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This might a bit too of a niche topic for most of Linus Tech Tips audience, but some still might find it interesting. There will be a coreboot hackathon on 17th of November (in 3 weeks), in Bochum, Germany. It will last over the entire weekend (until Sunday 19th). FYI: coreboot is open-source firmware (BIOS or UEFI) replacement Free snacks and drinks during the entire period. Number of tickets is limited. Ordinary ticket costs 20 Euro, for students only 10 Euro.

Congrats to All! LTT got 3rd place overall in this year's Pent! Welcome to the 2023 Pentathlon Dates: 05 May 2023 00:00 UTC - 19 May 2023 00:00 UTC https://www.seti-germany.de/boinc_pentathlon/start.php The Pentathlon is an annual event for several BOINC teams to compete across five disciplines (five different BOINC projects) to gain points and win medals. Several teams, but only one team comes out as the winner. The event last for over two weeks. If you up to the challenge, come on and join the team in competing in the pentathlon and see if your hardware can handle the heat. Team Name: LinusTechTips_Team Contacts: @Ithanul - Can also be contacted over on the LTT Discord What is BOINC?: https://linustechtips.com/topic/151235-official-ltt-boinc-faq-guide/ Events: Obstacle Run - Completed Team placed 3rd - Won Bronze Project: Yoyo@Home - ECM and ECM P2 Website: http://www.rechenkraft.net/yoyo/ Resource Usage: CPU Start: 05 May 2023 00:00 UTC End: 19 May 2023 00:00 UTC User Provided Setup Guide: Yoyo@Home Setup Guide - provided by @GOTSpectrum Javelin Throw - Completed Team placed 8th Project: SRBase - all subprojects except TF Website: https://srbase.my-firewall.org/sr5/ Invite Code: pillepalle Resource Usage: CPU Scoring: Third best Throw is used for event ranking 1st Throw: 07 May 2023 00:00 UTC - 08 May 2023 00:00 UTC 2nd Throw: 08 May 2023 00:00 UTC - 09 May 2023 00:00 UTC 3rd Throw: 10 May 2023 00:00 UTC - 11 May 2023 00:00 UTC 4th Throw: 11 May 2023 00:00 UTC - 12 May 2023 00:00 UTC 5th Throw: 13 May 2023 00:00 UTC - 14 May 2023 00:00 UTC City Run - Completed Team placed 2nd - Won Silver Project: PrimeGrid - AP27 Website: http://www.primegrid.com/ Resource Usage: GPU Start: 08 May 2023 00:00 UTC End: 13 May 2023 00:00 UTC User Provided Setup Guide: PrimeGrid Setup Guide - provided by @etv24 Cross Country - Completed Team placed 5th Project: Einstein@Home Website: https://einsteinathome.org/ Resource Usage: GPU Start: 14 May 2023 00:00 UTC End: 19 May 2023 00:00 UTC Sprint - Completed Team placed 3rd - Won Bronze Project: NumberFields@home Website: https://numberfields.asu.edu/NumberFields/ Resource Usage: GPU/CPU Start: 13 May 2023 00:00 UTC End: 16 May 2023 00:00 UTC Bunker Technique An advance technique used during the Pentathlon to hold a large amount of WUs (Work Units) before a discipline start date. Windows 7/8/10 Linux (conformed for Ubuntu and Mint) - if anyone else manage to get this to work on other Linux branches, please ping me or Ben so those can be added to the list. Ensure to sign on forum to be entered for any prize draws for this event https://forms.gle/M9XKNewc4GuJNMpW8 Prize draw is random for all active participants. So, regardless of power or work done, the prizes will be announced and then must be claimed via DM on the forum Prizes 10 x 100USD LTTStore discount codes 3 x 20USD Steam gift cards Dragon Art Piece - provided by @Ithanul

So the forst project for the Pent is YoYo@home, in this case you must run ECM or ECM P2 Work Units. This mean the first think you need to do is set your preferences on the site. log into your account here, https://www.rechenkraft.net/yoyo/home.php or create an account with the project here on the boinc manager then log in.. Make sure to set your team to LTT. Next you want to Edit preferences here. You want to make sure you have these two ticked. Finally, run the project. To bunker, simply set your client to turn off networking after it has downloaded WUs. I suggest using the Advanced view, it makes it easier. My Compute preferences Go to the network settings tab and set it like this to enable to download WUs Finally, when you have a good number of WUs in the list downloaded make sure to disable all networking in the activity menu.

Setting Up PrimeGrid (excited to smash that GPU harder then the like button) Enter Advanced View Add Project -> Select PrimeGrid from the list (Then either use your existing account or make a new one (use the same email you use everywhere with BOINC) Select the prime grid project then Preferences -> Choose edit preferences near the bottom of the page. In the first section select any and all hardware you will be using (in my case NVIDIA GPU (and CPU if you want) Select these same devices under applications for the AP27 project -> UNSELECT ALL OTHER HARDWARE FOR ALL PROJECTS! THEY WILL NOT GET YOU POINTS. Save Your Settings. Back in BOINC manager select PrimeGrid again then Reset Project then Update to flush out any non AP27 projects and load in new ones.

