So, question of if they’re safe or not will come down to HOW they did the reverse engineering. If the same engineers that delved into the jailbroken iOS devices are the ones that wrote the code (which seems likely given the prototype came from a single person), they’re going to be in trouble. If they implemented a “clean room” reverse engineering though, then they’re likely safe from being sued over copyright violations. See Wiki

So a 80W 12 Performance core CPU could only manage +10% single core and 2x multi-core over a 20W 4+4, year old CPU? That doesn’t sound like a dunk. Performance per Watt looks to be worse than the M2 as well.

This article had to be written as a PR piece. It lost me when it’s first point is the higher res screen. It has the same Z1 Extreme as the Ally, which struggles at 1080p on recent games. On my Ally, with full TDP max, can only really do 1080p 60 on games that are 5+ years old at medium/high settings. Higher resolution does not mean better if you still have to run at 720p/1080p for 60 fps.

The forgiveness applies to anyone who enrolls in the new plan, not just existing loans.

New plan is 10 yrs for <= $12k in loans, increasing a year for every $1k additional, so for example, someone who takes out $20k in loans can have the remainder forgiven after 18yrs of payments.

The 20/25 yrs was the old forgiveness plan with lower principal loan and income levels.

Additionally, if you're making your monthly payments, no interest accrued.

It’s a new payment plan, so applies to new student debt as well.

If I’m reading the StudentAid.gov correctly, the SAVE plan has the following:

• Increase in income exemption to 225% of poverty line (~$66k/yr)
• Undergraduate Loans now are 5% of AGI above exemption limit
• No interest accrued if you make your monthly payment
• After 10 yrs of payment, if principle loan was $12k or less, loan is forgiven. Payment period increases by 1 yr for every $1k over that amount (e.g. for $20k loan, forgiveness after 18 yrs)