We're back on the air with the Intel Ultra 200V, keeping offline Office alive, OpenAI manipulations, and some sweet reviews of Fractal gear like their new Era 2 mITX case and their Refine chair. Very mindful. Enjoy the "Caaash" segment too as we smash our way through the news. 00:00 Intro 02:01 Unnecessarily weighing in on the Panels app controversy 04:22 Food with Josh (FREE edition) 07:16 Qualcomm wants to buy Intel 10:39 Intel Lunar Lake laptop reviews are up 17:01 MS Office for the stubbornly offline 19:02 Microsoft needs to spin up a nuclear plant to power "ai" 24:51 More "ai" content - this time a malicious memory manipulation 27:27 Removing the iPhone 16 battery is shocking 29:55 (in)Security Corner 38:22 Podcast sponsor - 1password XAM 39:35 Gaming Quick Hits 44:55 Fractal Era 2 mITX case review 56:44 Fractal Refine chair review 1:03:43 Picks of the Week 1:19:01 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Intel does "fabulous" after seperating, what does MS do after Crowdstrike, after early Threadrippers, after the 4090, and after better AGESA for Ryzen 9000. We get after it this episode, enjoy! 00:00 Intro 01:43 Food with Josh 02:51 Intel spins off fab into separate foundry company 10:24 New AGESA improves Ryzen 9000 inter-core latency 17:42 Threadripper 1000 and 2000 CPUs dropped from Ryzen Master 19:43 Rumor has it that NVIDIA is preparing to discontinue the 4090 20:58 Maybe "ai" will replace those derivative YT channels 24:40 (in)Security Corner 39:26 Gaming Quick Hits 51:59 Picks of the Week 1:04:56 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Welcome to the podcast where Josh explains how AMD has the most popular midrange GPU on the market, based on sales from one retailer in Germany in Q1 2024. Other then that, we've got over 12" of penetration, Audible AI, Ford marketing, Z890 defaults and so much more! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:46 Food with Josh 03:00 AMD shifting their GPU strategy (with extended discussion) 22:49 PS5 Pro first with next-gen Radeon graphics 25:32 Z890 boards will reportedly ship with Intel default settings - by default! 26:48 A new Gen5 SSD controller from Silicon Motion 31:10 Ford is apparently working on in-car ads 33:16 Windows 11 23H2 will be knocking on your door October 8 35:00 Podcast sponsor - 1Password XAM 36:14 An Ethernet bridge that can go through 12 inches of concrete 38:59 Audible working on AI voice replicas of narrators 41:49 A CPU water block with an HDMI input 45:36 (in)Security Corner 55:44 Gaming Quick Hits 1:03:33 Picks of the Week 1:10:28 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Intel Core Ultra 200V: Worlds best integrated GPU!? AMD Ryzen with more performance improvements, and 105W is the power draw for new top rated Ryzen parts. So much more in the timestamps below. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:33 Food with Josh 03:42 AMD will reportedly raise 65W Ryzen 9000 TDPs to 105W 05:52 That Windows Update Ryzen boost might be unrealistic (via Hardware Canucks) 11:44 Highly skippable rant about the Ryzen provisioning process setup procedure 15:22 Back on the Windows Update topic 16:55 Intel Core Ultra 200V Series launching 24:23 Intel says Arc Xe2 is the fastest iGPU ever 29:10 Replacement Core i9 CPUs are apparently in short supply 33:42 Sometimes it feels like Microsoft wants to destroy Windows 36:43 Podcast sponsor - Green Chef 38:32 RIP AnandTech 43:30 (in)Security Corner 56:44 Gaming Quick Hits 1:09:46 Picks of the Week 1:18:19 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

No, Allyn wasn't on the show this week. We just used that 100% authentic photo of him for the thumbnail. But we did discuss the buckets of cash that Nvidia is rolling in, free AMD CPU performance, and QR code hygiene! All that, and so much more below ... Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 03:29 Food with Josh 06:28 NVIDIA's billions 16:01 Free Ryzen performance boost 20:39 RDNA 4 rumors 30:31 An extra 8-pin GPU connector on MSI boards 33:04 Microsoft was going to take away the Control Panel, but didn't 35:04 So-called AI still needs a lot of work 37:28 (in)Security Corner 46:31 About 4 seconds of silence 47:04 Gaming Quick Hits 1:00:28 Picks of the Week 1:13:57 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Full crew in the house tonight for all kinds of tech talk with the usual amount of off-topic banter. It's what you deserve. Check the full list of topics below. Real quick though ... Ryzen 9000 testing: You're holding it wrong. Windows 11 installs on non-TPM machines: Stop that. Sonos: Failing. ARM: Gaming GPUs. And when is a 4070 not really the 4070? 