Hello, I encounter specific problems since february update of Windows. Event Log was a mess and couldn't find what the problem was, so I just reinstalled windows keeping apps and files. Now I encountered a blue screen, which is new. The problem: In every somewhat heavy load game, the game just randomly closes without any errors. Just freezes and "Alt+F4" itself out. I think it has to do with one of these things: -Windows files corrupt (Would be weird, since I reinstalled windows) - Faulty Hard Drive (I don't even use that one for OS or gaming) -Razer Kraken TE driver or program interference Can someone help me troubleshoot? Thanks in advance! Logging.evtx Logging_1033.MTA

Summary In the middle of the morning, Siri was updated a bit too early on the backend announcing Apple's next hardware event on 4/20, where we expect to see a new iPad Pro with a miniLED screen, 5G, and an A14X similar to the power of the M1, possibly a new iPad mini, the long rumored Airtags, and maybe even the next Apple Silicon device -- a redesigned colorful iMac. Quotes My thoughts It is quite fitting that this leak saga ended with Apple prematurely leaking the event themselves. Could honestly care less about anything other than the rumored iMacs. iPad Pro with the same rehashed design and an M1? Boring. Call me when they put Final Cut or XCode on it. Expensive Tile clones? No thank you. Apparently these iMacs will come with the M1X, which is rumored to have double the HP cores, making it an actual competitor to high-end Ryzen and, well I would say Intel, but the M1 was already beating intel chips with half the cores. The single core performance on these M1s are already top of the line - even being on par with Zen3. With 8 high performance cores? I seriously cannot wait for LTT to benchmark it. They will also apparently have double the GPU cores. So I think people were saying the M1 had similar performance to a GTX1050? Assuming it scales linearly, wouldn't that make it around the same performance as a 1060 3GB? But my main question about these iMacs is RAM. While this iMac may not be replacing the iMac Pro (only the 23" is rumored for "imminent" release), the 27" definitely is. And it is much more cost effective to have socketed ram than it is to have soldered ram. And then we get to the Mac Pro coming most likely in Mid-2022. If they want to at least meet the Intel Mac Pro, they would have to package 1.5TB of RAM into the SOC. Now its very Apple-like to actually do that and then pass the cost onto the consumer, but sockets would make much more sense, as they learned with the iMac Pro and the Mac Pro (and even the Mac Mini). Is the M1X where we see socketed RAM? But again as for the release date, this is my own speculation based off of other reports that the M1X iMacs are "ready". It is likely they may hold off until WWDC, which has also been announced, but is usually focused on software. Funny how Apple announced WWDC 69 days before the event date, and is now hosting a 4/20 Apple Event. Seems like there could be a joke in there somewhere. Sources Siri Reveals Apple Event Planned for Tuesday, April 20 - MacRumors

Apple’s Peek Performance event is over, and now that M1 Ultra is out of the bag, we now know that Macs are getting the chiplet treatment. What does it mean for PCs? And what about the Studio Display?

Galaxy Unpacked August 2021 summarised: Galaxy Z Fold3: -Starts at $1799 (256GB); Snapdragon 888(everywhere) with 12GB RAM -IPX8 Water Resistant -120Hz in both displays -Under display camera -A new "taskbar" to access your recent and pinned apps and OneUI 3 is more optimized for Galaxy Z Fold3 and Galaxy Z Flip3 -Corrosion resistant material for the hinge for water resistance -S Pen Fold Edition, with rubber tips and springs inside -S Pen Pro, with a "Z Fold" mode with a physical switch -Available in Silver, Black, Phantom Green Galaxy Z Filp3: -Starts at $999 (128GB is the base model, not 256GB unlike last year) -Improved Hinge and is IPX8 Water Resistant -120Hz refresh rate on the inside -Secondary display on the back upto 4x larger -No charger in the box (same for Z Fold3) -Galaxy Z Flip3 and Galaxy Z Fold3 both come with the Snapdragon 888 Chip no matter where you live -Available in Cream, Green, Lavender, Phantom Black Galaxy Buds2: -Available from $149 on August 27 -Based on/Upgraded Galaxy Buds Live -Better ANC Galaxy Watch4 & Galaxy Watch4 Classic: -Watch4 available from $249 and Watch4 Classic at $349, available on August 27 -A new operating system combined with Tizen OS and Wear OS called OneUI Watch -You don't need a Galaxy device for Galaxy Watch4 -Improved sleep tracking data on the Samsung Health app -Better body composition analysis The official Samsung livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7ixp-XwqGI Other videos [English]: Marques Brownlee: Galaxy Z Fold3, Galaxy Z Flip3 Linus Tech Tips: Galaxy Z Fold3 Mrwhosetheboss: Galaxy Z Fold3 Dave2D: Galaxy Z Fold3 & Galaxy Z Flip3 Unbox Therapy: Galaxy Z Fold3, Galaxy Z Flip3, Galaxy Buds2 & Galaxy Watch4 SuperSaf: Galaxy Z Fold3 & Galaxy Z Flip3 Shane Symonds: Galaxy Buds2 Flossy Carter: Galaxy Buds2 CNET: Galaxy Z Flip3 Tech Spurt: Galaxy Watch4 & Galaxy Watch4 Classic Engadget: Galaxy Watch4

