April 29, 2016 - The WAN Show Document

[LinusTech]

 

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Main News Topics

 

Time Warner Cable Has Been Bought Out

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/587327-it-finally-happ OP: NateGSR117

Source 2: http://www.engadget.com/2016/04/25/time-warner-cable-charter-acquisition-approved/

• Purchased by Charter Communications

• The deal was estimated at $78 billion

• The US department of Justice approved and FCC chairman Tom Wheeler spoke in favor of the deal on Monday

  • Note: this still needs to be approved by the FCC itself - at this point, Tom Wheeler supports the acquisition but the FCC has not given official approval

• There are caveats to the deal

  • Charter is not allowed to impede access to streaming content

  • Not allowed to impose data caps or charge usage-based prices

  • Not allowed to charge interconnection fees

• Wheeler says that “All three seven-year conditions will help consumers by benefitting [online video provider] competition.” (Unclear what he means by seven-year conditions - can they impose data caps and impede access after 7 years is up?...)

• This also covers Charter’s purchase of Bright House Networks, a cable provider that has most of its market share in Florida, for $10.4 billion

 

Comcast Buys Out Dreamworks for $3.8 Billion (USD)

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/588794-comcast-buy OP: MDPS

Source 2: http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/28/media/comcast-dreamworks-nbcuniversal/index.html

• Company’s NBCUniversal division is acquiring DreamWorks Animation studio for about $3.8 billion

• Comcast expects the deal to take effect by the end of the year

• Comcast said DreamWorks “will become part of the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, which includes Universal Pictures, Fandango, and NBCUniversal Brand Development”

• NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke said “DreamWorks will help us grow our film, television, theme parks and consumer products businesses for years to come”

 

Hackers stole $80 million from a central bank because it had $10 switches and no firewall

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/586243-bank-hacked OP: ParanoidWallet

Source 2: http://uk.businessinsider.com/r-bangladesh-bank-expose

• Bangladesh’s central bank was vulnerable to hackers because it did not have a firewall

• Used second-hand, $10 switches to network computers connected to the SWIFT global payment network

• Shortcomings made it easier for hackers to break into the system earlier this year

• Head of the Forensic Training Institute Mohammad Shah Alam said “it could be difficult to hack if there was a firewall”

• Lack of sophisticated switches, means it is difficult for investigators to figure out what the hackers did and where they might have been based

• Police believe both the bank and SWIFT should take the blame for the oversight, Alam said in an interview

 

German Nuclear Plant’s Fuel Rod Software Swarming with Old Malware

Source 1: http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/german-nuclear-plants-fuel-rod-system-s

Source 2: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-nuclearpower-cyber-germany-idUSKCN0XN2OS

• Nuclear power plant of Gundremmingen 75 miles away from Munich has been harboring malware

  • Run by German utility RWE

• Didn’t pose a threat because the computer was not hooked up to the internet

• Viruses included “W32.Ramnit” and “Conficker”, were discovered at Gundremmingen’s B unit

• In a computer retrofitted in 2008 with data visualization software associated with equipment for moving nuclear fuel rods, RWE said

• Malware was also found on 18 removable data drives, mainly USB sticks, in office computers maintained separately from the plant’s operating systems

• RWE said it had increased cyber-security measures as a result

 

Google Patents Smart Lenses you Inject into your Eyes

Source 1: http://www.engadget.com/2016/04/29/google-patent-injectable-smart-lenses/

Source 2: Patent Filing

Source 3: http://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/#cde379c4141c

• Device is meant to replace your eye’s natural lens

• Injected in a solution that congeals and attaches to your lens capsule

• Mostly meant to correct poor vision

• Contains a number of tiny components

  • Storage, sensors, radio, battery and an electronic lens

  • Eyeball device gets power wirelessly from an “energy harvesting antenna”

• Patent describes what looks like an external device to interface with the eyeball computer

• Two will communicate through a radio and the “interface device” contains the processor to do the necessary computing

• Electronic lens would assist in process of focusing light onto the eye’s retina

• In 2014, Google talked about their contact lens which measured glucose levels in tears to help people with diabetes

• These lenses are now part of Verily, division under Alphabet

 

Apple Just Announced its Worst Quarter in Over a Decade

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/587495-apple-to-report-its-w OP: PhoenixArising

Source 2: http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/25/technology/apple-earnings/index.html?iid=h

• Due mostly to sinking iPhone sales

• Last time Apple’s sales fell year over year was the first quarter of 2003

• Currently, more than two-thirds of Apple’s revenue is made up of iPhone sales

• Last year in Q1, the iPhone 6 debuted in China, provided a big boost in sales

  • They released the 6s in China in September along with the US, and didn’t see the same boost

