Aylo Sues 'Pirate' Site PornXP, Wants Domains Transferred or Blocked
Adult entertainment conglomerate Aylo, the parent company of Pornhub, has filed a lawsuit against the as-yet-unidentified operators operators of PornXP. The company accuses the website of widespread copyright infringement. After obtaining an early discovery order to unveil the operators through various domain registrars, the case moves forward with site blocking as part of the requested remedies.
Aylo Sues 'Pirate' Site PornXP, Wants Domains Transferred or Blocked * TorrentFreak
Adult entertainment conglomerate Aylo, the parent company of Pornhub, has filed a lawsuit against the yet unknown operators of PornXP.Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)
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Ngl Taiwan is fucked no matter how you split it, the silicon shield wont hold as the cutting edge isnt a far cry from the last few nodes these days and capacity is ramping to across the world for high end nodes. It would cause quite a bit of distruption but you'd be talking 2-6 years rather than multiple decades as it once was.
And frankly Chinese military hardware seems to be up to snuff as opposed to what we've seen from Russia (see export varients murking a rafale in the hands of the Pakistanis).
The J20 & J35 are also very potent air platforms that can likely go toe to toe with western stealth aircraft and China has sorted their stealthy engine issue as well so they'll almost certainly be competitve in BVR engagements.
America likely could try and tango in the straits and local seas however I simply do not see a carrier group faring that well against a extremely heavy land launched missile barrage along with the fact that the American public psyche simply isnt up to handle the losses you'd see in such a conflict.
Breaking the containment island chains is important enough to China that they will be happy to very heavily commit in a way that no weatern power will be able to.
NATO doctrine also relies heavily on air supremacy which frankly I don't see them being able to maintain in such a conflict especially considering China would be operating in their own back yard.
China has also been building up their naval capacity for exactly this conflict for over a decade now (you'll often see quite a bit of cope over vessels being for coastal operations and not blue sea operations which is a bit of a... no shit? Thats the point?). Generally said vessels are quite capable and also significantly newer than the bulk of the US Navy & although we've yet to see the PLAN actually be involved in signficiant operations they're highly trained and war gamed.
The actual Taiwanese military as well is pretty anemic, has had severe sustained recruitment issues for years now and isnt exactly operating the creme de la creme of assets let alone in the quantities to fend off a attack.
Taiwans ""MAD"" plan of thunder running the three gorges dam also seems like a pipedream, there is zero chance that area wont be absolutely saturated with modern SAMs.
China can also just grind global trade to a halt through messing with the current shipping channels as a bargaining tactic to prevent external intervention.
TLDR: Taiwan wont exist in a few decades, there is no conceivable way China can be fended off from taking it.
Risk of Powell ouster is underpriced, Deutsche Bank strategist says
Risk of Powell ouster is underpriced, Deutsche Bank strategist says
"Investors would likely interpret such an event as a direct affront to Fed independence, putting the central bank under extreme institutional duress."Simon Kennedy (Fortune)
Walmart recalls water bottles after two customers suffer blindness
Walmart recalls 850,000 water bottles after two customers suffer ‘permanent blindness’ from exploding caps
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has received three reports of customers being hit in face by bottle lidsGustaf Kilander (The Independent)
US economy poised to slow as Trump's tariffs hit consumers
US economy poised to slow as Trump's tariffs hit consumers
The US economy is expected to slow the rest of the year as tariffs take a bigger toll on consumers and businesses, immigration constraints intensify, USA TODAY (USA TODAY)
Computer Scientists Figure Out How To Prove Lies: An attack on a fundamental proof technique reveals a glaring security issue for blockchains and other digital encryption schemes.
Computer Scientists Figure Out How To Prove Lies | Quanta Magazine
An attack on a fundamental proof technique reveals a glaring security issue for blockchains and other digital encryption schemes.Erica Klarreich (Quanta Magazine)
Several people injured in second night of anti-migrant riots in Spanish town
Several people were hurt in a second night of anti-migrant unrest in the town of Torre Pacheco in south-east Spain after a pensioner was beaten up, authorities said.
Despite a major police presence, groups armed with batons roamed the streets looking for people with foreign origins, the regional newspaper La Opinión de Murcia reported.
The regional government did not say how many people were injured but stated that at least one person had been arrested over the violence.
