I Want This - TechLinked August 28, 2023

[JakobRush]

 

 

YOU THOUGHT THE ALLY WAS YOUR ALLY?

Lenovo Legion Go unveils Sept 1, according to leaks

$799 price tag https://windowsreport.com/legion-go-price-specs-release-date/

First rumors reported by Windows Central https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/pc-gaming/exclusive-lenovo-is-working-on-a-pc-gaming-handheld-called-the-legion-go

Then Windows Report leaked possibly the first images of the handheld https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/16/23835191/lenovo-legion-go-leaked-images-steam-deck-competitor

Windows Report received document from “anonymous tipster” with press release info https://lmg.gg/F45wc (Windows Report)

Includes full specs https://lmg.gg/AlIbh (Windows Report)

 

BREAKING: YELP REVIEWS DO NOTHING

Issues with CenturyLink

86 year old women left without internet/phone service for a month; restored a day after Ars Technica emailed https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/centurylink-left-86-year-old-woman-with-no-internet-service-for-a-month/

Local news in Omaha metro found dozens of outages; a 93 year old stroke victim couldn’t go home because with the phone not working, the life alert station is kaput https://www.wowt.com/2023/08/22/centurylink-faces-dozens-outage-complaints-across-omaha-metro/

Bountiful, Utah decided to pay for a public fiber internet network https://www.ksl.com/article/50653952/bountiful-issues-48m-bond-to-build-city-owned-fiber-internet-network

Comcast and CenturyLink tried to shut it down https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/04/comcast-centurylink-fail-to-derail-community-owned-gigabit-fiber-network-in-bountiful-utah/

 

THE MORE THE MERRIER

Indian Lunar Mission

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/28/23848816/india-chandrayaan-3-lunar-rover-videos-pictures

Celebrating the moment with X posts galore

Lander landing https://twitter.com/isro/status/1694713817916473530?s=20

Rover coming down the Lander’s ramp https://twitter.com/isro/status/1694945669721776263?s=20

As the rover leaves the lander behind to search for the south pole https://twitter.com/isro/status/1695378531243454712

Stated objectives of the landing https://lmg.gg/CMa7D (ISRO)

 

QUICK BITS

 

IF I COULD READ PORTUGUESE, I’D BE PRETTY UPSET

Whitehat hackers target stalkerware, clearing it from affected devices

https://www.engadget.com/benevolent-hackers-clear-stalking-spyware-from-75000-phones-141904990.html

Smartphones have history of being used as stalking tools https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2014/09/15/346149979/smartphones-are-used-to-stalk-control-domestic-abuse-victims

Portuguese language app WebDetective was used to compromise over 76,000 phones to date.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/08/26/brazil-webdetetive-spyware-deleted/?&web_view=true

 

THE SAND GURM

iPad Pro might be getting a revamp, according to Gurman

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-08-27/ipad-pro-2024-magic-keyboard-redesigned-tablet-m3-september-12-event-details-lltgk6fv

OLED screens M3 chip, four models range from 11 to 13 inches; current Pro is 12.9 inches

https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/08/27/apple-set-to-overhaul-ipad-pro-with-oled-and-magic-keyboard-revamp

Revamped Magic keyboard, more laptop-like, larger trackpad.

https://gizmodo.com/ipad-pro-apple-m3-chips-oled-screen-upgrade-2024-1850779748

 

THE EARTH COMPANY NEEDS MORE SATELLITES

Google wants their own satellite messaging service

https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/28/23848719/google-messages-satellite-emergency-services-garmin-rumor

Looks like partnership with Garmin https://9to5google.com/2023/08/28/google-messages-satellite-connectivity-garmin-evidence/

May be brought to 150 countries https://www.xda-developers.com/google-satellite-connectivity-for-messages-app/

 

IT’LL BE OK, RILEY.

Zenfone 10 might be Asus’s last

https://www.androidpolice.com/asus-could-be-done-making-zenfones-report-suggests/

https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-compact-android-is-the-best-phone-youve-never-heard-of/

https://www.phonearena.com/news/zenfone-10-ends-the-line_id150141

 

WHY?

Chinese company made a 4090 with 5 fans

https://www.guru3d.com/news-story/maxsun-eforce-rtx-4090-gpu-has-five-fans.html

Called the RTX 4090 MGG, or “Mega Gamer” https://www.tomshardware.com/news/beefy-rtx-4090-boasts-five-fan-cooler-design

Company associated with product names like “Terminator” and “McDonald’s”

https://videocardz.com/newz/maxsun-launches-worlds-first-geforce-rtx-4090-gpu-with-five-fans

[dragonhero94]

For anyone that is frustrated about the CenturyLink ISP story, as a Network Engineer for an ISP, you need to understand. These companies want as little restrictions as possible despite life saving communications and services ride their infrastructure. Transparency for the big companies is almost unheard of, and they want to keep it that way while raising your rates. What needs to change is major ISPs and internet services need to be considered a utility. They would be held to stricter standards and be forced to be transparent about rates, comply to government audits and regulations for network redundancy, and reduce costs for most Americans. That is the one thing the lobby to prevent happening. Except during the pandemic, they had to admit that they were an essential service provider. Contact your local politicians and bring them your ISP complains and concerns. Ask them to push for home internet services to be classified as a utility.

[MergPlatelip]

On the same topic, as a CenturyLink customer, I can attest to their customer service being awful. They are completely closed on weekends and are useless on weekdays. They refuse to replace broken equipment, and their hardware will reconfigure itself at random to run at slower speeds (I pay for gigabit internet and my modem sets itself to 100 mbps on a regular basis and I have to manually reset it for it to go back to gigabit). They refuse to help with even getting me the service I'm paying monthly for, with their reasoning being that my modem (which they provided and which I can't replace myself) is "compatible". And I'm stuck with them because they literally have a monopoly where I live.

[Skipple]

21 hours ago, dragonhero94 said:

What needs to change is major ISPs and internet services need to be considered a utility.

OR.... oooor just stop creating state-sponsored monopolies. Every time I hear a story like this, the situation is always the same. The local government has awarded a single company with the keys to the kingdom. They are the only player in town and they know the public has no other choice but purchase from them. 

 

There are two/three major ISPs available in my area. We have none of the issues and horror stories I hear about elsewhere. My internet is dirt cheap and I can count on one hand the number of outages we have had. No datacaps, arbitrary restrictions, reliability or other of the various issues I have heard of from other areas.

 

Stop awarding monopolies. Encourage competition and innovation. Quality, reliability, and customer care follows.