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Nvidia Does Not Care - August 27, 2021

 

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SUPER? MORE LIKE BIZAARO

RTX 3090 Super

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1368282-nvidia-possibly-developing-the-rtx-3090-super-with-a-fully-unlocked-ga102-die/

https://twitter.com/greymon55/status/1430569730323136517

https://twitter.com/kopite7kimi/status/1430716119367622660

https://wccftech.com/nvidia-geforce-rtx-3090-super-rumored-feature-full-ga102-gpu-10752-cuda-cores-over-400w-tgp/

 

STEERING RE-ENGAGED

Apple settles lawsuit, anti-steering rules removed

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1368397-apple-moves-to-settle-case-with-us-developers-app-store-rules-change-sort-of/

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2021/08/apple-us-developers-agree-to-app-store-updates/

https://www.axios.com/apple-settles-developer-class-action-c13bb308-daf3-4231-a399-ffd48b6b2c52.html

Is Tim Sweeney happy https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1431119731134812163 

 

TURN OLDIES UP TO 11

You can install Windows 11 on older PCs if you really want to

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1368573-one-7th-gen-intel-cpu-supported-by-windows-11-no-1st-gen-ryzen-to-be-added-older-hardware-will-not-be-blocked-from-windows-11-if-you-wipe-data/

https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2021/08/27/update-on-windows-11-minimum-system-requirements-and-the-pc-health-check-app/

mobos https://hexus.net/tech/news/mainboard/148297-asus-intel-200-series-mainboards-get-windows-11-updates/

new Health check app https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/windows-11-compatibility-microsofts-pc-health-check-app-is-back/

 

QUICK BITS

 

THEY’RE GOOD CHIPS, BRENT

TSMC price hikes

https://www.wsj.com/articles/worlds-largest-chip-maker-to-raise-prices-threatening-costlier-electronics-11629978308

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/bitmain-confirms-price-hikes-at-tsmc

As promised https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4081055

UMC, Global Foundries also raised prices https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20210421PD200.html

 

BOUGHT SNAKE OIL, GOT CANOLA

WD swaps NAND in budget SSD and degrades performance

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1366639-new-july-batch-233010wd-of-1tb-sn550-have-massive-downgrade-buyer-beware/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/08/silent-changes-to-western-digitals-budget-ssd-may-lower-speeds-by-up-to-50/

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/326200-western-digital-caught-bait-and-switching-customers-with-slow-ssds

Samsung too? https://www.extremetech.com/computing/326377-samsung-is-the-latest-ssd-manufacturer-cheating-its-customers

 

SURFACE DUO 2: THE

Surface Duo 2 specs, images leak

https://www.windowscentral.com/surface-duo-2-appears-geekbench-snapdraon-888-and-8gb-ram

https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/9524521

 

FREE (ANDROID) GAMING

Netflix gaming is gonna be lame

https://twitter.com/NetflixGeeked/status/1430896997238595587

https://www.ign.com/articles/netflix-gaming-service-available-now-poland-exclusive

 

WIZARD OF ODD

Hacker behind T-Mobile attack reveals himself

https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/26/22643277/t-mobile-hacker-data-leak-claims-responsibility-criticizes-security

https://www.wsj.com/articles/t-mobile-hacker-who-stole-data-on-50-million-customers-their-security-is-awful-11629985105

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