The Tech Thread

FrostyWinnipeg · October 25, 2022

Ottawa rejects Rogers's bid for access to Shaw's wireless frequencies

Canada needs a 3rd national telecom behemoth. Thought it would be Shaw or Telus. Selling off Shaw to Rogers not helping.

MTS to Bell, the biggest telco in Canada not help.

CRTC…not sure if good or bad.

Edited October 26, 2022 by FrostyWinnipeg

FrostyWinnipeg · October 30, 2022

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/hardware/466501-under-the-hood-of-a-262tb-netflix-cache-server.html

Edited October 30, 2022 by FrostyWinnipeg

Tracker · November 3, 2022

You're welcome :)

FrostyWinnipeg · November 30, 2022

To All LastPass Customers...

Edited November 30, 2022 by FrostyWinnipeg

FrostyWinnipeg · December 22, 2022

https://techcrunch.com/2022/12/22/lastpass-customer-password-vaults-stolen/

Tracker · December 26, 2022

Quick, give an upvote for the saltwater battery, as solar and wind power storage for zero-energy houses while the economy and politics are still fighting for dominance in the energy carrier market

Tracker · December 26, 2022

May be an image of 3 people, car and text that says 'Mike Sington @MikeSington Tesla crushed in Consumer Reports reliability rankings, found to be one of the most unreliable brands in America. teslarati.com teslarati Tesla crushed in Consumer Reports reliability rankings despite improvement 8:25a.m. 22Dec22 830K Views 6,548 Retweets 568 Quote Tweets 18.1K ikes'

FrostyWinnipeg · January 5, 2023

Tracker · January 5, 2023

5 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

That ought to really confuse the eyewitnesses.

Tracker · January 11, 2023

The ‘Pill cam’ once swallowed, takes 2 photos every second as it passes through your digestive system. Whole new level of medical investigation.

awesome random

Tracker · January 12, 2023

Uh oh

Tracker · January 12, 2023

And suddenly she dies under mysterious circumstances

Sard · January 12, 2023

49 minutes ago, Tracker said:

Too bad it will likely never be commercially available. I would love to see a company come out with a product like this, but the shortsightedness of capitalist companies will never allow it.

FrostyWinnipeg · January 12, 2023

Intel breaks the 6GHz barrier with $699 Core i9-13900KS processor https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/12/23551748/intel-6ghz-processor-core-i9-13900k-release-date-price

Tracker · January 16, 2023

Intel’s new desktop processor reaches 6GHz without overclocking

Intel has just introduced a new desktop processor, the Core i9-13900KS, that can reach up to 6GHz without overclocking, making it the fastest desktop processor available. This is made possible by the processor's Thermal Velocity Boost feature, which allows the chip to run faster when it’s cool enough.

The i9-13900KS is an upgraded version of the i9-13900K, which Intel released last fall. The main differences between the two processors are that the older chip reached a maximum speed of 5.8GHz and had a lower base power of 125W compared to 150W in the new chip. However, the i9-13900KS has the same number of cores (24), amount of cache (36MB) and number of PCIe lanes (20) as the i9-13900K. In addition, the new processor is compatible with Z790 and Z690 motherboards; however, an updated BIOS is recommended.

The Thermal Velocity Boost is a feature in 11th Gen and later Intel Core chips that lets them run faster when they’re cool. It does this by increasing the clock frequency by 100 MHz when the temperature is below a threshold of 70 degrees C. However, you'll need a good cooling solution to get the most out of it.