**The State of Intel and AMD CPUs**

Intel's CPU stability woes were finally put to rest, or so it seemed. Igor's lab published what appeared to be great news, stating that Intel had solved the root problem causing the instability issues with their 13th and 14th gen CPUs. However, it turns out that this was not quite true. Intel publicly stated that yes, a bug in the micro code algorithm does exist and they would fix it with a bios update. But, the search for a solution continues, and unlocked CPUs can still experience issues.

The enhanced thermal velocity boost bug has been a major issue for Intel's 13th and 14th gen CPUs. However, this was not the root cause of the instability problems. It seems that Intel is finally taking steps to address the issue with a bios update. But, it's clear that there's still more work to be done to ensure stability in their high-end CPUs.

**Adobe's Terms of Use: A Scathing Review**

Recently, Adobe was criticized for their updated terms of use, which seemed to indicate that they wanted full control over training their AI using any work created by their subscribers. Thankfully, after a backlash from the community, Adobe has updated their terms and will not be doing that.

However, this is not the end of Adobe's troubles with the law. The US government is now suing them for their "simple customer-friendly" practice of making their services confusingly difficult to cancel and threatening cancellation fees in the hundreds of dollars range that don't actually exist when people do try to cancel. It seems that Adobe has found itself on the wrong side of the law once again.

**The Ryzen 8000 Series: A New Era for AMD**

When AMD launched the Ryzen 8000 series of desktop APUs, I complained about the name being dumb. But, it's clear now that my criticism may have had an unintended consequence. The Ryzen 8000 series has been a success, and with the latest updates, they've become even more affordable.

The Ryzen 8700G is now $30 cheaper at $299, while the Ryzen 8600G is also $30 cheaper at $159. And, despite not being perfect, the Ryzen 8500G is now $20 off at $159, making it the cheapest APU available. This is a great option for those looking to build a starter PC with a plan to upgrade to a better CPU and discrete GPU down the line.

**The YouTube Ad War: Adobe's New Strategy**

The ad war on YouTube continues, with Overlord now experimenting with server-side ad injection, adding the ad directly into the video stream itself. This is just abominable, and it screws with timestamps used by current ad blockers and who knows what it will do to user-provided timestamps in the future?