00:00 Intro 02:06 Food with Josh 04:43 Ryzen 9000 X3D leaked by ASUS? 06:38 AMD says reviewers are not properly testing Ryzen 9000 10:04 AMD to buy ZT Systems for 4.9 billion USD 14:18 The new GDDR6 version of the RTX 4070 might be hard to spot 19:43 Windows 11 update closes TPM bypass loophole... 22:44 ...but FAT32 volumes up to 2TB are now supported 25:11 NVIDIA partnering with MediaTek on new G-Sync Pulsar monitors 31:00 Podcast sponsor, 1Password 32:14 Lina Li SUP01 lets you mount your GPU on the front intake 37:58 A wooden mechanical keyboard (sort of) 41:53 Sonos is not doing well (plus extended audio ranting) 54:24 Arm rumored to be developing a gaming graphics card 58:05 (in)Security Corner 1:06:55 Gaming Quick Hits 1:16:34 Picks of the Week 1:26:09 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This episode is just over an hour, and probably a lot more exciting than the Ryzen 9000 launch, itself. Plus Josh had a really messy looking burger. You can't lose. We've got Intel microcode, AMD Ryzen 9k, when is an RTX 4070 a bit less ... it's a tight show. Recorded August 14, 2024. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 03:27 Ryzen 9900X and 9950X performance 22:28 No sign of new (rumored) RX 7000 SKUs 24:04 Intel Battlemage engineering samples being tested 27:21 Update your Intel microcode, but you have to use Intel defaults 31:31 Those ai pins are being returned now, and they are e-waste 36:14 New RTX 4070 variant with slower GDDR6 37:55 (in)Security Corner 50:40 Gaming Quick Hits 54:51 Picks of the Week 1:04:58 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This was a long show. Be warned! We didn't even get to (in)Security Corner until after the one hour mark! But it's so worth it! More Crowdstrike, more Intel sadness, even the Logitech mouse-as-a-service thing. Psst - Apple still does not like Nvidia. Recorded August 7, 2024. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:45 Food with Josh 03:54 New Ryzen 5 and 7 coverage - the impact of 65W 19:39 Intel's financial situation 27:27 Intel extended warranty update 31:44 Podcast sponsor - Green Chef 33:27 Puget systems' totally unbiased report on CPU failures 42:11 NVIDIA Blackwell delay rumor 51:41 Has the most popular GPU on Steam been discontinued? 55:38 Google is replacing the Chromecast with a $100 ai thing 58:43 Apple still doesn't like NVIDIA 1:03:26 Logi forever mouse 1:06:24 (in)Security Corner 1:15:24 Gaming Quick Hits 1:23:29 Picks of the Week 1:37:59 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Four of us gathered to discuss another week in PC hardware and software, and while Jeremy was absent (again) and Josh didn't have a burger (again), the podcast was still a podcast, and that probably means something. AMD is touching 6Ghz, Intel is not OK, Cybertruck is a PC, and we've got so much financial news on AMD and ARM...punch it Chewy! Recorded July 31, 2024. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 04:30 Food with Josh 06:27 Josh's AMD financial report 13:29 Josh's Arm financial report 16:51 Intel will not recall the 13th and 14th Gen CPUs (and further discussion) 26:58 Now might be the right time to trade in your potentially defective Intel CPU! 28:40 An update on the Ryzen 9000 delay 31:02 It may be possible to hit 6 GHz (and above) with a Ryzen 9 9950X 33:12 Windows 11 July update breaks Bitlocker 35:33 The Cybertruck PC 40:51 (in)Security Corner 53:01 Gaming Quick Hits 57:06 Picks of the Week 1:04:54 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Only three of us podcasted this week, and there was an annoying "room mic" sound to deal with from a certain host, but other than that it was an okay-ish show if you like these sorts of things, am I right? AMD is ascending, Intel is unstable, and the 7800X3D is still the king. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:13 CrowdStrike 09:20 Intel provides update on CPU instability 20:22 AMD is recalling their initial batch of Ryzen 9000 samples 28:02 Podcast sponsor - 1Password 29:31 (in)Security Corner 31:16 Gaming Quick Hits 32:50 It was at that moment they realized this was going to be a very short podcast 35:14 Picks of the Week (special extended edition) 50:38 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Enjoy this podcast, recorded on July 17 - you know, before the CloudStrike thing happened. Don't worry, we will talk about that next week. There is so much "air" in this show, you'll know it when you feel it. Game servers switching away from Intel now, the Xbox has the cheekiest controller going. So much more below, enjoy! