Daily Tech News 12 August 2024

• A scientist accused of cherry-picking studies after announcing he had cherry-picked studies is now accusing his accusers of working for Big Alcohol. (Yahoo)

  "We identified six high-quality studies out of 107 and they didn't find any J-shaped curve," Dr Stockwell said. "In fact, since our recent paper, we've now got genetic studies which are showing there's no benefits of low-level alcohol use.
  
  "I personally think there might still be small benefits, but the point of our work is that, if there are benefits, they've been exaggerating them."
  
  Taking aim at Dr Harding, he accused him of being an "industry-funded person" who has "made a living from putting a good spin on the relationship between alcohol and health". Dr Harding denied being "funded by anyone". Dr Stockwell in turn brushed off the claim that he himself is compromised through his links to the temperance lobby.
  
  "I have attended a meeting funded by the Swedish Temperance Organisation and I've written material that they have published," he said. "I've had connections with the International Order of Good Templars. I've attended some of their meetings, but I'm not a member."

  Yeah, this guy is not interested in the science.

• Starship's next test flight is expected late August or early September. (WCCFTech)
  
  Excelsior!
  
  
  
• AMD is not planning patches for that security vulnerability for Ryzen 1000, 2000, or 3000 chips. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Epyc server chips from the same generations are receiving patches.
  
  
  
• AMD's Ryzen 9700X - yea or nay?
  
  Nay, at least not at current prices. The main competition to AMD comes not from Intel, but from AMD itself. The 8 core 9700X is more expensive than both the 12 core 7900, which will be a better platform for productivity, and the 3D V-Cache enabled 7800X3D, which is one of the best CPUs available for gaming.
  
  And both have similar power efficiency to the newer chip. The 7900 is a 65W chip like the 9700X. The 7800X3D is nominally a 120W chip but consistently uses far less than that, running close to the 88W peak power allowed to AMD's nominal 65W chips.
  
  
  

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