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Soundcloud Link: https://soundcloud.com/thewanshow/the-wan-show-windows-10-free-to-insiders-r9-fury-x-sold-out-june-26-2015 Main News Topics R9 Fury X sold out Source 1: linustechtips.com/r9-fury-x-sold-out OP: marldorthegreat Source 2: wccftech.com/amds/radeon/r9-fury-sold… within 24 hours every SKU on the market was sold out Amazon & Newegg, as well as other large retailers, are currently listed as out of stock tough to say whether AMD forecasted too low or the yields were just too low for the demand unlikely that they under-forecasted due to the hype, but it is a possibility AMD Says Grenada PRO and XT Are Not Rebrands of Hawaii, and They're Right... Sort Of. Source 1: linustechtips.com - amd says grenada pro and xt ar OP: Spaghetticarbonara Source 2: vrworld.com - amd moves to justify radeon 300 series rebrand Manufacturing process optimizations engine clock + 50 on both 390 and 390X same power envelope faster memory performance and more bandwidth Memory clock increased from 1250MHz to 1500MHz on both 390 and 390X Memory bandwidth increased from 320GB/s to 384GB/s 8GB frame buffer is standard on ALL cards, not just the OC versions Complete re-write of the GPUs power management micro-architecture Worst case power situations.. 390(x) equals 290x typical gaming load power is expected to be lower with increased performance Batman: Arkham Knight PC sales suspended Source 1: linustechtips.com/official-batman-arkham-knight-pc… OP: zMeul Source 2: community.wbgames.com/support-for-pc/june-24… official statement on the WB games community forum “We want to apologize to those of you who are experiencing performance issues with Batman: Arkham Knight on PC.” suspending future game sales of the PC version while they address these issues to “satisfy our quality standards.” this is in response to a lot of negative press they received throughout the week game is capped to 30fps and can only be unlocked by editing the .ini file WB Games responded that they would not be unlocking the framerate (earlier in the week, that may have changed) and that the recommended specs were intended to mirror the gameplay experience of a console before the game was released WB Games announced that AMD owners would experience performance issues, but it turns out that Nvidia GPUs are also experiencing issues some textures (eg. ambient occlusion and rain) that the Nvidia Gameworks video showed off are completely missing on PC, but present on PS4… Steam ratings were sitting at around 35% positive, and WB Games listened Fallout 3/4 “Bottlecap saga” Source 1: reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/update_on_the… Source 2: imgur.com/gallery/tYZPO Source 3: twitter.com/bethblog/status… huge Fallout 3 fan saved his bottlecaps from over 7.5 years of college drinking (undergrad and masters) ended up with 11.2 pounds of bottlecaps sent them to Bethesda with a note that said they were his “life savings,” along with his Steam ID and email, asking to use them as compensation for a copy of Fallout 4 estimated that he sent 2,240 caps Bethesda rep said that since he was the first person to do this he would be receiving a copy of the game in November also mentioned that he would be running the caps over to deposit them at the People’s Bank of Point Lookout (a bank from Fallout 3) in the reddit thread he mentioned the caps cost him about $25 to ship - nearly half the cost of the pre-order It is now illegal to rip CDs you already on in the UK Source 1: linustechtips.com/it-is-now-illegal-to-rip… OP: ahhming Source 2: eff.org/european-copyright-madness-court… the High Court of the UK struck down the UK government’s decision to allow users to lawfully make copies of content they have purchased for personal use the government must now either make personal copying illegal again or supply evidence that copyright owners suffer no or minimal harm from personal copying, or impose a new tax on users to compensate the industry for that “harm” musicians groups in the UK claim that since content that can be copied has more value than content that can’t, the rightsholder should be able to capture that value the government argues that that value is already being captured and is built in to the purchase price of the original works, resulting