AMD Ryzen 3, Facebook Pseudoscience, and RTX Voice

Hardware Developments

AMD's Entry-Level Domination

• AMD announced the Ryzen 3 3100 and 3300X, quad-core processors with SMT that effectively challenge Intel’s low-end market dominance.
• These CPUs support PCIe Gen 4 and offer incredible value gaming performance for around $100.
• The upcoming B550 chipset further democratizes access to high-end features like Gen 4 connectivity, making budget builds more competitive than ever.

Innovation at Apple

• Reports suggest Apple is transitioning Macs to their own proprietary ARM-based chips as early as 2021, moving away from Intel processors. This shift aims to unify their ecosystem, though it raises questions about the future of high-end, upgradable professional hardware like the Mac Pro.

Platform Regulation & Ethics

Facebook's Pseudoscience Ad Targeting

"I think it's just as simple as they want to have their cake and eat it too. They want to talk about how they care about people getting real evidence-based information, but they want to make money on people peddling nonsense on the back end."

• An investigation revealed that Facebook allowed advertisers to target users based on an interest in "pseudoscience."
• While Facebook removed the category after being called out, the hosts argue this highlights a systemic conflict of interest where the company prioritizes ad revenue over the integrity of information on its platform.

YouTube's Medically Unsubstantiated Content Banning

• YouTube is actively removing videos that contain health misinformation related to current crises, such as COVID-19.
• While the hosts agree that dangerous content requires some level of moderation, they discuss the inherent risks of a monolithic platform deciding what constitutes truth, potentially leading to censorship beyond just public safety.

Advancements in Tech

RTX Voice

• NVIDIA's RTX Voice has emerged as a groundbreaking tool for AI-based background noise suppression.
• Surprisingly, it does not strictly require RT or Tensor cores, as users have found it can run on older hardware using a CUDA fallback, providing near-perfect audio cleaning even in noisy environments.

Wi-Fi 6E

• The FCC ratified unlicensed use of the 6 GHz spectrum in the USA, paving the way for the Wi-Fi 6E standard. This expansion will significantly reduce congestion and likely lead to faster, more reliable wireless performance in the coming years.