Ok This Is Ridiculous - June 28, 2023

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3060 JR

Nvidia 4060 reviews are out, and it often underperforms the 3060ti – only convincingly clearing last gen in games with DLSS supprt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0srjKOOR4g

NVIDIA Allows YTubers to Post Early RTX 4060 Reviews with Only DLSS 3 Games to Obstruct Real Performance

https://www.hardwaretimes.com/nvidia-allows-ytubers-to-post-early-rtx-4060-reviews-with-only-dlss-3-games-to-obstruct-real-performance/

GamersNexus turned them down: https://old.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/14k0i9b/nvidiacontrolled_tests_of_rtx4060_on_june_2627/jppkkxi/

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/to-no-ones-surprise-the-rtx-4060-is-an-unimpressive-overclocker

 

STARFIELD OF DREAMS

Starfield is AMD partner – i.e. no DLSS support

https://www.pcgamer.com/starfield-partners-with-amd-and-oh-boy-the-internet-is-not-happy

https://kotaku.com/starfield-pc-amd-nvidia-dlss-xess-fsr-framerate-specs-1850583521

https://www.gamesradar.com/starfields-exclusive-pc-partner-has-players-worried-about-performance-and-ray-tracing/

https://wccftech.com/whats-up-with-the-missing-nvidia-dlss-support-in-amd-sponsored-fsr-titles/?dark=1

 

FOLDABLE, BREAKABLE, FIXABLE

Pixel Fold reviews out

https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/27/googles-pixel-fold-is-a-well-rounded-take-on-the-foldable-form-factor/

https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/google-pixel-fold-review/

ArsTechnica writer had theirs break in four days

https://arstechnica.com/google/2023/06/rip-to-my-pixel-fold-dead-after-four-days/

There are, however, DIY repair parts and tools available

https://9to5google.com/2023/06/27/pixel-fold-repair-spare-parts/

 

QUICK BITS

 

NEXT: AR CONTACTS

Google Kills off AR glasses

https://www.uploadvr.com/google-killed-project-iris-android-xr-samsung/

Google Augmented Reality video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj0bFX9HXeE  

Apple has also postponed their AR glasses

https://www.macrumors.com/2023/01/17/apple-glasses-postponed/ 

 

TIP OF THE APPLE-BERG

Twitter rival that allows bitcoin “tipping” removed from app store because Apple views it as an in-app purchase

https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/06/26/decentralized-twitter-rival-damus-will-be-removed-from-the-app-store-over-bitcoin-tipping

https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/26/decentralized-social-networking-app-damus-to-be-removed-from-app-store-will-appeal-decision/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoniopequenoiv/2023/06/26/jack-dorsey-backed-damus-removed-from-app-store-over-bitcoin-tipping-dispute/?sh=450218f744bb

 

DOLLY PARDON?

Musical Tribute Acts banned from Facebook/Instagram for “Impersonation”

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66028976

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jun/24/dont-stop-us-now-tribute-acts-protest-against-facebook-ban

https://completemusicupdate.com/article/tribute-acts-protest-facebook-and-instagram-policies-on-impersonators/

 

THE VATICAN STRIKES BACK

The Vatican Releases Its Own AI Ethics Handbook

https://gizmodo.com/pope-francis-vatican-releases-ai-ethics-1850583076

Pope has been talking about this consistently for months

https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2023-03/pope-francis-minerva-dialogues-technology-artificial-intelligenc.html

Pope also teamed up with IBM on ethics in 2020

https://www.reuters.com/article/vatican-artificial-intelligence-idINL2N2AS01S

 

MILLION DOLLAR SNOOZE BUTTON

Cleaner accidentally ruins decades of US college’s research by turning off freezer

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/27/cleaner-college-research-freezer-rensselaer-polytechnic-institute

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/27/rensselaer-janitor-turned-off-freezer-destroyed-research-lawsuit/70361485007/

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4069908-university-files-1m-lawsuit-after-janitor-turns-off-research-freezer-over-annoying-alarm/