WTF Australia
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/08/australias-war-on-encryption-the-sweeping-new-powers-rushed-into-law

RISC-V is alive
https://youtu.be/jNnCok1H3-g

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/fcc-can-define-markets-with-only-one-isp-as-competitive-court-rules/
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/calif-senate-approves-net-neutrality-rules-sends-bill-to-governor/

Open Source and Its Role in the Future of AI:
https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/what-does-ethical-ai-mean-open-source

Join us on September 21, 2018 @ 7:30 pm EST for the first ever Upstream Live presented by Hanover Strings!

Elias Krell will be performing in the first of a monthly live music streamed event.

www.upstreamlive.tv
www.eliaskrell.com
www.hanoverstrings.com

Hey remember when we talked about how you shouldn’t use Facebook’s VPN? Welp:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/08/facebook-violates-apples-data-gathering-rules-pulls-vpn-from-app-store/

Nvidia drops RTX 2080 and 2080Ti:
https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/22/nvidia-rtx-2080-gtx-1080/
But what are they actually comparing it to?:
https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/275961-nvidia-claims-rtx-gpus-are-much-faster-than-pascal-by-deliberately-comparing-the-wrong-cards

Fallout 76 Updates:
https://old.reddit.com/r/Fallout/comments/96gqj1/quakecon_2018_fallout_76_panel_information_and/

Sony continues to hold firm on not allowing cross-platform play:
https://www.polygon.com/2018/8/13/17684172/playstation-4-fortnite-cross-platform-play-ninja

(With a healthy grain of salt EDIT actually a small one)Valve seems to be working towards Windows games running on Linux based systems with SteamOS:
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/08/valve-seems-to-be-working-on-tools-to-get-windows-games-running-on-linux/
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/08/valves-steam-play-uses-vulkan-to-bring-more-windows-games-to-linux/
https://www.codeweavers.com/about/blogs/jwhite/2018/8/22/wine-and-steam-a-major-milestone
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2018/08/22/valve-changes-everything-windows-exclusive-games-now-run-on-steam-for-linux/#694528dae3fa

And the Lord sayeth unto the people, there shall be 2 notches. 1 more than 1 but 1 less than 3. Much less than 4 or 5, the number of notches on thy phones shall be 2:
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/7/31/17634058/android-p-notch-limits-google

Good thing Google got rid of it’s “don’t be evil” mantra:
https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/01/google-censored-search-engine-china/

youtube-powered thermal-throttled MacBookPro crisis turns out to be fault of unsigned firmware, NOT poor engineering...
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/07/we-tested-throttling-on-the-macbook-pro-now-apple-says-it-has-a-firmware-fix/

Windows-as-a-service.. The future of desktop computing is “Rent-a-center”
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3293429/microsoft-windows/with-daas-windows-coming-say-goodbye-to-your-pc-as-you-know-it.html
https://www.petri.com/wheres-microsoft-365-headed-next-managed-desktop ← og source article

The real story is that this company sells this info to Securus, a prison telecom co.:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/05/fcc-investigates-site-that-let-most-us-mobile-phones-location-be-exposed/

So Disney just wants to be the sole proprietor of entertainment in America:
https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/23/comcast-closing-in-on-plan-to-challenge-disneys-fox-bid/

Apple on top of it:
https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/23/apple-introduces-new-privacy-portal-to-comply-with-gdpr/

Less tech but interesting nonetheless:
https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/23/verifly-launches-a-business-insurance-product-for-gig-economy-workers/

Start investing in masks:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180522/10395139880/aclu-obtains-documents-showing-amazon-is-handing-out-cheap-facial-recognition-tech-to-law-enforcement.shtml

We’ve beat this ISP fuckery horse pretty darn dead but here it is again:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180518/09350339861/verizon-begins-testing-dsl-usage-caps-it-refuses-to-call-usage-caps.shtml

Spectre V4: Speculative Store Bypass
https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/speculative-store-bypass-explained-what-it-how-it-works

FTC finally cracking down on “VOID IF REMOVED” Stickers, because, you know, they’re illegal:

Pocket Casts acquired by NPR and other public radio stations

New Windows 10 Update!

There is No longer a Windows Department at Microsoft

Twitter says all 336 million users should change their passwords, like, now

Ubuntu 18.04 Released!

Amazon joins Google in shutting down domain fronting, a huge hit to anti-censorship efforts:

Nvidia ends GPP, bitches the entire time

ChromeOS Canary testing native linux app support

Azure Sphere, Microsoft’s Linux OS

Cambridge Analytica Ain’t Dead Yet

Nothing Wrong with Our Top Men at Equifax

New WiFi Protocol WPA3 to launch later this year:
https://www.androidauthority.com/wi-fi-alliance-wpa3-protocol-828999/

Bitcoin exchange platform BitConnect announces shutdown, sending numerous coins spiraling down:https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/16/bitconnect-which-has-been-accused-of-running-a-ponzi-scheme-shuts-down/

Let’s take a look at Nintendo’s newest Switch accessory: CARDBOARD(It’s actually called Labo):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3Bd3HUMkyU

FCC admits mobile is not a suitable replacement for broadband, reverses plan to lower broadband standard:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/01/fcc-admits-mobile-cant-replace-home-internet-wont-lower-speed-standard/

Intel has a big problem and it needs to act like it
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-01-18/intel-has-a-big-problem-it-needs-to-act-like-it

EMC, VMware security issues:

Tesla Batteries Beat Expectations in Autralia

DropBox goes Public

Google Bought Startup that turns screens into speakers...

AMD’s 2018 Plans
2018 Roadmap
Alexa to Replace Cortana on certain PCs
New Intel/AMD Chip Partnership

For all of you Hue lights users…

Light and powerful laptops abound:

Oh the Irony… Power outage at CES

Special Guest: Jared Beerman.

Apple slows iPhones over time to preserve battery life, get a Battery replacement for $29 from Apple.

Alexa is the 2017 home-spying device winner

The Most anticipated games in 2018

Is Amazon building a YouTube rival?

ANOTHER MASSIVE DATA LEAK OMFG!!!

FCC is redefining the definition of “broadband” to be slower

New Rules for android Devs requiring a minimum API level

Meltdown and Spectre: the Worst Bugs ever...
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/02/intel_cpu_design_flaw/
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-Tip-Git-Disable-x86-PTI
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2018/01/intel-ceos-sale-of-stock-just-before-security-bug-reveal-raises-questions/
https://blog.malwarebytes.com/security-world/2018/01/meltdown-and-spectre-what-you-need-to-know/
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2018/01/meltdown-and-spectre-heres-what-intel-apple-microsoft-others-are-doing-about-it/

Intel’s initial Statement:
https://newsroom.intel.com/news/intel-responds-to-security-research-findings/
And Follow up:
https://newsroom.intel.com/news-releases/intel-issues-updates-protect-systems-security-exploits/
AMD:
https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/speculative-execution
ARM:
https://developer.arm.com/support/security-update