Hello everyone, on the 22th chapter of the Techy Sum newsletter, volume 1, here’s the news that you’ve been looking for:
📱Tech news💻:
- According to Dylan Patel of SemiAnalysis, who examined court documents of Arm Ltd. v. Qualcomm Inc., Arm intends to no longer will allow the OEM to mix Arm’s IP (intellectual properties) with OEM or any other third party IP, which means that Arm’s CPU IP only allow to use with Arm’s GPU/NPU/ISP/DSP. This agreement will be fully implement in 2025. Big Arm license holder such as Nvidia were exempted, as it has a 20-year license contract established on older “normal” terms, and Apple is one of the founders of Arm ISA. We are not even surprised if someday, RISC-V’s open-source and lenient term & usage will eventually replaced Arm’s current mobile SoC in the future, and other mobile GPU player such as Imagitech (Imagination Technology) might also fill the void.
- AMD Software Adrenalin 22.10.3 Beta has released, which fixes few stuff and there. Update your AMD driver here.
- Reddit user, PoisonWaffle3, who worked for unspecified large ISP (internet service provider), just got in hand with 2013 Netflix’s content cache server, which has 36 hard drives (only 1 bad), amounting of 262TB in total (7.28TB each). While the user are yet to repurposed this, some users suggest to use it as a Plex media server or a mining rig for Chia, a storage-based cryptocurrency.
- TSMC and industry partners form 3DFabric Alliance, focused on advancing chiplet architectures, such as 2.5D and 3D silicon stacking design, capability, and adoption.
- The Chips and Cheese team admitted to changing the CPU’s name with an internal benchmarking tool, PMCReader, originally designed to find bottlenecks in CPU design, and available on GitHub. It successfully tricked Geekbench, Cinebench, AIDA64, HWMonitor, the Blender Benchmark, and almost everything else they’ve tested. They disabled six cores and reduced the precision boost overdrive clock by 350MHz on Ryzen 9 7950X to make it look (and perform) like AMD Ryzen 7 7800X, a middle ground between the very real 7700X and 7900X.
- Reflection DDoS attacks are on the rise again, by abusing Microsoft variant of the industry-standard Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) known as CLDAP. LDAP is used to access and maintain distributed directory information services (like a central system to store usernames and passwords) over an IP network, while CLDAP only limited to the Active Directory database system used in the Windows Server OS. When connected, attacker can spoofs the target’s IP address and sends a UDP request to one or more third parties, concealing the attacker’s IP. Black Lotus suggests that network administrators should secure it by turning off UDP support, limiting the traffic generated on port 389, using firewalls, or implementing some advanced measures to prevent spoofed IP traffic like Reverse Path Forwarding (RPF).
- Lego current Mindstorms robot products and related elements will be discontinued at the end of 2022. The digital platform supporting Mindstorms, like the robot inventor app, will remain active until at the end of 2024. They will continue to hang on to the Mindstorms trademark, with the possibility of a relaunch at a later date. After the line reaches end-of-life status, Lego will support the Build & Code endeavor through its Spike Prime Set, targeting the education sector instead of mainstream product line.
- SteamDB creator, Pavel Djundik, recently discovered code that Valve is working on peer-to-peer Steam game transfers. It would let users copy games between PCs on the same local area network (LAN), faster than downloading and doesn’t take up internet bandwidth. It also can skip the decryption process when installing games.
- Apple analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo, said that Apple might replace the physical volume and power buttons on next year’s high-end iPhones with a solid-state button design, by leveraging Apple’s Taptic Engine, a haptic technology that uses vibrations to simulate physical button presses, touted to be more reliable than mechanical buttons, which free up some spaces inside the densely packed handset, make the iPhone more resistant to liquids and give Apple a fresh selling point. Android flagship phone might also take note from Apple’s idea at some point in the future.
- Apple resists tech industry slide thanks to strong Mac sales revenue up by 25.39% year-on year (YoY), iPhone sales revenue up by 9.67% YoY, while iPad sales revenue down by 13.06% YoY.
- PALIT GeForce RTX 4080 series now listed in the U.K. for £1450-£1530 ($1,683.93-$1,776.84).
- [Leaked] Asus Turkey, with it’s Zenbook 14 lineup, confirmed to feature AMD Ryzen 7 7730U with refreshed Zen 3 cores and Vega iGPU.
- Custom graphics card market report detailed by Videocardz about AIB (add-in board) GPU lineup amount for Nvidia (the most), AMD (2nd place the most), and Intel (pretty scant; as expected, being that Intel has reenter the GPU market again since last i740 GPU back in 1998).
- [Rumour/Leaked] Hardware leaker, chi11eddog, said that AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX will features 24GB of VRAM (video RAM), while RX 7900 XT will features 20GB of VRAM. Both will be powered by Navi 31 GPU based on 5nm RDNA3 architecture.
- [Leaked] Ice Universe, a notable phone leaker, highlights in a camera test photo comparison that Galaxy S23 Ultra 200 MP outclasses S22 Ultra 108 MP.
