Ok will you buy the card now - Nov. 9, 2022

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

UN-UN-LAUNCHING & REBRANDING

old leaked 4080 12GB benchmarks https://www.tomshardware.com/news/4080-12GB-benchmarks-confirm-nvidias-cancellation

Highlighted 3080 comparison https://www.tomshardware.com/news/4080-12GB-benchmarks-confirm-nvidias-cancellation#:~:text=these%20numbers%20translate%20into%20equal%20to%20slightly%20better%20performance%20than%20an%20RTX%203080%2012GB%20in%20the%20exact%20same%20benchmarks%2C%20according%20to%203DMark%27s%20benchmark%20browser

Nvidia to rebrand RTX 4080 12GB to 4070 Ti

https://twitter.com/kopite7kimi/status/1589844924014661632

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-preps-geforce-rtx-4070ti-rebadged-geforce-rtx-4080-12GB

https://www.techspot.com/news/96589-nvidia-expected-rebrand-canceled-rtx-4080-12gb-rtx.html

original Chiphell source of 4080 benchmarks https://www.chiphell.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=2458296&page=1#pid51025622

Article about leaked 4080 16GB benchmarks w/ 4090 comparison

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4080-overclocking-and-4k-gaming-benchmarks-leaked

 

THE META-CURSE

Meta to Cut 11,000 Jobs

https://www.yahoo.com/now/meta-cut-11-000-jobs-143745209.html

The Zuck’s Message: https://about.fb.com/news/2022/11/mark-zuckerberg-layoff-message-to-employees/

Zuck’s legal disclaimer https://about.fb.com/news/2022/11/mark-zuckerberg-layoff-message-to-employees/#:~:text=This%20post%20contains,or%20future%20events.

 

2^nd source https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-63568585

 

EV EVOLVOLUTION

Volvo’s new EV with insane safety

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a41897699/volvo-ex90-ev-revealed/

Car might be able to tell if driver is impaired https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/9/23447288/volvo-ex90-suv-ev-price-specs-lidar-mile-range#:~:text=two%20cameras%20inside%20the%20vehicle%20will%20monitor%20the%20driver%E2%80%99s%20eye%20behavior%20to%20determine%20whether%20they%20are%20paying%20attention%20or%20even%20perhaps%20impaired.

 

QUICK BITS

 

CHECK AND…CHECK

Twitter thing

https://twitter.com/pcgamer/status/1590374950707548160

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1590383366213611522

 

QU(ICK)BIT

IBM’s record-breaking quantum processor

https://techcrunch.com/2022/11/09/ibm-unveils-its-433-qubit-osprey-quantum-computer/

Wikipedia’s article on qubits https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qubit

 

SURGING TOWARD PURGING THE MERGING

EU to investigate Microsoft/Activision Deal

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/11/eus-in-depth-investigation-could-spell-trouble-for-microsoft-activision-deal/

 

iDID A THING

Someone made a folding iPhone

https://www.macrumors.com/2022/11/08/foldable-iphone-motorola-razr/

200 days https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/11/08/worlds-first-foldable-iphone-wasnt-made-by-apple#:~:text=over%20200%20days%20of%20trial%20and%20error

Bent iPHone 6 https://s.abcnews.com/images/Technology/ht_unbox_therapy_iphone_6_plus_bend_test_2_jc_140925_16x9_992.jpg

 

GET WAIFU OR DIE TRYING

Killer VR headset

https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy7kbq/palmer-luckey-made-a-vr-headset-that-kills-the-user-if-they-die-in-the-game?utm_source=reddit.com