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THE FIRST FATALITY IN AN TESLA IN AUTOPILOT MODE. A Tesla Model S with the Autopilot system activated was involved in a fatal crash, the first known fatality in a Tesla where Autopilot was active. The company revealed the crash in a blog post posted today and says it informed the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) of the incident, which is now investigating. The accident occurred on a divided highway in northern Florida when a tractor trailer drove across the highway perpendicular to the Model S. Neither the driver — who Tesla notes is ultimately responsible for the vehicle’s actions, even with Autopilot on — nor the car noticed the big rig or the trailer "against a brightly lit sky" and brakes were not applied. Because of the high ride-height of the trailer, as well as its positioning across the road, the Model S passed under the trailer and the first impact was between the windshield and the trailer. Tesla writes that if the car had impacted the front or rear of the trailer, even at high speed, the car’s safety systems "would likely have prevented serious injury as it has in numerous other similar incidents." "AUTOPILOT IS GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME, BUT IT IS NOT PERFECT AND STILL REQUIRES THE DRIVER TO REMAIN ALERT." Some autonomous driving experts have criticized Tesla for introducing the Autopilot feature so early, with a Volvo engineer saying the system "gives you the impression that it's doing more than it is." In other words, the car handles most situations so smoothly that drivers are lead to believe that the car can handle any situation it might encounter. That is not the case, and the driver must remain responsible for the actions of the vehicle, even with Autopilot active. Source: The Verge.

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Soundcloud Link: https://soundcloud.com/thewanshow/the-wan-show-kids-dont-play-enough-computer-games-october-2-2015 Timestamps courtesy of: Sam Tilling, Kiwiandapple, cloclo8003 and JJMC89 00:04:55 Kids are moving away from PC to mobile devices for gaming 00:15:00 Google event: Nexus 5X and 6P 00:24:45 Chromecast Audio 00:27:20 Yelp for people 00:35:55 Sponsor: Lynda.com 00:37:23 Sponsor: Squarespace 00:38:50 Sponsor: TunnelBear 00:40:40 New DDoS attack using smartphones mostly from China 00:42:05 T-Mobile data breach 00:44:33 By 2050, Human/Robot sex will be more common than Human/Human sex 00:50:00 Tesla unveils Model X 00:54:23 iFixit banned from App Store for Apple TV teardown. 00:56:03 AdBlock introduces acceptable ads program 00:57:55 Symetium: The no compromise smartphone 01:06:16 Amazon removes Apple TV and Chromecast from their site 01:08:42 YouTube to prepare premium subscription this October 01:10:22 Oculus VR will cost more than $350 (here's why) Main News Topics PC is no longer the number 1 gaming platform for children Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/457036-pc-is-no-longer OP: Bouzoo Source 2: npd.com/kids-move-away-from-home-computers… “Kids and Gaming 2015” report from NPD Group mobile gaming is now use most for gaming among kids aged 2-17 (63%) 45% of kids aged 2-17 are gaming on a home computer, down 22% since 2013 most pronounced decline within that group is within kids aged 2-5 consoles also saw a decrease, though not to the same magnitude portable consoles remain popular among the 9-11 age group (41% of kids that age) entry point to gaming is now seen as mobile, whereas it had been PC in past years “may be related to a change in the behavior of parents that are likely utilizing mobile devices for tasks that were once reserved for computers.” their findings are actually quite interesting due to the fact that the number of kids engaging in mobile gaming is not significantly higher than it was in 2013, but their time spent gaming on these devices is much higher average time spent per week is 6 hours physical games continue to command the highest average spend ($27) amount of money spent on digital games was $13, rising by an average of $5 age and gender do not affect the 2:1 ratio of physical:digital game spending males are more likely to spend the most, $54 on average, with female gamers spending an average of $36 20% indicated they are spending more on games and microtransactions than they were a year ago dollars spent on physical console games is roughly three times that of any other device - hand me down phones and mimicking parents likely huge factors Google Sep 29th Event: Nexus 5X/6P, New Chromecast, Pixel C Chromebook and Android 6.0 Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/458418-google-29th-event OP: jesper101996 Source 2: http://www.androidcentral.com/follow-our-google-event-liveblog Nexus 5X specs 5.2” IPS LCD, 1920x1080, Corning Gorilla Glas 3 Snapdragon 808, 2GB DDR3 RAM Stock Android 6.0 Marshmallow with Google Now on Tap 16GB and 32GB versions available (non-expandable) 12.3MP dual-LED flash camera, 2160p video capture, 5MP selfie camera Fingerprint sensor on the back USB Type C, Android Pay, Wi-Fi 802.11 AC, Bluetooth 4.2 stereo speakers on the front and 3 microphones 2,700mAh battery black white, and blue ships late october 16GB is $379, 32GB is $429 Nexus 6P 5.7” Samsung WQHD AMOLED display, 2560x1440, Gorilla Glass 4 screen takes up 74% of the device Snapdragon 810 v2.1, 3GB DDR4 RAM stock Android 6.0 Marshmallow with Google Now on Tap 32GB, 