Two revolving doors in a single press release? Robin Colwell, an economic advisor during both Trump terms (and a lobbyist between them) is now Intel’s SVP of Government Affairs, after Trump shook down Intel for 10 percent. Annie Weckesser is now SVP of marketing and communications — she was CMO at SambaNova, a AI chip startup that Intel’s reportedly about to buy.
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I love my Noctua fans as much as the next PC nerd, but I’ve never quite understood the obsession with their colors. Nonetheless! If you want matching shrouds, cases, and more, Prusa now sells exact color-matched filament in Noctua Brown and Noctua Beige for the same price as its other colors.

Microsoft seems to have gotten the message that Linux is becoming real competition and that the Xbox Ally needs more work! “[W]e will continue refining system behaviors that matter most to gaming: background workload management, power and scheduling improvements, graphics stack optimizations, and updated drivers,” the company writes.
[Windows Experience Blog]
I knew Samsung made lots of money making chips, not just electronics. But Emma’s RAM report puts it in perspective: Last quarter, the company earned nearly twice as much from memory as from its entire TV and appliance business.
Samsung’s mobile biz was still bigger than memory ($22.8B vs. $18.2B), but not by much!
RAM is ruining everything
Remember Xtra, the company that lets DJI sneak its popular cameras into the US? Its version of DJI’s Osmo 360 just arrived today for $549 — or $400 on early-bird discount. Thing is, the original DJI Osmo 360 can be had for $358 right now on sale basically everywhere it’s sold. Weird!
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