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 03:34 Food with...Jeremy? 05:57 Kent's big air cooler roundup 31:38 Intel's growing instability problem 44:56 Snapdragon X Elite really wants to be Windows Only 47:43 Seasonic lists unreleased Radeon GPUs including 7990 XTX 49:29 ...and apparently lists RTX 50 Series wattage as well 51:39 Hello Windows Checkpoint 56:09 (in)Security Corner 1:07:55 Gaming Quick Hits 1:12:20 Picks of the Week 1:17:22 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This show is one hour. Wait. That should say "this show is one hour THAT YOU WON'T WANT TO MISS". We've got all kinds of things, check out the topics below! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:23 Food with Josh 03:25 HP gives up - might actually want to sell printers 05:23 AMD NTBC 08:21 AMD now has better brand recognition than Intel? 10:02 Everything is bigger on the Samsung Odyssey G9 OLED 16:16 Ryzen keyboard PC! 20:13 Google's free VPN is gone but anyone can use their dark web monitoring 22:11 Better battery life (not AI) driving Copilot+ PC sales 26:00 Endgame Gear OP1 8K mouse 29:33 Mac shipments grew 6 percent year-on-year 30:52 (in)Security Corner 40:48 Gaming Quick Hits 46:30 Picks of the Week 59:42 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

It took a couple of days to get to the editing and posting (due to the July 4 holiday) but the wait will be 100% worth it, we assure you. Josh even had a burger. Including Z890, Gigabit forever, Win10 death and all your content belong to AI now. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:35 Food with Josh 03:51 Intel Z890 chipset leak 05:21 When will the industry stop using Gigabit? 09:38 More on the upcoming Intel parts 13:23 New Breaking Limit GPU benchmark is out 15:13 NVIDIA 72-core Grace CPU gets close to 96-core Threadripper 18:02 Will death of Win10 ignite PC market? 20:05 Microsoft CEO of AI says anything published online is free to use 24:38 AMD Ryzen 8000G processors discounted 29:41 Podcast sponsor - Green Chef 31:11 (in)Security Corner 47:44 Gaming Quick Hits 56:09 Picks of the Week 1:12:24 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

You will be pleased to learn that we did indeed get together on Wednesday night (at 10 Eastern) to podcast this week. Here is the edited version of that podcast recording session. Within you find side-quests, insights, food, camera lens talk - and tech. Lots of tech talk on such things like Microsoft making terrible decisions, bad security theater, and idle data. Join us. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:41 Food with Josh 03:29 XFX Mercury RX 7900 XTX Magnetic Air (false start) 06:08 The review actually begins here 17:21 Boring camera lens talk 19:31 Microsoft makes OneDrive backups automatic 22:40 Microsoft hides the local account option even more 23:31 PSA: you don't actually have to use Windows 26:46 The great Optane 905P fire sale of 2024 30:30 Amazon moves Alexa to a subscription model 33:19 Seagate opens official eBay store for refurb HDDs 37:26 Most stored data is never accessed again 41:28 (in)Security Corner 44:33 We interrupt (in)Security Corner to talk about seamless integration 46:12 Back to (in)Security Corner 54:27 Gaming Quick Hits 1:03:08 Picks of the Week 1:18:16 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Five of us entered, but only one survived. This is one episode you won't want to miss! In addition to all that, we discussed SFF specs, Copilot updates, the Fractal Mood, ARM speculative execution, and Intel CPU stability! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:34 Food with Josh 03:00 We react to Snapdragon X Elite reviews 10:17 Intel issues microcode fix for 13th/14th Gen stability issues 16:02 NVIDIA's new SFF-Ready GPU standard 18:37 An ITX-sized RTX 4070 with a pink PCB 19:54 Windows 10 update brings "Open With" dialog box bug 21:23 ID-Cooling has a 360mm AiO with no RGB for only 60 bucks 24:48 (in)Security Corner begins 33:00 AMD data breach 35:41 Gaming Quick Hits 42:10 Fractal Mood mITX case review 59:12 Picks of the Week 1:11:07 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Brett was absent this week, but we found a way to podcast anyway. And what a memorable podcast it was. How many times can we celebrate lucky number 777? Just once, it seems. And that is undeniable - like the Billy Dee Williams (by Avon) fragrance for men, "Undeniable". Please find the usual Windows security scares, thoughts on Starfield, Adobe finally makes users upset, RTX50 rumors and so much more! