Nvidia’s under ATTACK - March 2, 2022

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

GIVE IT TO THE PEOPLE

Nvidia confirms hack https://www.pcmag.com/news/nvidia-confirms-company-data-was-stolen-in-hack

Leak DLSS source code

https://www.pcgamer.com/nvidias-dlss-source-code-leaked-by-hackers/

Switch 2?

https://www.kitguru.net/tech-news/featured-announcement/matthew-wilson/nvidia-source-code-leak-points-to-nintendo-switch-2-with-ampere-gpu/

Hackers give ultimatum over drivers

https://videocardz.com/newz/hackers-now-demand-nvidia-should-make-their-drivers-open-source-or-they-leak-more-data

https://gbatemp.net/threads/nvidia-suffers-from-hack-confidential-company-data-leaked-online.608616/

 

RUSSIAN TO LEAVE

Apple halts sales

https://www.wired.com/story/apple-russia-iphone-ukraine-traffic-maps-rt-sputnik-app-store/

pulls state media apps https://techcrunch.com/2022/03/01/apple-pulls-russian-state-owned-media-outlets-rt-and-sputnik-from-global-app-stores/

Companies halting Russian operations https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/02/business/companies-pulling-back-russia-ukraine-war-intl-hnk/index.html

Russia refuses to launch planned OneWeb rocket unless demands are met

https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/2/22958082/russia-roscosmos-oneweb-soyuz-launch-demands-ukraine-invasion

Ukrainian “IT Army” takes down Russian websites, services

https://twitter.com/FedorovMykhailo/status/1497642156076511233

https://cyberpolice.gov.ua/news/spilno-iz-kibervolonteramy-kiberpolicziya-prodovzhuye-atakuvaty-vebresursy-agresora-6445/

Internet https://twitter.com/DougMadory/status/1498033672448004098

Vehicle chargers https://www.vice.com/en/article/akvya5/russian-electric-vehicle-chargers-hacked-tell-users-putin-is-a-dickhead

 

ONE CHIPLET TO RULE THEM ALL

UCIe Chiplet standard backed by Intel, AMD, Arm, Samsung, but not RISC-V or Nvidia

https://www.engadget.com/ucie-chiplet-standard-181325916.html

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/new-ucie-chiplet-standard-supported-by-intel-amd-and-arm

https://images.anandtech.com/doci/17288/UCIe_Briefing%20Presentation%20FINAL_08.jpg

https://www.pcworld.com/article/618884/new-standard-could-pave-the-way-for-lego-chips.html

https://images.anandtech.com/doci/17288/UCIe_Briefing%20Presentation%20FINAL_03.jpg

 

QUICK BITS

 

BAND SLAM

Epic buys Bandcamp

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/03/epic-games-begins-to-show-its-more-than-games-acquires-bandcamp/

https://blog.bandcamp.com/2022/03/02/bandcamp-is-joining-epic/

https://www.epicgames.com/site/en-US/news/bandcamp-joining-epic-games-to-support-fair-open-platforms-for-artists-and-fans

 

RIV YOU A NEW ONE

Rivian surprises EV truck pre-order-ers with 20% price hike

https://www.autoblog.com/2022/03/02/rivian-order-price-hikes/

https://www.rivianforums.com/forum/threads/r1t-r1s-updated-pricing-configuration-specs-dual-motor-now-available.3712/page-4#post-102860

https://www.rivianownersforum.com/threads/new-email-just-received-important-r1s-pricing-and-product-information.2418/#:~:text=Yeah..%20mine%20went%20from%20%2482k%2B%20to%20%24100k%2B

half of Rivian customers cancelling reservations

https://driveteslacanada.ca/news/polls-show-more-than-half-of-rivian-customers-are-cancelling-their-reservations/

 

WHEEEN THE LUNA HITS YOUR PRIME LIKE A..

Luna is out of beta

https://www.xda-developers.com/amazon-luna-official-launch-us/

https://www.ign.com/articles/amazon-luna-now-free-for-prime-members-cloud-gaming

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/amazon-prime-members-now-get-free-cloud-games-on-luna/1100-6501181/

 

MUST REACH THE PEEK

Apple Event March 8th

https://www.apple.com/apple-events/

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1415509-peak-peek-apple-officially-announces-%E2%80%98peek-performance%E2%80%99-march-8th-event/

 

CAR AND PILOT

Polestar O2 has a fricken built-in drone

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a39294424/polestar-o2-ev-roadster-concept/

https://youtu.be/JrmJSvarBxk?t=98

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Honestly I don’t feel bad for Nvidia. Anyone else 

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Also UCIE sounds very interesting. I wonder when we will start seeing it in products.