Microsoft’s poorly-kept secret was let out of the bag early – Perhaps intentionally. But how much did we REALLY learn before today’s announcement? And did we learn anything today? Windows 11's official landing page: https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows/windows-11

Mumbai's First Ever Gaming Event and Expo is taking place on the 22nd and 23rd of April 2017. Spread the word! Gear up for TGTX 2017 Follow @EventsBuddha on Twitter ( https://www.twitter.com/eventsbuddha )Follow The Gaming Technology Expo on Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/The-Gaming-Technology-Expo-131... )For more information

Just went to go look at their site and came across there home page title screen. Another countdown timer lol. http://www.nvidia.com/page/home.html not sure if everyone sees it. I thought they were going to wait it out until Vega

Just a simple question, does anyone know where and when 100 Thieves will be competing? I am watching the CWL Atlanta Open right now and I don't see 100 Thieves anywhere. I love Nadeshot and I love 100 Thieves but Nadeshot hasn't said anything about them for a long time and I haven't heard anything about them from other channels. Are they still a team or what?

I really hope I'm not the only person on this forum who is exited for the apple event today. I have been looking forward to this event for a while now and was disappointed when the didn't release anything in the fall, or at the iPhone event. I have been saving for a MacBook Pro 15in for a while. I do a lot of video editing and yes, I know i could build a PC, but all the people I work with use macs so, yeah. I really hope they don't put a trash graphics card in it like last year. I hope the do something like an RX480m or what ever they call it. Who else is excited and what do you hope to see. And hopefully we can keep the thread going long enough that we can follow with the event late to day. BTW, don't start a flame war.

So I'm looking to organize a large-r LAN party to raise money for Child's Play and my end goal is to get about 40-50 people at one event center. My problem is that I've never handled the logistics for anything to this scale before and if anyone has done so in the past, what are your pointers and recommendations? If I can kick this off and be successful, I'd like to keep ramping it up and get bigger over time. Thanks in advance for the help!

