Daily Tech News 2 July 2021

• Not so humble: Humble Bundle won't let you give the full amount of a purchase to charity. (Ars Technica)
  
  They don't care whether you pay anything to the content creators, but they are making damn sure they get a cut themselves.
  
  They previously tried removing the sliders that let you change the allocation of your payment - between the creator, the designated charity, and Humble Bundle. That provoked enough anger that they put it back.
  
  Now they're just limiting the minimum amount you can give to them.
  
  The article notes that Humble Bundle was taken over by IGN in 2017.

• Looking for a very fast, pathetically small, and hugely overpriced SSD? Intel has you covered. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  The Optane P1600X comes in a range of sizes up to 118GB, a perfect size for... Basically nothing, since individual games are often larger than that.
  
  
  
• Looking for a very fast, huge, and hugely expensive SSD? Gigabyte has you covered. (WCCFTech)
  
  The AORUS Extreme AIC has a capacity of 32TB and a transfer rate of 28GB/s. It's a full-size PCIe card with dual fans, looking very much like a graphics card.
  
  
  
• The FTC voted yesterday to expand the FTC's regulatory powers, with an eye to pursuing antitrust claims. (The Hill)
  
  Can I vote myself a raise the same way?
  
  Just asking.
  
  
  
• Amazon is not happy about the FTC's actions. (Ars Technica)
  
  Well, good.
  
  
  
• Subaru - the duck girl - just hit a million subscribers. Also, it's her birthday.

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