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Submission + - Nvidia RTX 5070 Reviewed: Overpromised, Underdelivered... 1

jjslash writes: Nvidia’s RTX 5070 was initially hyped as delivering RTX 4090-level performance for just $550, based on claims made by CEO Jensen Huang during his CES keynote. However, excitement faded when it was revealed that Nvidia’s marketing relied on multi-frame generation, making the performance comparison entirely misleading. TechSpot's review opened with a single head to head test comparing those two GPUs, the results are astounding:

In reality, the RTX 4090 is, on average, 63% faster than the RTX 5070 across our 16-game sample at 1440p. But the deception gets even worse when we turn to ray tracing, as there are cases where the RTX 5070 doesn't work at all due to its much more limited 12GB VRAM buffer.

The review concludes saying that the RTX 5070 offers little excitement, as it’s essentially a slightly cheaper RTX 4070 Super. While it can sometimes rival the RTX 4070 Ti Super, its 12GB of VRAM limits its competitiveness.

Comment Re:As much as I dislike TikTok et al (Score -1) 153

LOL Russia lost 2/3rd of its wealth fund in a year.

even Gazprom made a loss...

They didn't "lose" it. They traded it for Ukraine's mineral wealth and came out well ahead.
Ukraine lost their wealth and are not getting it back. How are you going to pay your pensions now that Trump is dumping you down his gold toilet?

Comment Re:As much as I dislike TikTok et al (Score -1) 153

Well with the state of Russia's economy I'm not surprised they don't pay you hard currency.

Huh? Russia has more than enough. Especially now that the EU is buying so much Russian gas it will fund missile production for decades.
And taking the lithium deposits in Ukraine means Russia will be able to squeeze the EU even more.

Submission + - Elon Musk's gaming scandal deepens as he attempts to silence streamer Asmongold (fortune.com)

theweatherelectric writes: Elon Musk’s credibility as a self-proclaimed world-class gamer is under scrutiny after he clashed with popular Twitch streamer Asmongold, who challenged him to prove his skills in exchange for streaming exclusively on X for a year. Instead of seizing the opportunity to lure Asmongold’s 3.6 million followers to his platform, Musk leaked private messages and stripped the streamer of his verification badge, which allows ad revenue sharing. The move comes as Musk continues efforts to attract Twitch creators to X, including discrediting Amazon’s platform over adult content—shortly before permitting it on X.

Comment Re:As much as I dislike TikTok et al (Score -1) 153

wow, just wow, how much do the Chinese pay you for this sort of nonsense?

Not one cent.
How much do you get paid from the Biden 10c army fund? You know via the Countering the PRC Malign Influence Fund Authorization Act of 2023, which authorizes $325 million annually for fiscal years 2023 through 2027 to combat the Chinese Communist Party's global influence?

Nobody is 'threatening China,'...

LOLOLOLOL. Supplying weapons to Taiwan is no threat? Threatening to "take HK back" is no threat?
You must live in lala-land.

I shan't go on because it is clear you're a Chinese shill.

You're just another apologist for US warmongers. Get help.

Comment Re:As much as I dislike TikTok et al (Score -1) 153

I hate to break the news to you but the chinese government is bad.

Unless of course you think forced labour and sterilisation of the Uyghur muslims is perfectly ok.

Fuck off, Adrian Zenz. Nobody believes that crap and nobody cites your ridiculous claims. Representatives of over 50 Muslim countries, among several other delegations over the past few years, found no basis to the claims.

Ditto the removal of human rights in Hong Kong after ripping up the agreement with the UK.

The UK should send another aircraft carrier to threaten China. We all need a good laugh.
HK is Chinese and under Chinese law.
(Hint: China doesn't want to be like the West, and the West doesn't want to be like China. Get over it, or keep squealing to no effect.)

Ditto the constant threatening of Taiwan.

It's their country and recognized, officially, as such by every country in the world. You do know that, don't you?
The US has threatened China for decades. Gen. Douglas Macarthur had to be sacked because he wanted to nuke China. Remember that from your history lessons?

