July 1, 2016 - The WAN Show Document

[LinusTech]

 

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Main News Topics

Oculus Stops Blocking Vive Owners from Playing Exclusive Rift Games

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/616955-oculus-stop OP: cazetofamo

Source 2: https://apple.news/ABwk6B6ccTpeYmDKgGOYblw

Source 3: https://github.com/LibreVR/Revive/releases/tag/0.6.2

• Oculus has reversed course on a controversial decision

  • Blocking owners of the HTC Vive headsets from buying and playing exclusive Rift games

• Oculus confirmed to The Verge: “We continually revise our entitlement and anti-piracy systems”

  • “In the June update we’ve removed the check for Rift hardware from the entitlement check”

  • “We believe protecting developer content is critical to the long-term success of the VR industry”

• LibreVR/Revive developers have removed their DRM-breaking patch

 

Microsoft Pays Woman $10,000 USD Over Forced Windows 10 Upgrade

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/617239-microsoft-p OP: kameshss

Source 2: http://www.extremetech.com/computing/230794-woman-wins-10000-j

• Teri Goldstein of Sausalito, California sued Microsoft after a failed Windows 10 upgrade left her system performing poorly

  • Prone to crashing, and reportedly unusable for multiple days

• Goldstein reached out to Microsoft customer service to attempt to resolve her issues

  • Filed suit once the company failed to resolve her problems

• $10,000 figure reflected estimated lost compensation as well as the cost of a new system

• Microsoft appealed the initial judgement but dropped that appeal last month

 

Tesla Driver Dies in First Fatal Crash While using Autopilot Mode

Source 1: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/30/tesla-autopilot-deat

Source 2: https://www.teslamotors.com/blog/tragic-loss

• Autopilot sensors on the Model S failed to distinguish a white tractor-trailer crossing the highway against a bright sky

• Person named Joshua Brown

  • Put the Model S into autopilot mode to control the car during highway driving

  • Car attempted to drive full speed under the tractor trailer

  • Impacting the windshield, veered off the road, and crashed through two fences and into a power pole

• Incident disclosed by Tesla on Thursday night

  • Happened on May 7th in Williston, Florida

• America’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has opened an inquiry into the accident

• Tesla detailed in their statement that this is the first known autopilot death in 130 million miles driven by their customers

• Tesla stated “Autopilot is getting better all the time, but it is not perfect and still requires the driver to remain alert and at the wheel”

• Elon Musk posted to Twitter June 30th “Our condolences for the tragic loss https://www.teslamotors.com/en_CA/blog/tragic-loss?redirect=no”

 

US Border Control Could Start Asking for Your Social Media Accounts

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/617490-could-your-social-m OP: InitializingDev

Source 2: http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/could-your-social-media-activity-ge

Source 3: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/28/us-customs-border-p

• US Customs and Border Protection proposal would see Facebook, Twitter and other social media accounts being requested on landing and visa forms

• US gov’t proposing making social media accounts part of the visa screening process

• Question is expected to be marked as “optional”

• Change would add a line on both the online and paper forms of the visa applications

  • Visitors to the US would have to fill out if they do not have a visa and plan on staying up to 90 days

• Would be added to both “Electronic System for Travel Authorization” and “I-94W” forms

• Proposal currently under consultation

  • US gov’t taking comments until August 22nd

 

Apple’s Granted Patent That Can Prevent iPhones From Recording Concerts

Source 1: http://www.youredm.com/2016/06/28/apples-new-patent-can-prevent-ph

Source 2: http://9to5mac.com/2016/06/28/apple-patent-infra-red-block-photos/

• Applied for in 2011

• Fig 5. Image taken from the Patent

• Patent describes an infrared signal and how it interprets data

  • Signal could be used to disable both still photography and video recording

  • Aimed to be used for concerts

• Can also be used to prevent video recording in movie theatres

  • And to block photography in sensitive locations

• Patent describes more positive uses of the technology

  • Museums = system could be used to automatically display information about the object you’re viewing or photographing

• “An infrared emitter can be located near an object and generate infrared signals with encoded data that includes information about that object. An electronic device can then receive the infrared signals, decode the data and display the information about the object to the user.”

 

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Rapid Fire

AMD’s Radeon RX 480

Source 1: https://www.engadget.com/2016/06/29/amds-radeon-rx-480-is-the-new-king-of-b

Source 2: http://www.anandtech.com/show/10446/the-amd-radeon-rx-480-preview

GPU Specification Comparison Chart

 

Bad Month for Apple Repairs as Tekserve to Close, Louis Rossmann Videos Likely to Disappear

Source 1: http://9to5mac.com/2016/07/01/tekserve-closure-louis-rossman-videos/

Source 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/4qpo33/louis_rossmanns_cha

• Tekserve, go-to-third party store for Apple product repairs in New York City, has announced it is to closure after 29 years

  • Competition from six official Apple Stores, Best Buy and online sales meant the company was no longer doing enough business on the sales side to make continued operation viable

