It looks as though Microsoft is trying to borrow a feature from Apple that has long been present in macOS: the ability to do a cloud-based restore for the operating system. As it currently stands, if you want to perform a clean install on Windows 10-based machine, you typically either have to use a recovery partition with an image loaded on
Source: Hot Hardware – New Windows 10 Build Reveals Microsoft Cloud Restore Option For Clean Recovery And Installs
Monthly Archives: July 2019
Major Broadcasters Sue TV Streaming Nonprofit Locast
Four major broadcast networks have filed a lawsuit against Locast, a New York-based nonprofit that streams local broadcast programming over the internet. From a report: In their lawsuit, ABC, CBS, NBC Universal and Fox allege that Locast violates their copyright by retransmitting their programming without permission, likening it to Aereo, the TV retransmission startup that shut down in 2014 as the result of a similar lawsuit. “Locast is simply Aereo 2.0, a business built on illegally using broadcaster content,” the lawsuit reads in part. “While it pretends to be a public service without any commercial purpose, Locast’s marketing and deep connections to AT&T and Dish make clear that it exists to serve its pay-tv patrons.”
Locast responded to the lawsuit Wednesday morning with the following statement: “Locast is an independent, non-profit organization that provides a public service retransmitting free over-the-air broadcasts. Its activities are expressly permitted under the Copyright Act. The fact that no broadcasters have previously filed suit for more than a year and a half suggests that they recognize this. We look forward to defending the claims — and the public’s right to receive transmissions broadcast over the airwaves — in the litigation.” Further reading: Locast, a Free App Streaming Network TV, Would Love to Get Sued.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – Major Broadcasters Sue TV Streaming Nonprofit Locast
[$] Bounded loops in BPF for the 5.3 kernel
BPF programs have gained significantly in capabilities over the last few
years and can now perform many useful operations. That said, BPF
developers have had to work around an annoying limitation until
recently: they could not use loops. This restriction was recently lifted
by a patch
set from Alexei Starovoitov that was merged for Linux 5.3. In addition to
adding support for loops, it also greatly decreases the load time of
most BPF programs.
Source: LWN.net – [$] Bounded loops in BPF for the 5.3 kernel
YouTube will stream Lollapalooza live starting August 1st
It’s going to be particularly easy to watch Lollapalooza concerts online this year. YouTube is livestreaming the 2019 music festival between August 1st and August 4th, both through Lollapalooza’s channel as well as through YouTube Music. You’ll see…
Source: Engadget – YouTube will stream Lollapalooza live starting August 1st
How to Install ClickHouse on CentOS 7
ClickHouse is a distributed analytical column-oriented database management system. ClickHouse has the ability to perform queries in real-time, making it simple and easy to run applications that require analytical results. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install ClickHouse on a CentOS 7 VPS, as well as demonstrate some things that you can do in ClickHouse.
Source: LXer – How to Install ClickHouse on CentOS 7
I Didn't Think The Surge Was For Me Until I Saw It In A Netflix Show
I had no intention of ever playing The Surge. It looked boring, overly familiar, and mostly desolate, like a dozen other third-person action games by studios I’d never really heard of in which some dude, always some dude, is on a mission to wreck shit up because that’s what’s supposed to make for a cool video game.…
Source: Kotaku – I Didn’t Think The Surge Was For Me Until I Saw It In A Netflix Show
How To Play The Original Diablo For Free While You Await Diablo 4
It has been 23 years since the original Diablo game released to Windows PCs, followed by launches on the Mac and PlayStation console a couple of years later. Fans of the franchise are hoping that Blizzard will announce a Diablo 4 (as opposed to Diablo Immortal for mobile devices). In the meantime, if you’re itching for old school hack-and-slash
Source: Hot Hardware – How To Play The Original Diablo For Free While You Await Diablo 4
A second Ebola case in Goma—the first prompted an international emergency
Enlarge / A woman gets her temperature measured at an Ebola screening station as she enters Rwanda from the Democratic Republic of the Congo on July 16, 2019 in Goma. (credit: Getty | John Wessels)
A second case of Ebola has been detected in the bustling border city of Goma, further stoking fears that the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s now year-long outbreak will continue to thrive and spread.
