Intel Snake Oil - TechLinked Dec. 6, 2023

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

THE GRIFT KING

Intel Calls Out AMD For Using Old Cores In New CPUs In “Core Truths” Marketing Playbook

https://wccftech.com/intel-calls-out-amd-using-old-cores-in-new-ryzen-cpus-core-truths-marketing/

Intel presentation basically calls Ryzen "snake-oil"

https://www.neowin.net/news/intel-roasts-amds-confusing-cpu-lineup-compares-it-to-selling-snake-oil/  

They took it DOWN lol

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/content-details/794505/core-truths-how-the-latest-technology-is-not-always-what-it-seems.html

https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-posts-blatantly-hypocritical-marketing-attack-on-amd-and-then-takes-it-straight-down/

Quote Jeremy Laird: https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-posts-blatantly-hypocritical-marketing-attack-on-amd-and-then-takes-it-straight-down/#:~:text=Intel%27s%20infamous%2014nm%20Skylake%20architecture%2C%20which%20came%20out%20in%202015%20and%20was%20then%20rebadged%20as%20Kaby%20Lake%20in%202017.%20Oh%2C%20and%20rebadged%20again%20as%20Coffee%20Lake.%20Skylake%20wasn%27t%20truly%20replaced%20on%20the%20desktop%20until%202021%2C%20by%20which%20point%20it%20had%20been%20sold%20as%206th%20Gen%2C%207th%20Gen%2C%208th%20Gen%2C%209th%20Gen%2C%20and%20finally%2010th%20Gen.

Recalls Intel’s “real-world performance” marketing campaign against AMD in 2019

https://www.pcgamesn.com/intel/worlds-best-gaming-processor-challenge-amd-ryzen-3000

AMD AI Chip launch

https://www.investopedia.com/amd-to-launch-ai-chip-wednesday-that-could-heat-up-competition-with-nvidia-8410872

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-announces-ryzen-8045hs-8040hs-and-8040u-hawk-point-series-powered-by-zen4-rdna3-and-xdna

 

WHERE’S WILL SMITH?

Google Launches Gemini

https://www.wired.com/story/google-gemini-ai-model-chatgpt/

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/06/google-launches-its-largest-and-most-capable-ai-model-gemini.html

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/google-announces-ai-system-gemini-after-turmoil-at-rival-openai-10835335

Visual example of “OpenAI Chaos”

https://arstechnica.com/ai/2023/12/openai-board-reportedly-felt-manipulated-by-ceo-altman/

ChatGPT and AI in general has been the overarching theme of tech over the past year

https://www.pcgamer.com/chatgpt-is-wikipedias-most-viewed-article-in-2023-beating-out-last-years-winner-which-was-checks-notes-jeffery-dahmer/

 

NOT POGGERS

Twitch Leaves South Korea

https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2023/12/05/an-update-on-twitch-in-korea/

Alleges that network fees are 10x higher than other countries – they’ve been operating at a loss

https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/twitch-is-ending-services-in-south-korea-from-early-2024/

Trying to help streamers migrate to other services

https://qz.com/twitch-shutting-down-in-south-korea-amazon-1851076203

Apparently due to anti-net neutrality policy adopted by South Korea

https://fortune.com/2023/12/06/twitch-exits-south-korea-prohibitive-costs-fair-share-net-neutrality-facebook-amazon-youtube/

 

QUICK BITS

 

BEEP BEEP

‘Beeper Mini’ brings iMessage support to Android, no Apple sign-in required 

https://9to5google.com/2023/12/05/beeper-mini-imessage-android-app/  

https://www.beeper.com/ 

co-founder explains https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38531759  

Writer from 9to5Google says it works, no intermediary

https://twitter.com/MaxWinebach/status/1732054037443305674?t=JH3lUmCU6cMWPy8BM1x3Tw&s=09

 

AMNESIA: INSTAGRAM

Audio has vanished from Instagram’s oldest videos

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/5/23987784/instagram-old-videos-missing-audio

People losing sound from old memories.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Instagram/comments/13x6g29/why_do_my_old_videos_on_instagram_have_no_sound/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Instagram/comments/13575sh/comment/jz6618f/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Instagram/comments/13575sh/comment/k2fy1bm/

Meta is working to fix the issue

https://lmg.gg/crmHt

 

PEEPING PRIME

Judge denies Amazon motion to dismiss lawsuit over bathroom spycams sold on its platform

https://www.theregister.com/2023/12/05/amazon_camera_hook_case_proceeds/

Complaint

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.wvsd.235914/gov.uscourts.wvsd.235914.10.0.pdf

Waybackmachine of the listing – including photo of a man in a balaclava spying on a bathroom?

https://web.archive.org/web/20230527030738/https://www.amazon.com/Clothes-Detection-Wireless-Security-Recorder/dp/B0BJDK7VLM/

 

PAY TO STAY

Microsoft to offer consumers paid W10 security updates  

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/plan-for-windows-10-eos-with-windows-11-windows-365-and-esu/ba-p/4000414

https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/5/23988896/microsoft-windows-10-extended-security-updates-consumers-paid 

https://www.neowin.net/editorials/paid-extended-windows-10-support-will-be-a-nightmare-for-consumers/

 

SCANNERS

The UK is trying to age gate porn again, this time with face scans

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/unproven-ai-face-scans-may-estimate-age-for-access-in-uk/

https://www.wired.com/story/the-uks-controversial-online-safety-act-is-now-law/

One problem: There’s “little evidence that the AI method of age estimation will be fair, reliable, or effective.”  https://lmg.gg/d8fj7 (Ars Technica)

Already using face scan for liquor purchases

https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/01/09/trial-of-a-face-scanner-that-estimates-your-age-may-spell-the-end-of-being-idd-buying-alco