Daily Tech News 15 May 2026

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AMD has announced FSR 4 upscaling support for Radeon RX 6000 and 7000 cards. (Tom's Hardware)

A year after it was released for the 9000 series, and eight months after the source code for a version that worked on RX 6000 and 7000 cards was accidentally leaked.

This is good news for owners of older AMD graphics cards - and also for Xbox and PlayStation owners, which use custom versions of those older graphics designs. In fact Sony has announced its own release of FSR 4 technology for the PlayStation 4.

It may be the console contracts that held AMD back from announcing FSR 4 for older cards for so long. They could have released a beta driver for PCs, but for consoles it has to just work.

The update will be out for the RX 7000 range in July; RX 6000 owners will need to wait until early next year.

Tech News

Cerebras, the company that makes the world's largest CPUs - the chips are literally the size of a dinner plate - has launched its IPO and is now valued at $66 billion. (The Register)

Cerebras has been around for a decade and has been shipping working silicon for years, so this valuation isn't vapour. It's just a lot of money.
The open source and right-to-repair community has declared ~~was~~ war on leading 3D printer maker Bambu Labs. (Tom's Hardware)

At the core of this is Bambu's move to restrict access to its open-source software.
Subnautica 2 is out and has already sold a million copies. (WCCFTech)

In two hours.

I think it may be a success.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Do not the tempo.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

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1 !!

Posted by: clarence at May 15, 2026 04:31 AM (cSctv)

2 G'Day everyone TGIF

Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2026 04:32 AM (Ia/+0)

3 I like peanut butter, can't stand tomatoes, europeans are live stock and I don't trust elephants

Posted by: Ray's Cyst at May 15, 2026 04:33 AM (jrgJz)

4 3 I like peanut butter, can't stand tomatoes, europeans are live stock and I don't trust elephants
Posted by: Ray's Cyst
****

Ummm, ok. (slowly backs out of room, locks door)

Posted by: clarence at May 15, 2026 04:35 AM (cSctv)

5 I've always wondered. Do you people ever sleep?
And are you still up? Or are you already up?

Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 15, 2026 04:38 AM (hxQxn)

6 My favorite post of the day!

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at May 15, 2026 04:38 AM (Q/FnY)

7 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 15, 2026 04:39 AM (f87vz)

8 I thought it was an amusing video, but if I had to listen to that kind of music everyday I'd probably go more out of my mind than I probably already am.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 04:40 AM (rZCVI)

9 Praying man helps woman. Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/mtkxa5c8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 04:42 AM (rZCVI)

10 5 I've always wondered. Do you people ever sleep?
And are you still up? Or are you already up?
Posted by: Florida Peasant

I work midshift, so I'm up all night, even on days off.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at May 15, 2026 04:44 AM (f87vz)

11 BOING!

I've always wondered. Do you people ever sleep?
And are you still up? Or are you already up?

Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 15, 2026 04:38 AM (hxQxn)
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Almost noon here. But Pixy has it worse!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2026 04:48 AM (i2Ycu)

12 I had not heard of this Australian group, but they do a nice musical selection based on Psalm 56:

https://tinyurl.com/4a7z9n9f

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 04:48 AM (rZCVI)

13 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at May 15, 2026 04:48 AM (Hbeqj)

14 Revolver News says Mooch lost 40 pounds, still looks 165 pounds

Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2026 04:57 AM (Ia/+0)

15 Mornin’ Ray, coffee?

Posted by: Accomack at May 15, 2026 04:59 AM (T8bqm)

16 Lenne Brothers Band
Rocky Road Blues
https://youtu.be/J5s94RXnAOI

"I don't always listen to the Lenne Brothers Band but when I do so do my neighbors."

The Lenne Brothers rhythm section is absolutely relentless. That's how it's done when it's done right.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 15, 2026 05:01 AM (glnUu)

17 BOING!

I've always wondered. Do you people ever sleep?
And are you still up? Or are you already up?

Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 15, 2026 04:38 AM (hxQxn)
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Almost noon here. But Pixy has it worse!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey
+++
I'm never online at this hour. But I'm in France for a few days. And it's 11 AM here. Riding a high speed train from Paris to Saarbrucken Germany.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 15, 2026 05:03 AM (hxQxn)

18 I am heading off to work very soon

Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2026 05:04 AM (Ia/+0)

19 Mornin', Horde.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 15, 2026 05:07 AM (KQNgH)

20 Riding a high speed train from Paris to Saarbrucken Germany.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 15, 2026 05:03 AM (hxQxn)
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Peasants ain't what they used to be!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2026 05:09 AM (i2Ycu)

21 I wanted to share what I would call a "God incident" or what others call "God winking at you". My son works with a very nice older man named Peter .who is a person of faith They often have long days and repetitive tasks-but it's a job and he's getting out and making money and providing a service . Yesterday Peter mentioned "Eating and drinking in the name of the Lord" which is from 1st Corinthians. I guess he and Peter were having lunch together . Today's passage from the "Upper Room" about finding meaning in one's work in repetitive tasksand doing everything in the name of the name of the Lord. It is written by someone named Peter from Singapore. I sent it to him and asked him to show it to his co-worker:

https://tinyurl.com/hd77jnj8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 05:11 AM (rZCVI)

22 On the console side, the FSR support is a much bigger win for the Xbox Series X over the PS5. There is a huge difference in throughput for the specific type of ML processing the FSR code utilizes. Sony wasn't especially concerned with ease of code reuse between console and PC and had originally intended an earlier launch date for the PS5. These delays meant they froze the spec before RDNA 2 was complete, resulting in the PS5 implementation sometimes being referenced as RDNA 1.5.

