Miscellaneous Tech News
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@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
You can now play PlayStation 4 games on your iPhone
The PS4's 6.50 firmware update adds support for an iOS remote play app.
Today, Sony released its 6.50 firmware for PlayStation 4 systems. The tentpole feature of the update is support for remote play to iOS devices like iPhones and iPads. The release coincided with the release of a "PS4 Remote Play" app on the Apple App Store.
why do people want this? you pretty much have to be home to use it - why not just play on the read deal on the TV for a better experience?
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
You can now play PlayStation 4 games on your iPhone
The PS4's 6.50 firmware update adds support for an iOS remote play app.
Today, Sony released its 6.50 firmware for PlayStation 4 systems. The tentpole feature of the update is support for remote play to iOS devices like iPhones and iPads. The release coincided with the release of a "PS4 Remote Play" app on the Apple App Store.
why do people want this? you pretty much have to be home to use it - why not just play on the read deal on the TV for a better experience?
Because they can, obviously and the mindless drones need to be entertained as frequently as possible.
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@DustinB3403 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
You can now play PlayStation 4 games on your iPhone
The PS4's 6.50 firmware update adds support for an iOS remote play app.
Today, Sony released its 6.50 firmware for PlayStation 4 systems. The tentpole feature of the update is support for remote play to iOS devices like iPhones and iPads. The release coincided with the release of a "PS4 Remote Play" app on the Apple App Store.
why do people want this? you pretty much have to be home to use it - why not just play on the read deal on the TV for a better experience?
Because they can, obviously and the mindless drones need to be entertained as frequently as possible.
I'm really trying to think this through.
I suppose the main thing I can come up with is the parents are watching the only TV in the house - and the kid takes their iPhone somewhere and plays PS on the iPhone - but damn.. if the Kid has an iPhone - I can't believe they don't have a second TV for the PS. And it's pretty damned unlikely they have a Sony Android phone either.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
if the Kid has an iPhone - I can't believe they don't have a second TV for the PS.
We don't.
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
you pretty much have to be home to use it - why not just play on the read deal on the TV for a better experience?
What is the "pretty much" here? Is it that you have to be home? Or can you not be home?
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@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I can't believe they don't have a second TV for the PS. And it's pretty damned unlikely they have a Sony Android phone either.
We have four, but moving a video game device around is annoying.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
I can't believe they don't have a second TV for the PS. And it's pretty damned unlikely they have a Sony Android phone either.
We have four, but moving a video game device around is annoying.
Then you kick the person who's watching tv to another TV, problem solved.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@Dashrender said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
you pretty much have to be home to use it - why not just play on the read deal on the TV for a better experience?
What is the "pretty much" here? Is it that you have to be home? Or can you not be home?
The article said it does not work over LTE - but didn't test using WiFi from another network - so I'm assuming it's a primarily if not exclusively used at home/same place where the PS is.
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Disney to close “vault” for good as it moves film library to streaming service
Exclusive streaming rights to titles like Frozen will encourage subscriptions.
Disney is rapidly preparing to launch its own streaming service, dubbed Disney+, later this year. While the debut date is still unknown, we now know that the service will include the entire Disney movie library shortly after the service launches. According to a report in Polygon, Disney CEO Bob Iger explained the strategy to investors at a meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, pointing at the retirement of Disney's longstanding "vault."
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More from the wonderful world of Microsoft updates...
https://www.pcgamer.com/a-recent-windows-10-update-is-hurting-game-performance-and-messing-with-mice/ -
Citrix today warned its customers that foreign hackers romped through its internal company network and stole corporate secrets.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/03/08/citrix_hacked_data_stolen/
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A brief history of Wi-Fi security protocols from “oh my, that’s bad” to WPA3
Enjoy our primer on the ups and downs of Wi-Fi protocols since the mid-1990s.
Thanks to upcoming developments in Wi-Fi, all of us connectivity-heads out there can look forward to getting familiar with new 802.11 protocols in the near future. Ars took a deep look at what's on the horizon last fall, but readers seemed to have a clear request in response—the time had come to specifically discuss the new Wi-Fi security protocol, WPA3.
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@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
A brief history of Wi-Fi security protocols from “oh my, that’s bad” to WPA3
Enjoy our primer on the ups and downs of Wi-Fi protocols since the mid-1990s.
Thanks to upcoming developments in Wi-Fi, all of us connectivity-heads out there can look forward to getting familiar with new 802.11 protocols in the near future. Ars took a deep look at what's on the horizon last fall, but readers seemed to have a clear request in response—the time had come to specifically discuss the new Wi-Fi security protocol, WPA3.
So they'd probably like people to keep quiet on their bad track record so far?
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@travisdh1 said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
A brief history of Wi-Fi security protocols from “oh my, that’s bad” to WPA3
Enjoy our primer on the ups and downs of Wi-Fi protocols since the mid-1990s.
Thanks to upcoming developments in Wi-Fi, all of us connectivity-heads out there can look forward to getting familiar with new 802.11 protocols in the near future. Ars took a deep look at what's on the horizon last fall, but readers seemed to have a clear request in response—the time had come to specifically discuss the new Wi-Fi security protocol, WPA3.
So they'd probably like people to keep quiet on their bad track record so far?
That group is just horrible! They aren't open about their processes, etc. It would be awesome so see a new foundation created for WiFi security that is truly open and completely transparent - not about charging fees to have your 'shit' certified WiFi, etc.
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NVIDIA To Acquire Datacenter Networking Firm Mellanox for $6.9 Billion
Starting off the week bright and early, NVIDIA this morning announced that they’re acquiring datacenter networking and interconnect Mellanox. With a price tag of $6.9 billion, NVIDIA’s acquisition will be vaulting the company deep into the datacenter networking market, making them one of the leading vendors virtually overnight.
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@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
NVIDIA To Acquire Datacenter Networking Firm Mellanox for $6.9 Billion
Starting off the week bright and early, NVIDIA this morning announced that they’re acquiring datacenter networking and interconnect Mellanox. With a price tag of $6.9 billion, NVIDIA’s acquisition will be vaulting the company deep into the datacenter networking market, making them one of the leading vendors virtually overnight.
That seems like a pretty cool purchase.
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@scottalanmiller said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
@JaredBusch said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
NVIDIA To Acquire Datacenter Networking Firm Mellanox for $6.9 Billion
Starting off the week bright and early, NVIDIA this morning announced that they’re acquiring datacenter networking and interconnect Mellanox. With a price tag of $6.9 billion, NVIDIA’s acquisition will be vaulting the company deep into the datacenter networking market, making them one of the leading vendors virtually overnight.
That seems like a pretty cool purchase.
Who else is thinking of that AMD graphics card with a Killer NIC onboard as well? That thing was just silly, but people believed that a NIC could enhance games.
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The Galaxy S10’s face unlock fooled by pictures, siblings
2D image sensor gets fooled by 2D images.
Here's another friendly reminder that, if your Android phone doesn't have some kind of special hardware for face unlock, the feature probably isn't very secure. The latest phone to implement face unlock with nothing but the normal front camera is the Galaxy S10, and users across the web are reporting that the feature is easily confused or defeated.
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@mlnews said in Miscellaneous Tech News:
The Galaxy S10’s face unlock fooled by pictures, siblings
2D image sensor gets fooled by 2D images.
Here's another friendly reminder that, if your Android phone doesn't have some kind of special hardware for face unlock, the feature probably isn't very secure. The latest phone to implement face unlock with nothing but the normal front camera is the Galaxy S10, and users across the web are reporting that the feature is easily confused or defeated.
Such a bad idea.
