Discontinued ALREADY? - June 23, 2023

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THE ARC IS SINKING

Intel officially discontinues the first party Intel Arc A770 Limited Edition

https://www.anandtech.com/show/18928/intel-discontinues-arc-a770-limited-edition-graphics-card

Product Change Notification says June 20 final shipment date (there’s a screenshot) https://pcper.com/2023/06/intel-discontinues-arc-a770-graphics-card/

Vendors like Acer and Sparkle will still sell their own versions https://lmg.gg/pMoxY

Intel’s LE was one of four 16GB cards https://lmg.gg/dUxuZ

Race to get the card PCGamer scored the funny number https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-arc-a770-limited-edition-review-performance-benchmarks/

 

BIGGEST TEA PARTY SINCE BOSTON

First day of Activision Blizzard FTC trial

https://www.ign.com/articles/xboxs-big-activision-blizzard-ftc-trial-has-begun-what-you-need-to-know-and-our-coverage-so-far

Email shows Sony’s PlayStation chief never thought the merger was about exclusivity

https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/22/23769790/sonys-playstation-chief-microsofts-activision-deal-xbox-exclusives-ftc

Microsoft claims Activision demanded greater revenue share to put CoD on Xbox https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/activision-demanded-a-bigger-revenue-share-to-put-call-of-duty-on-xbox-series-x-s/

Indiana Jones game was originally multiplatform, now Xbox/PC only https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2023/06/indiana-jones-game-deal-amended-to-exclude-ps5-ps4

Even more surprising, Phil Spencer is wearing a suit and tie today https://twitter.com/duckvalentine/status/1672260015204483072

 

FREE TICKETS FOR BLUE SUBSCRIBERS?

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg agree to a cage fight

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-65981876

Started on thread about Meta’s Twitter copycat https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1671364025773326337

Elon responded to tweeter by suggesting cage match https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1671364992665264131

Zuck replies “Send Me Location” (EDITOR: first picture on site) https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mark-zuckerberg-elon-musk-fight/

Elon suggests Vegas Octagon and brags about moven called “The Walrus” https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1671704483598925825

Background of bad blood: https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/06/will-zuck-and-musk-really-get-into-a-cage-match-if-so-blame-a-rocket-explosion/

 

QUICK BITS

 

AH SH** HERE WE GO AGAIN

Canada passes bill to require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for their news

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/22/meta-to-pull-plug-on-news-sharing-in-canada-00103297 Meta says they are ending news sharing https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2023/06/22/meta-to-end-news-sharing-on-facebook-and-instagram-for-canadians.html?s=09

Didn’t work out so well for Meta when Australia did the same thing https://apnews.com/article/media-australia-9e4a02b5ddbd49c7eca310bdb71ddf80

Meta also acquiesced to France’s similar law https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/21/facebook-agrees-terms-to-pay-french-publishers-for-news-reuse/

 

IT’S A JUNGLE OUT THERE

Louis Rossmann’s Amazon Affiliate account cancelled after he reports on “racist doorbell” story

https://youtu.be/Kcohq313q00

Rossmann covered story of man locked out of his Amazon account for racism accusation https://medium.com/@bjax_/a-tale-of-unwanted-disruption-my-week-without-amazon-df1074e3818b

Here is the video https://youtu.be/NfiIXooD77s

 

MAJORANA’S MASK

Quantum computing becoming practical, outperform classical computers “within two years” https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/quantum-computing-microsoft-supercomputer-ibm-b2362174.html

This after IBM computer passes milestone https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-01965-3

Microsoft reaches key milestone in building quantum supercomputer https://www.geekwire.com/2023/microsoft-reaches-a-key-milestone-in-its-quest-to-build-a-quantum-supercomputer/

Of course, they added AI

https://cloudblogs.microsoft.com/quantum/2023/06/21/microsoft-achieves-first-milestone-towards-a-quantum-supercomputer/

 

RIP PIXEL 8 PRO

App developed that can turn any smartphone into an accurate thermometer

https://gizmodo.com/thermometer-app-1850565745

Error within clinically acceptable margin https://lmg.gg/B9r8c

A month after it leaked that the Pixel 8 Pro will have a thermometer sensor https://www.engadget.com/googles-pixel-8-pro-could-have-a-built-in-thermometer-114808668.html

 

CRACKIN’ A COLD TREATMENT OF THE BOYS

Splatoon 3 Fan spends $3,500 on Nintendo stock to complain about the “cold treatment of Splatoon boys”

https://kotaku.com/splatoon-3-nintendo-switch-hairstyles-options-guns-1850569794

Complains the increased customization in Splatoon 3 favours girl characters https://videogames.si.com/news/splatoon-3-nintendo-shareholdes-meeting-complaint

Cites hairstyles and emotes https://lmg.gg/cZE0b

Apparently company president tried cutting him off; didn’t go well https://twitter.com/OatmealDome/status/1672143860061855744