Once again I'm relying on the community to save me from watching my own show... If you're watching the show and wouldn't mind filling in the timestamps in the below Google Doc... You're AMAZING!
News Items Youtube 60fps, Crowdsourced Captions & Tip Jar Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Arty Source 2: twitter.com Source 3: youtube.com Source 4: engadget Source 5: finance.yahoo.com Link 1:docs.google.com - Seems to require switching to 1080p to enjoy 60FPS as well - Works in Chrome - In firefox download “All html5” add on to force youtube to html5 and enjoy that smooth 60fps. - You need more bandwidth to be able to stream 1080p. - Captions can be crowd-sourced in up to 60 languages - Viewers can easily "show a creator their love" by tipping any amount up to $500 (£293). - Users will also get interactive cards to overlay on videos that directly link to their Indiegogo or Kickstarter fundraising efforts. - The 100 most popular games channels on YouTube generated nearly 3.5 billion video views in May. - Content creators will also get access to real-time video metrics. - YouTube said the features will be made available in the coming months. Ubisoft DRM Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Twisted Dicktator - VP of digital publishing says, "I don't want us in a position where we're punishing a paying player for what a pirate can get around." - Ubisoft CEO claims 93-95 percent piracy rate on its PC games - “I don’t want us in a position where we’re punishing a paying player for what a pirate can get around,” - Observes that any DRM can be cracked given enough time - Ponders what they need to do in terms of quality of game, services, and benefits to make people WANT to buy the game - First dropped the always online required DRM from AC2 in 2012 - Doesn’t look like they are removing any more layers of DRM, focusing on implementing services - Comments on the article are classic nonsense - “Games should have replay value or I shouldn’t have to pay for them”. What about food? Android TV Source 1: android.com/tv/ Source 2: nvidia.com - All features with images in source 1. - Android TV features a clean, elegant version of the familiar Android interface that’s optimized for the living room. - Allows for multiplayer gaming with people on android tablets. - Tight integration with other android devices such as the ability to use Android Watch as a D-pad to flip through menu. - Google said: “This isn’t a new platform, they are simple giving TVs the same level of attention as phones and tablets.” - A Tegra-powered Android TV dev kit is available today. Razer Micro Console (Android TV) Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Dietrichw Source 2: engadget.com Source 3: cnet.com - Image (RENDER) in Source 2. - Unnamed so far. - It will stream content for living-room entertainment, competing against products like the Roku, Apple TV, and Kindle Fire, not to mention Google's own Chromecast. - Razer's promising "hardcore" gaming. - Razer's saying; "In keeping with the spirit of Google I/O, we will not be discussing specific product details at this time." - Interface navigation will be managed by Android TV. - Available this fall. - Xorbot in the forum had a great point for all the h8ers saying “Ouya and MOJO were commercial failures, this will be too” - How many consoles were unsuccessful or moderately successful until the NES made the formula work? PS Now Prices Leaked Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: dlf Source 2: forbes.com Link 1: imgur.com/a - Game store pages in Link 1. - $4-7 USD to rent a game for a week depending on the game - You can rent for 4 hours, 7 days, 30 days, 90 days. Some time periods are unavailable for some games. - 90 day prices go as high as $30. (Close to the price or more than the full game in some cases) - Hourly rate is highest for the 3 hour package. (Around $1 per hour depending on the game) - FORBES article (source 2) suggests a subscription service would be much more pleasing to customers, but based on Sony’s strategy of allowing content owners to set pricing, it probably wouldn’t make sense behind the scenes. First Android (Robot) Newcaster Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: TopWargamer Source 2: slashgear.com Source 3: abc.net.au Link 1: youtube.com Link 2: abc.net.au (IMAGE) - Video on newcast in Link 1. - Image of news androids in Link 2. - Android will be announcing news that is arriving in real-time, in near pitch-perfect and fluent Japanese. - Named “Kodomo Roid”, combination of Japanese word ‘child’ and ‘android’. - To demonstrate its language skills, Kodomoroid delivered news about the recent 7.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Hawaii. - Kodomoroid actually has a sense of humor, though scripted of course. - Another android; a chatty humanoid called Pepper, designed by SoftBank, as a household companion is set to go on sale for around $2,000 in Japan next year after a successful debut earlier this month. - Android vs. Human Interaction
Google Cardboard VR Source 1: theregister.co.uk Source 2: https://developers.google.com/cardboard/ Source 3: http://vr.chromeexperiments.com/#/desktop - the idea, originated as a "20 per cent" project by French Googlers David Coz and Damien Henry - Attendees to Google I/O received pre-done kits - Sourcing materials will not be all that hard and google has actually provided both e-tailer links and all the specs you would need to source them locally as well - Development documentation already released
