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Recent stories by Andrew Cunningham

1. Intel, of all companies, knocks AMD’s CPU numbering in now-deleted presentation

   When it comes to recycling and rebranding old chips, no one's hands are clean.

   Andrew Cunningham – Dec 6, 2023 10:19 pm UTC

2. AMD’s new Ryzen 8040 laptop chips look a lot like the Ryzen 7040 CPUs

   Improved AI performance is this familiar-looking chip's main innovation.

   Andrew Cunningham – Dec 6, 2023 8:00 pm UTC

3. Windows 10 gets three more years of security updates, if you can afford them

   Windows 10 gets a version of the program that extended updates for Windows 7.

   Andrew Cunningham – Dec 5, 2023 6:00 pm UTC

4. After a chaotic three years, GPU sales are starting to look normal-ish again

   Supply and demand are syncing back up after years of GPU market turmoil.

   Andrew Cunningham – Dec 4, 2023 9:57 pm UTC

5. Broadcom cuts at least 2,800 VMware jobs following $69 billion acquisition

   Broadcom hasn't said how many people will be affected, or much of anything else.

   Andrew Cunningham – Dec 1, 2023 8:16 pm UTC

6. New chip-packaging facility could save TSMC’s Arizona fab from “paperweight” status

   Apple will be "first and largest customer" at new $2 billion packaging facility.

   Andrew Cunningham – Nov 30, 2023 7:25 pm UTC

7. Report: Apple and Goldman Sachs are breaking up over money-losing Apple Card

   Goldman Sachs has lost billions of dollars on its consumer-focused businesses.

   Andrew Cunningham – Nov 29, 2023 4:40 pm UTC

8. Microsoft’s ugly sweater for 2023 is Windows XP’s iconic default wallpaper

   The world's most-recognizable default wallpaper is back, in sweater form.

   Andrew Cunningham – Nov 28, 2023 4:30 pm UTC

9. Researchers figure out how to bypass the fingerprint readers in most Windows PCs

   Microsoft's Surface didn't even use the Microsoft-developed security protocol.

   Andrew Cunningham – Nov 27, 2023 6:52 pm UTC

10. Nvidia’s GeForce GPUs are selling well, but its AI GPU sales are ridiculous

    Data center revenue is up 279% from the same quarter last year.

    Andrew Cunningham – Nov 22, 2023 7:51 pm UTC

11. Amazon lays off Alexa employees as 2010s voice-assistant boom gives way to AI

    Amazon has had a notoriously hard time making money from Alexa.

    Andrew Cunningham – Nov 21, 2023 9:17 pm UTC

12. Framework Laptop prices go as low as $639 thanks to refurbs and “factory seconds”

    Factory seconds, returned products, and B-stock can all save a bit of money.

    Andrew Cunningham – Nov 20, 2023 10:45 pm UTC

13. Windows 10 is back, and it’s getting Microsoft’s AI-powered Copilot assistant

    But Windows 10's October 2025 end-of-support date is staying put, for now.

    Andrew Cunningham – Nov 16, 2023 6:00 pm UTC

14. Review: Switch’s Super Mario RPG remake updates one of the SNES’s weird gems

    Beginner-friendly RPG is true to the original, but with new graphics and sound.

    Andrew Cunningham – Nov 15, 2023 2:55 pm UTC

15. Gigabyte BIOS update outs next-gen AMD Ryzen APUs with upgraded Radeon GPUs

    Desktop APUs with good iGPUs are useful for tiny PCs and low-budget builds.

    Andrew Cunningham – Nov 13, 2023 7:48 pm UTC

16. Microsoft pulls OneDrive update that would quiz you before letting you quit

    Change affected a "small subset" of users and has (thankfully) been reverted.

    Andrew Cunningham – Nov 10, 2023 4:37 pm UTC

17. AMD pulls back on drivers for aging-but-popular graphics cards and iGPUs

    AMD still sells current-generation chips with Vega integrated GPUs in them.

    Andrew Cunningham – Nov 9, 2023 6:00 pm UTC

18. Testing Apple’s M3 Pro: More efficient, but performance is a step sideways

    It's an improvement over M2 Pro, especially in efficiency. But only a mild one.

