August 3 2018 - WAN Show Document

[LinusTech]

Soundcloud: TBD

 

Main News Topics

Next Gen Nvidia GTX names settled?

Source 1: Master Disaster https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/955403-ecc-registration-certificate-shows-nvidia-gtx-2070-2080-based-on-the-ga104-gpu/

Source 2: https://wccftech.com/nvidias-geforce-gtx-2080-and-2070-based-on-ampere-ga104-gpu/

 

• Manli Technologies, a vendor for NVIDIA GeForce GPUs has just registered an ECC certificate with the name GeForce GTX 2070 and GeForce GTX 2080 included in the mix.

  • The GPU chips also contain GA104 and GA104-400 – both of which are Ampere based.

• while this is a real certification, it is possible that the company is using placeholder names and the actual nomenclature is something else.

• The GeForce GTX 2070 and GeForce GTX 2080 graphics cards will be launching at Gamescom, which starts Aug 21

 

Intel Roadmap Leaks

Source 1: Taf the Ghost https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/954887-intel-roadmap-leaks-9th-gen-sept-new-28-core-a-series/

Source 2: https://videocardz.com/76922/intel-core-i9-9900k-launches-in-q3-2018-after-all

 

• A leaked intel slide shows the company’s roadmap from now until 2019 Q2

  • 9th Gen Core series this quarter (sept)

  • A 28-core part in a brand new market segment.

    • With a different chipset and socket

    • Should launch in late Q4

    • Basin Falls Refresh in November 2018,

    • Glacier Falls to begin production roll out in Q3 2019

• Intel has divided its consumer processors into four distinct categories: A, X, S and N.

  • A Series is the highest end segment, followed by X, S, and N.

 

Google 'working on censored search engine' for China

Source 1: mrthuvi https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/955283-google-working-on-censored-search-engine-for-china/

Source 2: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/02/google-working-on-censored-search-engine-for-china

 

• Google has been condemned for supporting state censorship following reports that it is working on a mobile search app for android that would block certain search terms, allowing Google to re-enter the Chinese market.

  • Google backed out of China 8 years ago due to censorship and hacking

• Google is reportedly building a second app, focused on news aggregation, for the Chinese market, which would also comply with the country’s censorship laws

• Google already offers a number of apps to Chinese users, including Google Translate and Files Go, but the largest of its services – search, email and the Play app store – are all unavailable.

• The Chinese human rights community said Google’s acquiescence to China’s censorship would be a “dark day for internet freedom”.

  • “It is impossible to see how such a move is compatible with Google’s ‘do the right thing’ motto and we are calling on the company to change course,”

  • “In putting profits before human rights, Google would be setting a chilling precedent and handing the Chinese government a victory.”

    • But won’t Google be the “Bing of China” anyway next to Baidu?

    • Is it overall better for the West to have Google profit from the growing Chinese market rather than being left behind?

 

What’s Coming Out on Floatplane? Go Over Current Week.

Rapid Fire

Amd Threadripper price leak

Source 1: Advanced Micro Devices .nc https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/955429-amd-thread-ripper-leak/

Source 2: https://item.m.jd.com/product/8457846.html?ShareTm=nDQDyptvCb%2BkeIbapfHcrxtun76g4hvZOi4q%2BLGkiup40Qu2mtGbky9wiFqZWTg%2BbdprQVzo7m8igSGjEL9dxXOzAYcocnmJ5Av5JO2AEZfvZ5Dptmt5J5OUChfX49NCIrShvwkoa9AGdBnaZSkmnHmNlvPik%2Bm84suP7JIMY4A%3D&ad_od=share&utm_source=androidapp&utm_medium=appshare&utm_campaign=t_335139774&utm_term=CopyURL

 

• The price of the upcoming Threadripper 2990wx has leaked on chinese online retailer website JingDong

• The price is 13,999 RMB (around $2,000 USD),

• the website says the CPU will be available for pre-order after 3 days and 4 hours

  • if you pay the pre-order deposit (100RMB, $14 USD), you can get it at 13,099RMB ($1,900 USD)

 

Apple mistakenly reports itself as worth $1Trillion

Source 1: jtalk4456 https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/955187-apple-has-not-made-it-to-a-trillion-whoops/

Source 2: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/apple-stock-price-share-trillion-dollar-latest-update-a8474726.html

 

• Apple's Stocks app has mistakenly labelled its creator as the world's first trillion-dollar company.

