Daily Tech News 9 August 2022

• AMD's Threadripper Pro 5000 series is finally available in retail. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Five weeks before Ryzen 7000 launches.
  
  If you need the memory capacity (Threadripper Pro supports up to 2TB of RAM) or the I/O bandwidth (7 full x16 PCIe slots with room left over) then these chips make sense. There's certainly nothing from Intel to compete right now.
  
  If you just want a faster CPU they're less compelling. The 24 core 5965WX is likely only 10% faster than the 7950X will be, and much more expensive.
  
  
  
  

• I replaced all our blog thumbnails using DALL-E 2 for $45: here's what I learned. (Deephaven)
  
  DALL-E lets you describe what you want a picture of, then generates it. The results are interesting. (Reddit)
  
  
  
• A review of the new HP Pavilion Plus. (Thurrott.com)
  
  I mentioned this as potentially the best small laptop, and the review agrees on many points. Where it falls down is not so much the hardware as the crapware - the review uses that term - HP chose to shovel onto it, some of it difficult to remove. You should be able to do a reinstall with plain Windows, but you shouldn't need to.
  
  
  
• Another candidate is the Lenovo ThinkPad P14s Gen 3. (Liliputing)
  
  This is lighter than the HP, has an option for a higher-resolution screen, still has the Four Essential Keys, has an 8 core Ryzen 6850U, and wired ethernet, as well as all the other bits.
  
  I doubt it's cheap though. The previous model is on sale right now at 45% off, and still costs A$2499 for a pretty meh configuration.
  
  
  
• Crypto lender Hodlnaut is the latest to steal all its users' money. (CoinDesk)
  
  I wish I could steal half a billion dollars and blame it on "difficult market conditions".

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