Daily Tech News 11 May 2025

• Microsoft is planning an update to Windows 11 with a less terrible version of the start menu. (Thurrott)
  
  Don't worry, all the other terrible features are still there.
  
  
  
• Meanwhile, Teams is basically Skype.
  
  I installed the free app for work. It's... Not horrible.

• AMD is changing sockets for its next-generation server CPUs. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  Two sockets, in fact. The low-end SP8 supporting up to 96 Zen 6 cores or 128 Zen 6c cores, and the high-end SP7 supporting up to 256 Zen 6c cores.
  
  I don't know why SP7 is bigger than SP8. It just is.
  
  No specific word on whether the current AM5 desktop socket will support the next generation of desktop CPUs, but probably. AMD's own history suggests it will only change once DDR6 memory is available, which will be a couple of years yet.
  
  
  
• Google will pay Texas a $1.4 billion settlement over collecting Texans' data without permission. (AP News)
  
  And they promise not to do it again, pinky swear.
  
  
  
• The Beelink Me Mini NAS is now available starting at $329 including a 2TB SSD. (Liliputing)
  
  It has an Intel N150 CPU - not fast, but it gets the job done, 12GB of soldered RAM, two 2.5Gb Ethernet ports, three USB ports, HDMI, and six M.2 slots.
  
  Those slots mostly only support PCIe 3.0 x1, but even that is enough for a single SSD to flood both network ports.
  
  
  
• There's a new stupid TikTok trend that is actually less likely than others to leave children dead or in jail. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  The same site that promoted cheque fraud and autoasphyxiation is now just teaching children to short out their school-supplied laptops.
  
  So that's nice.
  
  
  

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