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Efficiency is one thing. Efficiency and performance is another. We've long known that pushing clock speeds results in diminishing efficiency, so it's about time we see Intel stop p…

> This backdoor only appears on decades-old VIA C3 embedded x86 processors Modern Intel and AMD chips also have separate CPU cores that neither the user nor the installed OS contro…

Intel chips also have a hardware backdoor in the form of a separate core that the neither the user nor the installed operating system control. Intel Management Engine: https://www.…

Fixed, thanks.

As mentioned in the blog post's footnote, the bottleneck may just be on the NAS side: > this real-world speed limitation could also be related to my use of my lower-power Arm NAS (…

Rye bread, cheddar, and a 50/50 mix of butter and bacon grease in the pan.

WindowsRT and Windows S were already attempts to lock down Windows to only allow apps from an app store. Secure Boot initially didn't allow the install of operating systems other t…

"You can delay this update for a little while" simply isn't the same thing as "you still have full control over updates". It's right up there with Microsoft's "you are not allowed …

The base level M5 doesn't just have more memory than the base level M2. The memory bandwidth is bumped up by 50%, and the size of the on-die system level cache is bumped up by 50% …

The M5 SSD's performance uplift was fairly substantial, even when compared to the prior generation. > In the Blackmagic Disk Speed Test, the SSD in the M5 MacBook Pro achieved read…

It doesn't work with Windows anymore, since Microsoft no longer allows the user to control their own computer. However, Software Update on Apple devices still allows you to turn of…

As we used to say in the Windows world, wait for service pack 3.

The most consequential public health failure during COVID was the denial that COVID was airborne, based on no scientific evidence. The infection spread based on being in the same e…

What a great resource! Thanks

Since the loss of Anandtech, have any of the other tech websites started publishing SPEC results for systems they test?

Thanks for finding that. > The Clang workload uses the Clang compiler to compile the Lua interpreter, a popular open-source language interpreter. People really shouldn't call Geekb…

In the past, they have provided information on which workloads they use. For instance, the file compression workload on version 6: This workload compresses and decompresses the Rub…

They do mention that the change is meant to reflect how real world programs handle various types of workloads. > In Geekbench 7, a workload only runs in multi-threaded mode if the …

You do know that we are discussing something that Apple talked about doing, but never did vs. something that Google has been doing for years? And no, this particular article about …

Informed consent would require Google to inform you that their AI server will scan every photo you take with your device and report you to the police if it should detect (or halluc…

Did he set up his device to upload his private data to Google, or did Google create an OS that automatically sent everyone's private data to their AI server for scanning without ex…

This is an image that he did not send off of his device to anyone except his doctor's office, yet Google reached into his private data and scanned it anyway. Google reported him to…

> I feel that Apple open pandora's box with the client-side scanning. That box has been open for years now. Big brother is already watching what you do on your Android device. > A …

They do mention that the 8 Gig version of the laptop is stuttering while just working on Google Docs in a way that the 16 Gig version does not. > The Surface Laptop would hang for …