• Louis Rossmann posted a vague video last night, indicating his business and youtube channel may be forced to shut down

  • Doesn’t go into detail, but does imply he has received takedown notice for his videos

  • Reddit and other sources speculate that Apple is behind this

  • Louis also gives the impression that his repair business in New York may be under threat as well

 

Twitch Now Lets You Watch People Eat

Source 1: http://www.polygon.com/2016/6/29/12063430/twitch-social-eating-food-stream

Source 2: https://www.twitch.tv/directory/game/Social%20Eating

Source 3: http://www.theverge.com/2016/7/1/12081148/twitch-social-eating-cate

• Twitch has launched a new category called “Social Eating”

  • Launched this week

• Sits alongside other non-gaming categories like Twitch Creative

• References “muk-bang”, type of online broadcast popularized in South Korea where streamers eat huge amounts of food while chatting with their audience

  • This was against the rules of Twitch Creative, but now has it’s own category

 

Android N is named “Nougat”

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/618797-android-n-is-for-nougat/ OP: Technicolors

Source 2: http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/06/30/android-n-is-now-officially-android-nougat/

Source 3: http://www.androidcentral.com/android-n-nickname

• Android 7.0 “Nougat”

Android Nougat Statue Unwrapping

 

AMD Acquires Software Company HiAlgo

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/618626-amd-acqu OP: Prysin

Source 2: http://www.amd.com/en-us/press-releases/Pages/amd-acquires-software-20

• Laying groundwork for future gaming innovation in Radeon software

• “HiAlgo is a developer of unique PC gaming technologies designed to help Radeon RX Series GPUs transform gaming experience, increase GPU efficiency and improve the overall consistency of gaming experiences.”

• “Software is an integral part of advancing the science of graphics, enabling us to best harness the silicon of the GPU to maximize performance and deliver outstanding experiences in games and applications, said Raja Koduri, senior vice president and chief architect, Radeon Technologies Group, AMD”

• HiAlgo will help improve gamers experiences, and help future-proof the GPU

 

Florida Man Sues Apple for $10 Billion USD, Says he Invented the iPhone in 1992

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/618156-florida-m OP: kameshss

Source 2: http://gizmodo.com/florida-man-sues-apple-for-10-billion-says

Comparison Picture

 

Bell Loses CRTC Appeal Over Fibre Internet Access for Competing ISPs

Source 1: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/bell-appeal-crtc-1.3658261

Source 2: http://steamcommunity.com/games/104900/announc

• Telecom regulator ruled last July that Bell must sell wholesale high-speed access to competitors

• Cheaper fibre internet may be soon available to Canadians

• Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has denied Bell an appeal of its July 2015 decision

  • Requiring Bell to provide wholesale access to its fibre networks

  • Will allow independent internet providers to create and sell their own fibre internet packages that compete with Bell’s

• Bell had appealed last year’s CRTC decision to both the CRTC and federal cabinet

  • Navdeep Bains, minister responsible for telecom industry announced in May that the Liberal gov’t had rejected the appeal

 

Das Keyboard Launches 5Q: First RGB Cloud Connected Keyboard Through Kickstarter

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/619326-das-keybo OP: adhisakti

Source 2: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1229573443/das-keyboard-5q-the-cloud-connecte

• “Cloud-connected, open API RGB mechanical keyboard that allows each key to be color-controlled over the internet”

• Designed as an “output device”

• Multi-language Rest API

  • Can program 5Q via REST API

  • Das Keyboard working on a community website where developers can share their open source widgets

• “Q” button

  • Will stream information directly from your keyboard “on-cue” by pressing this button

• “Omron “Gamma-Zulu” switches”

  • “Withstands 100 million actuations”

  • “Up to 100% more durable than most competitor switches”

  • Comparable to Cherry MX Brown switches

• Launched on Kickstarter

  • Fully funded on the first day

 

Activision Issues DMCA Takedown Against Developers of Orion: Prelude

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/617378-activision-is OP: Energycore

Source 2: http://steamcommunity.com/games/104900/announcements/de

• Orion: Prelude taken down from Steam stores due to DMCA request from Activision

  • UPDATE: Is now back on the store

• “On behalf of Activision, who alleges that the game Orion uses weapon art content from Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. The weapon art in question includes the M8A7 rifle, the Haymaker rifle, and the Bal-27 rifle.”

• Comparison Images

  • Auto Shotgun

  • Haymaker

• Developers of Orion: Prelude were not contacted or notified before their game was removed from Steam

• Reddit post on /r/pcmasterrace goes into how the DMCA claim is legitimate

  • Main point addresses that portions of the 3D models are exactly the same

  • Better Image of Comparison

 

Samsungs 1TB M.2 NVMe SM961 Review

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/617151-samsungs-n OP: It’s me!

