Monthly Archives: February 2019

Google Clock can now wake you up with YouTube Music and Pandora

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Last year Google made the business of getting out of bed in the morning an altogether more pleasant affair when it introduced Spotify integration to the Google Clock app. The feature let Android users set a song or playlist as an alarm, rather than t…

Source: Engadget – Google Clock can now wake you up with YouTube Music and Pandora

Unlocked Razer Phone 2 Users Can Now Grab A Slice Of Android 9 Pie

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Unlocked Razer Phone 2 Users Can Now Grab A Slice Of Android 9 Pie
Android users typically wait in anticipation for their device to get the update to the latest flavor of Android; often times, that waiting can extend for months. Android 9.0 Pie was officially announced last August, first landing for the Google Pixel devices. Razer has now finally announced that the Android 9 Pie update is rolling out for

Source: Hot Hardware – Unlocked Razer Phone 2 Users Can Now Grab A Slice Of Android 9 Pie

Turn a USB-C Port Into Five Other Ports For Just $22 [Exclusive]

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One day, everything that plugs into your laptop, tablet, or phone will use USB-C, but that utopia is a long way off, my friends. In the meantime though, I’m sorry to report that you’re going to need some dongles or adapters, and this 5-in-1 hub from Anker consolidates all of them into a single, affordable device.

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Source: LifeHacker – Turn a USB-C Port Into Five Other Ports For Just [Exclusive]

The Intel-Developed Vulkan Overlay Layer Picks Up New Features, Dump FPS To File

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It was just one week ago that developers from the Intel Open-Source Technology Center contributed their new Vulkan Overlay later to Mesa 19.1 for providing various performance metrics/statistics of use to application/driver developers. This Vulkan overlay continues being improved upon as well as making it more applicable to gamers/enthusiasts…

Source: Phoronix – The Intel-Developed Vulkan Overlay Layer Picks Up New Features, Dump FPS To File

Netflix May Be Losing $192 Million Per Month From Piracy, Study Claims

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: As many as 1 in 5 people today are mooching off of someone else’s account when streaming video from Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Video, according to a new study from CordCutting.com. Of these, Netflix tends to be pirated for the longest period — 26 months, compared with 16 months for Amazon Prime Video or 11 months for Hulu. That could be because Netflix freeloaders often mooch off their family instead of a friend — 48 percent use their parents’ login, while another 14 percent use their sister or brother’s credentials, the firm found. At a base price of $7.99 per month (the study was performed before Netflix’s January 2019 price increase), freeloading users could save $207.74 over a 26-month period. At scale, these losses can add up, the study claims.

The report estimates Netflix could be losing $192 million in monthly revenue from piracy — more than either Amazon or Hulu, at $45 million per month and $40 million per month, respectively. Millennials, not surprisingly, account for much of the freeloading. They’re the largest demographic pirating Netflix (18 percent) and Hulu’s service (20 percent). But oddly, it was Baby Boomers who were more likely to borrow someone else’s account to access Amazon Prime Video. According to the study, 59.3 percent said they would pay for Netflix (or around 14 million people), contributing at least $112 million in monthly revenue, if they lost access. And 37.8 percent, or 2 million, said they’d pay for Hulu; 27.6 percent, or 1 million people, said they’d pay for Prime Video.

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Source: Slashdot – Netflix May Be Losing 2 Million Per Month From Piracy, Study Claims

Elon Musk said he doesn’t respect the SEC—he might come to regret it

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Enlarge / Elon Musk in 2015. (credit: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP/Getty Images)

A federal judge has given Elon Musk until March 11 to explain why he shouldn’t be held in contempt. The Securities and Exchange Commission requested the judge’s move on Monday, arguing that a recent tweet about Tesla’s 2019 production plans was inaccurate and breached a settlement Musk signed in September.

But Musk shows no sign of backing down. “Something is broken with SEC oversight,” he tweeted on Tuesday.

Musk may ultimately regret taking such a defiant tone.

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Source: Ars Technica – Elon Musk said he doesn’t respect the SEC—he might come to regret it

Chuwi To Launch Core M Powered AeroBook And Ubook Models

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Chuwi has reached out to let us know that they are releasing a couple of new products soon. In a big move from the low-cost laptop maker, they are moving up several steps on the performance ladder with these new models which will both feature the Core m3-6Y30 processor. Previously, Chuwi has relied on the less-expensive Intel Atom lineup, most recently with Gemini Lake, so this is a significant departure for the company, and should be exciting to see in the market.


Chuwi AeroBook



Chuwi’s first Core M powered laptop will be the AeroBook, featuring a 13.3-inch 1920×1080 IPS display with 5mm display bezels, offering the modern look of a thin-bezel laptop. Since shrinking the display bezels shrinks the total size of the laptop, the company has also moved to a micro-bezel keyboard allowing them to keep their full-sized keyboard experience in this smaller chassis.


The main attraction though is the CPU. Intel’s Core m3-6Y30 offers a 2.2 GHz maximum frequency for the two cores and four threads, in a 4.5-Watt power envelope. This should offer a significant performance boost over Atom based Celerons that Chuwi has leveraged in the past, especially in the graphics department where the Skylake based Core m3 offers 24 Execution Units, which is twice what is offered on Atom.



Chuwi is offering 8 GB of LPDDR3 on this notebook, and 128 GB of storage. The company also says you can upgrade the storage to 1 TB, which likely means there will be a user-accessible door to add in a SSD, much like their previous models.


The laptop weighs in at just 2.76 lbs, and is 15 mm thick, meaning it is also very portable. The company is rating the battery life as up to 8 hours, but that’s likely ambitious.


Chuwi is hoping to launch the AeroBook in March for around $499.


 Chuwi Ubook



The second model is the Chuwi Ubook, which is a 11.6-inch convertible tablet, also powered by Core m3-6Y30. As usual, Chuwi offers a lot of value with their products. In addition to the Core M processor, the tablet will ship with 8 GB of LPDDR3, and 128 GB of storage, and there will be a 1 TB model as well.


There’s plenty of expansion for IO as well, with two USB-A ports and a USB-C port, along with a headset jack, HDMI, and microSD. Unfortunately charging looks to be a 3.5mm barrel plug, and does not use the USB-C connector.


The kickstand is a U-shape, hence the name, and there is infinite adjustability here from 0 to 150°. A 30 Wh battery is rated at up to 9.5 hours, although again that seems ambitious.


The display has pen support as well, and Chuwi is shipping this device with the detachable keyboard at no extra cost.



Chuwi is targeting a price of around $469 for this model, which dramatically undercuts something like the Microsoft Surface Go, which offers a less-powerful platform, less RAM, less storage, and no keyboard at its base price of $400. The 1 TB model is targeting $699.


Both the Ubook and AeroBook look like very interesting devices, plugging a bit of a hole in the market where there’s not a lot of good options in the $400-$600 range. We’re hoping to get some hands on these when they launch and take them for a spin.


Source: Chuwi


 



Source: AnandTech – Chuwi To Launch Core M Powered AeroBook And Ubook Models