in no or minimal loss to rightsholders the issue is that the government did not provide any evidence or studies to back their side up, while the musicians groups did (though theirs were “long on economic theory and short on common sense”) the court accepted that the EU Copyright Directive does not require “that sellers must be able to extract the very last gram of value from the copyright,” the personal copying exception may have resulted in loss of sales (eg. a consumer may have refrained from buying an extra copy of their favorite CD for their car) the government failed to provide any evidence that those lost sales were zero or minimal represents just how detached copyright law has become from the real world the irony is that, for many digital works, it is impossible to make use of copyrighted works at all without making copies the blame may not all be on the court, or the government - the EU Copyright Directive seems to lack much consideration of the consumer in general hasn’t kept up with how distribution of copyrighted materials has evolved in the digital age Taylor Swift calls Apple Music free trial “shocking, disappointing” in open letter - now resolved Source 1: linustechtips.com/taylor-swift-calls… OP: itsmefurqan Source 2: theverge.com/taylor-swift-apple-music… Source 3: digitaltrends.com/apple-music-002-cents… Source 4: metro.co.uk/photographer-accuses-taylor... Apple’s original policy on Apple Music free trials was that artists would not be paid for any stream taking place with a 3-month free trial account “Three months is along time to go unpaid, and it is unfair to ask anyone to work for nothing.” - Taylor Swift Apple claims that this would be largely offset by higher payments down the road Apple’s payments to labels are “a few percentage points higher than the industry standard” other artists had not spoken out about this because of Apple’s history as a superpower in the music industry over the last 10 or so years since that letter, Apple has responded through a Tweet from Eddy Cue “We hear you Taylor Swift and indie artists. Love, Apple” DigitalTrends reported yesterday that Apple will be paying artists 0.247 cents per stream during the free trial period (on par with industry standards) 71.5% of revenue from paid accounts will go to artists sidenote: days later, an industry photographer released an open letter to Swift about her own (probably, in fairness, her label’s) policies in regards to photographers they are forced to sign off the rights to their photos in perpetuity to artists while only maintaining the ability to publish them and be paid for them once stuff like this exists in many industries, it’s just interesting to see a similar implementation in two very closely tied layers Disney theme parks ban selfie sticks Source 1: linustechtips.com/disney-theme-parks-bans… OP: GoodBytes Source 2: theverge.com/disney-world-bans-selfie… will be enforced at bag checks when entering the park tried to implement the policy through verbal warnings from employees and signs this strategy did not work visitors who carry one will have two options - leave it at the entrance and pick it up on your way out, or don’t bring it to begin with goes into effect at both Disney World and Disneyland on Tuesday expands to Hong Kong and Paris parks July 1 spreading the word through announcements at its own hotels and audio messages in the parking lots initially tried to accommodate the smartphone accessory by forbidding them on rides, but allowing them elsewhere on park grounds people continued to bring them on rides like Big Thunder Mountain this week a roller coaster at Disneyland was put out of commission for an hour because of a guest using a selfie stick at the ride’s highest point this was the last in a long series of delays caused by selfie sticks Disney joins some museums and the Cannes film festival, which have already banned the accessory Assassin's Creed: Syndicate creative director promises the PC version will "shine" Source 1: linustechtips.com - assassins creed syndicate creativ OP: Twisteddictator Source 2: pcgamer.com Assassins' Creed: Syndicate is coming to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on October 23, and to the PC at some point after that. Creative Director Marc-Alexis Côté told PCGamer at E3: "We've got an