Daily Tech News 4 December 2024

• As expected, Intel's second-generation "Battlemage" graphics cards are here. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  The B580 comes with 12GB of VRAM and costs $249, while the B570 comes with 10GB and costs $219.
  
  The B580 will be on sale next week, while the B570 will wait until next month, though for $30 you might as well go with the faster model.
  
  Intel has released a lot of updates for it's graphics drivers since the rather shaky launch of the previous generation "Alchemist" cards and now looks like a viable alternative to Nvidia or AMD at the low end.

• South Korea has replaced 10% of its workforce with robots. (The Business Standard)
  
  The country reportedly plans to extend this program very soon to its president who seems to have stripped a gear somehow.
  
  
  
• You can now get a paid subscription to The Verge including a free print copy of CONTENT GOBLINS. (The Verge)
  
  Uh. No. Thank you.
  
  
  
• You can also just buy The Verge print magazine, which is actually CONTENT GOBLINS. (The Verge)
  
  Seriously, no. I'm fine. Thanks.
  
  
  
• Samsung is preparing to launch 400-layer flash memory chips that will deliver PCIe 6.0 16TB M.2 SSDs. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Which will be extremely expensive and require liquid cooling. Probably.

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