Nvidia LIED. - May 6, 2022

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

A MINER OMISSION

Nvidia fined 5.5 million for lying about mining’s impact on GPU sales

https://www.ign.com/articles/nvidia-sec-fine-settlement-gaming-gpus-crypto-miners-purchased

https://www.pcmag.com/news/nvidia-fined-for-failing-to-disclose-crypto-minings-impact-on-gpu-business

https://www.engadget.com/nvidia-sec-settlement-crypto-mining-gpu-sales-170540661.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/06/nvidia-sec-reach-deal-on-cryptocurrency-disclosures-in-2017.html

 

FORTNITE FREED

Fortnite is free on iOS once again, through Xcloud

https://www.polygon.com/gaming/23057420/fortnite-iphone-ios-mobile-android-browser-game-pass

closed beta https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce-now/fortnite-mobile/

https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1522249086782648323

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drViMnExFFE

Epic didn’t want this before https://www.pcgamer.com/tim-sweeney-says-epic-wont-support-fortnite-on-steam-deck/

 

PASSWORD MUST DIE

Apple, Google, Microsoft join forces to Kill the Password

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2022/05/apple-google-and-microsoft-commit-to-expanded-support-for-fido-standard/

https://blog.google/technology/safety-security/one-step-closer-to-a-passwordless-future/

https://fidoalliance.org/apple-google-and-microsoft-commit-to-expanded-support-for-fido-standard-to-accelerate-availability-of-passwordless-sign-ins/

https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/apple-google-microsoft-back-fido-tech-to-dump-passwords-on-websites-and-apps/

 

QUICK BITS

 

TOO SOFT, NEED A STRONG ARM

Softbank “took control” of Arm China – but CEO still hasn’t left

https://www.theregister.com/2022/05/05/arm_china_ceo_stays/

https://www.reuters.com/technology/arm-china-says-its-ousted-ceo-wu-is-refusing-pack-up-2022-05-05/
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2022-05-05-arm-china-ceo-is-refusing-to-leave-the-company

 

META’D MYSELF

Meta built a special chip just to handle VR avatars

https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/ujf437/uploadvr_meta_built_a_chip_to_help_run_photoreal/

https://uploadvr.com/meta-built-a-chip-to-help-run-photorealistic-avatars-on-standalone-headsets/

https://youtu.be/w52CziLgnAc

 

GENE5I5

RX 7900 XT with Navi 31 may be first PCIe Gen5

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-radeon-rx-7900-xt-with-navi-31-gpu-rumored-to-be-the-first-consumer-pcie-gen5-graphics-card

https://twitter.com/Kepler_L2/status/1521838135310696454

 

HEART OF THE SWARM

Drone Swarm

https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/5/23058160/drone-swarm-autonomous-navigation-dense-forest-person-tracking

https://youtu.be/L0fJ0EHHfOA

 

THE HINDEN-TRUCK

World’s biggest hydrogen fuel cell truck

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2022/05/the-worlds-biggest-hydrogen-fuel-cell-ev-started-work-in-south-africa/

https://www.mining.com/anglo-american-puts-worlds-largest-hydrogen-truck-to-work/

https://southafrica.angloamerican.com/our-difference/futuresmart-mining/nugen#:~:text=Meet%20the%20world%E2%80%99s%20lightest%20510t%20truck