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I'd like to see you folks getting the OG Linus himself for a video. Linus Torvalds, that is. So many meming opportunities with two Linuses, and so much in-depth content or more interviewy stuff you could do with him. Even possibly just as completely uncensored wan-show stream special guest.

This is interesting for many reasons. Why didn't they simply shift to payment methods banks didn't control (crypto and such) if that was the issue. Speculation: chargebacks were too heavy with credit cards. Banks really really really don't like that and adult content combined. What makes this even more interesting is how Floatplane could capitalize on this. You have a whole platform full of creators looking for new one as of right now. Floatplane could do little bit of client acquisition here and get a lot of new clients in form of de-platformed creators of OnlyFans. Remains to be seen if this will happen.

Summary To combat themselves from capitalists worst nightmare: decreased profits due to stolen merchandise, Home Depot is now adding microchips to popular power tools together with manufacturers which render the devices completely useless unless activated at checkout via bluetooth when purchased. The main reason apparently for this move has been organized theft rings which target high value power tools due to their resale value being high. Quotes My thoughts I actually support this idea completely as long as the activation is permanent, which it seems to be as it's one-time thing done at checkout with bluetooth.. But as techie I also understand: Countdown to this being hacked in 3... 2... In worst case it's simply a matter of using a Bluetooth sniffer, buying one power tool and recording deactivation and pray they implemented it poorly. Either way, this'll give hackers something.. interesting to get into all of sudden. Sources https://hackaday.com/2021/08/02/home-depot-is-selling-power-tools-that-require-activation-in-store https://mycbs4.com/news/local/home-depot-to-use-bluetooth-technology-to-stop-theft

If only someone would have warned us about facebook being evil and not to be trusted. If only we did not see this coming when FB account suddenly became required despite previous promises that it would never happen..

Some more background to the story: https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/justice-department-announces-court-authorized-effort-disrupt-exploitation-microsoft Pretty interesting reaction by FBI after they've been getting roasted to hell by the security community recently about their incompetence in cybersecurity side. Would be interesting to see government agency running whitehat operations using Proof of concept exploits to patch them in the future too. However: what they're obviously not telling us is that they are indeed fixing and patching these vulnerabilities as the court order allows them to do. But one doesn't have to be conspiracy theorist to understand that there probably are other secret court orders which are authorizing them to do other things too - while they're already there in the system. Obviously. Who'd have thought this old meme finally became relevant in 2021 all of sudden?

Summary Github, owned by Microsoft has decided to do something everyone was afraid they might do: remove content that is somehow against the interests of their owner Microsoft. Vietnamese security researcher released a Proof Of Concept code of the recent massive Hafnium / ProxyLogon Microsoft Exchange server exploit - day after Microsoft had already released their patch to it. Within hours of releasing the POC however, Github (Microsoft) removed it. This immediately resulted in outcry, as it is industry standard practice for security researchers to publish proof of concept code such as this to better understand the exploit and to help developers write protections against it. Naturally, the same thing can be used by the attackers and the consensus opinion among the security professionals is that the benefits outweigh the negative sides of releasing such code. Censorship of Github is what critics were highlighting as possibility of happening as result of the acquisition back - and it seems the worst fears have come true. Quotes Github naturally had answer of their own take on all of this and their spokeperson confirmed to the outlet Motherboard the following: Surely it's hard to argue that censorship in this that removal is justified as "it's actively exploited" after patch has been released and is being distributed publicly. There are several instances of them removing POCs in general, but the enforcement of the rule is inconsistent at best and raises some legitimate concerns about possible bias towards protecting its owners interests. My thoughts This was what everyone was afraid would happen when Microsoft bought Github, that content against Microsofts interests would get censored. It's interesting to see if this case will have any further.. developments as far as Githubs popularity goes. Alternatives do after all exist. It's hard to judge the positives and negatives of publishing such code, but given that it was published after Microsoft had published their patch to the issue I see no justification of any kind for removal. Just because it's widespread problem that (still) is affecting plenty of exchange servers because their admins are incompetent with patching doesn't mean this should have been removed like it did. Sources https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/03/critics-fume-after-github-removes-exploit-code-for-exchange-vulnerabilities/ https://therecord.media/poc-released-for-microsoft-exchange-proxylogon-vulnerabilities/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7vpaz/researcher-publishes-code-to-exploit-microsoft-exchange-vulnerabilities-on-github

