May 26, 2017 - The WAN Show Document

[Slick]

 

 

Main News Topics

Rumour Squashed: AMD Won’t Be Licensing Graphics Chips to Intel

Source 1: http://fortune.com/2017/05/23/amd-intel-chips/

Source 2: https://www.benzinga.com/analyst-ratings/analyst-color/17/05/9512315/amd-ceo-puts-rumors-to-rest-were-not-looking-at-enabling

 

• IT website Fudzilla, claimed a deal had been reached between AMD and Intel on May 16 after a previous licensing deal between Intel and NVIDIA Corporation expired in March.

  • the Fudzilla story read:

"We can now confirm the rumors that Intel has given up on Nvidia because it has written a cheque to license AMD’s graphics,”

• Even though AMD made no mention of an Intel deal at the company’s analyst day on May 16, Fudzilla appeared to stand by its story in a follow-up report on May 18.

• Fudzilla said its sources for the original story were “well-placed industry insiders” and that “the Intel and AMD deal will include Intel CPUs using Radeon graphics."

• The Rumours were squashed on Monday when, AMD CEO Lisa Su said:

"”We're not looking at enabling a competitor to compete against our products."

“It's about how do we sell more products, or how do we have our IP in markets where we're not currently selling products.”

 

 

Intel’s Plan to Thunderbolt 3 All of the Things

Source 1: posted by AngryPandaPC https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/784170-thunderbolt-3-all-the-things/

Source 2:  https://www.wired.com/2017/05/intels-plan-thunderbolt-3-things/

 

• Thunderbolt 3 still hasn’t gone mainstream, due to a combination of high cost and low availability

• Now, Intel is taking two steps to accelerate adoption:

  • integrating Thunderbolt 3 into Intel CPUs,

  • making the Thunderbolt protocol specification available to third-party chipmakers, royalty-free, next year.

• Intel:

  • “We think the first thing is going to drive broader adoption and deployment of Thunderbolt 3 in PCs,”

  • “The second will also drive broader adoption in the ecosystem, with a lot of different peripherals and other devices.”

• Price:

  • “I think the integration into future CPUs will help reduce the overall solution cost on the computer. And we’re continually working with the industry to lower the cost of the cables and the devices.”

  • He notes, too, that improving USB-C economies of scale should help Thunderbolt 3 drive down costs.

 

Google has made the ultimate marketing tool

Source 1: posted by WMGroomAK https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/784108-google-attribution-making-advertisers-happy-one-ad-at-a-time/

Source 2: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/google/google-will-track-your-offline-credit-card-payments-to-make-advertisers-happy/

 

• At the annual Google Marketing Next conference announced Google Attribution, a service that will let advertisers tie offline credit card payments to online marketing campaigns.

• Here’s how it works:

  • It aggregates details about the ads displayed on your phone, the sites (and time) you visited, and what you've searched in Google.

  • Then it uses geolocation and WiFi network information from your phone to if you've gone to the mall or walked into a store that sells that product.

  • Finally, with the integration of payment data from "third-party partnerships," Google will know if you've bought that product and will report this in the advertiser's AdWords dashboard.

• the system is driven by machine learning and combines data from Google's regular advertising campaigns with "third-party partnerships, which capture approximately 70% of credit and debit card transactions in the United States."

 

Intel 7900x and Gigabyte X299 AORUS Gaming 7 leaked in benchmark

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/784293-intel-7900x-and-gigabyte-x299-aorus-gaming-7-leaked-in-benchmark/

Source 2: http://ranker.sisoftware.net/show_run.php?q=c2ffcee889e8d5e3daebdfe9dbfd8fb282a4c1a499a98ffcc1f9&l=en

 

• Intel’s upcoming 10 core/ 20 thread processor may:

  • run at a base clock of 4GHz with Turbo Boost up to 4.5GHz on tap

  • Have a 175W TDP

 

Google makes AI that makes AI

Source 1:  posted by ThomasRules https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/784166-google%E2%80%99s-new-ai-is-better-at-creating-ai-than-the-company%E2%80%99s-engineers/

Source 2:  https://futurism.com/googles-new-ai-is-better-at-creating-ai-than-the-companys-engineers/

 

 

• At its I/O '17 conference this week, Google shared details of its AutoML project, an artificial intelligence that can assist in the creation of other AIs.

• The AutoML project focuses on deep learning, a technique that involves passing data through layers of neural networks. Creating these layers is complicated, so Google created AI that could do it for them.

• An AutoML a controller neural net can propose a ‘child’ model architecture, which can then be trained and evaluated for quality on a particular task,”

• So far, they have used the AutoML tech to design networks for image and speech recognition tasks.

