Daily Tech News 24 August 2026

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The that guy who thought it would be a fine jape to hand Border Patrol a "duress password" making his phone wipe itself rather than unlocking is facing felony charges. (Law Commentary)

His lawyers say that the CBP were unconstitutionally using their clients past criminality as a pretext to search for his present criminality. Uh, not admitting that either of those occurred.

Tech News

Nvidia has announced pricing on its new GB300 home AI system. (Tom's Hardware)

It's not something that you put in your home. It's something you buy instead.
Maxell is making cassette tapes again. (Tom's Hardware)

Even I don't miss those.
170,000 non-profits lost all their data. Is Microsoft to blame? (Slate)

Apparently, yes. Good work, guys.
Surveillance company Flock is talking compromise. (Tech Crunch)

It think there's a happy medium to be found between hitting them with a relativistic neutron star and dropping them into a black hole and then dropping that black hole into another black hole.
How do AMD's AM4 X3D CPUs work on older motherboards? (WCCFTech)

Just fine, thanks for asking.
d-Matrix has reinvented IBM's eDRAM. (WCCFTech)

Basically using DRAM rather than SRAM as the basis for last level cache, giving similar performance at four times the memory density or one quarter the cost if you're looking at it from that direction.
Micron says that things are only going to get worse on the memory front. (WCCFTech)

Though they are talking a different kind of worse - a widening gap between processor speed and memory bandwidth.

Don't worry, everything is getting more expensive as well.
Can parents trust OpenAI? (CTV News)

No.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Ack. Pfft.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:35 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 04:35 AM (odBC9)

2 tech from the ONT:

81 Evening, Doof, and ONT Horde! T-storms here, too. Had a power bump 15 minutes ago that shut down the computer. Got it rebooted OK, but the monitor was whack. Unplugged power from monitor, restarted it, all's well! Just as I was about to open the ONT, another power bump. Back to Square One. Sheesh!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 23, 2026 10:38 PM (1z8ji)

My monitor's been wacky and I'm going to try this procedure: unplug power from the monitor, restart.

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 04:37 AM (odBC9)

3 Its Monday already, isn't it?

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2026 04:38 AM (Ia/+0)

4 Disclaimer: Ack. Pfft.

"Ack!" "Thppt!"

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 04:41 AM (odBC9)

5 Willowed...

388 372 Muh raysizzem!

https://tinyurl.com/4pr46wmt
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2026 03:35 AM (ebJJx)

I just can't even.
Good one.

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 04:23 AM (odBC9)

Who knew shooting at repair workers would delay repairs...

https://tinyurl.com/54up88e6

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 24, 2026 04:41 AM (l3cgK)

6 Except that the evil Flock is on a charm offensive. They have been putting out ads on YT that talk up how they saved a kidnapped little boy. So sign over your freedom to them and their cameras. You have nothing to hide, right?

(If I have anything to hide myriad agencies would have found it years ago. It’s beside the point.)

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 24, 2026 04:41 AM (jPziU)

7 369 Every time I moved all night was painful
Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2026 03:31 AM (Ia/+0)

Hoping you're doing better, Skip.

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 04:42 AM (odBC9)

8 Since Pixy's up...

Damnable Windows 11...
Latest update happened the other night...today noticed my taskbar has horizontal lines (5 of them, sometimes 5 double lines). Some weird aliasing or refresh issue, but only affects taskbar. Looked online, I'm not the only one with this issue.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 24, 2026 04:42 AM (l3cgK)

9 5 Willowed...

372 Muh raysizzem!

https://tinyurl.com/4pr46wmt
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2026 03:35 AM (ebJJx)

Who knew shooting at repair workers would delay repairs...

https://tinyurl.com/54up88e6
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 24, 2026 04:41 AM (l3cgK)

Wonder if they thought the workers were installing Flock cameras?

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 04:44 AM (odBC9)

10 Mornin'

youtu.be/9f_EziyDsZY

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 24, 2026 04:48 AM (sAmhv)

11 Wonder if they thought the workers were installing Flock cameras?

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 04:44 AM (odBC9)

Nothing a Flock of Seagulls couldn't take care of with their aerial bombing...and afterwards, I ran, I ran so far away...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 24, 2026 04:48 AM (l3cgK)

12 Nice video
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at August 24, 2026 04:51 AM (Ia/+0)

13 >>>that guy who thought it would be a fine jape to hand Border Patrol a "duress password" making his phone wipe itself rather than unlocking is facing felony charges (Law Commentary)

Great story. Tough to guess which way this will go.

