Jan 29, 2016 - The WAN Show Document

[LinusTech]

 

Soundcloud Link: https://soundcloud.com/thewanshow/the-wan-show-ltt-reacts-to-illegal-cosplay-jan-29-2016

 

Main News Topics

 

YouTube’s Fine Brothers Entertainment Will Let Fans Create Their Own ‘React’ Videos

Source 1: http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/fine-bros-react-world-youtube-1201688987/

Source 2: http://mashable.com/2016/01/28/the-fine-brothers-backlash/

Source 3: https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/43490c/the_fine_bros_from_youtube

Announcement Video

Comments

• hoping to grow its fanbase - and make money - by granting creators licenses to make their own versions of the shows

• “React World” will aggregate videos in a channel to launch later this year to promote, support and feature fan-produced programming based on their shows

• FBE wants to monetize “React”-style videos through its own channels rather than having content appear on unaffiliated outlets

• providing a license to creators worldwide of 11 of its shows and trademarks in the franchise

• move comes after Fine Brothers Entertainment filed for trademark protection on “React” with U.S. Patent & Trademark Office in July 2015

US Supreme Court May Rule Cosplay Illegal

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/534704-us-supreme-cour OP: Cpyarger

Source 2: https://www.publicknowledge.org/news-blog/blogs/cosplay-goes-to-the-supreme-court/

• Supreme Court is considering a case that will set the standard for when clothing and costume designs are covered by copyright

• parties to case are Star Athletica and Varsity Brands

  • both cheerleading uniforms

  • Varsity claims most portions of their design are backed up by copyright

  • Star Athletica points out clothing designs are explicitly exempted from copyright

• copyright protects creative works, not “useful articles” or “items designed for utility”

 

Cortana now scans your emails to make sure you keep promises

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/534941-do-you-even-keep-prom OP: AluminumTech
Source 2: http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/25/10825860/microsoft-cortana-windows-10-s

• Jan 25th, 2016, Windows insiders get access to a new commitment option in Cortana for Windows 10

• commitments are similar to flight and delivery tracking in Cortana

  • designed to pick up on emails where you promise your boss to finish a project in time

  • If you send an email like “I’ll get back to you next week”, Cortana will create a card to help you set a reminder

• email scanning is completed locally, no data is sent to Microsoft’s servers until you add a reminder for the card

• you can disable this feature if you don’t want Cortana scanning for phrases

• Marcus Ash (Group Program Manager) says they got this feature from “how people use email today”

• adding feature that Cortana will warn you if a meeting is scheduled outside regular times that you usually schedule meetings for

Jim Keller moves to Tesla as Vice President of Autopilot Hardware Engineering

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/536936-jim-keller-moves-to-tesla-as OP: VanayadGaming

Source 2: http://electrek.co/2016/01/28/tesla-jim-keller-apple-processor-architect-2/

• Keller left AMD late last year after leading the team developing the upcoming Zen processor architecture for the past three years

• worked at AMD in the late 90’s, key player in Athlon K7 and K8 architectures

• left in 1999, came back in 2012 as “Chief Architect of Microprocessor Cores”

• worked at Apple developing A4 and A5 processors

  • powered most devices from 2010 to 2012

• Elon Musk said last year that Tesla was looking for “hardcore” engineers for its autopilot team

• Tesla’s center stack is currently powered by Nvidia ARM CPUs

ASUS Now Holds More Than 40% Market Share of Gaming Monitors

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/534970-asus-now-holds-more-t OP: Mr_Troll

Source 2: http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20151215PD203.html?mod=2

Source 3: http://wccftech.com/asus-40-market-share-34-inch-pg348q/

• gained significant market share last year

• now holds more than 40% of the gaming monitor market

• gaming monitor shipments reached a number of 800,000+ monitors shipped

  • number accounts for sales in US, Europe, Taiwan

  • at least 300,000 of these are accounted by just ASUS

  • market today is that end-users are focusing on fast-monitors

  • features like Free Sync, G-Sync, diversifying from general purpose market

• ROG Swift line of monitors, 4K flagship PG27AQ

• 34” 3440x1440 screen from ASUS coming soon

  • refresh rate of up to 100Hz, G-Sync, speculated price above $1200 USD

*Nvidia launches GT 710 Graphics Card

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/535267-but-why-nvidia-la OP: CommandMan7

Source 2: http://wccftech.com/nvidia-launches-geforce-gt-710/

Source 3: http://hexus.net/tech/news/graphics/90041-nvidia-launches-geforce-gt-710-says-10x

Newegg Purchase Page

• low-end solution aimed at low profile platforms such at HTPC and media boxes

• Nvidia page says “enjoy up to 10x better performance than integrated graphics”

  • comes with CUDA, 3D Vision, PhysX, Adaptive VSync and DirectX 12 support

SPECIFICATIONS COMPARISON

 

Rapid Fire

Circuit City is coming back

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/536127-circuit-city-is-coming-back/ OP: Zambonie

Source 2: http://www.circuitcity.com/

Artist Rendering of Retail Store Layout

• set to return this spring

• Ronny Shmoel (CEO) and Albert Liniado (VP, Bus Dev) are betting third time will be the charm for Circuit City

  • looking towards an “ambitious, multi-tiered game plan that calls for retail outlets, web sales, branded and private-label products, licensed kiosks, mobile shops and franchise opportunities, all under the iconic red-and-white banner.”

