This week, I’ve been slowly catching up on Dark Matter; I’m about 20 hours into Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door on the Switch; and I’m still trying to work a trip to the movie theater into my schedule to see Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.
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Over seven months later, Intel CPU instability might be over
We first reported on the Intel CPU instability issue in February 2024, and since then, Intel has offered various fixes that helped, but still failed to fix the problem once and for all. Now, it finally seems like the owners of Intel’s best CPUs might soon be able to rest easy. Intel has shared a new update that pinpoints the four causes of Raptor Lake problems and provides a fix.
Intel’s July update on the matter disclosed that the company was aware of issues within the microcode and that the problem was related to incorrect voltages. Today’s update breaks this down into four operating scenarios that can cause problems. Intel now refers to these long-lasting issues as the “Vmin Shift Instability.”
“Intel has localized the Vmin Shift Instability issue to a clock tree circuit within the IA core which is particularly vulnerable to reliability aging under elevated voltage and temperature. Intel has observed these conditions can lead to a duty cycle shift of the clocks and observed system instability,” said Thomas Hannaford in an Intel community post. Breaking it down into simpler terms, Intel has confirmed that increased voltage affects the stability of these processors, even if operating within warrantied voltages.
Intel’s already provided microcode updates for three out of the four identified root causes behind the Vmin Shift Instability. This includes:
- Some motherboards pushed the power delivery settings higher than what Intel recommended. This was addressed with Intel’s Baseline Profiles, which ended up being quite confusing.
- An eTVB (efficient thermal velocity boost) microcode algorithm allowed Intel CPUs to run at higher performance modes despite elevated temperatures, thus endangering the processor. A June 2024 BIOS update fixed this problem.
- Another microcode algorithm (serial voltage identification, or SVID) requested high voltages combined with just the right frequency and duration to make the CPU unstable. Intel addressed this in August.
- Finally, Intel reports that the microcode and the BIOS were requesting elevated core voltages, which caused the Vmin Shift Instability when the CPU was running light tasks or even was completely idle.
This final root cause of Vmin Shift is now being addressed by Intel. The company is releasing a microcode update, 0x12B, which includes the previous two updates and also fixes the elevated voltage requests. Depending on your motherboard vendor, you might have to wait — the update is being rolled out and it’ll probably take a little while for everyone’s BIOS updates to be up for grabs.
Intel assured that the new microcode shouldn’t have any impact on performance, citing internal benchmarks in tools like Cinebench R23 or Crossmark, as well as gaming tests in Cyberpunk 2077, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and more. The company also reaffirmed that, despite previous reports, the Vmin Shift Instability doesn’t affect laptops and CPUs of other generations.
Is this really the end of unstable Intel CPUs? We’ll have to wait and see, but right now, Intel certainly appears to think so — and that’s great news for those who are using CPUs like the Core i9-14900K. It might finally be time to breathe a sigh of relief and keep an eye out for those microcode updates.
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I’m behind, in other words! And this week’s trailers shoveled so much more onto my need-to-watch pile, from the next Marvel MCU film, Thunderbolts, to the amusingly bizarre black comedy Rumours, to Disclaimer, Alfonso Cuarón’s new Apple TV Plus series. That’s to say nothing of all the game trailers from Sony’s State of Play event this week.
Check out some of my favorite trailers from this week below.
Thunderbolts
Marvel hasn’t said much about Thunderbolts, which sees David Harbour’s Red Guardian and his daughter, Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) in a new outing that concludes the MCU’s phase 5 in May next year.
Joining them are Taskmaster (Olga Kurylenko), Ghost (Hannah John-Kamen), Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), and John Walker (Wyatt Russell), with Valentina Allegra de Fontaine (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) as their apparent ring leader. There’s also a mystery character named Bob (Lewis Pullman) who, as The Verge’s Charles Pulliam-Moore hinted earlier this week — and Polygon went at head-on — is probably Sentry, a Marvel version of Superm—er, a flying bulletproof guy with superhuman strength, speed, and agility.
