AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Hits Record Low $429, ASUS X870 Gaming Bundle Deal

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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Hits Record Low $429, ASUS X870 Gaming Bundle Deal
Do you have a Socket AM5 system? Do you play games on it? Do you have a 3D V-Cache processor? If the answers to those questions are YYN like some kind of Rush song with the third part turned sideways, then you should absolutely check out today’s deal, where you can pick up a Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, until recently the fastest gaming CPU

PC Gaming Revenue To Overtake Consoles By 2028, Report Says

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PC Gaming Revenue To Overtake Consoles By 2028, Report Says
It now appears that the gaming industry is entering a structural recalibration of sorts. According to Newzoo’s 2026 PC & Console Gaming Report, the post-pandemic plateau has finally broken, giving way to a projected $103.7 billion market by 2028. However, the forces driving this growth have fundamentally shifted from the explosive player acquisition

Sale Announced: 25% Off Zwift Ride Smart Frame

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Zwift has never sold the standalone Ride frame at a discount, aside from a very limited sale on cosmetic-blemish frames last March. But yesterday, Zwift announced a 25% off sale on the standalone Zwift Ride Smart Frame!

The sale lasts through the end of March.

Zwift Ride Frame Basics

This isn’t your typical bike frame. It’s made to work specifically with Zwift’s virtual shifting, which requires virtual shifting controllers (built in the handlebars of the Zwift Ride) as well as a smart trainer compatible with virtual shifting (see list below).

Haven’t tried virtual shifting yet? It’s pretty great: flawless, silent shifting, even under power, with more gearing range than a standard cassette. Read more about Zwift’s virtual shifting >

The Zwift Ride is also easily adjustable, with an integrated tool that lets you quickly change saddle height, bar height, and reach. Zwift says the frame fits riders from 5′ to 6′-6″, and up to 265 lbs.

While the cassette on your trainer should work just fine with the Zwift Ride, frames ship with an adjustable v2 Zwift Cog, which you can install on your trainer if you wish.

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Compatible Trainers

Custom Options/Add-Ons

Zwift offers three add-ons for the Ride frame:

Adjustable Crank Arms

The Zwift Ride frame ships with 170 mm cranks, but you can purchase Zwift Ride Adjustable Crank Arms for $99US. These support 5 crank length options: 160 mm, 165 mm, 170 mm, 172.5 mm, and 175 mm.

Multi-User Seatpost

The Zwift Ride frame is easily adjustable for riders of various sizes, but cyclists are often pretty particular about which saddle they use. Households with multiple users may want to purchase the Zwift Ride Multi-User Seatpost, so each user can mount their preferred saddle and simply swap out the entire post.

Tablet Holder

Zwifting on in iPad/tablet? The Zwift Ride Tablet Holder mounts securely to the front of the Ride frame, keeping your setup clean and compact.

Questions or comments?

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Study Finds AI May Be Homogenizing Human Thought And Expression

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Study Finds AI May Be Homogenizing Human Thought And Expression
New research is suggesting that while generative AI is being developed as a tool to expand human creativity, it is instead acting as an engine for cultural homogenization. By funneling vast amounts of diverse human data through standardized mathematical models, AI is reportedly creating a feedback loop that narrows the spectrum of human expression

An investigation of the forces behind the age-verification bills

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Reddit user “Ok_Lingonberry3296” has posted the
results of an extensive investigation into the companies that are
pushing US state legislatures to enact age-verification bills.

I’ve been pulling public records on the wave of “age verification”
bills moving through US state legislatures. IRS 990 filings, Senate
lobbying disclosures, state ethics databases, campaign finance
records, corporate registries, WHOIS lookups, Wayback Machine
archives. What started as curiosity about who was pushing these
bills turned into documenting a coordinated influence operation
that, from a privacy standpoint, is building surveillance
infrastructure at the operating system level while the company
behind it faces zero new requirements for its own platforms.

(See also this article for a look at the
California law.)

A set of AppArmor vulnerabilities

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Qualys has sent out a
somewhat breathless advisory describing a number of vulnerabilities in
the AppArmor security module, which is used in a number of Debian-based
distributions (among others).

This “CrackArmor” advisory exposes a confused-deputy flaw allowing
unprivileged users to manipulate security profiles via
pseudo-files, bypass user-namespace restrictions, and execute
arbitrary code within the kernel. These flaws facilitate local
privilege escalation to root through complex interactions with
tools like Sudo and Postfix, alongside denial-of-service attacks
via stack exhaustion and Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization
(KASLR) bypasses via out-of-bounds reads.

Linux 6.12 Through Linux 7.0 File-System Benchmarks For EXT4 + XFS

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Earlier this month were various Linux 7.0 file-system benchmarks showing how XFS is leading the race in the overall upstream Linux file-system performance on this forthcoming kernel. Stemming from that testing some premium supporters requested a fresh look at the historical performance of XFS as well as EXT4. So today’s article is a look at how XFS and EXT4 have performed on every kernel release going back to Linux 6.12 LTS.