The unrest erupted after a 68-year-old man told Spanish media he was beaten up in the street on Wednesday by three young people of north African origin. The attack was filmed and put on social media.
Several people injured in second night of anti-migrant unrest in Spanish town
Authorities say at least one person arrested after disorder broke out in Torre Pacheco over attack on pensionerGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
Macron calls on EU to ‘defend European interests resolutely’ from Trump tariffs
The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has called on the EU to “defend European interests resolutely” after Donald Trump threatened to impose 30% tariffs on nearly all imports from the EU.
It came as the EU moved to de-escalate tensions after the blunt move by Trump on Saturday. The bloc declared a further pause on €21bn of retaliatory tariffs until 1 August, dovetailing with the US president’s new deal deadline.
At the same time, the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, and the Indonesian president, Prabowo Subianto, announced a “political agreement” on a free trade deal on Sunday, ending nine years of negotiations.
Macron calls on EU to ‘defend European interests resolutely’ from Trump tariffs
French president says bloc should be ready for trade war after 30% tariff threat but other EU leaders call for calmLisa O'Carroll (The Guardian)
When Britain's 'feminists' cheer for bombs and sneer at Palestinian suffering
A familiar breed of British pundit has resurfaced - loud, self-declared feminists whose outrage is as selective as it is performative, and whose moral compass somehow always aligns with western state power.
They remain silent as Gaza burns, but are quick to find their voice to cheer on Israel and its allies as they threaten to flatten Iran - civilian casualties be damned.
During Israel's recent strikes on Iran, the radical feminist journalist and co‑founder of Justice for Women, Julie Bindel, branded leftist anti-war feminists "Team Iran" sympathisers. It was a disingenuous, grotesquely misleading and dangerously ideological accusation, but not a surprising one.
While women in Gaza bleed in silence, these pundits reserve their fury for pro-Palestine protesters - smearing them as extremists, branding solidarity as terrorism, twisting every act of dissent into an endorsement of "jihad" and weaponising antisemitism to crush critique.
When Britain's 'feminists' cheer for bombs and sneer at Palestinian suffering
The UK's most prominent 'feminists' ignore women in Gaza under bombs and siege, but speak up to manufacture consent for western wars or attack the anti-war leftMiddle East Eye
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+972’s Sunday Recap
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33113969
from +972 Magazine [published in Israel]Articles
* Israel enforcing Gaza evacuations with grenade-firing drones [lead article]
* Ceasefire talks give cautious hope. But the reality in Gaza couldn’t be more brutal
* With West Bank annexation in the air, settlers revel in their impunity
* The Western liberal’s moral collapse in Gaza
+972’s Sunday Recap
from +972 Magazine [published in Israel]Articles
* Israel enforcing Gaza evacuations with grenade-firing drones [lead article]
* Ceasefire talks give cautious hope. But the reality in Gaza couldn’t be more brutal
* With West Bank annexation in the air, settlers revel in their impunity
* The Western liberal’s moral collapse in Gaza
+972’s Sunday Recap
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33113969
from +972 Magazine [published in Israel]Articles
* Israel enforcing Gaza evacuations with grenade-firing drones [lead article]
* Ceasefire talks give cautious hope. But the reality in Gaza couldn’t be more brutal
* With West Bank annexation in the air, settlers revel in their impunity
* The Western liberal’s moral collapse in Gaza
+972’s Sunday Recap
from +972 Magazine [published in Israel]Articles
* Israel enforcing Gaza evacuations with grenade-firing drones [lead article]
* Ceasefire talks give cautious hope. But the reality in Gaza couldn’t be more brutal
* With West Bank annexation in the air, settlers revel in their impunity
* The Western liberal’s moral collapse in Gaza
+972’s Sunday Recap
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33113969
from +972 Magazine [published in Israel]Articles
* Israel enforcing Gaza evacuations with grenade-firing drones [lead article]
* Ceasefire talks give cautious hope. But the reality in Gaza couldn’t be more brutal
* With West Bank annexation in the air, settlers revel in their impunity
* The Western liberal’s moral collapse in Gaza
+972’s Sunday Recap
from +972 Magazine [published in Israel]Articles
* Israel enforcing Gaza evacuations with grenade-firing drones [lead article]
* Ceasefire talks give cautious hope. But the reality in Gaza couldn’t be more brutal
* With West Bank annexation in the air, settlers revel in their impunity
* The Western liberal’s moral collapse in Gaza
You can get LLMs to say almost anything you want
You can get LLMs to say almost anything you want
Yes, Prime Minister has a sketch demonstrating how asking a series of leading questions can get a person to a particular conclusion: “Are you worried about the number of young people without jobs?” “Yes.www.greaterwrong.com
+972’s Sunday Recap
from +972 Magazine [published in Israel]
Articles
* Israel enforcing Gaza evacuations with grenade-firing drones [lead article]
* Ceasefire talks give cautious hope. But the reality in Gaza couldn’t be more brutal
* With West Bank annexation in the air, settlers revel in their impunity
* The Western liberal’s moral collapse in Gaza
Trump’s 50% copper import tariff said to cover refined metal
Trump’s 50% copper import tariff said to cover refined metal - MINING.COM
Refined copper represents the biggest category of the metal that is imported by the US.MINING.COM
Israeli settlers beat Palestinian-American to death, fatally shoot another
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33113132
By Fayha Shalash in Ramallah, occupied Palestine
Published date: 12 July 2025 15:49 BST"The attack began when a large group of settlers targeted dozens of #Palestinians attempting to access their land between the villages of Sinjil and al-Mazra'a al-Sharqiya, east of Ramallah.
