Connectivity and Performance: Thunderbolt vs. USB

The big Solana challenger had a terrible first day of trading. Previews of the new Thunderbolt standard. Reviews of the new Raptor Lake chips. Uber takes a page out of the New York City taxi playbook. And the first hands-on, quasi-review of Meta’s high end VR headset.

Sponsors:

• Zengo.com/ride and code ride
• Split.io/techmeme

Links:

• Aptos Token Plummets 40% After APT Airdrop for 'Early Network Participants' (Decrypt)
• Android 13 (Go edition) announced with Material You, Google Play System Updates, and more (9to5Google)
• The next generation of Thunderbolt seems nice but less necessary than ever (The Verge)
• Intel Core i9-13900K review: an AMD Zen 4 beater (The Verge)
• Uber rolls out ad business to reach more riders (FT)
• I Tried the $1,500 Quest Pro and Saw the Best of the Metaverse (NYTimes)

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