64GB, or 128GB storage (non-expandable) 12.3MP camera with dual-LED flash, 2160p video capture (30fps), 5MP selfie cam, f/2.0 aperture fingerprint sensor on back USB Type-C, NFC, Wi-Fi 802.11a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Bluetooth 4.2 stereo speakers on front 3450mAh battery silver, black, white, and gold ships late October 32GB is $499, 64GB is $549, 128GB is $649 both available for pre-order now in the US, UK< Ireland, and Japan at the Google Store and major carriers/retailers Android has 1.4 billion active devices, Google Play has over 1 billion active users Android pay working with various shopping and banking apps Android 6.0 new features faster access to voice activation charging speed indicator (estimate of how quickly a phone will charge) new window animations improved heads-up notifications faster scrolling and search on-device predictive app launching (learns your patterns and places apps you’re more likely to use in that time of day) run-time permissions less bloatware for Nexus lineup Nexus 5, Nexus 6, Nexus 7 (2013), and Nexus 9 will get Android 6.0 next week 5X and 6P come with 90 day free subscription to Google Play Music all Nexus pre-orders include $50 play credit “Nexus Protect” provides 2 years of protection for mechanical failure and accidental damage you send it back to them, they provide you with a loaner phone both will be available on Project Fi Google Play for families coming later this year Google Play Music Family Plan will be $14.99 per month for up to 6 people separate playlists for each account Chromecast Showtime is bringing all of its content to Chromecast SlingTV support will be available NBA, NHL, other partners coming this fall new entertainment family apps Chromecast has a new look with black, “lemonade,” coral, yellow, and red for colors integrated HDMI cable 5GHz W-Fi and new Wi-Fi antenna system priced at $35, available in 17 countries Chromecast Audio http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/10/01/chromecast-audio-review-you-can-just-throw-away-all-those-crappy-bluetooth-dongles-now/ brings Audio streaming to an existing home speaker plug into your speakers and you can stream directly supports multi-room Chromecast app has been redesigned new app discovery system, can search across apps to find your favorite shows and movies “Watch’s on” shows content from Google Play, YouTube, your own content and more shows everything supported by Chromecast Spotify now supported on Chromecast and Chromecast Audio New Pixel C Chromebook “C” for convertible 10.2 inches, 2560x1800 tablet inductively charges the keyboard from the tablet powered by Nvidia Tegra X1 and 3GB of RAM far-field voice input and 4 microphones to pick up noise $499 for the tablet, $199 for the keyboard, $599 for 64GB variant ‘Yelp for people’ app will let you ‘rate’ real-life human beings Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/459498-yelp-for-people Source 2: ew.com/peepele-app coming in November will be able to “review” friends, coworkers, romantic partners, etc. you do NOT have to sign in to the app to be rated one- to five-star rating scale co-founders Julia Cordray and Nicole McCullough insist the app exists to promote positive feeling “not a bullying platform” “As two empathetic female entrepreneurs in the tech space, we want to spread love and positivity.” in order to rate someone, you need to join the app through Facebook using your real name and be at least 21 years old to review someone else who is not on the app, you create a profile for them with their cell phone number they receive a text notification that they have been added to Peeple, but they will not have an option to remove their profile from the app if you don’t create a profile but others are rating you, only positive reviews will be posted once you register, negative reviews can be posted, but only 48 hours after being written so you have a chance to dispute them “People do so much research when they buy a car… why not do the same kind of research on other aspects of your life?” - founder New DDos attack uses smartphone browsers to flood site with 4.5bn requests Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/458380-new-ddos OP: jos Source 2: zdnet.com/new-ddos-attack-uses… suspected that a mobile advertising network has been used to DDoS a site with hundreds of thousands of smartphone browsers CloudFlare stated that one customer site was hit by 4.5 billion page requests over a few hours most from smartphone browsres on Chinese IPs Marek Majkowski of CloudFlare says that browser-based “Layer 7” flood attacks have been viewed as a theoretical threat for several years hadn’t become a reality until now due to difficulties in efficiently distributing malicious JavaScript the browser attack peaked at over 275,000 HTTP requests per second, 80% from mobile devices, 98% from a Chinese IP mobile versions of Safari, Chrome, Xiomi’s MIUI browser, and Tencent’s QQBroswer all used T-Mobile customers exposed in major Experian data breach Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/459906-t-mobile OP: SirNumbers Source 2: theverge.com/t-mobile-credit-check-data… Experian is one of the three major reporting bureaus in the United States breach revealed names, addresses, social security numbers 15 million Americans affected anyone who filed a credit check between September 1, 2013 and September 16, 2015 is affected unclear how many other companies