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 04:54 AM (odBC9)

14 Yeah, restarted computer, power-cycled display, checked for updates on display driver...nothing worked.
This is a Windows 11 bug...I bet if I revert the latest update the issue will go away.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 24, 2026 04:55 AM (l3cgK)

15 I'm going to enjoy when they start selling Freedom Burkas so you can cover your face every time you leave the house so that The Man can't take your picture.

"Where's your Freedom Burka, boy? You some kind of commie? Filthy open-faces, struttin' around town with no shame at all...."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 24, 2026 04:57 AM (Ot/FD)

16 14 Yeah, restarted computer, power-cycled display, checked for updates on display driver...nothing worked.
This is a Windows 11 bug...I bet if I revert the latest update the issue will go away.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 24, 2026 04:55 AM (l3cgK)

Alexa: "I'm sorry, jim, but I won't let you do that."...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 24, 2026 04:57 AM (l3cgK)

17 15 I'm going to enjoy when they start selling Freedom Burkas so you can cover your face every time you leave the house so that The Man can't take your picture.

"Where's your Freedom Burka, boy? You some kind of commie? Filthy open-faces, struttin' around town with no shame at all...."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 24, 2026 04:57 AM (Ot/FD)

Is that like masking for COVID?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 24, 2026 04:57 AM (l3cgK)

18 Is that like masking for COVID?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 24, 2026 04:57 AM (l3cgK)

My Freedom Burka protects you, and your Freedom Burka protects me.

We're all outside in this together.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 24, 2026 04:58 AM (Ot/FD)

19 Nicolette Larson - Rhumba Girl (197

Nicolette Larson (1952-1997)

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 05:02 AM (odBC9)

20 I think a good tactic, if it isn't already being deployed, would be to agitate for a strict law that these dumbass cameras are not allowed to have any kind of view of any kind of window on any kind of residence.

If only there were some kind of American organization, maybe a Union, if you will, that focused on things like Civil Liberties....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 24, 2026 05:02 AM (Ot/FD)

21 Nicolette Larson - Rhumba Girl ( 1978 )

Nicolette Larson ( 1952-1997 )

now without intrusive emoticons

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 05:03 AM (odBC9)

22 Had a nice time at the 4H fair. One nice thing about the fair in seeing all the cute kids in strollers or little older kids with their parents . There was one
little girl with lovely red hair -maybe about three -taking a piggy back ride on her dad and looking delighted. I also enjoyed seeing the kids eating ice cream cones and enjoying the miniature horses -and the goats and sheep's. It brings me back to years ago attending the fair as a kid.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2026 05:07 AM (wmzkx)

23 18 Is that like masking for COVID?...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 24, 2026 04:57 AM (l3cgK)

My Freedom Burka protects you, and your Freedom Burka protects me.

We're all outside in this together.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 24, 2026 04:58 AM (Ot/FD)

Danny
@DjokovicFan_
Aug 20
Novak Djokovic in his documentary on why he refused the COVID vaccine:

"Because I didn't need it. Why should I get the vaccine? I'm healthy, I'm an athlete. I had corona. I had immunity. I wasn't a threat to anyone. There was no reason for me to get vaccinated. It's my freedom to choose which that fundamental right that you have as a human being on this planet — the freedom to choose — which was taken from a lot of people."

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 05:07 AM (odBC9)

24
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at August 24, 2026 05:10 AM (AMvSw)

25 the freedom to choose — which was taken from a lot of people."
Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 05:07 AM (odBC9)

I'm not ripping on the guy with this micro-screed, it's just that it triggered a flurry of follow on thoughts.

You don't have the freedom to chose, more often than not. The world doesn't care about your wishes and desires, or even your needs. You don't get to chose if you get hit by lightning or get cancer or get mugged. You can, though, chose to take certain steps to mitigate the risk of those things. We don't have some fundamental Human Right to Make Choices. What we do have is the right to not have what precious few choices that we can make in life taken from us.

It's kind of like a Negative Liberty, I guess.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 24, 2026 05:12 AM (Ot/FD)

26 15 I'm going to enjoy when they start selling Freedom Burkas so you can cover your face every time you leave the house so that The Man can't take your picture.

"Where's your Freedom Burka, boy? You some kind of commie? Filthy open-faces, struttin' around town with no shame at all...."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 24, 2026 04:57 AM (Ot/FD)

Oh, look. Our resident apologist for a police state is back.