- [Rumour] iPhone 15 may get 8 GB RAM and periscope camera lens, according to TrendForce.
- Huawei Mate 50 Pro pre-orders open in Europe with €100 lower than expected starting price. It instead starts at €1,299 in the Eurozone, or €1,399 with 512 GB of storage.
- Vivo X90: Company shares camera sample photos from new Zeiss camera with up to ISO 102,400. See it for yourself, and let us know your thought in the comment section below.
- Xiaomi Bone Conduction Headphones presented with 86 ms latency, Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity, 12 hours battery life (165 mAh), USB Type-C charging port, supports for Qualcomm aptX, aptX Adaptive and SBC, and offer IP66 resistance against dust and water ingress. It launched in China, retail for CNY 699 (US$96).
- Sony Xperia PRO-I upgrades to livestreaming in Videography Pro mode via its latest software OTA.
- [Rumour/Leaked] DJI Mavic 3 Classic will no longer features telephoto camera, cheaper launch price ($1,400), last up to 46 minutes between flights, weighing 895 g (5 g lighter than the Mavic 3) ahead of ‘Explore Vivid’ launch event.
- HaptX introduced Gloves G1, which incorporate two kinaesthetic feedback gloves and a wireless “Airpack,” the latter of which can either be worn by the user like a backpack or set on a table nearby, and is responsible for generating compressed air and controlling the air’s flow, which are essential to conducting detailed haptic feedback. It cost $5,495 per pair with a $495 monthly fee, which includes service, maintenance, and the company’s software development kit (SDK). The HaptX SDK enable developers to incorporate Unreal Engine and Unity plugins and utilize C++ API.
- U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) launches criminal case probe by examining Tesla’s Autopilot crashes, and Tesla’s outlandish PR claim of it. It could result in criminal charges against individual executives or the company as a whole, if fully proven.
- Uber has announced several changes to its platform which include the in-app navigation’s newfound aversion to left turns (for example, turn to right instead) as well as several other safety-focused enhancements, such as interior cabin recording (privately secured) and scrutinizing more rider to prevent fake account and offensive name.
- Nex Computer announced NexPad, a 12-inch (30.48-cm) full HD IPS touch-screen portable display with narrow bezels that can be attached with magnet to the top of a laptop screen as an additional monitor on the go that didn’t take up your desk footprint. It is priced at $249.
- YouTube’s new option were now having a tab for videos, livestreams, and Shorts, and will also offer filters for “Recently uploaded” and “Popular”.
- Igor’s Lab has published an article discussing a potential solution to prevent Nvidia’s 16-pin power adapter from damaging the GeForce RTX 4090, one of the best graphics cards on the market. The solution: crimp the connectors, not solder them, since soldering introduces unwanted heat into the connector itself, and allow proper 90 degrees cable bent.
- Vietnam’s Lê Thành, the self-proclaimed ‘King of VGA,’ is having some fun on Facebook (via I_Leak_VN). In photos and videos shared on the social media site, it looks like the store has started to use street trader tactics to grab passersby and sell them GPUs (due to excess supplies) by the kilo, a clear parody of a Vietnamese street food stall.
- Meta’s VP of finance, Susan Li, during the post-results Q&A (question and answer), said that Meta Quest 3 will be launched in late 2023.
- Researchers at the threat analysis company ThreatFabric have published a report detailing some recent evolutions in Android malware droppers on the Google Play Store, due to recent changes to Google Play policies restricting access to certain permissions. One of it is the use of malware droppers, which are applications with useful features and often do offer at least some of the advertised functionality that contain very little malicious code when after installed, only for the malware droppers download and install malicious payloads. Malware that are involved with this scheme are Sharkbot and Vultur.
- According to a document published by Apple (via ArsTechnica), security researchers’ fears have rang true. Old versions of operating systems of Apple devices do not get complete security patches, as opposed to newer OS versions.
- AMD’s server CPU revenue share will hit 30% in late 2022 for the first time ever and Ryzen CPU market share currently dipping since Q3 2022.
- [Leaked] AMD’s Radeon RX 6800 XT beats the canned Nvidia RTX 4080 12GB in 3DMark Firestrike benchmark.
- [Rumour] According to Moore’s Law is Dead (MLID), Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has allegedly gotten involved in the 12VHPWR investigation, meeting with AIB partner in Taiwan to discuss about the issue.
- HardwareTimes compares AMD Ryzen 9 7900X and Ryzen 9 5900X in few benchmarks. What do you think of it?
- Der8bauer, a hardware enthusiast, delidded AMD Ryzen 5 7600X, and discovered 2 CCDs on it. It’s not a secret strategy by AMD, as they previous stated that this is to minimize wasted silicon that TSMC produced.
- Worried about RTX 4090’s insane power usage? You can try by limiting the power and undervolt it instead, as tested by Tom’s Hardware.
- Mike JC shared his 3D print blueprint solution of RTX 4090’s 16-pin power connector woes. You can get it here.
- Scientists with the Nanyang Technical University in Singapore have demonstrated experimental results they expect to lead to parafermions, a liquid-like substance, when electrons maintain temperatures close to absolute zero (-273 degrees Celsius), which leads to coherence and error-prevention of quantum computing.
