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I do wonder, I would think 16Gb chips are less Gb per wafer so I dont know how viable though yield changes the math on that dramatically. but I think that is the plan for things like a 320bit bus 6080, so 20GB (ass pull guess, not rumor, it just needs more bandwidth the a 5080 and same memory generaion). an 8GB 6060 would be criminal imo. Considering rubin is 3nm, and rubin ultra is 2nm in 2027 for AI, I think that is a decent enough split for the supply chain limitations? The 3060 rumor is odd to me since samsung node. 2nm is already in HVM, like for zen 6 and other customers. So those are being tested and stocked up for launch. (for server, not for consumer)

On the flip side I'm very interested in the addiction you've created and it's impact on your life. That's a fantastic opportunity for research for the younger generation.

This is the first I've heard of this, looked into it, and absolutely ridiculous, does nothing for security, but as usual these ideas aren't about security. I would guess no on the Moto, I doubt Google would give their actual blessing on that.

That list is probably older than some of our youngest members. It is very much outdated. While still holding true for a lot of things, for some there are better options available now. Like for the email client, I would sooner go with Betterbird over Thunderbird. You don't need a dedicated anti virus in 2026. Especially not the bloatware that is Avast. Windows Defender is Windows Security now and does the job just fine for 99.99% of people and is literally built into windows (not a separate app), you don't need anything else. Much less a microsoft 365 subscription. The rest is just common sense (don't download stuff from weird places, look at the extension of files before opening them to see if it's not a .exe, .bat or some other executable, scan files you're not sure on VirusTotal. Or run them in a virtual machine to see what it does) and using an adblocker like uBlock Origin by gorhill (Raymond Hill) while browsing the web. It may no longer work on Chrome, but still does on Firefox and some other browsers for now. Ublock Origin Lite is the replacement, not as good though. Do NOT use "adblock plus" or one of the many fake derivatives out there. Those went to shit long ago and may as well be spyware. If you want extra placebo protection, get an actual security suite that comes with a firewall at the very least, like the Total Security suite from Bitdefender or whatever. If you just install a standalone anti virus, that is entirely useless and no better than the built-in one. OperaGX is basically a gimmick. It's Chrome with a pseudo "gamer" skin on top. It's also owned by a Chinese company if you care about that (do you want to give your data to China or to the US with Chrome?). You'd be better off using Vivaldi (Norway based), which is made by the people who initially made Opera before they got bought out. Has many of the same features as OperaGX. Without the gamer gimmicks and without the AI crap. Otherwise Firefox is where it is at if you want open source. Some people recommend Brave. But I never cared for it.

as someone with multiple sets of shokz bone phones, i can say that they are actually much better than even i thought they would be. they are my main audio device for everything even at my pc. sure they dont have the best bass, but sound quality is still very good. if you're not an audiophile, i dont think most people will have an issue with the sound quality.

For antivirus: In the past, people have recommend against using Norton/McAfee/etc in favor of Windows Defender. However, even that is now under microsoft's 365 sub umbrella. The pinned thread "Free and/or Open-source Alternatives to many Common Programs" recommends "Avast". Is this still recommended for Anti-Virus? For web browser: Been using Chrome forever and was looking to change to something else. Is that Opera GX one any good? Or perhaps Firefox?

I don't know what stock voltage is for W3520, but I was able to push 200fsb, 3.8ghz @ 1.223vcore, 1.223v uncore/qpi (3200mhz uncore, QPI 7200) with all other voltages stock. It is prime95 4k-32768k @ 22GB (24GB kit) with round error for 8h stable. The Intel XEON X5680 is arriving today when it said the 2nd of july, and not sure if it's even worth trying to overclock more of the w3520 or just be done with it and install x5680 and start overclocking

