{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"PC Perspective Podcast","title":"Podcast #779 - XFX Mercury RX 7900 XTX with Magnetic Fans, Microsoft Makes Windows Worse, Optane Sale!, Seagate on eBay + MORE! ","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/39e23c8b\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4738,"description":"You will be pleased to learn that we did indeed get together on Wednesday night (at 10 Eastern) to podcast this week. Here is the edited version of that podcast recording session.  Within you find side-quests, insights, food, camera lens talk - and tech.  Lots of tech talk on such things like Microsoft making terrible decisions, bad security theater, and idle data.  Join us.\nTimestamps:\n00:00 Intro\n01:41 Food with Josh\n03:29 XFX Mercury RX 7900 XTX Magnetic Air (false start)\n06:08 The review actually begins here\n17:21 Boring camera lens talk\n19:31 Microsoft makes OneDrive backups automatic\n22:40 Microsoft hides the local account option even more\n23:31 PSA: you don't actually have to use Windows\n26:46 The great Optane 905P fire sale of 2024\n30:30 Amazon moves Alexa to a subscription model\n33:19 Seagate opens official eBay store for refurb HDDs\n37:26 Most stored data is never accessed again\n41:28 (in)Security Corner\n44:33 We interrupt (in)Security Corner to talk about seamless integration\n46:12 Back to (in)Security Corner\n54:27 Gaming Quick Hits\n1:03:08 Picks of the Week\n1:18:16 Outro","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/TWDbAy6L1-Y1Aqk774xZhbGIHG5FTAtxxKvRgO7BaIk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/Lzc0MzUvMTU4MDQy/NjUzNC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}