• Intel's Core i9 9900K is here and the reviews have been unleashed!  (AnandTech)
  
  Eight cores, up to 5.0GHz.  For many tasks it's the fastest mainstream desktop CPU, supplanting AMD's Ryzen 2700X (though considerably more expensive).
  
  It's impressive that Intel have managed to rapidly grow from four cores to eight, while increasing clock speeds and fixing bugs, and still keep the TDP at 95W.  Oh, wait, the power figures are a complete lie.  Under load, the 95W part uses around 170W.
  
  [AnandTech originally had power figures over 200W, but that turned out to be an issue with the BIOS on the first board they tested with setting the voltage substantially higher than necessary.  Other reviewers didn't see such a high power consumption, and AnandTech re-ran their tests with a different board.  Peer review, only at super speed.]
  
  This doesn't matter if you're building your own PC, in which case you'll go with a high-end air cooler or an all-in-one water cooler.  But for Apple, for example, who might be looking to put this into the next iMac, this is a problem.
  
  
• Apple has declared Bloomberg anathema and called for a holy war.  (TechDirt)
  
  I am totally astonished by this completely unexpected turn of events.
  
  
• Gaudi's Sagrada Familia has been under construction for 130 years without a permit.  (BBC)
  
  
  

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• Vietnam demands hostages from social media companies.  (TechDirt)