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by edgineer 225 days ago
So it goes: unintentional data leak. Data leak pipeline becomes common knowledge. Then manipulation.

"New CPU in Passmark" news has become so regular, I've long since assumed that they are not leaks at all, but intentional product hype.

EXIF metadata is editable, too. Similar that it could be useful intelligence, but it is very easy to deceive others with it.

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The two articles I saw about the 9700X3D each called out the discrepancies in the listing, like the high clock speed.

The mainstream journalism about this was actually pretty good

> So it goes: unintentional data leak

No