• Apple has been very close to becoming the world’s first Trillion dollar company for some time, but the company falsely claimed to have already broken the record because of a technical fault with the app built into the iPhone.

  • After it announcing earnings this week, Apple bought back some of its own shares.

  • Since there are now fewer shares, the stock price required to push through the record went up – from around $204 to $207.

  • But that update wasn't added to Apple's own Stocks app, so a small surge in Apple's shares showed the company as being worth $1 trillion – even though it wasn’t.

• The share price data on the iPhone is provided by Yahoo Finance

• BUT NOW IT IS WORTH $1Tn

 

UK committee tries to battle fake news

Source 1: ImNotARobot https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/953956-uk-parliamentary-committee-recommends-levy-on-social-media-to-defend-against-fake-news/

Source 2:

https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/30/fake-news-inquiry-calls-for-social-media-levy-to-defend-democracy/?guccounter=1

Source 3: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmcumeds/363/36302.htm

 

• A UK parliamentary committee which has been running a multi-month investigation into the impact of online disinformation on political campaigning has published a preliminary report

• The committee is suggesting “principle-based recommendations” designed to be “sufficiently adaptive to deal with fast-moving technological developments”.

  • a levy on social media and tech giants to fund expanding a “major investment” in the UK’s data watchdog so the body is able to “attract and employ more technically-skilled engineers who not only can analyse current technologies, but have the capacity to predict future technologies”

    • similar to the way in which the banking sector pays for the upkeep of the Financial Conduct Authority

  • amendments to UK Electoral Law to reflect use of new technologies

    • all electronic campaigning should have information on the publishing organisation and who is legally responsible for the spending

  • a code for advertising through social media during election periods

    • giving consideration to whether such activity should be restricted during the regulated period

    • “more stringent requirements for major donors to demonstrate the source of their donations”,

    • limits on the amount of money an individual can donate

  • major increase in the maximum fine that can be levied by the Electoral Commission

    • From £20,000 to a % of turnover

  • a public register for political advertising

  • a ban on micro-targeted political advertising to lookalikes online, and a minimum limit for the number of voters sent individual political messages to be agreed at a national level.

  • a recommendation to formulate a new regulatory category for tech companies that is not necessarily either a platform or a publisher, and which “tightens tech companies’ liabilities”

 

Huawei Passes Apple in Smartphone Share for the First Time

Source 1: Sc2Mitch https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/954946-huawei-passes-apple-in-smartphone-share-for-the-first-time/

Source 2: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-01/china-s-huawei-passes-apple-in-smartphone-share-for-first-time?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_medium=social&utm_content=business&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business

 

• Huawei pulled ahead of Apple Inc. to claim the No. 2 position in global smartphone shipments in the second quarter just behind Samsung Electronics Co.

  • Samsung = 21%

  • Huawei = 16%

  • Apple = 12%

  • Xiaomi and Oppo rounded out the top five.

• Huawei shipped 54.2 million phones in the quarter, 41% more than a year earlier

• Huawei has pushed into Europe and Africa, though it’s failed to crack the massive U.S. market.

 

Buy Starbucks with Bitcoin

Source 1: CyberNinjaCoder https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/955555-starbucks-jumps-on-bitcoin-bandwagon/

Source 2: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/03/starbucks-partners-with-microsoft-ice-on-new-cryptocurrency.html

 

• is working with Microsoft, Intercontinental Exchange, and others on a new digital platform that will allow consumers to use bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies at Starbucks.

