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PROLIFIC KILLER BROUGHT TO JUSTICE

The 12VHPWR connector is being replaced

https://hwbusters.com/news/no-more-12vhpwr-connector-say-hi-to-12v-2x6/

The standard is best known for melting 4090 adapters

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-16-pin-gpu-power-connector-all-we-know

Story broken by Igor’s Lab https://www.igorslab.de/en/rest-in-peace-12vhpwr-connector-welcome-12v-2x6-connector/

Nvidia and PCI-SIG evaluating 2 options for cable connector design https://lmg.gg/yTnm9

MSI may have secretly unveiled it at Computex https://lmg.gg/VGBRB

 

GOOGLE FEW-VIEW

Advertising research firm accuses google of misleading advertisers about what they were paying for

https://adalytics.io/blog/invalid-google-video-partner-trueview-ads

Google’s TruView has several stipulations https://lmg.gg/Gi8UJ

Including being “in-stream”, defined here https://lmg.gg/QAPTg

but “42 to 75 percent” of Truview ad spend “did not meet Google’s standards” https://lmg.gg/S1qLY

“spent on muted, auto-playing video ads on third party websites” https://lmg.gg/lZnSM

Director of global video solutions Martin Renaud says these are “extremely inaccurate claims” https://lmg.gg/SI1rl

Claims “over 90% of ads on GVP are visible to people across the web” https://lmg.gg/k4gR9

Adalytics founder points out Renaud never says “in-stream” or “out-stream", or even if ads are audible https://lmg.gg/kAOVn

 

ZUMA IN FOR A CLOSE-UP

Massive Pixel 8 leaks

8 Pro images https://www.droid-life.com/2023/07/03/heres-a-real-life-pixel-8-pro-in-the-wild/

The pictures were removed after the poster realized they doxed themselves https://lmg.gg/Fi7qF

Leaker said bigger battery and 24W/27W charging for 8/8 Pro https://www.phonearena.com/news/Pixel-8-duo-may-finally-get-long-overdue-battery-and-charging-upgrades_id148566

Wi-Fi 7 compatible https://lmg.gg/5eSYG

Desktop support? https://www.androidauthority.com/pixel-8-leak-usb-displayport-3338385/

Old idea, but interesting one https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-pixel-8-could-bring-back-a-buzzword-that-was-once-the-talk-of-the-tech-industry/

 

QUICK BITS

 

AI’M THE CAPTAIN NOW

Google changes its privacy policy in big way

First spotted by Gizmodo https://gizmodo.com/google-says-itll-scrape-everything-you-post-online-for-1850601486

Clause in question https://lmg.gg/K7hR1

“Doubles down” on using your data for AI training https://9to5google.com/2023/07/03/google-privacy-policy-ai-training-data/

 

 END OF AN ERA

Many third-party Reddit apps have officially shut down

https://www.androidauthority.com/third-party-reddit-apps-shut-down-3341631/

Some switch to subscription model https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/30/23780407/reddit-third-party-apps-relay-now-nara-api-changes

Blind redditors have been left in the dust https://www.reddit.com/r/Blind/comments/14nzwkm/they_finally_did_it_reddit_made_it_impossible_for/

 

PRO XDR MAX ULTRA SMART DISPLAY

A future Apple monitor may double as a smart display Mac is idle https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/07/02/future-apple-monitor-could-act-as-smart-home-display

Powered by onboard iOS chip https://www.macrumors.com/2023/07/03/gurman-apple-monitor-smart-home-display/

2024 release “at the earliest” https://lmg.gg/5JcOf

 

Steam responds to accusations of banning games with AI-generated content

https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/03/valve-responds-to-claims-it-has-banned-ai-generated-games-from-steam/

Original accusations https://kotaku.com/valve-ai-art-generator-steam-crypto-ban-metaverse-pc-1850590856

Valve’s response https://www.eurogamer.net/valve-says-ai-generated-content-policy-goal-is-not-to-discourage-the-use-of-it-on-steam

 

USERS I-RATE

Twitter institutes tweet-reading limits

Per Elon Musk: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1675187969420828672

Journalists discover emergency service accounts are not exempted https://twitter.com/BenjaminGoggin/status/1675224462558371843

Dev claims Twitter DDoS-ed itself https://sfba.social/@sysop408/110639435788921057

TweetDeck effectively stopped functioning https://www.engadget.com/twitters-apps-are-breaking-following-elon-musks-decision-to-cap-tweet-rates-125028807.html