were involved in the breach, but no banking or credit card information appears to have leaked social security numbers were being stored in ecrypted files, but that encryption may have been compromised Experian is in the process of contacting affected customers will offer 2 years of credit monitoring services to anyone affected “We are working with Experian to take productive steps for all of these consumers as quickly as possible,” T-Mobile CEO John Legere Experian holds credit data on hundreds of millions of Americans common target for scammers By 2050, human-on-robot sex could be more common than human-on-human sex Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/458783-by-2050 OP: jos Source 2: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/11898241/By-2050 speculated by futurologist Dr. Ian Pearson report was released in partnership with Bondara, one of the UK’s leading sex toy shops refers to the fact that vibrators (robotic sex toys) have been used for around a century, and that virtual reality porn is about to become mainstream speculates that by 2030, most people will have some form of virtual sex as casually as they browse porn today by 2035 the majority of people will own sex toys that interact with VR sex some forms of robot sex will appear in high-income, wealthy households as soon as 2025 robot sex to overtake human-human in 2050 leisure spending could grow by a factor of 5, sex market in 20 years could be 3 times bigger than today and 7 times bigger by 2050 UK sex toy market will account for over 1 billion pounds of spending claims that over a quarter of current internet searches are related to porn (does not specify what “related” entails) extrapolates that this means those searches will “almost certainly” be used for sex in the future sex toy market has been growing by 6% every year (does not specify for how many years) Dr. Pearson believes that, like porn, once many people begin using sex robots it will become normalised “A lot of people will still have reservations about sex with robots at first but gradually as they get used to them, as the AI and mechanical behaviour and their feel improves, and they start to become friends with strong emotional bonds, that squeamishness will gradually evaporate.” “While some people will enthusiastically embrace relationship-free robot sex as soon as they can afford one, as early as 2025, it won’t have much chance of overtaking sex with humans overall until 2050.” Tesla unveils the Tesla Model X Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/458520-tesla-model OP: SmittyShmee Source 2: http://www.teslamotors.com/modelx Source 3: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/458891-teslas-new-model-x “safest, fastest, and most capable sport utility vehicle in history” shares DNA with the top-of-the-line Model S P90D standard with all-wheel drive and a 90kWh battery providing 250 miles of range performance and standard models available (P90D and 90D) 7 seats zero to sixty in as little as 3.2 seconds!! same as a Koenigsegg CCX 4.7 V8 Supercharged (806 brake horsepower, 2 seater supercar) top speed is limited to 155 mph has the same “ludicrous mode” as the model S “D” variants falcon-wing doors that have been seen since the beginning allow the doors to open with as little as 12 inches on either side can tow up to 5,000 pounds New “bioweapon defense mode” button that incorporates the air filter (which is 10 times larger than a normal car’s air filter) that is designed to keep you safe in any situation when the air quality is questionable “When the car is operating at max capability we can’t even detect any viruses or bacteria or spores. It’s like zero that come through. If there’s every like an apocalyptic scenario or some kind… hypothetically… you just press the bioweapon defense button… this is a real button… Yeah, we’re trying to be a leader in apocalyptic defense scenarios.” - Musk during his presentation at the Model X unveil air quality in the car is “on the levels of a hospital room” Tesla claims the Model X is 300 times better at filtering bacteria, 500 times better at filtering allergens, 700 times better at filtering smog, and 800 times better at filtering viruses than other cars on the market the 90D starts at US$132,000 and the P90D starts at US$142,000 Ifixit banned from appstore and developer access for Apple TV teardown Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/459325-ifixit-banned OP: pit5000 Source 2: 9to5mac.com/ifixit-app-pulled-apple-tv… teardown after the teardown was published, Apple informed iFixit that they had violated the developer agreement, and their developer account which they used to obtain the device had been revoked since the iFixit app on the App Store was tied to that developer account, the app’s listing was removed with that app iFixit knew Apple could potentially take issue with the teardown, but decided it was important to do it anyway the team behind the app says they have no plans to re-release it at this time, and in some ways Apple may have done them a favor focusing on optimizing their website for mobile rather than upgrading apps Adblock extension begins whitelisting ‘acceptable ads’ Source 1: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2988838/software-web/adblock Source 2: http://uk.businessinsider.com/adblock-gets-sold-acceptable-ads-2015-10 adopted Eyeo’s (owner of Adblock Plus) acceptable ads whitelist decides which ads are