Friday, December 23, 2016

SpaceCast Notes - 12/17/2016

Notes 12/17/2016
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Windows 10 coming to ARM
  • At its WinHEC hardware conference in Shenzhen today, Microsoft announced a range of hardware-driven initiatives to modernize the PC and address two big goals
    • 1. Expanded support for mixed reality
    • 2. Produce a range of even more power efficient, mobile, always-connected PCs powered by ARM processors
(note: ARM stands for Advanced RISC Machines and RISC stands for Reduced Instruction Set Computer)
  • Qualcomm-powered Windows 10 PCs will hit the market in 2017
  • A full desktop Windows 10 variant is coming to ARM
    • Will be a 64-bit version, running on Qualcommès latest and greatest processors (probably the Snapdragon 835)
  • The way Microsoft describes it, it will offer a full Windows experience
    • With the ability to run not only Universal Windows Platform apps from the store, but regular Win32 desktop applications
  • It will also include built-in emulation for 32-bit x86 applications
    • Emulation will be used only for application code, but the OS itself and all system libraries being native 64-bit ARM binaries
  • Devices will offer cellular connectivity using a virtual/embedded SIM, with data plans sold directly within the Windows Store
iPhone 6s exploding
  • Apple also announced that it will be releasing an iOS update next week that would allow them to better diagnose any battery issues
    • On Dec 6th, reports of exploding iPhones surfaced in China
  • “Apple should be responsible for consumers. A lot of consumer complaints are not solved effectively,” the council said in its official statement.
  • It had allegedly received at least 8 separate reports of iPhones exploding
    • Adding that it had seen a big rise in the number of complaints against iPhones in the past two months
  • On Friday, a customer’s iPhone 6s started spewing immediately after it was unplugged from charging
    • Then went up in flames
    • Similar events have been reported, such as a case of an iPhone exploding in a student’s pocket in New Jersey
      • Or another one exploding in Australia, burning down the person's car
  • Apple blames the problem on ambient air during the manufacturing process
    • Said the problem is limited to a small number of iPhone 6S devices manufactured between Sep and Oct 2015
Facebook partners with fact checkers to stop fake news
  • Facebook has begun rolling out new tools designed to prevent the spread of misinformation
    • Introducing tools designed to make it easier to report links shared in the News Feed as fake news
    • Working with four independent fact-checking organizations to assess the accuracy of viral stories
  • Facebook users who share a story that’s been marked as false will be warned that “independent fact-checkers have disputed its accuracy”
  • Facebook will use a variety of signals to identify stories that are likely to be false
    • Include stories that people post but later delete
    • And include lots of comments in them about being fake
  • They will use these and other signals to populate a dashboard of dubious stories
    • Fact-checking partners will get access to the dashboard
    • They will then investigate the articles claims, and mark it as disputed and link to their own article debunking it
  • If at least two fact-checking organizations mark a story as disputed, users will begin seeing a banner under the article if it appears in their news feed
  • Facebook’s Product Management Lead Adam Mosseri says they are focusing their “efforts on the worst of the worst”
    • “Clear hoaxes spread by spammers for their own gain”
  • Facebook also said they’re testing several new ways to more easily report a hoax
  • Also said they’re doing more to eliminate financial incentives behind fake news
Game modding illegal in South Korea
  • South Korean gov’t has passed an amendment into law with intent of shutting down video game hacks and modifications
  • Based on the law, manufacturing and distributing programs that are not allowed by the game company and its Terms of service are directly illegal
    • Would include aimbotters, hacking programs, scripters, or anything not allowed by the ToS
  • Punishment is a maximum of 5 years jail time, or $43,000 (USD) in fines
  • Overwatch in particular, has seen hacking run rampant in South Korea
    • With Blizzard fighting back against players utilizing the hacks
    • Now they’ll have the backing of the Korean gov’t
Galaxy S8 not including headphone jack :(

  • Sources have confirmed to SamMobile the Galaxy S8 will remove the 3.5mm headphone jack
  • If you want to use existing headphones, you’ll require a USB Type-C adapter
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