internal team that's dedicated to the PC version, and one of the things that I'm happy about is that we're really taking our time with the PC version to really make it shine," "We want the game to really work well on the PC on day one, which is why it's not the same launch [date] as the Xbox One and the PS4 versions. It will come a bit later in the fall, but I think it will be worth the wait." "We're working really hard on optimizing the game, making it run smoother on a wider range of PCs, "We're really dedicating a team to working on this and making sure it shines." Microsoft just made millions from Windows XP Source 1: linustechtips.com/microsoft-just-made… OP: jos Source 2: computerworld.com/us-navy-paid-millions… Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, the Navy’s communications and information networks contract is worth 9.1 million USD to maintain security patches for Windows XP, Office 2003, Exchange 2003, and Windows Server 2003 contract could be extended into 2017 and could be worth up to 30.8 million USD they began to transition away from XP in 2013, but still have 100,000 workstations running XP and other old software current data puts XP’s current market share at just over 14 percent worldwide, just above that of OSX Windows 10 Insider will remain free and genuine Source 1: linustechtips.com - windows 10 insider will remain free and g OP: Kodiack Source 2: arstechnica.com - microsoft clarification kinda clears up free windo Two options: Remain in the Windows Insider program. The Insider program will continue after July 29, and Microsoft will continue to use it for beta testing and soliciting end-user feedback. Anyone who sticks with the program will continue to receive a steady series of activated, genuine operating system releases. As with any other Microsoft beta, these updates will be timebombed; after several months, they'll expire. New versions will be provided long before those timers ever hit. Opt out of the Insider program: Will need a valid Windows 7, 8, or 10 license. Without a suitable license, the operating system will eventually expire. If the Insider builds were installed as an upgrade to Windows 7 or 8, they'll remain activated once they switch to RTM. Microsoft hasn't said what the story is if a clean installation of Windows 10 is performed. South Korean government has required teenagers install a spy app on their smartphones Source 1: linustechtips.com/the-south-korean-government… OP: jos Source 2: bbc.com/technology… ruled that people under 19 who buy a smartphone must install an app that monitors their web activity parents will be able to see what kids are doing online and block access to “undesirable” sites the phone will not work if the app isn’t installed the main topic of discussion is whether 19 is too old the government has one such app (Smart Sheriff), but alternatives exist on the market there is a loophole - apparently Apple devices can get around this rule, though the Communications Commission assumes that everyone there prefers Android to Apple (Samsung is the market leader by a longshot) the government’s argument is that young people should be protected from the “nastiness on the web” opposition’s argument is that this overrides basic personal freedoms, and that children should be taught to use the web naturally rather than hidden from its dangers some apps monitor words and phrases, alerting parents when they are entered into search engines (eg. threat, run away from home, pregnancy, and crazy) some Korean privacy advocates are saying it’s the same as installing a surveillance camera on teenagers’ smartphones teenagers aged 18 and under “resented being made to install Smart Sheriff or its alternatives” still a growing issue - will be interesting to see how it takes shape over the next few weeks/months iPhone to remove home button by 2017 Source 1: linustechtips.com/iphone-to-remove-home… OP: ClownFace1511 Source 2: new.com.au/the-home-button-may-be-ditched… new chips are being developed to take fingerprint scans through a touch screen (or some other means) these would “fit into future iPhone designs - models with ultra-thin and ultra-narrow displays, and with a whole-plane design eliminating the home button” in theory this could mean edge-to-edge displays on a new iPhone also could enable