Miscellaneous Tech News
-
Apple Issues Security Fixes Across Mac, iOS
-
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 855 is official, coming to Android flagships in 2019
Qualcomm is promising a 45-percent faster CPU and a 20-percent faster GPU.
Qualcomm has announced its flagship System on a Chip (SoC) for 2019: the Snapdragon 855. As Qualcomm has basically no competition at the high-end SoC market—especially in the US—the Snapdragon 855 will be headed to almost every flagship Android phone that ships in 2019. Compared to 2018's chip, the Snapdragon 845, Qualcomm is promising a 45-percent faster CPU, a 20-percent faster GPU, and a platform that will usher in the era of 5G connectivity.
So how is the Snapdragon 855 different from its predecessor, the Snapdragon 845? First, we're getting smaller transistors. The Snapdragon 845 was built on Samsung's 10nm semiconductor manufacturing process, but the 855 is moving to TSMC's 7nm process. A smaller manufacturing process comes with the benefit of lower power consumption and smaller chips, and the 7nm node puts the Snapdragon 855 on par with Apple, which shipped the 7nm A12 Bionic SoC in the iPhone XS earlier this year.
The Snapdragon 845 CPU was branded "Kryo 385" and had four 2.7Ghz Cortex A75-based cores and four 1.8GHz Cortex A55-based cores. These two CPU clusters split the CPU into "big" and "little" workloads, where four bigger, more power-hungry cores handled heavier processing duties like foreground apps (the A75 cores) and four slower, lower-power cores handled background tasks and idle processing (the A55 cores).
The Snapdragon 855 is still kind of built with this 4+4 core layout, but now one of the big cores has a boosted clock rate. So the new Snapdragon 855 CPU is branded "Kryo 485" and changes to four newer Cortex A76-based cores for the "big" cluster, with three cores clocked at 2.42GHz and one clocked at 2.84GHz. Qualcomm is calling this boosted core the "Prime Core." The smaller core cluster uses the same four 1.8GHz Cortex A55-based cores as the older chip.
-
-
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/12/microsoft-edge-for-linux-possible
Yeah, but Edge is Chrome now. And there is already Chrome for Linux. So... whatevs.
-
@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@black3dynamite said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2018/12/microsoft-edge-for-linux-possible
Yeah, but Edge is Chrome now. And there is already Chrome for Linux. So... whatevs.
Well the same could be said for any of the Chromium offshoots - if you like something other than Google Chrome, it's still worthwhile.
The main thing Edge's version could have over Chrome is much less tracking.
-
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
The main thing Edge's version could have over Chrome is much less tracking.
What proof do you have that Edge is doing any less tracking?
-
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
The main thing Edge's version could have over Chrome is much less tracking.
What proof do you have that Edge is doing any less tracking?
I said 'could' - and what proof do you have the aren't?
MS isn't an advertising company - sure they are tracking things, but I tend to believe that it's more for their own use on their products - but of course seeing the state of the products and the lack of overall improvement - that seems to be hard to believe. so /meh
And besides, it's pretty hard to compete with how hard Google is tracking you.
-
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I said 'could' - and what proof do you have the aren't?
I don't need to present proof, the proof is right on the setup screen for their opt-in tracking and Cortana functions.
MS isn't an advertising company - sure they are tracking things, but I tend to believe that it's more for their own use on their products - but of course seeing the state of the products and the lack of overall improvement - that seems to be hard to believe. so /meh
And besides, it's pretty hard to compete with how hard Google is tracking you.
It's not hard to compete with Google, when you're using their tools!
Edit: Microsoft certainly is getting into the Advertising space, have you not ever looked at their opt-in screen?
-
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I said 'could' - and what proof do you have the aren't?
I don't need to present proof, the proof is right on the setup screen for their opt-in tracking and Cortana functions.
