September 23, 2016 - The WAN Show Document

[LinusTech]

 

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Main News Topics

Yahoo Confirms 500 Million Accounts Breached

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/665104-yahoo-confirms OP: Nineshadow

Source 2: http://www.wsj.com/articles/yahoo-says-information-on-at-least-500-mill

• Yahoo blaming “state-sponsored” hackers for what might be the largest ever theft of personal user data

• Said on Thursday that hackers penetrated its network in late 2014 and stole personal data on more than 500 million users

  • Includes names, email addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers and encrypted passwords, Yahoo said

• Yahoo said it believes the hackers are no longer in its corporate network

  • Doesn’t believe that unprotected passwords, payment-card data or bank account information had been affected

• Started in July when Yahoo began investigating claims by hackers who were offering to sell 280 million Yahoo usernames and passwords

  • Yahoo said it concluded the information for sale wasn’t legitimate

  • Eventually determining it had been breached by “a state-sponsored actor”

• In a proxy-filing related to the Verizon deal on Sep 9th, Yahoo said it “wasn’t aware of any security breaches, or loss, theft, of user data”

• An industry analyst at B. Riley & Co said the breach is unlikely to affect terms of the Verizon deal

Researchers lead the way towards a method of unhackable internet communication

Source 1: http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/canadian-researchers-lead-the-way-towards-unh

• Canadian researchers pushing boundaries of quantum teleportation technology

  • Innovations that could revolutionize internet security to the point where hacking wouldn’t work

• Two independent research teams announced new quantum teleportation distance records on monday

  • Group from University of Calgary teleported the quantum state of a photon to a location 6.2 kilometres away using fiber optic cable

    • Researchers in Shanghai sent states of photons 14.7km across that city

• Researchers believe widespread adoption of quantum teleportation technology could usher in a new era of unhackable internet communication

• First step is figuring out how to send quantum information over vast distances of fiber optic networks

  • Technology is based on properties of subatomic particles called quantum entanglement

    • Pairs of particles are linked through unique properties or “states”

  • Quantum teleportation transfers the state of a quantum particle from one to another, without moving the particle itself

• Means that only two parties who have the entangled particles can read the information sent between them

  • Hackers trying to eavesdrop would introduce detectable anomalies, and the two parties would abort their communication

Facebook inflated video viewing stats for two years

Source 1: https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-inflated-video-viewing-stats-for-two-years/

• Gave advertisers overestimated averages of viewing times because it only counted any video watched for at least three seconds

• Miscalculation likely led to an overestimated viewing time of 60% to 80%

  • According to a letter sent to an ad-buying agency that was reviewed by the Wall Street Journal

• “We know we can’t have true partnerships with our clients unless we are upfront and honest with them, including when we make mistakes like this one,” David Fischer, Facebook’s VP of advertising and global operations, wrote in a Facebook post

• Fischer said the company put a notice on the product’s dashboard so marketers could understand the error

Palmer Luckey is financing a pro-Trump meme group

Source 1: http://www.businessinsider.com/palmer-luckey-financing-pro-trump-group-2016-9

Source 2: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/09/22/palmer-luckey-the-face

• Is the main funder of an internet meme-focused anti-Hillary Clinton group

• pro-Trump political organization called Nimble America

  • Self-described “social welfare 501(c)4 non-profit” in support of Trump

• Nimble America says it’s dedicated to proving that “shitposting is powerful and meme magic is real”

  • They’ve taken credit for a billboard its founders say was posted outside of Pittsburgh with a cartoonishly large image of Clinton’s face alongside the words “Too Big to Jail”

• Luckey is listed as the vice president of the group on its website

• Along with him, Nimble America was founded by two moderators of Reddit’s r/The_Donald

  • Subreddit helped popularize Trump-themed white supremacist and anti-semitic memes along with 4Chan and 8Chan

  • They started a round of fundraising for the organization on r/The_Donald, and some users didn’t like it

• “I’ve got plenty of money,” Luckey said. “Money is not my issue. I thought it sounded like a real jolly good time”

• “I think these guys are pretty legit. The sums of money are so small, I don’t think they’re out to scam anybody. If they disappear with the money, I wouldn’t throw any more money at them,” Luckey added

• According to Paul Ryan, deputy executive director of the The Campaign Legal Center, Nimble America can still exist as a 501(c)(4) so long as it does other things besides supporting Trump.

