August 21, 2015 - The WAN Show Document

[LinusTech]

 

Soundcloud link: https://soundcloud.com/thewanshow/the-wan-show-broadcasting-live-from-the-lmg-meet-up-august-21-2015

 

Google makes its own 200$ wireless router - OnHub

Source 1: linustechtips.com - google makes its own 200 wireless route OP: Goodbytes

Source 2: theverge.com/2015/8/18/9172523/google-router-announced-onhub

Source 3: on.google.com/hub/

• OnHub is purely a router, not a speaker or a way to access Google Now

• Released August 31st for $199.99.

• Key selling point: easy to set up and painless to troubleshoot

• 13 antennas inside of it

• Support for 802.11ac, 5GHz Wi-Fi, Bluetooth LE and Weave.

  • Weave: Google's new smart home language

• Built in partnership with TP-LINK

• Alleged: a second router made in partnership with Asus is also in development.

Jeff Bezos Says Amazon Won’t Tolerate ‘Callous’ Management Practices

Source 1: linustechtips.com - jeff bezos says amazon won%E2%80%99t tolerat OP: Arty

Source 2: usatoday.com/story/tech/2015/08/17

Source 3: nytimes.com - amazon bezos workplace management practices

• expose by the NY Times “makes it would, even by tech industry standards, like the equivalent of sweatshop torture from the early 1900s” to work for Amazon

• memorable anecdotes - woman who lost her child during pregnancy was put on performance review because “she wasn’t giving her all to the company”

• emails are sent out at all hours, miss an email at midnight and you get a text asking why you haven’t replied

• daily reviews are standard, giving employees the opportunity to chime in and tear down others anonymously

• described as “a place for overachievers to go feel bad about themselves,” Amazon admits it’s a tough place to work

• Jeff Bezos (founder) said “he doesn’t recognize the company described,” refers to “shockingly callous management practices,” and urges employees to contact HR or him if any situation like that occurred

• “Even if it’s rare or isolated, our tolerance for any such lack of empathy needs to be zero.”

Bitcoin could split in debate over currency's future

Source 1: linustechtips.com - bitcoin could split in debate over currency OP: Proff

Source 2: bbc.co.uk/news/technology-33974826

Source 3: medium.com/@octskyward/why-is-bitcoin-forking-d647312d22c1

• Two sides to bitcoin:

  • Bitcoin Core (original)  - Increasing wallet side.

  • Bitcoin XT (slight variation) - Lightweight wallets.

• Satoshi (bitcoin’s creator) said in 2010:

  • It would be nice to keep the [block chain] files small as long as we can.

  • The eventual solution will be to not care how big it gets.

  • When I eventually implement client-only mode, that won’t matter much anymore.

• In recent months it’s become clear that a small group of people have a radically different plan for Bitcoin (Bitcoin XT).

  • What if people couldn’t run Bitcoin on their home computers any more?

  • Some of the changes they want:

    • Networks of payment routing hub

    • Sharp rises in fees

    • Ending support for mobile P2P wallets

    • Giving up on unconfirmed transactions

• Unknown if people would want to migrate to these changes.

• Limit of current system will be allegedly reached by 2017.

Research lab accidentally creates longer lasting Li-Ion battery

Source 1: linustechtips.com - research lab accidentally creates longer la OP: Tommo

Source 2: hexus.net - 85625 research lab goof results 4x li ion battery workin

• scientists form Tsinghua University in Beijing and Masachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston working on techniques to extend the working life of Li-Ion batteries

• working on making the anodes of the batteries more durable

• decay of anode material is a major cause of the drop off in Li-ion battery life after a few hundred charge cycles

• batch of anodes were left under chemical treatment for several hours more than they should have been by accident

• instead of throwing them away they test and the results were great (4x more durable than the current best available technology)

• had been working on using aluminum in preference to graphite

• aluminum expands and contracts more, so in effect these cells would self-destruct pretty quickly

• soaked them in sulphuric acid and titanium oxysulphate which replaces the aluminum oxide (when aluminum is exposed to air) with more conductive titanium oxide

• this provided their desired effect in a very meaningful way

LG's new Nexus 5 leaks

Source 1: linustechtips.com/main/topic/431697-lgs-new-nexus-5-leaks/ OP: Aniallation

Source 2: twitter.com/MKBHD/status/633092867670544384/photo/1

Source 3: theverge.com/2015/8/16/9163593/lg-nexus-5-lg-smartphone-leaked-picture

• Rumors in May suggested that Google was working to produce two new Nexus phones

  • 5.7-inch Huawei model

  • 5.2-inch LG model

• Photo of LG Device leaked on the Nexus Indonesia Google+ community.

