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Apr 05

Sony Launches New Durable SSDs For 4K Video

There are obvious speed advantages that solid state drives boast over their magnetic, disk-based hard drive counterparts but there is something that SSD owners have to be mindful of. Rapidly transferring data to and from SSDs can cause data loss by simply wearing out the storage drive. That’s not to say that this happens often but it remains a possibility. It can prove to be a problem with intensive tasks like filming 4K video which requires a storage solution that can quickly write data at a constant rate without error. Sony has come up with a solution for those who want to use SSDs when they’re filming 4K video. Its new durable SSDs have been created with this sole purpose in mind.

Sony has designed its new G Series Professional SSDs for customers who want to use solid state drives for 4K video capture. It claims that these SSDs can provide users with stable 4K recording without frame drops even when the drive has been rewrited multiple times.

The company also says that these SSDs feature a more durable SATA connector than conventional drives which enables them to be inserted and removed up to 3,000 times before failing.

Sony is offering two models in this new SSD series. The SV-GS96 has 960GB of storage and costs $539 while the SV-GS48 promises 480GB of storage for $287.

The company says that the former is rated for a lifetime total of 2,400 TB written which means that the drive can hold up to being filled five times a week for ten years. The 460GB model is rated for a lifetime total of 1,200TB or five years of being completely filled for five times per week.

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Apr 05

Netflix UHD Streaming Doesn’t Work On LG G6 Or Galaxy S8 Currently

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Both LG and Samsung have announced that their new flagship smartphones – the LG G6 and Galaxy S8 respectively – have displays that can support UHD HDR content streaming. They going to work with partners like Amazon Video to bring the magic of UHD HDR to mobile devices. Netflix already offers UHD content streaming on select devices but that’s not going to be supported on the aforementioned handsets, at least initially.

The Galaxy S8 with its HDR10 certified display and the LG G6 with its Dolby Vision screen both boast support for High Dynamic Range content. In theory, they should be able to support HDR streaming on Netflix but it’s not as simple as that.

The folks over at PhoneArena reached out to Netflix to inquire if UHD titles can be streamed in their full glory on these handsets. The Netflix customer support representative confirmed that while UHD streaming is available for some TVs and monitors, these devices are not compatible with the UHD feature yet.

Netflix’s representative did add that the company plans on updating the service so that it’s supported on more devices but don’t expect to take full advantage of your new flagship’s HDR certified display at least on Netflix right after launch.

It’s not like you’ll be missing out on much, though, considering the fact that there are only 20 shows on Netflix right now that are offering for streaming in HDR.

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Apr 05

EA Access Early Supporters Receive Free 2TB Xbox One External Hard Drive

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Are you one of those people who signed up for EA Access soon after the service was launched? If you are then you might want to keep an eye on the mail. Many early EA Access supporters have reported that they received a free 2TB Xbox One External Hard Drive as a gift for supporting this service in its early days. They’ve been given a free 2TB Seagate Game Drive for Xbox One as a token of appreciation for their patronage.

That’s a pricey gift considering the fact that the Seagate Game Drive for Xbox One price starts at $119.99. It’s a conventional 2TB hard drive that went through a special paint job for the Xbox One.

Many EA Access subscribers who signed up early for this service have taken to Twitter to show that they received a package from EA that was accompanied by a card thanking them for being with EA Acces from the start.

For those who are unaware, EA Access was launched three years ago. It’s a monthly subscription service that costs $4.99 per month and provides access to The Vault that contains dozens of games for Xbox One that can be downloaded and played for no additional charge.

Even Microsoft’s Xbox boss Phil Spencer gave a shoutout to EA Access for recognizing fans who supported them from the very start.

EA appears to be sending out this gift in waves so those who subscribed for this service early and haven’t received their package from EA as yet should wait for a while because it may eventually end up on their doorstep.

Great to see @EAAccess recognizing the fans who have supported them from the start. Proud to have EA Access on XB1 #PlayMore @EA pic.twitter.com/tVVMC0HknZ
— Phil Spencer (@XboxP3) April 3, 2017

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Apr 05

New Windows 10 Start Menu Concept Surfaces

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Microsoft will soon start rolling out the next major update for Windows 10 very soon. Recent reports suggest that the major update it’s working on right now will be more focused on design changes for Windows 10. Multiple concepts have appeared online recently claiming to offer hints of what a Windows 10 design refresh might bring to the table. Today, a concept image has appeared online which suggests what the new Windows 10 Start menu might look like.

