September 30, 2016 - The WAN Show Document

[LinusTech]

 

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Main News Topics

Galaxy Note 7, New Units Overheat and Drain Battery When Charging

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/666638-the-galaxy-note- OP: Daring

Source 2: http://www.techtimes.com/articles/179146/20160925/samsung-galaxy-note-7-replace

• Consumers who received Galaxy Note 7 replacements are reporting their next devices have overheating and battery drain issues while they’re charging

• Users who found the issues are based in South Korea

• According to ZDNet, one owner said while his Note 7 was charging, the device kept losing 1% of power every second

• Samsung said this problem is “completely unrelated to batteries”

  • Hasn’t stated if this problem is present in units replaced in other countries, aside from South Korea

  • No reports of devices catching fire at least

US Warns Samsung Washing Machine Owners After Explosion Reports

Source 1: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/16/09/28/197205/us-warns-samsu

Source 2: http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/28/news/samsung-cpsc-washi

• U.S. regulators on Wednesday warned owners of certain top-loading Samsung washing machines

  • “Safety issues,” following reports that some have exploded

  • Picture

• Documented by a Texas woman who claims it exploded during use

  • She is part of a class action lawsuit against the company

• Samsung declined to comment on the litigation

  • Issued a statement that says the company is talking to U.S. authorities about how to address safety problems

  • http://news.samsung.com/us/2016/09/28/samsung-official-statement-on-top-load-washing-machines/

  • Said in the statement that “in rare cases, affected units may experience abnormal vibrations that could pose a risk of personal injury or property damage when washing begging, bulky or water-resistant items”

UK Advertising Agency ASA is to investigate Hello Games Over False Advertising

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/668506-uk-advertising OP: Master Disaster

Source 2: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-09-28-advertising-standards-lau

• Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has confirmed that it’s launching an investigation into No Man’s Sky

  • Doing so after receiving “several complaints” about No Man’s Sky advertising

• Investigation revolves around the Steam store page for No Man’s Sky

  • Screenshots and videos on the page depict large-scale combat and ship-flying behaviour that didn’t make it into the game

  • Complaints also criticize the misrepresentation of the graphical quality seen in the game

  • Complaints that the game advertised “no loading screens and factions,” when neither of those were in the game

• ASA has contacted both Hello Games (Developers) and Valve to ask them about the advertisements

• While the complaints target Steam, ASA said the ruling would apply to any other advertising for the game

  • Can apply to YouTube videos and the game's listing on the PlayStation Store

  • Steam Page Link

After 14 Years, BlackBerry Will no Longer Design Their Own Phones

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/668041-after-14-years-blac OP: Master Disaster

Source 2: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37493566

• In May, CEO John Chen said he would know by September whether the hardware business would become profitable for BlackBerry

  • BlackBerry says it will outsource hardware development to partners

• Chen has stated that further devices, even ones with the iconic physical keyboard would go on sale

• “I always wanted to make sure that we keep having the iconic devices”

  • “I just need to find a way to be efficient and be able to make money. I think we found the model”

• Company said it sold about 400,000 smartphones it its second quarter - less than the previous three months

HDDs on the Ropes, Samsung Predicts SSD Price Collision as NVMe Takes Over

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/668187-hdds-on-the-ropes-

• Samsung outlined its focus on Google Analytics for marketing purposes last year

  • Pointed out that recent Google searches for “SSD upgrades” outweighed searches for “CPU upgrades”

• Cellphone industry has grown 19.1% in the last five years, where SSDs have grown by 54% over the last five years

• HDDs have a pricing problem for low-capacity applications

  • SSDs don’t have to beat HDDs on price versus capacity front

  • Price just needs to be ‘close enough’ for an SSD to become a viable HDD alternative

  • Popular 256GB SSD capacity is already close to the price of a 1TB HDD

  • Samsung predicts price of 256GB SSD to sink below a 1TB HDD in mid-2017, 512GB to follow in 2020

• Roughly a $40 price floor that HDDs can’t get under

  • This is the minimum dollar amount needed to provide the HDD casing, motors, heads, and other components

    • Regardless of how low the capacity is

• SSDs can scale well below $40 in smaller quantities

  • SSDs have already displaced HDDs in 40% in new notebooks

  • Samsung predicts it will reach 55% in 2018

• Price Collision Slide

• SSD adoption rate for Note PC Slide

• Enterprise SSD Growth Slide

ISP Says Using the Internet is like Eating Oreos

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/666812-isp-says-using-the-in OP: M. Yurizaki

Source 2: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/09/internet-data-is-like-oreos-

• Mediacom has told the FCC that customers shouldn’t get unlimited data because using the internet is just like eating oreos

  • “You have to pay extra for double-stuffed”

  • SVP Joseph Young wrote the following in a filing with the FCC last week:

“Imagine you are out for a walk and experience a sudden, irresistible craving for Oreo® cookies. You only want to spend two dollars, which means that you will be able to buy a two-pack or maybe even a four-pack but for sure you cannot get the family size of over 40 cookies. For that many, you have to spend more. Of course, it would be nice if your two dollars bought you the right to eat an unlimited number of cookies, but you know that is not the way our economy works.”