Such assaults have become a regular occurrence, taking place almost every Friday, as part of efforts to intimidate villagers and drive them off land targeted for settlement."
"'Musalat owned a home in the area and died trying to defend it' - Abdul Samad Abdul Aziz, al-Mazra'a al-Sharqiya municipality member"
Israeli settlers beat Palestinian-American to death, fatally shoot another
By Fayha Shalash in Ramallah, occupied Palestine
Published date: 12 July 2025 15:49 BST"The attack began when a large group of settlers targeted dozens of #Palestinians attempting to access their land between the villages of Sinjil and al-Mazra'a al-Sharqiya, east of Ramallah.
Such assaults have become a regular occurrence, taking place almost every Friday, as part of efforts to intimidate villagers and drive them off land targeted for settlement."
"'Musalat owned a home in the area and died trying to defend it' - Abdul Samad Abdul Aziz, al-Mazra'a al-Sharqiya municipality member"
Israeli settlers beat Palestinian-American to death, fatally shoot another
Israeli settlers beat a Palestinian-American man to death and fatally shot another during a coordinated assault on villagers in the occupied West Bank on Friday.Fayha Shalash (Middle East Eye)
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Israeli settlers beat Palestinian-American to death, fatally shoot another
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/33113132
By Fayha Shalash in Ramallah, occupied Palestine
Published date: 12 July 2025 15:49 BST"The attack began when a large group of settlers targeted dozens of #Palestinians attempting to access their land between the villages of Sinjil and al-Mazra'a al-Sharqiya, east of Ramallah.
Such assaults have become a regular occurrence, taking place almost every Friday, as part of efforts to intimidate villagers and drive them off land targeted for settlement."
"'Musalat owned a home in the area and died trying to defend it' - Abdul Samad Abdul Aziz, al-Mazra'a al-Sharqiya municipality member"
Israeli settlers beat Palestinian-American to death, fatally shoot another
By Fayha Shalash in Ramallah, occupied Palestine
Published date: 12 July 2025 15:49 BST"The attack began when a large group of settlers targeted dozens of #Palestinians attempting to access their land between the villages of Sinjil and al-Mazra'a al-Sharqiya, east of Ramallah.
Such assaults have become a regular occurrence, taking place almost every Friday, as part of efforts to intimidate villagers and drive them off land targeted for settlement."
"'Musalat owned a home in the area and died trying to defend it' - Abdul Samad Abdul Aziz, al-Mazra'a al-Sharqiya municipality member"
Israeli settlers beat Palestinian-American to death, fatally shoot another
Israeli settlers beat a Palestinian-American man to death and fatally shot another during a coordinated assault on villagers in the occupied West Bank on Friday.Fayha Shalash (Middle East Eye)
Israeli settlers beat Palestinian-American to death, fatally shoot another
By Fayha Shalash in Ramallah, occupied Palestine
Published date: 12 July 2025 15:49 BST
"The attack began when a large group of settlers targeted dozens of #Palestinians attempting to access their land between the villages of Sinjil and al-Mazra'a al-Sharqiya, east of Ramallah.
