Here is another way of looking at the subject
Source: TreeHugger – How much space do people take up in different modes of transport?
Monthly Archives: August 2016
Apple's Siri Being Changed Because Of Barbra Streisand
Of all the injustices in this world, Siri pronouncing a celebrity name wrong is one of the most shocking and appalling. Thankfully this situation is being personally remedied by Apple’s CEO in the next iOS update. Let’s just hope this never, ever happens again.
STREISAND: (Laughter) She pronounces my name wrong.
SIMON: Yeah, I noticed that.
STREISAND: Streisand with a soft S, like sand on the beach. I’ve been saying this for my whole career. And so what did I do? I called the head of Apple, Tim Cook, and he delightfully agreed to have Siri change the pronunciation of my name, finally, with the next update on September 30th.
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Source: [H]ardOCP – Apple’s Siri Being Changed Because Of Barbra Streisand
Apple's Siri Being Changed Because Of Barbara Streisand
Of all the injustices in this world, Siri pronouncing a celebrity name wrong is one of the most shocking and appalling. Thankfully this situation is being personally remedied by Apple’s CEO in the next iOS update. Let’s just hope this never, ever happens again.
STREISAND: (Laughter) She pronounces my name wrong.
SIMON: Yeah, I noticed that.
STREISAND: Streisand with a soft S, like sand on the beach. I’ve been saying this for my whole career. And so what did I do? I called the head of Apple, Tim Cook, and he delightfully agreed to have Siri change the pronunciation of my name, finally, with the next update on September 30th.
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Source: [H]ardOCP – Apple’s Siri Being Changed Because Of Barbara Streisand
Introducing 3D-Printable Parts For ASUS Motherboards, Graphics Cards, And Peripherals
The flexibility that a neutral color scheme and RGB lighting provides is welcome because it gives consumers more control over how a system looks, but color is just one aspect of aesthetics. A component’s physical form is just as important. Therefore, providing users with options to modify the shape of their hardware should be the next milestone. That’s where advancements in 3D printing technology can help.
The advantage of 3D printing is that one-off designs and small-scale production don’t require the extortionate tooling fees associated with conventional manufacturing methods, opening up a host of possibilities for DIY enthusiasts. A level of competency with CAD software is required to develop things yourself, of course, but we can help by designing products to accept printed parts and by providing 3D source files that users can modify. With that in mind, we unveiled some conceptual 3D-printed parts for ASUS motherboards at Computex a few months ago.
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Source: [H]ardOCP – Introducing 3D-Printable Parts For ASUS Motherboards, Graphics Cards, And Peripherals
What's Been Going On With CPUFreq & The Scheduler
As we’ve been covering the past few kernel cycles, a lot of low-level improvements have been happening to CPUFreq with going through a redesign and more plus the introduction of a new CPUFreq governor. If you’re behind on this subject matter, here’s some slides from this week’s LinuxCon event that covers the changes…
Source: Phoronix – What’s Been Going On With CPUFreq & The Scheduler
HBM3: Cheaper, up to 64GB on-package, and terabytes-per-second bandwidth
Despite first- and second-generation High Bandwidth Memory having made few appearances in shipping products, Samsung and Hynix are already working on a followup: HBM3. Teased at the Hot Chips symposium in Cupertino, Calfornia, HBM3 will offer improved density, bandwidth, and power efficiency. Perhaps most importantly though, given the high cost of HBM1 and HBM2, HBM3 will be cheaper to produce.
With conventional memory setups, RAM chips are placed next to each other on a circuit board, usually as close as possible to the logic device (CPU or GPU) that needs access to the RAM. HBM, however, stacks a bunch of RAM dies (dice?) on top of each other, connecting them directly with through-silicon vias (TSVs). These stacks of RAM are then placed on the logic chip package, which reduces the surface area of the device (AMD’s Fury Nano is a prime example), and potentially provides a massive boost in bandwidth.