• At the base is a sticker featuring a small red circle that appears to be LG's logo

Google's Project Sunroof

Source 1: linustechtips.com/main/topic/431976-googles-project-sunroof/ OP: Ekin

Source 2: google.com/get/sunroof#p=0

• introduced this week

• easy way to test if your roof is suitable for solar panels, and source installation

• uses information that is in Google Maps to figure out how much sun falls on a roof, takes into account stuff like angle of the roof, weather, and obstructions like trees and chimneys

• rolling out in San Francisco Bay Area, Fresno California, and Greater  Boston MA

• no word on where expansion will happen first

Google Hangouts now has its own website

Source 1: linustechtips.com - google hangouts now has its own websi OP: Topwargamer

Source 2: theverge.com/2015/8/17/9167771/google-hangouts-website-launches

Source 3: plus.google.com/+JordannaChord/posts/fggYXgnfu4K

Source 4: hangouts.google.com/

• no longer buried inside of Google+ and Gmail

• hangouts.google.com is the place to go

• instant messaging, voice calls, and video chats all available

• this comes on the heels of the material design update to the hangouts app

Fossil's new Android Wear smartwatch & other wearables at IDF

Source 1: linustechtips.com - fossils new android wear smartwatc OP: Yamiyukisenpai

Source 2: androidauthority.com/fossil-android-wear-intel-635128/

Source 3: pocketnow.com/2015/08/19/fossil-smartwatch

• first entry by Fossil

• Intel-powered Android Wear watch

• controversial “flat-tire display,” similar to the Moto 360

• fitness band of sorts, semi-smart watch, and full-fledged smartwatch all unveiled at IDF

• first of its kind to utilize an Intel processor

• no word on hardware, battery life, pricing, or release timeframe

[uPDATE] The Ashley Madison hackers just released all of their stolen data

Source 1: linustechtips.com - update the ashley madison hackers jus OP: Topwargamer

Source 2: twitter.com/MisterMetokur/status/633748154450513921

Source 3: arstechnica.com - ashley madison hack is not only real its worse tha

Source 4: wired.com - happened hackers posted stolen ashley madison data

Source 5: linustechtips.com - 434238 ashley madison hackers just dumped 20gb m

Source 6: gizmodo.com - the ashley madison hackers just released all of their

• “Avid Life Media has failed to take down Ashley Madison and Established Men. We have explained the fraud, deceit, and stupidity of ALM and their members. Now everyone gets to see their data.”

• “Find someone you know in here? Keep in mind the site is a scam with thousands of fake female profiles… 90-95% of the actual users are male.”

• “Find yourself in here? It was ALM that failed you and lied to you. Presecute them and claim damages. Then move on with your life. Learn your lesson and make amends. Embarrassing now, but you’ll get over it.”

• the dumped info has been confirmed to be genuine, and some users came out saying that their information was found in the dump

• nearly 10GB of compressed data was initially released

• included usernames, first and last names, hashed passwords for 33 million accounts, partial credit card data, street names, phone numbers, records documenting 9.6 million transactions, and 36 million email addresses

• also included PayPal accounts used by Ashley Madison executives, Windows domain credentials for employees, and a large number of proprietary internal documents, org charts, contracts, sales techniques, and more

• 8/20 they dumped another 20GB onto the dark web in addition to the earlier 10GB

• email box of the Ashley Madison CEO (I’m sure we’ll see some interesting information pulled from those emails soon), internal Ashley Madison data, such as files related to the website’s design, development, and product teams all included

• MUCH more to be found, these were all just found by looking at compressed folder names

