Daily Tech News 22 August 2021

• Migrating the other sites to a new server. So how do I switch over the shared filesystem from OpenVZ to LXD? Read read... Fuck.
  
  No shared filesystem for now then.
  
  Preparing to switch over today.
  
  
  
• No it doesn't. Core i9-12900K outperforms 11900K on After Effects. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  The benchmark gives essentially identical results for 11th gen 8-core, 12th gen 8+8 core, and AMD 16-core CPUs, because it's a GPU benchmark.
  
  Sometimes the tech press are as bad as the mainstream press.

• How to beat Windows 11 into submission over your default browser choice. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Either follow the friendly 11-step guide or file a class-action lawsuit. Either one works.
  
  
  
• Google paid game developers hundreds of millions to prevent another major defection like Fortnite. (The Verge)
  
  This actually sounds like a defence for Google in antitrust proceedings. Though they might have broken some other regulations in the process.
  
  Not for Apple, though, since they don't allow sideloading at all.
  
  
  
• A hacker has been sent to prison for three years for stealing nude photos from social media accounts. (Bleeping Computer)
  
  Dude, set up your own social network. What do you think they're created for?
  
  
  
• AT&T says thy definitely weren't hacked and 70 million customers' personal data wasn't stolen. (Bleeping Computer)
  
  "Who are you going to believe, us or the lying data files available on the Dark Web?" said an AT&T spokesdrone.
  
  
  
• Meanwhile add another 6 million to the T-Mobile breach. (Bleeping Computer_
  
  A million here, a million there, soon you're talking about real users.
  
  
  
• Unsafe at any voltage: GM is spending $1.8 billion to recall and fix 73,000 faulty Bolts. (CNBC)
  
  Chevy bolts, that is.
  
  
  
• A Hawaiian judge has ruled that California's Gig Worker ballot initiative is unconstitutional because - and I am not making this up - the voters infringed upon the rights of the legislature. (Yahoo Finance)
  
  Like Karens, Hawaiian judges can be found anywhere, even among other species.
  
  
  
• I found the exact monitor I wanted - 27" 4K, 95% DCI-P3, 2x HDMI, DisplayPort, and USB-C, HDR, FreeSync, height adjustable stand with tilt and pivot, USB hub, speakers that might not entirely suck... And two days later it's out of stock.
  
  I'm going to get that Dell setup through work - the sales continue - and then get my real system piecemeal however long that takes.

posted by Pixy Misa at 02:42 AM

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