Oh, but I guess you think thats all just negative propaganda by #EvilWesternGovernments ?

No, by you, the Falun Gong, and even Americans morons who accept that Trump is an inveterate liar, except when he says anything about China, when everything must be true (because, deep down, they are racist assholes).

Submission + - Your In-Store Whole Foods Purchases Are Now Listed In Your Amazon Account

FairAndUnbalanced writes: In what could be an un-welcome surprise to those sharing their Amazon Prime cards with spouses or others, Amazon is now displaying your in-store Whole Foods purchases under the "Your Orders" section of the associated Amazon.com account. Any in-store purchases that you made in Whole Foods stores using your Amazon Prime credit card, or by scanning the QR code from the Whole Foods app, show up, and all in-store purchases as far back as mid-2020 are displayed.
There appears to be no press release or formal announcement about this change.

Submission + - Cybertruck Expoldes Outside of Las Vegas Trump Hotel (bbc.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Police are investigating the explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck outside of the Trump Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Police said a cybertruck pulled up in front of the hotel on Wednesday near a glass entrance, then smoke started coming from the vehicle and it exploded.

The driver was killed and seven people were injured, police said without naming any of the individuals involved. Officials said all injuries were minor.

In a post on X, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the explosion "was caused by very large fireworks and/or a bomb carried in the bed of the rented Cybertruck and is unrelated to the vehicle itself".

Submission + - China's EV sales set to overtake traditional cars years ahead of west (ft.com)

AmiMoJo writes: Electric vehicles are expected to outsell cars with internal combustion engines in China for the first time next year, in a historic inflection point that puts the world’s biggest car market years ahead of western rivals.

China is set to smash international forecasts and Beijing’s official targets with domestic EV sales — including pure battery and plug-in hybrids — growing about 20 per cent year on year to more than 12mn cars in 2025, according to the latest estimates supplied to the Financial Times by four investment banks and research groups. The figure would be more than double the 5.9mn sold in 2022.

At the same time, sales of traditionally powered cars are expected to fall by more than 10 per cent next year to less than 11mn, reflecting a near 30 per cent plunge from 14.8mn in 2022.

Submission + - Behind Closed Doors: The Spy-World Scientists Who Argued Covid Was a Lab Leak (wsj.com) 1

sinij writes:

FBI experts argued that a thesis by Yu Ping, a young scientist at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, indicated that the type of coronavirus that was responsible for the pandemic was indigenous to the mountainous Yunnan province in western China and wasn’t found in Hubei province where the city of Wuhan is located. If Covid-19 had spread naturally from a bat to a host animal and then a human, as proponents of the zoonotic theory argued, early cases should have also been detected in the vast area between Yunnan and Wuhan, a distance of more than 1,500 kilometers. That region, which has a population of hundreds of millions of people, contains thousands of live animal markets.

It might take a while, but more and more information will come out.

Submission + - Brazil shuts BYD factory site over 'slavery' conditions (bbc.com)

An anonymous reader writes: Brazilian authorities have halted the construction of a factory for Chinese electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD, saying workers lived in conditions comparable to "slavery".

More than 160 workers have been rescued in Brazil's northeastern state of Bahia, according to a statement from the Public Labour Prosecutor's Office (MPT).

They were allegedly put in a "degrading" environment and had their passports and salaries withheld by a building company.

BYD said in a statement that it had cut ties with the firm involved and remained committed to a "full compliance with Brazilian legislation".

The factory was scheduled to be operational by March 2025, and was set to be BYD's first EV plant outside of Asia.

The workers, hired by Jinjiang Construction Brazil, lived in four facilities in Camaçari city.

At one such facility, workers were made to sleep on beds without mattresses, according to prosecutors.

Each bathroom was also shared among 31 workers, forcing them to get up extremely early in order to be ready for work.

"The conditions found in the lodgings revealed an alarming picture of precariousness and degradation," the MPT said.