Microsoft is expected to release its UI update for Windows 10 later this year. This new Windows 10 Start menu concept was posted online on Twitter. It suggests that the new menu could have a transparency effect.

The Verge hears from sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans that the company has been experimenting with transparency effects for the Start menu and that this image is actually a concept of one of those ideas.

It’s obviously too soon to be certain right now if Microsoft is going to go through with this or if it’s going to make additional changes to the refreshed user interface for the Start menu in particular.

Don’t get excited about the Snapchat app icon in the menu because it’s most likely just a placeholder that’s used when concepts like these are created. It doesn’t necessarily mean that Snapchat is going to release an app for Windows 10. Microsoft is expected to reveal more about its next major Windows 10 update at its Build developers conference in May.

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Apr 05

AT&T’s unlimited data plan now includes free HBO

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When it comes to competition between the big four carriers in the US, AT&T’s unlimited plan initially left a lot to be desired. Even after making some improvements, it was still difficult to call AT&T’s plan the best. The company is looking to sweeten the pot even more today by tossing a free subscription to HBO into the mix. With … Continue reading

Apr 05

47 Books You Should Add To Your Shelf, According To Poet Rupi Kaur

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Rupi Kaur has vision beyond her years.

At 24, the Indian-Canadian artist and poet decided to create a menstruation-themed photo series for a college project. She posted one now-famous photograph to Instagram, showing herself lying on a bed facing the wall, period blood staining her sweatpants and the bedsheet. Instagram repeatedly took down the photo from Kaur’s account, but the image went viral, attracting international attention. Though still a college student, she was something of an Instagram star already, thanks to her luminous and striking poetry, which she posted on the account.

She told HuffPost at the time that she was galvanized in part by the stigma attached to menstruation ― an aspect of her project unwittingly reinforced by Instagram’s removal of the photo. “I always see women complaining — I’m one of them — about how much our periods suck,” she said. “But they’re also so beautiful. They give rise to life.”

Less than two years later, a publishing house put out Kaur’s book of prose and poetry, Milk and Honey (originally self-published in 2014), and it began dominating best-seller charts. The text and illustrations ― both by Kaur ― examine the emotional states of a modern young woman. Her work is simply but powerfully expressed, and viscerally captures both universal human experience and the particular struggles of a young woman today.

Kaur’s art has meant opening a window into her mind and bodily experiences for audiences, whether through candid poetry or realistic (though staged, with fake blood) period portraits. Another intimate revelation ― what’s on her bookshelf. The brilliant artist and writer shared her 47 picks with The Strand, where she curated a bookshelf. For those who aren’t in New York City, here’s an alternative to browsing her hand-picked display.

Check out Kaur’s bookshelf below.

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Apr 05

Ivanka Trump Says She'll Push For Women's Equality — But Not In A Pushy Way

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You’ve seen the photos. Finding a woman in the White House is the Where’s Waldo of 2017. And it seems that each week, the administration floats a new policy that would curb the rights of women in some respect.

But don’t worry everyone, Ivanka Trump is on it. In her (unpaid) role as a special assistant to her dad, President Donald Trump, she will be “advocating for the economic empowerment of women,” she told Gayle King in an interview with “CBS This Morning” that aired on Wednesday.

She’ll be doing this very quietly, apparently. Trump said she is candid about her opinions with her father, but made it clear that she has little control over what he does. And when she does have some kind of effect, we may never learn about it.

“I think most of the impact I have, over time most people will not actually know about,” she told King.

How empowering!

The interview makes clear that Ivanka Trump is actually continuing in a well-trodden tradition, particularly for white women. For decades, they were stranded at home with little economic power and often resorted to a quiet behind-the-scenes passive aggression to get things accomplished. It’s a plot straight out of a 1950s sitcom.

More generally speaking, many women have learned ― consciously or otherwise ― not to seem too pushy, aggressive or loud because femininity is stereotypically considered a passive trait.

For female CEOs, the technical term for this is called “the double-bind.” They need to be bossy, but without being seen to be bossy, lest they’re labeled a bitch.

The tradition of the woman quietly working behind the scenes, doing the grunt work carries over to the corporate world, too. For years now, women have taken on what is often invisible and administrative work, for which they don’t seek (or get) credit, while men aggressively advocate for themselves out in the world.

At companies, men are typically overrepresented in so-called “line roles,” the mission-critical jobs responsible for profits and losses. Women get slotted into administrative positions ― it’s why at a lot of companies you’ll see a woman running the human resource or legal department but not in the CEO chair or heading up sales.