  • the system matched Google’s experts for image recognition

  • it exceeded them in speech recognition, designing better architectures than the humans were able to create.

• “If we succeed, we think this can inspire new types of neural nets and make it possible for non-experts to create neural nets tailored to their particular needs, allowing machine learning to have a greater impact to everyone,”

 

AMD discusses upcoming ram settings in Ryzen

Source 1:  posted by porina https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/784716-amd-discusses-upcoming-ram-settings-in-ryzen/

Source 2:  https://community.amd.com/community/gaming/blog/2017/05/25/community-update-4-lets-talk-dram

 

• AGESA 1.0.0.6 officially adds

  • 26 new parameters that can improve the compatibility and reliability of DRAM

  • support for PCI Express® Access Control Services (ACS).

    • ACS primarily enables support for manual assignment of PCIe® graphics cards within logical containers called “IOMMU groups.”  

    • The hardware resources of an IOMMU group can then be dedicated to a virtual machine.

• Full BIOSes could be available for your motherboard starting in mid to late June

• However, there are motherboards that already have public betas:

  • Gigabyte GA-AX370-Gaming5

  • ASUS Crosshair VI

 

Europe Modernizes Media rules, keeps TV relevant

Source 1: posted by WMGroomAK https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/784148-eu-proposing-new-av-rules-more-european-streaming-content-stricter-anti-hate-rules/

Source 2: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-16-1873_en.htm

 

• The European Commission has presented an updated Audiovisual Media Services Directive, which describes the rules that governed audiovisual media in the EU

• Concluding that a 'one-size-fits-all' approach to all modern platforms was not appropriate, the Commission wants to achieve a better balance of the rules which today apply to traditional broadcasters, video-on-demand providers and video-sharing platforms

• The proposed new rules are:

  • Platforms which organise and tag a large quantity of videos will have to protect minors from harmful content (such as pornography and violence) and protect all citizens from incitement to hatred

  • The Directive will now ensure that regulatory authorities are truly independent from governments and industry, to ensure that audiovisual media act in the interest of viewers.

  • The Commission wants TV broadcasters to continue to dedicate at least half of viewing time to European works and will oblige on-demand providers to ensure at least 20% share of European content in their catalogues.

  • The revised Directive gives broadcasters more flexibility as to when ads can be shown –

    • the overall limit of 20% of broadcasting time is maintained between 7 am and 11 pm, but instead of the current 12 minutes per hour, broadcasters can choose more freely when to show ads throughout the day.

 

 

 

 

 

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Rapid Fire

Samsung S8 Iris Scanner is Easily Hackable

Source 1:  posted by WMGroomAK https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/783783-samsung-s8-iris-scanner-may-not-be-quite-as-secure/

Source 2:  https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/samsung-galaxy-s8-iris-scanner-fooled-by-a-photo/

 

• A Chaos Computer Club researcher has discovered realized that by taking a photo of a phone owner's face, an attacker with physical access to the device can able to unlock the phone just by printing the photo on paper and flashing it in front of the phone's front camera.

• But modern iris scanners and facial recognition systems are programmed to use image depth in order to distinguish between (2D) photos and a human's real (3D) eye.

• Researchers bypassed this hurdle by gluing a contact lens on top of the image, creating a round surface on top of the iris photo to trick the phone.

• Ironically, the best results  were achieved by printing the iris photos using a Samsung laser printer.

 

Rumour: 'iPhone 8' Will Have Touch ID Integrated into Display

Source 1: posted by NinerL https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/784807-tsmc-sources-claim-iphone-8-will-have-touch-id-integrated-into-display/

Source 2: https://www.macrumors.com/2017/05/26/tsmc-iphone-8-touch-id-integrated-display/

 

 

• During a technology convention held in Taipei on Thursday, Apple supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company  apparently confirmed Apple's use of an optical fingerprint sensor to enable authentication directly on the screen in the absence of a physical Home button.

• In addition to the fingerprint recognition, the sources claimed the new iPhones will also come with "invisible infrared image sensors to enhance the functionality of the high-pixel camera" and to enable augmented reality functions.

 

 

Destiny 2 uses a hybrid-server networking model

Source 1:  https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/05/destiny-2-moves-to-a-more-server-centric-networking-model/

Source 2: https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/25/15695064/destiny-2-servers-network-bungie

 

• Bungie revealed that Destiny 2 won’t use dedicated servers

• Unlike the original Destiny, where matches were hosted on one player's console, "every activity in Destiny 2 is hosted by one of [Bungie’s] servers,"

  • "That means you will never again suffer a host migration during your Raid attempt or Trials match."

• But those servers won't handle all the data for every player in the game.

  • Each player is authoritative over their own movement and abilities

  • "This allows us to give players the feeling of immediacy in all their moving and shooting—no matter where they live and no matter whom they choose to play with."

