Intel makes some BOLD claims! - August 31, 2022

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

RAYS-ING THE STAKES

Intel says Arc GPU ray-tracing hardware is “competitive or better than Nvidia”

https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-arc-ray-tracing-performance/

https://wccftech.com/intel-arc-gpus-better-ray-tracing-than-nvidia-rtx-competitive-prices-battlemage-celestial-in-the-works/

video coming out later this week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB8gIOFjWeA&t=1s

https://www.pcinvasion.com/intel-arc-competitive-nvidia-ray-tracing/

 

THE DOCTOR IS IN

Various AMD Ryzen 7000 news

No supply constraints https://www.pcmag.com/news/amd-no-supply-constraints-expected-for-ryzen-7000-cpus

Support AM5 through 2025 https://www.pcgamer.com/amd-am5-support-thru-2025/

PCIe 5.0 confusion https://www.anandtech.com/show/17554/amd-announces-b650e-chipset-for-ryzen-7000-pcie-5-0-for-mainstream

Table https://lmg.gg/oy7nA

reddit threads https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/x1xt8m/comment/imgh7b8/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

 

RE-ROLL FOR +35% EFFICIENCY

Samsung gets better at making QD-OLEDs, price drop on the way?

https://www.thelec.net/news/articleView.html?idxno=4174

https://www.techradar.com/news/the-cheaper-qd-oled-tvs-were-hoping-for-might-be-on-the-way-next-year

https://www.oled-info.com/samsung-increase-its-qd-oled-production-capacity-years-end-will-introduce-77

and monitors other than 34-inch ultrawides

https://www.engadget.com/samsung-odyssey-oled-g8-announced-specs-availability-161741379.html

although can play games with no pc/console

https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/31/23330877/samsung-oled-gaming-monitor-odyssey-g8-quantum-dot

 

QUICK BITS

 

SINGLE-SURFACE

Microsoft merging Surface Pro, Pro X lines to normalize Windows on Arm

https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/laptops/microsoft-to-merge-surface-pro-x-and-surface-pro-9-under-one-product-line-this-fall

https://twitter.com/zacbowden/status/1563797056870809600

Surface Pro 8 https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/surface-pro-8/8qwcrtq8v8xg?activetab=pivot:overviewtab

Pro X https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/surface-pro-x/8xtmb6c575md?activetab=pivot%3aoverviewtab

Surface Pro X debut video https://youtu.be/dmaioTs0NH8?t=2654

 

BE ROLLIN’ DOWN THAT HILL

Google provides developer option to roll Pixel 6 series back from Android 13 to Android 12

https://www.androidauthority.com/android-13-downgrade-android-12-3202695/

https://www.androidcentral.com/apps-software/google-releases-android-12-developer-support-images

https://developer.android.com/about/versions/12/dev-support-images

 

I STAY FLEXIBLE

LG makes a bendy OLED TV

https://www.pcgamesn.com/LG-OLED-Flex-bendy-TV-corsair-monitor

https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1661907600

https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/dS21mdpiEgWaO6Qdk5hj3MkI9eA=/800x0/filters:no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23984534/LG_OLED_Flex_Flexible_GIF.gif

 

PHONE, NOW WITH BUTTONS

Logitech G Gaming Handheld leaks

https://twitter.com/evleaks/status/1564428212821794817

https://9to5google.com/2022/08/29/logitech-g-gaming-handheld-leaks/

streaming only? https://twitter.com/rquandt/status/1564702225288544256

 

THE FUTURE OF REFUNDS

Crypto.com accidentally refunded Australian woman $10M instead of $100
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/08/crypto-firm-tries-to-seize-luxury-home-after-accidentally-sending-sisters-10m/  

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/31/crypto-com-accidentally-transfers-10-5-million-australian-woman-melbourne-cryptocurrency

https://7news.com.au/news/vic/cryptocurrency-platform-cryptocom-accidentally-transfers-105-million-to-melbourne-woman-c-8058203