Arrow Lake Refresh reviews, Microsoft's get-better pledge, US AI Framework + more!

Duration: 07:15

Timestamps:

0:00 come on, doctor's orders

0:13 Intel Core Ultra 270K Plus, 250K Plus

1:31 Win11 glitches but it'll get better

3:00 National AI Legislative Framework

4:31 QUICK BITS INTRO

4:41 Galaxy S26 series AirDrop support

5:10 GrapheneOS no personal information

5:41 Crunchroll hack

6:16 Modular, indestructible robot

NEWS SOURCES:

MAINS

INTEL’S BACK…KINDA

Intel’s Arrow Lake refresh reviews are in, and Intel might be back… kinda. Strong performance, and at this price, actually pretty solid.

https://videocardz.com/225491/intel-core-ultra-7-270k-plus-and-ultra-5-250k-plus-arrow-lake-refresh-review-roundup

Pat Gelsinger picture (for “Intel’s so back… even if Pat’s not)

https://mms.businesswire.com/media/20241202016400/en/2319222/5/Intel-Pat-Gelsinger.jpg?download=1

LTT Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSSkQnHWisM&t=460s

00:50-00:60 Spec sheet + Price ($299 7 270K plus and $199 5 250k plus)and comparison with previous generation price it is replacing

02:33-02:41 Fastest gaming CPU Intel ever built but not the fastest gaming cpu ever built (Geomean Native Rasterization Test)

05:10-05:16 250K Plus has a 103% lead over Ryzen 5 9600X

05:20 –05:39 Ultra 7 270k Plus Blender speed test (Intel slightly behind Ryzen 9 9950X, then cinebench benchmarks where it leads over Ryzen 9 9950X, and Ultra 5 250k Plus in Cinebench far competing over Ryzen's 5 9600X and 7 9700X chips.

Editor: Highlight top comment thread talking about Socket architecture, good segway into the next part of this story

Intel may finally extend desktop CPU socket support to multiple generations.

https://www.techspot.com/news/111773-intel-may-finally-extend-desktop-cpu-socket-support.html

Robert Hallock (Intel's  vice president and general manager) in an interview with Club386

https://shorturl.at/89zSY

Editor: In case the highlight isn't showing up they asked “Robert Hallock, whether he saw a future where Intel sockets support more CPU generations. “I do. That’s it – I do,” was the simple reply.”

Crimson Desert Launched without any Intel Arc GPU support but after backlash Pearl Abyss has decided to work on it

https://www.neowin.net/news/crimson-desert-will-support-intel-arc-gpus-after-all-confirms-studio-after-backlash/

game wouldn't play

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/95b8zPeMu9uKPeVT4Ags2G-970-80.jpg.webp

Then an update was released which allowed users to actually get past the launch screen but still isn't functioning well

https://crimsondesert.pearlabyss.com/en-US/News/Notice/Detail?_boardNo=73

Despite Intel saying they reached out multiple times to offer help to Pearl Abyss

https://www.techpowerup.com/347591/intel-offered-hardware-optimization-help-to-crimson-desert-developer-for-years-company-says

CD FAQ Updated to include that Arc compatibility is being worked on.

https://crimsondesert.pearlabyss.com/en-us/News/Notice/Detail?_boardNo=63#:~:text=We%20are,available

Originally devs said it will never support Intel Arc GPUs and it may never so get a refund, but they didnt warn people until launch

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/crimson-desert-doesnt-support-intel-arc-gpus-it-may-never-and-the-devs-say-get-a-refund-if-you-have-one

WINDOWS - WE’RE TRYING

Microsoft releases an emergency update to fix and address the earlier issues arising after March’s Patch Tuesday KB5079473 update.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/new-kb5085516-emergency-update-fixes-microsoft-account-sign-in/

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/march-21-2026-kb5085516-os-builds-26200-8039-and-26100-8039-out-of-band-09e85404-1cb6-4ed4-9ca5-3e40d74307b9

The patch Tuesday update resulted in Microsoft sign in issues displaying an error message when trying to login to Microsoft Edge, Excel, Word, and Microsoft 365 Copilot.

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-windows-11-update-login-error-march-2026/

Users were told “you’ll need the internet for this” even when the device was connected and clearly online

https://shorturl.at/Jrhgd

Originally they said it may resolve on its own and if this issue affects you try to restart you computer BUT MAKE SURE YOU ARE NOT CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET as you may face doom otherwise (this will happen again)

https://shorturl.at/jCbgE

Are you also feeling fatigued at forced Microsoft Accounts during initial Windows 11 Setup, well you aren’t alone, Microsoft VP Scott Hanselmann feels the same and might do something about it, KEY WORD MIGHT.

https://www.neowin.net/news/mandatory-microsoft-account-may-soon-be-gone-as-even-windows-11-makers-hate-it/

Since even he “hate[s] that" and is "working on it."

https://x.com/shanselman/status/2035110958314745891

Microsoft also is rolling back Ai and Copilot bloaty sloppy ware ?

