• Listings have started to appear for Nvidia's RTX 5060 graphics card ahead of its official launch at Computex next week.  (WCCFTech)
  
  There is one model priced at the MSRP of $299, which won't be available, with other models mostly priced towards or over $400, a price that should buy you the faster 5060 Ti with 16GB of RAM.  But doesn't.
  
  The base 5060 with 8GB of RAM is not something anyone should buy.  We'll see soon enough what AMD and Intel have to offer in competition.
  
  
  
• Meanwhile Nvidia is increasing GPU prices by 10 to 15%.  (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Because of course they are.

• TSMC's $100 billion investment in new factories in the US seems to be paying off, with all US production now fully booked.  (WCCFTech)
  
  Currently that's just the slightly older 4nm process, but the company is installing 3nm equipment right now and has started construction on additional buildings for new 2nm and 1.6nm production lines.
  
  
  
• The Asus DriverHub software is now the Asus Instant Vulnerability software.  (Bleeping Computer)
  
  Don't leave it running until they fix it.
  
  
  
• You wouldn't read a book, so why would you let AI read a book?  (The Register)
  
  Copyright law protects the right to make copies.  That's not what AI does.
  
  
  
• Slate Auto has received 100,000 reservations so far for its any-colour-so-long-as-it's-grey $20,000-after-rebates truck.  (Tech Crunch)
  
  A good start.
  
  
  
• Update: I found it!  (The Audio Guide to Babylon 5)
  
  When I tripped over the Sabaton / Babylon 5 crossover this was what I was looking for - the opening of episode 45 in the podcast.  It's a parody of Jonathan Coulton's Shop Vac song but rather more upbeat.  The singing perhaps isn't all that great but it's fun.

Posted by: Zendo Deb at Wednesday, May 14 2025 12:36 PM (XsuFr)

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