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Initial reviews of the Snapdragon X Elite are out and the performance is underwhelming. The new chip from Qualcomm was highly anticipated, but it seems to have fallen short of expectations. The Snapdragon X Elite was supposed to be a game-changer for the mobile industry, but it seems to have missed the mark.

Notebook Check received a review unit sent by Asus. CPU performance in ARM native applications are comparable to existing x86 designs from Intel and AMD. However, X Elite fell short on gaming performance claims. Battery runtime is also comparable to existing x86 designs. Thermal emissions and noise levels were higher than AMD and Intel.

I will add more details as they come in.

Source(s)

• Notebook Check Vivobook S15 ARM laptop
• Techpowerup Article
• Notebook Check initial review video

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AMD, one of the world’s largest semiconductor companies, is currently investigating a potential data breach after a hacker claimed to have stolen sensitive information from the company. The user goes by the name of “IntelBroker” said he has obtained data on future products/IP, customer database, financial records and more.

AMD did give a initial statement to Reuters said they are working with law enforcement agencies and third party hosting partners to investigate the claims. AMD stock has traded down slowly by 2.38% on 18 June 2024. According to HackRead, the data can be categorized into 2 categories namely IP/Product info and Business info. The hacker also claims to have access to firmware,ROMs, source code, IP files, future products and its specifications. The business info includes Employee User ID, customer databases, employee databases, job designation, business phone numbers and financial records.

IntelBroker’s reputation is very known since he has disclosed past data breaches with the following: HSBC, Barclays, T-Mobile, Los Angeles International Airport, Europol, Home Depot, Acuity Inc., and Facebook Marketplace.

Source(s)

• TechpowerUp Article
• HackRead Article
• Reuters
• X/Twitter

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Gamers Nexus, a popular YouTube channel that focuses on PC hardware, tech journalism and gaming, recently confronted Asus at Computex 2024 about the company's customer support issues. The channel's founder, Steve Burke, spoke with Asus's representatives about various issues that customers have been facing, including problems with the ROG Ally repair fiasco after performing an undercover investigation since many users reached out to them to vent their frustrations. Asus has since responded to these concerns and has taken steps to address them.

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Igor from Igor Labs has been tipped off by an anonymous source that the stability issues plaguing Intel's upcoming Raptor Lake processors are linked to faulty eTVB microcode settings. The source claims that the eTVB microcode settings are causing the processors to crash and freeze under heavy workloads.

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Microsoft has now decided to pull the Recall feature from their upcoming Windows 11 24H2 update, following concerns over privacy and security. The controversial feature, which stored screenshots and snapshots of user activity and then running it against an AI model on the NPU (Neural Processing Unit) that allows the user to search through past activity be it photos,videos or documents.