- AMD issues performance advisory for Ryzen 7000 Processors regarding two CCDs’s reduced gaming performance.
- Popular Steam Deck dock maker, Jsaux, pulls up an upcoming design, claiming a competitor stole it.
- Shares of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) slumped last in Taiwan and in the U.S. after its chief executive officer, Dr. C.C. Wei shared a video with employees that encouraged workers to take vacations. The stock then recovered soon afterward but closed down lower as the media criticized the executive’s message. However, analysts called the media’s reaction a bit too much.
- AMD Coreboot implements could usher in Mendocino & Phoenix open-source updates, with Morgana, Glinda, & Sabrina SoCs naming.
🎮Video game news🎯:
- The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022 edition) official launch has already left many PC users dealing with crashes and in-game bugs, due to Nvidia’s most recent driver package (version 526.47). Lead studio, Beenox, recommends that users stick with Nvidia driver versions 516.59 or 522.25.
- Try out these games: Charon’s Staircase and Dave the Diver.
- Watch out for these games: The Many Pieces of Mr. Coo, Paranormal Tales, Harvest Moon: A Wonderful Life (Remake), Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown, Dysterra and Pioner.
- According to the latest study from the University of Vermont’s Department of Psychiatry, titled “Assocation of Video Gaming With Cognitive Performance Among Children”, the authors find that children that played video games “showed enhanced cognitive performance” compared to kids who didn’t.
- Ikea threatens to sue the maker of an ‘infinite furniture store survival game’ if not addressed, saying that The Store is Closed infringes on its “trademarks, reputation, and trade dress”. However, the hope is not just doom and gloom, as the letter says that he can do makeover so it doesn’t look too similar with Ikea for actual release in 2024.
- CEO of Microsoft Gaming, Phil Spencer, has said that his discussions with various regulators around the world have been “fair and honest” regarding Activision acquisition.
- Discord banned over 55 million accounts and 68 thousand servers in first half of 2022.
- PC and Xbox players can’t disable Modern Warfare 2 crossplay, but PS5 players can.
- Gotham Knights re-added Denuvo DRM (digital rights management), a few hours after patching it out.
- On 27 October 2022, Ebb Software put out Scorn’s first major patch since release, version 1.1.8.0. Among quality of life changes, Ebb also tweaked Scorn’s checkpoint and save system, fixing the biggest flaw of what is otherwise a fantastic survival horror game.
- Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection PC update 1.1 improves performance and stability, improves motion blur visibility, updates HDR option, removed frame rate dependency for mouse camera sensitivity and updates mouse control to use raw input data.
- Sony PlayStation 5: 6 nm AMD Oberon Plus refresh now available in Europe, in variants of CFI-1202A and CFI-1202B, which consumes 20–30 W less from the wall than their predecessors, and are 300 g lighter than their predecessors because of a smaller heatsink, or 600 g compared to the original PS5.
🚀Space news🌌:
- A new photo of the reflection nebula NGC 1999 taken by the Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 and released by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) on October 24 shows a “peculiar portrait” of the swirling cloud of gas and dust. The nebula is a relic of a star’s formation, V380 Orion, which can be seen in the center of the image.
- Mars’s massive dust storm finally weakening as Mars changes seasons, meaning that the Mars probe can continue to study the red planet again.
- NASA study calls for Apollo site protection as historical lunar site for future generation viewing are among lunar surface ops policies.
- Advanced Earth weather monitoring JPSS-2 satellite is ‘go’ for liftoff on 1 November 2022.
- A new crowdsourcing science project called “Spritacular” is asking skywatchers to use their digital cameras to try to capture images of unusual electrical discharges above thunderstorms.
- Stratolaunch’s Roc, the world’s largest plane, aces 1st flight carrying Talon-A hypersonic prototype plane. The flight lasted just over five hours and reached a maximum altitude of 23,000 feet (7,000 m), with the test met all its objectives.
- NASA will continue developing the Psyche asteroid mission and now targets a launch in October 2023. The mission has a total life-cycle cost (including launch) of $985 million, $717 million of which had been spent by late June 2022.
- Next-generation inflatable Mars landing gear, Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID), will get a chance to test during launch on 1 November 2022.
- James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) snaps new, fresh image of Pillars of Creation.
- White House says U.S. would respond with subsequent actions if Russia targets commercial satellites.
- The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured an image of two galaxies dubbed ESO 364–65 and ESO 364–66, which are collectively known as Arp-Madore 608–333, gradually warping each other with their gravitational forces.
- Building 4200 at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, used in 1963 until 2020, which houses 14 directors, from Dr. Wernher von Braun, who led rocket development in the 1960s and 1970s, to current director, Jody Singer, the first woman to serve in the capacity, has been demolished due to structural problems in its exterior wall panels.
- Spare parts (developmental parts still on Earth) from the Seismic Experiment for Internal Structure (SEIS) will form the basis for a seismic instrument of Farside Seismic Suite (FSS) that will make its way to the far side of the moon in May 2025.
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