Rumours
I’m trying to think of the best thing to compare Rumours to. The big, sans-serif, drop-shadowed fonts scream 1970s-era exploitation films, as do its backlit fog and sometimes pinkish tint, which makes it look a bit like a well-aged film print.
The trailer has notes of Wes Anderson’s deliberate blocking and framing, mixed with the absurdism of Quentin Dupieux’s Rubber. There’s a gigantic brain? And some zombies. And leaders of the G7 nations, trapped in the woods with all of that. Whatever it is, Rumours, a black comedy from co-directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, and Galen Johnson looks like it’ll be a hoot when it hits theaters on October 18th.
Sinners
Sinners sees one of director Ryan Coogler’s mainstay actors, Michael B. Jordan, playing 1930s twin brothers who go back to their hometown to start over, only to be confronted by some unknown horror.
The name and trailer point to a religious theme. (“You keep dancing with the devil, one day he’s gonna follow you home.”) But shadowy figures outside a juke joint and a young boy walking into a church with fresh claw marks on his face hint at more. Maybe it’s a murderous cult, maybe the town is beset by actual demons. What’s really going on is a total mystery, and hopefully, it’ll stay that way until its March 7th theatrical release.
Alfonso Cuarón’s new Apple TV series, Disclaimer, is a seven-part psychological thriller that starts streaming on October 11th. Cate Blanchett stars as a journalist named Catherine Ravenscroft, whose dark secrets are revealed in an anonymously written novel that is sent to her.
The secrets are apparently bad enough to threaten her relationship with her husband, Robert (Sacha Baron Cohen), and her son, Nicholas (Kodi Smit-McPhee). The series also stars Kevin Kline, Lesley Manville, Louis Partridge, Leila George, and Hoyeon, and it’s narrated by Indira Varma.
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Lenovo launches two new notebooks in the ThinkBook series with Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100 and AMD’s Ryzen AI 9 365 processor
Lenovo has unveiled two new ThinkBook models as it looks to exert its dominace on the business laptops landscape.
The ThinkBook 16 Gen 7 and the ThinkBook 16 Gen 7+ bring major upgrades over their predecessors, offering cutting-edge hardware designed for demanding users, but catering to slightly different needs, especially in terms of performance, display, and other key features.
Both devices come with a 16-inch IPS screen, but while the former supports 2.5k reoslution, the latter supports 3.2k – and both also run on Windows 11 Pro and offer a Kensington Nano Security Slot for security.
ThinkBook 16 Gen 7 combines a sleek design with advanced AI capabilities from the Snapdragon X Plus chipset to give modern professionals robust performance, enhanced productivity, and more security
The ThinkBook 16 Gen 7 is powered by the Snapdragon X Plus X1P-42-100, an ARM-based processor known for its energy efficiency and connectivity, but able to hit 45 TOPS for enhanced AI performance.
The ThinkBook 16 Gen 7 also comes with up to 32GB of LPDDR5x RAM clocked at 8448 MT/s, which ensures fast performance across a range of tasks, and offers up to 1TB PCIe Gen4 x4 SSD, which ensures fast boot times, smooth application launches, and ample space for most needs. For graphics, this model features a Qualcomm Adreno GPU capable of delivering up to 3.8 TFLOPs.
The ThinkBook 16 Gen 7 offers two display options: a 16:10 WQXGA 2.5K IPS display with 100% sRGB color coverage and 350 nits of brightness, or a more modest WUXGA IPS display with a 60Hz refresh rate, 45% NTSC color accuracy, and 300 nits of brightness.
There’s also an FHD RGB camera with a privacy shutter, ensuring security during video calls, and Dolby Atmos audio technology provides immersive sound through the stereo speakers.
In terms of battery, this device uses an 84WHr battery, and for security, it relies on the Microsoft Pluton security processor, a fingerprint reader integrated into the power button, and the webcam’s privacy shutter. In addition to Wi-Fi 7, the Lenovo ThinkBook 16 Gen 7 comes with several connectivity options such as two USB-C 10Gbps ports, two USB-A 5Gbps ports, an HDMI 2.1 port, a 4-in-1 SD card reader, and an audio combo jack.
This ThinkBook 16 Gen 7 weighs 1.82kg and will be available in October 2024, with a starting price of $749.
