Summary of the week of June 6, 2022

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Running Doom from the BIOS

The people at Coreboot have included Doom in a new version of their universal BIOS, so you can play it without booting the operating system.

A desktop environment from the browser

Someone has created a browser desktop environment with a very stylish look and a really good response time. In addition, some Linux tools can be run from a console.

Sanitarium for free

For a limited time on gog.com, Sanitarium is free. Greetings gamers!

TSMC has chosen technology for its 2nm

TSMC will switch from using FinFET to Nanosheet when it starts manufacturing its 2nm wafers in 2025.

USB-C becomes a legal standard in the EU

In the fall of 2024, USB Type-C will be the charging port that all phones, tablets, and cameras sold in the EU will bring.

Apple announces the M2

Apple's future M2 processor will have a CPU that is 18% faster and a GPU that is 25% faster than the M1.

The graphics card market normalizes

During the first quarter of 2022, the number of graphics cards available has increased by 32%. This information is added to the fact that a good number of models have already reached the recommended selling price.

Trying to use Windows on an M1

Someone has created a Github project to adapt the Windows 10 interrupt controller for ARM64 to Apple's AIC. The input-output management unit also needs to be adapted.

Microsoft wants to end booting from hard drives

Microsoft wants to establish as a requirement for using Windows 11 that it be installed on an SSD. This attempt to end the use of mechanical drives as a means of storing the system will begin in 2023.

Testing the screen durability of the Samsung Z Flip 3

Someone has set out to open and close the Samsung Z Flip 3 live to check that its flexible screen lasts the 200,000 openings and closings that the manufacturer announces. They are at 126,000 cycles and the test is still not over

ManEater for free

Epic Games is giving away a game to combat the heat: ManEater (2020). Salu2! Gamers!