• “Federal tax law prohibits 501(c)(3) organizations from spending any money to intervene in (i.e., influence) a candidate election,” Ryan said in an email to The Daily Beast. “By contrast, federal tax law permits 501(c)(4) organizations to spend money advocating the election or defeat of candidates, so long as such activity isn’t the 501(c)(4) organization’s ‘primary’ activity. And for any group that DOES have candidate advocacy as its primary activity, the appropriate tax exempt status is under Section 527 of the tax code.”

• Financial statement is available on the Nimble America’s site, which accounts for $9,333 in spending for Facebook ads, billboards and “website ops.”

  • Last transaction happened on Aug 21st

• Nimble America Website

San Francisco is getting tiny self-driving robots that could put delivery people out of a job

Source 1: http://www.businessinsider.in/San-Francisco-is-getting-tiny-self-driving-robots

• A recent test run of startup Starship Technologies’ autonomous robot shows what may be the future of on-demand delivery

• Their robots look like “the love child of an ice box and R2-D2”

• London and Estonia-based company developed a fleet of delivery bots to test out

  • Startup has begun testing in Europe, encountering more than a million pedestrians

  • Plans to test in the San Fran Bay area in the next couple of months

• “I got a delivery from a little roaming cooler” Julie O’Keefe tells the San Francisco Chronicle

• Robotic courier picks up goods from a centrally located logistics hub and delivers them to homes within a two-mile radius

  • Through a partnership with Mercedes Benz, the company is experimenting with loading a bunch of robots into a modified Sprinter van that drops off bots along its route

• Company hopes to price its delivery fee between $1 and $3

Cornell’s Water Propelled Cubesat Satellite

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/665105-cornells-w OP: NumLock21

Source 2: http://www.space.com/34096-water-fueled-cubesat-lunar-challenge.html

• Water powered cubesat satellite shoots for the moon

• Cereal box sized satellite fueled by water power, is in the running for the first tiny satellite to orbit the moon

• Cornell University student team called the Cislunar Explorers is developing a orbiter as part of NASA’s Cube Quest Challenge

  • Challenge is offering $5.5 million in total to teams that build small satellites known as cubesats

• Cislunar Explorers are in phase 3  out of 4 ground tournament portion of the challenge

• They have a “very important goal, and that is to demonstrate that you can use water as a propellant,” said Mason Peck, a mechanical and aerospace engineer at Cornell

• “A lot of the mass we send into orbit these days is in the form of rockets - the only way we get anything into space,” Peck said

• “But what if we could use what’s already there? If we could do that, if we could refuel spacecrafts while they’re already in space, that means we could go farther, probably faster, and we wouldn’t rely on Earth for supplies”

John Bain (Totalbiscuits) Cancerous Tumor down over 50% in size

Source 1: https://twitter.com/Totalbiscuit/status/779352262997139456?s=09

• After doing a targeted treatment on it for 2 months, the tumor size is down over 50%

 

Rapid Fire

AMD’s AM4 socket has been pictured

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/662166-amds-am4-socket OP: Doobeedoo

Source 2: http://www.overclock3d.net/news/cpu_mainboard/amd_s_am4_socket_has_be

• Showing a total pin count of 1331 for AMD’s Summit Ridge CPUs

  • Increase of over 40% increase compared to AMD’s older AM3+ socket

  • Only has a total of 942 pins

• Socket

• CPU

Spotify and Tinder Link up to form a Match made in heaven

Source 1: http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/making-music-spotify-and-tinder-join-forces-1.3081376

Source 2: http://www.forbes.com/forbes/welcome/?/sites/hughmcintyre/2016/09/21

• Partnership will see one integrating in a seemingly simple, but meaningful way

• If another person connects their accounts on the two platforms, their music taste begins to become a part of their dating profile

• Once linked, those that have a matched profile will be able to see that person's most-played tracks

  • Could help them become more interested in that person

• Can also pick one song to be your “anthem,” which describes who you are

  • Supposed to be a way to understand a person through a single piece of music

UnRAID Server OS 6.2 Released

Source 1: https://lime-technology.com/unraid-server-os-6-2-released/

• Includes quality of life improvements to the OS, additional hardware support, and other new features

  • VLAN and multiple Ethernet support

  • No device limit for trials

  • LibreELEC 7.0.1 VM Support

  • Prefer cache mode

• Changes since 6.1

  • Increased device limits for Pro

  • Dual-parity support

  • GUI boot mode

  • Docker made ever easier

  • Get started faster with new auto-share creation

  • Major upgrades to virtual machines

  • General storage performance improvements

Analyst: PC Gamers are ‘Arrogant twits, like racists’