• Some good news

  • iPhone sales in India were up 56%

  • More people switching over from Android (so they say)

 

iPhone

Q1, 2015 = 61.2 million

Q1, 2016 = 51.2 million, down 16%

 

iPad

Q1, 2015 = 12.6 million

Q1, 2016 = 10.2 million, down 19%

 

Mac

Q1, 2015 = 4.6 million

Q1, 2016 = 4 million, down 12%

 

Nintendo NX to Launch March 2017

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/588012-nintend OP: Svnyster

Source 2: http://www.engadget.com/2016/04/27/nintendo-nx-launch-march-2017/

Source 3: http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/27/11516888/nintendo-nx-new-con

• Release window tweeted by Nintendo of America (See Link Here for Tweet)

• Zelda coming to NX and Wii-U.. Stripped down Wii-U version??

 

Rapid Fire

 

Intel Wants USB-C to Replace Headphone Jack

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/588094-intel-wants-usb-c-to-re OP: Alexp10v2

Source 2: http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/27/11516410/intel-usb-c-audio-no-headphone-jack

Source 3: http://www.anandtech.com/show/10273/intel-proposes-to-use-usb-typec-cab

• Intel has joined LeEco in discussing the advantages of the new USB-C connector as a replacement for the traditional headphone jack

• Detailed a proposal to “remove the 3.5mm audio jack from audio sources”

• Picture from IDF16 HERE

• USB-C can integrate digital-to-analog converter and amplifier right into their headphones

  • Can handle higher throughput data transfers, as well as charging capabilities

  • AnandTech points out that with the extra power and programmability, in ear headphones could be used to track health data like temperature

 

Nostalrius Response from Blizzard

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/forum/topic/20743584206

Pristine servers

Talking to nost

Nost says they’re going to blizzard HQ.. will have an update this weekend

 

Study Shows Western Canada Scores Low on Internet Performance

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/589092-shocking-breakthrou OP: Ryan_Vickers

Source 2: http://globalnews.ca/news/2668523/vancouver-scores-low-on

Source 3: https://cira.ca/sites/default/files/canadas-internet-performance-report.pdf

• According to report completed by the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA)

• Vancouver didn’t score well on Internet performance compared to other Canadian cities

Ranking of Canadian Cities’ Internet Access

• CIRA collected data from users’ across Canada in more than 126,000 tests to compile the report

• Canada ranks 13th out of 92 countries on the Berkman Center for Internet and Society’s Internet Monitor

 

Google Maps Van Spotted Speeding at 37mph in a 30mph Zone

Source 1: http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/665575/Google-M

Picture of Speed Indicator

• Google Maps could be in some trouble

• They may photographed the evidence with their own camera

• Pictures are still live on Google, from Glasgow

• Picture is from June, 2015

  • Spotted by Dutch cyclist named Twan va Duivenbooden recently

  • He tweeted the Google Maps image

  • “So it seems @google #Streetview car was doing 37mph on a 30mph street in #Glasgow #speeding

 

Samsung Pay Expanding; Now Lets you Withdraw funds from ATM Machines (Korea)

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/588359-samsung-pay-now-let OP: FirstArmada

Source 2: http://wccftech.com/samsung-pay-withdraw-funds-atm-machines/

• During the Samsung Developer Conference 2016, Samsung confirmed you will be able to withdraw funds from ATMs using the payment feature

• Currently available only in Korea

• Revealed support for Samsung Pay and membership cards, allowing users to redeem points for rewards

• Nathalie Oestmann, a Samsung executive in charge of Samsung Pay

  • Bringing its mobile-payments service to the following countries this year:

    • Australia

    • Brazil

    • Canada

    • Singapore

    • Spain

    • UK

• Currently, Samsung Pay is only available in South Korea, US and China, with Korea being the only region allowed to withdraw funds from ATMs

 

SpaceX Plans to Send its Dragon spacecraft to Mars

Source 1: http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/04/spacex-plans-to-send-its-dragon-spa

• Announced Wednesday that it intends to send an uncrewed Dragon spacecraft to Mars as early as 2018

• First step in company’s plan to one day land humans on Mars

• Initial test missions will help demonstrate the technologies needed to land large payloads on Mars

• Series of missions to be launched on company’s not-yet-completed Falcon Heavy rocket

  • Will provide key data for SpaceX as the company develops an overall plan to send humans to colonize Mars

