Daily Tech News 28 August 2021

• Microsoft is standing firm on the hardware requirements for Windows 11. (ZDNet)
  
  Computers sold as recently as 2018 will likely be unable to upgrade, abandoning hundreds of millions of users. Because - as the article analyses Microsoft's reported statistics - the newer hardware reduces the likelihood of a user encountering hardware-related system crashes from 0.3% to 0.2%.
  
  They did update their list of supported hardware to include the five year old i7-7820HQ.... Because they are still using it themselves in the Surface Studio 2. (Bleeping Computer)
  
  
  
• Firm like custard. (ZDNet)
  
  Got an older PC and want to install Windows 11? Go right ahead, says Microsoft.
  
  ...
  
  You can't upgrade automatically, but you can download and install Windows 11 using your Windows 10 license key. It will work fine. They just hate you.
  
  I do now have one computer that will run Windows 11 without fussing around, and another is on its way. Still don't care though, so not much has changed.

• Fractal Design's new Torrent case - featuring 180mm fans and called the best case of 2021 by some reviewers - has been recalled because the fan controller can short out and burn your house down. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Well, very unlikely to actually burn your house down since case fans only run at 12V, but still a problem.
  
  
  
• There's a 20GB version of the RTX 3080 Ti on the way. (WCCFTech)
  
  Since everything is dumb it will likely cost more than the 24GB RTX 3090.
  
  Update: Actually, come to think of it, this isn't possible. There could be a 20GB 3080 - non-Ti - but the bus width of the 3080 Ti is the same as the 3090 and it would have to go to 24GB, which would make it 98% of a 3090. Kind of pointless.
  
  
• If you add more than 16777216 items to a JavaScript map you get a truly helpful error message. (search(void*))
  
  Uncaught RangeError: Value undefined out of range for undefined options property undefined
  
  
  
• Which Android tablet is right for you? (ZDNet)
  
  There are no good small Android tablets available. It's not even that they're overpriced; there just aren't any. At 10" and up there are some options, mostly from Samsung. I'm pretty happy with my Lenovo but I'm not sure it's still available. With things going randomly out of stock all the time in Australia anyway it's hard to say.
  
  
  
• Microsoft's Cosmos DB cloud database had a tiny flaw. (ZDNet)
  
  That flaw being that anyone else could take over your entire database and you'd never know.
  
  Oops.

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