• The new company, Bakkt, will enable consumers and institutions to buy, sell, store, and spend cryptocurrencies on the global network by November.

• The platform with convert bitcoin and other cryptocoins into U.S. dollars that can be used to buy anything at Starbucks.

  • "As the flagship retailer, Starbucks will play a pivotal role in developing practical, trusted and regulated applications for consumers to convert their digital assets into US dollars for use at Starbucks,"

 

Tesla to supply Proprietary AI-chip next year

Source 1: ENTXawp https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/955299-tesla-wants-to-supply-cars-with-self-developed-ai-chip-next-year/

Source 2: https://tweakers.net/nieuws/141641/tesla-wil-volgend-jaar-autos-voorzien-van-zelfontwikkelde-ai-chip.html

Source 3: https://electrek.co/2018/08/01/tesla-chip-most-advanced-computer-autonomous-driving-autopilot-hardware-3-update/

 

• Tesla announced during the presentation of its quarterly results that it plans to provide cars with a self-developed ai-chip next year.

  • It will be released as an upgrade to current owners

  • During Tesla’s earnings call, Tesla confirmed that they have now produced the chip and have it working in test vehicles on the road.

• The custom-built chips will power the next generation Autopilot, and will need to process 2000 frames per second instead of the current 200.

• The ‘hardware 3’ suite for Autopilot which will take the form of a new computer that will replace the existing computer in the vehicles with Autopilot hardware 2.0 and 2.5, which have been in production since October 2016.

  • Tesla has previously said that this upgrade will be offered for free since Tesla has been advertising Autopilot 2.0 cars as being fully autonomous ready and therefore, any upgrade to make it fully autonomous should be free.

  • The computer in the Autopilot 2.0 hardware suite is powered by Nvidia GPUs

 

Canada's first eSports stadium to be built in Richmond

Source 1: MrrMoose https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/955140-canadas-first-esports-stadium-to-be-opened-in-richmond-bc/

Source 2: https://www.richmond-news.com/news/canada-s-first-esports-stadium-to-be-built-in-richmond-1.23387110

 

• Richmond is expected to be home to Canada’s first-ever eSports stadium, with an opening date scheduled for 2019.

• ‘The Gaming Stadium’, will be a custom-built, community-driven location that is open for players for all ages and skill levels.

  • “We are focused on more than top-level players or hosting major events…we are going to be the Little League, Junior League and Major League home of all things eSports in Vancouver,”

• The Gaming Stadium will feature a large stage with seating for up to 250 spectators, a gaming area with more than 40 computers, a leisure area, a full broadcast facility, and food and beverage offerings.

• “Pending on the permit process, we are hoping for constructions to start late this fall and for an opening date in the spring of 2019,”

  • The stadium will be located in the parking lot space between Lipont Place and the Tim Hortons on No. 3 Road.

• Vancouver’s Rogers Arena will be hosting the International Dota 2 Championships in late August, with a prize pool of $27 million.

 

Fortnite on Android to bypass Google Play Store

Source 1: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/08/fortnite-on-android-may-drive-its-battle-bus-past-googles-30-cut/

Source 2: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2018-fortnite-on-android-doesnt-use-google-play-confirmed

 

• Epic has confirmed that the Android version of Fortnite will entirely bypass the Google Play app store.

  • Fortnite players on Android will have to go straight to the web site, downloading an "APK" file, and opening up Android's permissions to approve the game's install.

• “Avoiding the 30 percent "store tax" is a part of Epic's motivation.

  • “It's a high cost in a world where game developers' 70 percent must cover all the cost of developing, operating, and supporting their games.

  • “And it's disproportionate to the cost of the services these stores perform, such as payment processing, download bandwidth, and customer service.

  • “We're intimately familiar with these costs from our experience operating Fortnite as a direct-to-customer service on PC and Mac.”

• What about unwitting users installing malware as a result of opening up Android's security permissions?