ICYMI: People are Drilling Holes in their Iphones

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/667813-icymi-people-a OP: J4NDR3W

Source 2: https://au.news.yahoo.com/technology/a/32736699/iphone-7-owners-fuming

• YouTuber TechRax uploaded a video convincing viewers to drill a hole into their new iphone 7 to create a diy headphone jack

  • Video has over 10 million views

• “I found a perfect solution to this problem guys, it’s a very simple tutorial just follow along,” Techrax aka Taras Maksimuk told his followers

• In the video music plays from the phone, although instead of playing through headphones it’s coming from the phone itself

• Some DIY-ers were angrier than others

  • While most were trolling, there are some people that actually tried this (so they say)

(RUMOR) NVIDIA Releasing 1080 Ti in January, will have 12GB GDDR5X RAM

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/668092-nvidia-releasing-1080 OP: asim1999

Source 2: http://wccftech.com/nvidia-gtx-1080-ti-launch-january/

GTX 1080Ti Specifications Chart

• Rumored to debut at CES 2017

DJI Mavic Released

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/667774-dji-mavic OP: Maybach123

Source 2: http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/27/13058722/dji-mavic-pro-drone-folda

• Folds up and fits in the palm of your hand

  • About half the size of the Phantom 4

• Still comes with sensors on the front and bottom, providing obstacle avoidance, subject tracking, autonomous landing, and stability indoors without GPS

  • 4k video at 30fps, 1080p HD at 96fps

  • 12 MP camera, with support for Adobe DNG RAW

• Field of view is smaller, coming at 78 degrees down from 94

• Offers 27 minutes of battery life on a single charge

  • Top speed of 40 miles per hour

• Remote is much s maller as well - PICTURE

  • Don’t need to remote to fly as well

• $999 USD or $749 USD without the remote

Swipe right for a sperm donor

Source 1: http://qz.com/793067/the-london-sperm-bank-created-a-tinder-esque-app-to-help

• London Sperm Bank is now taking orders for customized dads in the UK

• Organization just released a Tinder-esque mobile app that lets women filter sperm donors based on traits like ethnicity, occupation, personality type, eye color, and more

  • Search results are labeled with numbers like “Donor 1002” instead of names

• App was released on Sep 21st

• All donors on the app have been approved by the British Andrology society, the British Fertility Society, and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, to ensure they don’t have any infections or genetic conditions

  • Link to the London Sperm Bank Donors

 

Rapid Fire

Twitch News: Prime, Clips, Uploads, Badges, HTML5 Support

Source 1: https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/30/twitch-announces-twitchprime-loyalty-b

• Kicked off Twitchcon by announcing some new features:

  • Twitch Prime, included for free for Amazon Prime subscribers

    • “Free loot”, like in game skins, characters, and more

    • Hearthstone swag is Tyrande as a hero and a card back, Smite is a skin

    • http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/20303032/try-twitch-prime-and-get-tyrande-whisperwind-9-30-2016

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    • One free channel subscription per month

  • Uploads

    • Can now upload your own videos to Twitch

  • Loyalty badges

    • Streamers will be able to award loyalty badges to those who subscribe for long periods of time

  • Transcodes

    • Upping quality

  • HTML5

    • Will roll out to everyone today

AMD ZEN to Offer X370, B350 and A320 Socket AM4 chipsets

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/667574-amd-ze OP: Ryujin2003

Source 2: https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/amd-to-offer-x370b350-and-a320

• 7th Gen AMD APU & Socket AM4 Chipset I/O Graph

J.J. Abrams to Announce Portal Movie “soon”

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/668641-jj-abra OP: Notional

Source 2: Source 2: http://www.pcgamer.com/jj-abrams-to-meet-with-valve-next-week-to

• Abrams to meet with Valve next week to discuss Portal and Half-Life movies

  • Abrams confirmed these movies were “in development” in March of this year

• When pressed by IGN at Wednesday’s Westworld event, Abrams confirmed he’s meeting with Valve next week

• “We have a meeting coming up next week with Valve, we’re very active. I’m hoping there will be a portal announcement fairly soon”

• “I look forward to being able to talk about it and announce who’s working on it,” he said

NZXT S340 Elite

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/667769-nzxt-s340-elite/ OP: Clanscorpia

Source 2: https://www.nzxt.com/products/s340-elite-black

• Features a tempered glass panel to showcase your builds

• Top IO optimized with an HDMI port and additional USB ports

• Includes a magnetic cable management puck to store VR or audio headsets with “fast and flexible” mounting access