NEWS SOURCES MAIN Press has gotten their hands on the Steam Machine Shortcircuit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-x404P3g1M Valve + Prices: https://store.steampowered.com/hardware/steammachine Valve says Steam Machine's price is "significantly more" than it originally envisaged, and the launch quantity is "less than we wanted to be able to make" https://www.eurogamer.net/valve-steam-machine-price-availability-reaction LTT: https://youtu.be/6tI1SoMj5vg?si=NneXcRhzmIcCxB43&t=559 Labs ps5 comparison https://www.lttlabs.com/articles/2026/06/22/the-newell-nucleus-steam-machine-ltt-companion-article#playstation-5-comparison Reviews/Reception https://www.eurogamer.net/steam-machine-review https://www.digitalfoundry.net/reviews/steam-machine-beautiful-hardware-console-performance-at-a-price https://www.theverge.com/games/952765/steam-machine-review https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/steam-machine-review https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/gaming-pcs/the-steam-machine-is-the-biggest-victim-of-the-rampocalypse-to-date-and-thats-made-me-unreasonably-annoyed/ I GOT SSS-STEAM HEAT Valve will finally let you build your own Steam Machine with SteamOS for desktop https://www.theverge.com/games/953411/valve-steamos-desktop-nvidia Valve https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1675200/view/697641379212298072 Valve Testing AMD's FSR 4 Upscaling Ahead of Steam Machine Launch https://ca.pcmag.com/desktop-pcs/16406/valve-testing-amds-fsr-4-upscaling-ahead-of-steam-machine-launch Valve may have found a way to bring FSR4 to more players https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/hopefully-it-also-finds-its-way-to-steam-deck-valve-may-have-found-a-way-to-bring-fsr4-to-more-players https://www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/06/valve-fsr-4-is-coming-to-steam-machine-just-not-for-launch https://www.theshortcut.com/p/valves-steam-machine-just-got-a-huge-performance-boost-thanks-to-amds-fsr-4 Jack Huynh Tweet from May https://x.com/jackhuynh/status/2054904153013387273 Brad Lynch Tweet https://x.com/SadlyItsBradley/status/2068889718956134569?s=20 New web app can make Valve's Steam Controller drift across your desk like an RC car using its rumble motors https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/controllers-gamepads/web-app-drives-valves-new-steam-controller-across-the-floor-using-its-rumble-motors https://www.notebookcheck.net/Useless-but-fascinating-How-to-drive-a-Steam-Controller-like-an-RC-car.1325656.0.html https://youtu.be/g-8S8zk4dn8?si=O5vh9qYSe0EBI5h0&t=2 AI WISH I COULD QUIT YOU A study published by PEW research shows that AI usage has hit all time highs while sentiment around the technology has hit all time lows - https://www.forbes.com/sites/anishasircar/2026/06/22/americans-use-ai-more-but-trust-it-less-research-finds/ The study shows that half of US adults now use AI chatbots- https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2026/06/17/americans-and-ai-2026-chatbots-smart-devices-and-views-on-impact/ And only16% of respondents believe that AI’s impact on society will be positive - https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/17/only-16-percent-of-americans-think-ai-will-have-a-positive-impact-on-society-a-new-study-shows/ With approximately one third of respondents having no confidence the government would regulate the technology effectively - https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/american-ai-societal-impact-government-regulation-pew-study-1236783185/ And who can blame them when another study shows that Nearly 60% of TikTok videos shown to new users are AI slop https://thenextweb.com/news/tiktok-ai-slop-59-percent-new-users-kapwing-study With certain categories (like kids cartons) being way worse offenders at 97% - https://lmg.gg/kCxHo With the sloppification getting worse the further you scroll - https://storage.ghost.io/c/fb/a8/fba8736e-797b-43bb-bcba-040fb8dcfebb/content/images/2026/06/03_How-Much-AI-Slop-Does-TikTok-Show-New-Users-in-the-First-500-Videos.png Even Microsoft’s Satya Nadella seems to have turned on AI saying AI monopolies are a problem - https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/microsofts-satya-nadella-we-cant-let-ai-giants-eat-the-economy-b9d33b9f QUICK BITS 208 PROBLEMS, BUT A PATCH AIN’T ONE This month’s patchtuesday update that we reported on a couple of weeks ago has caused a TON of bugs - https://thenextweb.com/news/windows-11-kb5094126-recycle-bin-bug-patch-tuesday Since the patches were targeted at all windows versions so are the bugs, including - https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-confirms-recycle-bin-glitch-all-supported-windows Recycle Bin file name changes, Bitlocker lockouts - https://www.techtimes.com/articles/318734/20260620/windows-11-june-update-kb5094126-confirms-recycle-bin-regression-bitlocker-lockout-risk-lingers.htm And Microsoft office crashes - https://windowsnews.ai/article/microsoft-confirms-kb5094126-update-misnames-files-in-recycle-bin-dialog-also-breaks-office-ole-obje.428074 Evidently some of those 208 bugs were load bearing CANARY IN THE COALMINE Chrome is testing an Ask Gemini button that pops up wherever you highlight anything - https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/chrome-is-testing-an-ask-gemini-button-that-follows-your-text-highlights-around-the-web/ The purpose of the feature, which is only in chrome’s beta built, seems to be to make it even easier to ask gemini questions about anything you encounter online - https://windowsreport.com/chrome-tests-ask-gemini-shortcut-for-selected-text-with-instant-ai-answers/ And when clicked on it opens the Gemini side panel and starts an AI chat about the highlighted text - https://lmg.gg/775O9 NOTHIN BUT NET Shiny hunters just leaked 45 GB of Madison Square garden surveillance data - https://thenextweb.com/news/shinyhunters-madison-square-garden-45gb-data-leak-facial-recognition which has notoriously included facial recognition data after that the creep who owns MSG and the Knicks, James Dolan refused to pay them. - https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/hackers-leak-facial-recognition-records-tied-to-millions-of-madison-square-garden-visitors/ Unfortunately for Dolan, this triggered a class action lawsuit - https://news.bloomberglaw.com/privacy-and-data-security/madison-square-garden-sued-after-shinyhunters-data-leak-news MORE LIKE… AI24! HAH! Google Invests $75 Million in A24 to Develop AI-Powered Filmmaking Tools https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/google-investing-in-backrooms-studio-a24-e7585ebe https://variety.com/2026/film/news/google-a24-ai-filmmaking-tools-1236787297/ Google https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepmind/deepmind-a24-research-partnership/ TINKER TAILER SOLDIER TURTLE China's Ministry of State Security accuses "spy turtles and spy fish" of stealing sensitive marine data - https://gizmodo.com/chinas-ministry-of-state-security-accuses-spy-turtles-and-spy-fish-of-stealing-sensitive-marine-data-2000774211 According to a post on WeChat the ministry of state security claims that - There is an “an unseen covert war of espionage is quietly unfolding” - https://lmg.gg/1Fu1h Editor: this is in chinese so you’ll need to translate the page This evidently is part of a recent pattern of marine animals being used for espionage - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-spy-turtles-and-fish-foreign-intelligence-agencies/ Including reports from 2023 when Russia was reportedly using spy dolphins to counter enemy divers in the crimean peninsula -https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-training-dolphins-for-combat-in-ukraine-crimea-uk-says/ And 2019 when a norwegian town discovered a Beluga whale which had been collecting intel for russia - https://www.cbsnews.com/news/beluga-whale-linked-to-russian-military-is-affectionate-fetches-rings-for-locals-in-norway/ And in 2003 when a young adventurous clownfish stole the hearts of children all over the world - https://movies.disney.com/finding-nemo