thinner devices report came from Taiwan-based DigiTimes, which is unconfirmed this publication has had a “spotty record” when it comes to predicting Apple’s product cycle, but the direction makes sense based on Steve Jobs’ vision and Apple’s overall vision PCIe 4.0 to be finalized in 2017, with new connector and 16 GT/s data-rates Source 1: linustechtips.com - pcie 40 to be finalized in 2017 with new c OP: Bouzoo Source 2: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express#PCI_Express_4.0 Source 3: kitguru.net - pci express 4 0 with 16gts data rates and new connecto PCI SIG claims that the fourth generation PCI Express specification will be finalized in 2017 and will materialize this decade. The new tech will use a new connector and will be the last copper version of PCI Express. Still need to agree on: Interconnect attributes Fabric management Programming interface required to design and build systems/peripherals. PCI Express 4.0 will utilize a new connector, but the specification will be backward compatible mechanically and electrically with PCI Express 3.0. It will be possible to use today’s add-in-cards in PCIe 4.0-based systems, but future AICs will not work with PCIe 3.0. 16GT/s base transfer rate will allow PCI Express 4.0 x1 interconnection to transfer up to 2GB of data per second, whereas the PCIe 4.0 x16 slots used for graphics cards and ultra-high-end solid-state drives will provide up to 32GB/s of bandwidth. Al Yanes, president of the PCI SIG, believes that fifth-generation PCI Express will have to rely on optical, not copper links. Rapid Fire News Topics Xbox Boss Phil Spencer: I Want To Give People A Choice Source 1: linustechtips.com - xbox boss phil spencer i want to OP: Twisteddictator Source 2: youtu.be/Pjh1Uo_xaSQ?t=3h25m56s Source 3: acutegaming.net - xbox boss phil spencer i want to give people a cho wants Xbox to be the best TV gaming platform, but alos give users the choice to play games when they’re not around the TV “As a gamer I play games on PC… I want to be able to play the games where I want to play them… I want to give people a choice.” “There’s this kind of back channel frankly I don’t really subscribe to of you need to keep people from playing in certain places, somehow that’s the answer… I want to give people choice and with Xbox I want it to be the best TV gaming experience you can have but frankly if I’m not on my TV and I’m on my laptop, and want to play killer instinct, I want to play gear, I want to play fable, I should be able to do that and to try force people to buy something by excluding their choice.” Edmonton, Alberta to be first Candian Gigabit scociety thanks to $1B Investment Source 1: linustechtips.com - edmonton alberta to be first candian OP: Xtankslayerx Source 2: edmontonjournal.com - billion+fibre+optic+investment+will+make+Edmon Telus is managing the $1-billion fibre-optic Internet build give the city a “technological and economic upper hand that will boost innovation, education and streamline health care” delivering speeds of 150 megabits per second to more than 300,000 homes and businesses as well as medical, educational, and community facilities intended to “future-proof Edmonton’s growing digital demands for decades to come”

Quite the coupon code for Batman: Arkham Knight at the France based gaming retailer DLgamer. Almost 50% off. Batman: Arkham Knight (Steam Key) — $32.99 at DLgamer (list $60) Use Code: DLG-MIARAOPE Similar in pricing to GMG's deals after their 40% off coupon: Batman: Arkham Knight Premium Edition (Steam) — $53.99 (list $100) Batman: Arkham Knight (Steam) — $36 (list $60) Batman: Arkham Knight Season Pass (Steam) — $24 (list $40) Use Code: 40OFFB-ATAKVC-GMGRB9 or yet another retailer (GamesPlanet): Batman: Arkham Knight (Steam) — £21.99 (about $33.75 USD)

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm GMG just sent out a 40% off coupon to its usual customers. Works on Arkham Knight base game and Premium Edition. At checkout, use code: BATMAN-ARKHAM-SAVE40 Batman: Arkham Knight (Steam) — $36 (list $60) Batman: Arkham Knight Premium Edition (Steam) — $53.99 (list $100) Premium = base game + season pass. Being a WB published game, it is, of course, segmented as F upon release (but honestly most of those pre-order retailer exclusive is cosmetic stuff).

