Definitely good news if you have to maintain a real-time Linux system for industrial use. No more patches to carry over.

This is good news. DirectX being the other big graphics API if it adopts SPIR-V as interchange format it'll open the way to more shader reuses.

Or why we should all be concerned and condemn the latest pager and walkie-talkie attacks. They clearly opened a Pandora's box, it'd be surprising not to see more of those from various organizations. The funds and efforts required make it affordable enough.