Source 2: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/samsung-sm961-ssd,4608.html

• Provides up to 3,200 MB/s of read speeds

  • 1,800 MB/s write speeds

• 1TB model currently costing around $512 USD

• 512GB for $280

• 256GB for $159

Specifications

 

The Z: Most Advanced Gaming Mouse Ever

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/617422-the-z-the-most-ad OP: sinartnz

Source 2: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1649358926/the-z

• “The Z will let you interact with your computer in a faster, more precise & intuitive way”

• “World’s first mouse to pivot, tilt and roll, with a brand new way of clicking buttons”

• Can access dozens of different buttons while barely moving your fingers

• Z also sense how hard you click

• Built in an Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Force Sensor

Tilt Angle Image

Tilt Angle Image in Game

Pivot Image

50 Fingertip Click Actions in 10 Seconds Image

• On Kickstarter now

• Has raised $84,000 USD as of Jun 30

 

Windows 10 Anniversary Update Could be Delayed to August 2016

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/617976-windows-10-an OP: AluminumTech

Source 2: http://wccftech.com/windows-10-anniversary-update-releases-august-2

• Windows 10 Anniversary Update was slated to release on July 29th

  • Company has leaked that it won’t show up until August 2nd

• Microsoft published a blog post early, then removed immediately after

 

Researchers Discover Family of Android apps that can Force Root Access

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/615619-researchers-disc OP: Qub3d

Source 2: http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/06/godless-apps-some-found-in-goo

Source 3: http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/godless-m

• Detected a family of malicious apps, some available in Google Play

• Contains malicious code capable of secretly rooting an estimated 90% of all Android phones

• Mobile malware is called “Godless”

• Once the app has been installed, it has the ability to pull from a repository of exploits to root the device it’s running on

• Functions something like an exploit kit that cause hacked websites to identify vulnerabilities in individual visitors’ browsers

• The Trend post said researchers encountered a large number of apps in both Google Play and elsewhere that have corresponding malicious versions

  • These versions share the same developer certificate

 

(Rumor) More Rumours That NX Will be Cartridge Based

Source 1: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/616743-more-rumo OP: Master Disaster

Source 2: http://nintendoinquirer.com/blog/2016/06/24/evidence-points-towards-ca

Source 3: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=208078861#post208078861

• NeoGAF user Atheerios noticed something in Nintendo’s U.S. trademark for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

• User Goods and Services section, both “video game discs and video game cartridges are listed

  • Contrasts all other Wii U software trademarks

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There's been an update on the Louis Rossmann story:

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Also, here's the topic on the RX 480 power draw issues:

 

[adhisakti]

First time my news topic get into the WAN Show, thanks LMG team

[Master Disaster]

@LinusTech You should hit Ebay, buy an old 970 Motherboard and an FX CPU to go in it, build it inside a case with a decent PSU, stick in an RX480, OC the crap out of it, stick firestrike extreme on a loop and film the result. I'd love to know if these rumors have any truth. 

[Murasaki]

ugh dennis whyyyyyyy

[Aros]

Password shown at 28:35, should be edited out IMO. Also update from Louis Rossmann.

 

[Murasaki]

3 minutes ago, Aros said:

Password shown at 28:35, should be edited out IMO. Also update from Louis Rossmann.

He changed it quickly so its okay.

[pk-man]

someone please fix the black text in the OP. It's unreadable in night mode.

 

Nick?? please?

[xnamkcor]

Why would they spend the time to develop something with IR "signals", when a IR floodlight would accomplish nearly the same thing?

 

Edit: Why would a 3.5" disk not fit in a 4x7" space?

Additional Maths!

This image measures a floppy as 1100 pixels high.

 

That equals 317 pixels per inch.

The distance from the bottom of the spindle hole to the top of the diskette is 730 pixels.

This means you would need a minimum of  2.3 Inches of depth in the drive to accept the diskette, access the read/write area, and spin the diskette.

[lucasantarella]

 

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Apple’s Granted Patent That Can Prevent iPhones From Recording Concerts

Source 1: http://www.youredm.com/2016/06/28/apples-new-patent-can-prevent-ph

Source 2: http://9to5mac.com/2016/06/28/apple-patent-infra-red-block-photos/

 

This might have unintended consequences. Censorship could be a real thing here and there could be use cases where this could be interfering with people's free speech or something like that. Scary thought.

[SansVarnic]

On 7/2/2016 at 5:18 PM, lucasantarella said:

 

 

This might have unintended consequences. Censorship could be a real thing here and there could be use cases where this could be interfering with people's free speech or something like that. Scary thought.

I had the same initial thought but there is more to this, has to be.

 

*edit

I like the border patrol idea, but I have one question though... what if you no social media accounts to hand over? I personally don't have any.... I guess you could count LTT...

Edited July 4, 2016 by SansVarnic

[SydneySideSteveSomewheres]

Linus and Luke dis-cussin the Rift and Vive "HTC Vive headsets from buying and playing exclusive Rift games"

 

"Person check...wrecking yourself...PR check...really bad"

 

 

 

Enjoyed this week's show very much, thanks guys.

 

Image grab from display screen taken with phone camera at https://youtu.be/qhCfpbN-qCc?t=6m14s