So, this is my unbiased review (But what review isn't bias?) of the going on's of LTX 2017! For those who either couldn't, didn't go! First some things about me: I've watched Linus's tech related video's since the time he was still working under NCIX, i'm not a major fan of LMG or Linus himself, i simply watch them because i work in web design, they are informative, tech related and i like especially nowadays on the WAN show how up-to date things are and the conversations of market and business that occur. Again, i'm not a major fan. I decided to go alone because it was A. Saturday and i had nothing else better to do. B. I figured it'd be cool and i'de see some tech that's way out of my price point and C. I wanted stickers to throw on my case and D. (The big one) I WANTED TO SEE THE LAMBO! E. I might meet some tech-orient people. Entering the event: The event happened at Langley Events Centre in Langley, British Columbia. This was a 20 minute drive for me from Surrey, i showed up 5 minutes after the gate opened and the first thing before you entered... THE LAMBO! The MAIN reason i decided to come! It was sitting there, valiantly, in all of it's glory and it's ding on the left front of the bumper and the dirt inside on the floor mats! They just left it there open, the back, doors, everything was open and it didn't seem like a problem to hop in it and take a picture in. It was everything i expect and more. Apon entering you got a single Raffle ticket for the end of the event to a HUGE AMOUNT OF STUFF THEY WERE GIVING AWAY! Entering the event into the bowl/ice rink of the Events Centre was the joked about BALL IT! It was glorious, without any P in it, but perhaps some uncertain bodily fluids. When i seen this, i chuckled out loud and stared at it for a couple of moments. To the left was a silent auction of various different items from the LMG facility and past videos / projects. The plasidip build they did, an SMG gun, two Barracuda HDD's, one dipped in oil in a previous video, another a 10TB, some of the fun things like the Linus Statuette they have had around that doesn't even really look like linus, and the RGB Shades they made in the past. You put your bid on a list to be paid at the end of the event. To your right was a VR Booth with Luke overseeing it and a SICK desk next to it with Taran's video editing setup. (He was doing tutorials i believe.) and next to that was... Are you ready? THE 16K GAMING SETUP! With 16 panels! You could get in line and get a couple minutes on it playing some games, interesting stuff! Past that was a Mouse Tossing booth (Free Geek) Just your average ball toss, but with MICE! It was Destructive and fun, if you got all the bottles you'de get a prize (Mice and broken plastic flying EVERYWHERE.) An Asus CSGO Booth with setups for people to play csgo together. I was highly disappointed tho that Asus wasn't showcasing any of their products, just some ROG stickers and just setups for CSGO. A Corsair Booth with some of their Keyboards, Mice and their glorious cases on display (LOTS OF RGB. DID I SAY RGB?) A Zotac VR Booth (Single rig, didn't have ANY of they're products on display.) A Razer booth, much like the Corsair Booth, just entirely focused on their mobile laptop / hybrid products, but with some Overwatch rigs (Razer laptops) for people to play on and a single VR setup. There was also a little table for people to make LMG related memes via photoshop, not sure what they actually did with those but people did so ALL DAY, many of them as i passed by looking, were quite entertaining. An iFixit booth, they were selling their iFixit kits, and had plent of free swag. They were handing out their "Jimmy" tool for free, a tool you can use to jimmy open things with! A BS Mods booth, they only had one of their builds on display unfortunately, but the rest of the booth was dedicated to tutorials on making Tubes for watercooling, you could even make your own curved tube! A Geoguesser booth, sort of a casual thing where everybody would play Geoguesser. A Scrapyard Wars tent / chill area with bean bag chairs you could chill in and watch some Scrapyard Wars related videos on a tiny crappy cloth vinyl screen. The Lambo booth wasn't a booth, the Lambo was just outside (Probably a good thing.) Hamster Ball Didn't happen, it was replaced with what seemed to be a bigger bungee race game (No rewards from what i understand, but it looked FUN.) A jousting arena, it wasn't really "JOUSTING" like you might think, but a foam pole battle arena. (No rewards, but it looked FUN.) A SUMO Game arena, pretty self explanatory (No rewards from what i gather, but again, looked FUN.) The CASE TOSS! You threw cases that began full at the start of the event, furthest 5 throws of the day got free, SICK cases! Although, i think this was a bit unthought of because as the day went on, the cases that kept getting thrown got lighter and lighter (Cause things were flying off them like no tomorrow.) So the people who mostly threw cases near the end of the event ended up on the top 5, and they started taking the lighter built cases away (Because they broke sooner.) So only the heavy, sturdy cases survived and compressed their mass. Still, this was a highlight and was incredibly fun and destructive. Although i think everybody was a little bit concerned as their were some moments where people almost got knocked out by flying cases that went out of bounds, notably at one moment a case at full force almost dropped on somebodies head, landing inches behind him. Funny, he didn't notice as he was sipping his coffee and didn't even realize i don't think. The CASH GRAB Game. This was the only other way of getting more raffle tickets, basically you got in a wind chamber and tried grabbing raffle tickets flying all around you amongst fake money flying around. (Although half-way through if you asked the VIP area, they'd give you a couple free raffle tickets because they were supposed to get rid of them to avoid the raffle having too many non-owned ticket numbers.) The line for this was super slow, everybody apparently got 15 seconds, but you'de be in this line for 20, 30 minutes. It was popular, but was the slowest moving line in the event. Honestly tho, i had the most fun with this not because of the raffle, but just how fun and frantic it was. What i Did: I wasn't very interested in the games, overwatch or CSGO as they aren't really my cup of tea. I went mostly for the manufacturer Booths, and to see some cool setups. The booths were quite bare of products to see, which was a little disappointing, as were my hopes of seeing cool system builds as there just wern't many at all at this event. I spent a good amount of my time at the event playing the cash grab, which i enjoyed, watching the team make video's on-site and throwing some mice and cases at the toss booths, i wasn't totally interested in the couple competitions they offered, but sorta still wanted to do for fun and there wasn't a lot of guidance on as to when competitions happened. There was supposedly a heatsink installation competition, a keycap swap competition and a couple others, but there wasn't a Itinerary or even paper event schedule at this event. I would of liked to of competed in these things, but didn't really have any guidance for things. I enjoyed watching Taran edit video's however, and got in a big line apon arriving to meet Luke. (Probably the longest line