  • first store opening slated towards June

  • will feature products targeted at milennials

    • will relaunch circuitcity.com

• Looking to have a express section: selling $10 - $30 products replenishable via a B-B portal, looking to put products in C-stores, book stores, hardware stores, etc

  • Shmoel projects 5000 to 10000 locations over the next five years

• looking towards private label products to resell elsewhere

  • wal-mart, amazon, etc

Ignoring cable industry protest, FCC says it will “unlock the set-top box”

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/536599-fcc-says-it-will-unl OP: Kloaked

Source 2: http://arstechnica.com/business/2016/01/in-blow-to-cable-lobby-fcc-wants-tv-to-be-avai

• FCC planning for a software-based, cardless replacement for CableCard

• without needing the card, consumers would be able to get TV channels on tablets, smart TVs, or set-top boxes that they could buy from companies

  • an alternative to renting a box from a cable company

• FCC’s proposal summary says the goal is to “unlock the set-top box”

• Comcast and other pay-TV providers wanted a far more restrictive framework

  • involves cable companies building apps for third-party devices

• under CableCard system, 99% of companies rent set-top boxes from providers

  • pay an average of $231.82 annually in rental fees

  • US senators found in a survey of TV providers last year that lack of competition has resulted in prices rising much faster than in other hardware markets - FCC Official said

Nvidia shows off Near Eye Light Field VR Headset - ‘Eliminates’ motion sickness

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/535085-nvidia-shows-off-n OP: CommandMan7

Source 2: http://www.fudzilla.com/news/graphics/39762-nvidia-shows-off-its-light-field-vr

Stanford Light Field Stereoscope Video

• demonstrated the latest revision of the headset at Virtual Reality LA 2016 last weekend

• technology developed in collaboration with Stanford University

  • completely eliminates the “motion-sickness” elements with most designs

  • the algorithm used to compute the light field images in real-time utilizes CUDA parallel programming

• today's VR headsets, a user’s eyes are more focused on displays rather than the image

  • results in eye strain over long periods of time

  • this why head mounted displays often require use of headphones to help alleviate sickness

• the “Light Field stereoscope” uses two layered displays with back-to-back LCD panels separated by 5mm

• sandwiched between a backlight and two circular viewing lenses near the viewer’s eyes

• creates a natural depth-of-field in each eye

• final result is much more three-dimensional virtual environments, making them more “natural” on the eyes and minimizing motion sickness

  Sony to “Spin Off” PlayStation as its own company

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/535142-sony-to-spin-off-playst OP: Alexp10v2

Source 2: http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/26/sony-interactive-entertainment-llc/

• spinning off PlayStation into its own separate company

  • Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC

• combines Sony Computer Entertainment (Most PlayStation-related hardware and software), with Sony Network Entertainment (PlayStation Vue and PlayStation Store)

• will be led by Andrew House as president and CEO

• company's focus is to:

"Retain and expand PlayStation user engagement, increase Average Revenue Per Paying Users and drive ancillary revenue. SIE will vigorously expand the PlayStation business by delivering an integrated experience built around best-in-class games and network services to consumers worldwide."

  Samsung Readies first 144Hz 3440x1440 Displays for Next Gen GPUs (Displayport 1.3)

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/536550-samsun OP: asim1999

Source 2: https://www.techpowerup.com/219588/samsung-readies-144-hz-3440

• plans of at least two monitors with these specs

• 30” & 35” display

• will feature VA (vertical-alignment) panels

• will be among the first to leverage DisplayPort 1.3, allowing the 144Hz refresh rate

• it’s “likely” that they could also feature adaptive-sync such as FreeSync

• “could” come out later this year

  iPhone 7 Plus Secret Camera Project Revealed

Source 1: forbes.com/apples-iphone-7-plus-secret…

• “famously accurate” KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has released a note to investors containing “some exciting details” about next gen of iPhone Plus

• last April Apple purchased camera technology company LinX Computational Imaging Ltd for $20 million

• acquired their technologies that enable the use of multiple camears which can combine outputs into a single image with claimed “DSLR-like” quality

• Apple had allegedly been working to build a dual-camera solution for 3 years before eventually purchasing LinX to overcome technical barriers

• AppleInsider report claims Apple will implement a pair of 12 megapixel sensors on the iPhone 7 plus

• one would have an image stabilised wide anlge lens, the other would have a 2-3x telephoto lens

• not the first company to implement a dual camera system (eg. both HTC and Honor), but could be the first to do it with great success

• reports claim that the iPhone 7 Plus will actually have two models - one standard, and one with this dual camera solution

• would be the first time Apple split their flagship iPhone into 3 iterations

  iPhone 5SE Rumored to have Entered Mass Production

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/537030-iphone-5se-en OP: AluminumTech

Source 2: http://wccftech.com/4-inch-iphone-production/

• 4-inch iPhone rumored to come out in 2016

• rumored to already be in mass production

• using it to target emerging markets like India and China

• sources claim we should expect to see the iPhone 5SE in Q2 of 2016

• expected to come with the Apple A8 processor

• expected to come with NFC on board, and has been dubbed as “an upgraded iPhone 5s” in “internal Apple references,” so we might see Touch ID

  Supermicro SuperServer 4028GR-TRT

Source 1: http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/4u/4028/SYS-4028GR-TRT.cfm

• we’re getting one of these!