The tradeoff, though, as with most fancy packaging techniques, has been price and capacity. HBM1, as used in AMD’s Fury graphics cards, was limited to 4GB stacks. HBM2, as used in Nvidia’s workstation-only P100 graphics card, features higher density stacks up up to 16GB, but is prohibitively expensive for consumer cards.
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Source: Ars Technica – HBM3: Cheaper, up to 64GB on-package, and terabytes-per-second bandwidth
Could a Long Dead Character Be Making Their Return on Game of Thrones?
Joe Russo talks Avengers: Infinity War cameos. Alan Tudyk discusses playing a droid in Rogue One. Plus, Dean Israelite on Bryan Cranston’s involvement in Power Rangers, more Spider-Man: Homecoming casting, and new footage from Blair Witch. Spoilers Now!
Source: Gizmodo – Could a Long Dead Character Be Making Their Return on Game of Thrones?
Dyson's New $600 Smart-Fan Heats, Cools, and Purifies Air
The smartphone is a perfect example of a streamlining multiple gadgets into a single device that improved functionality, and took up less space. You no longer need to carry a separate digital camera, MP3 player, and cell phone, and with Dyson’s new Pure Hot+Cool Link is a fan, a heater, and an air purifier all at once.
Source: Gizmodo – Dyson’s New 0 Smart-Fan Heats, Cools, and Purifies Air
US Customs and Border Protection Wants To Know Who You Are On Twitter
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Electronic Frontier Foundation: U.S. border control agents want to gather Facebook and Twitter identities from visitors from around the world. But this flawed plan would violate travelers’ privacy, and would have a wide-ranging impact on freedom of expression — all while doing little or nothing to protect Americans from terrorism. A proposal has been issued by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to collect social media handles from visitors to the United States from visa waiver countries. The Electronic Frontier Foundation opposes the proposal and has commented on it individually and as part of a larger coalition. “CBP specifically seeks ‘information associated with your online presence — Provider/Platform — Social media identifier’ in order to provider DHS ‘greater clarity and visibility to possible nefarious activity and connections’ for ‘vetting purposes,'” reports EFF. “In our comments, we argue that would-be terrorists are unlikely to disclose social media identifiers that reveal publicly available posts expressing support for terrorism.” They say this plan “would unfairly violate the privacy of innocent travelers,” would cause “innocent travelers” to “engage in self-censorship, cutting back on their online activity out of fear of being wrongly judged by the U.S. government,” and would lead to a “slippery slope, where CBP would require U.S. citizens and residents returning home to disclose their social media handles, or subject both foreign visitors and U.S. persons to invasive device searches at ports of entry with the intent of easily accessing any and all cloud data.”
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – US Customs and Border Protection Wants To Know Who You Are On Twitter
The Caeden Sona stress-fighting tracker caused me anxiety instead
It sounds like a great, if somewhat abstract, idea. The Caeden Sona is a gorgeous wristband with a heart rate monitor that constantly measures your pulse, in an attempt to gauge how you respond to stress. It then teaches you to build resilience to st…
Source: Engadget – The Caeden Sona stress-fighting tracker caused me anxiety instead
This Video Shows You How to Properly Stretch Your Calves for Better Balance
Your calves and ankles are under-appreciated muscles that work hard to keep your body steady and balanced while you’re standing, walking, or running. You might already be stretching your calves
, but GMB shows you how to do them properly.
Source: LifeHacker – This Video Shows You How to Properly Stretch Your Calves for Better Balance
Clean Your Carpets, Rugs, and Furniture With This Discounted Hoover Power Scrub
If you’re sick of renting carpet washers every time you spot a new stain, you can buy your own for just $96. The Hoover Power Scrub Deluxe has a squeaky-clean 4.4 star review average from nearly 6,000 customers, and this all-time low price is only available today as part of a Gold Box deal.