acceptable to be placed on a whitelist simultaneously, AdBlock has been sold to an unnamed company move came about due to Eyeo distancing itself from management of the acceptable ads program Eyeo had previously caused controversy by accepting payment from some whitelisted ad companies - it seems this is no longer the case Eyeo insists that payment does not influence inclusion on the list, but to make that relationship more transparent, they are handing management of the whitelist to an independent board in the new year communications manager for Eyeo says they are not the buyer of AdBlock Samsung will pay your phone bill until 2016 if you buy a new Galaxy phone Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/456690-samsung OP: TopWargamer Source 2: http://www.droid-life.com/2015/09/26/buy-a-galaxy-and-samsung Source 3: http://promo.samsungpromotions.com/nopayments/ upgrading to a Galaxy S6, S6 edge, S6 edge+, or Note 5 through an installment plan on T-Mobile US, Sprint, Verizon, or US Cellular get 3 months of free service from Samsung AT&T is not included - not specified why also offering a special bonus of a $100 Google Play credit for those who currently own an iPhone and are thinking about making the switch to a Samsung device Rapid Fire Symetium: The no-compromise Smartphone PC Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/458557 OP: Canadian pig Source 2: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/symetium-the-no-compromis Source 3: http://symetium.com/ “phone that focuses on functionality and design” Snapdragon 820, 6GB of RAM, 64/128/256 GB of storage 5” OLED 1080p screen, 24MP rear camera and 5MP front camera 4000 mAh battery dual front-facing speakers, Bluetooth 4.0, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi and USB Type C heavily skinned version of Android 6.0 Marshmallow called Sysmetium funding goal on IndieGoGo of 1.25 million USD, so far they have raised $50,861 in 3 days (111 contributors) Laser Razor from Skarp Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/458383-laser-razor-from-skarp/ OP: jos Source 2: http://mashable.com/2015/09/28/skarp-razor-kickstarter/#ErUnSZJYgmqM Source 3: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/skarp/the-skarp-laser-razor-21st replacing blades with lasers uses a light wavelength that can cut any color of hair doesn’t emit UV, power of laser is too low to cause damage doesn’t enter the skin or cause complications that can happen from traditional laser hair removal can be used with water, but not necessary laser has a life of 50,000 hours and is powered by a AAA battery founder has been in the laser hair & skin treatment industry for 30 years Amazon banning sales of Apple TV and Chromecast Source 1: http://www.wired.com/2015/10/amazon-apple-tv-chromecast/ quietly informed marketplace sellers that as of October 29 they will no longer sell Google Chromecast or Apple TV currently the second- and fourth-best-selling streaming boxes on its digital shelves Amazon spokesperson: “Over the last three years, Prime Video has become an important part of Prime. It’s important that the streaming media players we sell interact well with Prime Video in order to avoid customer confusion.” did not mention the Fire TV and Fire TV Stick as the main contributing factors “For all that Amazon is dressing this up as providing the best customer experience, it certainly looks like an anti-competitive move, and goes against Amazon’s reputation as the ‘everything store,'” says Jackdaw Research CEO Jan Dawson YouTube to potentially announce its subscription service in October Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/456758-youtube-subscription OP: Thefireofwar11 Source 2: recode.net/youtube-is-prepping-its-subscription… industry sources say “they’ve been told” to expect a launch near the end of October content owners have been told through a blast email that they have to agree to new terms by Oct 22 or their “videos will no longer be available for public display or monetization in the United States” last Spring execs said they were aiming for a mid-Summer 2015 launch possible the launch date could keep slipping, even beyond 2015 speculated that YouTube also intends to bundle YouTube Music Key with their ad-free video service industry sources say Google has told them it intends to charge $10 a month for the combined offering, though that is tough to understand as the music service was said to cost $10 on its own Oculus VR will cost ‘more than $350’ Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/460238-oculus-rift-will-cost OP: drwiggles Source 2: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/why-oculus-rift-will-cost-more Source 3: http://www.roadtovr.com/oculus-founder-palmer-luckey Creator Palmer Luckey has confirmed that it will cost “more than $350” States reason is that it has much more tech than the DK1 and DK2 days Said he wants the headset to be the best it can be--even if this means it will carry a premium price tag Wants to set an example for all VR headsets PC Recommended Specs: GTX 970 / AMD 290 or greater Intel i5 - 4590 8GB+ RAM Compatible HDMI 1.3 video output 2x USB 3.0 ports required (required) Windows 7 SP1 or newer (required)

Tesla will officially unveil the Model X tonight along with pricing. Livestream starts at 8pm pacific time. http://www.teslamotors.com/modelx It'll probably be way too expensive for most of us, but it'll be interesting to see none-the-less.