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This week, Federico takes us on his journey to build the world’s best eGPU, and we take a first look at the Anbernic RG35XXSP, a foldable retro handheld that two out of the three of us have received.
This week, Federico and John recap WWDC week with more on their early testing of the iOS and iPadOS 18 betas and an in-depth conversation about why they are disappointed with Apple’s decision to train its large language models on the Open Web.
NPC, Episode 2 Show Notes
Building the World’s Best eGPU
USB4 Specification
OCuLink
Lenovo Legion Go
ADT-UT3G USB4 board
The ADT-UT3G only board that uses the new ASM2464PD controller, but it doesn’t support power delivery.
EGPU Thunderbolt vs USB4 (ADT Link UT3G). Tutorial and Synthetic and Gaming Benchmarks in 8 Games Starfield Baldurs Gate
ROG Ally X
XONEGPU
GPD G1
Aya Neo AG01 Graphics Starship
FiiO DK3S Cooling fan with Stand
JSAUX RGB Docking Station
Also:
I Turned the New 13” iPad Pro Into a MacPad and Portable Gaming Display
A Small Fire at 3 AM
TechDweeb
The Anbernic RG35XX SP: First Look
Anbernic RG35XX SP
Federico and Brendon have silver
John ordered transparent blue, and it’s stuck in New Jersey
Replacement OSes discussed
MuOs
GarlicOS Alpha for RG35XXSP
MinUI
KNULLI
Anbernic RG35XX SP: An Almost Beginner’s Guide
RG35XX SP Button Mod Makes A Huge Difference
Also:
Apple Pi Baker for Flashing SD Cards
Ayn Odin 2
Miyoo Mini+
Miyoo Mini Flip
Deep Dive Comparison: RG351M vs RG351P
Retroid Pocket Flip Review – The Start Of Clamshell Emulators
Games Mentioned
Dragons Dogma
Chrono Trigger
Pokémon Unbound
Pokémon FireRed
Odds and Ends
Clicks Keyboard
Save the Hero Builders open-source cartridge reader
GB Operator
Delta iOS emulator
PlayStation DualSense Edge
AppStories, Episode 391 Show Notes
WWDC Recap
Related:
iOS and iPadOS 18: The MacStories Overview
NPC: Next Portable Console, We Are All Vita People
Apple’s Large Language Models
Opting Out of AI Model Training
Apple Details Its AI Foundation Models and Applebot Web Scraping
Apple Intelligence: The MacStories Overview
Also:
Perplexity AI Is Lying about Their User Agent
AI Is Strip Mining the Web
Ruminate, Episode 179, Full of Spicy Takes
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