Not Exactly Tech News

• Got my weekly grocery delivery today, from Coles this time because I wanted to stock up on their fried rice.
  
  No toilet paper.
  
  Went out to the shops this evening.  Toilet paper section at Woolworths - shelves stripped bare.  Toilet paper section at Coles - fully stocked, but two slightly unusual things:
  
  1. There was a security guard.  For the toilet paper aisle.  Well, he might have been there for the frozen vegetables on the other side, but I suspect not.
  2. They had nothing smaller than a 20 pack.
  
  So I guess I'm good for a while.
  
  
  
• To add insult to injury:
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Now who's laughin'?
  
  
  
  
  

Tech News

• AMD has clarified the situation on Zen 3 with regards to TSMC's 7nm EUV process saying it either will or won't use that process unless it doesn't, probably.  (AnandTech)
  
  Thanks, AMD.
  
  Zen 4 however is specifically targeted for 5nm.
  
  Which everyone expected, but AMD have now confirmed.
  
  
  
• AMD's Navi 2X is coming this year, with more.  (AnandTech)
  
  More what exactly isn't clear, but definitely more.  They did promise 50% better
  performance per watt, which is a pretty significant jump.
  
  
  
• When bitter political rivals join forces on a bill relating to encryption, you know the results are going to be bad.  (TechDirt)
  
  
  
• Firing Jack Dorsey isn't going to fix Twitter.  (Tech Crunch)
  
  Do it anyway, just don't expect anything to change very much.
  
  
  
• Baldur's Gate 3 is on its way unless it isn't.  (WCCFTech)
  
  Terrible article anyway, doesn't even mention Minsc and Boo.
  
  
  
• Sonos is scrapping recycle mode.  (The Verge)
  
  They still won't offer software upgrades for older products, they still will offer a 30% discount on hardware upgrades, but now they won't immediately turn your older gear into e-waste.
  
  
  
• There's a buffer overflow vulnerability in the dial-up modem support on Linux.  (Phoronix)
  
  I'm sure there is someone, somewhere, who will be affected by this.  I just don't know who.
  
  
  
• I mentioned the disproof of the Connes Embedding Conjecture - and the work that led to that disproof - a few weeks ago when it popped up on Arxiv.org.  I don't recall where I saw it originally because I'm not in the habit of reading every inscrutable mathematics paper that pops up on the web.
  
  This one though has broader implications beyond computer science, into mathematics and physics.  (Quanta)
  
  The article is worth a look even if just for the banner image.
  
  
  
• Facebook is suing Namecheap over lookalike domains.  (ZDNet)
  
  Not for monetary damages, but to get Namecheap to cough up the identities of the registrants.
  
  Namecheap says it will comply with a court order to provide this information, but also called Facebook a bully for seeking a court order.
  
  
  
• Twitter has banned hasty generalisations.  (Reuters)
  
  As I said, firing Jack Dorsey won't fix this mess, but it will be fun.  Find a way to do it twice.
  
  
  
• Iran has blocked Wikipedia in its efforts to contain Corona-chan.  (Vice)
  
  Yeah, that's gonna work.
  
  
  
• It writes itself.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• First, let's automate all the lawyers.  (Fortune)
  
  For $3 per month the service will monitor online services and threaten to sue them if they violate privacy regulations.  They have a variety of other Lawsuit-as-a-Service offerings as well.
  
  This could not possibly end badly.

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Posted by: Rick C at Saturday, March 07 2020 04:12 AM (Iwkd4)

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