Goma, a city of around two million people, sits on the border with Rwanda and acts as a busy transportation hub, running an international airport and overseeing around 15,000 border crossings each day.
The first case of Ebola in Goma earlier this month quickly prompted the World Health Organization to declare the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The organization says the risk of national and regional spread of the outbreak remains “very high.”
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Source: Ars Technica – A second Ebola case in Goma—the first prompted an international emergency
Amazon writes scripts for cops to sling Ring home cameras, report says
Enlarge / Your local police might like to interest you in this product. (credit: Amazon)
Amazon and its subsidiary Ring, maker of home surveillance equipment, have a very cozy relationship with law enforcement. So cozy, according to reports, that Amazon not only requires police departments it partners with to market its product, but the company writes the copy for them.
Gizmodo obtained emails and documents showing Ring pre-wrote messages used by police on social media and in press releases used in at least three states.
Ring also demands police departments in partnerships with it give the company final review on all its statements about Ring products, Gizmodo reports. That arrangement led to the city of Boca Raton, Florida waiting three weeks to announce a Ring partnership already in progress.
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Source: Ars Technica – Amazon writes scripts for cops to sling Ring home cameras, report says
Never Lose Your Sunglasses Again With 50% Off a Pair of Waves Floating Glasses
50% Off Floating Sunglasses | Waves | Promo code KINJAFS50
Source: LifeHacker – Never Lose Your Sunglasses Again With 50% Off a Pair of Waves Floating Glasses
'The White House Blocked My Report on Climate Change and National Security'
Dr. Rod Schoonover, who until recently served as a senior analyst in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research at the State Department, writing for The New York Times: Ten years ago, I left my job as a tenured university professor to work as an intelligence analyst for the federal government, primarily in the State Department but with an intervening tour at the National Intelligence Council. My focus was on the impact of environmental and climate change on national security, a growing concern of the military and intelligence communities. It was important work. Two words that national security professionals abhor are uncertainty and surprise, and there’s no question that the changing climate promises ample amounts of both. I always appreciated the apolitical nature of the work. Our job in the State Department’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research was to generate intelligence analysis buttressed by the best information available, without regard to political considerations. And although I was uncomfortable with some policies of the Trump administration, no one had ever tried to influence my work or conclusions.
That changed last month, when the White House blocked the submission of my bureau’s written testimony on the national security implications of climate change to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The stated reason was that the scientific foundation of the analysis did not comport with the administration’s position on climate change. After an extended exchange between officials at the White House and the State Department, at the 11th hour I was permitted to appear at the hearing and give a five-minute summary of the 11-page testimony. However, Congress was deprived of the full analysis, including the scientific baseline from which it was drawn. Perhaps most important, this written testimony on a critical topic was never entered into the official record.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Source: Slashdot – ‘The White House Blocked My Report on Climate Change and National Security’
Waste away the hours on free-to-play 'Diablo' in your web browser
If you were too young to play the original Diablo when it was new or just don’t want to buy it again to indulge in some nostalgia, you’re in luck. Game developer Rivsoft has made the classic action RPG available to play in a web browser using rebuil…
Source: Engadget – Waste away the hours on free-to-play ‘Diablo’ in your web browser
Russian Parkour Guy Runs Into Electric Wires On Roof Jump Of 25 Story High-Rise
This is a video of Youtuber and lunatic Сергей Шорохов hopping across the roof of a 25 story high-rise when he runs into some electric wires. You know, you’d think he would have actually scouted his run a little bit before doing it. RECON, BRO — RECON. Thankfully, a friend is there to pull him back on the roof or he almost certainly would have been a goner. Some more info while I complain the office floor I’m on is too high for my liking and request a transfer to a lower one. “You’re on the third.” IT’S TOO HIGH:
26 July I was in the arms of death and was born a second time. And this is a full video of how it was. Got scars on my stomach and fingers. 25 years, 25th floor, 10 seconds over death. An experience that will last a lifetime. Thank you to Zlat @goldenzadrot for saving me. The electric current tried to throw me down but world still need me I feel. My mission isn’t over yet. But I’m glad we met face-to-face, Death. Because happiness in me became much more. Thank you for this experience. Let’s see how the world responds to my madness.
