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Hey friends, it's Karamo, talk show host, life coach, and your next best friend. You just don't know it yet. I'm hosting a new podcast called Started on Brotherhoods. We're going around the world to explore male friendships and all the wins, challenges and bonds that are made in WhatsApp group chats. And that's exactly where you can listen to it, right in the app. It's streaming on the official WhatsApp channel. Just open the app and go to the Updates tab to start listening. While you're at it, message your best friend and make sure they listen too. I'll see you there.
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Shakespeare and I both love talking about news. What news? What news in this tottering state? Or though it be honest, it is never good to bring bad news. Ha. Great stuff. But unlike the Bard's work, tech news doesn't come in iambic pentameter. Sorry to disappoint you. Windows 11's newest update is bringing along a brand new Start menu that actually looks finished. The redesign combines pinned apps and all apps into one scrollable view with new options including category, grid, or list, and you can finally hide that cursed recommended section. Almost a literal curse. Like why the update's rolling out gradually over the next few weeks. But unlike Windows Millennium Edition, installing this one won't make you pray for a time traveler to eliminate it from existence. What I may pray for the elimination of is Microsoft's new marketing campaign for their Copilot AI assistant, which involves recruiting social media influencers to convince people that Copilot is cool. This'll work because nothing says trustworthy productivity tools like TikTokers, explaining how they use AI to teach them Excel formulas between skincare routines. Are they actually doing that? And just to top it off, they are also testing Windows 11 2026H1, the next major version of Windows, which will reportedly be focused on better ARM processor support instead of new features. So we'll be paying for improvements to Windows on ARM by losing improvements to Windows in general. So yeah, new look, new marketing strategy, new hardware support, same indecipherable tactics. I think Microsoft may be entering its influencer era. What's next? Miko's OnlyFans? You're like, who's Meco? Exactly. Leaked benchmarks for AMD's unannounced Ryzen 7.9700x3D CPU have proven to be fake. On Reddit, user acanadianboy explained that basically he and his friends altered what his system reported for a CPU, taking an overclocked 9700X and renaming it to 9700X 3D before running it through Passmark. I am still processing the fact that Canadians would just go on the Internet and tell lies. That's not at least they came clean about it in true Canadian fashion anyway. Those benchmarks were then spotted and written about by tech news outlets. And as pointed out on Reddit, this is a good example of why fans and tech journalists shouldn't trust one off online benchmarks. And if you want a story about an unreleased AMD CPU that you can put a bit more faith in, Micro center is already selling a Pre built gaming PC featuring the unreleased Ryzen 5 7500X3D. The build is $100 less than a similar PC with the officially released Ryzen 5.7600X3D, with the only real difference being a slight clock speed drop. If Micro center makes a Reddit post admitting they faked those pre built PC listings with their buddies on the weekend, I am gonna be livid. This happens to me all the time. Disney owned channels have gone dark on YouTube TV as the two sides debate terms for a new content distribution contract. Google has claimed that Disney is attempting to increase prices for users of Google's live TV over the Internet service. While Disney asserts that Google is pursuing special treatment at below market pricing, it's not fair. In the midst of the heated battle between two greedy, gargantuan companies, Disney streamed college game day for free on Twitter. Which seems smart cause college football fans are intense and surveys say YouTube TV subscribers are already becoming increasingly irate over the blackout. Ah yes, the age old solution of throwing money at your problems that solved nothing.
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Don't worry about it.
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