• Product Page

Oppo’s First UHD Blu-Ray Player, Coming Soon

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/664738-oppos-first-uhd-blu-ray-pl OP: VPrime

Source 2: https://www.engadget.com/2016/09/21/oppo-udp-203/?sr_source=Twitter

• 4K-ready UDP-203 doesn’t have a release date but it’s in ‘active development’

• UK journalist John Archer reported that he’s been told the player will be available with a step-up UDP-205 model, and both will support Dolby Vision HDR

• dual-HDMI ports, two USB jacks, analog 7.1 audio output, RS-232 and ethernet

• $499 USD

Picture of Post

Record-breaking DDoS Reportedly delivered by >145k Hacked Cameras

Source 1: http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/09/botnet-of-145k-cameras-reportedly-deliv

• Last week, security news site KrebsOnSecurity went dark for more than 24 hours

• Due to a record 620GBps DDoS attack brought on by a series of routers, security cameras, and other Internet of Things devices

• Now there’s a similar attack on a French Web host that peaked at 1.1TBps

• Attacks were first reported on September 19th by Octave Klaba, founder and CTO of OVH

  • On Monday, Klaba reported that more than 6,800 new cameras had joined the botnet

  • Said the hosting service was subjected to dozens of attacks, ranging from 100Gbps to 800 Gbps

• DDoS mitigation experts haven’t confirmed the numbers

• “Now that we’ve seen a 600 gig botnet, we have to plan that within one to two years, those are going to become common,” Martin Mckeay, a member of Akamai’s security intelligence team told Ars

Plex Introduces new Cloud Based Server: Plex Cloud

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/667041-plex-introduces-n OP: rcarteraz

Source 2: http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/26/13056216/plex-cloud-means-saying-goodb

• Plex Cloud eliminates the need to run the Plex Media Server on a computer or NAS in your house

  • Does require a subscription to Amazon Drive ($59.99 per year for unlimited storage) and a Plex Pass ($4.99 per month or $39.99 per year)

• Plex Cloud functions just like a regular Plex Media Server, giving you access to your media from a broad range of devices

• Plex Cloud is currently in the beta stage

• Most, but not all of the features are available right now

  • Some missing features include Camera Upload and Offline Sync, DLNA support, Cloud Sync, Media Optimizer and the newly launched Plex DVR

• Plex Cloud is not a copy of your local Plex Server

Plex Cloud Screen Picture

Spotify Reportedly in talks to acquire SoundCloud

Source 1: http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/28/13098754/spotify-soundcloud-acquisition-report

Source 2: https://www.ft.com/content/f301392f-069c-32f0-8087-18f3377e0e10

• News comes from the Financial Times

• The move would give Spotify a larger library of content, and remove a competitor from the streaming music landscape

• SoundCloud has been struggling as of late, with its on-demand service SoundCloud GO failing to catch on

• SoundCloud is valued around $700 million USD, while Spotify is valued at $8.5 billion

Uber Owned Otto to Offer Freight Hauling Services Using Autonomous Trucks in 2017

Source 1: https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/27/uber-otto-freight-services-2017/

• Uber acquired self-driving startup Otto this summer in a deal worth up to $680 million

  • Plans to put the company to work next year

• Otto co-founder Lior Ron told Reuters that Otto will enter the long-haul freight business in 2017

• Otto’s technology allows existing trucks to be ‘retrofitted’ with self-driving technology

  • Doesn’t entirely automate the process since human drivers are needed to get on and off highways

  • Immediate goal is to help truck drivers (giving them some time to sleep while the truck drives down the highway)

• Technology remains in development

Otto Website

Old Commodore 64 is Being Used in an Auto Shop in Poland

Source 1: https://sploid.gizmodo.com/this-old-ass-commodore-64-is-still-being-used-to-ru

Picture of it

• Released 34 years ago, had 1MHz and 64 kilobytes of RAM

  • Came out in 1982, was discontinued in 1994

• The C64C is used to balance driveshafts in this shop

  • Has even survived a flood

Google’s new phones, 4K Chromecast, and Daydream VR headset are coming at October 4th event

Source 1: http://www.theverge.com/2016/9/2/12763200/google-event-october-4-pixel-ch

Source 2: http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/09/01/google-will-announce-pix

• Google will announce two new Pixel smartphones and an updated 4K-capable Chromecast at a hardware-focused event on October 4th

• Not clear where the event will be held, nor when it will begin

• Company will also use the event to show off the Daydream VR device

  • Originally reported by Android Police

(RUMOR) AMD Zen Processor Might Power the Upcoming Apple MacBook Pro

Source 1: http://www.dailytech.com/AMD+Zen+Processor+might+power+the+upcoming+

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[Guest]

Daydream VR? So can I daydream while in VR? Daydream in daydream?

