TikTok ban law passed, Snapdragon X Elite lineup, Cybertruck goofs + more! - TechLinked April 24, 2024

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TIK TOK BLOCK

US bans TikTok owner ByteDance, will prohibit app in US unless it is sold

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/23/tech/congress-tiktok-ban-what-next/index.html 

TikTok vows to fight 'unconstitutional' US ban

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c87zp82247yo 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/apr/24/why-is-us-threatening-to-ban-tiktok-and-could-other-countries-follow-suit 

https://apnews.com/article/india-tiktok-ban-us-china-9ae5223bce78c56e5d22a1f2e86510f0 

Biden signs bill criticized as “major expansion of warrantless surveillance”

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/4608430-biden-signs-bill-extending-federal-warrantless-surveillance-powers/ 

 

SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER

Snapdragon X Elite laptops coming this summer

https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/processors/the-full-snapdragon-x-cpu-line-up-has-now-been-unveiled-and-according-to-qualcomms-numbers-it-should-put-the-fear-of-arm-into-amd-and-intels-laptop-divisions/ 

https://videocardz.com/newz/qualcomm-snapdragon-x-plus-specifications-and-performance-leak-out 

https://www.tomshardware.com/qualcomm-snapdragon-x-series-everything-we-know 

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2311599/snapdragons-new-x-elite-chip-list-is-just-elon-musk-baby-names.html 

 

DRY CLEAN ONLY

The Cyber Truck isn’t waterproof

https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/20/cybertruck_car_wash_mode/ 

Corrosion due to stainless steel

https://www.wired.com/story/this-is-why-teslas-stainless-steel-cybertrucks-may-be-rusting/ 

But it’s got a WADE MODE? https://electrek.co/2024/02/21/tesla-cybertruck-drives-through-water-real-world-wade-mode-test/ 

Tesla profits drop 55% as Elon Musk dodges cheap car questions

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-profits-drop-55-as-elon-musk-dodges-cheap-car-questions/ 

B.C. bans self-driving vehicles on its roads

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7179030 

Elon Musk wants to turn Tesla’s fleet into AWS for AI

https://www.theverge.com/24139142/elon-musk-tesla-aws-distributed-compute-network-ai 

 

QUICK BITS

 

COOKIE CLICKER

Google Delays Cookie Phase-Out for the 3rd time following Regulatory Pushback

https://www.wsj.com/tech/google-delays-cookie-phase-out-following-regulatory-pushback-65348572?mod=rss_Technology 

https://www.adweek.com/programmatic/google-delays-cookie-deprecation-for-the-third-time/

https://digiday.com/marketing/google-delays-third-party-cookie-demise-yet-again/ 

 

RABBIT RABBIT1

Rabbit R1 pickup party recap

https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/live/rabbit-r1-launch-liveblog 

Engadget’s Cherlynn Low hated the AI Pin, but seems optimistic about the R1

https://www.engadget.com/rabbit-r1-hands-on-already-more-fun-and-accessible-than-the-humane-ai-pin-163622560.html

https://mashable.com/article/rabbit-r1-launch-party 

 

NEIN PROZENT

Some Intel CPUs lost 9% of their performance almost overnight, as ASUS attempts to fix instability issues

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/intel-baseline-profile-tested/ 

https://videocardz.com/newz/intel-baseline-profile-tested-with-core-i9-14900k-8-9-performance-loss-compared-to-asus-auto-settings 

https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/intel-fix-for-gaming-instability-slows-performance-by-9-in-some-workloads  

 

HE SEES YOU WHEN YOU’RE SLEEPING

Nissan has animatronic toy to monitor children in backseats of cars, supposedly can tell when they’re sleeping or awake

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/24/24139097/nissan-iruyo-animatronic-baby-car-toy 

https://www.wired.com/story/nissan-iruyo-furry-robotic-puppet-comforts-your-crying-baby-while-you-drive/ 

https://www.designboom.com/technology/iruyo-nissan-robots-babysit-children-akachan-honpo-02-06-2024/ 

 

MAN’S BEST FRIEND

You can now buy a flame-throwing robot dog for under $10,000

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/04/you-can-now-buy-a-flame-throwing-robot-dog-for-under-10000/ 

https://gizmodo.com/thermonator-the-flame-throwing-robot-dog-can-now-be-y-1851429292 

https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/you-can-now-buy-a-flame-throwing-robot-dog-its-proof-common-sense-has-gone/article_ecb05aaa-0260-11ef-85cb-1f2235296f70.html 

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