  • Epic responds by reminding gamers that the "freedom" of an open platform like Android "comes with responsibility," and that the per-app permission process within newer Android versions is superior to "entrusting one monopoly app store as the arbiter of what software users are allowed to obtain."

 

1TB of total storage in Galaxy Note 9

Source 1: https://www.sammobile.com/2018/08/03/samsung-galaxy-note-official-video-leak

Source 2:

 

• Samsung New Zealand appears to have accidentally posted a product video for the Galaxy Note 9 to Youtube.

• The video tells us not only that a 512GB variant of the Note 9 exists, but that the phone also supports up to 512GB microSD cards, so users could have up to 1 terabyte of total storage on the device.

  • It was only earlier this year that the Galaxy S9 officially introduced support for 400GB cards

• The phone will launch on August 9

[cheapasian]

you should get a civic type r

[Fullmental]

 

1 minute ago, cheapasian said:

you should get a civic type r

Even without the Type R, those Civic hatchbacks look pretty nice and it's much more affordable. I'd get one if I was in the market myself.

[cheapasian]

Just now, Fullmental said:

 

Even without the Type R, those Civic hatchbacks look pretty nice and it's much more affordable. I'd get one if I was in the market myself.

IMO I don't really like the look of the Civic hatchbacks prefer the 2019 corolla hatchback instead would pick the si or type r because of the performance 

[Fullmental]

15 minutes ago, cheapasian said:

IMO I don't really like the look of the Civic hatchbacks prefer the 2019 corolla hatchback instead would pick the si or type r because of the performance 

It's a personal preference for sure. The Corollas look nice but I'd never get one because of all the problems I've had with their entertainment systems in the past (plus seriously, no touch screens! I can't use them when I'm driving, radio buttons are so much better).

 

Also, the Corolla doesn't have enough interior space in the back seats or the cargo area for my liking - it's just terrible really. I can fit more in a regular sedan trunk.

 

Then you have to rev the crap out of their stock engines to get any acceleration (a major issue in my city with really short onramps to the interstate where you basically have to floor it to get on safely), so the extra performance out of the Civic is better for me. Then I'm more comfortable with the six speed on the Hondas vs the Toyotas. They just feel better to me, at least from the limited test drive time I was able to get on Corollas last time I went searching for a car. 

 

Basically every little thing I care about most is slightly better on the Civic vs the Corolla, so that's why I'd get the Civic first.

 

Personally, the Type R is also out of my budget - those things start at like $35k vs $22k for the regular hatch. I'd probably consider a used one though, or even an Si sedan.

[cheapasian]

the physical dimensions on the Corolla are defiantly compromised and I hate that the infotainment still does not have Android Auto. I would defiantly get the Civic Si if i am leasing it. but i would get a non turbo Civic or Corolla if I'm buying and keeping it long term because I'm not sure how reliable the turbo engine are. Sadly the Type R is also out of my budget but hopefully i can get one in the future with Doug DeMuro's bumper to bumper warranty.

[ahuckphin]

Why don't Linus just replace his car with another 2003 Civic?

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

@LinusTech you should maybe hit up Zack Spencer from Motormouth Canada since he's also in Vancouver. Would be interesting to see you two test driving a new car.

 

E92 M3 from Zack's picks

http://www.motormouth.ca/zacks-picks/2008-e92-bmw-m3-i

 

His personal 2015 Audi A7 is also for sale

http://www.motormouth.ca/zacks-picks/2015-audi-a7-i

[YOLOengineer101]

I think not buy a Superbike, it's too expensive.
Instead buy a Ducati for that price point.

[WillG]

TOYOTA COROLLA

 

 

[Bropez]

Anyone know what new OM chair Linus was talking about with Luke?

[HRSCR]

You can buy a mule too 

 

BTW: My wife handle the money in my house too. And we have a super tiny company... so... I never used to carry money with me either.  

Edited August 4, 2018 by HRSCR
Forgot a part

[Nicnac]

Luke, I know a good chair that's only 399.......

