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meets a computer, that can inspire a generation.
Now get out there and live, go tech.
- [James] How long do you spend on these?
- I love tech news.
Windows 11's launch was plagued by bugs,
one of which caused performance drops on Ryzen processors.
And after an initial patch, actually made performance worse,
A second patch seemed to fix the issue.
Well, YouTube channel Hardware Unboxed has discovered
that that fix only applies if you plan to never swap out
your CPU.
- [James] I don't.
- Well they tried, and well, the front fell off.
I'm using that reference again.
You remember that? - [James] No.
- You never watched this skit,
apparently swapping your current EMDC view
for a different one, causes the L three cash issue
to return, causing significant drops in gaming performance.
The report was corroborated by PC boutique PowerGPU.
And while there hasn't been any kind of confirmation
from other sources or response from Microsoft or AMD,
I feel confident another patch is incoming that will fix
the fix that fixd the first fix.
It's like they're coding these patches with an iFixit kit.
It's like typing with a screwdriver or something.
Figure it out.
Roblox is finally back online after a lengthy outage
that started on Thursday night and lasted deep into Sunday,
causing many children to spiral into depression.
Many people speculated that the outage was caused
because of a promotion that Roblox was doing with
burrito chain Chipotle.
As the promo went live only around 30 minutes
before the outage hit.
- [James] Chipobla. - Chipa.
But Roblox issued a statement denying the TexMex cuisine
had anything to do with this.
They cause lots of issues sometimes, but not here.
Apparently the real cause of the outage was quote unquote.
growth in the number of servers in their datacenters.
Tried spraying it with server killer, it just keeps growing,
it can't stop.
Obviously server maintenance is a common cause of downtime,
but it was a notably long outage,
for a game that has over 40 million people playing it
every day.
- [James] Every man, woman, and child in Canada.
- Will eventually live - [James] On Roblox
inside a Roblox verse.
If you own an EV that isn't a Tesla, you might be
a little jealous of Tesla's network of Superchargers.
- [James] So dope.
- I wish it was James.
Tesla's Superchargers can charge you up quickly
and frankly, they sound way cooler than like Eco-Plug
or whatever this special parking spot is called
at your local Safeway.
I don't want to park there.
Up until now, you had to drive a Tesla EV
in order to use Superchargers, but now Tesla is going to
start allowing other brands of EV to use them.
Starting out with 10 stations in the Netherlands
- [James] The nether regions, the crotch.
- We'll let you try it down there.
You'll have to download the app and select
"charge your inferior non Tesla car" to locate a station
near you.
If the pilot project works out,
it'll probably expand elsewhere.
And if it does horribly well, those Dutch had it coming.
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Apple is planning to roll out a car crash detection feature
for iPhones and Apple Watches,
which will be able to automatically dial 911,
even if you're incapacitated.
This functionality has already been around for quite a while
on Google's Pixel line, updating back to the Pixel three.
- [James] Really?
- Yeah, I didn't know that,
but not everything has to be about competition.
I mean, look at the iOS app store,
- [James] No competition at all.
- CaseLabs was a favorite among PC DIY enthusiasts
for high quality custom cooling friendly cases
before they went bankrupt in 2018.
But now it looks like they're set for a comeback
as the company is under new ownership.
It's unclear exactly when they'll start selling cases again,
but it's great news for folks who really like aluminum
- [James] A flat.
- and like saying it the right way.
- [James] A dash slabs.
- Okay slabs, Amazon's project Kuiper Q, cuiper,
- [James] Que-ee.
- sounds creepy, finally has a launch date,
the fourth quarter of 2022.
And it'll start sending up internet caring satellites
to compete with Elon Musk's Starlink.
Starlink, starlunk, Starlink already has more than
1700 satellites in orbit,
but Amazon eventually wants to get over three thousands
of its own up there, over the next 10 years.
- [James] I love space junk.
- More.
I have no doubt Jeff Bezos will make it happen,
he'll probably go up there himself to make sure
everything's good, that would be cool.
Careful though, space is dangerous.
He could do it though.
- [James] Yeah, Hell yeah Brother.
- I'm wearing a cowboy hat now.
Two popular tech blogs are closing their doors for good
Hexus and Bit-Tech, both publications run by David Ross
out of the UK have been used by us many times
as sources on Tech Link.
The sites didn't make it clear why exactly they're calling
it quits, but it sounds like the staff will be starting
a new website.
So not all will be lost for loyal readers,
from one tech news outlet to another,
let's pour one out for them.
- [James] Pass that for respect.
- It would have been more respectful if I actually had a
- [James] All right.
- Hit F 12 to inspect.
And scientists have created a new so-called
5D optical storage medium, that can hold 500 terabytes
of data on a piece of glass, roughly the size of a CD.
It uses nanoscale dots embedded in the glass that can be
manipulated with extremely fast laser pulses.
Right speed is somewhat slow at 230 kilobytes per second,
but the medium is supposed to last nearly 14 billion years
- [James] The age of the end baby.
- and tolerate temperatures up to
a thousand degrees Celsius.
So we should be done writing everything to it by the time
the heat death of the universe happens
or another earth develops, I guess,
is that what you're saying?
Could that, is that science?
- [James] Asexually by budding.
Better in this episode before that happens though,
so come back on Wednesday for more Tech News,
it just keeps happening.
Never stops.