• While Bungie can’t promise that lag-induced glitches will be completely eliminated in Destiny 2, they say this server model should lead to a definite reduction

 

 

Researchers engineer shape-shifting noodles

Source 1: http://news.mit.edu/2017/researchers-engineer-shape-shifting-noodles-0525

Source 2: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4544352/AmazonFresh-Pickup-lets-collect-orders-minutes.html

 

• Researchers from MIT’s Tangible Media Group have concocted flat sheets of gelatin and starch that, when submerged in water, instantly sprout into three-dimensional structures

• The researchers created flat d,iscs that wrap around beads of caviar similar to cannoli, as well as spaghetti that spontaneously divides into smaller noodles when dunked in hot broth.

• It could also a practical way to reduce food-shipping costs. For instance, the edible films could be stacked together and shipped to consumers, then morph into their final shape later, when immersed in water.

  • Useful since, apparently, even if you pack macaroni perfectly, you still end up with 67 percent of the volume as air,”

 

IMAX is Opening Virtual Reality Centers

Source 1: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-26/virtual-reality-isn-t-a-hit-at-home-so-imax-tries-arcades

Source 2:  http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/vrc-raising-a-rukus-imax-vr-center-1202429818/

 

• For $1 a minute, a group of friends can experience flight above a deserted Paris, or dive into a world of criminals as assassin John Wick.

• “You walk out of a movie all excited about having seen John Wick or The Avengers, and you can walk right next door and continue that by being immersed in the experience”

• Ticketing is similar to most theaters: You can book time slots in advance online or purchase them at the center.

• In the first four months of 2017, the pilot L.A. center registered more than 25,000 admissions and an average revenue of $15,000 per week.

• A total of 5 U.S. centers are planned, as well as locations in Tokyo; Shanghai; Toronto; Manchester, England; the Middle East; and France.

• With U.S. movie market growth stagnating, exhibitors are looking for new ways to widen their audience.

• “We see this as the beginning of something that will revolutionize the way stories are told.”

• Could this be a first step toward a totally new era of cinema?

 

 

Amazon Opens Grocery Pickup Kiosks

Source 1: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-25/amazon-opens-grocery-pick-up-kiosks-in-seattle-in-shopping-shift

Source 2:

 

• Amazon.com Inc. opened two grocery pickup kiosks in Seattle, part of its latest effort to enter the $800 billion grocery market and compete with “click and collect” shopping options

• The “AmazonFresh Pickup” spots let shoppers buy groceries online and pick them up in as little as 15 minutes

• Each location has parking spaces beneath canopies similar to those seen at gas stations.

• Grocery sales have been slow to shift online, leaving Amazon at a disadvantage to competitors like Wal-Mart.

• Amazon is experimenting with brick-and-mortar concepts to get a toehold in grocery sales while its competitors add online options to their existing stores.

• Will these Kiosks eventually use Amazon Go tech?

 

 

 

Sergey Brin makes Giant Blimp with his Giant Face on It.

Source 1:  https://techcrunch.com/2017/05/26/sergey-brins-giant-airship-will-be-worlds-largest-serve-humanitarian-role/

Source 2:  https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/may/26/google-sergey-brin-building-largest-aircraft

 

• The Google co-founder has dedicated his own money to building the world’s largest aircraft: a 200m long Zeppelin (656 feet).

  • It’s smaller than historic airships like the Hindenburg, which was 245m

• It will be used for personal intercontinental travel, as well as humanitarian missions around the world

• It will use a system of internal gas bladders to control its buoyancy, allowing it to off-load almost anywhere in the world- no airport required

• It will be full of Helium, not Hydrogen.

 

 

Russian CPU still can’t compete with Intel & AMD

Source 1: psoted by Ikarej https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/784833-russian-elbrus-8s-first-showcased/

Source 2: https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/05/25/russia-showcases-first-computers-based-indigenous-elbrus-8s-processor/#.tnw_IYVH8kid

 

• Russian state-owned technology Ruselectronics has demonstrated the first computers running its own domestic Elbrus-8S silicon

•  

• The Elbrus-8S the chip is 3-5 times faster than the previous Elbrus-4S processor, and has I/O channels that are eight times higher.

• ...but the Elbrus-4S, which came out in 2015, was famously described as “CPU from 1999”.

• The new chip has:

  • eight cores

  • 28 nanometer lithography

• In recent years, Russia has attempted to wean itself off US-made technology with its own domestic offerings.

