The *time stamp* on the supposed message (which wouldn't have been typed in by hand by Microchip)...was two days earlier than a hypertext link with the date built in.
Neither one generated by the poster.
And therefore, the post must be fake.
Only *possible* exception is that the dead tree version of weekly newsmagazines sometimes shows up at news stands a day or two early (post-date printed on cover).
If the magazine folks do the same crap with e-columns, it just might be he had a heads up from the publisher and grabbed the link without looking.
But I doubt it. Look up the post yourself, and find the link to the article.
Click through, and then go to the home page and then the "Contact us". Ask them if they ever pre-date articles before web publication?
The time stamp is generated by the Discord software and therefore could have had a glitch where it spit the wrong date.
Are you saying that is not possible, and that any time a date glitch occurs it proves a hoax?