[Egg-Roll]

What happened at 19:13? Just a hiccup I guess.

 

@LinusTech About the CD's:
It's actually something stupid like 30 cents per CD and most goes to the artists (theoretically) 
https://cb-cda.gc.ca/tariffs-tarifs/certified-homologues/2017/2017-12-01.pdf

Quote

5. CPCC shall distribute the amounts it collects, less its operating costs, as follows:

(a) 58.2 per cent, to be shared between the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN), the Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA) and the Society for Reproduction Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers in Canada (SODRAC), on account of eligible authors;

(b) 23.8 per cent to Re:Sound Music Licensing Company on account of eligible performers; and

(c) 18.0 per cent to Re:Sound Music Licensing Company on account of eligible makers.

If the artist you bought the CD for isn't in that list, they don't get paid a %. Which I think is based on sales, which means if Bieber sells 90% of all CDs he'll get 90% of the % given to the part he is associated of, and if your artist only sold 0.01%...

http://www.cpcc.ca/en/

For this reason I stopped buying CD's instead if I like a artist I'll buy the CD instead over borrowing and copying.

 

Also Linus, you pitched the car/bike and model s to your wife all wrong

You should do something like this:

Actually sit down figure out how much each car would cost per year + insurance and approach it like that. Tho if you do that she might actually demand you to get the tesla (or Bolt < Don't buy, get a model 3 instead) 

[Romano]

a Type R would be awesome

[descendency]

I called it a few weeks ago?

 

 

[GumblesGrambles]

Get a Raptor in pink, its the rules!

[Kevanness]

What about a 2017 Toyota Prius Prime Advanced? This "Unboxing" makes it look pretty good...

[Jtalk4456]

so i am curious about going with an electric motorcycle for my commute to work, i'm tired of spending 50 to fill up a dodge grand caravan. But money is an issue of course. Is there an electric motorcycle under 5k that I could grab come tax returns?it only needs a 100 mile range at best

[ERM64bit]

If Linus is considering a Plug-In Hybrid rather than a full electric car (and it looks like the wife is saying no to the superbike) I would look at the new Volvo S60 T8 Plug-In. It has great power at 400hp, 495 lb-ft torque and it seats 4 adults very comfortably. I've driven the new T6 (and freakin loved it) and I'm waiting on my local dealer to get a T8, but I've heard great things about the T8 and its' Polestar variant. Also I'm curious about whether or not cars region specific to dealers. In the US, you can only order the Honda Clarity in California and Oregon, and is unavailable throughout the rest of the US, so I wonder if Canada is the same with EVs? 

[Sithon1]

On 2018-08-03 at 10:43 PM, LinusTech said:

Soundcloud: TBD

 

Main News Topics

Next Gen Nvidia GTX names settled?

Source 1: Master Disaster https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/955403-ecc-registration-certificate-shows-nvidia-gtx-2070-2080-based-on-the-ga104-gpu/

Source 2: https://wccftech.com/nvidias-geforce-gtx-2080-and-2070-based-on-ampere-ga104-gpu/

 

• Manli Technologies, a vendor for NVIDIA GeForce GPUs has just registered an ECC certificate with the name GeForce GTX 2070 and GeForce GTX 2080 included in the mix.

  • The GPU chips also contain GA104 and GA104-400 – both of which are Ampere based.

• while this is a real certification, it is possible that the company is using placeholder names and the actual nomenclature is something else.

• The GeForce GTX 2070 and GeForce GTX 2080 graphics cards will be launching at Gamescom, which starts Aug 21

 

Intel Roadmap Leaks

Source 1: Taf the Ghost https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/954887-intel-roadmap-leaks-9th-gen-sept-new-28-core-a-series/

Source 2: https://videocardz.com/76922/intel-core-i9-9900k-launches-in-q3-2018-after-all

 

• A leaked intel slide shows the company’s roadmap from now until 2019 Q2

  • 9th Gen Core series this quarter (sept)

  • A 28-core part in a brand new market segment.