Yeah, you’re a super idiot. Also, with all the amateur daredevils out there I’m honestly surprised we don’t see more parkour mishap videos like this one. “Their cameras usually shatter when they hit the ground.” That explains it.
Keep going for the video, fall starts at 2:20, all cursing was thoughtfully censored with ‘duh’.
Source: Geekologie – Russian Parkour Guy Runs Into Electric Wires On Roof Jump Of 25 Story High-Rise
Excavator Operator Uses Machine To Cut A Cucumber Without Popping Balloon Its Resting On, Picks Up And Plugs In A Lightbulb
This is an excavator operator demonstrating his dexterity with the machine by using a knife attached to one of its claws to cut a cucumber in half without popping the balloon its resting on, then picking up and plugging in a lightbulb. Impressive, but I really just wanted that hole dug like I paid you for.
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Source: Geekologie – Excavator Operator Uses Machine To Cut A Cucumber Without Popping Balloon Its Resting On, Picks Up And Plugs In A Lightbulb
The Five Things You Need To Keep Your Car Looking Brand New Both Inside and Out
More often than is normal, I find myself watching car detailing videos on YouTube. Part of that is job-related, but if I’m being honest most of it is just that I find detailing videos oddly compelling and also quite soothing — I once lost the better part of a day to headlight restoration tutorials. While detailing,…
Source: LifeHacker – The Five Things You Need To Keep Your Car Looking Brand New Both Inside and Out
KDE Plasma 5.16.4 Desktop Environment Released with 18 Changes, Update Now
KDE Plasma 5.16.4 is now available three weeks after the KDE Plasma 5.16.3 update as yet another bugfix release
Source: Linux Today – KDE Plasma 5.16.4 Desktop Environment Released with 18 Changes, Update Now
Hobbs & Shaw Is a Solid Action Movie That Lacks an Identity
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw has three end credits scenes and those scenes tell you everything you need to know about the film. (No spoilers, I promise.)
Source: io9 – Hobbs & Shaw Is a Solid Action Movie That Lacks an Identity
Sennheiser's $2,500 Soundbar Makes Me Want to Cry
Sennheiser has spent years teasing its first-ever home audio product: the Ambeo soundbar. This hulking all-in-one home audio system is designed to deliver surround sound without the need for satellite speakers or extra wires. Well, we’ve spent the past few weeks testing out the $2,500 device, and it’s certainly is an…
Source: Gizmodo – Sennheiser’s ,500 Soundbar Makes Me Want to Cry
Samsung’s Aggressive EUV Plans: 6nm Production in H2, 5nm & 4nm On Track
Samsung Foundry formally started to produce chips using its 7LPP (7 nm low power plus) fabrication process last October and has not slowdown development of its manufacturing technologies since then. The company is on track to start mass production using its refined 6LPP (6 nm low power plus) technology in the second half of 2019. In addition, the company said that it would tape out its first 5LPE (5 nm low power early) SoCs and would complete development of its 4LPE (4 nm low power early) process in the coming months too.
Strong Demand for Chips
Because of dropping DRAM and NAND prices, consolidated revenue of Samsung’s Semiconductor Business dropped to KRW 16.09 trillion ($14.302 billion) in the second quarter, whereas operating profit totaled KRW 3.4 trillion ($2.877 billion). While Samsung’s memory businesses were weak, the company said that its foundry business demonstrated robust results.
According to Samsung, its contract production division saw strong demand for mobile SoCs made using 10LPP/8LPP technologies as well as mobile, HPC, automotive, and network products fabbed using 14LPx/10LPP processes. Overall, it is evident that Samsung Foundry makes loads of premium products using its leading-edge FinFET process technologies.
In the next several years Samsung Foundry will continue to use its 14 nm, 10 nm, and 7 nm nodes perfected for particular applications either by optimizations or by plugging in advanced modules.
