Daily Tech News 21 August 2024

• Firaxis is getting ready to launch Civilization 7, the latest entry in one of the longest running computer game franchises (though it's beaten out by video games like Mario Bros.)
  
  It's going to suck.
  
  And you know it's going to suck because they're pushing the news out through glowing reviews in publications like The Guardian. (The Guardian)
  
  And Ars Technica, and The Verge.
  
  One of the core features of the series has always been founding a civilisation in the Bronze Age and going on until you were wiped out or won the game (by achieving world peace one way or another, or in some editions by colonising another planet).
  
  Since that is too complicated for "modern audiences", and runs too slow on a mere 24 core 6GHz PC, the new version will reset your civilisation at forced intervals.
  
  
  

• Asus has announced its new X870 motherboards for Ryzen 9000 CPUs. (WCCFTech)
  
  They also support Ryzen 7000 and 8000 chips.
  
  What's new?
  
  Nothing.
  
  
  
• California's Hydrogen Highway. (The Verge)
  
  Now with 100% less hydrogen:

  As of publication, there is no estimate for when the hydrogen supply shortage in Southern California will be resolved, leaving stations like this one offline indefinitely. The shortage will hit the one-year mark in September.

  Hydrogen only comprises 90% of the universe. Of course California would run out of it.
  
  
  
     
• The federal judge who put a temporary stay on the FTC's ban on non-compete clauses has now put a full stay in place pending trial. (Reuters) (archive site)
  
  Just because it's arguably a good idea doesn't mean you have authority to do it.
  
  
  
• Why televisions suck. (Ars Technica)
  
  And why you can't find good dumb screens.
  
  Vizio reported $88 million in profit for the first quarter... For its advertising division. The company lost $7 million selling televisions.
  
  
  

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