There Is No Spoo Edition <div><br /> </div> <h2>Top Story</h2> <div> <ul> <li>[url=https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-and-amds-new-ace-cpu-extensions-bring-an-efficient-ai-oriented-instruction-set-to-x86-a-new-design-makes-matrix-multiplication-more-power-and-density-efficient]AMD and Intel have unveiled their new ACE instruction set, which extends AVX vector instructions into matrix calculations.[/url]&nbsp; (Tom's Hardware)<br /> <br /> A single ACE instruction can result in up to 1024 multiplications, which is convenient but not exactly adhering to the RISC philosophy.<br /> <br /> We'll probably be waiting a couple of years to see this.&nbsp; [url=https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-reveals-new-roadmap-for-its-ryzen-cpus-teasing-zen-7-as-the-true-next-generation-leap-with-2nm-lineup-confirms-2026-release-for-zen-6-coming-with-expanded-ai-features]AMD previously announced a new matrix engine for Zen 7[/url] - which is not expected until 2028.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> </ul> <h2>Tech News</h2></div> <div> <ul> <li>[url=https://www.theregister.com/software/2025/09/03/supermarket-giant-tesco-sues-vmware-for-breach-of-contract/1420651]UK supermarket Tesco is suing Broadcom over their VMWare villainy.[/url]&nbsp; (The Register)<br /> <br /> Tesco purchased perpetual licenses to VMWare and signed matching support contracts before the company was bought by Broadcom.&nbsp; Broadcom is now - according to the suit - refusing to provide support services unless customer repurchase the licenses at new, vastly inflated prices.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>[url=https://blog.cloudflare.com/temporary-accounts/]Cloudflare has announced temporary accounts for AI agents that can be deployed for an hour without human intervention.[/url]&nbsp; (Cloudflare)<br /> <br /> There are nine and sixty ways I can think of off the top of my head that this could go horribly wrong.&nbsp; I suspect that Cloudflare can think of even more, and have already put in place countermeasures for half of them.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>[url=https://www.techspot.com/news/112759-openai-anthropic-cant-afford-have-everyone-use-ai.html]A $200 ChatGPT subscription used to the full could be costing OpenAI $14,000.[/url]&nbsp; (TechSpot)<br /> <br /> And a $200 Claude subscription could cost Anthropic $8000.<br /> <br /> Be right back, upgrading some subscriptions...<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>[url=https://techcrunch.com/2026/06/20/founders-funds-outlier-bet-on-humanely-killed-fish/]A suicide booth for fish?[/url]&nbsp; (Tech Crunch)<br /> <br /> Marketed as humane but actually designed to preserve the flavour.<br /> <br /> Hmm.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>[url=https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/953183/the-atlantic-searchable-database-music-ai-training-data]The Atlantic did something useful?[/url]&nbsp; (The Verge)<br /> <br /> They published a searchable database for music used in training AI song generators.<br /> <br /> Most of it copyrighted, much of it by extremely litigious labels.<br /> <br /> And here's me all out of popcorn.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>[url=https://www.notebookcheck.net/A-tablet-first-that-has-everything-covered-thanks-to-two-USB-ports-5G-a-stylus-Lenovo-ThinkTab-X11-review.1321247.0.html]Lenovo's Thinkpad X11 is an 11" tablet.[/url]&nbsp; (Notebook Check)<br /> <br /> Not the fastest and certainly not the lightest, but it has something few tablets can match: A removable battery.</li> </ul> <div><br /> </div></div> <div><br /> </div> <h2>Musical Interlude</h2> <div>[ytlite=ASO_zypdnsQ]<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;">Disclaimer: Mada fada coconut.</span></div>