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Intel turns it up to (generation) 11, and more tech news you need to know today
June 09, 2025
1. Intel Tiger Lake detailed
Intel had a nice little stack of announcements, firmly trying to take back its crown from AMD’s rapid rise across PC desktops and laptops.
We saw some announcements in August, but now we have benchmarks and specs forIntel’s first 11th Gen Core Tiger Lake processors, designed to fight AMD in thin-and-light laptops.
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One more thing:
Qualcomm isbringing 5G to ultra-affordable phones with new 400-series chips(Android Authority). Also,Qualcomm’s just announced 8cx Gen 2 5G processorpromises a new wave of better ARM-based laptops, but only incremental improvements (The Verge).
Tech demo: Thiscool color-changing phone switches hues on demand(Android Authority).
US 9th Circuit Court of Appealsrules NSA surveillance uncovered by Edward Snowden, in 2013, is illegal (Android Authority).
Thejoys of owning an ‘OG’ email account(KrebsonSecurity)
Thefirst battery-free Game Boywants to power a gaming revolution (CNET).
Each LED in thenew Philips Hue lightstrip can match different colors on your TV, and the new gradient models are a big upgrade (Gizmodo).
8.Google proposes new campus in Mountain View, billed as a ‘neighborhood’ with homes, shops and parks (CNET).
9.SpaceX targets another Starlink launch this morning(8:41am ET) to continue record pace (Ars Technica). Also, NASA tests a rocket booster thatproduces 3 million pounds of thrust(Ars).
Incoming object with Earth impact trajectory …turns out to be a 56-year-old NASA spacecraft, with video re-entry and all (ScienceAlert).
These students figured out their tests were graded by AI —and the easy way to cheat. Keyword stuffing! (The Verge).
“Why do humans need to eat many different kinds of food to get their vitamins etc butlarge animals like cows only need grass to survive?“(r/ELI5)
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