"Slavery-like conditions", as defined by Brazilian law, include debt bondage and work that violates human dignity.

The MPT added that the situation also constitutes "forced labour", as many workers had their wages withheld and faced excessive costs for terminating their contracts.

Submission + - Say goodbye to your privacy (dailygalaxy.com) 3

mspohr writes: Google is rolling out a tracking system unlike anything youâ(TM)ve seen beforeâ"your browser, smart TV, and even gaming consoles could all be part of the plan. Privacy experts are raising alarms, calling this a game-changer for how your data is used.

Googleâs ad-tracking approach will now revolve around digital fingerprinting, moving beyond browser-based cookies to an ecosystem-wide tracking mechanism. Starting February 16, 2024, this update allows Google to track users across virtually all smart devices, from browsers to smart TVs, streaming platforms, and gaming consoles. This shift, touted as a response to technological advancements, has sparked fierce regulatory criticism and raised privacy alarms globally.

Unlike cookiesâ"which rely on stored files that users can deleteâ"digital fingerprinting gathers subtle clues from a deviceâ(TM)s hardware, software, and browsing activity. These clues include:

Device attributes: screen resolution, operating system, browser type, and even font libraries.
Network identifiers: IP address, connected Wi-Fi networks, and geolocation data.
Behavioral patterns: app usage, browsing habits, and engagement metrics.
When combined, this data creates a unique identifier that tracks individuals across devices and platforms. The UK Information Commissionerâ(TM)s Office (ICO) has openly criticized this approach, stating, âoeFingerprinting involves the collection of pieces of information about a deviceâ(TM)s software or hardware, which, when combined, can uniquely identify a particular device and user.â

Comment Re:Matters? (Score -1) 148

It was also Kissinger, and they both threw Taiwan under the bus as well.

They should be thrown under the bus again for stealing China's policy on the South China Sea.

ROC (Taiwan) Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The South China Sea Islands are part of the territory of the Republic of China. That the ROC is entitled to all rights over the South China Sea Islands and their relevant waters in accordance with international law and the law of the sea is beyond dispute.

The government will firmly safeguard the ROC’s territorial sovereignty in the South China Sea, as well as the rights over relevant waters it is entitled to under international law and the law of the sea. It will not renounce its sovereignty or legal rights.
https://en.mofa.gov.tw/theme.a...

Comment Re:Israel? (Score 0) 76

Ukraine cutting Russia's gas just lost Moscow $6.6 billion/year. President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that Ukraine is not considering renewing the agreement with Gazprom on the transit of Russian gas to Europe, and also made it clear that Kyiv will not agree to pump Russian gas under the guise of Azerbaijani gas.

Notice that's dollars and not that toilet paper money Russia tries to find a use for.

Swings and roundabouts.
Russia has completed a gas pipeline heading towards China.
They have also completed another (increased) oil deal with India, and the EU and others are buying oil via India to avoid the appearance of breaking sanctions.

The effect of sanctions on the EU is also hurting several countries, especially Germany, Slovakia and Hungary. Trump might hurt them even more by pushing them to buy more expensive US oil and gas:
"I told the European Union that they must make up their tremendous deficit with the United States by the large scale purchase of our oil and gas. Otherwise, it is TARIFFS all the way!!!"

I wouldn't get too carried away with the value of the ruble. Trade deals between some countries are not always done in "currency", nor are they always transparent - what is in containers traveling between Russia and China, for example, is not known to anybody except those two countries. And nobody except them knows what "value" is assigned to each of the goods.

Submission + - Report: Despite Corruption Problems, China Progresses Toward Modernization (defense.gov)

LazarusQLong writes: The Defense Department today released the annual "Military and Security Developments Involving the People's Republic of China" report, a congressionally mandated annual report that offers insight into the capabilities, strategies and goals of China and its military.

Of note in this year's report is a rise in corruption within the People's Liberation Army, China's efforts to curtail that corruption, and how that corruption might affect the PRC's ambitions.

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