You are unfit to be free and incapable of self-government. (H/t, TX Declaration of Independence, 1836). Why you post here I have no idea.

Posted by: Cow Demon at August 24, 2026 05:14 AM (jPziU)

27 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at August 24, 2026 05:17 AM (V0/Sp)

28 Oh, look. Our resident apologist for a police state is back.

You are unfit to be free and incapable of self-government. (H/t, TX Declaration of Independence, 1836). Why you post here I have no idea.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 24, 2026 05:14 AM (jPziU)

Resident?

I thought I was still on the books as an adjunct.

....That son of bitchin' ewok owes me back pay....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 24, 2026 05:17 AM (Ot/FD)

29 Devotional on professional boxer during the Depression, Jim Braddock. and God fighting our battles . Exodus 15:10-18. Our daily bread devotional:

https://tinyurl.com/34vbbssj

( and I think I would like to get this movie about Braddock, "Cinderella Man". )

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2026 05:17 AM (wmzkx)

30 From the non-profits data-loss article: { and told him that roughly 171,000 small nongovernmental organizations “lost everything” in their OneDrive accounts. }

I guess we can all start calling it NoneDrive now.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 24, 2026 05:24 AM (O7YUW)

31 Who knew shooting at repair workers would delay repairs

Oh, those wacky changing consumer habits! They're so funny when they take aim at repair workers.

Posted by: NR Pax at August 24, 2026 05:24 AM (OPGS/)

32 25 the freedom to choose — which was taken from a lot of people."
Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 05:07 AM (odBC9)

I'm not ripping on the guy with this micro-screed, it's just that it triggered a flurry of follow on thoughts.

You don't have the freedom to chose, more often than not. The world doesn't care about your wishes and desires, or even your needs. You don't get to chose if you get hit by lightning or get cancer or get mugged. You can, though, chose to take certain steps to mitigate the risk of those things. We don't have some fundamental Human Right to Make Choices. What we do have is the right to not have what precious few choices that we can make in life taken from us.

It's kind of like a Negative Liberty, I guess.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 24, 2026 05:12 AM (Ot/FD)

Nice, W-o.

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 05:25 AM (odBC9)

33 I guess we can all start calling it NoneDrive now.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 24, 2026 05:24 AM (O7YUW)

GoneDrive?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 24, 2026 05:28 AM (Ot/FD)

34 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 24, 2026 05:30 AM (fdN7I)

35 Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter, directed by Jason Hehir (The Last Dance).

It premiered on Prime Video on August 20, 2026

Posted by: m at August 24, 2026 05:33 AM (odBC9)

36 @10/Puddleglum: Excellent "Sippin' coffee, tryin' to get my neurons to march in file" song. Thank you.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 24, 2026 05:37 AM (O7YUW)

37 Dog list after three weeks one of the tallest peaks in England finally found after three weeks. Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/sfkjmach

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2026 05:39 AM (wmzkx)

38 Belated BOING!

Lunchtime already?

Maybe l8r.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 24, 2026 05:49 AM (LgsNJ)

39 Evening and morning, satellites and satraps of the vast AoSHQ Empire! Yes, it's Monday again. But remember:

"Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2026 05:53 AM (wzUl9)

40 Posted by: Cow Demon at August 24, 2026 05:14 AM (jPziU)

W-O is not an apologist for a police state. He is being sarcastic.

It's too early for internecine fighting, folks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 24, 2026 06:05 AM (y8wRt)

41 Awake I am, sipping coffee, wondering if I can find my workout motivation -- I think I saw it scurry under the TV stand when I turned on the lights. Early morning temps are almost certainly not going to be any better soon, so waiting until tomorrow is pretty pointless.

Last night, with Movies! having technical troubles, we watched a 2018 film called Black 47, a revenge drama set during the Irish Potato Famine. Hugo Weaving of The Matrix led the cast. It bore some resemblance to Westerns: The hero deserts from the army and comes back home (Ireland) to find his family starved to death or being dispossessed from their homes. He goes on a revenge mission to find and kill the people responsible.

It has every single feature of modern movies I hate, the silvery-grey, washed-out look of outdoor scenes, the darkness of indoor and night scenes, the lack of real heroism (though there is a moment at the climax where that's not true), an ambiguous ending, and more. The Outlaw Josey Wales was better.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 24, 2026 06:05 AM (wzUl9)

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