• One challenge is that the atmosphere on Mars is so thin it provides little braking capacity

• SpaceX plans to use an upgraded spacecraft, a Dragon2 powered by eight SuperDraco engines to land using propulsion

• More details to be unveiled at the International Astronautical Conference from Sep 26th - 30th

Dragon 2 Propulsive Hover Test (0:46 Seconds Long)

Demonstrated back in January at its development facility in McGregor, Texas, USA

 

Windows 10 Hell: Live Weather Forecast Ambushed by Dreaded Pop-up

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/588807-well-publicised-proof OP: nobelharvards

Source 2: https://www.rt.com/viral/341275-windows-10-popup-weather-forecast/

• Meteorologist Matinka Slater of KCCI 8 News had the popup happen on Wednesday morning

Video (0:30 Seconds Long)

 

DeWalt Smartphone = MD501

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/586498-dewalt-now-making- OP: Stryder721

Source 2: http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/22/11489642/dewalt-md501-rugged-smartphone

• Dewalt has announced its first smartphone this week, the MD501

• Rated IP68 for water resistance (up to 2m of immersion for 30 minutes)

• 810G for drops (survives 2m drops to concrete)

• Can work in temperatures from -20 degrees up to 60 degrees

• Works with gloves, while being a full touchscreen device

• NOT manufactured by DeWalt

  • Manufactured by Global Mobile Communications

• Has LTE support (not for US networks?)

• 13MP rear camera

• 1.3GHz processor

• 2GB ram

• 5-inch 720p display

• 3950mAh battery

• Qi wireless charging

• Android 5.1 Lollipop

• No release date announced yet

 

Lenovo ZUK Z2 Pro Debuts with up to 6GB RAM, up to 10 health sensors

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/585357-lenovo-zuk-z2-pro- OP: GoodBytes

Source 2: http://www.neowin.net/news/lenovo-unveils-zuk-z2-pro-offering-6gb-of-ram-and-

Source 3: http://pocketnow.com/2016/04/21/lenovo-zuk-z2-pro-6gb-ram-health-sensors-official

Specifications:

• Comes with official iCloud support out of the box

• 6GB RAM

• USB Type-C

• Snapdragon 820 processor

• 3,100 mAh battery

• Support for quick charge 3.0

• Fingerprint sensor

• 13MP rear camera

• 8MP front camera

• 10 smart sensors that measure heart rate, UV radiation, and even blood oxygen levels

• Android 6.0 Marshmallow with Lenovo’s ZUI

• Phone comes with a standard model at 4GB RAM/64GB Internal Storage, as well as the 6GB RAM/128GB Internal Storage

 

Apollo 15 Zeiss Lens up for Auction

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/584634-apollo OP: SydneySideSteveSomewherez

Source 2: http://www.engadget.com/2016/04/20/former-astronaut-auctions-zeiss-le

• First telephoto lens used by an astronaut on the moon is currently up for auction

  • Alongside other NASA memorabilia

• 500mm Zeiss lens was part of Commander David Scott’s scientific equipment during the Apollo 15 mission to the Hadley rille

• Scott’s Hasselblad rig that took almost 300 photos during the 12-day mission, had the camera body sell alone for over $900,000 in 2014

• Lens is expected to get about half of that ($450,000)

  • It appears to be held together by duct tape and velcro

  • Duct tape signed by Commander Scott himself

  • Auctioneers believe is “possibly retains some lunar dust”

• Possibly attributed to Commander Dave Scott falling over with the camera in hand (Linked Video of him falling = 1:07 Long)

 

Drone Hits British Airways Plane approaching Heathrow Airport

*UPDATE* = Minister says it may have actually been a plastic bag

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/583328-drone-hits-ba-plane-at- OP: 226477...

Source 2: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36067591

Source 3: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/04/drone-that-hit-britis

• Police said the suspected drone struck an inbound Airbus A320

• Happened at an altitude of about 1700ft

• Hit at about 12:50 BST, had 132 passengers and 5 crew on board

• Plane landed safely, in fine condition

• Aviation police based at Heathrow have launched an investigation

• If confirmed, believed to be first incident in the UK

• Leo Kelion, tech editor at BBC says that flying a drone near an airport “can already be punished with up to five years in prison”

  • “Rules also forbid taking them above 400ft or near buildings and crowds of people

*UPDATE*

• Transport minister Robert Goodwill admitted authorities had not yet confirmed what struck airbus A320

  • Minister says it could have been anything, perhaps a plastic bag

• Local police force had tweeted that they had a report of a drone striking an aircraft

 

Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, James May to Launch Digital Media Platform: DriveTribe

Source 1: http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/04/former-top-gear-team-sets-sights-on-domination

Source 2: https://variety.com/2016/digital/global/jeremy-clarkson-richard-hammond-james-ma

DriveTribe Website

• Former “Top Gear” hosts have partnered with tech entrepreneur Ernesto Schmitt to create DriveTribe

• Digital media platform for car enthusiasts

• Aims to become the digital home for motoring fans worldwide

  • Structured into different “tribes”, each with their own characteristic and personality

  • Each tribe to be hosted by stars, bloggers, writers and videographers, including Clarkson, Hammond and May

• “What we are looking to do is build a next-generation vertical that is dedicated to motoring, and that really combines content, social and commerce”, Schmitt said

• Clarkson said “I didn’t understand DriveTribe until Richard Hammond said it was like YouPorn, only with cars”

 

In a first, US Military plans to drop “cyberbombs” on ISIS, NYT says

Source 1: http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/04/us-military-plans-to-dr

Source 2: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/25/us/politics/us-directs-cyberweapons-at-isis-for-firs

• Directing the military’s six-year-old Cyber Command for the first time to mount computer-network attacks alongside more traditional weapons

• Goal of new campaign is to disrupt the ability of the Islamic State to spread its message, attract new adherents, orders and day-to-day functions

• Campaign has been conducted by a small number of “national mission teams,” newly created cyber units loosely modeled on Special Operations forces

• Effort has begun with series of “implants” in militant networks to learn online habits of commanders

  • Aim of redirecting militants to areas more vulnerable to attack by American drones or ground forces

 

(Rumor) AMD Polaris 10 GPU Reportedly Offers Near 980Ti Performance for 300 USD

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/587248-amd-polaris-10-gpu-rep OP: Aytex

Source 2: http://www.game-debate.com/news/?news=20006&graphics

Price/Performance Ratio Comparison Chart

[mikat]

nice

i think i'll be downloading it to watch on my flight tomorrow

only available in 360p?

:(((((

[adams]

cool

[Condor]

Eh, drones, plastic bags, same basic thing really

[Stryder721]

too be fair linus didnt even get to cover half of the doc this week because of getting taken out at random parts of the stream. You can place the blame on lizard squad for that one. Also they may be making another hit next week too  feel free to check their twitter

[Principis]

1 hour ago, Stryder721 said:

too be fair linus didnt even get to cover half of the doc this week because of getting taken out at random parts of the stream. You can place the blame on lizard squad for that one. Also they may be making another hit next week too  feel free to check their twitter

They are a bunch of assholes...

[daDILLYdog]

I'll still go to Twitch next Friday and the Friday after that, and after that, and so on. Nothing will stop my calendar app from reminding me!

[mikat]

9 hours ago, Stryder721 said:

too be fair linus didnt even get to cover half of the doc this week because of getting taken out at random parts of the stream. You can place the blame on lizard squad for that one. Also they may be making another hit next week too  feel free to check their twitter

did they ddos the stream?

[Principis]

18 minutes ago, mikat said:

did they ddos the stream?

Yes I stayed up till 2 AM to watch it and then those morons DDOS'ed it...

[HimymCZe]

13:00 - Flo Rida racing game => Hope in awesomeness, only other good racing mobile racing game WAS "Real Racing 3" from EA (guess what happened there) before they PermaBAN users with edited save file (modified currencies).

22:00 - VR liability issue => Hope some developers (hopefully Oculus) catch up with US, lazy gamers, and STOP directing their product from WII stand-up/walk usability and focus more or sits down with controller type of thing. Like they are already doing with Day-One support with Project: CARS.

42:00 - HW sells drop => truth, I'm of those guys who still rock old LGA775 Core2Quad Q9550 cpu (OC ofc). IT IS a bottleneck while multitasking, its still strong enough for 1080p 60fps H265 or 1440p others game/encode/decode projects. AND IT'S VR READY!!! (viz my other post)

===> tbh. I'm waiting for "Acer Switch Alpha 12", cause 12" tablet with Skylake CPU and M.2 would be awesome as long as it has long battery life and ThunderBolt (Razer Core).

 

[Energycore]

20 hours ago, LinusTech said:

snip

Wait you guys are coming to Mexico?! When and where and what for?

[VicBar]

Did I hear correctly? Are you guys coming to Mexico?? Awesome! Is there anything you guys need? Anything I could help you? I assume you're coming to Mexico City.. If you need anything or have any questions, I could help any way I can. (i.e. Translators, or public relations, or smth :P)