Source 1: http://www.tweaktown.com/news/54056/analyst-pc-gamers-arrogant

Source 2: http://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/games-industry-analyst-reckons-p

• Why won’t PC gamers buy the PS4 Pro? Analyst Michael Pachter says its because they’re ‘arrogant twits’ and ‘like racists’

• Said this in an interview with the Daily Star

• Pachter said this information was taken out of context

  • Since then the Daily Star posted the audio recording of the interview, where he said the above comments

Wireless Signals Can Detect Your Feelings with New Device

Source 1: http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/wireless-signals-can-detect-your-feelings

• New device developed by researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology aims to detect emotions by sending wireless signals that measure heartbeats as signals bounce off a person's body

• Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence lab say their device is 87% accurate

  • Uses heart-rate and what it’s learned about a person to recognize joy, pleasure, sadness or anger

  • This is after the device first measures how each individual's body reacts to various emotional states

• They say it could one day be used by ad agencies to gauge audience reaction, or in health care to diagnose depression or anxiety

Opera browser unveils free, unlimited VPN service

Source 1: http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/opera-browser-unfurls-free-unlimited-vpn-se

Source 2: http://theslanted.com/2016/09/24630/operas-vpn-enabled-desktop-browser-launch

• Launched on Sep 20, 2016

• Free, no-log, easy-to-use VPN service available directly in the Opera desktop browser

• “If people knew how the internet truly works, I believe they all would use a VPN,” says Krystian Kolondra, SVP of Opera browser for computers

  • “By making our browser VPN free and easy to use, we hope to make it an essential tool, just as the lock and key is to your house”

• Once enabled, Opera’s VPN creates a secure connection to one of Opera’s five server locations around the world

YouTube Heroes

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/664607-youtube-heroes-youtube OP: Syntaxvgm

Source 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wh_1966vaIA

• “Getting Started with YouTube Heroes” Video (1:29 Long)

• Description says:

  • “YouTube Heroes is a global community of volunteer contributors who help create the best possible YouTube experience for everyone. Learn more about how to contribute and earn points athttps://goo.gl/U4IT8m.

  • YouTube Heroes Page

• Hero levels

  • https://i.imgur.com/ei31Lnv.png

7,765 Likes, 436,545 Dislikes

Apple Patents a Paper Bag

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/665182-apple-p OP: spartaman64

Source 2: https://gizmodo.com/apple-unveils-bag-1786815544

• Fig. 1 Detailed Paper Bag Picture

• US Patent & Trademark Office Patent Application

• Patent was filed in March, 2016, published last week

• Apple describes it as:

  • “A paper bag is disclosed. The paper bag may include a bag container formed of white solid bleached sulfate paper with at least 60% post-consumer content”

 

• Gizmodo points out some enlightening facts found in the patent filing”

  • “Bags are often used for containing items. For example, retail bags may be used to contain items purchased at a retail store.”

  • “The bag may be formed of a container and a handle.”

  • “Those skilled in the art will readily appreciate that the detailed description given herein with respect to these figures is for explanatory purposes only and should not be construed as limiting.”

  • “The phraseology or terminology used herein is for the purpose of description and not limitation, such that the terminology or phraseology of the present specification is to be interpreted by the skilled artisan.”

Samsung Announces 960 PRO and 960 EVO M.2 PCIe SSDs

Source 1: http://www.anandtech.com/show/10698/samsung-announces-960-pro-and-960-evo-m

Source 2: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/09/samsung-ssd-960-pro-evo-price-specs-rele

• Samsung has unveiled the next generation M.2 PCIe SSDs

  • 960 PRO and 960 EVO are PCIe 3.0 x 4 drives that use latest NVMe protocol for data transfer

• 960 Pro offers peak read speeds of 3.5GB/s and a peak write speed of 2.1GB/s

  • Pro starts at $329 USD for 512GB of storage, rising up to $1299 for a 2TB version

• Evo is starting at $129 USD for a 250GB version, rising up to $479 for a 1TB version

• Both feature a five-core chip rather than the three-core chip used in the 950 Pro

• Both drives use Samsung’s latest 3D V-NAND tech

  • Allowing it to drastically increase the numbers of layers present on each NAND flash module by stacking them vertically

• Samsung SSD Comparison Chart

Biostar’s AM2 Gaming Mouse Costs $10 USD

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/665232-biost OP: NumLock21

Source 2: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/biostar-am2-gaming-mous