at the entire event near the beginning.) The only guidance was that their was some banner ads on the center's / sports bowl overhead display that rotated with the main Panel times. (Stage panel times.) Before the panels, i met Luke and got a nice picture with him. Had a nice little chat, he's a very nice guy and was radiating at the event from start to finish going around chatting to just about everybody, near the start of the event Taran was going around doing the same, another really nice dude. Linus was doing much the same near the middle and ends of the event, another pretty swell guy. I ain't a huge fan as i said, so i kept the chat pretty short and let them enjoy their "Big Day." I probably had a short chat with everybody on the team, everybody was pretty high morale and really stoked to have everybody want to talk to them and be here at the event. Later on i had a short chat with linus and met him after over half the panels, he's pretty cool and was exactly as he sort of is in his video's. I was actually pretty surprised that Luke and Dennis got most of the attention at the event. Onto the Panels, another major reason i came. Panels ( Stage ): The first panel that started was a little rough... and by a little, really set the tone of the event which was a very casual, laid back, maybe even "Winged" tone. The first panel was an AMD Unboxing. Linus had audio issues from the start as they seemed to of been using a very underpowered P.A (I couldn't really see what they were running mix through, but it was BAD!) Your usual event panel stuff, a big welcoming, some back story of certain things. If you wern't in the first 3 rows (And there was some REALLY LIMITED SEATING ON THE FLOOR!) you couldn't hear a DANG WORD. The video / projectors at the event were also very bad quality, these cloth sort of projector sort of things you'de see in an office conference, but even then i've seen many better conference screens, you could see them, but they were bad... just.. really bad. The first panel started with some audio issues, and a lot of people joking in the audience about the "Production Values" but, Linus and the crew were pretty good with actually conducting the panels, although during the first panel the camera team with their 100K+ value cameras were blocking pretty much half the rooms ability to actually see what Linus was unboxing, i'm a short guy and i can honestly say throughout the entirety of the unboxing i couldn't see a single thing other than linus and his face, not what he was working on as their wasn't any side video panels or close-up panels for people who stood further back unless you were RIGHT UP AGAINST THE STAGE. I will say, Linus handled himself very well despite all these issues and actually held a very good set of panels, trying to engage the audience the best he could. And even said to me he was nervious when i spoke to him later and a bit on-edge due to the issues. As a musician of 14 years, for somebody who was nervous on a stage. I'de say he handled it all quite splendidly. So, what did the first panel consist of? Well, some really interesting stuff. Linus unveiled... AMD VEGA! (A special edition to boot!) And an alienware build consisting of... *Gasp* THREADRIPPER AND AMD VEGA! he even ran it through cinebench and the team did the cabling on THE SPOT. Although the audio was on the verge of unrecognizable words half the time unless i totally focused on his lips, and i couldn't actually SEE anything past the camera team, so i unfortunately still don't know the cinebench score. But, the task manager stats were pretty cool. Included is shots of the alienware system with vega and threadripper, luckily they realized most people couldn't see past the 50 people able to be up front near the stage and let everybody come up and see it at free-will. After the first panel, audio issues were fixed... a little... they seemed to of just cranked their system to fix it, but throughout the entire event audio was a major, major issue being far too low. I think they also realized the camera team was blocking a majority of the viewing and stood back for the rest of the panels, switched gear to a multi-phone camera setup for the on-floor stuff and some other things. They did a Q&A inbetween and one of the questions was "What's the most expensive thing you've ever broken linus?" and Luke and Linus sort of started discussing how Linus drops a lot of things, but breaks few. The second panel was a Razer Blade 4k unboxing, just a Razer Blade in every sense of the specs with a nicer screen. But, this was a highlight as Linus decided to unveil the Blade in a very funny manner... Putting the box on it's side, slowly prying off the black lid and trying to get it to "Fall off and leave the laptop in the box" for dramatic effect. This worked actually... but then... guess what guys, THE RAZER BLADE 4K CAME CRASHING TO THE STAGE FLOOR. Linus was embarrassed, people were yelling at him "DROP IT, DROP IT" for the entirety of the panels and you could just see his misery in that moment as it actually happened, as we all lul'd and cheered the hardest the crowd ever did the entire night. People LOST IT. He lifted the blade like simba and hit the power button, a moment of fear as he might of been thinking "This thing better still work..." Before this, Linus unveiled a custom RAZER TOASTER. Yes, a toaster that makes Toast with the RAZER LOGO. He joked and joked not to blow up Razer's social media while providing the hashtags and names to do so. Linus threw pre-toasted toasts in bags at the audience, Funny. This toaster was over at the razer booth for the rest of the event, slowly making toast. Although you could only get a toast if you played Overwatch at the razer booth due to them not pre-toasting very much. Later in the other panels was mostly just some unshowed footage, linus talking about the past of LMG and sharing some stories of different things, Fan material. Good stuff. Throughout the panels there was LOTS OF SWAG being thrown to people, RGB Strips and controllers, Lanyards, T-shirts, Stickers, the crowd knocked each other over a few times trying to grab them in the chaos. But i'm gonna emphasize this, lots of swag was thrown. End and Raffle: The end had Linus hitting the floor to enjoy some of the event games for himself and later him going around doing video's on-site. Channel Super Fun was out doing videos near the later half of the event doing all sorts of stuff. The raffle began and man, this was a RAFFLE. We're talking 3 1060's, some 1070's, a 1080ti, (All stock models) a titan XP, 4, 5 SICK CASES, a 1050 watt PSU, SICK HEADSETS, SICK RGB MECH KEYBOARDS, SICK MICE, a flippin ASUS ROG PG279Q 165hz monitor and a large number of radiators, some 570 AMD GPU's, the swag was SWAGGING (I didn't win anything despite having 8 raffle tickets, but this was still a very fun moment.) Dennis even threw his OWN PERSONAL BACKPACK into the crowd. Swag was Swagging. Did i mention SWAG? Battery banks too! Dennis was the HYPE MAN the entire tossing/panel section. People were going nuts for Dennis the entire time. Linus also admitted they didn't have enough time to toast enough of the Razer Logo Bread and that his wife went to Costco and bought too much bread and started tossing LOAF AFTER LOAF of white bread into the crowd! On exit of the event, i realized that somebody, while everybody was inside ended up using a marker and put a Dbutt meme on the Lambo's back window. (Lol) Conclusion: This was a very fun event for $30, and i'm glad i went. Although i had some issues sort of understanding some of the way the event was organized... or i guess.. Not organized. And some other such things i'll mention here, now know this is bias and i'm not knocking the event, it was very fun and the LMG Crew are incredibly nice and passionate people and the team was accommodating everybody who passed them, signed anything you asked on the spot and in general were handling everything very, very well. I tried interacting with people at this event and many were from outside canada, and i hope they had a good time despite the location of the sticks of langley. But most people didn't come alone and i found it was actually hard to communicate with a good portion of the audience as they were focused on the games, overwatch, csgo, or just waiting in lines to hop back into more lines to keep doing the same things over and over. There wasn't a social area really, and it was filled mostly with parents of kids who got dragged, etc. Not a big deal for me tho, i did have some nice conversations with people in lines, small talk and such. Although i will say that the kids at this event were... While mostly behaved during the raffle went way crazy, running by people, knocking into people, saying rude things unsupervised in the crowd when they didn't win and at all the panels rushed to the front. I was standing behind a man in a wheelchair in the center row during the last panel and had to sort of defend him from the swarms of 7 - 12 year old kids who were running back and forth trying to grab thrown swag off the ground and pushing a little bit too much' I ain't hating, i'm just saying. Where were some of these kid's parents? And all in all, this wasn't much of an issue, just a little bit... Strange. Linus and the team didn't follow any scripts really, winged the entire thing, which i applaud. Although i don't know how they oversighted a lot of the below issues i had with this event given how much time they were talking and planning this out. Cons I'de like to see fixed for LTX2018 Paper / Print Media: Itineraries, Schedules for competitions, ETC ETC like any organized event would. Proper Audio: You can easily go to Long & Mcquade, spend 15 -$40 CAD and rent a big, fat self-powered PA speaker. Heck, you can rent multiple passive speakers and a board and have an audio setup so loud that you'll have 1000watts of head room for the size of langley events centre. Just a single 1200W self-powered speaker would of been completely audible, front to back. Better Projectors / Video for people actually AT THE EVENT: The projectors i'm going to assume were provided by the centre, but it's not much of an excuse as again, you can cheaply rent better displays. Having close-up video / just some additional live-feed video panels could be a bit tricky for the main stage but again, i think the audio and video quality / issues are a bit... Well, it doesn't make any sense at a tech related convention of any size, especially when your using such expensive setups across the entire room and i know the team are passionate about these things. Why wasn't this planned / thought out? MORE PRODUCTS, WHERE WERE ALL THE PRODUCTS AND PRODUCT DISPLAYS?!: More products from the sponsors for some of us interested in the market, i know this isn't PAX and it is more of a meet-up than a tech convention, but i was slightly disappointed in how little there actually was to see, from the lack of custom rigs even at the BR booth, to the lack of displays and booths only having 6 - 7 products and not really any product demo's, just products sitting there on a table. MORE RIGS / SETUPS: The gaming booths for CSGO and Overwatch were only 4 rigs... 4 Rigs. Causing some long lines, and the VR setups at the razer / Zotac were singles, which is understandable. But i'de like to see if there's to be a repeat of this format some more setups and availability for people. Food: This was a 6 hour thing, and it's excusable, but there were 2 options for food, WHITE SPOT and if you left to the park side of the centre there was a single RAMEN STAND (Dang that ramen was TIGHT THO FAM) and the only reason the ramen stand was there was because there was a totally separate community event / market happening there. Surprisingly, nobody either at LTX or the market knew LTX or the market were happening / cross advertised and i don't think anybody even attempted. Bigger Isn't Better: I want more diverse attractions, smaller in size that could fit in the center over larger, space-restricting one's. I want more sponsors, or just more everything from a given sponsor of the event. The cash grab was fun, took very little space, the mice toss was fun, took very little space, the case toss while bigger, was super fun and didn't take up space. Maybe we can do a bit of a separation of the event next time with the bigger things outside to make up more room for the tech related things inside? I'm not sure, i'm just asking for more space to allow more of what awesome things were here at LTX2017 and to allow for some more interesting sort of attractions. This isn't a con as much as it is an idea. Pros and Things that are Awesome: The Crew was incredibly friendly, clearly enjoyed themselves highly and were full of energy. The attractions were incredibly fun, and created a very fun atmosphere even although i wasn't into some of them. The idea was executed well, despite some obvious lack of planning, and was very unique in it's blend of different attractions and activities. It was unscripted, very impulsive and really well handled outside of the cons and it was just in general, a very cool thing without any real strict restrictions of things. The Lambo and the idea of putting it outside, open, was super bad azz. It was amazing. Although i heard (Overheard) you guys left a $2,000 Red camera battery charger on the floor near the beginning, luckily nobody stole it i'm assuming. Also, NICE JUMPER CABLES LINUS! It in general, was pretty awesome. Nothing world-changing and maybe even a bit bland, but it was a very warm atmosphere and people were HYPED. And that concludes, my review of LTX 2017. I'm not a major fan, i've seen every tech-related video from LMG and i watch the WAN show all the time on youtube after it's uploaded. But i only watch because it's tech-related and it's pretty well written / the WAN show is very informative for me and there isn't a whole lot of other people who produce as much of this kind of content, and in a way i like. And for me going to this event, it made me feel pretty good. It really showed me how down-to-earth the team is. It really had a great vibe about it, the 16K Rig was NUTZ, and despite some issues and some disappointments, it get's a solid 7.5/10 from me based on enjoyment. I hope to see you all next year at LTX 2018! DROP ANOTHER PRODUCT LINUS! DO EET! Edit: I don't make reviews for a living, i don't review things publicly, i simply reviewed this (and it's my first review of anything actually.) for the people who didn't get to go / couldn't and to offer some suggestions for the next LTX. Had a good time, was a good event! Edit2: Added aftermath image credit to AcidReign for photo, edited it and also made relevant images smaller in size to allow for better readability (Although i know, my english skills lack.)

