Acist Quarterly Edition <div><br /> </div> <h2>Top Story</h2> <div> <ul> <li>[url=https://www.the-independent.com/arts-entertainment/films/news/sam-altman-biopic-amazon-openai-deal-b2999321.html]Amazon has dropped - the bad kind of dropped - its planned Sam Altman biopic, <span style="font-style: italic;">Artificial</span>.[/url]&nbsp; (The Independent)<br /> <br /> The film, which depicted the credibly accused but I would never say so myself compulsive liar and total sociopath in an unflattering light may just possibly have conflicted with Amazon's $50 billion investment in OpenAI and OpenAI's $38 billion in contracts with Amazon.<br /> <br /> But I would never say so myself.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>I will take the consummate serpent grease entrepreneur's side any day of the week [url=https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/bernie-sanders-files-bill-proposing-50-percent-public-ownership-of-us-ai-firms-and-giving-out-usd1-000-dividends-vp-vance-says-trump-supports-giving-the-american-people-a-stake-in-ai-companies-prefers-pre-distribution-over-giving-away-cash]over communist senator Bernie Sanders' plan to simply steal the entire AI industry.[/url]&nbsp; (Tom's Hardware)<br /> <br /> Sanders' insane plan offers a dividend of $1000 to every adult American <span style="font-style: italic;">drawn from the profits of an industry that is losing massive amounts of money</span>.</li> </ul> <div><br /> </div></div> <div><br /> </div> <h2>Tech News</h2> <div> <ul> <li>[url=https://startupfortune.com/hyundai-takes-full-control-of-boston-dynamics-as-softbank-exits-for-325-million/]South Korea's Hyundai has taken full ownership of creepy robot dog company Boston Dynamics.[/url]&nbsp; (Startup Fortune)<br /> <br /> They bought out Japanese investment firm SoftBank's 10% holding for $325 quadrillion.*<br /> <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;">* Delete zeroes until it makes sense.<br /> </span><br /> <br /> </li> <li>[url=https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-will-reinstate-memory-encryption-on-ryzen-9000-cpus-through-a-bios-update-in-july-tsme-is-coming-back-after-valuable-community-feedback]AMD's TSME will return to Ryzen 9000 CPUs via a BIOS update.[/url]&nbsp; (Tom's Hardware)<br /> <br /> This is AMD's memory encryption system that prevents any potential leakage of data between mutually untrusted virtual machines on shared hardware.&nbsp; Necessary on servers running cloud systems at Amazon and Google, but also useful for homelabs and developers who want to try it out on affordable hardware.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>[url=https://9to5mac.com/2026/06/18/new-unpatchable-exploit-targets-apple-devices-with-a12-and-a13-chips/]There's an unpatchable security bug in the iPhone 11.[/url]&nbsp; (9to5Mac)<br /> <br /> If you let someone plug it into a malicious USB cable, at which point they could also just smash it with a hammer.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li>[url=https://wccftech.com/amd-reportedly-plots-another-10-15-rx-9000-price-hike-as-the-rampocalypse-swallows-the-gpu-market/]AMD is planning a 10-15% price hike on its Radeon graphics cards.[/url]&nbsp; (WCCFTech)<br /> <br /> Could be a lot worse.&nbsp; AMD cards are available for just a little over MSRP in America (and a little below MSRP in Australia).</li> </ul> <div><br /> </div></div> <div><br /> </div> <h2>Musical Interlude</h2> <div>[ytlite=2iC8CRKxvmQ]<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-style: italic;">Disclaimer: Four fried chickens and a coke.</span></div>