Intel Battlemage, Florida social media ban, Facebook “Ghostbuster” + more! - TechLinked March 27, 2024

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Listings Intel Battlemage

https://wccftech.com/intel-battlemage-xe2-hpg-20-24-xe-core-gpu-spotted-12-gb-vram-rumor/ 

https://ranker.sisoftware.co.uk/show_run.php?q=c2ffcdf4d2b3d2efdaedd9eedfebcdbf82b294f194a999bfccf1c9&l=en 

https://twitter.com/miktdt/status/1771703011972202803 

https://videocardz.com/newz/alleged-intel-battlemage-gpus-with-20-24-xe-cores-and-12gb-vram-spotted-on-sisoftware-sandra-website

https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/possible-intel-battlemage-gpus-with-12gb-vram-spotted-in-sisoft-database

https://www.pcgamesn.com/intel/arc-battlemage-guide

https://wccftech.com/intel-battlemage-xe2-hpg-20-24-xe-core-gpu-spotted-12-gb-vram-rumor/#:~:text=Battlemage%20Xe2%2DLPG%20

Intel says launchin 2024… others say no https://www.techspot.com/news/101484-intel-confirms-next-gen-arc-xe2-battlemage-gpus.html

 

TIKTOK: RATED R

Florida bans kids under 14 from social media; 15, 16-year-olds require parental consent

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/26/ron-desantis-florida-social-media-ban-children

Utah: https://www.removepaywall.com/https:/www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-utah-social-media-restrictions  

Arkansas: https://apnews.com/article/arkansas-social-media-parents-consent-kids-64db48ec94517911a4d2498f60841500 

https://globalnews.ca/news/10385088/florida-social-media-ban-under-14-ron-desantis/

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/floridas-desantis-signs-law-restricting-social-media-people-under-16-2024-03-25/

Pornhub prepared to block Florida if child safety law takes effect

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/03/pornhub-prepared-to-block-florida-if-child-safety-law-takes-effect/

 

WHO YOU GONNA CALL?

Facebook snooped on users’ Snapchat traffic using controversial wiretapping/VPN tool according to unsealed documents

https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/facebook-secret-project-snooped-snapchat-user-traffic/?guccounter=1

Unsealed doc:

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.369872/gov.uscourts.cand.369872.735.0.pdf

Facebook secretly looked at Snapchat, Amazon, and YouTube user data, documents reveal

https://mashable.com/article/facebook-snapchat-data-project-ghostbusters-mark-zuckerberg

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/facebook-spy-snapchat-zuckerberg-meta-b2519458.html

https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/29/facebook-project-atlas/ 

Sean M. Haffey via Getty / Futurism AI Race Zuckerberg Emailing Google Employees, Asking Them to Work for Facebook Instead (AI)

https://futurism.com/the-byte/zuckerberg-emailing-google-employees

 

QUICKBITS

 

BUFF ARM

A native version of Chrome arrives for Arm-based Windows PCs

https://www.theverge.com/2024/3/26/24112273/chrome-native-windows-on-arm-qualcomm-snapdragon

https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/laptops/google-chrome-is-coming-native-to-snapdragon-x-elite-laptops-should-intel-and-amd-be-nervous 

https://www.androidheadlines.com/2024/03/google-chrome-gets-native-support-for-arm-based-windows-pcs.html 

Windows nags Chrome users to use Bing https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-again-bothers-chrome-users-with-bing-popup-ads-in-windows/

 

IT JUST WORKS

Tiny Corp decides to make both AMD and Nvidia versions of its TinyBox AI server - GeForce version is 67% more expensive

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/tiny-corp-decides-to-make-both-amd-and-nvidia-versions-of-its-tinybox-ai-server-geforce-version-is-67-more-expensive

Announcement: https://twitter.com/__tinygrad__/status/1772139983731831051 

https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/25/tiny_corp_amd_nvidia/ 

Past coverage: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/amd-tinybox-project-put-on-hold-due-to-gpu-instability-in-ai-workloads-firm-publicly-considering-using-intel-gpus 

 

CRYPTO BABIES

The SEC can sue Coinbase for offering unregistered securities, judge rules

https://www.axios.com/2024/03/27/sec-coinbase-crypto

https://assets.ctfassets.net/c5bd0wqjc7v0/31xgWFLYsKNgu6YQqzkE3/e720ef7fc1fdf2edfd76f4525d8512

56/SEC_v._Coinbase__Opinion_and_Order_3.27.24.pdf 

https://qz.com/sec-sue-coinbase-for-unregistered-securities-1851369617 

https://www.inc.com/reuters/lawsuits-progress-against-coinbase-is-a-big-win-for-sec.html 

Coinbase CEO remains “confident” https://twitter.com/iampaulgrewal/status/1772993922354069527 

going to use the very strong argument that crypto is like beanie babies https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/18/coinbase-cryptocurrency-lawsuit-beanie-babies-securities-sec 

 

BLANK CANVA

Affinity acquired by Canva – users worried about possible subscription model

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/canva-acquires-affinity-design-suite-in-push-to-rival-adobe-1.2051498

https://www.canva.com/newsroom/news/affinity/

broll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpWniIIC-oo 

Canva/Affinity posts “pledge” that “perpetual licenses will always be offered” 

https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/press/newsroom/affinity-and-canva-pledge/

• EDITOR: zoom in on #1 in the “Four pledges to the community” image

 

GOOCHI, PRADDA, BALENSIAGA

Amazon’s data shows huge counterfeit product problem (Amazon says its stopped 700K counterfeiters from making accounts last year)

https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/policy-news-views/amazon-brand-protection-report-2023-counterfeit-products

https://wwd.com/business-news/technology/amazon-brand-protection-report-counterfeits-1236286914/

https://www.modernretail.co/technology/amazon-says-its-stopped-700k-counterfeiters-from-making-accounts-last-year/