AMD does Intel's job for them - May 18, 2022

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

AMD GOTCHU, BLUE

FSR 2.0 makes Deathloop near-playable on old Intel iGPU

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-fsr2-tested-on-intel-integrated-graphics

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/05/testing-shows-amds-fsr-2-0-can-even-help-lowly-intel-integrated-gpus/

Xess delayed https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/joao-silva/intel-xess-upscaling-technology-wont-launch-on-may-20th-after-all/

https://wccftech.com/amd-fsr-2-0-works-on-intel-graphics-great-news-despite-xess-delay/

 

YOU CANNOT ALTER THE DEAL

Twitter board could force Musk to buy them despite spam claims

https://www.axios.com/2022/05/17/elon-musk-twitter-will-enforce-merger

after poison pill https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/investing/what-is-a-poison-pill-twitter-adopts-extreme-strategy-to-fend-off-elon-musk-takeover/

Musk spam claims https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/musk-says-twitter-must-prove-bot-claims-for-deal-to-proceed-1.1766938

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1526465624326782976

agreement allows Twitter board to force deal https://news.bloomberglaw.com/tech-and-telecom-law/twitter-board-says-it-plans-to-enforce-musk-merger-agreement#:~:text=force%20Musk%20to%20consummate%20the%20deal

CEO thread https://twitter.com/paraga/status/1526237578843672576

Musk emoji https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1526246899606601730

 

MAKING THE CASE

Apple and Google may be making Epic’s case with outdated apps ban

https://www.ghacks.net/2022/05/16/1-5-million-apps-on-google-and-apples-app-stores-may-be-removed-for-not-being-updated-in-2-years/

https://www.pymnts.com/commerce-connected/2022/google-apple-to-cull-outdated-apps-from-stores/

https://www.pixalate.com/blog/abandoned-mobile-apps-report

report https://www.pixalate.com/hubfs/Reports_and_Documents/Mobile%20Reports/2022/App%20Reports/Abandoned%20Apps%20Report.pdf?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=211874739&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-89uiyet_isTs4ii11zbdykhrp54qegNOklBSbf-ewF-n7XupRAGkSuHgUhEIvf_uK3r9zKgRiwJ2FpMTdjd0n1e0IRzydpJXqMr_dbwpcOET5XMa0&utm_content=211874739&utm_source=hs_automation

 

QUICK BITS

 

CATCHING HEAT

RTX 4090 heatsink

https://wccftech.com/alleged-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-ti-founders-edition-graphics-card-cooler-pictured-huge-heatsink-gpu-memory-baseplate/

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4090-cooling-heatsink-has-allegedly-been-pictured

https://www.techpowerup.com/294944/nvidia-rtx-4090-ada-founders-edition-cooler-spied-retains-dual-axial-flow-through-design

ALL CORES ON DECK

24-core 48-thread Ryzen 7000 chip

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1431875-amd-could-be-developing-a-24-core48-thread-ryzen-9-7950x-cpu-w-a-tdp-of-170-w-up-to-54ghz-cpu-clocks/

https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/amd-could-be-developing-a-24-core-ryzen-9-7950x-cpu-with-a-tdp-of-170-w.html

 

OH THAT’S RICH

Google Messages RCS support causing deluge of ads for Indian users

https://9to5google.com/2022/05/17/google-messages-rcs-ads-india/

https://twitter.com/ishanagarwal24/status/1526200768398692353

https://www.androidpolice.com/sms-text-spam-google-messages-rcs-how-to-get-rid/

https://www.xda-developers.com/google-apple-rcs-messaging/

 

YOU WANT WHAT YOU CAN’T HAVE

Another glasses-free 3D display on an Acer gaming laptop… why

https://www.techradar.com/news/acer-gaming-laptop-offers-glasses-free-3d-powered-by-an-nvidia-rtx-3080-gpu

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/acer-launches-eye-popping-displays-with-built-in-3d-tech/

already launched in ConceptD laptops https://www.ubergizmo.com/2021/11/acer-spatiallabs-review/

 

DEEPFOOLED

Deepfakes easily fool facial recognition “liveness” tests

https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/18/23092964/deepfake-attack-facial-recognition-liveness-test-banks-sensity-report

https://volume.vox-cdn.com/embed/a0560a6c9?playing=false&placement=article&player_type=chorus&tracking=article:middle