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• Plug for Freshbooks invoicing tool and its benefits
• Brief mention of a meetup/interactive tech event called LTX
• LTX Expo is a interactive tech event with hands-on activities and tutorials
• Event will feature live unboxings, exclusive content, and special guests
• Attendees can try out VR, LAN gaming, and other activities
• Tickets are $35 Canadian and available now
• Event will be held on July 14th at the Richmond Olympic Oval in British Columbia
• Other topics mentioned: tech news, recent episodes of Tech Quickie, and upcoming features on Float Plane
• AMD announces 7nm GPU at Computex
• Amd's 7nm GPU to launch in second half of 2018, ahead of Intel's 10nm plans
• Nvidia's current GPUs are on 14/16nm and 12nm for newer architecture (Volta)
• Discussion about measuring transistor sizes and industry standards
• AMD's 7nm GPU promises 35% more performance than previous gen
• Amd will have Vega on 7nm, down from 14nm or 16nm previously
• Gigabyte makes fake RAM with RGB LEDs that can sync with actual RAM
• Fake RAM allows users to fill all motherboard slots with visible RAM without expensive upgrades
• Discussion of RAM modules with fake capacity and potential future sales as individual units
• News about GitHub being purchased by Microsoft and the resulting migration of projects from GitHub to GitLab (150,000+ projects)
• Concerns over potential copyright infringement and IP issues related to certain types of projects on GitHub
• Example of a project that fixed a Windows vulnerability through an open-source patch
• Discussion of the impact of Microsoft's acquisition on free and open-source software development
• Mention of other concerns such as deepfakes and their potential misuse
• The transcript discusses leaks about Google's upcoming Pixel 3 phones
• There will be three phones: a standard, an XL with a notch, and a mid-range model
• The mid-range phone is expected to be a game-changer for mid-range smartphone photography due to its software capabilities
• The standard XL has front-facing speakers and a small notch compared to the iPhone X's notch
• The mid-range phone will use Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 710 chipset, offering performance similar to last year's flagship chip
• Australian gamers are being blamed (in part) for slow internet speeds due to high data usage
• Typecasting gamers as heavy internet users
• Debate over whether gamers are responsible for high data consumption
• Clarification that "gamers" refers to power users, not just gamers
• Discussion of Australia's poor internet quality and potential throttling of data consumption during peak periods
• Mention of a Nasa discovery of organic molecules on Mars
• Amazon online shopping
• Couple sentenced to nearly six years in prison for return policy abuse
• Scam involved buying and reporting over $1 million worth of electronics as damaged
• Use of shell accounts, VPNs, and multiple identities to avoid detection
• Accomplice received two-year sentence; defendants also engaged in other crimes such as bounced checks and car rentals
[0.00 --> 8.50] boom and we're live hey all right hey welcome to the WAN show this week we have John it's been a
[8.50 --> 14.20] while it has been a while I do you remember the last time no I don't I remember the audience I
[14.20 --> 19.44] vaguely remember a Santa hat maybe so it's probably been a while okay but yeah that might have been
[19.44 --> 25.42] the like I I've done this every year where I bring each person onto the show yeah at the end
[25.42 --> 29.98] well it might have been that yeah when I got stuck at the U.S. border people are saying John but
[29.98 --> 35.32] they're spelling it wrong oh no someone spelled it right that happens literally every time like it
[35.32 --> 39.90] happens to me on Twitter and my name is right there it's on Twitter and they send you a message
[39.90 --> 44.36] it has the at and then the correct spelling of your name and if you're on the forum you might know
[44.36 --> 49.42] in my signature I say I stole my name without an h people still get it wrong so I'm just I'm used to
[49.42 --> 54.16] it by now I don't even notice it anymore yeah well that's a lie I do but you know my problem is that
[54.16 --> 60.82] I know like three different spellings of John well no one of them is Johnny I guess oh yeah okay
[60.82 --> 67.96] his is like actually kind of weird for a Johnny what is because it's five letters yeah yeah so I
[67.96 --> 73.22] don't know yeah we're talking about the guy that does some of our server work here who is also my
[73.22 --> 78.30] landlord funnily enough and and people have seen him on camera yeah they have so yeah Johnny's Johnny's
[78.30 --> 83.82] basically the nicest person on the entire planet but he can't make it to so every single year I will get
[83.82 --> 88.20] into the show in a second don't worry but every single year since I was like 15 I've been going
[88.20 --> 94.08] to PAX West and I bring all my friends every time and Johnny can't make it this time and really very
[94.08 --> 99.42] weird it's actually like very very weird that he's not going to be that really is strange uh the rest
