Daily Tech News 3 May 2022

• AI helps scientists design novel plastic-eating enzyme. (The Register)
  
  Hey, I've seen this one. It's a classic.
  
  
  
• An illustrated guide to plastic straws. (HWFO)
  
  Worth reading through to the conclusion, which points out that even the less insane environmental policies often provide perverse incentives: If you carefully recycle plastic waste, there's a good chance of it simply ending up dumped in the ocean.
  
  
  

• HP has new scanners. (Thurrott.com)
  
  I have a Canon scanner that looks and works like new except that there's no driver available for Windows or Mac. Linux picks it up no problem at all.
  
  I need to figure out what equipment I want for my new home office. My previous plans were space constrained - my desk is 8'6" x 3', which is big for a desk, but that's all the space I have. My new office will only have 2' deep desks - since CRTs are no longer a thing - but I have room for 30' of desk in an L shape so all limits are off.
  
  
  
• AMD's RDNA 3 is going to have a lot more thingies than RDNA 2. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  The Navi 22 chip found in the Radeon 6700 XT has 2560 shaders. Navi 32, presumably aimed at the 7700 XT, is expected to have 8192 shaders.
  
  It's also expected to run at higher clock speeds, which will make it very, very fast.
  
  
  
• Japanese video game juggernaut Square Enix has sold off all its western subsidiaries to focus on blockchain bullshit. (Ars Technica)
  
  On the one hand, western game studios mostly produce poop.
  
  On the other hand, blockchain.
  
  
  
• Facebook is shutting down its podcast service to focus on blockchain bullshit. (ZDNet)
  
  On the one hand, podcasts mostly produce pop.
  
  On the other hand, blockchain.
  
  

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