I would like to run gta 5, assassins creed unity, batman arkham knight, and the witcher 3 all maxed out settings any thing should i change? http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KpVVTW P.S. First pc build if you guys know a video with a tut please link it. Thx! What is better for gaming i7 4790k or 5820k

Soundcloud Link: https://soundcloud.com/thewanshow/the-wan-show-mantle-is-dead-called-it-and-arkham-knight-always-sucked-july-3-2015 Main News Topics AMD has ceased Mantle optimisation. Source 1: linustechtips.com - amd has officially deprecated mantle OP: Kurahk7 Source 2: anandtech.com/show/9390/the-amd-radeon-r9-fury-x-review Source 3: anandtech.com/show/9390/the-amd-radeon-r9-fury-x-review/12 “AMD has confirmed that while they are not outright dropping Mantle support, they have ceased all further Mantle optimization.” The Mantle driver has not been optimized at all for GCN 1.2; R9 Fury X, R9 285, R9 380, and the Carrizo APU. “Mantle is essentially deprecated at this point, and while AMD isn’t going out of their way to break backwards compatibility they aren’t going to put resources into helping it either.” Sony launches First Flight crowd-funding site - Fund Sony products and games! Source 1: linustechtips.com - sony launches first flight crowd fundin OP: Goodbytes Source 2: bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2015/07/01/sony-first-flight/1 Product Link: https://first-flight.sony.com/pj/2/HUIS%20REMOTE%20CONTROLLER Available exclusively in Japan. No plans to launch elsewhere. First Flight's initial campaign is for a customisable remote control based on a low-power electrophoretic e-paper display. Huis offers to ability to learn codes from various remote controls - including from non-Sony products - in order to replace multiple remotes with a single unit. Huis remote needs to raise ¥5 million (around £26,000) in the next 50 days in order to reach production Huis would join other Sony products that have been produced as a result of crowd-funding campaigns including the FES smartwatch and MESH modular electronics kit. NVidia Unveils plans for GTX 950-X Range of GPU's Source 1: linustechtips.com - nvidia unveils plans for gtx 950 x ra OP: Starcoaster Source 2: kitguru.net - nvidia preps low cost geforce gtx 950 series graphics GTX 950 and GTX 950 Ti graphics adapters will be based on the GM206-250. Supports: DirectX 12.1 OpenGL 4.3 OpenCL 1.1 H.265 (HEVC) encoding and decoding Fully compatible with HDCP 2.2 content protection over HDMI 2.0. GTX 950 and 950 Ti graphics adapters will replace the company’s GeForce GTX 750 and 750 Ti, respectively. It is logical to expect the new boards to cost less than $150. Star Marine delayed for the foreseeable future. Source 1: linustechtips.com - star citizen fps module delayed for the fo OP: Nexxus Source 2: robertsspaceindustries.com/comm-link/transmission/14803-Letter-From-The-Chairman Source 3: pcgamer.com - star citizen fps module is delayed for the foreseeable Source 4: pcgamer.com/star-citizens-fps-module-is-called-star-marine/ Star citizen FPS module is called: "Star Marine." We initially planned to release the FPS module, which we are calling Star Marine, shortly after PAX East in April. We demonstrated a build of the module at the backer event that ran fairly well. The most significant technical hurdle faced today is the networking backend. Needed to develop a Generic Instance Manager (GIM) and rewriting both the Matchmaker and (for the larger project) the game Launcher from scratch. The GIM allocates and recycles game servers at a much faster rate and in a more reliable way than before, helping to get players into the action more quickly and keeping them in their games with less incident. One of the biggest non-technical issues is getting the visuals right. Only 15% of the team has been working on Star Marine; it’s just been the major focus because it was the next public release. RSI are going to investigate releasing a build with Star Marine disabled that would allow you to experience some of the changes and updates we’ve made over the last few months to the core code base. WB knew Arkham Knight PC was a mess months ago Source 1: linustechtips.com - wb knew arkham knight pc was a me OP: Master Disaster Source 2: kotaku.com - sources warner bros knew that arkham knight pc was a 17 “I will say that it’s pretty rich for WB to act like they had no idea the game was in such a horrible state,” said one quality assurance tester who worked on the game for years. “It’s been like this for months and all the problems we see now