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AMD Big Navi Event

Sam Greenwood

First off I don’t know much about GPU stuff but I’ll still cover it, at the end of the article I’ll link to other sources with more detailed reporting. Yesterday AMD held an announcement event where the detailed their new lineup of 6000 Series GPUs. 6000 Series has a bunch of new features Nvidia’s previous generation had and some new ones. The new GPUs are built on AMD’s 7nm process and will support Microsoft’s Direct Storage API. They also announced that the new gen GPUs will also have some fancy interfacing features with AMD GPUs. Specs 6800 6800 XT 6900 … Continue reading AMD Big Navi Event

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Apple ‘time flies’ Event

Sam Greenwood

On Tuesday Apple held their annual September product announcement event. Like WWDC it was a prerecorded event which was good but I think that the format works better for WWDC. At the event they announced updates to the iPad and Apple Watch lineups, they also announced a lot of updates around services. Apple Watch At the event they announced two new Apple Watch models the SE (budget model akin to the iPhone SE) and the Series 6. They also lowered the price of the Series 3 to $199. SE The SE is has most of the features that the past … Continue reading Apple ‘time flies’ Event

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WWDC 2020

Sam Greenwood

I only realized that I never posted this. It was supposed to be posted in June the week of WWDC. This is being posted now for archival purposes so it could be read as a reference for new content. This week Apple held their annual WWDC developer conference. For the first time, it was entirely online and free for everyone. For the first time, I’ve decided to cover both the Keynote and the Platforms State of the Union (which I’ve never covered before because it usually an in-person only event which is only available online to developers if anyone). In … Continue reading WWDC 2020

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This Week In Tech – May 31 2020

Sam Greenwood

This weeks article won’t be that long because this weekend I’ve been focusing on SpaceX DM-2. I plan to write a full article on it. This week Trump and Twitter get into a mess, Trump signs an Executive Order regarding social media companies, there will be a PS4 event on Monday, Starlink signs with the US Army and, more in the Other News section. DM-2 It’s been a big week in space this week, after being scrubbed on Wednesday SpaceX and NASA successfully launched DM-2 yesterday. This was a milestone mission because it was the first manned commercial crew mission. … Continue reading This Week In Tech – May 31 2020

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Analysis Of The Social Media Executive Order

Sam Greenwood

On Thursday, President Trump signed an executive order that challenges the safe harbour protections given to social media companies. As I am not American nor a lawyer I asked YouTuber (host of Lawful Masses) and copyright lawyer Leonard French his opinion. Here’s what he said: It basically does nothing except order a nearly-meaningless review of social media platforms by the NTIA, FCC, FTC, and Attorney General. The strongest thing it does is attempt to remove advertising dollars that the Federal gov’t may have been spending on unnamed social media platforms that “violate free speech”. The worst consequence from that may … Continue reading Analysis Of The Social Media Executive Order

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This Week In Tech – May 9, 2020

Sam Greenwood

This week Apple announced an upgraded 13-inch MacBook Pro, 2 major acquisitions happened this week, Microsoft held a Hardware event, Facebook announced half of their security oversight board and, the California AG sues Uber and Lyft. Also, Google pivots messaging strategy and Google shutters Sidewalk Labs. New MacBook Pro On Monday, Apple announced a new version of the MacBook Pro. It’s currently available in a 15-Inch variant. It has an A13X processor, starts at 16GB of RAM and 256 GB (up to 1TB in the standard configuration and a max of 4TB). It also loses that Butterfly keyboard for the … Continue reading This Week In Tech – May 9, 2020

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Microsoft Hardware Event

Sam Greenwood

On Wednesday, Microsoft held a hardware event announcing new Surface devices. They announced Surface Go 2 and, Surface Book 3, they also announced some accessories. The Surface Go 2 has a 10.5-inch screen with an Intel Core M processor and 4GB (base) of RAM. Storage-wise it has a whoppingly tiny compacity of 64 GB eMMC and a 128 GB SSD. in a variety of colors, including Platinum, Black, Poppy Red, and Ice Blue. Surface Go 2 starts at $399 and will be available starting May 12. The Surface Book 3 is available in 13 and 15-inch models have 10th Gen … Continue reading Microsoft Hardware Event

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This Week In Tech – May 3, 2020

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This week a vulnerability was discovered in 28 antivirus programs, the Oscars announced new guidelines for streaming films to qualify, a US Senator is pushing for a criminal antitrust investigation into Amazon, NASA announces commercial moon lander and, ICANN makes a decision about .org. Like every week there’s more in the Other News section and an update on Let’s Talk Tech. symlink bugs found in 28 antivirus apps On Sunday, security researchers from RACK911 Labs announced in a report that they discovered a symlink vulnerability in 28 antivirus apps. The vulnerability allows attackers to delete files required by antivirus software … Continue reading This Week In Tech – May 3, 2020

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This Week In Tech – April 28, 2020

Sam Greenwood

Australia makes Facebook, Google and, others pay for news content, Apple Watch turns 5 years old, Motorola Hardware Event and, the Hubble Space Telescope turns 30. Like every week there’s more in the Other News section and an update on Let’s Talk Tech. Australia On Monday the government of Australia passed a regulation requiring Google and Facebook to pay local publishers to show snippets of the publisher’s articles that are shown in search, The idea isn’t new, in 2014 Google stopped offering Google News in Spain because of similar legislation. Both FB and Google released statements saying that they believe … Continue reading This Week In Tech – April 28, 2020