• they included the message “Hey Noel, you can admit it’s real now” (to Noel Biderman, CEO of Ashley Madison)

Intel Reality TV show

Source 1: linustechtips.com/main/topic/433528-intel-reality-tv-show/ OP: Jos

Source 2: www-ssl.intel.com/content…

• Intel, United Artists Media Group, and Turner Broadcasting System

• bringing the “National Makers’ Challenge” to TV in 2016

• working title is “America’s Greatest Makers”

• Mark Burnett will be producing (Survivor, The Apprentice, Shark Tank)

• entrants must be legal residents of the US, 15 years or older

• sign-up information on the www-ssl Intel site

Google loses data as lightning strikes

Source 1: linustechtips.com - google loses data as lightning strikes OP: Jos

Source 2: bbc.com/news/technology-33989384

Source 3: status.cloud.google.com/incident/compute/15056#5719570367119360

• data center affected is in Belgium

• local power grid was struck by lightning four times

• some have permanently lost files from this issue

• data center itself was not struck by lightning, but local power grid was affected

• various backup technologies were employed, but the data was unrecoverable by any of them

• lightning experts claim that the strikes could have occurred up to 1km away for them to affect the data center itself

• Google says that data on just 0.000001% of disk space at the data center was permanently affected

• speculated that recently written data is the most likely to have been affected, since it is “located on storage systems which were more susceptible to power failure from extended or repeated battery drain”

• Google will continue to upgrade hardware and improve its response procedures to make future losses less likely

First Quantum Interconnect

Source 1: linustechtips.com/main/topic/434027-first-quantum-interconnect/ OP: Jos

Source 2: technologyreview.com - physicists unveil first quantum interconnect

• Major challenge in Quatum computing is that the devices currently work in isolation.

• A solution has been developed and tested; a quantum interconnect that links separate silicon photonic chips and carries photons and, crucially, entanglement between them.

• Developed by Mark Thompson at the University of Bristol in the U.K. and a few colleagues from around the world

• The role of the quantum interconnect is to transmit the photons to another chip where they retain their path-encoded entanglement

• Technical explaination:

  • It works by allowing the path-entangled photons to interfere with newly created photons in a way that causes them to become polarized. This also entangles the newly created photons, which pass into the optical fiber and travel to the second silicon photonic chip.

Professor Hawking's NEW Speech Software Now Available For Free (With Intel's Help)

Source 1: linustechtips.com - professor hawkings new speech software OP: Alexp10V2

Source 2: github.com/01org/acat/releases

Source 3: linustechtips.com - 262471 stephen hawking gets an upgrade no pun in

Source 4: theverge.com - stephen hawking intel github speech software

• released by Intel as open-source code

• Intel is hoping that developers will tinker with it and expand its application to a wider range of disabilities

• Assistive Context-Aware Toolkit (ACAT) gives differently abled users the opportunity to use computers with very little movement, and was developed to help Hawking (who has ALS)

• translates facial movements into text

• made of three parts - input from an infrared sensor or webcam that detects facial movements, interface that selects letters to form words, and autocomplete-like software that predicts what the user is typing

• virtual keyboard can also be used to select different programs

Intel announced support for external graphics card expansion dock

Source 1: linustechtips.com - intel announced support for external grap OP: Ahhming

Source 2: gizmodo.com - heres the box that can turn your puny laptop into a gr

• interfaces through Type-C USB port or Thunderbolt 3 port

• external housings for both mobile 300-series AMD processors and 200-series desktop AMD processors

• possibly more to come in the future

• similar to what MSI has been doing for some time now

Intel plans to support VESA's Adaptive Sync

Source 1: linustechtips.com - intel plans to support vesas adaptive sync OP: Zmeul

Source 2: techreport.com - intel plans to support vesa adaptive sync displays#

• Intel Fellow and Chief Graphics Software Architect David Blythe indicated that Intel is “positively inclined” toward standards-based solutions like Adaptive sync

• do plan to support this optional extension on DisplayPort spec

• not yet willing to commit to a timetable for Intel enabling Adaptive-Sync support in products

