The Core Ultra 5 225 will no longer be the most affordable Arrow Lake CPU.

Eight-core Arrow Lake CPU listed for $150 overseas — Core Ultra 3 205 may not be directly available in retail, though

^{Zhiye Liu (Tom's Hardware)}

Update: Following an investigation by RTL Nieuws (in Dutch), the problems at and affecting the Clinical Diagnostics laboratory appear to be much more serious than initially reported. In addition to the data of 485,000 women, all kinds of other data has also been stolen. This includes data from skin, urine, and penis examinations.

Data breach at Dutch medical laboratory much larger than expected - Techzine Global

Hackers steal data from 485,000 women at a laboratory that conducts cervical cancer screening. Test results remain reliable.

^{Berry Zwets (Techzine)}

Judge tossed claim but said UK must not “significantly impede” Wikipedia operations.

Case file: judiciary.uk/wp-content/upload…

Wikipedia loses UK Safety Act challenge, worries it will have to verify user IDs

^{Jon Brodkin (Ars Technica)}

Craig Barrett was Intel's CEO for seven years.

Former Intel CEO lays out radical plan to rescue the company — Suggests outing Lip-Bu Tan and asks for $40 billion investment from Nvidia, Apple, and others

^{Hassam Nasir (Tom's Hardware)}

AMD's previous-gen processors are a great option for those who want a capable gaming or productivity PC for less. Sadly, one of the best processors is reportedly no longer in the making.

https://www.neowin.net/news/amd-is-no-longer-making-its-best-budget-friendly-gaming-processor/

Those copper traces are a thing of beauty.

This see-thru Game Boy is a work of art — because she designed a transparent circuit board

^{Sean Hollister (The Verge)}

Performance-per-ember?

Undervolted Zotac RTX 5090 reportedly catches fire during Battlefield 6 session

^{Hassam Nasir (Tom's Hardware)}

Several months after launching Matter 1.4.1, the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) is back with version 1.4.2, introducing Wi-Fi-only commissioning and other upgrades.

https://www.neowin.net/news/matter-142-released-with-improved-scenes-wi-fi-only-commissioning-and-more/

Tesla, already battling slowing sales and a shifting market, is now facing a quieter but potentially more damaging crisis: a mass exodus from its leadership ranks.

What’s Going On at Tesla? A Wave of Executives Is Heading for the Exits

^{Luc Olinga (Gizmodo)}

A complaint raises concerns about the funding risks and a "toxic" culture at the Alan Turing Institute.

Staff fear UK's Turing AI Institute at risk of collapse

^{Zoe Kleinman (BBC News)}

70W TDP means the new RTX Pro 4000 SFF and RTX Pro 2000 won't blow power budgets

Nvidia gives its tiniest workstation GPUs a Blackwell boost

: 70W TDP means the new RTX Pro 4000 SFF and RTX Pro 2000 won't blow power budgets

^{Tobias Mann (The Register)}

Exploits allow for persistent backdooring when targets open booby-trapped archive.

High-severity WinRAR 0-day exploited for weeks by 2 groups

^{Dan Goodin (Ars Technica)}

The tech mogul is threatening immediate legal action, accusing the iPhone maker of an "unequivocal antitrust violation" designed to favor his AI rival.

Elon Musk Says Apple Is Rigging the App Store for ChatGPT

^{Luc Olinga (Gizmodo)}

At least 150 accounts shared “millions” of posts on X over a four-day period in July that encouraged users to buy child exploitation materials, an investigation has found.

Researchers warn of coordinated network to amplify child sexual abuse content on X

^{Anna Desmarais (Euronews.com)}

Read the National Guard order sending troops to our nation's capital

Leaked DC Troop Deployment Order

^{Ken Klippenstein}

Contact your local MP and spread this far and wide:

Subject: Urgent Action Required – Online Safety Act Harms

Dear [MP’s Name],

I am writing to you as a concerned constituent to demand urgent review and amendment of the Online Safety Act (OSA). While its stated aim is to protect users, it has already created serious harm to privacy, freedom of expression, and access to public knowledge.

The Government’s response to the Change.org petition failed to meaningfully address any of these widely raised concerns, offering vague assurances instead of evidence or concrete changes. This is unacceptable in a democracy.

Key problems now being reported:
• Excessive censorship – Vague definitions of “harm” are silencing lawful speech, political debate, and online communities.
• Privacy risks from mandatory age verification – Requires intrusive ID checks (including facial recognition), creating huge data breach risks.
• Threat to public-interest platforms – Wikipedia and similar sites could face UK restrictions if forced to verify all contributors.
• Erosion of encryption – Weakening secure communication systems in a way experts call “authoritarian” and “technically incoherent.”
• Ineffectiveness – VPN use has surged by over 500%, making the law easy to bypass while still harming UK-based platforms.
• Harm to vulnerable communities – Risks “outing” LGBTQ+ individuals and deterring use of safe online support spaces.

Recent events highlight the urgency:
• High Court ruling (Aug 2025) dismissed Wikimedia’s challenge, but confirmed Ofcom must act proportionately.
• Major online communities and platforms have blocked UK users or imposed invasive checks.
• Civil rights groups and tech experts continue to warn the OSA is fundamentally flawed.

I am asking you to:
1. Support a full Parliamentary review of the OSA’s harms and unintended consequences.
2. Press for immediate amendments to protect privacy, encryption, and public-interest platforms.
3. Suspend or repeal the most damaging provisions until they can be replaced with proportionate, evidence-based measures.

This is not a partisan matter — it is about protecting fundamental rights, digital freedoms, and public trust. I request a written reply outlining your position and the actions you will take.

Yours sincerely,
[Your Name]
[Your Address]

Better social media is possible.

In his new book Move Slowly and Build Bridges, Robert W. Gehl tells the story of the activists, software developers, artists, and everyday people who have built the fediverse, a noncentralized alternative social media system. Unlike big tech corporations like Facebook, TikTok, or X, the fediverse is comprised of thousands of small, independent communities who use a Web protocol to communicate with one another.

These small communities govern themselves and moderate content at the human scale — compare that to Facebook and X, which try to moderate global conversations. And the fediverse isn’t built in order to gather user data and sell attention to marketers — it’s a more privacy-respecting social media alternative.

The most notable part of the fediverse is Mastodon. Founded in 2016, Mastodon was positioned as an alternative to Twitter. Like Twitter (or X), Mastodon members can post, like, share, and connect with one another across the world. Unlike Twitter/X, Mastodon can be completely under the control of its members, from how it’s run to its underlying software.

Making a noncentralized, ethically run social media system isn’t easy. The people building the fediverse have faced long hours, burnout, angry debates, and, worst of all, bigotry, death threats, and discrimination. They face constant, nagging doubts: Can we really do this? Can noncentralized social media survive in a world that is used to corporate social media? Can we—all of us—have our own social media?

As Move Slowly and Build Bridges shows us, the answer is yes, but it’s going to take a struggle.

Lactose in enough quantities gets my tummy rumbling in a bad way so I'm trying out alternatives.

Oat milk in hipster coffee drinks is pretty good.

Soy milk as a protein and calcium beverage is fine. Tastes OK.

There is lactose-free milk too but that is still suspect. Either it's not all the way lactose free or too much of any kind of dairy quakes my intestines.