[Nowak]

1 hour ago, LinusTech said:

Galaxy Note 7, New Units Overheat and Drain Battery When Charging

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/666638-the-galaxy-note- OP: Daring

Source 2: http://www.techtimes.com/articles/179146/20160925/samsung-galaxy-note-7-replace

• Consumers who received Galaxy Note 7 replacements are reporting their next devices have overheating and battery drain issues while they’re charging

• Users who found the issues are based in South Korea

• According to ZDNet, one owner said while his Note 7 was charging, the device kept losing 1% of power every second

• Samsung said this problem is “completely unrelated to batteries”

  • Hasn’t stated if this problem is present in units replaced in other countries, aside from South Korea

  • No reports of devices catching fire at least

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[Ronda]

I will never understand or condone Linus' vile hatred of milk truck drivers.

[ThinkWithPortals]

I like how at the 7 minute mark they both have a drink at the exact same time, for the same amount of time

[othertomperson]

I don't think the ASA thing does apply to demos at PAX, or like Watch_Dogs or anything like that. The reason the ASA has gotten involved in No Man's Sky is because those old videos are being shown right now on the game's page. They are being advertised right now as things in that game, when that's not the case at all. It's one thing to have a sample of the game years in advance that ends up different in the final release, but to keep that on the current sale page and claim that that is what the game still currently is, that's different.

 

The Hard disk pricing thing is quite interesting too. I am still using my 2TB HDD from 2011 for my slow, mass storage, and I have a big SSD because as much as I care about boot times, I care at least as much as load times in games. What I've found is that using an SSD for games this way, and photos, documents, videos, etc all being put on the HDD means that the space I need for my slow storage is much, much less than my fast storage. It's actually to the point where it's worth me considering removing the HDD entirely.

 

At the moment I have 734GB used on my SSD, but only 408GB used of my HDD. When 2 or 3TB SSDs become sanely priced, I might just do away with all of the storage I have at the moment and use a single SSD.

[popman]

Jayz2cents has one of those defective washing machines. Some time last year there was an optional recall notice sent out for it.

 

 

It had to do with the drum not being self balancing. (despite advertising it)

[Razor512]

Cloud storage is a bad choice for most people, as it lacks convenience, functionality, and performance.

None of the more affordable cloud storage solutions can provide the functionality of even the most basic $100 NAS box, and for the vast majority of users, they also can't offer the same performance.

 

Furthermore, while many cloud storage services, can offer lower upfront costs, they are all more expensive in the long run.

 

For example, with a NAS, a DRM free library of games can be archived in their installed format (simply copying and pasting the install folder to the NAS), and the games can be launched directly from the NAS (by multiple PC s on the network simultaneously). While load speeds will not be as good as a local copy, it is convenient for when you randomly feel like messing around in an old game.

 

When I needed to rebuild my PC and do a fresh install, I was able to do a format and a fresh install (I do monthly backups onto bare drives for storage in a safe, as well as manual backups before a reformat), and be back up and running with my favorite apps within about 3 hours (due to windows update taking the most time), and that is also because the hard drive that I backed up too, has a read and write speed of around 160MB/s.

 

If I used a cloud backup service, I would spend weeks recovering all of the data.

 

Another major risk of relying on the cloud, is that you are at the mercy of the company. For most people, the data is worth more than the hardware, and the companies know that. it is why companies that make cloud reliant hardware are quicker to change their seems of service, privacy policies, and pricing for services. They have all of the leverage and the ability to hold your hardware and data ransom. You spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on cloud reliant security cameras, and the company will have an easier time increasing the monthly fee because they know that your only options are to pay more, or brick all of the hardware. No alternatives means that the customer is more likely to accept a worst deal.

 

If you do something like store 4TB worth of data to the cloud, and spend months uploading all of that data, what do you do if the company suddenly devices that price is going up. you are stuck accepting it spending many months uploading to a different service, while continuing to pay for the old service to maintain some redundancy during the transfer, or stopping the old service and remaining unprotected for the months of uploading for the new transfer. Overall, it becomes a major hassle.

 

On the other hand, If western digital decided to triple their prices, It will not impact the 4TB drives that I currently have. A policy change will not impact my current drives.

 

For less money than the cloud options for storing multiple terabytes of data, I have slowly expanded the storage to allow for more redundancy (for the goal of monthly snapshots to go back a few months). Higher upfront costs but it is cheaper in the long run (bunch of bare drives that I use with an eSATA dock, as well as a NAS for backups every 3 minutes).

 

Furthermore, the local solution is data cap friendly.

[Sacredsock]

Considering Linus's issues with setting up the stream is it time for a sponsored build / assisted project of a proper WAN show set, ie proper dedicated pc, sound and mixer setup, mics & stands, cameras etc?