• unclear whether Intel’s GPU hardware will require an update in order to enable Adaptive-Sync capability

• sources say the feature is not present in current hardware, so it’s likely we will have to wait until after Skylake generation to get Adaptive-Sync through Intel graphics

North Dakota Cops are periscoping traffic stops

Source 1: linustechtips.com/north-dakota-cops-are-periscoping-traffic… OP: Arty

Source 2: gizmodo.com/north-dakota-cops…

• after the Fargo Police Department learned of the app, they decided to give it a shot by streaming traffic stops

• they are attempting to maintain individuals’ privacy, as when they are asked to leave the vehicle the streams are shut down, and license plates are not included in shots

• many are calling this foray into social media ill-advised

• the dept. says they will continue experimenting with Periscope to see how they can engage with their community in a deeper way

Movie studio sues individual Popcorn Time USERS for infringement

Source 1: linustechtips.com/movie-studio-sues-individual… OP: Syntaxvgm

Source 2: bgr.com/popcorn-time-lawsuit-the-cobbler…

• going after users by IP

• all users listed on Exhibit 1 provided in one article are from Oregon, though it’s not clear if this is region-specific

• “Without a doubt, each user of Popcorn Time is provided multiple notices that they are downloading and installing software for the express purpose of committing theft and contributing the ability of others to commit theft by furthering the Bit Torrent piracy network,” the complaint says

• the filmmaker is “demand[ing] a permanent injunction against the defendents ordering them to stop pirating their movies. In addition, they request statutory damages of up to $150,000.”

[Chasem121]

I watched the show on twitch, it was a great show! A lot of fun to watch

[XTankSlayerX]

Wish I could of been there.

 

But the sun was toasting me, my feet were killing me, and I was bored haha

 

Hope I can see you guys again soon!

 

(shout out to Jon for being 110% awesome!!)

[sms1202]

Hmm seems awesome

[YT2002]

@LinusTech. Did you know you have the same birthday as me. Mines on the 21st but im in Straya so when its my time the 21st, for your time its the 20th. I wish I could come as a birthday present

[kameshss]

Watched the show on Twitch.

 

Gonna watch it again.

[Guest]

Now only if I was there

Why do I have to live so far?

 

lik if u cri everitim

 

[79 Potatoes]

Now only if I was there

Why do I have to live so far?

 

lik if u cri everitim

k I'll lik u ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[burnttoastnice]

best wan show ever. the twitch chat however was another story though ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) (spoiler: kappapride is now blacklisted)

[HumbleMobo]

Oh luke is reading hmmm?  I wonder what he has to say???

[HumbleMobo]

Yah my timezones is like sooooo not canada I just can't even right now

[HumbleMobo]

I love how there are 57 people reading and like 5 are members lol

[burnttoastnice]

Oh luke is reading hmmm?  I wonder what he has to say???

Yah my timezones is like sooooo not canada I just can't even right now

I love how there are 57 people reading and like 5 are members lol

[Hazy125]

I almost randomly flew up there, but no time unfortunately 

[Bouzoo]

I don't think I saw a single girl there. Well it was expected  :lol: (but then again I didn't saw the whole thing, just the last group picture).

[YT2002]

I don't think I saw a single girl there. Well it was expected  :lol: (but then again I didn't saw the whole thing, just the last group picture).

i saw one at the end of wan and tarans twitter has a pic of him with one

[Trik'Stari]

Wow, that rant by Linus at the end of the episode about Blu-Ray.

[erlogerik]

Now only if I was there

Why do I have to live so far?

 

lik if u cri everitim

 

 

I feel the pain too!

[TheConverter]

I feel the pain too!

 

Linus Media Group Europe?

[FaZe Booce]

I'm not watching it. I'll get too jealous 

[Nashafa]

Hey Mr. Tech Tips,

 

Could we get an RSS for The WAN Show? I really want to listen to this in my favorite podcast app, Pocket Casts, so this would be really awesome. It supports audio and video podcasts and all that fancy jazz. Thanks.

[erlogerik]

Linus Media Group Europe?

 

I guess it's time for LMG to become multinational and open branch offices all over the world!  :lol: