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A non-Apple hardware site reviews Apple's Mac Studio. (Hot Hardware)

They do like it, but if you go to page two you can see a PC configured at the same $2000 price point simply wipe the floor with the Mac. Yes, the Mac Studio is small and elegant and quiet and sips power, but it's fast only in two specific cases: When compared with out-of-date Apple hardware, and when tested on Apple proprietary video codecs.

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The World Health Organization plans to declare a global Gambian Pouch Rat Pox emergency. (Ars Technica)

The virus formerly known as monkeypox, but it's actually more common in rodents and the name has been deemed discrimatory.

To monkeys.
Chevy is auctioning off an NFT of a lime green Corvette. (The Verge)

The one small difference here is that you get the car.

Yes, the actual vroom vroom physical car.

This is slightly less stupid than normal.

Disclaimer: But only slightly.

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