Nvidia Must Be Stopped - TechLinked Sept 29, 2023

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DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING?

French authorities raided Nvidia’s offices

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-local-offices-raided-by-french-competition-authority

Press release says raid conducted on “a company suspected of having implemented anticompetitive practices in the graphics cards sector.”  https://www.autoritedelaconcurrence.fr/en/press-release/general-rapporteur-autorite-de-la-concurrence-indicates-unannounced-inspection-was

Identified as Nvidia by Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/nvidias-french-offices-raided-in-cloud-computing-competition-inquiry-97c094ea

Part of a larger investigation into cloud computing market https://www.engadget.com/looks-like-nvidia-got-raided-by-french-antitrust-authorities-205809329.html

EU also conducting early stage probe into AI chip market abuses https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/eu-begins-early-stage-probe-into-ai-chip-market-abuses-that-nvidia-dominates-1.1978251

 

HAIL U/SPEZ

Reddit no longer allows you to opt out of activity tracking for ads

https://gizmodo.com/reddit-removes-ability-to-opt-out-of-ads-1850881852

Revealed in a post by an admin https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/16tqihd/settings_updateschanges_to_ad_personalization/

Except in “select countries” that Reddit never names https://www.engadget.com/redditors-will-now-be-forced-to-see-personalized-ads-161510093.html

Bit funny since being “responsible stewards” of their users content was their argument for the controversial API changes https://lmg.gg/jidNx (PC Gamer)

This is on top of concerns that their Contributor Program will incentivize spam/bait posts and controversial topics https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/reddit-blocks-opting-out-of-personalized-ads-starts-paying-users/

 

THE GRAPHICAL REVOLUTION NO ONE IS USING

AMD FSR 3 launches

https://community.amd.com/t5/gaming/amd-fsr-3-now-available/ba-p/634265?sf269320079=1

Available in two games: Forspoken and Immortals of Aveum https://www.pcworld.com/article/2087227/amds-fidelityfx-super-resolution-3-upscaling-launches-today.html

Immortals is, well… https://www.metacritic.com/game/immortals-of-aveum/

And Forspoken is, well… https://www.metacritic.com/game/forspoken/

But it’s also coming to Eve Online https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/amd-fsr-3-is-out-now-in-forspoken-and-immortals-of-aveum-inbound-to-eve-online

It’ll make those Excel spreadsheets sparkle https://www.eveonline.com/eve-academy/excel-add-in

 

 

QUICK BITS

 

I CAN’T WAIT TO NOT AFFORD IT!

Big leaks about Nvidia’s Blackwell (Bottom two articles are more layman-friendly)

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidias-blackwell-gpus-rumored-to-feature-up-to-33-more-cores-512-bit-bus

https://twitter.com/kopite7kimi/status/1707412339530809647

https://www.dexerto.com/tech/nvidia-rtx-50-series-detailed-in-eye-opening-leaks-2315488/

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/nvidia-rtx-5090-specs-early-leak/

 

THERE IS (NO) DISCORD

Discord users getting blocked from the site

https://hothardware.com/news/discord-telling-users-theyve-been-blocked

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/discord-is-investigating-cause-of-you-have-been-blocked-errors/

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/discord-down-due-to-server-outage-users-unable-to-log-in

 

ANNNNNNND IT’S GONE

Details about Raspberry Pi 5

https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/teensy-60-raspberry-pi-5-computer-gets-bigger-pc-brawn/

https://hackaday.com/2023/09/28/a-raspberry-pi-5-is-better-than-two-pi-4s/

https://www.xda-developers.com/raspberry-pi-5-launch/

 

AI MEMES FOR U.S. TEENS

Google opening its AI search to US teens

https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/28/google-opening-up-generative-ai-search-experience-teenagers/

https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-expands-search-generative-experience-sge-to-u-s-teens/497366/

https://9to5google.com/2023/09/28/google-sge-teens/

 

JUST BUY PICTURE FRAMES

Amazon charging subscription for digital photo frame service

https://www.theverge.com/2023/9/22/23885332/amazon-echo-show-8-photos-edition-digital-frame-price-fee

https://themessenger.com/tech/amazon-echo-show-8-photos-edition-photosplus-exclusive-subscription-service-digital-picture-frame-paywall

https://lmg.gg/Os03V (Amazon)

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One correction. The Raspberry Pi Foundation has designed a chip in house before (the rp2040). The southbridge is based on that design.