• Qualcomm showed off their third-generation 5G modem chip.  (AnandTech)
  
  Which is not all that exciting - except that it's built on TSMC's 5nm process.  That they're comfortable announcing the chips already is a good sign for 5nm and the chips that will come on that process in the future.
  
  
  
• if you missed out on that $160 10TB drive, you can now get a $180 12TB drive.  (Tom's Hardware)
  
  I have a number of Western Digital external drives and they've always worked well for me.
  
  
  
• Funny thing - the press don't seem to like the First Amendment very much.  (TechDirt)
  
  At least, not when it applies to other people.
  
  
  
• Funny thing, the police also don't seem to like the First Amendment very much.  (TechDirt)
  
  In this case the NYPD, and they also violated more specific state laws protecting journalists.
  
  
  
• Funny thing, Facebook doesn't like the First Amendment very much.  (TechDirt)
  
  Well, here it's actually DMCA Section 230 which protects Facebook from being sued for what their users do when exercising their rights under the First Amendment.  The problem being that it also protects their competitors.
  
  
  
• The job isn't done until Docker won't run.
  
  
  
  
  The thread is an interesting and informative read.  It's a simple bug that is normally harmless and only matters because the two applications - Docker for Windows, and Razer's Synapse driver management tool - have exactly the same bug.
  
  
  
• Been there, done that.
  
  

Posted by: Mauser at Wednesday, February 19 2020 11:40 PM (Ix1l6)

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