Daily Tech News 25 June 2025

• You don't need an author's permission to read their books. (Tech Crunch)
  
  If they publish it, you can buy a copy and read it, according to a federal judge for the Northern District of California.
  
  Groundbreaking? Not for people, no, but it may signal a seismic shift for all the content creators throwing lawsuits at AI companies, because this was one of those cases.
  
  There is still an issue that Anthropic did not buy all the books it used to train its AI, at least, not at first. The damages for that will be the subject of a separate trial.

• Intel may be going X3D with next year's Nova Lake CPUs. (Notebook Check)
  
  At least, with some specific models. Not with the high-end (and high-power) 50 and 52 core models (!) but Intel is planning to add a large game-friendly L3 or L4 cache into the mid-range 18 and 28 core models.
  
  (Which used to be a lot. I bought a 12-core CPU just recently.)
  
  
  
• Is the Intel N355 a worthwhile update over the two year old core N305? No. (Serve the Home)
  
  It's about 1% faster. If you're looking at embedded devices (where these CPUs are popular) just go for the cheaper option.
  
  
  
• Nvidia has announced the low-end RTX 5050. (Tom's Hardware)
  
  2560 cores, 8GB of RAM, $249.
  
  Not sure how much demand there is for it. I guess if you just want a current-generation Nvidia card for compatibility, it is that.
  
  
  
• You can speed up Intel integrated graphics under Linux by 20% by turning off security fixes. (Phoronix)
  
  I'm not sure this is a good idea.
  
  
  
• On X11 and the Fascists Maggots. (Gnome) (archive site)
  
  It used to be that you just had to check in on that one guy writing his own operating system in his own programming language every few months to see the intersection of mental illness and operating systems.
  
  Now it's mainstream.
  
  Gnome did take the post down in the past few hours, at least, hence the archive link.
  
  
  
• The Unihertz Titan 2 is a modern Blackberry. (Liliputing)
  
  4.5" square screen, physical keyboard, 12GB of RAM, 512GB storage, 50MP main camera, 32MP front camera, running Android 15.
  
  This actually looks pretty good. $269 for a pre-order, $399 if and when it reaches retail.
  
  
  
• Patent infringement damages awarded against Western Digital in a lawsuit brought by SPEX - whoever they are - have been reduced from $533 million down to $1 because SPEX could not provide a consistent theory of how, and how much, it was damaged. (The Register)
  
  I expect some attorneys working on contingency are cancelling plans right now.
  
  
  

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