MS isn't an advertising company - sure they are tracking things, but I tend to believe that it's more for their own use on their products - but of course seeing the state of the products and the lack of overall improvement - that seems to be hard to believe. so /meh
And besides, it's pretty hard to compete with how hard Google is tracking you.
It's not hard to compete with Google, when you're using their tools!
Edit: Microsoft certainly is getting into the Advertising space, have you not ever looked at their opt-in screen?
Yeah they do advertising... I use them on my website - media.net, and it's actually quite nice. I like it way more than Google advertising.
-
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I said 'could' - and what proof do you have the aren't?
I don't need to present proof, the proof is right on the setup screen for their opt-in tracking and Cortana functions.
MS isn't an advertising company - sure they are tracking things, but I tend to believe that it's more for their own use on their products - but of course seeing the state of the products and the lack of overall improvement - that seems to be hard to believe. so /meh
And besides, it's pretty hard to compete with how hard Google is tracking you.
It's not hard to compete with Google, when you're using their tools!
Edit: Microsoft certainly is getting into the Advertising space, have you not ever looked at their opt-in screen?
Yeah they do advertising... I use them on my website - media.net, and it's actually quite nice. I like it way more than Google advertising.
haha, you're entire website gets blocked by uBlock Origin. . . hahah
-
Unless I am mistaken (and that usually does happen a lot with me), Linux.org is down. Unsure as to why. Somebody in the Telegram forums said that the organization let the registration lapse and somebody else has exploited it and isn't doing anything with it yet.
Can anybody find a headline on this yet?
-
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I said 'could' - and what proof do you have the aren't?
I don't need to present proof, the proof is right on the setup screen for their opt-in tracking and Cortana functions.
MS isn't an advertising company - sure they are tracking things, but I tend to believe that it's more for their own use on their products - but of course seeing the state of the products and the lack of overall improvement - that seems to be hard to believe. so /meh
And besides, it's pretty hard to compete with how hard Google is tracking you.
It's not hard to compete with Google, when you're using their tools!
Edit: Microsoft certainly is getting into the Advertising space, have you not ever looked at their opt-in screen?
Yeah they do advertising... I use them on my website - media.net, and it's actually quite nice. I like it way more than Google advertising.
is your site broken?
It currently looks worse than GRC.com.
-
@NerdyDad said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Unless I am mistaken (and that usually does happen a lot with me), Linux.org is down. Unsure as to why. Somebody in the Telegram forums said that the organization let the registration lapse and somebody else has exploited it and isn't doing anything with it yet.
Can anybody find a headline on this yet?
It's redirecting me to a twitter page... Not as big as I thought. Linux.org is a fan run linux forum. kernel.org is the official site.
-
@NerdyDad said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Unless I am mistaken (and that usually does happen a lot with me), Linux.org is down. Unsure as to why. Somebody in the Telegram forums said that the organization let the registration lapse and somebody else has exploited it and isn't doing anything with it yet.
Can anybody find a headline on this yet?
It took me to a twitter feed.
-
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
The main thing Edge's version could have over Chrome is much less tracking.
What proof do you have that Edge is doing any less tracking?
I said 'could' - and what proof do you have the aren't?
MS isn't an advertising company - sure they are tracking things, but I tend to believe that it's more for their own use on their products - but of course seeing the state of the products and the lack of overall improvement - that seems to be hard to believe. so /meh
And besides, it's pretty hard to compete with how hard Google is tracking you.
Define tracking? A lot of it is tracking on behalf of yourself... for example, if you want a notification of an upcoming appointment, Win10 will need access to your calendar. Or, if you want automatic tracking and notification of a package delivery, Cortana will need access to your email so it can automatically get, process, and track it for you. (it works, and is nice actually)
Some of it isn't tracking YOU, but it's tracking your activity anonymously... for example, if you're going to get ads shown to you anyways, why not let them at least be relevant to your activity? It's all automated, it's not like someone is sitting outside in a bread truck interested in what you are doing, to use it against you later or whatever.
