**April Fool's Video of the Year: A Look at NVIDIA RTX 4090 Setup**

I recently came across an amazing video posted by Captain's Workspace that showcases an incredible April Fool's setup. The video features a massive NVIDIA RTX 4090 card, which is not a real product but was assembled by Captain's Workspace and looks incredibly realistic. The card stands out with its dual power plugs, allowing users to bypass their power supply and feed the card's one kilowatt board power needs. What's even more impressive is the cooling system, featuring no less than 12 fans - four on top and eight on the bottom. To add some extra flair, the setup includes RGB LEDs on the logo and the NVIDIA logo.

The quality of this model is truly blown away by Captain's Workspace, who put in an incredible amount of detail work into assembling this setup. The video also features some detailed shots of the PCB and power delivery setups, showcasing the level of craftsmanship that went into creating this massive card. As someone who loves humor, I was thoroughly entertained by the April Fool's video and appreciate the creative effort that Captain's Workspace put into it.

**Chip Shortages Continue to Plague the Industry**

The chip shortage is still a major issue in the tech industry, with manufacturers struggling to meet demand for semiconductors. In response, chip makers have been announcing plans to build more buildings to increase production capacity. TSMC, one of the largest and most prominent chip makers, has announced plans to invest $100 billion over the next three years to expand its manufacturing capabilities. This is a significant investment, dwarfing Intel's own efforts to boost production capacity, which were revealed earlier in the week.

The focus on increasing capacity is likely aimed at supporting the development of advanced semiconductor technologies. While details are still sketchy, it appears that TSMC is seeking to bolster its position as a leader in the field. It remains to be seen whether this investment will be successful, but one thing is certain - the chip shortage is not going away anytime soon.

**Internet Service Providers and Slow Internet**

In a shocking move, one of the largest internet service providers (ISPs) in the United States has been touting slow internet as an acceptable standard. T, which operates under various brand names across the country, has defined broadband in the slowest terms possible to avoid investing in infrastructure upgrades. According to T, 50 Mbps download speeds and 10 Mbps upload speeds are sufficient for most users.

This stance is deeply concerning, particularly given the growing demand for faster internet connectivity - especially in rural areas where service often remains poor. The US government has proposed a new standard of 100 Mbps download and upload speeds over fiber to the home, but T's refusal to invest in upgrades suggests that there may be some resistance to this proposal.

**Sustainable Electronics and Chitin**

Researchers have made an exciting discovery in the field of sustainable electronics, with chitin playing a significant role in advanced nanocarbon fabrication. Chitin is a biopolymer derived from crab shells and has been found to be more efficient than traditional methods for manufacturing nanocarbon materials. This breakthrough could lead to significant improvements in electronics production, potentially paving the way for more eco-friendly devices.

While it's hard not to smile at the idea of computers being made from crab shells, this discovery is a genuine game-changer. The use of chitin and other biopolymers could help reduce the environmental impact of electronic manufacturing, making them more sustainable in the long run.

**YouTube Experiment: Hiding Dislike Counts**

In an effort to promote creator well-being, YouTube has announced an experiment where it will hide public dislike counts for videos from view. The platform has stated that this is in response to feedback from creators who felt that public dislike counts could negatively impact their motivation and creativity.

While some may argue that dislike counts serve a purpose in gauging the quality of content, others see them as a necessary part of the viewing experience. However, by removing this metric, YouTube hopes to create a more supportive environment for creators. Whether this experiment will be successful remains to be seen, but one thing is certain - it's an interesting move from a platform that often prioritizes algorithm-driven recommendations over creator feedback.

**Right to Repair: A GoFundMe Campaign**

Electronic repair enthusiast Lewis Rossman has launched a GoFundMe campaign in support of right-to-repair laws. Lewis shares his electronics repair skills on YouTube and runs a laptop repair store, where he works with customers to fix broken devices. He has testified in Congress about the importance of these laws, which aim to give consumers more control over their electronic devices.

Lewis believes that once you buy something, you should be able to modify or repair it as you see fit - rather than being forced through a manufacturer's channels. By supporting this cause, Lewis is hoping to raise awareness and funds for initiatives that promote consumer choice in electronics repair. If you agree with the principles of right-to-repair, consider reading up on the GoFundMe campaign and donating if possible.

