Daily Archives: 2021-12-02

FTC sues to block Nvidia acquiring ARM

Posted on 2021-12-02 by pappp

Source: OSNews

Article note: This is probably a good thing. Nvidia seems ...unlikely... to be a good, neutral steward.

The Federal Trade Commission today sued to block U.S. chip supplier Nvidia Corp.’s $40 billion acquisition of U.K. chip design provider Arm Ltd. Semiconductor chips power the computers and technologies that are essential to our modern economy and society. The proposed vertical deal would give one of the largest chip companies control over the computing technology and designs that rival firms rely on to develop their own competing chips. The FTC’s complaint alleges that the combined firm would have the means and incentive to stifle innovative next-generation technologies, including those used to run datacenters and driver-assistance systems in cars.

It seems increasingly unlikely that this acquisition will go through. I think that’s a good thing – while I’d rather Nvidia purchase ARM than Apple, Google, Microsoft, or Amazon, an even better outcome would be a profitable, independent ARM.

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Ask HN: Why doesn’t anyone create a search engine comparable to 2005-Google?

Posted on 2021-12-02 by pappp

Source: Hacker News

Article note: Because everyone learned how to generate SEO poison bullshit. Because lots of content has been sucked into the facebook/discord roach motels instead of the open 'net where it's index-able. Because search engines (like most things on the 'net) pay for themselves by selling sociopaths access to users.
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Testing Phone-Sized Faraday Bags

Posted on 2021-12-02 by pappp

Source: Hacker News

Article note: Oh neat. I kind of assumed those products were largely bogus on the basis that no one would test them, but that's proper test equipment, and it seems like a lot of them work pretty well.
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