    • With a different chipset and socket

    • Should launch in late Q4

    • Basin Falls Refresh in November 2018,

    • Glacier Falls to begin production roll out in Q3 2019

• Intel has divided its consumer processors into four distinct categories: A, X, S and N.

  • A Series is the highest end segment, followed by X, S, and N.

 

Google 'working on censored search engine' for China

Source 1: mrthuvi https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/955283-google-working-on-censored-search-engine-for-china/

Source 2: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/02/google-working-on-censored-search-engine-for-china

 

• Google has been condemned for supporting state censorship following reports that it is working on a mobile search app for android that would block certain search terms, allowing Google to re-enter the Chinese market.

  • Google backed out of China 8 years ago due to censorship and hacking

• Google is reportedly building a second app, focused on news aggregation, for the Chinese market, which would also comply with the country’s censorship laws

• Google already offers a number of apps to Chinese users, including Google Translate and Files Go, but the largest of its services – search, email and the Play app store – are all unavailable.

• The Chinese human rights community said Google’s acquiescence to China’s censorship would be a “dark day for internet freedom”.

  • “It is impossible to see how such a move is compatible with Google’s ‘do the right thing’ motto and we are calling on the company to change course,”

  • “In putting profits before human rights, Google would be setting a chilling precedent and handing the Chinese government a victory.”

    • But won’t Google be the “Bing of China” anyway next to Baidu?

    • Is it overall better for the West to have Google profit from the growing Chinese market rather than being left behind?

 

What’s Coming Out on Floatplane? Go Over Current Week.

Rapid Fire

Amd Threadripper price leak

Source 1: Advanced Micro Devices .nc https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/955429-amd-thread-ripper-leak/

Source 2: https://item.m.jd.com/product/8457846.html?ShareTm=nDQDyptvCb%2BkeIbapfHcrxtun76g4hvZOi4q%2BLGkiup40Qu2mtGbky9wiFqZWTg%2BbdprQVzo7m8igSGjEL9dxXOzAYcocnmJ5Av5JO2AEZfvZ5Dptmt5J5OUChfX49NCIrShvwkoa9AGdBnaZSkmnHmNlvPik%2Bm84suP7JIMY4A%3D&ad_od=share&utm_source=androidapp&utm_medium=appshare&utm_campaign=t_335139774&utm_term=CopyURL

 

• The price of the upcoming Threadripper 2990wx has leaked on chinese online retailer website JingDong

• The price is 13,999 RMB (around $2,000 USD),

• the website says the CPU will be available for pre-order after 3 days and 4 hours

  • if you pay the pre-order deposit (100RMB, $14 USD), you can get it at 13,099RMB ($1,900 USD)

 

Apple mistakenly reports itself as worth $1Trillion

Source 1: jtalk4456 https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/955187-apple-has-not-made-it-to-a-trillion-whoops/

Source 2: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/apple-stock-price-share-trillion-dollar-latest-update-a8474726.html

 

• Apple's Stocks app has mistakenly labelled its creator as the world's first trillion-dollar company.

• Apple has been very close to becoming the world’s first Trillion dollar company for some time, but the company falsely claimed to have already broken the record because of a technical fault with the app built into the iPhone.

  • After it announcing earnings this week, Apple bought back some of its own shares.

  • Since there are now fewer shares, the stock price required to push through the record went up – from around $204 to $207.

  • But that update wasn't added to Apple's own Stocks app, so a small surge in Apple's shares showed the company as being worth $1 trillion – even though it wasn’t.

• The share price data on the iPhone is provided by Yahoo Finance

• BUT NOW IT IS WORTH $1Tn

 

UK committee tries to battle fake news

Source 1: ImNotARobot https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/953956-uk-parliamentary-committee-recommends-levy-on-social-media-to-defend-against-fake-news/

Source 2:

https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/30/fake-news-inquiry-calls-for-social-media-levy-to-defend-democracy/?guccounter=1

Source 3: https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201719/cmselect/cmcumeds/363/36302.htm

 

• A UK parliamentary committee which has been running a multi-month investigation into the impact of online disinformation on political campaigning has published a preliminary report

• The committee is suggesting “principle-based recommendations” designed to be “sufficiently adaptive to deal with fast-moving technological developments”.

