• Advantage: Japan.
  
  My package from Amazon Japan has arrived.
  
  My packaged from Amazon US that I ordered earlier has not yet shipped.
  
  
  
• NASA has successfully stream an 8k ultra-high-resolution cat video a distance of 18 million miles from the Psyche space probe back to Earth.  (Tom's Hardware)
  
  This is important because Psyche is on a five year mission to find alien catgirls, and we wouldn't want to miss the video.
  
  
  

Tech News

• Rite Aid has been banned from using facial recognition systems for five years after getting it wrong.  (Tech Crunch)
  
  That?  That's not a face.  This is a face.
  
  They should be back on line just in time for the catgirls.
  
  
  
• The HP Omen Transcend 16 doesn't look terrible.  (Hot Hardware)
  
  It has an Intel 13900HX - 8 P cores plus 16 E cores, Nvidia RTX 4070 graphics, up to 96GB of RAM, a 2560x1600 240Hz display, and the ten essential keys (which is to say, a full desktop cursor pad).
  
  Plus two Thunderbolt ports, HDMI, wired Ethernet, regular USB, HDMI, and a headphone jack.
  
  It comes in black or white, and could be worth considering if you want a laptop that can play games but can also pass as a boring business model.
  
  Price varies in the vicinity of $2000, so if it's much more than that, wait for a sale.