Can you explain what you think this is, how it works and why you think it is bad? I ask you to explain this because I feel like you have misunderstood something and are jumping to conclusions.

bill was up 20 from last month and mostly due to temps hitting and stay at 100 out side. i could run the dual gpu rig but issue is limited ac in house and power cost.

I'm surprised at the number of people that are surprised a PC is priced as a PC

Valve is such between a rock and a hard place. I don't envy their position. I think they can play with the pricing on the frame more due to leaving the Steam ecosystem being more complicated on a VR + ARM device.

I think a lot of techies are overestimating how much folks "know what these things cost". Folks are gonna see "box that make PC gaming go" and throw money at it so I agree. I have a very non-techy friend who seems ready to throw money on this thing even at $1k just because of what it offers- unparalleled PC gaming convenience out of the box. Like brother saw the price and asked me if he should get the 2TB lol He's not even "rich" or anything like that this is just something he kinda wants and I think a lot of people are gonna feel the same and eat the currently bloated price. And then eventually GemiCopiloGPT will crash and burn () and prices will lower () and then the more budget conscious gamers will get their fill. I'm not looking forward to the Steam Frame pricing. I want one more than I should and I just... god what if it's Valve Index priced

I read audio quality of bone conduction ear phones are not the greatest. But I dont have personal experience with bone conductiing ear phones are AMSR. I personally use some Alpine ear plugs that block like 22 dB worth of sound.