Intel asked AMD about access to mantle Source 1: tweaktown.com - Intel has asked AMD for access to Mantle for an 'experiment'. - Intel has reaffirmed its position with DirectX, saying that it remains committed to the open standard. - AMD has over 47 game developers signed up for its Mantle API, with its competitor NVIDIA only signing up Crytek and Ubisoft to its GameWorks program. - AMD and NVIDIA have 33% of the GPU market share, combined. The rest is dominated by Intel. - AMD responded by asking Intel for “a month or two” until it’s out of closed beta. - An Intel spokesperson said: "At the time of the initial Mantle announcement, we were already investigating rendering overhead based on game developer feedback. Our hope was to build consensus on potential approaches to reduce overhead with additional data. We have publicly asked them to share the spec with us several times as part of examination of potential ways to improve APIs and increase efficiencies. At this point though we believe that DirectX 12 and ongoing work with other industry bodies and OS vendors will address the issues that game developers have noted". HPs “The Machine” Source 1: iflscience.com - The Machine is not a server, workstation, PC, device or phone but an amalgamation of all these things. - It’s designed to be able to cope with the masses of data produced from the Internet of Things. - It uses clusters of specialized cores as opposed to a small number of generalized cores. The whole thing is connected together using silicon photonics instead of traditional copper wires and the technology features memristors which are resistors that are able to store information even after power loss. - According to HP, The Machine can manage 160 petabytes of data in a mere 250 nanoseconds. - Martin Fink explained that if the technology was scaled down, smartphones could be fabricated with 100 terabytes of memory. - With this; it could be possible for doctors to compare your symptoms or DNA with patients across the globe in an instant and without breaching privacy, improving health outcomes. - HP isn’t expecting to have samples until 2015 and the first devices equipped with The Machine won’t surface until 2018. Rapid Fire Device to bypass spinal column Source 1: medicalcenter.osu.edu Link 1: youtube.com - Video of device working in link 1. - The device is called a Neuro Bridge - Electronic neural bypass for spinal cord injuries that reconnects the brain directly to muscles. - Allows voluntary and functional control of a paralyzed limb. - During a three-hour surgery on April 22, Dr. Ali Rezai implanted a chip smaller than a pea onto the motor cortex of the patient’s brain. The tiny chip interprets brain signals and sends them to a computer, which re-codes and sends them to the high-definition electrode stimulation sleeve that stimulates the proper muscles to execute his desired movements. Within a tenth of a second, Burkhart’s thoughts are translated into action. Moto 360 Watch Face Competition Source 1: motorola-blog.blogspot.co.uk - Winning watch face in Source 1 - 1300 watch faces submitted. New Twitch TV Player allows 60FPS streaming Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Jobbe03 - Right click on video and click “Video Playback Stats” to view tons of info about the video. (Works on youtube too) Witcher 3 to include “Boob physics” and run faster on PC Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: TwistedDicktator Source 2: nextpowerup.com - Boob Physics only on PC. - Found in design documents taken off a CD Projekt RED developer's Google Drive account . Slow TV Concept being used on airlines to lull passengers to sleep Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Dietrichw Source 2: theverge.com - Slow TV is a television genre popularized in Norway, which pivots around minute-to-minute documentation of everyday activities. - Minute by minute documentation of real things like salmon fishing, train rides, and cruise ship cruises. - Airline plans to show the seven-hour Norwegian train ride, from Bergen to Oslo, Norway on select flights. New Oral-B Toothbrush pairs to your smartphone Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: NISHANTH Source 2: engadget.com - Gives your dental professional feedback on your brushing activity. - $390 and $420 - Launch June 2014 - Uses Bluetooth 4.0 EEVblog - Solar Roadways are Bullshit Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: juretrn Link 1: youtube.com Link 2: Thunderf00t’s videos HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE - Video in link 1 - Tunderf00t has released multiple videos debunking this. - Consumes more power than it produces - What about traction? - What about weight bearing capacity - Too expensive - Glass is too soft - Solar panels are parallel to the ground. (Not angled towards to sun and not tracking the sun) - Great idea in theory - raised 2+M dollars - but unlikely to see the light of day in this iteration Microsoft offers up to $650 off Surface Pro 3 if you xchange Macbook Air Source 1: linustechtips.com OP: Goodbytes - Macbook must be in working condition - Until July 31st - Must be at a Microsoft store SSD vs HDD test Source 1: youtube.com - (No notes) HighLANder- People are using #highlander on twitter twitter.com/hashtag/highlander
The G3 from LG is the first phone I've used with a 2560x1440 display. That's a lotta pixels! Not to mention the rest of the top-of-the-range specs!
Alright, now onto the good stuff. LG is giving us TWENTY FIVE G3's to give away! All you need to do to qualify is post your favourite thing about the G3 from the review above in this thread and you can be selected at random to win one of these phones!
Please note that they are retail units (in the video I said pre-production, but this has since been changed) and they are Korean unlocked global units, so you will need to verify if they will work correctly on your carrier! To my knowledge they will work on AT&T or T-Mobile, but I got no data - only get voice and SMS on my carrier (Bell) so YMMV.
Either way you can still enter to win one, and you an always use it as a portable gaming device or whatever... I mean, it's a G3 man! The wifi will work! Best of luck to everyone!
One entry per household.
The giveaway is worldwide and closes July 6th and the winners will be announced on Twitter, so make sure you're following @LinusTech!
WINNERS:
shinta86 thefurryman
bigboco xollen Christian B
Muhammad Mokhtar CH Fung MoSLegend DigitalGeometrix Alex.arvidsson
Crook L_AyMent Swedishgodkiller Sawce
gdemirdas Xjmhd
storthode Ober1kenobi Frankz Koriander davidvu396 444Duarte
Jogostar Tannerschoch JasonRoGo
UPDATE:
The winners who have been struck through did not respond in the allotted time period, so seven phones have been redrawn.
The new winners of those seven phones are:
Echodamus sillikony
michaeldeve HaydenMadeEm
TechUpdate lukepwnsall fahzan007
Please respond to the message from nicklmg to claim your prize
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