Summary Not only does Bill Gates want to microchip you with vaccine, now old Bill wants all your passwords too! Microsoft has launched their password managing solution as part of the Microsoft Authenticator which they have quite smartly opted to name simply as "Autofill". You can now manage and automatically fill your passwords with this across PCs, browsers (edge, chrome) ,mobile devices. Quotes My thoughts Curious to see if this will start to become heavily adopted as "industry standard" over current options for password management as quite many organizations commonly use Microsoft authenticator to begin with for 2-factor authentication. Sources https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2021/02/05/simplify-and-secure-your-life-with-microsofts-autofill-solution-for-passwords/

It is actually very interesting because Baidu already has developed autonomous vehicle stuff for longer time and has ready products which it is looking to integrate to this EV business too. Apollo computing unit -> https://apollo.auto/ I think they're not late at all, but they're ready to enter the big leagues by combining their pre-existing developments together with manufacturing giant. I don't see this as google move at all.

Summary Chinese tech company and google-rival Baidu and carmaker Geely have teamed up and are going to be making electric vehicles as joint-venture. Baidu is responsible for the software & tech side of things which they are somewhat known for and Geely brings to the table their car manufacturing capabilities. Geely in the western world is most well known as the owner of Volvo which they acquired some years ago. The new company will operate as Baidu subsidiary, and at least initially seems to be aimed towards the rapidly expanding chinese markets for electric vehicles.. Maybe Musk has something to be afraid of too from this in the future. Quotes My thoughts It's extremely interesting to see what big company like Baidu which is basically Chinese equilevant of Google can make of this. They have the necessary expertise and funding required to rival google and tesla in this game of electric & autonomous vehicles. Hopefully Geely will also incorporate in their designs at least SOME of the safety features they nowadays happen to own as result of acquiring Volvo. You know.. One of the worlds leading companies in car safety features developed... The company that came up with small things such as SEAT BELTS and built their cars like tanks to be one of the safest possible for its passengers. Sources https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/11/chinese-search-giant-baidu-to-create-an-electric-vehicle-company.html

I seem to recall that there is a recorded incident of notorious L.I.N.U.S trying to steal MSI products before. Inside job indeed by Linus and his heist team. 03ecwfK.mp4

Summary Israeli chipmaker Habana Labs (currently owned by Intel which acquired it year ago for 2 billion) has received order from Amazon AWS which plans on offering their Gaudi AI processors as alternative for Nvdias AI chips for their customers. Could this challenge Nvidias position as the AI compute king? Quotes My thoughts Given that AWS controls 50% of the data center market, this is interesting move and possible sign that maybe.. just maybe. Team green might not be the only option when it comes to the world of AI computing. If AWS does something well, it's cost efficiency. Sources https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-aws-to-offer-israeli-made-habana-ai-processors-1001351972

Make a video on the benefits of real-time CPU optimization tools in gaming - if there are any, or is it worth it in general. Translated: Forcing your CPU to use more cores&threads at games/processes you run than it would request and use by default. Very relevant topic now that more and more people are starting to have 8-12 cores in their systems and tons of games might for example only ask for 4. Programs such as Process Lasso and many others exist for this sort of purpose.

Summary You've been deceived. Apple has been spying on its users. Thanks to skilled programmers who noticed this behaviour and have published a data dump which proves that Apple is literally watching you do... everything. Apple has been collecting data on things such as every program you open on 11.0 Big Sur: Date, Time, Computer, ISP, City, State, Application Hash. Apple is sending this data unencrypted to their own servers, which is how they got caught when their own server crashed. Quotes My thoughts I think it was always obvious that Apple or any other larger company suggesting they'd care about data privacy of their customers is mostly just marketing speech. Especially since they started their own ad network. Sources https://sneak.berlin/20201112/your-computer-isnt-yours/ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25074959 https://mobile.twitter.com/llanga/status/1326989724704268289

I'll issue a Challenge for your writers & sponsorship sales guys: Video which would essentially be neverending sponsor product placement from different sponsors and somehow actually form coherent content with it. Think like 15+ sponsors in one video and the content around them actually making sense. Nothing as easy as simple PC build. You could have some real fun with that video and make some meta-jokes about being sellouts and stuff. Just go absolutely crazy.