This post is for the peeps who are going to LTX2017 I would be down to get a group together after the event for a dinner or something around those lines. Anyone know a good place to migrate to after the event?

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My PC keeps freezing and event viewer only gives me this... The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID {8D8F4F83-3594-4F07-8369-FC3C3CAE4919} and APPID {F72671A9-012C-4725-9D2F-2A4D32D65169} to the user NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM SID (S-1-5-18) from address LocalHost (Using LRPC) running in the application container Unavailable SID (Unavailable). This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool. I did once follow a guide to fix this issue but that did not help, I also did re-install windows multiple times. Latest attempt was without upgrading from 8/8.1 and the issue returns after the anniversary update for Windows 10, keep in mind the PC never crashes like this while in Ubuntu so I suspect it is not a hardware issue in any way shape or form but I could be wrong? Also is there ANY known software that can cause this issue to appear? If so please inform me... PC specs: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/mK7pD8

We're not doing a video for this one so I'm just going to post in a few different places - we're hiring an Event Coordinator! See below for the posting. Reporting to the Business Development Manager, the event coordinator will assist LMG in planning and executing various projects and events, including our annual LTX expo. Duties Include: Engaging in planning meetings to brainstorm different creative ideas, and working with our team to bring those ideas to life Being proactive to ensure strides are being made towards these projects Working with our team and event partners to put everything together Working on-site at the events themselves Required: Previous event management experience Organized in nature, and charismatic Knowledge of technology and/or gaming Must have good communication skills A positive attitude Great problem-solving skills Ability to work with a team or independently Strong communication skills. To apply, fill out the form linked here: https://forms.gle/6RbvVmi4KyFHRysn9. You will be contacted via email within two weeks if you qualify to move on to the next stage