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/20/microsoft-rolls-back-some-of-its-copilot-ai-bloat-on-windows/

Pavan Davaluri in the windows blog announced that they don't want to be slop, they want to be quality. Focusing on becoming more “intentional “ with where they integrate ai https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2026/03/20/our-commitment-to-windows-quality/

And holy moly “ are reducing unnecessary Copilot entry points, starting with apps like Snipping Tool, Photos, Widgets and Notepad.”

https://shorturl.at/MvdlJ

ASK NOT WHAT AI CAN DO FOR YOU

White House AI Framework Announced - https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/20/tech/white-house-ai-framework

Original Source White House: https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/2026/03/president-donald-j-trump-unveils-national-ai-legislative-framework/

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/trump-ai-congress-law-framework-legislation-artificial-intelligence-rcna264433

Quote about the purpose of the framework

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/20/white-house-releases-ai-policy-blueprint-for-congress-00837354

Quote about the data center payment thing

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-23/the-white-house-s-ai-plan-is-anything-but

Quote about it doesn’t have much substance as a roadmap

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-nuclear-power-nrc-safety-doge-vought

Quote about the NRC will do what we tell them

Meanwhile Australia is telling Data Centers to make their own green energy or fuck off - https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/23/asia_tech_news_roundup/

Quote about the way they’re prioritising data centers

Original Source: Australian government - https://www.minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/timayres/media-releases/australian-approach-ai-expectations-data-centres-deliver-australians

QUICKBITS

AIR APPARENT

Samsung's Galaxy S26 Phones Will Work With Apple's AirDrop, Much Like the Pixel 10

https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/samsungs-galaxy-s26-phones-will-work-with-apples-airdrop-much-like-the-pixel-10/

Blog post: https://news.samsung.com/us/samsung-airdrop-quick-share-galaxy-s26-series/

https://www.theverge.com/tech/898815/samsung-quick-share-airdrop-support-galaxy-s26

https://9to5google.com/2026/03/23/this-is-the-update-youll-need-for-airdrop-on-galaxy-s26-samsung-says/

Quote about versions that work

MOTOROLLIN DIRTY

GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems - group says it will never require personal information

https://www.tomshardware.com/software/operating-systems/grapheneos-refuses-to-comply-with-age-verification-laws

Graphene OS Tweet: https://x.com/GrapheneOS/status/2034957604682621229

https://www.androidauthority.com/grapheneos-age-check-verification-laws-3651019/

Graphene announced a partnership with Motorolla TBD

https://motorolanews.com/motorola -three-new-b2b-solutions-at-mwc-2026/

TEACH A MAN TO PHISH

Crunchyroll hacked via pishing email

https://www.securitymagazine.com/articles/102195-hackers-claim-to-have-breached-streaming-service-crunchyrolls-data

https://x.com/IntCyberDigest/status/2035886175945138387

https://cybernews.com/security/crunchyroll-data-breach-telus-hack-users/

DARWINBOT.EXE

And an AI-evolved adaptable robot is almost impossible to destroy (it looks super weird, adaptable body for different tasks. You can chop it in 2 and it can somehow keep going)

https://newatlas.com/robotics/ai-evolved-indestructible-robot/

Researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois are letting AI play G-d to create a design that rather than being specialized or manually configuring the best design , we make a machine that configures itself and adapts their movements depending on the situation.

(It loves long walks on the beach)

https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA1XIt4G.img?w=768&h=512&m=6

YT vid from 2 weeks ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kelysQlBnao

00:00 -00:03  Limping, looks like its in pain, dear god put it out of its misery

00:05 - 00:09 Showing how it was trained in a simulator and then operating in real terrain

00:11 - 00:15 “Northwestern University engineers have developed “legged metamachines.””  on screen text

00:29 -00:44 “The lego-like modules can snap together into an endless number of configurations” ai legos basically and then the video touches on the configurations one module, five, etc.

01:02-01:08 THEY JUST CHOPPED ITS LEGS OFF and it still works NOOO.

“robots that can “hit the ground running” in unstructured outdoor environments.” I guess it really didn't make sense not to live for fun, your ai gets smart, but your brain gets dumb.

https://shorturl.at/uR93o

Editor: Shouldn't be an issue but just ensuring I convey to show the highlight and title of the study.