--- title: Best TechLinked posts — August 2024 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted TechLinked posts from August 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked/best-of/2024/08 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked/best-of/2024/08 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best TechLinked posts — August 2024 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted TechLinked posts from August 2024, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of TechLinked — August 2024 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/screw-it-iphone-air-jh4mxmzo5 "Screw It, iPhone Air") Video TechLinked · 2y Screw It, iPhone Air 20 2 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-having-a-bad-time-hfligwdu2 "Microsoft’s Having A Bad Time") Video TechLinked · 2y Microsoft’s Having A Bad Time 19 6 3. 3 [](https://daily.dev/posts/you-re-gonna-want-this-update--l2mvdrhip "You’re gonna want this update.") Video TechLinked · 2y You’re gonna want this update. Tech news covers AMD's branch prediction improvements backported to Windows 11 version 23H2, offering significant gaming performance boosts for Ryzen CPUs. MSI motherboards now include a BIOS toggle to increase TDP for Ryzen 59600x and 7 9700x CPUs. The Google Pixel 9 Pro XL shows increased durability but is harder to repair. The FBI faces criticism over poor handling of electronic storage media. SpaceX delayed the Polaris Dawn Mission, and a Falcon 9 rocket fell into the ocean. AMD's new hardware leaks and Gannett shuts down its USA Today review site due to AI-written articles. 18 1 [See all TechLinked archives](/sources/techlinked/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked/best-of/2024/08#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked/best-of/2024/08","name":"Best TechLinked Posts — August 2024","description":"The most upvoted TechLinked posts from August 2024, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked/best-of/2024/08#items","numberOfItems":3,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/screw-it-iphone-air-jh4mxmzo5","name":"Screw It, iPhone Air"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/microsoft-s-having-a-bad-time-hfligwdu2","name":"Microsoft’s Having A Bad Time"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/you-re-gonna-want-this-update--l2mvdrhip","name":"You’re gonna want this update."}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"TechLinked","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/techlinked/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"August 2024"}]}]} ```