Such assaults have become a regular occurrence, taking place almost every Friday, as part of efforts to intimidate villagers and drive them off land targeted for settlement."
"'Musalat owned a home in the area and died trying to defend it' - Abdul Samad Abdul Aziz, al-Mazra'a al-Sharqiya municipality member"
Israeli settlers beat Palestinian-American to death, fatally shoot another
Israeli settlers beat a Palestinian-American man to death and fatally shot another during a coordinated assault on villagers in the occupied West Bank on Friday.Fayha Shalash (Middle East Eye)
Are there any local LLM GUIs with conversation branching like ChatGPT?
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Experience true data privacy with GPT4All, a private AI chatbot that runs local language models on your device. No cloud needed—run secure, on-device LLMs for unlimited offline AI interactions.www.nomic.ai
Incontri dal vivo di gruppo di etica digitale
Ciao a todos 😀
Mi chiedevo se ci fossero incontri dal vivo di gruppo tra persone appassionate di etica digitale su Roma. Parlo di incontri informali in cui ci si conosce e si scambiano chiacchiere dal vivo.
Se non ci sono, vi piacerebbe crearne e partecipare? :four_leaf_clover:
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BBC bosses pulled our film on Israel attacking Gaza’s medics. Here’s why
A BBC editorial policy representative said he thought a UN report on hospital attacks cited in our film should not be included because, he said, “the UN is not a trusted independent organisation”. The same had been repeatedly said about Amnesty International.
Later in the same meeting, we discussed another request from the BBC; that we use the testimony of two high-profile hospital directors who had been detained and allegedly tortured by Israeli forces. The use of interviews with prisoners under duress is not only a breach of the Geneva conventions, but breaks Ofcom’s code. We explained this at length in meetings and by email, citing numerous examples, and in the end we won the argument.
Script meetings were also dominated by references to what “Collier” might say – referring to David Collier, a social media activist who had discovered the omissions of the previous film. In one editorial meeting, after viewing our film for the first time,** a senior BBC reporter told us we should not use certain information as this would not be acceptable to Camera, a pro-Israel media monitoring organisation.**
BBC bosses pulled our film on Israel attacking Gaza’s medics. Here’s why
The producers' story of how the corporation repeatedly delayed and ultimately shelved their damning documentaryBen de Pear & Ramita Navai (The Observer)
BBC bosses pulled our film on Israel attacking Gaza’s medics. Here’s why
A BBC editorial policy representative said he thought a UN report on hospital attacks cited in our film should not be included because, he said, “the UN is not a trusted independent organisation”. The same had been repeatedly said about Amnesty International.
Later in the same meeting, we discussed another request from the BBC; that we use the testimony of two high-profile hospital directors who had been detained and allegedly tortured by Israeli forces. The use of interviews with prisoners under duress is not only a breach of the Geneva conventions, but breaks Ofcom’s code. We explained this at length in meetings and by email, citing numerous examples, and in the end we won the argument.
Script meetings were also dominated by references to what “Collier” might say – referring to David Collier, a social media activist who had discovered the omissions of the previous film. In one editorial meeting, after viewing our film for the first time,** a senior BBC reporter told us we should not use certain information as this would not be acceptable to Camera, a pro-Israel media monitoring organisation.**
BBC bosses pulled our film on Israel attacking Gaza’s medics. Here’s why
The producers' story of how the corporation repeatedly delayed and ultimately shelved their damning documentaryBen de Pear & Ramita Navai (The Observer)
BBC bosses pulled our film on Israel attacking Gaza’s medics. Here’s why
A BBC editorial policy representative said he thought a UN report on hospital attacks cited in our film should not be included because, he said, “the UN is not a trusted independent organisation”. The same had been repeatedly said about Amnesty International.
Later in the same meeting, we discussed another request from the BBC; that we use the testimony of two high-profile hospital directors who had been detained and allegedly tortured by Israeli forces. The use of interviews with prisoners under duress is not only a breach of the Geneva conventions, but breaks Ofcom’s code. We explained this at length in meetings and by email, citing numerous examples, and in the end we won the argument.
