• Welcome to Earth Delos D. Harriman, our new-minted trillionaire!  (Tech Crunch)
  
  May I say how delightful it is to watch the wailing of the worst people on the planet at your good fortune?
  
  (I didn't invest; all my ready cash is tied up in RAM and SSDs.  Which to be fair is looking like the soundest investment I have made in years.)
  
  
  
• Critics meanwhile accuse Musk of...  Running the companies he runs.  (Reuters)
  
  You can't make everybody happy, but with some effort you can make everybody miserable.

• Microsoft has "mostly" repaired a flaw that allows Microsoft software to permanently brick Microsoft hardware.  (The Register)
  
  In this case, Copilot running on a Surface trying to adjust the screen backlight.
  
  
  
• Sam Bankman-Fraud will remain in prison.  (Reuters)
  
  A three-judge panel just stopped laughing and rejected his appeal.
  
  
  
• Lenovo has introduced the AI Host, an Arm-based mini-PC for the Chinese market.  (Liliputing)
  
  With eight Arm A720 cores backed by four lower power A520 cores (it's not a Qualcomm chip so it tells you that up front) it's no speed demon.  It delivers about half the performance in both single and multi-threaded tasks of AMD entry level laptop 5600U chip from 2021.
  
  
  
• Amazon datacenters "used" 2.5 billion gallons of water last year.  (The Register)
  
  The water came out of the process untouched and slightly warmer.  A bit like beer.
  
  
  
• French AI company Mistral is seeking to raise $3 billion on a $20 billion valuation.  (Tech Crunch)
  
  I'm not saying someone should buy it to spite Europe, just that if someone did it would be funny.
  
  
  
• Nintendo's lawsuit against indie hit Palworld looks doomed.  (WCCFTech)
  
  Not only have Nintendo's patents faced unwelcome re-examination, but even if Nintendo should win, damages are capped at $30,000.  No, I didn't lose a few zeroes there.
  
  
  
• Palworld itself is reaching 1.0 on July 10.  (IGN)
  
  Despite facing headwinds from Nintendo's legal team, Palworld has sold around 25 million copies in early access, on a development budget of around $7 million.
  
  Company PocketPair raised the money in-house, leaving the once struggling developer awash with cash.

Posted by: normal at Sunday, June 14 2026 01:47 AM (SV7Jd)

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