It's Raining GPUs - June 17, 2022

[RILEYISMYNAME]

 

NEWS SOURCES:

 

CRASHING CAN BE GOOD

GPU prices crashing along with crypto yay

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/gpu-prices-are-falling-below-msrp-due-to-the-crypto-crash/

https://gizmodo.com/rtx-amd-gpu-graphics-cards-new-used-price-drops-fall-sa-1849072648

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/graphics-card-prices-update-june-15

https://www.pcgamesn.com/nvidia/AMD-gpu-prices-crypto-crash

but be smart https://www.pcgamer.com/dont-buy-an-rtx-3080-now/

 

AMERICAN MEGAZORD

US working with Japan on 2nm chips to take on Taiwan

https://www.pcgamer.com/the-us-to-join-forces-with-japan-to-produce-bleeding-edge-2nm-chips-by-2025/

https://asia.nikkei.com/content/76391e3cf605b3af1ff1a46c6104fbf0

https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/15/us_japan_chips/

Watch out, TSMC just unveiled new N2 GAAFET fab tech

https://www.anandtech.com/show/17453/tsmc-unveils-n2-nanosheets-bring-significant-benefits

pronounce https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/vduqqo/anandtech_tsmc_unveils_n2_process_node/ico7gyg/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

 

THE NEED FOR SPEECH

Twitter all hands transcript https://www.vox.com/recode/23171541/leaked-transcript-elon-musk-first-meeting-twitter-employees

Twitter SHOULD moderate speech https://twitter.com/thedextriarchy/status/1537486563994505216

Fires employees https://www.reuters.com/technology/spacex-fires-employees-involved-letter-rebuking-musk-nyt-2022-06-17/

Hundreds signed letter https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/17/23172913/spacex-complaint-letter-firing-elon-musk

Firing might violate labor law https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/17/23172915/elon-musk-spacex-letter-fired-legal-protected-speech-nlrb

‘exceptional’ employees can work remotely https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/06/musk-tells-twitter-staff-that-exceptional-employees-can-work-remotely/

 

QUICK BITS

 

LIKE LEAKS IN THE RAIN

More Valve Deckard standalone VR headset leaks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovlbXVwoN8s&t=515s
https://twitter.com/SadlyItsBradley/status/1537422164521013248

https://pdfaiw.uspto.gov/.aiw?PageNum=0&docid=20220187609&IDKey=&HomeUrl=%2F

 

STAGE FRIGHT

Stage Manager iPadOS issue

Test mode https://www.imore.com/m1-ipad-stage-manager-requirements-blurred-again-developer-finding

https://www.macrumors.com/2022/06/16/ipados-16-code-tests-stage-manager-older-ipads/

https://mobilesyrup.com/2022/06/16/ipados-16-features-code-allowing-apple-enable-stage-manager-older-ipads/

 

*CACKLING IN PC GAMER*

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade on Steam now

https://www.gematsu.com/2022/06/final-fantasy-vii-remake-intergrade-coming-to-steam-on-june-17

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1462040/FINAL_FANTASY_VII_REMAKE_INTERGRADE/

Part 2 Rebirth announced https://www.polygon.com/21287863/final-fantasy-7-rebirth-remake-part-2-release-date-trailer-ps5

 

SONOOOOO … OK

Sonos customers who received extra packages can keep them

https://www.androidauthority.com/sonos-order-glitch-3177052/

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/people-being-sent-multiple-sonos-111114677.html

https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/what-do-if-youre-billed-things-you-never-got-or-you-get-unordered-products

 

MAKE WORK MORE LIKE WORK

Working in VR for a week made people less productive

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2323682-working-in-virtual-reality-for-a-week-made-people-less-productive/

https://arxiv.org/pdf/2206.03189.pdf

broll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVEALvpoiMQ

[Kannamori]

Seems like someone messed up the topic title. Doubt there is time to re-release the video, but this stuff has happened before. Maybe pay some more attention to it next time?