**Conclusion**

In conclusion, this April Fool's video showcases an incredible level of craftsmanship and creativity from Captain's Workspace. While chip shortages continue to affect the industry, T's stance on slow internet is deeply concerning. The discovery of chitin in sustainable electronics is a genuine breakthrough that could have significant implications for eco-friendly manufacturing.

Meanwhile, YouTube has announced an experiment to hide public dislike counts, while Lewis Rossman is fighting for the right to repair through his GoFundMe campaign. As technology continues to advance, it's essential that we prioritize consumer choice, sustainability, and transparency in electronic devices - whether that means embracing new materials like chitin or supporting initiatives like right-to-repair.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwelcome back to paul's tech news if you feel a great sense of relief this week almost as if some blockage or obstruction was finally removed allowing the free flow of materials through an orifice that had been stopped up for way too long well that's probably because intel finally launched 11th gen core cpus and it was a lot like taking a poo after months of anticipation or should that be constipation anyway other tech happened this week too so i hope you've had your tetanus shot let's wait in excellent intel demonstrated to everyone this week that an unhealthy mix of overconfidence poor product positioning and dare i say hubris can align just about the entire tech community in universal condemnation of a new cpu launch 11th gen core rocket lake s cpus dropped tuesday and at least for the 8 core 11 900k and 11 700k most reviewers dropped them straight into the trash can intel's feedback on the launch this week has been brutal with phrases like embarrassing pathetic and worst flagship ever being some of the more forgiving conclusions drawn intel could have avoided so much of this by simply pricing these 8 core cpus competitively against both amd ryzen and intel's own 10th gen parts which are still very viable but they seem to have a crippling aversion to lowering prices on their products probably because some executive sees it as devaluing the brand personally i think having everyone laughing at your launch and it being called a waste of sand that's still probably the burniest of burns for this round well-played steve devalues the brand far more than simply pricing a new 11900k at or below the price of the last gen 10 900k especially when it has 20 fewer cores now if there is a diamond amongst all the roughage it is the six core options like the 11600k and 11400 which are far more reasonably priced and remain competitive with amd's offerings while also sporting integrated graphics in all but the f skus at least which is a big selling point right now that igpu would be an even bigger selling point too if intel actually launched drivers for them first spotted by adored tv early adopters of 11th gen core cpus who actually want to use the graphics will find that there is no official driver currently available for download on intel's support page that doesn't mean non-functional graphics entirely fortunately as there are intel xe drivers that will install automatically from windows update but that version is months old now and any pc gamer who has been around the block will tell you that proper driver support can have a significant impact on performance there was a press driver distributed although most reviews didn't cover uhd graphics performance hardware lux did and those results are in the videocards.com article linked in the description they showed some nice gains over the 10th gen igpu though which isn't bad this just seems like a big miss for a launch of this caliber though and it's even been confirmed by intel's graphics software engineering director lisa pearce public drivers are a few weeks out and then in a late addition to this little segment we have an update and lisa pearce as of friday has said that they have drivers flowing to oems for a while now the delay was in public posting with our unified graphics driver flow they'll work it out asap and the driver should be posted by monday morning resizable bar support isn't just a fun euphemism for your boxer briefs it's also a native feature of the pci express protocol that allows the cpu to more efficiently access your gpu's vram amd realized last year that they could enable that for more performance which they did for the radeon 6000 series and they called it smart access memory which sounded cooler and it boosted gaming frame rates by maybe 5 or 10 or even 15 to 20 percent or sometimes zero percent it depends on the game and support it's something you'd rather turn on than have off though and now intel platforms are enabling it too and unsurprisingly nvidia has also enabled it for their 30 series gpus it will help out in 17 games as of now but you might have to take several steps to enable it apart from a driver update you will need to update your motherboard's uefi to a version that supports resizable bar and update your graphics card's v-bios which isn't particularly hard but can be daunting for those who have never tried it if you regularly play one of these games though and you have compatible hardware it's probably worth your while to turn on especially for f1 2020 players who can gain about 12 percent boost according to nvidia they are also not enabling this for some games hence the required driver support because with some games performance can drop with this feature turned on so well played nvidia that's probably the way to go about doing it back in january networking device manufacturer ubiquity disclosed that unauthorized access to certain information technology systems hosted by a third-party cloud provider had taken place the breach started in december 2020 and supposedly there was no evidence that user data was accessed but security researcher krebs on security spoke to a