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U.S. inks bill to force geo-tracking tech for high-end gaming and AI GPUs
(www.tomshardware.com)
This is absolutely insane and no one will want to buy those GPUs.
this post was submitted on 23 May 2025
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Unless, of course, they're in all the GPUs that people want.
...It's unfortunately more likely that the majority of people won't notice or care, though.
Yeah if you think most people are going to care or even know about this, you haven't been paying attention to the last 20 years.
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Oh Senator Know-Nothing....
What are you going to do about firewalls and air-gapped networks? JFK you stupid asshole... GTFO
Next up GPUs require always-on connections and Nvidia requires a monthly subscription to pay for that.
For just $19.99 a month you can have us track your GPU*, or choose the premium ad-free upgrade for just $149.99 a months, so you can enjoy your favorite games without ad breakes.
^^^* ^^^failure ^^^to ^^^comply ^^^will ^^^be ^^^punished ^^^by ^^^deportation
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Why would they make their own products illegal in Europe?
...okay, so invest in Chinese GPU companies? Invest in Chinese GPU companies.
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Adversaries who are being treated to lower tarriffs than allies.
Cooked country.
That's some weird shit
Fascists are weird little guys. There is a podcast about that, it's true.
I can't imagine this would be effective at all. Assuming it uses GPS, big datacenters could simply spoof the GPS signal, and consumers could block the GPU from receiving the signal (a fully metal PC case is almost a Faraday cage already).
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Bruh... Literally 1984