They did it again. - Sept. 2, 2022

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

USB4 F***’S SAKE

USB Promoter Group releases USB4 Version 2.0 spec

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220901005211/en/USB-Promoter-Group-Announces-USB4%C2%AE-Version-2.0

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/09/usb-c-naming-to-somehow-get-worse-with-usb4-version-2-0/

https://mobilesyrup.com/2022/09/02/usb4-v2-80gbps-speeds-confusion/

Benson Leung https://twitter.com/Laughing_Man/status/1565529285690925056

https://www.reviewgeek.com/128158/new-usb4-2-0-standard-could-double-the-speed-of-your-older-cables/

 

PROMPT ARTIST

Guy wins art competition with AI-generated art piece

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FbbCCAvWIAA9wyR?format=jpg&name=medium

https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvmvqm/an-ai-generated-artwork-won-first-place-at-a-state-fair-fine-arts-competition-and-artists-are-pissed

used Midjourney https://www.midjourney.com/home/#about

submitted as “Jason Allen via Midjourney” https://lmg.gg/7UtCQ

one of many generators https://gizmodo.com/ai-art-generator-midjourney-starry-ai-1849397263

prompt marketplace https://promptbase.com/

TalkLinked https://youtu.be/d4AFAIjDWbQ

 

I’M ON YOUR SIDE!

Arm sues Qualcomm

https://www.engadget.com/arm-qualcomm-lawsuit-trademark-infringement-license-agreements-nuvia-chips-cored-architecture-144307561.html

https://www.arm.com/company/news/2022/08/arm-files-lawsuit-against-qualcomm-and-nuvia-for-breach-of-license-agreements-and-trademark-infringement

https://www.reuters.com/legal/chips-tech-firm-arm-sues-qualcomm-nuvia-breach-license-trademark-2022-08-31/

https://www.theregister.com/2022/08/31/arm_sues_qualcomm/#:~:text=Qualcomm%20has%20responded,will%20be%20affirmed

https://www.eetimes.com/arm-sues-qualcomm-over-nuvia-licenses/

 

QUICK BITS

 

IT’S RAY BETTER

Intel benchmarks show A770 beating RTX 3060 in 1080p ray tracing performance

https://www.windowscentral.com/hardware/computers-desktops/intel-shares-ray-tracing-benchmarks-for-arc-a770-gpu-heres-how-it-stacks-up-against-the-rtx-3060

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/arc-a770-beats-rtx-3060-in-ray-tracing-performance-in-new-intel-benchmarks

https://youtu.be/J5eIOv-CrB8?t=1238

 

IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED

Google expands Play Store User Choice Billing to more countries

https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/02/google-will-allow-alternative-payment-systems-for-play-store-in-more-countries/

https://www.androidpolice.com/google-play-store-billing-alternatives-expansion/

support article https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/12570971

devs in EEA already had option https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-europe/an-update-on-google-play-billing-in-the-eea/

 

ALL’S FAIR IN TRADE AND WAR

US blocks sales of top-end AI chips to China

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/01/us-blocks-sales-of-some-ai-chips-to-china-as-tech-crackdown-intensifies

Nvidia can still produce in China

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/01/nvidia-says-us-government-allows-ai-chip-development-in-china.html

 

COCKROACHES AND CD-ROMS

Optical disks are $5/TB and EMP-proof

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1452946-archiving-like-its-the-90s-optical-disks-could-soon-replace-tapes-for-long-term-storage/

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/new-optical-discs-cost-less-than-dollar5-per-tb

https://foliophotonics.com/news/folio-photonics-announces-breakthrough-multi-layer-optical-disc-storage-technology-to-enable?s=31

 

CAN NEVER REACH INFINITY

No splitscreen co-op in Halo Infinite?

https://www.eurogamer.net/halo-infinite-season-3-delayed-to-march-2023-split-screen-co-op-canned

https://youtu.be/Ramqlt7vxJ8

2017 https://www.polygon.com/2017/2/23/14715906/halo-split-screen-coming-back-halo-6-bonnie-ross-343-industries

2019 https://lmg.gg/DiaVR