whistleblower at ubiquity who says the breach was much worse than ubiquity let on attackers gained administrative access to ubiquiti's servers at amazon's cloud service but executives at the company were minimizing the severity to protect their stock price this is exacerbated by the fact that ubiquity products like routers and internet-connected cameras routinely require cloud-based accounts and logins meaning there's a good chance that intruders would have the credentials needed to remotely access those devices more details on the breach are in the article but if you're affected the advice is to change your passwords turn on two-factor authentication reset to factor authentication if it's already on delete any profiles associated with your devices update your device's firmware and recreate profiles with new credentials you can disable remote access too which is always a good idea if it's not needed april fool's day was thursday and although i think the internet has kind of ruined this quasi holiday because everyone is reminded that it's happening every time it happens there's usually one or two items that pop up and amuse me the winner this year is definitely captain's workspace who posted an amazing video of an nvidia rtx 4090. this is obviously not a real product but he assembled it and it really kind of looks like it could be although it's absurdly huge it features dual power plugs so you can bypass your power supply to feed the card's one kilowatt board power needs it has no less than 12 cooling fans with four on the top and eight on the bottom and of course it has rgb leds on the logo and the nvidia logo and the geforce rtx logo i was once again blown away by the quality of this model that he assembled for this video and the detail work that he put into it even including some detail on the pcb and the power delivery setups captain's workspace literally only posts april fool's videos about technology once a year so i highly recommend checking out his older videos such as the rtx 2090 setup that he did in 2019 there it is catching on fire i personally love the humor like the soda can that gets pulled across and then the next shot it's all torn up in the corner it's just it's just awesome uh i have not even shown him half of the details from some of these videos so the link to this video and his channel is down in the description if you want to check out more and now it's time for tech briefs why should tech news be longer when it could be shorter chip shortages still plague the industry and chip makers have been announcing plans to build more buildings so they can chip more chips ship more chips tsmc is next up with the hopefully not an april fool's joke april 1st announcement that they'll be spending 100 billion us dollars over the next three years on their expansion plans that's way more than intel's 20 billion dollar investment from last week the focus is increasing capacity to support the manufacturing and r d of advanced semiconductor technologies sounds good to me that's what they're good at fast internet is good so why is one of the largest isps in the united states trying to tell us that slow internet is all we need at t likes to define broadband in the slowest terms possible so they don't have to invest in infrastructure to provide faster internet especially in rural areas where service is often the poorest the us government wants to subsidize a new standard of 100 megabits both ways upload and download with fiber to the home but at t wants 50 down and 10 up with as little new building as possible i'm guessing at t is watching out for their bottom line more so than what's in the best interest of their customers in this case next up developments in the field of sustainable electronics research point to chitin playing a big role in advanced nanocarbon fabrication in the future chitin is a biopolymer that seems to be more efficient to manufacture into nanocarbon materials than traditional methods and it is often derived from crab shells so in the future your computer will be made of crabs it seems pretty straightforward to me any questions let's move on then youtubers are super sensitive as you probably know so supposedly based on creator feedback youtube is running a small experiment where they hide the dislike count on videos from public view we've heard from creators that the public dislike counts can impact their well-being said youtube ignoring the value that viewers get from seeing a high dislike count on say a tutorial video that might save you a bunch of time if the video actually sucks but hey at least creators will have their feelings spared and have that much less motivation to just create better videos finally i wanted to quickly promote louis rossman's right to repair gofundme that he kicked off this week lewis shares his electronics repair skills on youtube and runs a laptop repair store and he has testified in congress about right to repair laws if you think that once you buy something you should be able to modify or repair it as you see fit rather than being forced to go through a manufacturer then consider reading up on the gofundme or watching lewis's video and donating if you can so there you have it guys tech news with a site of lockjaw and you can now navigate the rest of this week knowing that you are informed on all the important things that there are to know of course your feedback is always welcome so please feel free to leave me a comment section down below there's a lot going on down there like all the articles i talked about today are linked in the description if you're interested in further reading and you can also click the like button if you enjoyed the video check out my store at paul's hardware dot net for a selection of excellent merchandise options including my new beer sets with the bamboo coasters and subscribe to my channel if you'd like to see more videos like this one in the future thanks again everyone and we'll see you in the next video\n"