• While Microsoft really really wants you to use an online account the moment you install Windows, corporate customers really really don't want that, and indeed there is a new way to bypass it during the installation.  (Bleeping Computer)
  
  Farewell oobe/bypassnro.  Hello start ms-cxh:localonly.

• Microsoft's CTO says that 95% of code will be AI-generated within five years.  (Money Control)
  
  Given the mess his company is making, are we sure this isn't already true?
  
  
  
• RecipeNinja.AI is a new "vibe coded" website that will tell you how to make cyanide ice cream - and even worse things.  (404 Media)
  
  I'm not sure where I'm going to get four cups of platypus milk though.  Woolworths is out of stock.

  Which is how you end up with a Uranium Bomb recipe that calls for 1kg of uranium-235, or a recipe for Actual Cocaine, where the first step is "Acquire coca leaves from South America."

  Woolworths is out of stock of those as well.
  
  
  
• A Russian spy infiltrated ASML and NXP to steal the technical data for building 28nm fabs.  (Tom's Hardware)
  
  28nm is a good choice.  Reliable and cost effective.  Of course TSMC is rolling out 2nm right now, and Intel has entered early production on 1.8nm, so it's a bit like stealing the design of the F-4 Phantom - because that's all you have the ability to build.
  
  
  
• The Nintendo Switch 2 arrives on June 5 for $449.  (Liliputing)
  
  Compared to the previous model it has a bigger screen (7.9" vs. 6.2") running at a 1080p instead of 720p, and internal storage has been bumped from 32GB to a more respectable 256GB.
  
  Remove the controllers (which you can still do) and it could make a useful if somewhat chunky tablet.
  
  
  
• Automattic - the company that runs WordPress - continues to circle the drain, laying off another 16% of its staff.  (Tech Crunch)
  
  Not much longer before Mad King Matt Mullenweg has no subjects at all.
  
  
  
• My 128GB RAM kit arrived, and I also picked up a couple of XFX RX 580 graphics cards.
  
  These are not recent cards (the chip they use first appeared in 2016) and they're not fast cards (slower than AMD's latest integrated graphics) but they are cheap cards.  You can find no-name Chinese models on Amazon - new - for $85.  I paid about $100 for my name-brand models.
  
  (Yes, they're the slightly cut-down 2048 SP version, but they still have the full 8GB of RAM, and thanks to AMD's OpenGL updates can push Minecraft to 500 fps at 4k.)
  
  
  

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