[$] More timing side-channels for the page cache

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In 2019, researchers published a way to
identify which file-backed pages
were being accessed on a system using timing information from the page cache,
leading to a handful of unpleasant consequences and a change to the design of
the

mincore() system call. Discussion at the time
led to a number of ad-hoc patches to address the
problem. The lack of new page-cache attacks suggested that attempts to fix
things in a piecemeal fashion had succeeded. Now, however, Sudheendra Raghav Neela,
Jonas Juffinger, Lukas Maar, and Daniel Gruss have
found a new set of
holes in the Linux kernel’s page-cache-timing protections that allow
the same general class of attack.

Notable Zwift Events for the Weekend of March 14-15

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This week’s picks are a real blend of event types and lengths! We’ve got a fundraiser of epic proportions, two very different races, an “easy” banded group ride, and a long unbanded group ride. Take your pick, and Ride On!

� Evenement Gran Fondo Enfant Soleil

✅ Good Cause 　✅ Epic Distance

This annual Canadian fundraiser fondo always gets featured here, for three reasons: it gets a big turnout (the most signups of any event this weekend, so far), some of the ride length options are a bit crazy, and it’s for a good cause! Five different lengths to choose from, all starting at separate times: 300km, 225km, 150km, 75km, 35km. Everyone will be on Watopia’s Waistband route.

Some may just ride this for a challenging effort, but it’s also a fundraiser. See event description for details.

Saturday, March 14 @ 12pm UTC/8am EDT/5am PDT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5290950

�Zwift Games, Stage 4

✅ Popular　 ✅ Route Badge 　✅ Unlocks

The Zwift Games are underway, with race 4 of 5 being held this week on Peaky Pavé (30.8km, 369m).

Learn all about the Zwift Games >

These are the most popular races happening on Zwift right now, so if you’re looking for some healthy competition, check ’em out! You’ll also get to experience new routes and earn some fun unlocks.

Hourly races all weekend
Sign up at zwift.com/events/tag/zwiftgames2026

�The Herd Racing Omnium 2026

Four cyclists in matching blue and green outfits ride in formation on a green gradient background, with the words THE HERD in bold white text on the left side.

✅ Unique Event　✅ vELO Categories　

The Herd Omnium has happened each sprint since 2021, and this year, for the first time ever, they’re using ZwiftRacing.app vELO categories. There are three different leagues, so you can pick the one that fits your schedule best:

The Omnium consists of 6 different short races – 3 held on Saturday, and 3 held on Sunday.

Saturday and Sunday in three different timeslots
Click a timezone link above to join

� BMTR Flat 100 (Miles)

Top-down view of three cyclists in matching black BMTR jerseys riding on a road, with the BMTR logo featuring a bear on the left side of the image.

✅ Popular Ride　✅ Legacy Leader　✅ Endurance Challenge　✅ Kit Unlock

A regularly featured event here on Zwift Insider, the BMTR Flat 100 always gets lots of joiners because it’s well-led and run consistently week after week, year after year.

This week’s ride is on London’s Greater London Flat, with three pace groups to choose from.

Saturday, March 14 @ 12:10pm UTC/8:10am EST/5:10am PST
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5493170

� Bikealicious Climbalicious

✅ Banded 　✅ Route Badge

This banded ride on Watopia’s Three Step Sisters (43.5km, 669m) lets you ride at whatever pace you’d like, while hanging with the group. Get some elevation in while enjoying the friendly and welcoming Bikealicious atmosphere!

Sunday, March 15 at 6pm UTC/2pm ET/11am PT
Sign up at zwift.com/events/view/5494950

How We Make Our Picks

We choose each weekend’s Notable Events based on a variety of factors including:

  • Is the event unique/innovative in some way?
  • Are celebrities (pro riders, etc) attending/leading?
  • Are signup counts already high, meaning the event is extra-popular?
  • Does the ride include desirable unlocks or prizes?
  • Does the event appeal to ladies on Zwift? (We like to support this under-represented group!)
  • Is it for a good cause?
  • Is it just plain crazy (extra long races, world record attempts, etc)?
  • Is it a long-running, popular weekly event with a dedicated leader who deserves a shout out?

In the end, we want to call attention to events that are extra-special and therefore extra-appealing to Zwifters. If you think your event qualifies, comment below with a link/details and we may just include it in an upcoming post!

The world’s first 32in BMX is here – and it looks incredibly fun

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The march of 32in wheels shows no sign of slowing, with the supersized standard now creeping into yet another corner of cycling: BMX.

The SE Bikes Colossal Ripper is claimed to be the world’s first production cruiser BMX bike built around 32in wheels. 

Cruiser, or wheelie bikes are typically built with large wheels, a tall front end and geometry designed specifically to make pulling extended wheelies easier. The scene is huge in urban areas of the US, and the bikes are an increasingly common sight in the UK. 

32in vs 29in cruiser
The bike is an absolute whopper. SE Bikes

The Colossal Ripper takes this concept to the extreme, and SE says the bike has been tested over the past year, claiming it “wheelies like a dream and cruises like nothing else on the market”.

Although they sit philosophically in the same camp as traditional bikes, this towering rig is about as far removed from traditional BMX race or park bikes as it’s possible to get – even if it still looks terrific fun.

The bike is offered in a polished alloy or sky blue finish. Build highlights include a three-piece BMX crankset, front and rear hydraulic disc brakes, a four-piece handlebar designed by the brand, and the company’s own 2.4in-wide SE Bozack tyres.

Priced at $1,299.99 / £969.99, the Colossal Ripper is available internationally through selected retailers.