Script meetings were also dominated by references to what “Collier” might say – referring to David Collier, a social media activist who had discovered the omissions of the previous film. In one editorial meeting, after viewing our film for the first time,** a senior BBC reporter told us we should not use certain information as this would not be acceptable to Camera, a pro-Israel media monitoring organisation.**
BBC bosses pulled our film on Israel attacking Gaza’s medics. Here’s why
The producers' story of how the corporation repeatedly delayed and ultimately shelved their damning documentaryBen de Pear & Ramita Navai (The Observer)
Projectivy Launcher: launcher alternativo per Android TV
Projectivy Launcher: launcher alternativo per Android TV
Projectivy Launcher è un launcher alternativo per Android TV che può sostituire l’interfaccia ufficiale di Google, è super customizzabile e non contiene pubblicità.Me (Pietro Cyber Journal)
Projectivy Launcher: launcher alternativo per Android TV
Projectivy Launcher: launcher alternativo per Android TV
Projectivy Launcher è un launcher alternativo per Android TV che può sostituire l’interfaccia ufficiale di Google, è super customizzabile e non contiene pubblicità.Me (Pietro Cyber Journal)
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Blender HDR and the reference white issue | About Blender's HDR support on Wayland
From Sebastian Wick’s Mastodon
Blender is getting HDR on Linux via Wayland before Windows! This isn't by accident, but shows how creating a system with a different design creates better results for users and application developers.
Firefox is in this same boat too. It will get HDR support on Linux* sooner than Windows. Firefox currently only supports HDR on MacOS.
Blender HDR and the reference white issue
The latest alpha of the upcoming Blender 5.0 release comes with High Dynamic Range (HDR) support for Linux on Wayland which will, if everything works out, make it into the final Blender 5.0 release on October 1, 2025.swick's blog
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Brain breakthrough: Dopamine doesn't work at all like we thought it did
Brain breakthrough: Dopamine doesn't work at all like we thought it did
Dopamine doesn’t flood the brain as once believed – it fires in exact, ultra-fast bursts that target specific neurons.Bronwyn Thompson (New Atlas)
He just hired an Obama advisor, so it’s not looking good.
Cracking up at the downvotes on this post. Just what you’d expect from progressive reformists.
[ANSWERED] Should i use KeePass* instead of Proton Pass, for privacy?
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I think I've done the opposite of most. After using keepassx for the last 4 or 5 years I switched to ProtonPass.
I value security and privacy but Ive realized some of my processes have become too complex, like using syncthing to keep my keepass on my phone and PC aligned. I'm not confident that older man version of me will be able to keep up so Ive stared valuing simplicity.
Im sure many will argue that it is simple but between backups and keys and passwords it really is a lot, especially with a new device each time.
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I think I’ve done the opposite of most. After using keepassx for the last 4 or 5 years I switched to ProtonPass.
Me three.
Mamdani appoints top DNC and Obama adviser in bid to secure Democratic Party establishment support
Mamdani appoints top DNC and Obama advisor in bid to secure Democratic Party establishment support
Mamdani has appointed Jeffrey Lerner—a former top Obama White House aide and Democratic National Committee political director—as his communications chief.World Socialist Web Site
proton pass vs simplelogin - aliases
I'm trying to migrate off gmail and apple services and ended up getting a domain and going to proton and using simplelogin for making aliases. But now I'm looking at proton pass, which comes free with my plan and lets me create aliases and wondering why I did that.
Ideally, I want nobody to have my main email address. everything gets an alias and dumps into the main. if the main address is found out, I just kill it and get another and point all the aliases to that. if an alias gets spammy or sold off to obnoxious marketing boobs, I kill the alias and create a new one.
I got started with migrating a few things over today into the aliases I had on my domain with simplelogin. I started to wonder what would happen if I replied to any of these and unlike apple hide-my-mail, it looks like these expose my actual address, unless I go through the trouble of going to simplelogin and getting an reverse alias link through them, which is an annoying pain in the ass. looking to see if there was any integration like apple's icloud had, I find proton pass is included in my mail plus plan and lets me do what simplelogin already was doing, complete with my domain being in the alias address!
So my question is why did I set up two seperate services for this? can I reply to incoming emails from the aliases created in proton pass without them revealing my address?
I have needed to get away from google for a while and am finally getting off my ass to do it, but apple hide my email was so simple to use whereas proton seems to have these weird oversights.
So my question is why did I set up two seperate services for this?
Unfortunate side effect of buying someone else's product instead of just making your own.
can I reply to incoming emails from the aliases created in proton pass without them revealing my address?
