Wednesday, April 22
Daily News Stuff 22 April 2026
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- AMD's new top-of-the-line Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 processor is here. Don't buy it. (Tom's Hardware)
Not AMD's fault. They've resisted shipping CPUs with this configuration for years, claiming that it only helped performance for certain very specific workloads.
They were right.
Also, Intel's new 270K Plus is nearly as fast for creative work at less than half the price. Yes, it's on a dead platform, but even if you'll end up throwing away both the CPU and the motherboard it may work out better value than the 9950X3D2.
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- Framework's new Laptop 13 Pro provides an Intel Core Ultra 7 358H - the one with the best in class integrated graphics that only works with soldered LPDDR5X memory - and also expandable memory. (Notebook Check)
Courtesy of a LPCAMM2 module, which lets you upgrade memory that would normally be soldered to the motherboard.
Up to 64GB of RAM, a 2880x1920 13" touch screen, and none of the Four Essential Keys. Sore point, because they have 20 different keyboard options including some with additional keys, but none have those four.
It's fully compatible with the existing Laptop 13's motherboard and expansion modules, but with a CNC machined aluminium chassis.
They also announced a keyboards - which also lacks the Four Essential Keys.
- SpaceX has signed a deal with Cursor that gives them the option to buy that company for $60 billion. (Twitter)
This may or may not happen.
- Anthropic suspended one company's access to Claude, leaving 60 employees unable to do anything for 15 hours. (Tom's Hardware)
I don't think the problem there is with Anthropic.
- Amazon meanwhile is investing $25 billion in Anthropic, as part of a deal where Anthropic spends $100 billion over 10 years with Amazon. (CNBC)
The money on the bus goes round and round...
- The 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica is online. (Britannica 11)
Start with A and keep going until you run out of pages.
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I thought I would miss the four essential keys more than I do; the keyboard I'm typing this on has them over by the numpad but I find myself using the fn+arrow binds more often anyway.
I was really hoping for a single-width macro pad for the Framework 16, so I can add those four keys to the built-in keyboard without having to do off-center input, but alas, it was not to be.
I was really hoping for a single-width macro pad for the Framework 16, so I can add those four keys to the built-in keyboard without having to do off-center input, but alas, it was not to be.
Posted by: Jay at Wednesday, April 22 2026 11:47 PM (aMDZL)
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I wonder if AMD released the X3D2 just to shut people who swore they wanted one up. Make about 100 of them, put 'em on sale, wait a few months, then say "we told you so" after they don't sell out.
Posted by: Rick C at Wednesday, April 22 2026 11:56 PM (1zWbY)
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