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Main News Topics
Nvidia cutting prices on entire 900 series for the holidaysSource 1: linustechtips.com/nvidia's-entire-900-series… OP: Mr_Troll
Source 2: wccftech.com/nvidia-cuts-prices-900…
first significant price cuts we’ve seen since introduction
lowest listed prices - AIC prices may vary
GTX 980 Ti down from $649 to $589 ($559 after MIR)
GTX 980 down from $499 to $439 ($409 after MIR)
GTX 970 down from $329 to $289 ($259 after MIR)
GTX 960 down from $199 to $179 ($149 after MIR)
GTX 950 down from $159 to $139 ($129 after MIR)
all pricing in USD on newegg.com
other regions may not see the same or similar price discounts
AMD cutting prices on R9 series including Fury X, Fury, and NanoSource 1: linustechtips.com/amd-cuts-all-gpu-prices… OP: Mr_Troll
Source 2: wccftech.com/amd-r9-fury-x-nano…
lowest listed prices - AIC prices may vary
R9 Fury X down from $649 to $589 ($569 after MIR)
R9 Nano down from $649 to $569 ($549 after MIR)
R9 Fury down from $549 to $499
R9 390X & R9 390 dwon from $429 & $329 to $379 & $279 ($359 & $259 after MIR)
R9 380 2GB & R9 380 4GB down from $199 & $225 to $169 & $179 ($139 & $159 after MIR)
all pricing in USD on newegg.com
other regions may not see the same or similar price discounts
Li-Fi InternetSource 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/491615-li-fi-internet/ OP: tazdougherty
Source 2: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/lifi-internet-first-real-world-usage-boasts-speed-100-times-f
Source 3: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34942685
Explanation Graph
super fast alternative to Wi-Fi, moving from research to real world
Velmenni, trialing the tech within offices and industrial environments in Tallinn, Estonia
able to send data at up to 1GBps
doing a few pilot projects using visible light communication technology
data communication is done through light
speculation Li-Fi could be used with Wi-Fi to create more efficient networks
before mass adoption, current devices need to be retrofitted to support Li-Fi
every LED in the future could be used as an alternative to Wi-Fi
Li-Fi allows for greater security and is much quicker
cannot pass through walls
doesn’t interfere with other radio signals
researchers have achieved speeds of 224 GBps in lab conditions
inventors name: Professor Harald Haas, University of Edinburgh
Amazon backtracks after covering NYC subway car in Nazi symbolsSource 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/491898-amazon-backtracks-after OP: Samfisher
Source 2: http://arstechnica.com/the-multiverse/2015/11/amazon-backtracks-after-covering-n
42nd Street shuttle to Times Square & other transit lines were covered in Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan symbols
promotion for their new TV series based on Philip K. Dick’s 1962 novel “The Man In The High Castle”
story of a world where the Axis nations won WW2 so decisively that they took over the US
ad campaign covered “many subway benches on the MTA’s (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) S line with giant, flag styled designs”
“one of those combined the American flag, a Nazi Eagle, and an Iron Cross, while the other retouched Japan’s war flag variant with American colors and stars”
campaign was pulled one day after launch from extreme social media backlash as well as NY’s mayor speaking out
“While these ads technically may be within MTA guidelines, they’re irresponsible and offensive to World War 2 and Holocaust survivors, their families, and countless other New yorkers. Amazon should take them down.” - NY mayor Bill de Blasio
Rapid Fire
Samsung’s latest PM863 3D TLC SSD owns itSource 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/492114-samsungs-latest-pm863- OP: It’s me!
Source 2: tomsitpro.com/samsung-pm863-3d...
uses third generation 3D NAND
focused on read-centric applications
120GB, 240GB, 480GB, 960GB, 1.92TB, and 3.84TB capacities
“The inclusion of 32-layer TLC V-NAND enables a veritable capacity explosion within the industry-standard 2.5" 7mm form factor, and it also provides an economical price point (average of $0.57-per-GB).”
Toddler’s eyeball sliced in half by drone propellerSource 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/493956-toddlers-eyeball-sli OP: PCBjon
Source 2: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-34936739
18-month-old boy has lost an eye after being hit by a drone flown by a family friend
first drone injury Oscar’s surgeon had ever seen
Drone pilot said “it was up for about 60 seconds. As I brought it back down to land it just clipped the tree and span round”
Apple buys Star Wars animation company FaceshiftSource 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/492303-apple-buys-star-wars-ani OP: parallax7
Source 2: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-34920548
company behind the motion-capture technology used in the latest Star Wars
specialises in “software that allows 3D animated characters to mimic the facial expressions of an actor”
price paid for the company is currently unknown
also unclear exactly what Apple’s plan is with the company
typical PR spokesperson “Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans.”