Source: LifeHacker – Clean Your Carpets, Rugs, and Furniture With This Discounted Hoover Power Scrub
Raspberry Pi VC4 Gallium3D Makes More Progress With NIR, Camera DMA-BUF
Broadcom’s Eric Anholt has written another weekly blog post covering improvements he made over the past week to the VC4 open-source graphics driver that’s known as being the driver for Raspberry Pi devices…
Source: Phoronix – Raspberry Pi VC4 Gallium3D Makes More Progress With NIR, Camera DMA-BUF
Meet DevBot, a self-driving electric racing car
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This is DevBot. It’s based on a Le Mans Prototype racer, but with an all-electric powertrain and all the technogubbins one needs to make it drive autonomously.
Roborace
There are less than two months to go until the start of Formula E’s third season, which kicks off in Hong Kong on October 9th. One of the more interesting things about Formula E’s upcoming season is the new support series, Roborace. As the name suggests, it’s a series for self-driving race cars, and the organizers have just unveiled the mule—called DevBot—that teams will use to develop their control software.
All of the Roborace teams will use identical Robocars, but each will develop their own control algorithms. The race cars are fully electric—in keeping with the ethos of Formula E—and have more than a little Speed Racer about them. But DevBot will look much more familiar to fans of sports car racing; it’s a Le Mans-style prototype coupe, shown in the test photos without the front and rear bodywork.
DevBot also has a cockpit for a human driver, unlike the Robocars, but it does have the same powertrain, sensor suite, processors, and communication systems as the forthcoming autonomous race cars. DevBot is also fully electric, suggesting the handiwork of Drayson Racing Technologies. Several years ago, Drayson converted its Lola B10 Le Mans Prototype racer from internal combustion to electric power, and has been involved in developing the technology used by Formula E.
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Source: Ars Technica – Meet DevBot, a self-driving electric racing car
This RTIC Tumbler Is Better Than a Yeti, and Only $12 Today
Before you go out and flush $30 down the drain on a Yeti Rambler, check out this RTIC alternative for just $12 on Amazon today. It uses the same vacuum-insulated stainless steel construction, and according to this YouTube video at least, actually keeps ice frozen for longer. No-brainer.
Source: Gizmodo – This RTIC Tumbler Is Better Than a Yeti, and Only Today
Facebook Courts User Revolt Thanks To Auto-Playing News Feed Videos With Audio
As the world’s most popular social media platform, Facebook is heavily invested in technologies that amp the experience, one of which is video. You’ve probably noticed an abundance of notifications for live videos, after which point they become pre-recorded posts. Videos are becoming a central part of Facebook, though Facebook must be careful
Source: Hot Hardware – Facebook Courts User Revolt Thanks To Auto-Playing News Feed Videos With Audio
What Happens When a Shopping Cart Hits a Wall at 72 MPH
We’ve all had the occasional shopping cart fender bender while coming around a blind corner at the end of an aisle. But here’s what would happen if you were trying to speed through a grocery store at 72 miles per hour, got distracted by a free sample, and then slammed your cart head-on into a concrete wall.
Source: Gizmodo – What Happens When a Shopping Cart Hits a Wall at 72 MPH
How Your Credit Card Rewards Are Funded, and Why They Could Be Going Away
We all love our credit card rewards for earning cashback and free travel
, but not everyone is a fan. Many business owners actually pay the fees that help you earn those rewards, and sometimes they pass the added cost onto customers.
Source: LifeHacker – How Your Credit Card Rewards Are Funded, and Why They Could Be Going Away
'Clean eating' deals death blow to dieting – and that's a good thing
Rather than complaining about clean eating being the next big dietary fad, let’s celebrate the fact that finally people are being told to look at the big picture and work toward whole-body wellness. It’s refreshing.
Source: TreeHugger – ‘Clean eating’ deals death blow to dieting – and that’s a good thing
Android Pay automatically adds Walgreen loyalty points
Despite Android Pay’s promise of simplicity, getting loyalty points is still a small hassle — you either have to carry the store’s card or have the cashier scan it from your phone. Walgreens has revealed that it’s the first retailer to integrate rew…
Source: Engadget – Android Pay automatically adds Walgreen loyalty points