  • a levy on social media and tech giants to fund expanding a “major investment” in the UK’s data watchdog so the body is able to “attract and employ more technically-skilled engineers who not only can analyse current technologies, but have the capacity to predict future technologies”

    • similar to the way in which the banking sector pays for the upkeep of the Financial Conduct Authority

  • amendments to UK Electoral Law to reflect use of new technologies

    • all electronic campaigning should have information on the publishing organisation and who is legally responsible for the spending

  • a code for advertising through social media during election periods

    • giving consideration to whether such activity should be restricted during the regulated period

    • “more stringent requirements for major donors to demonstrate the source of their donations”,

    • limits on the amount of money an individual can donate

  • major increase in the maximum fine that can be levied by the Electoral Commission

    • From £20,000 to a % of turnover

  • a public register for political advertising

  • a ban on micro-targeted political advertising to lookalikes online, and a minimum limit for the number of voters sent individual political messages to be agreed at a national level.

  • a recommendation to formulate a new regulatory category for tech companies that is not necessarily either a platform or a publisher, and which “tightens tech companies’ liabilities”

 

Huawei Passes Apple in Smartphone Share for the First Time

Source 1: Sc2Mitch https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/954946-huawei-passes-apple-in-smartphone-share-for-the-first-time/

Source 2: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-01/china-s-huawei-passes-apple-in-smartphone-share-for-first-time?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_medium=social&utm_content=business&cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business

 

• Huawei pulled ahead of Apple Inc. to claim the No. 2 position in global smartphone shipments in the second quarter just behind Samsung Electronics Co.

  • Samsung = 21%

  • Huawei = 16%

  • Apple = 12%

  • Xiaomi and Oppo rounded out the top five.

• Huawei shipped 54.2 million phones in the quarter, 41% more than a year earlier

• Huawei has pushed into Europe and Africa, though it’s failed to crack the massive U.S. market.

 

Buy Starbucks with Bitcoin

Source 1: CyberNinjaCoder https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/955555-starbucks-jumps-on-bitcoin-bandwagon/

Source 2: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/03/starbucks-partners-with-microsoft-ice-on-new-cryptocurrency.html

 

• is working with Microsoft, Intercontinental Exchange, and others on a new digital platform that will allow consumers to use bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies at Starbucks.

• The new company, Bakkt, will enable consumers and institutions to buy, sell, store, and spend cryptocurrencies on the global network by November.

• The platform with convert bitcoin and other cryptocoins into U.S. dollars that can be used to buy anything at Starbucks.

  • "As the flagship retailer, Starbucks will play a pivotal role in developing practical, trusted and regulated applications for consumers to convert their digital assets into US dollars for use at Starbucks,"

 

Tesla to supply Proprietary AI-chip next year

Source 1: ENTXawp https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/955299-tesla-wants-to-supply-cars-with-self-developed-ai-chip-next-year/

Source 2: https://tweakers.net/nieuws/141641/tesla-wil-volgend-jaar-autos-voorzien-van-zelfontwikkelde-ai-chip.html

Source 3: https://electrek.co/2018/08/01/tesla-chip-most-advanced-computer-autonomous-driving-autopilot-hardware-3-update/

 

• Tesla announced during the presentation of its quarterly results that it plans to provide cars with a self-developed ai-chip next year.

  • It will be released as an upgrade to current owners

  • During Tesla’s earnings call, Tesla confirmed that they have now produced the chip and have it working in test vehicles on the road.

• The custom-built chips will power the next generation Autopilot, and will need to process 2000 frames per second instead of the current 200.