This was the right choice at the time as Sony had a dominant position and shipping dev kits out several months before Microsoft meant most games, including ones developed at Microsoft owned studios, didn't utilize the full feature set of the new Xbox generation. This continued to this day. these features weren't things to be implemented during a port. If it wasn't in the engine from the start, it didn't exist thereafter. So if it wasn't in the PS5 baseline, it wasn't going to be used on Xbox or PC. At the same time, Microsoft didn't make the capital investment in their own and third party tools to make it easy for devs to incorporate those features. The indifference was baffling.

Posted by: Epobirs at May 15, 2026 05:11 AM (/0z9K)

23 Will you go a waltzing Matilda with me?

Posted by: Skip at May 15, 2026 05:11 AM (Ia/+0)

24
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 15, 2026 05:12 AM (AMvSw)

25 And the scripture passage is Proverbs 16:1-7.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 05:12 AM (rZCVI)

26 Mornin'.
Bacon.
Eggs.
Coffee.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 15, 2026 05:16 AM (O7YUW)

27 It's a bit after 2 AM here but going to work just means going downstairs where I have a much more capable document scanner attached to a PC. A longtime client has cubic yards of old client records from her accounting business taking up space in her home office, which is the former servant quarters of the large Pasadena house she and her husband own. She's technically retired but has a handful of client who still send her their tax data until they or she dies, whichever comes first.

So I'm converting it all to PDF. I'm expecting it will all fit on a single BD-R. Two, at most. Then she'll buy some archival quality discs, make several copies to stash, and get back a big portion of her space. It makes for a good under the table gig for me.

Posted by: Epobirs at May 15, 2026 05:18 AM (/0z9K)

28 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at May 15, 2026 05:22 AM (V0/Sp)

29 Musk at the Beijing Ball:

https://tinyurl.com/ycxbp8z6

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 15, 2026 05:25 AM (i2Ycu)

30 >>> I've always wondered. Do you people ever sleep?
And are you still up? Or are you already up?

Early to bed, early to rise.

Still moving too fast for wisdom to catch me.

Posted by: fluffy at May 15, 2026 05:26 AM (V0/Sp)

31 Declaring "was" on a company is a pretty serious thing.

If I were that company, I wouldn't suddenly want to be past-tense and no longer in the present. That's kinda final.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 15, 2026 05:28 AM (O7YUW)

32 "I've always wondered. Do you people ever sleep?"

Yes. Sometimes not too much , but I'm up by 4:45 most weekdays to be with my husband who drives a school bus and needs to be out by just after 6:00

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 05:34 AM (PFs9e)

33 31 Declaring "was" on a company is a pretty serious thing.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant

Kindest error correction I've ever seen.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 15, 2026 05:35 AM (BLOW1)

34 This was the right choice at the time as Sony had a dominant position and shipping dev kits out several months before Microsoft meant most games, including ones developed at Microsoft owned studios, didn't utilize the full feature set of the new Xbox generation.

I work in games. Xbox software sales are in legit danger of being lower than Steam on Linux the way things have trended. And there aren’t high expectations now that the whole Xbox division is being replaced with H1Bs like the rest of Microsoft was a while back. So it remains to be seen if third parties even bother with the new FSR.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 15, 2026 05:35 AM (QZThv)

35 I'm never online at this hour. But I'm in France for a few days. And it's 11 AM here. Riding a high speed train from Paris to Saarbrucken Germany.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 15, 2026 05:03 AM

Ditto. Been in Greece the last two weeks. Just boarded the flight home. See y'all back in the eastern time zone for my regularly scheduled commenting.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 15, 2026 05:38 AM (KQNgH)

36 Not nitpicking. BUT...

...right-to-repair community has declared was on

should probably be

...right-to-repair community declared WAR on

use of caps is obviously up to you.

same as it ever was

Posted by: Whiskey Mike at May 15, 2026 05:42 AM (l5vxg)

37 Musk must have been exhausted since he's a introvert.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 15, 2026 05:46 AM (IYIYn)

38 #34

It's basic math. The range of supported end user systems multiplies by several times. The ROI for implementation is greatly improved.

Posted by: Epobirs at May 15, 2026 05:48 AM (/0z9K)

39 5 I've always wondered. Do you people ever sleep?
And are you still up? Or are you already up?
Posted by: Florida Peasant at May 15, 2026 04:38 AM (hxQxn)

Yes. I'm a natural night owl; I have never been able to just sleep the whole night through, so I basically take several long naps spread throughout night and day that add up to enough. Still up, already up, what's the difference?

Posted by: SciVo at May 15, 2026 05:51 AM (Sy6m/)

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