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Intel is laying off over 15,000 employees and will stop ‘non-essential work’ (www.theverge.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Eezyville@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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So they got all that money from Uncle Sam's CHIPS Act only to lay off 10,000 employees and make themselves "lean". Govt funded unemployment.

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[–] OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.org -4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Stop "non-essential work"...

But I bet they'll still ship bloatware updates for Windows

[–] geogle@lemmy.world 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Intel is not Microsoft

[–] OneCardboardBox@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm talking about all those Intel programs that come preinstalled.

"Intel device smart updates" "Intel audio control center"

That kind of garbage

[–] AngryMob@lemmy.one 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Those would only be preinstalled if your motherboard has the requisite hardware and you download the drivers and the utilities it wants you to download. They arent preinstalled in any windows ive used, pc or even laptops. Theres a lot of shitty bloatware out there, but intel is hardly worth mentioning in that arena. And theres such better things to make fun of them for too, lol.

[–] Whattrees@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

It does come pre-installed on some computers depending on the provided OS and the changes made by the manufacturer. If you install your own fresh version of windows, it should only be installed if windows believes you need it for the component to function.

My last pre-built came with a bunch of garbage before I wiped it with a fresh copy of windows and almost all went away. I would certainly not say Intel is the worst though, older dell machines and even relatively modern HP machines come with a bunch of "necessarily for the component to function" garbage that can't really be uninstalled easily (windows will reinstall them).