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    CinePi: Another useless "open source" camera
      • Super8 Sized Sensor ( Sony IMX477 )
      • 12-bit CinemaDNG Recording
      • 4.0" High Res Touch Screen Interface

      Issue is that... it is interesting DIY project for student, but as camera... it is useless from the start

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    US: We need more sanctions, quick!
    • US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo has expressed concern about Huawei's recent advances. Specifically, the release of the Kirin 9000s SoC.

      Raimondo says the report that the Chinese firm has developed advanced chips is "incredibly troubling." She also notes that her agency needs more tools to enforce export controls.

      We need different tools. We need additional enforcement resources. We are as tough as we need to be, but we need more resources

      That said, Raimondo previously told the House of Representatives that she sees no evidence that China can produce advanced 7-nanometer chips on a large scale. Recall that recently there were reports that the Kirin 9000s are allegedly produced at 14nm, but with a number of improvements.

      What is interesting, against the backdrop of these claims, the US Secretary of Commerce declined to comment on the progress of the Department's investigation into the very SoC Kirin 9000s.

      Separately, Raimondo said she was proud of the recent fine her department imposed on Seagate for trading with Huawei without the necessary permits. As a reminder, US-based Seagate was fined $300 million, the largest fine ever imposed on an American company by the US Department of Commerce.

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    War: All you need to know about fair competition in semiconductors
    • Republican lawmakers are pressing the Biden administration to completely cut off Huawei Technologies Co. and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. from their American suppliers after Huawei launched a new phone using highly advanced technology the US has been trying to keep out of China’s hands.

      The phone, which uses a made-in-China 7-nanometer chip that appears to rely on US technology, has stoked debate in Washington over the effectiveness of US attempts to curtail China’s technological and military prowess.

      Huawei and SMIC, the Chinese company that produced the chip, are both already subject to partial US sanctions — and are among the primary targets of an export control regime the Biden administration has imposed over the last year. The GOP lawmakers want to escalate restrictions on the companies to full sanctions.

      “Due to the ubiquity of US origin technology throughout the semiconductor supply chain, these reports suggest a violation of US export control regulations,” the lawmakers wrote. “We are extremely troubled and perplexed about the Bureau of Industry and Security’s (BIS) inability to effectively write and enforce export control rules against violators, especially China.”

      The Commerce Department has stayed silent on whether SMIC is violating US sanctions as they investigate the new chip. The department didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

      Huawei and SMIC are already blacklisted by the US, meaning that American suppliers and others need to obtain special trade licenses to ship to both firms. The companies also are among the targets of export controls announced last year that aim to block China’s semiconductor production from advancing beyond a 14-nanometer chip that’s about eight years behind the most cutting-edge technology.

      The Biden administration has been weighing changes to its Huawei licensing policy for months, and has long been under pressure from Republican lawmakers to deny any new licenses to the firm. Now, lawmakers are seizing on the new Huawei phone as more evidence that the US needs to ratchet up its regime.

      Specifically, the letter calls for complete blocking sanctions against SMIC and Huawei and a ban on US imports of SMIC-produced chips. The lawmakers also say Commerce should place SMIC, Huawei and all of their subsidiaries on a so-called entity list, subjecting them to trade restrictions, as well as revoke all existing licenses and deny new licenses, and pursue criminal charges against executives at both firms.

      Looking little strange, isn't it?

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    Mordor News: All and each of VPN services will be blocked
    • The Council of the Russian Federation announced plans to block all VPN services in Russia

      Roskomnadzor plans to issue an order, according to which from March 1, 2024 all VPN-services in Russia will be blocked. This was stated by a member of the Federation Council Artem Sheikin, his words reports RIA Novosti.

      "From March 1, 2024 will come into force an order according to which VPN-services that provide access to sites banned in Russia will be blocked by Roskomnadzor in all markets," - said the senator. It is specified that we are talking about the application stores Google Play and AppStore.

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    Aodyo Sylphyo - you can lie and deceive consumer if you just want more money
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      It is quite overpriced wind synth (and midi controller), with wireless capability.

      Note that company tells you

      Regarding your comment about no bluetooth functionality in the Sylphyo, we chose not to include bluetooth connectivity because it is generally slow, unreliable and has poor range. Instead, the proprietary wireless technology that connects the Sylphyo with the Link receiver has a range of more than 20 metres, a latency of less than 1ms and is very reliable.

      Problem is that here they openly lie.

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      Inside we have this:

      BT832XE is a Bluetooth 5 module with nRF52832, SKY66112 power amplifier,.

      Yup, just quite standard wireless Bluetooth board with RF amplifier.

      So, this:

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      Is extremely expensive bluetooth adapter inside, if you need it only to connect to computer :-)

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      Otherwise it has other things, but for 99% of users it'll be just for bluetooth.

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    Cloudflare as fascism stronghold
    • If you make some search you'll find old blog post that fast spreading of Cloudflare so called "spam protection" is not some random stuff.

      Now Cloudflare is used to block users of national level, and frequently such option is very fuzzy or turned up automatically. So admin don't even know that it is on. On shared or VPS hosting such "protection" can be even automatically on and admin don't know that it exist at all.

      I am 99% sure that all major spam attacks had been performed by Cloudflare and related firms by itself to gain clients, and, more importantly, to gain censorship right.

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