• The ‘hardware 3’ suite for Autopilot which will take the form of a new computer that will replace the existing computer in the vehicles with Autopilot hardware 2.0 and 2.5, which have been in production since October 2016.

  • Tesla has previously said that this upgrade will be offered for free since Tesla has been advertising Autopilot 2.0 cars as being fully autonomous ready and therefore, any upgrade to make it fully autonomous should be free.

  • The computer in the Autopilot 2.0 hardware suite is powered by Nvidia GPUs

 

Canada's first eSports stadium to be built in Richmond

Source 1: MrrMoose https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/955140-canadas-first-esports-stadium-to-be-opened-in-richmond-bc/

Source 2: https://www.richmond-news.com/news/canada-s-first-esports-stadium-to-be-built-in-richmond-1.23387110

 

• Richmond is expected to be home to Canada’s first-ever eSports stadium, with an opening date scheduled for 2019.

• ‘The Gaming Stadium’, will be a custom-built, community-driven location that is open for players for all ages and skill levels.

  • “We are focused on more than top-level players or hosting major events…we are going to be the Little League, Junior League and Major League home of all things eSports in Vancouver,”

• The Gaming Stadium will feature a large stage with seating for up to 250 spectators, a gaming area with more than 40 computers, a leisure area, a full broadcast facility, and food and beverage offerings.

• “Pending on the permit process, we are hoping for constructions to start late this fall and for an opening date in the spring of 2019,”

  • The stadium will be located in the parking lot space between Lipont Place and the Tim Hortons on No. 3 Road.

• Vancouver’s Rogers Arena will be hosting the International Dota 2 Championships in late August, with a prize pool of $27 million.

 

Fortnite on Android to bypass Google Play Store

Source 1: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/08/fortnite-on-android-may-drive-its-battle-bus-past-googles-30-cut/

Source 2: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2018-fortnite-on-android-doesnt-use-google-play-confirmed

 

• Epic has confirmed that the Android version of Fortnite will entirely bypass the Google Play app store.

  • Fortnite players on Android will have to go straight to the web site, downloading an "APK" file, and opening up Android's permissions to approve the game's install.

• “Avoiding the 30 percent "store tax" is a part of Epic's motivation.

  • “It's a high cost in a world where game developers' 70 percent must cover all the cost of developing, operating, and supporting their games.

  • “And it's disproportionate to the cost of the services these stores perform, such as payment processing, download bandwidth, and customer service.

  • “We're intimately familiar with these costs from our experience operating Fortnite as a direct-to-customer service on PC and Mac.”

• What about unwitting users installing malware as a result of opening up Android's security permissions?

  • Epic responds by reminding gamers that the "freedom" of an open platform like Android "comes with responsibility," and that the per-app permission process within newer Android versions is superior to "entrusting one monopoly app store as the arbiter of what software users are allowed to obtain."

 

1TB of total storage in Galaxy Note 9

Source 1: https://www.sammobile.com/2018/08/03/samsung-galaxy-note-official-video-leak

Source 2:

 

• Samsung New Zealand appears to have accidentally posted a product video for the Galaxy Note 9 to Youtube.

• The video tells us not only that a 512GB variant of the Note 9 exists, but that the phone also supports up to 512GB microSD cards, so users could have up to 1 terabyte of total storage on the device.

  • It was only earlier this year that the Galaxy S9 officially introduced support for 400GB cards

• The phone will launch on August 9

Hey Linus . Re. The car hunt. Don't you have a relationship with these guys already? 

https://cleantechnica.com/2018/02/27/2018-renault-zoe-gets-new-r110-electric-motor-80-kw/

Maybe you could get it sponsored by Renault. Save some money and do a spot on customizing it to Lambo specifications.

[Guest]

I’ve always wondered why you include LTT forum as a source, when we always reference and quote another site anyway? A little bit slack.

[Romano]

Don't mind me, I'm just testing my new profile pic

[The Knome]

Stuff Linus.
I WANT THE BIKE!

[Smittyeh]

When will this be available as a podcast?