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However, unlike their rollout of USB-C on iPhones, |
which happened because of EU pressure, |
side loading may only be allowed in the EU itself. |
But while Apple is preparing to do the unthinkable, |
letting their users decide something for themselves, |
the trillion dollar company is reportedly also quietly cooking up a Hail Mary in the form of several appeals, |
challenging the EU's decision to label the iOS app store and iMessage as gatekeeper services. |
Apple doesn't think of itself as gatekeeping anything. |
And if they are, it's more like a girl boss gaslight situation. |
Like, wow, yes, queen. |
Constructive criticism isn't real. |
Anyway, get ready to provide a whole new level of tech support for your iPhone using friends. |
In other Apple news, concerns over the company's decision |
to limit the base model M3 MacBook Pro to eight gigabytes of RAM, sorry, unified memory, |
have been somewhat validated, |
according to YouTuber Max Tech. |
He put an eight gigabyte and a 16 gigabyte M3 MacBook Pro head to head, |
and found that, unsurprising to nearly everyone, |
the 16 gigabyte laptop enjoys a sizable performance boost over the eight gigabyte model, |
exporting photos and videos as much as three times faster, |
despite only having two times the remembering power. |
Now, enthusiasts only got more upset about Apple's decision to under-equip the base model MacBook Pro |
after the company's VP of worldwide marketing, Bob Borchers, |
totally borked himself by telling Billy Billy creator, Yee Lee |
that eight gigabytes of RAM on the M3 MacBook |
Pro is analogous to 16 gigabytes on other systems. |
Now, you can acknowledge that Apple's software and hardware optimization is high art, |
while also being glad you weren't drinking some delicious 2% milk when you heard Borchers claim. |
Because I changed my pants enough times in one day, okay? |
But hey, at least Apple used two separate NAND modules for the storage this time. |
Well, Apple asked for that. |
They don't care. |
Intel has been waiting its turn to be called out for some nonsense, |
so thank goodness that MSI released a BIOS update for its Z790 motherboards |
that enables support for the incredibly generic sounding |
Intel Application Optimization feature, or APO. |
The feature is actually pretty cool. |
Hardware Unboxed did some testing with their now updated MSI boards, |
and credited APO as a fix |
for the way Intel's efficiency cores, or E-cores, handle gaming. |
But despite sounding like something that should work on pretty much any Intel chip with efficiency cores, |
like the 12th and 13th gen lineups, |
APO only works on select 14th gen core processors. |
And when Hub asked Intel, |
what's the deal with that? |
Intel gave a bone chillingly corporate response. |
Intel has no plans to support prior generation products with application optimization. |
Hello? |
I'm a human being. |
I have feelings. |
Beep boop. |
Hardware Unboxed also asked Intel |
if they plan to support more than the only two games that work with APO right now, |
Metro Exodus and Rainbow Six Siege, |
to which Intel replied, yeah, probably. |
Quick Bits, man, they are, they're so cool. |
I'm in a rush today. |
I didn't have time to think of something amazing. |
Okay, well, |
NVIDIA has announced the H200, |
an upgraded version of the H1. |
The H200 GPU, |
which is so in demand for running AI right now |
that the US's dollar value might get tethered to it soon. |
The H200's specs appear to be largely similar to the H100's, |
except for the memory, |
which is upgraded from HBM3 to HBM3e, |
boosting memory bandwidth, clocks, and capacity. |
The H100 had 80 gigabytes of VRAM, |
while the H200 has 141. |
Think about all the things you could do with that. |
Like emulate 8.88 gigabyte M3 Macbook Pros |
Yeah, you're gonna do the math. |
RTX 4090s are still pouring into repair shops with melted power plugs |
more than a year after problems with the card's 12 volt high power connector were first reported, |
according to Alex from Northridge Fix on YouTube. |
He says his repair shop still gets about 20 to 25 4090s in per week, |
proving once and for all that the 4090 owners |
just didn't plug them in right, guys. |
You gotta push it all the way in. |
It's your fault. |
Thankfully, PCI SIG has now redesigned the connector, |
so hopefully future generations of financially questionable decision makers |
won't endure the suffering you have. |
It's not actually your fault. |
I was joking. |
Stop writing that comment. |
Australia's ports are reopening after being shut down by a massive cyber attack three days ago, |
according to DP World Australia, |
which is not related to what you're thinking of. |
It's actually the country's biggest ports operator, |
which still sounds... |
Damn it. |
The cyber attack caused huge delays and congestion, |
and some data was apparently stolen by the perpetrators, |
who are believed to be foreign state actors. |
But I reckon they should see whether the front fell off. |
Widely reported issues with SanDisk Extreme Pro SSDs |
are the result of hardware issues unfixable by any firmware update, |
according to data recovery company Atingo. |