Huh, so it appears #chinese #phone #manufacturer #vivo have been #caught #selling phones with the same #imei number - something that allows #authorities to #track people and phone #networks to #block people: https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/over-1.. It seems like it could be a cool thing for #pine 64 to allow the editing of - could be the ultimate anti- #surveillance #tool !
Looks like a *massive* #amd #zen #security #issue of the scale of #meltdown and #spectre is incoming: https://grsecurity.net/amd_branch_mispre.. Damn! It just keeps getting worse, it looks like no #cpu #manufacturer seems to be able to actually #design a working CPU...
Another #car #manufacturer in the #automotive #industry is shutting down due to the #chip #shortage - this time #opal #vauxhal in #germany https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-t.. An #economic #collapse is imminent... How can the largest industries in these economies pause for more than a year and not result in lost jobs and a massive decline in their respective #economies ?
*Finally* a #cpu #manufacturer is taking #linux more seriously: https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=n.. Good on #amd for finally seeing the rise of Linux as a good thing, now being the #backbone for #phones , #servers , #desktops , #embedded systems and now #gaming ... We need #silicon that we can easily write #drivers for, so that we can support your random CPU features.
#ibm is looking to #sue #globalfoundries - a #chip #manufacturer for failing to meeting targets: https://www.nextplatform.com/2021/06/10/.. I really suspect they will not be the first either, especially if IBM are successful.