• Biostar, known for their inexpensive motherboards, is looking to expand its product categories with a gaming mouse

  • The AM2

• Has two lighting zones, a four-step DPI switcher, and a slick look punctuated by a shiny white top panel and sharp-looking gray accents

  • Avago 5050 optical sensor, offering a maximum 2400 DPI

  • AM2 huano switches are rated for a 10 million click lifetime

  • Color changing LEDs

• AM2 Product Page

• Biostar hasn’t indicated when or where the $10 AM2 will be available

EVGA Announces 750W and 850W G2L PSUs

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/663451-evga-announce OP: Oshino Shinobu

Source 2: http://www.evga.com/articles/01050/evga-850-750-g2l-power-supplies/

Features

Apple Looks to Open First Store in Samsung’s Backyard

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/665327-apple-l OP: VPrime

Source 2: http://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-looks-to-open-first-store-in-samsung

• Apple executives scouted potential sites near Samsung’s headquarters in Seoul

  • Across the street from Samsung’s longtime headquarters

• They’ve made inquiries about opening their first store in South Korea

• “We have made no announcements about a store there,” a spokesperson for Apple said

  • Spokeswoman for Samsung declined to comment to the wall street journal

• In south korea, Apple relies on third-party retailers who apply for licenses to operate as authorized Apple resellers, as well as carrier partners

• In mainland China, Apple has opened 36 stores

• News of Apple’s hunt for retail real estate in Seoul comes as Samsung deals with the recall of its latest smartphone

Americans are paying 40% more for TV than they were 5 years ago

Source 1: http://www.businessinsider.com/pay-tv-prices-up-40-from-5-years-ago-2016-9

• Cable industry is seeing subscriber losses, but that doesn’t mean prices are going down

• According to Liechtman Research’s annual study, pay TV subscription costs keep going up

  • Pay TV prices have gone up 40% in the last five years

• In 2011, US Pay TV recipients were paying an average of $73.63 for cable or satellite

• In the latest study (2016), that number has rose to $103.10

• Average Pay TV Bill Chart

Uber to require U.S. drivers to verify themselves by snapping selfies before accepting rides

Source 1: http://venturebeat.com/2016/09/23/uber-selfies-security-photos-drivers/

• Uber introducing new security feature in cities across the U.S., requiring drivers to verify themselves by snapping selfies periodically

  • To ensure that “you’re the only one who can go online with your Uber account”

  • Uber has been testing face-recognition smarts in China

    • Chinese market has had fake-driver problems in the past, with multiple drivers sharing a single account

• Uber revealed plans to do this back in April, where it sent an email to drivers letting them know they would soon need to do this

• For the U.S.-wide rollout, Uber says it’s using Microsoft’s Cognitive Services to help match drivers’ file photos with the real-time selfie

• Uber’s security chief Joe Sullivan said in a blog post that “It also protects riders by building another layer of accountability into the app to ensure the right person is behind the wheel”

 

 

 

[Gravemind]

Free VPN for Opera? My backup browser might just become my primary for that. That's pretty sick.

[ahuckphin]

TIme Stamps on the bottom of video sucks 

[SmartGamer278]

its 23rd sep 2016.... correct it

[arty_knots]

I had to..

[Space Reptile]

i watched the recording on twitch , and what the hell happend , it just ended abruptly mid hillary talk 

[Tao]

For the Google Heroes thing, you guys completely missed the point that they are getting volunteer staff to do labour for Google itself:
-offer technical support to users
-individually review and flag videos for inappropriate content
-add caption and subtitles

In many jurisdictions it is illegal for a 'for profit' company, to use volunteer labour, or otherwise not offer compensation for labour provided. One could argue that there is a reward system (which really isn't, see below) but many jurisdictions will have labour laws which require compensation to be solely in the form of legal tender (money).

The rewards system:
level 1
-gain access to the tools to do your work more efficiently

level 2
-gain on the job training, so that you can do your work better
-engage in communication with your peers to function better as a team

level 3
-promotion which grants more responsibility

level 4
-gain access to communication with your superiors
-get a peak at future work loads

level 5
-next promotion granting the responsibility to stress test new products
-possibility of going on a work related trip

Other than gaining access to Youtube staff directly, ALL of these 'benefits' are usually the basic resources you have access to at any job you might have. Some are a bit more advanced which normally management would take part in (such as going to a conference (summit) ).

Not only are these benefits of no legitimate value as far as compensation goes, they support the case against Google that they are committing a labour violation in many jurisdictions.