**A Call to Action: Support Your Favorite Creators**

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**The Final Word**

That's it for today's video, folks! Thanks for watching, and we'll see you next week.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwelcome back to Paul's Tech news it is finally officially summer 2024 my friends so  Lube up those sunscreen bottles and get ready to slather yourselves in a modest  esploogement of PC Hardware news from the past say week or so (side effects may include hazy  Euphoria and priapism). and it looks like I have returned just in time too because some of this  week's stories are difficult to stomach - bowel shaking reports about amd's latest deception,  Nvidia giving us all a turn by taking its rightful place as the ruler of the known universe,  and Asus cleaning up the s**tstain left by their RMA Department while Steve looks  on. he likes to watch. and hopefully so do you - it's time for Tech News.excellent today's video is brought to you by thermaltake's ex series fans featuring  magnetic force connectors that can daisy chain fans together to simplify installation and  cable management ct120 ex fans feature solid all-around performance and a touch of tasteful  RGB lighting the swafan ex series revolutionized case fans by adding swappable fan blades and the  tough fan ex Pro Series sports best-in-class high static pressure for use with radiators  and an aggressive all black design and all of them feature larger magnetic force connectors  for easy wiring for more on the ex series fans from thermaltake click the sponsor Link in the  video description. AMD has been breached or so it would appear as Rumblings on the dark web Tuesday  about a trove of data being exfiltrated from AMD servers quickly made their way onto the less dark  web prompting AMD to make a public statement that they are looking into the situation and  working closely with law enforcement officials and a third party hosting partner to investigate the  claim and the significance of the data as if to Salt the wound the hacker allegedly responsible  for the breach is known as Intelbroker and true to their name they have apparently stolen from AMD  and are attempting to sell the goods for a profit the data question is truly information packed as  well and might include detailed specs of upcoming products property files ROMs firmware internal  Communications source code Financial records and comprehensive employee information names user  IDs job roles phone numbers and email addresses samples of stolen data posted to breach forums  include screenshots of amd's internal systems so the situation is quite serious for AMD and ongoing  time will tell if intel broker finds a buyer which I guess would make them Intel richer or if the  data ever goes public but one thing I can say for sure is AMD totally deserves this why because they  lied to us in a very dumb way too as revealed by Hardware unboxed this week who investigated amd's  performance claims for the upcoming ryz in 5800 XT and 5900 XT CPUs which were announced earlier  this month at computex and comeuppence is due it would seem as these unlooked for am4 CPUs  are based on Zen 3 architecture which has pretty well established performance characteristics and  it certainly cannot keep up with Intel's 13th gen CPUs in CPU limited gaming tests so AMD  tested with an underpowered RX 6600 video card creating a GPU bottleneck and made graphs like  these indicating that the 5900 XT is on par or 4% better than a 13700 K so Steve did what Steve does  and tested both with an RX 6600 and a 7900 XT and found that even amd's RX 6600 numbers are straight  up wrong and it's just frustrating because why AMD? why even do this? no one cared about the 5900  XT and 5800 XT but now there is needless Scandal you should know someone in the community is going  to call you out on clear misrepresentations like these it was a commenter in the hardware unboxed  computex Live stream who originally pointed out the RX 6600 listed in the presentation footnotes  and more intense scrutiny naturally followed it's a fundamental principle for PC enthusiasts  benchmarking that you can take the same hardware and identical test conditions and if you do it  right your results will be consistent every time it is the one small constant that we can rely on  in this world of chaos and disorder which is why we cling to it so very desperately and when you  you try to sneak this kind of garbage past you take that away from us you destroy that balance  and bring shame and dishonor to your entire company you know what this s**t wouldn't have  flown when Bobby Hacks was marketing director. now he's at Intel - well played Intel you win  this round speaking of salting amd's wounds Nvidia achieved a notable high water mark this week for  their stock price at least $140 76 cents on Thursday making Team Green the most valuable  company in the world by market cap app of course peaking at $ 3.44 trillion from my understanding  this now makes all of our video cards worth two to three times their original value so  congratulations everyone on paper at least we are all richer and more powerful than ever before  of course Nvidia stock then plummeted later Thursday and Friday causing them to lose more  than $277 billion in value so maybe don't sell your gpus just yet hold guys hold. speaking of  holding things Gamers Nexus has been holding Asus accountable for their poor RMA service which seems  to have culminated last week when Steve was seen performing a full frontal assault on Asus staff  at Computex in Taipei and then gruesomely - but professionally - chewing up and discarding lesser  PR reps and marketing directors until he scored a face-to-face meeting with this guy also named  Steven the global head of Asus customer service who is so important he reports to the CEO and  lives inside a small laptop computer. thankfully Steven's bloviating c-suite-speak was interrupted  at times by Peggy an enthusiastic CS quality manager who also has enough authority to make  some definitive statements about Asus' response oh and Sasha was there too after a lengthy and often  awkward meeting Steve succeeded in his goal of getting Asus to commit to a range of improvements  to their RMA service and they made those commitments in writing this includes a dedicated  email address executive care asus.com created specifically to reprocess Old rmas that might have  been rejected erroneously as well as options to refund labor repair charges and shipping there's  a template to fill out if you have an old RMA that you want addressed by Asus and a further list of  RMA policy updates on the gamers Nexus web page that is linked in the video's description Asus is  even finally addressing the Rog Ally SD card issue so that's that all that's left is to wait and see  how well they stick to their new policies and we know that Gamers Nexus will be watching Gamers  Nexus is always watching. okay I don't mean to rush you but it's time for Tech briefs go  last week Igor's lab published what seemed to be great news Intel's CPU stability woes were solved  and the root problem was just a pesky bug in the micro code algorithm easily fixable with a bios  update but it turns out that's not quite true and Intel blessed them did the right thing by publicly  stating that yes that enhanced thermal velocity boost bug does exist and we are going to fix it  with a bios update but that's not quite the root cause of the instability issues our unlocked 13th  and 14th gen CPUs can still have those problems the search continues for a solution which led to  articles like this Intel just can't catch a break speaking of scathing headlines Adobe has seen many  well-deserved ones recently as cagey language in their updated terms of use seemed to indicate that  they wanted full control to train their AI using any work their subscribers make using the Adobe  Creative Cloud Suite of products like Photoshop and Premiere thankfully after a bunch of people  said hell no Adobe has updated the terms and will not be doing that so All is Forgiven right guys  well perhaps not now the US government is suing Adobe as well for their simple customer-friendly  practice of making their services confusingly difficult to cancel and threatening cancellation  fees in the hundreds of dollars range that don't actually exist when people do try to cancel nice  Adobe I sure am glad that we use Premiere here for Paul's Hardware videos I swear Joe if they up  five or six more times we're switching to resolve I promise now clearly when AMD launched the ryzen  8000 series of desktop apus and I complained about the name being dumb it depressed sales in the long  term which means I can take full credit for these new sales that just kicked off the 8700g is now 30  bucks cheaper at $299 the 8600G is also 30 bucks cheaper now $1.99 and the 8500g even though it  kind of sucks is now 20 bucks off at $159 making it the cheapest am5 CPU that you can get now and  you know since it's an APU not a bad option for a starter build with a plan to upgrade to  a better CPU in discrete GPU down the line I'll link all three of these in the video description  finally the YouTube ad war continues with with our video Overlord now experimenting with server side  ad injection adding the ad directly into the video stream itself which is just abominable  that's that's like how we do it today's video is brought to you by the Paul's Hardware store  on Paulshardware.net this new method screws with timestamps used by current ad blockers and who  knows what it will do to user provided timestamps in the future as well VPN users and even the  enlightened devotees of Firefox have also had difficulties this week but Firefox Still Remains  the best choice for those who do not want to Cave to Almighty Google's demands so stay strong my  friends and there you have it Tech news for the week and if you liked it click that like button  or leave me a comment down below while you're down there all the articles I talked about today  are linked in the video description if you're interested and you can also check out my store  at Paulshardware.net for t-shirts hoodies beer sets and more subscribing to my channel is always  a good call too thanks again everyone it's good to be back and we'll see you next week\n"