Intel’s Mobo Problem, MSI Discontinues GPUs, Meta’s Gross Ads, + More! - TechLinked April 29, 2024

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LOW INTEL-IGENCE

Intel blames motherboard makers for stability issues

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/97885/intel-blames-motherboard-makers-for-stability-issues-with-its-13th-and-14th-core-i9-processors/index.html

Igor’s Lab obtains message to motherboard manufacturers https://www.igorslab.de/en/intel-releases-the-13th-and-14th-generation-k-sku-processor-instability-issue-update/

Tell mobo manufactuers to go easy on BIOS settings https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/29/intel_cpu_instability_motherboards/

Hardware Unboxed says Intel doesn’t clearly define power specification; recommends “broad range of  possible settings” for “the better part of a decade” https://youtu.be/OdF5erDRO-c?t=210

Claim Intel doesn’t consider boards running without power limits to be out of spec https://youtu.be/OdF5erDRO-c?t=231

PC Gamer https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/processors/intel-points-at-motherboard-vendors-for-recent-cpu-instability-issues-but-the-chip-maker-isnt-entirely-blame-free/

Point out Intel tests on these boards for marketing purposes https://lmg.gg/yMjJR (PC Gamer)

 

RADE-GONE

MSI stops caring about Radeon cards; discontinues RX 7000 and prioritizes GeForce RTX

https://videocardz.com/newz/msi-confirms-focus-on-geforce-rtx-gpus-as-msi-radeon-cards-are-disappearing-from-stores

Mysteriously disappeared 3 days ago https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/msi-rx-7000-series-graphics-cards-mysteriously-disappear-amd-commitment-questioned-as-supply-dissolves-worldwide

MSI didn’t release a 7800 XT or 7700 XT when they came out https://lmg.gg/bRZN3 (Tom’s Hardware)

MSI issues statement to German outlet Hardwareluxx https://lmg.gg/JX0wP

Statement in question: https://lmg.gg/YCUdS (Hardwareluxx)

It’s still weird that the MSI Claw is the only gaming handheld to use Intel https://www.techradar.com/computing/gaming-computers/msi-claw-becomes-the-first-gaming-handheld-to-feature-intel-meteor-lake-chip

 

GROSS NEGLIGENCE

Thousands of explicit AI “girlfriend” ads on Meta platforms

https://mashable.com/article/explicit-ai-girlfriend-ads-found-on-meta

According to an investigation by Wired https://www.wired.com/story/ads-for-explicit-ai-girlfriends-swarming-facebook-and-instagram/

Apples removes nonconsensual AI nude apps after 404media investigates

https://www.404media.co/apple-removes-nonconsensual-ai-nude-apps-following-404-media-investigation/

PC Mag’s report https://www.pcmag.com/news/apple-pulls-3-generative-ai-apps-being-used-to-make-deepfake-nudes

Gross taglines https://lmg.gg/Tlkxz (PC Mag)

Meta’s Advantage+ shopping campaigns https://www.facebook.com/business/help/1362234537597370

Meta’s AI ad tools blowing through cash https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/28/24141585/meta-ai-advantage-plus-automated-ad-glitch-cpm

 

QUICK BITS

 

THE RIGHT ALTMAN FOR THE JOB

Federal AI safety board includes Sam Altman, Jensen Huang

https://www.axios.com/2024/04/26/altman-mayorkas-dhs-ai-safety-board

https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/26/jensen_huang_and_sam_altman/

https://www.engadget.com/openais-sam-altman-and-other-tech-leaders-join-the-federal-ai-safety-board-120334742.html

 

IT’S OVER 8000

AMD’s cancelled Radeon RX 8000 GPU may have been a banger

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-cancelled-radeon-rx-8000-gpu-could-have-featured-over-200-compute-units

https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/rdna4-cdna3-architectures-thread.2602668/page-92#post-41199563

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/amd-canceled-rdna-4-flagship-specs-leaked/

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/97887/amds-cancelled-high-end-radeon-rx-8900-xtx-had-50-more-shader-engines-than-7900/index.html

 

 

EU DID THIS TO YOURSELF

iPadOS designated a Gatekeeper service by EU

https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/29/ipados-dma/ 

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_2363

https://www.reuters.com/technology/apples-ipados-designated-gatekeeper-under-eu-tech-rules-eu-says-2024-04-29/

 

THEY LACK VISION

Vision Pro 2 pushed to late 2026, apple wants to make cheaper headset first

https://www.uploadvr.com/apple-vision-pro-2-2026-cheaper-headset-first/

Obligatory Gurman https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-04-28/apple-rivals-retool-to-compete-with-iphone-and-vision-pro-ios-18-and-ai-details-lvjhucsv

Lines up with analyst Ming-Chi Kuo’s earlier reporting https://medium.com/@mingchikuo/apple-cuts-2024-2025-vision-pro-shipment-forecasts-unfavorable-to-mr-headset-pancake-and-micro-38796834f930

Cutting production before headset even debuts outside US

Gurman says Apple doesn’t know how to make a cheaper headset https://lmg.gg/hyIx9 (Bloomberg)

 

AI TAKEOVER POSTPONED DUE TO BAD PR

First ever autonomous racing league is bad

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/i-watched-the-first-autonomous-racing-league-event-and-while-it-certainly-wasnt-exciting-it-was-unintentionally-hilarious/

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/27/24142989/a2rl-autonomous-race-cars-f1-abu-dhabi

https://futurism.com/the-byte/self-driving-formula-1-car-crashes-into-wall-at-first-autonomous-race-event