• The semi-custom Ryzen APU in the new Surface Laptop 3 is barely custom at all.  (AnandTech)
  
  It has Vega 11 graphics like the desktop APUs instead of Vega 10 like the high-end mobile APUs, and that's about it.  Standard DDR4-2400 memory too.
  
  
• Microsoft's Surface Duo is a dual-screen Android phoneblet with a 180° hinge.  (AnandTech)
  
  Not as seamless as the Galaxy Fold but probably more robust.  Each screen is 5.6", and it's powered by a Snapdragon 855, but precise specs aren't available yet.
  
  
• The Internet of Insecure Pieces of Crap (IoIPoC) strikes again.  (TechDirt)
  
  
• I still call Australia home.  (TechDirt)

  I don’t know what the mushy-headed vegans think, or why they think, but they better get this through their mushy heads: that we're changing the law in a substantial way that spells trouble, big trouble, for anyone who goes trespassing on agricultural land with the intention of disrupting agricultural production.

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• I have the flu, so updates may be shorter than normal for a few more days.
  
  
• Intel's 10th-generation Cascade Lake high-end desktop CPUs are here - accidentally.  (AnandTech)
  
  The actual launch was planned for a week from now, but then all the details leaked out so Intel said what the hell and lifted the embargo.
  
  Some people were not impressed.
  
  
  
  These are mostly minor tweaks to the 9th generation parts, but with major tweaks to the pricing.  The new 18 core part costs less than the existing 10 core, bringing Intel's pricing in line with Threadripper list prices.
  
  I expect Thirdripper to thoroughly spoil the party when it arrives in November.
  
  
• AMD's Radeon 5500 is expected to arrive next week and to compete with the GTX 1660.  (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Looks like a slightly cut down 5600, which doesn't exist yet so I'm just guessing.
  
  
• Franz Kafka is alive and well and living in Delaware.  (TechDirt)
  
  Figures.
  
  
• The Surface Laptop 3 has a custom Ryzen 7 APU from the sound of things.  (Tom's Hardware)
  
  The event is happening right now, so I'll see if I can find the full specs.
  
  
• Twitter fell over.  (Tech Crunch)
  
  It seems that they have a twisty maze of variations of their something went wrong message, all different.
  
  
• StackExchange gonna StackExchange.  (StackExchange)
  
  
• One journalist has had the Galaxy Fold for six days without destroying it.  (ZDNet)
  
  Apparently it's very well designed and robust except for the OLED panel itself, which disintegrates if someone says a bad word in its presence.
  
  

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• The rumoured 65W 12 core Ryzen 3900 is now slightly less of a rumour.  (AnandTech)
  
  Specifically, AMD has announced a Ryzen 9 Pro 3900 for corporate systems needing trusted firmware.  12 cores, 65W 3.1/4.3 GHz.  Also some lower-spec Ryzen Pro 3000 models, but that's the interesting one.
  
  
• New Microsoft Surfaces and Surface Laptops are about to be announced, and are expected to come in Intel, AMD, and Arm flavours.  (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Exactly which models get which chips we will learn soon enough.
  
  
• A new study shows pretty much what you would expect: Pirated copies of ongoing series attract new customers and can increase overall sales.  (TechDirt)
  
  But pirated copies of completed series are more likely simply to be lost sales.
  
  Given that, One Piece is safe forever.
  
  
• The only thing that can self-destruct faster than a journalist on Twitter is a corporate lawyer on Twitter.  (TechDirt)
  
  Third place goes to a snowball in a supernova.