Steam has received a major update looking even better than my mom did when I took her to prom
It's been given a bunch of new features including a cloud-based notes function and the ability to pin Windows in-game
Which even allows you to watch movies while you play of course the biggest improvements are in the back end since there's new shared
Codebase between steam desktop big picture mode and
I wish and Steam Deck just like a rom-com makeover the most important change happens on the inside
Turns out Matthew McConaughey isn't a
Group of 17 music publishers in the US has sued Twitter for allegedly enabling copyright violations
What how? Apparently the platform was in talks to license music rights before Elon Musk bought the platform and
Fired 75% of its staff bringing new meaning to the phrase
Everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked
A phrase everyone knows Another new change is the platform has been evicted from one of their offices in Boulder, Colorado
After failing to pay rent speech may be free to Twitter, but real estate
It's not so Japanese company Astroscale plans on offering a space cleanup service that will remove defunct satellites from Earth's orbit
And no this is not actually an indie game that just launched on steam
It's an opportune time since both the FCC and the World Economic Forum seem to agree that space operators
Should dispose of their unused equipment within five years following end of mission. You got five years. Is that fair?
Just throw it in the garbage It can stay on the ground for five years, and then it's ridiculous in an animation Astroscale shows how their Elsa M
Servicer frozen fans will decay the
Let it go I can't will decay the orbits of dead satellites
Causing them to crash towards Earth and burn up in the atmosphere in what must be the most violent
Implementation of the Con Marie method, which is Marie Kondo spark joy etc. That's what she
And Diablo 4 players have yet to find the game's secret cow level
Which has featured in every other entry in the franchise
Developers at Blizzard have suggested this may be because the level does not exist
Maybe maybe it's not there guys despite the disappointing news from Blizzard hopeful gamers believe the company is just trying to
Mislead them and prevent them from fully enjoying their game, which seems to be Blizzard's job
Honestly, it's perfectly believable since Blizzard had personally sucked the fun out of every other one of their IPs at least once
That's the secret to keeping things fresh regular doses of disappointment
It's called subverting expectations the sequel sucked and now you appreciate what we give you okay
I'm talking about Star Wars, but you won't be disappointed if you come back on Monday for more tech news
We're very excited to reveal that Mondays episode will feature someone standing in front of a camera trying
Desperately to be funny while they talk about tech news