[99.42 --> 103.22] of people that have been going that are going to be going are all like it's so weird that Johnny's
[103.22 --> 107.44] not gonna what are we gonna do I don't know I feel like he would be the straw that serves a drink
[107.44 --> 112.34] so to speak so yeah yeah so it'll be it'll be interesting but it should be good this week we have
[112.34 --> 117.12] interesting news because like Computex is happening and E3 is right around the corner and all this kind
[117.12 --> 121.62] of stuff there's interesting stuff going on we don't have a lot of gaming news quite yet because
[121.62 --> 129.30] I think that'll probably be next week um but we've got Intel news a unnamed 28 core 56 thread CPU
[129.30 --> 136.26] we've got news about second gen Threadripper being on track for a Q3 2018 launch that means this
[136.26 --> 141.92] year also massive changes to the Steam store we were talking about this recently on a WAN show
[141.92 --> 146.84] it's gonna be crazy I actually think it's super cool but we'll talk about that later there's an
[146.84 --> 155.34] obscene amount of notes on that uh AMD unveiling a 7 nanometer GPU that's insane gigabyte making fake
[155.34 --> 161.92] RAM and it's actually really cool so it's kind of like bonded leather
[161.92 --> 168.74] I understand that and then actually my favorite news of this week even though it doesn't necessarily
[168.74 --> 175.78] sound super cool see Sonic introducing SCMD and your cable clutter it's amazing I can't show you
[175.78 --> 181.70] what it is right now I'm getting one for surezies but we'll have to talk about that later I'm constantly
[181.70 --> 186.08] kicking the cables underneath my desk in my office they won't help you with that it's like cables
[186.08 --> 191.68] inside your computer but it's super cool we'll get there later boom it worked this week is going
[191.68 --> 203.24] well yes it was going well until I died I guess rip also Anthony Bourdain died yes I know very sad
[203.24 --> 213.36] he was what 61 I think I don't know I liked him though that sucks fresh books fresh books LTX be there
[213.36 --> 219.02] or or don't but preferably be there if you can because it's cool and I'd like to say hi also
[219.02 --> 227.18] Squarespace yeah I'm gonna put this back up here and we're back boom okay that's all it takes
[227.18 --> 234.32] WAN show intro completed let's move up to the top because we've got this crazy Intel processor that has
[234.32 --> 238.82] some interesting news coming with it thank you by the way to vegetable stew and radiating light for
[238.82 --> 244.54] sourcing this vegetable stew I see we did it there oh very clever oh yeah I'm gonna post this link in
[244.54 --> 249.64] me WAN doc you look like you had something to say do you I was just commenting on vegetables too
[249.64 --> 254.92] although I did cover this today well James covered it but I wrote the thing today for tech linked on
[254.92 --> 259.96] this story oh so okay yeah so do you have any interesting quips from that because you definitely
[259.96 --> 264.30] know more about it than I do I have some interesting things to bring up but okay what do you think okay
[264.30 --> 268.88] well without I guess without running through the bullet points first so I'll give a quick TLDR
[268.88 --> 276.08] yeah so Computex Intel shows off this 28 core 56 thread CPU and they did this demo of it and it
[276.08 --> 283.66] was like oh man the CPU is running at five gigahertz it's so cool um so after it happened um a few people
[283.66 --> 291.32] noticed that there was a gigantic weird like industrial water chiller sticking out the back of the unit um I
[291.32 --> 295.12] think they had it set up such that you couldn't see it straight on when they were actually doing the
[295.12 --> 302.24] demo for members of the press so but that wasn't even like the worst of it they also said this chip
[302.24 --> 308.38] was running at five gigahertz not telling people that it had actually in fact been overclocked so a
[308.38 --> 313.52] lot of people were thinking that oh this thing is just going to run this freaking 28 chord zeon is
[313.52 --> 318.26] going to run at five gigahertz out of the box which was not the case at all Intel got called out on it
[318.26 --> 324.44] they had to acknowledge it and then they ended up saying oh well they blamed it on quote unquote the
[324.44 --> 328.80] excitement of the moment or something like that and they said that their guy running the demo just
[328.80 --> 334.66] forgot he forgot to say oh by the way this is not running at stock speed so people were very
[334.66 --> 340.80] understandably upset about that's so lame but honestly I can kind of understand if it's just
[340.80 --> 346.10] the demo guy that forgot to say it now if there was like press documents given out to any degree
[346.10 --> 352.22] it should have it in there and the guy shouldn't forget admittedly I'm not sure if there were documents
[352.22 --> 357.14] handed out but I have no idea I think it was just whoever was running the demo said five gigahertz
[357.14 --> 362.64] if I'm not saying come on man don't forget that so the processor is clocked at 2.7 gigahertz