-
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I said 'could' - and what proof do you have the aren't?
I don't need to present proof, the proof is right on the setup screen for their opt-in tracking and Cortana functions.
MS isn't an advertising company - sure they are tracking things, but I tend to believe that it's more for their own use on their products - but of course seeing the state of the products and the lack of overall improvement - that seems to be hard to believe. so /meh
And besides, it's pretty hard to compete with how hard Google is tracking you.
It's not hard to compete with Google, when you're using their tools!
Edit: Microsoft certainly is getting into the Advertising space, have you not ever looked at their opt-in screen?
Yeah they do advertising... I use them on my website - media.net, and it's actually quite nice. I like it way more than Google advertising.
haha, you're entire website gets blocked by uBlock Origin. . . hahah
95% of my website traffic is from search engines, which shows a really good outline of the content. This gets people to click in because it shows exactly what they are looking for moreso than anywhere else. Adblockers simply block the ads, no issue there. If the whole website is being blocked because of ads, I'm willing to bet it's such a small percentage it has no bearing, and is probably not genuine traffic anyways.
-
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I said 'could' - and what proof do you have the aren't?
I don't need to present proof, the proof is right on the setup screen for their opt-in tracking and Cortana functions.
MS isn't an advertising company - sure they are tracking things, but I tend to believe that it's more for their own use on their products - but of course seeing the state of the products and the lack of overall improvement - that seems to be hard to believe. so /meh
And besides, it's pretty hard to compete with how hard Google is tracking you.
It's not hard to compete with Google, when you're using their tools!
Edit: Microsoft certainly is getting into the Advertising space, have you not ever looked at their opt-in screen?
Yeah they do advertising... I use them on my website - media.net, and it's actually quite nice. I like it way more than Google advertising.
is your site broken?
It currently looks worse than GRC.com.
That's not my site... I didn't mean it like that. I meant I use them (media.net) on my website (my blog).
And no, media.net is not broken for me. Looks like whatever junk you're running is killing it.
-
@Obsolesce said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Some of it isn't tracking YOU, but it's tracking your activity anonymously... for example, if you're going to get ads shown to you anyways, why not let them at least be relevant to your activity? It's all automated, it's not like someone is sitting outside in a bread truck interested in what you are doing, to use it against you later or whatever.
The complaint, as I understand it, is that it's frequently not that anonymous. While it might not have your exact name on it, it's you in all the ways that matter. And if someone really did want to associate it with your name, it likely wouldn't be that hard to do.
Personally - I hate the personalized ad situation. I searched for Mitel PBX stuff a few years ago - then on every website I visited for the next week, the only thing I saw was the same 3 ads for different Mitel PBX providers. it was irksome.
-
@coliver said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@NerdyDad said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Unless I am mistaken (and that usually does happen a lot with me), Linux.org is down. Unsure as to why. Somebody in the Telegram forums said that the organization let the registration lapse and somebody else has exploited it and isn't doing anything with it yet.
Can anybody find a headline on this yet?
It's redirecting me to a twitter page... Not as big as I thought. Linux.org is a fan run linux forum. kernel.org is the official site.
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@NerdyDad said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Unless I am mistaken (and that usually does happen a lot with me), Linux.org is down. Unsure as to why. Somebody in the Telegram forums said that the organization let the registration lapse and somebody else has exploited it and isn't doing anything with it yet.
Can anybody find a headline on this yet?
It took me to a twitter feed.
That twitter feed reminds me of TayBot. Yeah, it was just a fanboy forum site. I thought the Linux Foundation owned it as a way of spreading generalized information. Guess not.
-
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
Personally - I hate the personalized ad situation. I searched for Mitel PBX stuff a few years ago - then on every website I visited for the next week, the only thing I saw was the same 3 ads for different Mitel PBX providers. it was irksome.
But what actually does that matter, if at all? Who cares and why?