were the exact same, unchanged, almost a year ago.” Allegedly Warner Bros. was aware of the many issues facing Arkham Knight on PC and that the publisher chose to ship the game regardless, not to maniacally screw over customers—but because they believed it was good enough. It is costing WB (the steam fee) every time you refund. Steam Refund Statement: We want to apologize to those of you who are experiencing performance issues with Batman: Arkham Knight on PC. We take these issues very seriously and have therefore decided to suspend future game sales of the PC version while we work to address these issues to satisfy our quality standards. We greatly value our customers and know that while there are a significant amount of players who are enjoying the game on PC, we want to do whatever we can to make the experience better for PC players overall. Since then, a minor patch was released for the PC version that addressed some crashing bugs, introduced rain effects, and fixed a few other issues. As of right now, it’s unclear when it will go on sale again. Retail AMD Fury X Sound Testing - Pump Whine Investigation by PCPerspective Source 1: linustechtips.com - retail amd fury x sound testing pump OP: Big Stroonz Source 2: linustechtips.com - 395543 fury x noise problem and so it continues Source 3: reddit.com - anyones amd r9 fury x sound like mine link here Source 4: pcper.com - Retail AMD Fury X Sound Testing Pump Whine Investigation Source 5: community.amd.com/thread/183409 Source 6: reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/3bbenq/fury_x_owners_how_is_your_performance Source 7: reddit.com - anyone got coil whinebuzzing noise in their fury x Source 8: forums.anandtech.com - showpost.php?s=9236cb74902e646d5c19e5ea588b74 Source 9: forums.anandtech.com - showpost.php?s=457cd00d38a211191c6a9e81a27161 Fury X produced a constant unique noise from the pump. Similar to an old CRT that is left powered on without input. AMD told the media the issue had been fixed. PCPer bought 2 extra cards and both of the retail AMD Radeon R9 Fury X cards that arrived in their offices exhibited 'worse' noise, in the form of both whining and buzzing, compared to their review sample. For all intents and purposes, both the AMD Fury X graphics cards and the R9 295X2 run at the same sound levels and sound profiles in idle as they do under a full gaming load. currently selling and shipping AMD Radeon R9 Fury X cards do not include any kind of fix for the pump whine Fury X high frequency sound from the Fury X cards is constant, even when idle and in Windows. Fury X cards is very different than the sounds you are used to seeing associated with current flagship graphics cards. Even though the NVIDIA GTX 980 Ti reference cooler is louder than the Fury X under a gaming load, the high frequency of the sounds we are hearing on the Fury X make it more annoying and grating IPv4 Internet address waiting list Source 1: linustechtips.com - ipv4 internet address out of stock OP: Jos There is now a waiting list for IPv4 addresses. On Wednesday, for the first time, the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) had to tell an applicant for new Internet addresses to wait. There are only about 150,000 addresses left in the pool at ARIN, one of 5 pools worldwide. Some may get returned if an address holder goes out of business or fails to pay its dues, and there will be a few more distributions from a global pool run by ICANN. For now, getting waitlisted is mostly a problem for bigger entities. The blocks left in ARIN’s free pool now are relatively small, with 512 addresses or less. IPv6 released in 1998. Windows 10 will be "rolling out in waves", not everyone will get it on launch date Source 1: linustechtips.com - windows 10 will be rolling out in waves no OP: Bouzoo Source 2: blogs.windows.com Starting on July 29, MS will start rolling out Windows 10 to Windows Insiders. Then they will start notifying reserved systems in waves, slowly scaling up after July 29th. Each day of the roll-out, they will listen, learn and update the experience for all Windows 10 users. If you reserved your copy of Windows 10, MS will notify you once their compatibility work confirms you will have a good experience, and Windows 10 has been downloaded on your system. Plex forums compromised - hackers gained IP addresses, passwords, and more Source 1: linustechtips.com - plex forums compromised hackers gaine OP: Topwargamer Source 2: droid-life.com - plex forums and blog hacked user credit card data s The hacker could access IP addresses of users, private