Daily Tech News 28 June 2022

• Server fell over at 5AM. (Not the Ace server, the one that runs my own blog and many others.)
  
  I didn't have an audible alarm because I currently only have the travel laptop with me, and I didn't notice right away because I got to bed at 4:30 and had a meeting at 8:30.
  
  I have a new server, I just haven't had time to complete the migration. Soon...
  
  
  
• Rufus is a tool for generating install images that just happens to let you bypass Windows 11's requirements for a Microsoft online login. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Windows 11 Home - like 10 Home - has always required an online login; the recent change is that Windows 11 Pro now does as well.
  
  Funny thing is, I've activated Windows 10 Home on many systems and Windows 11 Home on one, and I've never used an online account to do so. Just kill the network interface during initial setup and the online login widget dies too.
  
  
  

• The MSI Pro B660M-P is a 12th gen Intel motherboard for $90. (AnandTech)
  
  I wouldn't recommend that one unless you're on a really tight budget though. For another $20 this Gigabyte motherboard adds a second M.2 slot, a second HDMI port, and 2.5Gb Ethernet.
  
  This would pair well with lower-end 12th Gen CPUs like the i3-12100 and i5-12400 to deliver great performance at a reasonable price - and the lower-end chips also have much lower power consumption than their more expensive cousins.
  
  
  
• Meanwhile Intel has published benchmarks of its new Arc A380 graphics card. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Normally I'd advise people to be skeptical of manufacturer benchmarks, but in this case they lose all but one comparison and come dead last in most, so it probably is fairly accurate.
  
  
  
• Build your own Ryzen-based small business server. (Serve the Home)
  
  Not that I'm planning to do this. (Scribbles notes furiously.)
  
  
  
• The Stasi have come after the company running Truth Social. (The Independent)
  
  Because of course they have.
  
  
  
• Crypto exchange FTX is in talks to acquire Robinhood. (Yahoo Finance)
  
  Congratulations on your future expansion into the only industry shadier than your own. (Tech Crunch)
  
  
  
• Popular pew-pew game Valorant is going to start recording voice chat. (PC Gamer)
  
  In a brief statement, Riot Games said that "the telescreen was behind the painting".
  
  
  
• SSD read speeds on the brand new M2 Macbook's base model are half those of the M1. (Mac Rumors)
  
  Apple made the SSD in the new 256GB model smaller and cheaper and more efficient and also a whole lot slower.

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