Like other contract makers of semiconductors, Samsung refines each of its nodes in order to meet requirements of various applications and clients rather than leaps ahead with radically different nodes every 18 – 24 months (like makers of chips used to do traditionally). Considering all the difficulties that engineers have to overcome developing new manufacturing technologies, the approach allows Samsung to better manage its R&D costs and manufacturing risks.
7LPP Refinements: 6LPP, 5LPE, 4LPE
As expected, extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) will be a key enabler for Samsung’s leading-edge next-generation fabrication processes. The first technology to use EUV is 7LPP and its successors will use it more extensively.
Later this year Samsung will initiate production of chips using its 6LPP process technology, which returned to its roadmap earlier. Samsung’s 6LPP is a refined version of Samsung’s 7LPP that offers higher (~10%) transistor density, lower power, but can re-use IP originally designed for 7LPP. In addition, 6LPP supports smart structures for clients willing to develop all-new new IP. As a result, Samsung Foundry’s clients will either be able to re-use their 7LPP IP without smart structures, or go with the latter, but will have to rely on new IP. In addition to smart structures, 6LPP will add support for things like multi diffusion break.
The next step in evolution of Samsung’s 7LPP production technology will be its 5LPE manufacturing process. This one provides more benefits when it comes to power, performance, and area than 6LPP, but can also reuse IP originally designed for the initial process. Samsung expects to tape out the first chips using its 5LPE technology in the second half of this year and expects to mass produce it in the first half of 2020.
Samsung Foundry expects 5LPE to become its main EUVL node in 2020 in terms of customer tape outs, probably because the technology will be able to offer numerous benefits for a wide variety of applications, whereas Samsung’s EUV yields will get higher. Another reason why 6LPP and 5LPE technologies will be used more widely than 7LPP process is because Samsung Foundry will have more EUV capacity in the coming months after it builds its EUV line in Hwaseong, which was architected for the EUV equipment from the start. The fab, which costs $4.615 billion, will be completed shortly and is projected to start high-volume manufacturing in 2020.
The pinnacle of Samsung’s 7LPP evolution will be the company’s 4LPE technology (and possibly 4LPP that is absent from the latest Samsung Foundry roadmap). The foundry will complete its development in the second half of this year, so expect the first tape out in 2020 and volume production sometimes in 2021.
Official Statement
The official statement by Samsung about its Foundry Business reads as follows:
“For the Foundry Business, results were robust on the back of strong demand from a major customer’s 8/10-nm mobile AP and image sensor products. In addition, new orders from customers increased in the 10/14-nm process and applications diversified to include mobile, HPC, automotive and network products. In the second half, earnings growth is expected to continue due to the ongoing expansion of orders for AP, image sensors and DDI as well as increased demand for HPCs, including crypto currency mining chips. The Company plans to start mass production of EUV 6-nm process and aims to strengthen its competitiveness through tape-out of the EUV 5-nm process and by completing 4-nm process development.”
Related Reading:
- Samsung’s 5nm EUV Technology Gets Closer: Tools by Cadence & Synopsys Certified
- Synopsys to Accelerate Samsung’s 7nm Ramp with Yield Explorer Platform
- Samsung to Invest $115 Billion in Foundry & Chip Businesses by 2030
- Samsung Completes Development of 5nm EUV Process Technology
- Samsung Announces 3nm GAA MBCFET PDK, Version 0.1
- Samsung Foundry Updates: 8LPU Added, EUVL on Track for HVM in 2019
- Samsung Starts Mass Production of Chips Using Its 7nm EUV Process Tech
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Source: AnandTech – Samsung’s Aggressive EUV Plans: 6nm Production in H2, 5nm & 4nm On Track
Make a Joint Email Address With a Gmail Filter
When you have a partner, you inevitably sign up for memberships and accounts that equally affect both of you: a dual theater subscription, or health insurance that covers you both. Annoyingly, many of these memberships only let you sign up with one email address. Instead of setting up a third email account, or making…
Source: LifeHacker – Make a Joint Email Address With a Gmail Filter