Yes. It's called a relay for a reason. When you receive an email it will come from a relay address, not the actual sender. You reply to that relay address and then the other party receives your relay address (alias).
Check out DuckDuckGo, they also have an email alias forwarding system like SimpleLogin. I have a different email address/alias for each account that I have and they all end up in my Proton inbox.
Also, you’re able to reply and send email with the DuckDuckGo address from Proton mail.
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Created a Post/Group about how to De-Google. The details about my set-up is also there. Hope it helps:
I thought OP wanted to de-google. I use DuckDuckGo because of their duck player; it opens YouTube on a separate window without all the extra stuff you don’t want (just the video you wanted to see). I guess OP can use PeerTube?
I’m quite happy with my Proton Unlimited but it’s not for everyone.
And yeah, I’m a browser hopper.
Yes, you can have multiple duck addresses at the same time. There’s a personal and private duck address.
Composing email:
duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help…
About duck addresses:
duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help…
I also used SimpleLogin and loved it until I subscribed to the Proton products. Like you, I haven’t needed to use SimpleLogin because of Proton Pass. Haven’t used iCloud since 2021 and have no regrets.
Can I create multiple custom Duck Addresses or Email Protection accounts? - DuckDuckGo Help Pages
You can only have one Duck Address enabled per browser, and only one associated with any given forwarding address.DuckDuckGo
Canonical Plans for a Fully Functional Desktop Session on RISC-V with Ubuntu 25.10
Canonical Plans for a Fully Functional Desktop Session on RISC-V with Ubuntu 25.10 - 9to5Linux
With the upcoming Ubuntu 25.10 release, Canonical plans to achieve a fully functional desktop session on the RISC-V architecture.Marius Nestor (9to5Linux)
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If you like working in slow motion, yes, sure.
Source : I have a Banana-Pi SBC banana-pi.org/en/banana-pi-sbc… and... it works, running Linux proper, with a desktop environment, which is in itself pretty cool IMHO but damn, you have to be patient. That being said "just" already being at that stage on economically affordable hardware is amazing. We are probably not far, say few years at most, with usable RISC-V chips for mundane tasks, e.g. text authoring, coding, Web browsing, but don't expect compilation of a browser, Blender, or gaming on this for few more years. IMHO it will go fast because it's catching up so the path is rather well laid down, which is much harder than innovating and pushing the envelope.
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I guess it depends what you mean by "chip production".
AFAICT mostly via Chip War (2022) and reading a bit on the topic there are few bottlenecks, e.g chip design IP like ARM (UK) or lithography machines like ASML (NL) or high efficiency chip production like TSMC (Taiwan) but overall the grip from the US is mostly on democratization and scale with AMD, NVIDIA, Broadcom or even Intel, namely making a LOT of chips, not necessarily high end (some are) or mobile (also some), for a relatively low price. What I mean is that China is already claiming that they are producing about on-par IPS with e.g. Loongson.
So yes there are for sure incumbents based in the US that do not want RISCV and overall open architectures to make significant progress but is it fair to call them "the US" I'm not sure. Are they heavily leaning on US lawmakers to get their positions strengthened? Maybe. Maybe they do not yet do so simply because they don't believe it's a threat yet, nor it might be ever be.
I believe that in chip production you can lock production via innovation but also, like in other sectors, solely with the supply chain. ASML is powerful because they basically own their markets but also because who would contract with newcomers versus a very well established company that can provide all the insurances imaginable that they will indeed deliver on time a specific amount? Why risk it when you are already contracting with the leader?
Sure there is a potential innovator dilemma but what could prevent e.g. NVIDIA or Intel to switch to RISC-V if somehow they can dominate there too thanks to both their existing expertise but also supply chain stronghold?
Risc v is an instruction set architecture not a chip design, the actual hardware implementation of any given risc v processor won't necessarily be open source and available to all, it's just a guarantee that if the spec is implemented then code compiled for risc v will run on a RISC V processor.
China has had access to x86 for years, they've not been able to implement a chip on par with current gen AMD or Intel chips.
US sanctions massively setback RISC-V.
We would have had the Milk-V OASIS last year , something better by now, and the answer to “as good as ARM” would be yes.
But Sophgo, the company making the SoC was accused of helping Huawei get access to restricted technology. So TSMC refused to make their chips. And the Milk-V OASIS was cancelled.
Massive blow to RISC-V.
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