Meet the new Raspberry Pi ZeroSource 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/492828-meet-the-new-raspberry-pi OP: DatSpeed
Source 2: http://www.forbes.com/sites/theopriestley/2015/11/26/raspberry-pi-unveils-new-5-c
$5 computer
“direct response to competitors seeking to take on Pi”
1GHz ARM11 core (40% faster than Raspberry Pi 1)
512MB of LPDDR2 SDRAM
micro-SD card slot
mini-HDMI socket for 1080p60 video output
micro-USB sockets for data and power
unpopulated 40-pin GPIO header
identical pinout to Model A+/B+/2B
unpopulated composite video header
“smallest ever form factor,” 65mm x 30mm x 5mm
sold out within 24 hours
Yahoo stops some users accessing emails while using ad-blockersSource 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/490674-yahoo-stops-some-user OP: rcarteraz
Source 2: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3006981/data-center-cloud/yahoo-mail-beg
Yahoo! Message
some users of AdBlock Plus have reported they can’t access Yahoo Mail
error message “Uh oh… We are unable to display Yahoo Mail. Please disable Ad Blocker to continue using Yahoo Mail.”
blocker doesn’t appear to affect everyone
PC World hasn’t been able to duplicate it
if you change the end of Yahoo Mail URL to “reason=ADBLK_TRAP”: it shows up
Yahoo said they are running it as a test to a small number of Yahoo users
More women than men get motion sickness with the Oculus RiftSource 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/491745-more-women-than-me OP: zMeul
Source 2: http://www.mndaily.com/news/campus/2015/11/17/virtual-reality-needs-tweaks
University of Minnesota study, reveals VR causes motion sickness, especially in women
to be published March 2016
Professor Thomas Stoffregen studying Oculus Rift and how it affects users since 2013
has found for every three men that get seasick, five women will
side effect is consistent with VR tech, for every one man, four women get sick
tested having participants play a VR game for 15 minutes
35% of subjects got sick within 10 minutes
of those, 70% were women
ASUS launches “the fastest GTX 980 Ti on the planet”Source 1: linustechtips.com/asus-launches-the-fastest… OP: eLucid
Source 2: hexus.net/graphics…
20th anniversary (of ASUS making video cards) gold edition gtx 980 Ti
“fastest 980 Ti on the planet even without liquid cooling”
base/boost of 1266MHz/1367MHz
“translates to 22.1 per cent more performance in Grand Theft Auto V, and 20.8 per cent more frames per second in The Witcher 3 when compared to reference cards in ASUS's own tests”
DirectCU II
gold backplate
LN2 BIOS settings with “even more overvolting options”
also features a “Memory Defroster” that defrosts memory during below-zero overclocking
pricing TBA
Windows 10 November update was pulled for forgetting privacy settings; it’s now backSource 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/491703-windows-10 OP: GoodBytes
Source 2: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/11/wind
Windows 10 Nov update was pulled
last week Microsoft reported that after upgrading from Win 10 Julys release to Nov, four privacy related settings were reset to default values
whether to allow:
smartscreen web filtering
settings sync between devices
allow apps to use a unique advertiser ID
apps are allowed to run in background
upgrading from Win 7 or 8 to 10 wasn’t affected
Microsoft has fixed the process
now available through Windows Update
Researcher creates gadget that bypasses credit card chip & pin safeguardsSource 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/492505-researcher-creates- OP: JerkyMcDilerino
Source 2: http://news.softpedia.com/news/researcher-creates-gadget-that-bypasses-credit-ca
Source 3: http://www.pcworld.com/article/3008717/security/this-gizmo-knows-your-amex-car
device built by Samy Kamkar calls into question the security of payment cards
device called “MagSpoof”
can trick point-of-sale devices into accepting cards without a security microchip
about the size of an american quarter
EA is planning more Battlefront gamesSource 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/491522-ea-is-already-plann OP: CommandMan7
Source 2: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/star-wars-battlefront-sequels-coming-ea-teases/1
CFO Blake Jorgensen explains EA’s almost 10-year licensing deal with Disney
goal is to make future Battlefront games as well as other games around Star wars
“beauty of the Star Wars franchise is it’s almost unlimited in what you can do wtih it”
only major rule is that EA’s games must adhere to Star Wars established fiction AMD moves all pre-graphics Core Next architecture gpus to legacy support Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/491397-amd-moves-all-pre-g OP: AluminumTech
Source 2: http://anandtech.com/show/9815/amd-moves-radeon-hd-5000-6000-series-to-le
GPU’s based on VLIW5 and VLIW4 architectures, are retired
HD 5000, 6000 series
Radeon 8000 to 8400 parts
All pre-Kavari APUs using the architecture: Llano, Trinity and Richland are now legacy APUs
no longer supported
not planning any further driver releases for these cards
AMD noted pre-GCN GPUs have “reached peak performance optimization”
Amazon suffers potential password leakSource 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/491571-amazon-suffer OP: Spiderloser
Source 2: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2015/11/24/amazon-suffers-potential-passw
Source 3: http://www.zdnet.com/article/amazon-is-resetting-account-passwords-for-
force-reset unknown number of accounts
passwords may have been compromised
doing so as a precaution
amazon email said it “recently discovered that your password may have been improperly stored on your device or transmitted in a way that could potentially expose it to a third party”
no reason to think passwords were improperly disclosed, changed anyways
last week Amazon enabled two-factor authentication for all Amazon.com users
Sony is working on a PS4 Remote Play app for PC and MacSource 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/493580-sony-is-working-on OP: Master Disaster
Source 2: http://www.theverge.com/2015/11/26/9805944/ps4-remote-play-pc-mac-app
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