anniversary time gizmodo.co.uk allegedly got a major leak from a tech retailer about the upcoming Samsung galaxy flagship release event along with a few crispy details on the product price & it's whereabouts happening next year. The upcoming latest 10th anniversary flagship phone from Samsung for the next lineup for the year 2019 , the S10 series of flagship phones will will launch at a Samsung Unpacked event before Mobile World Congress 2019, on the 20th of February reportedly. The phone will be available for pre-order from that date, and will then be released on Friday the 8th of March. Product lineup 3 versions : Lite , Regular & Plus (S10 lite , Galaxy S10 & Galaxy S10+ ) Here are as much details i could pick up(took me almost an hour filtering through fake sites & somewhat authentic ones, no guarantees on the accuracy as everything is alleged by the source & it's sources) S10 Lite version will have a 5.8" curved screen. (rumored to be flat but other rumor sources say its a higher end one) pinhole camera at front allowing screen to curve around the camera edge as in recent front facing in screen camera design they did. packing 128GB of storage and would retail at around £669 (around $849 usd) micro SD & 3.5mm jacks & all the regular good stuffs for a premium price could not find battery details S10 Standard version will have a curved 6.1" screen with a choice of 128GB or 512GB storage 128GB priced at £799( around $1000) 512GB priced at £999 ( around $1200) could not find battery details S10 Plus version will have a 6.4" 1440 x 3040 flat screen with curved screen edge at bottom (or an alleged 6"7 screen according to an old rumor, tho that might be a note 10 version) alleged 12GB ram 3 cameras at rear at minimum or alleged 4 camera on the back & 2 front facing camera (totaling upto 6 camera in one phone) 3 camera setting in rear at 12MP f/1.5-f/2.4 variable aperture lens, a 16MP f/1.9 aperture lens with a 123-degree field of view, and a 13MP f/2.4 aperture lens. 128GB & 512GB & a whopping 1 TB storage 128 GB priced at £899 ( around $1140) 512 GB priced at £1099 (around $1400) 1TB priced at £1400 (around $1800 ) front facing DUAL camera code named Beyond X Front facing cameras are at top right corner & is cut into the screen as a notch ? glass metal back? could not find battery details, expect something around 4000mah or above alleged product image of S10 Plus Alleged design,feature & other details S10 Base version along with other models will have the Infinity O display, aka the doughnut or hole-punch design whereby a hole's made in the front of the screen to contain the selfie camera and avoid having a notch. An Ultrasonic in-display Fingerprint sensor which would scan the print in 3 dimension. Retina/IRIS scan removed , improved facial recognition instead Curved screen on 2 models & one flat with front facing pin hole camera at front on all One UI interface layered on top of android Pie 5G support even tho it hasn't been available publicly A Snapdragon 855 or Exynos 9820 chipset 3.5mm jack still intact at bottom edge Animojis improved . (please for the love of god delete this) Plus version allegedly has 1440 x 3040 resolution and a 19:9 aspect ratio. Dual lens in the Plus version is cut into the screen as a notch & not blended into the screen like a pin hole with screen curving around it. For me the S10 plus details are very interesting if it turns out to be true , samsungs been learning a lot from their past mistakes , it'll be interesting to see how this turns out, new light weight UI should improve battery & overall usability, What do you guys think? leave your comments & rants down below, how do you think the specs are & how trust worthy they are? leave a comment on that one too down below. Source : http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2018/12/samsung-galaxy-s10-launch-release-date-sizes-uk-prices/ https://www.techradar.com/news/samsung-galaxy-s10-plus-release-date-price-news-and-leaks https://thenextweb.com/plugged/2018/12/13/samsungs-galaxy-s10-will-reportedly-launch-on-february-20-and-cost-up-to-1765/ https://www.techradar.com/news/samsung-galaxy-s10

It's happening! Check out our blog post at https://www.ltxexpo.com/updates/2018/12/7/save-the-date-ltx-2019-amp-dreamhack-are-coming-to-vancouver for some juicy details. More to come soon.

Apple October "Hi, Speed" Event EDIT:UPDATED OCTOBER 9TH, 2020 There's some breaking news. Apparently, some items have been canned from the event. Both Twitter leaker Jon Prosser (74.5% accurate) and Kang (97.8% accurate) are BOTH saying that NO AirPods Studio OR AirTags are coming at this event. Had just JP said it then I would've just said to not expect it, but maybe his leaker was caught. But now that Kang has also said it (one of the most accurate leakers and probably is part of the team that watches the events beforehand after post-production), I've decided to update my post. God Damn, COVID-19 really did a number on their supply chain if they're pushing back products that are ready to ship. Like for example to tell you how bad it is, the iMac that was released in August 2020 was apparently ready back in April... If I edited something in, I gave the leaker their credit (If you see (Kang) or (JP) that's their leak, but if you see (Kang and JP), that's when both corroborate each other.) Apple announced their October Event today and I don't have a life, so I just wanted to round up all the leaks for items you can expect at the event on Tuesday. What to Expect Note: These are all still LEAKS AND RUMORS, and no spec/product I list here is *guaranteed* to come out on Tuesday. However, these are things very likely to come out. Don't get mad at me for getting ~$50 on a price wrong because the leak said so. What Not to expect My Thoughts NOTE: These were my opinions as of October 6th. Most of these products have changed in some way over the past few days. Sources

There has been a weird issue with me I am getting a intermittent black screen for 2-3 seconds and when this happens i can hear a Sound in my headphone that comes when you insert a usb or when window 10 boots up . I have pasted the Even logger below . Please help if anyone has faced and solved this issue before . Using Nvidia latest driver on gtx 1660 super. Fault bucket 2223637380541390350, type 5 Event Name: WindowsBlackScreenDiagnosticsV1 Response: Not available Cab Id: 0 Problem signature: P1: DWM P2: Unknown P3: ColorBits P4: Hotkey P5: 10.0.19041.1 P6: P7: P8: P9: P10:

I was wondering, is intel gonna be doing a showcase of the new cpus (coffe refresh) and if yes does any one have some idea when that would be!? want a 9900k and want to grab one!