 

Microsoft rebrands Twitch competitor

Source 1: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/25/microsoft-rebrands-twitch-competitor-and-adds-mobile-live-streaming.html

Source 2:  http://www.androidauthority.com/microsoft-rebrands-twitch-competitor-as-mixer-throws-in-more-game-streaming-features-775416/

 

• Microsoft will replace Beam, the live streaming app that it acquired last year, with the Mixer app, on the Xbox One, Windows 10, IOS, and Android.

• Microsoft is making it possible for up to four people to simultaneously live stream themselves. Viewers will see the screen divided up into four sections of all the people who are streaming.

• Initially this "co-streaming" feature will be available on Xbox One, for people participating in its Insiders program, and in Windows 10. Later it will come to mobile devices.

• Additionally, Microsoft is releasing new Mixer Create mobile apps that will let users stream live. Soon Microsoft will update that app so as to enable game streaming as well.

• YouTube Gaming has permitted mobile streaming since 2015.

[unijab]

first

[Daniel644]

#LinusDoctorWhoTips

#FireLuke

[unijab]

wheres the youtube link???

[rn8686]

YT link? Please fix for dark theme users. 

[Daniel644]

Yo @Slick where is the video man?

[BuckGup]

Bye Nicky V

[Master Disaster]

Mythbusters were able to trick a high security level graded fingerprint lock with a scanned print reverse printed onto some moist gelatine. True story.

[AxelRantila]

My suggestion for the future of CSF is to not have fixed released schedule. I would rather see fewer but higher quality videos than many lower-quality ones

 

And while it is sad that Nicky V is leaving, at least it is on good terms

[3 Lions]

Nicky V, 

 

I hope everything goes well for you in the future. 

 

From 

LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo (LTTFFD) 

[Okjoek]

I'm also sad to see the original LMG staff either leaving or moving on to other projects.I wasn't like super early to LTT, but I was early enough to watch them grow and evolve and I know it's just nostalgia, but I miss when it was just a handful of people who we grew familiar with, at least in front of the camera is what I mean.

 

Personally I agree with that first option of making channel super fun uploads unscheduled. I don't really look forward to watching it on a weekly basis as much as other content.

 

[jamaniek]

10 hours ago, BuckGup said:

Bye Nicky V

I still can't believe it ;( Who's gonna make fun of Dennis now and give me some amazing lifting and life tips? We'll miss you Nicky V ?

[TrashPanda45]

Going to miss Nicky V a lot, great dude.

 

But who was chlesea? I don't remember her.

[SpaceGhostC2C]

 

13 hours ago, ARikozuM said:

I wonder what LMG's attrition rate is... 

According to what they said yesterdays, it was 0% until now.

 

4 hours ago, Okjoek said:

I'm also sad to see the original LMG staff either leaving or moving on to other projects.I wasn't like super early to LTT, but I was early enough to watch them grow and evolve and I know it's just nostalgia, but I miss when it was just a handful of people who we grew familiar with, at least in front of the camera is what I mean.

It's how things go in professional environments: people eventually grow out of what they've been doing for a while. We tend to think in personal terms, where fruitful relationships tend to linger, but at a professional level departures can be as much a sign of success when they involve a step forward for the particular person leaving.

 

 

1 hour ago, TrashPanda45 said:

But who was chlesea? I don't remember her.

http://www.linusmediagroup.com/history/

[jeetsagar]

Berkel was always the cheerful, energetic guy on camera. Wish him a successful future. Hope he can show up on a CSF or WAN show one last time to say goodbye. 

 

As per CSF content, I think a tight schedule is not necessary. A new CSF video is a pleasant surprise, but not something I watch regularly.

[l0bst3r]

what happened to chelsea?

[SpacePumpkin]

I think restricting the editing time on CSF videos is a good way to go, I personally just enjoy seeing you guys having fun. I can see why editing them in a rush can make it stressful. I quite like to watch these while nursing a hangover

Also, can I request that the WAN show be uploaded to floatplane as well? I realize it might be wasted bandwidth, but for some reason videos streamed through floatplane are much smoother than YouTube (potato PC?) 

[NumLock21]

Just got this idea for The last tune up that Luke had mentioned on the Wan Show.

Nicky V should paint a picture of himself under Linus' car hood and trunk door, or tape a self picture into the back wind shield, so every time linus opens the truck, hood, or looks into the rear view mirror, he sees Nicky V.

 

or maybe one of these, but with Nicky V

 

 

[driminicus]

Just for the record, I do actually listen to the podcast version every once in a while, though not through itunes.

 

Oh, and Nick: I wish you all the best!

[jeetsagar]

On 5/27/2017 at 8:04 PM, TrashPanda45 said:

But who was chlesea? I don't remember her.

First saw her in the Christmas razer blade video. She also appeared in a channel super fun video where they were throwing axes.

[SansVarnic]

Original Dr. Who FTW

 

Bye Nick your will be missed.