ThinkBook 16 Gen 7+ features the Ryzen AI 9 365 processor and Radeon 88M graphics for exceptional speed and high-resolution visuals for the modern professional, all in its classic dual-tone chassis
The ThinkBook 16 Gen 7+ takes performance a step further with the AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 processor, known for its strong computational power and efficiency, but also delivering 50 TOPS (Tera Operations Per Second), slightly more than the Snapdragon X Plus found in the Gen 7.
Like the Gen 7, the Gen 7+ offers up to 32GB of LPDDR5x RAM, though at a slightly lower clock speed of 7500 MHz – but the real upgrade comes in the storage department, where the Gen 7+ offers dual 2280 M.2 SSD slots, allowing users to expand storage up to 4TB, perfect for handling large files like video or engineering projects. For graphics, the AMD Radeon 880M is a more powerful option compared to the Qualcomm Adreno in the Gen 7. It handles more graphically demanding applications, making it ideal for content creators and power users.
In terms of display, the ThinkBook 16 Gen 7+ features a 16-inch 3.2K IPS display with a 165Hz refresh rate, DCI-P3 color accuracy, Dolby Vision support, and TÜV Low Blue Light certification for eye comfort, making it suitable for users requiring top-tier display performance, such as video editors and photographers.
The camera setup in the Gen 7+ is also enhanced with FHD RGB and TOF (Time of Flight) technology, improving depth sensing for better video quality while the audio is supported by Dolby Atmos, providing a high-quality sound experience. This new notebook comes with an 85WHr battery and for security, it includes the same Microsoft Pluton security processor, fingerprint reader, and privacy shutter as the Gen 7. Additionally, the Gen 7+ features an IR camera for facial recognition, adding an extra layer of protection.
In terms of connectivity, the ThinkBook 16 Gen 7+ offers more advanced options, including a USB4 port with Thunderbolt 4 certification, a full-function USB-C 3.2 Gen 2, two USB-A 3.1 ports (one featuring Always On functionality), an HDMI 2.1 port, an RJ45 Ethernet port, and a hidden USB-A 2.0 port.
The ThinkBook 16 Gen 7+ weighs 1.9kg and will be available in October 2024 in EMEA markets, with a starting price of €999 (approximately $1,110).
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Since I became science fiction columnist for New Scientist, I have had to think a lot about what qualifies as sci-fi. Very often, a book could actually be classified as fantasy, which is outside my remit. More and more, I find myself agreeing with the writer Damon Knight when he said: “Science fiction is what I point to [when I say] ‘That’s science fiction’.”
Anyway, for this holiday reading special, I present my list of some of the year’s best sci-fi so far. All that binds these incredibly diverse books…
Apple HomeKit has always lagged behind Alexa and Google Assistant, notably lacking a smart display similar to that of the Echo Show 15 or the Nest Hub. Rumors suggest that the company’s next gadget might rectify that. MacRumors reported code found in Apple’s backend that referenced something called HomeAccessory17,1. That might not seem like much to go on until you realize that HomePod is similarly named AudioAccessory.
There are still too few details to make any definitive conclusions, but we can venture an educated guess that the upcoming device might be powered by the A18 chip and feature AI-focused features. Apple already has plans to integrate OpenAI and Siri. Adding AI-powered intelligence into a smart home system would potentially give it never-before-seen functionality — perhaps even more than what Alexa can currently offer, although Google Assistant’s use of Gemini could level the playing field.
The code also hinted that the HomeAccessory — probably not the final name of the product — would run on a version of tvOS. If true, then this new gadget might be a chimera-like build of the iPad and HomePod. It’s speculation, but it might look similar to the Google Pixel Tablet.
Other rumors suggest the next HomeKit device could contain a camera for user identification and gesture recognition. Again, take all of this with a grain of salt — none of it has been confirmed yet, but it’s exciting to see new developments in a smart home platform that has largely been underrepresented.
With confirmed changes coming to HomeKit in iOS 18 like enhanced guest controls and robot vacuum support, HomeKit might finally be getting the attention it needs.
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