messages, email addresses, and encrypted forum passwords. Allowed a hacker to access its forum and blog server. Plex states that user credit card data is not stored on their servers All Plex needs you to do is change your password Reddit Drama Source 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop - Outline Story Source 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop - Initial Statement Source 2: https://www.reddit.com - IAMA Mod Statment Source 3: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3c0hcz/welcome_back/ Source 4: https://www.change.org At 5pm UTC 02/Jul/2015 the sub-reddit /r/IAMA (a default subreddit) was made private. This means no-one could view content on the subreddit. The following sub-reddits followed suit: https://np.reddit.com/r/GoldTesting/comments/3bypzz/amageddon_tracking/ Some subreddits of note: /r/AskReddit, /r/funny, /r/Books, /r/science, /r/Music, /r/gaming, /r/history, /r/Art, /r/videos, /r/gadgets, /r/todayilearned, /r/Documentaries, /r/LifeProTips, /r/jokes, /r/pics, /r/Dataisbeautiful, and /r/movies /r/IAMA mod ‘Victoria’ was unexpectedly let go from her position with Reddit. /r/IAMA mods were not notified of the move. The admins didn't realize how much /r/IAMA mods relied on Victoria. /r/IAMA mod /u/karmanaut: “We've had situations where agents or others have tried to do an AMA as their client, and Victoria shut that shit down immediately.” /r/IAMA was made public again. The event spoke to a bigger issue the mods have been dealing with for a long time; this was just the straw that broke the camel's back. Mods have been getting increasingly upset over the admins not keeping them or the users in the loop as much as the mods believe they should have. Going forward, they hope to get a better relationship with the admins iPhone 6S leaks - exterior is identical to the 6 Source 1: linustechtips.com/iphone-6s-leaks… OP: Nineshadow Source 2: 9to5mac.com/revealed-iphone-6s-will-look… Apple is preparing the S for Fall 2015 preserves the exterior design of 6 (same thickness/width) the space grey is even the light grey we saw on the 6, not the dark grey seen on the Watch we have yet to see the 6S Plus body, so there is a potential for more significant changes on that model new mounting points on the interior for the new logic board no dual-lens camera on the 6S (was rumored before) antenna lines are still there even though Apple recently applied for a patent on a technique to hide them - perhaps something we will see on the 7 same connectors, speakers, microphones more to come soon on the internals… Facebook set to become a “serious YouTube competitor” Source 1: linustechtips.com/facebook-becomes… OP: jos Source 2: recode.net/youtube-beware-facebook… Facebook set to start sharing ad revenue with content creators currently offering to creators like “NBA, Fox Sports, and Funny or Die” set to begin this Fall first time Facebook has done a rev share for video ads going to run the same revenue split as YouTube (55/45) Facebook claims they can get more eyeballs than YouTube by being a social network first and video platform second “those people don’t need to be following your Facebook page either.” Rapid Fire News Topics MasterCard Selfie Pay Source 1: linustechtips.com/mastercard-selfi-pay… OP: jos Source 2: money.cnn.com/mastercard-facial… set to start “experimenting with the new program” in the Fall “The new generation, which is into selfies… I think they’ll find it cool. They’ll embrace it,” said Ajay Bhalla of MasterCard need to have the MasterCard app to use the feature push notification will ask you for authorization after you pay for something can choose between fingerprint and facial recognition facial recognition requires you to blink once, which would prevent a thief from using a picture to fool the app some are saying this is “awful” from a privacy standpoint, even though Mastercard claims they are only holding 1’s and 0’s, not photos or fingerprints HTML5 Chat is live on Twitch.tv Source 1: linustechtips.com/html5-chat-is-live… OP: nixter1029 Source 2: blog.twitch.tv/html5-chat-is-live kicked off on June 30 big upgrade over previous flash-based chat chat loads nearly 4x faster chat uses fewer CPU resources nothing needed to upgrade - automatically enabled if you’re using a Websocket-capable browser

Im thinking of upgrading (or most likely building a new rig) before it's release early next year, does anyone know/guess what kind of hardware i would require to run Ultra settings at the lowest cost ? current system: core2quad Q6600, 6gb ddr2, radeon hd 6870