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AMD Software Adrenalin 22.8.1 OPTIONAL Drivers
– Support for Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, Thymesia, Radeon Boost using Variable Rate Shading for Halo Infinite.
– Enhanced Sync improvements
– 1/2 dozen fixes
Download | Release Notes

Security Stuff
Microsoft, CISA Warn of Actively Exploited ‘DogWalk’ Windows Bug Patched, thanks Allen!
ÆPIC Leak: Architectural Bug in Intel CPUs Exposes Protected Data see: https://aepicleak.com/

Off Topic
I went to visit my in-laws who live about 3 hours away. During a beer run I found the Jif Extra Crunchy Peanut Butter I’ve been looking for!

GM Makes $1,500 OnStar Subscription Mandatory on GMC, Buick, Cadillac Models
“All Buicks will see a price increase of $1,500. Higher trim GMCs will see an increase of as little as $905 with the Hummer EV getting no MSRP boost. Base model GMC pickups, the Sierra and Canyon, are hit the hardest with a $1,675 increase. By far the most common price hike is $1,500, which also applies to the Cadillac Escalade”
Just another reason Toyota Overtakes GM as Bestselling Auto Maker in U.S. “GM had been the No. 1 auto seller in the U.S. since 1931”

DEWALT Tool Box, TSTAK II, Flat Top
List Price: $35.33
-32% = $24.03
I bought one of these last year to lock up my tech stuff while on vacation.
I double-locked in the car (seat mount) and hotel room (bed frame) using 2 padlocks and a steel cable.

A read asked why I call the critter “Foxy Fox”?
“Foxy on the run
F-foxy
Fox on the run
And hide away”

Monday Morning Random Stuff…

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Wise Disk Cleaner 10.9.1
Minor update.
Download (I use portable) | Release Info

Class Action Targets Experian Over Account Security
“identity thieves were able to assume control over existing Experian accounts simply by signing up for new accounts using the victim’s personal information and a different email address.”

DIET DANGERS The top 5 worst foods that could SHORTEN your life expectancy
“every hotdog eaten shortens lifespan by 36 minutes”
Hot Dogs, Pizza, and Bacon? Yeah, not giving that up. There is no food better than a Chili Dog with cheddar and onions. Bacon, well that’s just meat candy. Pizza? Who wants a life without pizza?

A Couple Of Trailcam pics of Foxy Fox (yes, that’s what I call him)
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Tuesday News

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Google Chrome Updated
“The Chrome team is delighted to announce the promotion of Chrome 104 to the stable channel for Windows, Mac and Linux…Chrome 104.0.5112.79 ( Mac/linux) and 104.0.5112.79/80/81 ( Windows) contains a number of fixes and improvements…This update includes 27 security fixes.”
Download | Release Notes | What’s New
Chrome for Android updated too.

New Realtek Ethernet Drivers
See the main download page.
Older Realtek drivers HERE.

Electronics are built with death dates. Let’s not keep them a secret.
“Our analysis of 14 popular consumer devices found most could stop working in 3 to 4 years because of irreplaceable batteries…It’s a good thing that technology is now more accessible. But if you can’t simply replace the battery in something you own, does it really even belong to you?”
Gadget graveyard: We found the hidden death dates on popular devices
Related: Samsung and iFixit now offer self-repair parts and tools for Galaxy devices

Monday News

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Firefox 103.0.1
“Enabled hardware acceleration on newer AMD cards…Fixed a crash on Firefox shutdown caused by a bug in the audio manager.”
Download | Release Notes

Linux Mint 21
“Linux Mint 21 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2027. It comes with updated software and brings refinements and many new features to make your desktop experience more comfortable.”
I use Linux Mint in a virtual machine for the majority of my web activities. I installed v21 and it was buggy to the point of being unusable. I’ll try again in a month.
Download | Release Info

Godspeed Nichelle Nichols
“Last night, my mother, Nichelle Nichols, succumbed to natural causes and passed away. Her light, however, like the ancient galaxies now being seen for the first time, will remain for us and future generations to enjoy, learn from, and draw inspiration.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichelle_Nichols
https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Nyota_Uhura

Friday Random Stuff…

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Intel Graphics Windows DCH Drivers
First, “Intel will be moving 6th – 10th Gen Intel Processor Graphics and related Intel Atom, Pentium, and Celeron processor graphics to a legacy software support model.”
Graphics Driver Support Update for 10th Generation and Older Intel Processor Graphics
A single download contains the new and legacy drivers and will install the appropriate one.
Download & Info

Mp3tag 3.17
“new configuration options… better accessibility for cover-related operations, and many other improvements and fixes.”
Download | Release Notes

Winamp 5.9 RC1 Released
This looks to be a buggy update that is 4 years late.
Download & Info
I highly recommend WACUP (WinAmp Community Update Project). I’ve been using it for 3 or 4 years and I’m a Beta tester.
Here is an article I wrote in February, 2021: WACUP, Winamp Lives On
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Hump Day News

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Firefox 103
Improved features, optimizations, fixes, security fixes.
Download | Release Notes

AMD Software Adrenalin 22.7.1 OPTIONAL Drivers
Support for Win11 22H2 and new games.
Download | Release Notes

Justin Verlander Just Won’t Stop Dominating
“It makes me sad as someone who is such a huge fan of starting pitching, but there will never be another pitcher like Justin Verlander. We live in the age of the five-inning start. We live in an era where starting pictures get pulled when they have perfect games going. The age of the 200+ inning starter is slowly dying out. And then you have Justin Verlander, who at the age of 39, is showing no signs of slowing down. You have to appreciate the greatness.“

Friday Random Stuff…

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VMware Workstation 16.2.4 Player
“This release contains bug fixes.”
Download & Info

FileZilla Updated
Client 3.60.2 and Server 1.5.0 released. “Bugfixes and minor changes.”
Download: Client | Server

EMDB 5.11
Freeware movie database software. My collection HERE.
Download | What’s New

Stuff I bookmarked recently. Some off topic, some not:

The U.S. is sweltering. The heat wave of 1936 was far deadlier.
“The killer U.S. heat wave of 1936 spread as far north as Canada, led to the heat-related deaths of an estimated 5,000 people, sent thermometers to a record 121 degrees Fahrenheit in Steele, N.D., and made that July the warmest month ever recorded in the United States.”

CEOs average pay in 2021 was 324 times higher than employees
“While the report found that real worker wages fell 2.4 percent in 2021 after adjusting for inflation, the average compensation for the top CEOs in the nation last year was $18.3 million, a more than $5 million increase over the past decade.”

America’s favorite family outings are increasingly out of reach
“We found that these family outings have increased in cost at 2-3x the rate of inflation — and that, in order to afford them, today’s American families have to work up to 2x as many hours as they did 60 years ago.”
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Wednesday Morning News

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Google Chrome Updated
“The Stable channel has been updated to 103.0.5060.134 for Windows, Mac and Linux…This update includes 11 security fixes.”
Download | Release Info

VirtualBox 6.1.36
“maintenance release which improves stability and fixes regressions.”
Download | Changelog

Intel Killer Performance Suite v3.1222.614
“Wi-Fi, Ethernet drivers and Killer Software for the Intel Killer products.”
Download & Info