  UPDATE: Microsoft Refunded $8k of fees racked up from FIFA

Source 1: linustechtips.com/update-microsoft-refund… OP: CGurrell

Source 2: eteknix.com/microsoft-refunds-dad-8k…

• touched on the story about the kid racking up nearly $8,000 of FIFA microtransactions a few weeks ago

• Microsoft has now reverted their original decision to uphold the charges due to the fact that the purchaser was a minor (17 years old)

• the charges have been removed

• Microsoft wanted to remind users that “Purchases made using a parent’s payment account are legitimate transactions under the Microsoft Services Agreement, and we encourage parents to use the many platform and service features we make available to prevent unapproved changes.”

[Mazeman03]

if you typed all that, man you dedacted 

[APersonWithABrokenChair]

if you typed all that, man you dedacted 

ha

[Josephdalepi]

my only question is why it was so short.  it was kinda sad

[AlTech]

I'm happy with the effort I put into LTT this week

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

will Live Q&A from Intel Booth at PAX South video also be uploaded on youtube ? 

[LinusTech]

will Live Q&A from Intel Booth at PAX South video also be uploaded on youtube ? 

 

I wasn't planning to.

[Hecknologist]

The color of the topic titles is not 'dark-theme friendly'. Could we get it in a medium gray or something for future posts please?

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

I wasn't planning to.

an unlisted video maybe ? speaking of what ever happened to Intel "Talk to the Expert" Haswell-E Live Chat [postPONED] ?? 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/220560-intel-talk-to-the-expert-haswell-e-live-chat-postponed/

[Lotus]

@LinusTech you guys really should have done more research on the whole React thing. They HAVE been going after small youtube channels and attempting to shut them down based solely on the name. They claim they can't copyright "react" and that's true. They're trademarking it. It's horribly shady.

Case #1: Ellen DeGeneres Show (not an example of a youtube complaint, but an example of how little common ground is required for them to think they should go after you)
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/43e6a9/link_inside_in_2014_the_fine_bros_told_its/

Case #2: Seniors React (videos from 2012, show predates FineBros' Elders react)
https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/43fdw3/seniors_react_originally_posted_apr_3_2012_was/

Case #3: FineBros admitting in AMA that simply using two words in your title will result in a youtube takedown regardless of content:
http://imgur.com/oik8CsA

Note: Case #3 will soon be expanded to simply using the word "react" as that trademark has also been filed. Source: http://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn86689364&docId=NOP20160113074621
 

[NumLock21]

The Best Buy right here, has exactly what Linus was talking about. They do have separate sections for Microsoft, Samsung, Apple, etc. So when you go say Apple section, it does give you a feeling as if you're at the Apple Store. Each section has their own decorations and stuffs too.

 

 

[thedigitaldoctor]

4 hours ago, NumLock21 said:

The Best Buy right here, has exactly what Linus was talking about. They do have separate sections for Microsoft, Samsung, Apple, etc. So when you go say Apple section, it does give you a feeling as if you're at the Apple Store. Each section has their own decorations and stuffs too.

 

 

Same here.  I thought Linus and Luke were making a joke during that part of the video since all the Best Buys I've been in during the last few years are pretty much exactly as they were describing... 

[xnamkcor]

Nothing Linus said about Fine Bros excludes the possibility of their parent company flagging videos, the algorithm flagging videos "erroneously", or the Fine Bros themselves flagging videos.

Also, selling licencing packs and putting people's videos on their("Fine Bros") own site to be monetized by them("Fine Bros")? And what if the person doesn't want Fine Bros to profit off their(Other YouTuber) content? I get the feeling Fine Bros is going to try to force all people ""using" ""their" "property""" to let Fine Bros monetize their(Other YouTuber) content.

We need to wait for more info. Fine Bros could be the victim of misinformation or YouTube's laughably bad algorithm. Or they could be actually doing what people are accusing them of(for the most part) and just releasing a meaningless statement to "the press" saying "We're not doing A, we're doing B", but in actuality B is nearly the same as A.

[NumLock21]

16 hours ago, thedigitaldoctor said:

Same here.  I thought Linus and Luke were making a joke during that part of the video since all the Best Buys I've been in during the last few years are pretty much exactly as they were describing... 

I thought Canada don't have it like that, but looks like they do. Not sure about the UK.