Thursday, July 16
Daily News Stuff 16 July 2026
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It's not Frieren without a closing theme by Milet.
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- The latest scandal of a fatal failure of Tesla's FSD (full self-driving) system turns out to have been another case of PTTMCDISEH-STTW. (Tech Crunch)
Pedal-to-the-metal controlled driving into someone else's house - straight through the wall.
Funny how often things turn out that way.
Tech News
- Contrary to what I was saying yesterday, Asus reports that DDR5 memory from China's CXMT is slower and less reliable than that from, for example, South Korea's SK Hynix. (Tom's Hardware)
Underlining precisely what I said, this only matters at all if you are trying to overclock your memory, which I don't recommend in the current market.
- Just what the PC gaming ecosystem needs: Cartridges. (Tom's Hardware)
The "cartridges" are actually repurposed old 2.5" hard drives, and it specifically works for Steam games on Linux, but it works.
- There's likely to be a shortage of the new MacBook Neo. (WCCFTech)
Because - as predicted the moment it was announced - Apple has run out of its limited supply of defective A18 Pro iPhone CPUs, and is now running short of functional A18 Pro chips.
- Google's legal settlement with the Epic Games Store has been withdrawn. Here's why that's a good thing. (Ars Technica)
Third-party app stores are now coming to Android, making the existing settlement moot.
- There is still no release date for Ananta.
Musical Interlude
It's not Frieren without a closing theme by Milet.
Disclaimer: I lied.
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