    Andrew Cunningham – Nov 9, 2023 2:37 pm UTC

19. What to do if your new M3 Mac shows up with an old, non-updatable macOS version

    You'll want to update for security fixes, even if you don't care about features.

    Andrew Cunningham – Nov 7, 2023 6:11 pm UTC

20. Apple says it has no plans to update the 27-inch iMac with Apple Silicon chips

    The 27-inch model used to be Apple's best consumer desktop, but no longer.

    Andrew Cunningham – Nov 6, 2023 4:29 pm UTC

21. Review: Apple’s 16-inch M3 Max MacBook Pro crams Ultra-level speed into a laptop

    A solid generational upgrade for a laptop that wouldn't be possible with Intel.

    Andrew Cunningham – Nov 6, 2023 2:00 pm UTC

22. Intel’s failed 64-bit Itanium CPUs die another death as Linux support ends

    Intel stopped selling the last Itanium processors in 2021.

    Andrew Cunningham – Nov 3, 2023 3:47 pm UTC

23. AMD starts bringing its own tiny CPU cores to new Ryzen 7040 laptop chips

    AMD has already announced some of these chips without mentioning Zen 4c cores.

    Andrew Cunningham – Nov 2, 2023 6:08 pm UTC

24. Microsoft rolls out Windows 11 23H2, a new baseline for the frequently updated OS

    Most of 23H2's new features actually rolled out a month ago to 22H2.

    Andrew Cunningham – Oct 31, 2023 6:30 pm UTC

25. Apple introduces new M3 chip lineup, starting with the M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max

    Apple's is refreshing three Mac chips at once, in a total of six configurations.

    Andrew Cunningham – Updated Oct 31, 2023 3:40 pm UTC

26. Apple overhauls MacBook Pro lineup with M3 chips and a new entry-level option

    The exterior is mostly the same, but there's a new low-end option in town.

    Andrew Cunningham – Oct 31, 2023 12:30 am UTC

27. Apple’s cheaper 14-inch MacBook Pro is killing the old 13-inch version

    The M2 MacBook Pro was the last gasp of 2016-era MacBook design.

    Andrew Cunningham – Oct 31, 2023 12:30 am UTC

28. Apple’s M3 iMac still starts at $1,299, still doesn’t replace the 27-inch model

    Jumping straight from the M1 to the M3 gives the new iMac a big speed boost.

    Andrew Cunningham – Oct 31, 2023 12:30 am UTC

29. Intel doesn’t think that Arm CPUs will make a dent in the laptop market

    "They've been relegated to pretty insignificant roles in the PC business."

    Andrew Cunningham – Oct 27, 2023 9:58 pm UTC

30. The “low-cost MacBook” rumor just won’t die, but it might finally make sense

    Apple doesn't do "cheap," but Apple Silicon could make a cheaper MacBook work.

    Andrew Cunningham – Oct 26, 2023 5:15 pm UTC

31. Apple releases iOS 16.7.2 and iOS 15.8 security updates to patch old hardware

    Devices as old as the iPhone 6S and iPad Air 2 are still getting patches.

    Andrew Cunningham – Oct 25, 2023 7:31 pm UTC

32. “Scary Fast”: Apple will stream a new product event on October 30

    Rare evening presentation is most likely to focus on refreshed Macs, say rumors.

    Andrew Cunningham – Oct 24, 2023 7:52 pm UTC

33. Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite looks like the Windows world’s answer to Apple Silicon

    Snapdragon X Elite PCs should begin to arrive in mid-2024, but obstacles remain.

    Andrew Cunningham – Oct 24, 2023 7:00 pm UTC

34. Report: Apple has a refreshed Apple Silicon iMac coming as soon as next week

    Long wait times for 13- and 14/16-inch MacBook Pros are also suggestive.

    Andrew Cunningham – Oct 23, 2023 3:04 pm UTC

35. Windows 11’s adoption continues to lag Windows 10’s, but it’s hard to compare

    Leaked internal data claims Windows 11 is running on 400 million active PCs.

    Andrew Cunningham – Oct 18, 2023 6:21 pm UTC

36. Intel’s 14th-gen desktop CPUs are a tiny update even by modern standards

    New generation has relatively little to offer, though Core i7 is interesting.

    Andrew Cunningham – Oct 17, 2023 4:54 pm UTC