The KING has returned. - Nov. 5, 2021

[RILEYISMYNAME]

 

 

NEWS SOURCES:

 

NO ALDER-NATIVE

Alder Lake reviews

https://www.anandtech.com/show/17047/the-intel-12th-gen-core-i912900k-review-hybrid-performance-brings-hybrid-complexity

https://youtu.be/-EogHCFd7w0?t=308

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhI9tLOg-6I

Games affected by DRM issue

https://www.pcmag.com/news/intel-these-50-plus-pc-games-are-incompatible-with-alder-lake-cpus-due

workaround https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000088259/processors/intel-core-processors.html

Ryzen 6000 in January? https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/amd-ryzen-6000-release-date-developer-hint-months-away/

 

2 FAST 2 INJURIOUS

EVGA GPU Truck Heist

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1386034-because-of-course-this-happened-evga-reports-that-a-shipment-of-its-gpus-has-been-stolen/

https://www.pcgamesn.com/nvidia/EVGA-RTX-3000-truck-robbery

https://forums.evga.com/Notice-of-Stolen-EVGA-GeForce-RTX-30Series-Graphics-Cards-m3490851.aspx

https://www.pcgamer.com/yes-a-literal-truck-heist-over-gpus-did-just-happen/

 

EPIC WIN, LOL

Google enables third-party payments on Play Store in South Korea

https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-allows-alternate-in-app-payment-options-in-south-korea-though-familiar-fees-remain-11636021788

https://developers-kr.googleblog.com/2021/11/enabling-alternative-billing-in-korea-en.html

Riot Games is on Epic Games Store

https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/news/riot-games-brings-league-of-legends-valorant-and-more-to-epic-games-store

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/league-of-legends-valorant-and-every-riot-games-are-now-on-the-epic-games-store

Jinx in Fortnite https://twitter.com/riotgames/status/1456299878003314688

 

QUICK BITS

 

JOIN THE N.F.TEEEEE

EA CEO says “NFTs are the future of our industry”

https://www.nme.com/news/gaming-news/ea-thinks-nft-and-blockchain-games-are-the-future-3087264

like this?

https://www.engadget.com/crypto-scammers-google-ads-phishing-campaign-100044007.html

after Steam bans them

https://venturebeat.com/2021/10/15/steam-reportedly-blocks-cryptocurrency-and-nft-games/

 

DO FIX WHAT AIN’T NOT BROKEN

Windows 11 features break due to ‘expired certificate’

https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/4/22763641/microsoft-windows-11-expired-certificate-snipping-tool-emoji-picker-issues

fixed https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-just-fixed-the-windows-11-problem-caused-by-an-expired-digital-certificate/

also macOS T2 bug fixed https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/5/22765759/apple-macos-monterey-t2-security-brick-bug

 

NO CHIPS IN THE CAR

BMW skipping touchscreens in some cars due to chip shortage

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/bmw-3-series-4-series-x5-x6-x7-z4-touchscreen-chip-shortage/

https://www.edmunds.com/car-news/your-new-bmw-might-not-have-a-touchscreen.html

 

PC MASTER BASED

More Playstation games coming to PC

https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/ghost-of-tsushima-returnal-and-more-heading-to-pc-according-to-new-leak/

https://twitter.com/Cadreinth/status/1455958039215886336

 

C-3PO, WHAT LANGUAGE U SPEAKIN BRO?

Alphabet’s Isomorphic Labs will find new drugs with AI

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/11/alphabet-launches-ai-company-to-discover-new-drugs/

https://gizmodo.com/alphabets-isomorphic-labs-says-it-will-use-ai-to-discov-1848006449

 

[MultiGamerClub]

Seeing GN's load wattage being double for just a bit better / faster performance for the 12900K compared to the 5900X.. Haha no Intel.