That’s been changing for a lot of forward-thinking companies and it had been changing in the White House, too. Previous administrations have had a greater percentage of women in important roles ― former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama each had a female secretary of state, for example.

Alas, there are only four women in the Trump cabinet and not in the top posts that matter. Overall, only 23 percent of the White House staff is female.

And it’s not like the men over there are pounding the pavement for women. So far, the Trump administration has restricted abortion rights around the world, cut funding from an international program that prevents maternal deaths and unsafe abortions, fought to defund Planned Parenthood and weakened protections for women who’ve been sexually harassed or discriminated against at work.

In the CBS interview, King asked Ivanka Trump what she thought about the criticism that she is “complicit” with the president’s agenda. King didn’t get into specifics, but one would want to know ― is she cool with all the actions the administration’s taken around women’s rights?

She dodged the question. (Or possibly she doesn’t know what “complicit” means.) “If being complicit is wanting to be a force for good and to make a positive impact, then I’m complicit,” Trump said. “I hope time will prove that I have― done a good job and much more importantly, that my father’s administration is the success that I know it will be.”

We know from her father’s statements, that she has pushed him to consider a paid maternity leave policy ― the U.S. is the only developed country without one. And she’s also been advocating behind-the-scenes for a child-care tax credit.

Nothing has come of either idea.

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Apr 05

Starbucks Releases 'American Cherry Pie Frappuccino.' In Japan.

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Food mashups are the norm these days, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t stopped in our tracks when we caught sight of Starbucks’ newest Frappuccino creation. It’s a cherry pie and a Frappuccino all in one Starbucks cup.

Set your sights on the frap that’ll be unleashed in Japan for a limited time starting April 13.

That’s the American Cherry Pie Frappuccino and it aims to recreate the experience of eating a classic diner cherry pie a la mode ― but in a cup, with a straw. In Japan.

The drink includes a bottom and top layer of cherry compote, a vanilla Frappuccino base studded with bite-sized pie pieces, whipped cream, and the pie crust domed top, of course. Breaking into the top with the straw is meant to recreate the experience of digging into a pie with a fork.

If you’re thinking, “yum,” you might be right. But if you’re thinking, “what a sugar bomb,” you’re also right. A tall cupcake creme Frappuccino, the closest comparable frap we have stateside, contains 42 grams of sugar ― that’s close to double the daily recommended intake for sugar.

Imagine that, with a pie crust top to boot.

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Apr 05

News Roundup for April 5, 2017

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News is for suckers. So suck it up.

1. The UN is calling an emergency meeting about Tuesday’s gas attack in Syria. The gas might be sarin, the banned nerve gas which killed over 1,000 Syrian people in 2013. More here.

2. Ivanka Trump uses semantics to defend her active role in President Trump’s horrific erosion of American politics. She’s also full of shit. More here.

3. The federal court has ruled that the Civil Rights Act protects LGBTQ+ people. Did that really need to go to federal court? More here.

4. What’s North Korea’s deal right now? More here.

5. Steve Bannon has been removed from the National Security Council. He was wildly unqualified for this position but that hasn’t stopped anyone in the Trump government until now. More here.

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Apr 05

Pepsi Refuses To Apologize For That Kendall Jenner Ad Everyone Hates

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Pepsi is refusing to apologize for an advertisement featuring Kendall Jenner at the site of a protest, saying the company stands behind what it sees as a message of inclusion.

“This is a global ad that reflects people from different walks of life coming together in a spirit of harmony, and we think that’s an important message to convey,” the company said in a statement.

The ad, which depicts the model walking through a protest to hand a Pepsi to a police officer, has sparked intense backlash since it was uploaded to YouTube on Monday. In the video, Jenner gives the officer the Pepsi and protestors cheer wildly as the officer smiles.

Near the end of the end of the ad, the words “LIVE BOLDER. LIVE FOR NOW” float across the screen.

Many saw the ad as a cynical attempt to capitalize on the increased interest in protest movements in recent years while whitewashing the mistreatment of demonstrators by law enforcement.

You should have seen the rejected Pepsi commercial. pic.twitter.com/1NR23KCuwk
— Wallace Wylie (@WallaceWylie) April 4, 2017

“Kendall please! Give him a Pepsi!” pic.twitter.com/IntFNmCpTr
— Zito (@_Zeets) April 4, 2017

Jenner, for her part, has not yet addressed the criticism of the ad.

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