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:54 Food with Josh 04:51 AMD says Ryzen 9000 Series won't beat 7000X3D at gaming 07:17 Ryzen 9000 X3D parts rumored to arrive in September 09:46 RTX 50 Series rumors 13:04 RTX 2070 SUPER vs. RTX 4070 SUPER 18:07 People are getting upset about Adobe terms of use 22:06 HP BIOS update bricks some laptops 23:53 Another look at the Crucial T705 27:10 Josh randomly decides to offer his thoughts on Starfield 28:36 (in)Security Corner 37:49 Gaming Quick Hits 45:03 We talk about the Beeline SER8 Ryzen mini PC review video for a while 51:57 Picks of the Week 57:57 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This week we have a positive attitude, Josh had a burger, and everyone is happy (and other lies). Watch to catch up on CoPilot issues (we told you so!), Intel and AMD socket longevity, Windows 10 won't die and we miss Napster. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:36 Food with Josh 03:09 AMD Ryzen 9000 Series announcement 10:55 New X870 and X870E chipsets 17:18 Socket AM5 longevity 19:56 AMD also introduced MI325X 22:01 Josh tells his pineapple squeeze toy story 23:13 Intel Lunar Lake discussion 28:17 Kent begins to wonder how much NVIDIA cares about gamers 34:28 Josh points out the inconvenient truth about the AI boom 40:36 Jeremy decides to return to Lunar Lake discussion 41:10 Using Kapton tape to defeat Intel chipset limitations 42:55 Micron GDDR7 is coming soon 46:58 Windows 10 is getting "new features, and more" (be afraid) 51:19 Nano11 for lightweight Windows 11 24H2 53:07 Happy 25th birthday to Napster (and audio digression) 1:01:18 (in)Security Corner 1:09:05 Gaming Quick Hits 1:13:35 Picks of the Week 1:24:02 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Josh OLED wipe included at no extra charge. So much Arm coverage, even with Nvidia. There's even some good Security news! 00:00 Intro 01:41 Josh's home office update 02:50 Burger of the Week 04:40 Arm Tech Days coverage from Josh 26:12 NVIDIA reportedly prepping an Arm PC chip 29:35 A long response to a viewer question about OLED monitor burn-in 39:51 Microsoft DirectSR is here - if you have Windows on Arm 42:54 PayPal mines your order history to serve targeted ads 45:17 ICQ is gone 47:22 How to stop AI search boxes appearing Google searches with Chrome 50:21 iFixit and Samsung break up 53:21 Cooler Master says AI thermal paste was just a translation issue 57:20 (in)Security Corner 1:06:39 Gaming Quick Hits (you can't take it with you) 1:15:10 Picks of the Week 1:22:55 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Josh returns this week, and of course there are financials to discuss (NVIDIA is making insane money right now), plus Josh's latest burger, Josh's renovated home office, and other Josh-related content. Where are Josh's boxes, what's in Josh's closet, what are Josh's floors made of, and who handled his 49" monitor while he was away. Oh, and we also did a show about this week in tech ... those topics are below. 00:00 Intro 01:35 Food with Josh 03:25 Josh's office update 05:06 NVIDIA is making an insane amount of money 12:55 Dan Cases and Lian Li make a micro-ATX case 14:44 Is Noctua becoming a lifestyle brand? 18:00 Big brother is watching - with the new built-in Windows screen logger 25:21 Cooler Master offers "ai" thermal paste for streamers 27:28 The demand for HBM could cause DRAMa 29:29 RescueZilla 2.5 released 31:03 (in)Security Corner 38:13 Gaming Quick Hits 45:59 Corsair 6500X case review 49:29 Picks of the Week 56:43 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

While Josh might not have been with us, we certainly did mention him. In mostly good ways. All this while we discussed the latest AMD 8000 F-Series, Dell XPS with AMD and Snapdragon CPUs, zero day exploits for DLink routers, and even self driving vehicle hacks. More in the list below. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:25 AMD launches Ryzen 8000 F-Series processors 06:05 AMD Ryzen coming to Dell XPS laptops (in 2027, maybe) 07:01 Qualcomm's Snapdragon X is coming to XPS laptops 11:46 Snapdragon X Elite will offer native Linux support 14:00 VMWare Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro are now FREE 15:23 AMD reportedly ends Windows 10 support beginning with Strix Point 20:54 (in)Security Corner 32:00 Gaming Quick Hits 41:12 Picks of the Week 54:28 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★