Why, HDMI? Why?? - Dec. 29, 2021

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NEWS SOURCES:

 

NOT YOUR STANDARD STANDARDS

HDMI 2.1a spec continues the confusion

https://www.xda-developers.com/hdmi-2-1a-ces-2022/

https://9to5mac.com/2021/12/29/hdmi-2-1a/

https://tftcentral.co.uk/articles/when-hdmi-2-1-isnt-hdmi-2-1

https://tftcentral.co.uk/news/hdmi-2-1a-certification-announced-including-new-source-based-tone-mapping-sbtm-feature#:~:text=%E2%80%9CHDMI%202.1a%E2%80%9D%20Future%20confusion%20%E2%80%93%20keep%20in%20mind%20SBTM%20is%20still%20optional

 

SOME REAL HOT BOARDS

ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Hero boards burning up

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/asus-rog-maximus-z690-hero-motherboards-are-burning-up/

https://www.reddit.com/r/ASUS/comments/rjp8tt/asus_rog_z690_hero_motherboard_two_mobos_dead_in/

JayzTwoCents https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdoB9p3LXVQ

Buildzoid https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/rqddb7/ahoc_my_thoughts_on_the_asus_maximus_z690_hero/

https://i.imgur.com/VQip77g.png

ASUS announces recall https://www.tomshardware.com/news/asus-owns-up-to-fiery-z690-motherboard-flaw-starts-recall-program

 

ANYONE CAN BE SUPER

Radeon Super Resolution will work with (nearly) every game

https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-to-introduce-radeon-super-resolution-rsr-technology-that-works-in-all-games

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-reportedly-preps-radeon-super-resolution-rsr-to-democratize-fsr-technology

https://wccftech.com/amd-readies-radeon-super-resolution-rsr-technology-could-be-enabled-in-games-through-drivers/

 

QUICK BITS

 

CRYPTO-LOGGED

Hackers mine $110K of crypto on HP servers through Log4jshell

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1399380-hp-we-have-a-problem/

https://www.techspot.com/news/92745-hackers-made-110000-mining-remotely-hijacked-hp-servers.html

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/hacker-hijacks-hp-epyc-servers-raptoreum-crypto-mining

 

YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION TO DIE

Fortnite down, players get same message as kids in China

https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/29/22858478/fortnite-down-servers-offline-banned-epic-games-store

https://status.epicgames.com/incidents/gfv5zzrn0nv4

no permission https://twitter.com/A_Webster/status/1476220645801447433/photo/1

https://twitter.com/FortniteStatus/status/1476284634971484163

 

SHOOTING SATELLITES

Is SpaceX trying to destroy the Chinese space station

https://www.engadget.com/china-spacex-starlink-un-complaint-221835093.html

Elon Musk says no https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/12/elon-musk-rejects-claims-his-satellites-are-squeezing-out-rivals-in-space/

 

TOUCHY-GEELY

Waymo partners with Chinese automaker Geely on autonomous electric taxi vans

https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/28/waymo-partners-with-geely-to-make-electric-avs-for-ride-hail-in-the-us/

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/waymo-china-geely-robotaxi-080708187.html

 

ACCESSORY TO MURDER

Alexa told a child to electrocute herself

https://linustechtips.com/topic/1399461-alexa-instructs-child-on-how-to-fatally-injure-themselves/

https://twitter.com/klivdahl/status/1475220450598924297

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-59810383