The new "OnePlus Nord N100" With the pricetag of 179€ (about USD180) it would be super interesting to see how well does this latest addition to cheaper lineup by oneplus fare compared to midrange and flagship options. It's spec list certainly looks pretty promising! https://www.oneplus.com/pt/n100/specs

Video where you'd read and react to some of the most funny and cringey messages from the "fans" who have tried to contact Linus / LTT / LTT staffers via various channels in general to beg for free PCs and stuff like that. " 50 ways how to not beg for free PC from Linus"

Summary Researchers over at Cornell University accidentally created previously unknown type of superconductor. Our current knowledge before this was of 2 types, and theorized third kind which the scientists attempted to create. The experiment to create the third kind turned out to be failure, sort of. Instead of creating the theorized third (also new) kind of superconductor something unexpected happened and they discovered previously completely new 4th kind of superconductor. Quotes My thoughts I'm excited about any new discoveries like this, as they advance other technologies using superconductors which benefits all of us in so many ways. And as added bonus we get to hear new carbon nanotube joke from Riley out of these. Maybe. Sources https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-have-discovered-a-brand-new-type-of-superconductor

How about looking into the new Pine phone? https://www.pine64.org/2020/07/15/july-updatepmos-ce-pre-orders-and-new-pinephone-version/ https://www.pine64.org/

Request some manufacturer to send you couple hundred boxes for top end GPUs (unassembled ofc) and casually "expose" yourself to have Pallet full of 3080s or something in the warehouse as joke as part of some other gpu-related video. Upcoming reviews of 30X series perhaps? Or.. just build a fort out of them and use it as intro for the video

Make a Heavy metal music video with other tech youtubers.

Couldn't find it myself when I was looking if there was post on this as it's so lazily written to bump postcount. I dont believe the other post meets the guidelines of tech news posts at all. Moderators will make decision probably in the end.

Many of us are familiar with Mediatek as a name, as their chips are used everywhere from PCs to mobile devices. Cheating in performance tests is nothing new to us, but now it seems that even the part providers for the device manufacturers have joined the army of cheaters and are actively helping their customers (device manufacturers) cheat their customers (consumers like us) (say that 10 times!) Unfortunately in this latest expose Mediatek has been caught providing profiles to help cheat in performance tests for the chips they manufacture for their customers. In the tests performed by Anandtech which broke the story differences in test results from 30% in overall score all the way upwards of 75% in sub-tests from actual performance in some tests was found to have been achieved with the use of these test-detecting profiles. Consumers are being cheated a lot by the companies using and supporting these and it is directly against your own interests. Mediatek of course in their answer official answer can be quoted to be saying this: So their line of thinking is, everyone is cheating consumers and this is fine? For the whole story, please read the article in Anandtech: Source: https://www.anandtech.com/show/15703/mobile-benchmark-cheating-mediatek

Make a video where Linus Media Group registers its own Top Level Domain and starts selling the domains on lttstore.com. Now, I know the $185 000 fee for registering new TLD is a lot.. But I'm sure you have sponsors with deep enough pockets for such an endeavour. As to what the TLD should be.. I'm sure you could make content out of choosing one you register too!

Kaleido: a portable computer the size of LTT waterbottle with inbuilt projector. https://liliputing.com/2020/02/kaleido-is-a-screenless-portable-pc-with-a-foldable-keyboard-and-integrated-projector.html

Unfortunately I will be happy to show you the proof otherwise. f This is from my gmail from 2016 when I noticed it from another email and sent test email to myself. This is when avast started doing it via the browser protection they had. This is what made me stop use avast all those years ago immediately.