Daily Archives: December 4, 2015

Destiny’s Next update Will Likely Nerf Titans, And It’s About Time

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Anyone who’s played Destiny’s crucible since the release of The Taken King knows all about the Sunbreaker. It didn’t take long for the community to recognize the newest Titan subclass as the newest overpowered beast in the game’s PvP mode, and since then the Sunbreakers have done their best to make their presence known with those trademark fiery hammers, raining death wherever they go. If you’re dishing them out, it can be a rush. Not so much on the receiving end. We’ve had our fun, however. Bungie just released some notes for their December update, and it looks like Sunbreakers will be getting a nerf:

Ever since their Solar brothers and sisters entered the explosive mix of Destiny with the arrival of The Taken King, they’ve been quite the hot topic of conversation. Even before the first fiery salvo landed in someone’s face, there has been plenty of feedback about our armored friends. While we’re making some adjustments to Sunbreakers in Update 2.1.0, we won’t be leaving Strikers and Defenders out in the cold this winter.

I’m curious to see what the team has in mind for the Titan’s other two subclasses: the Defender is currently one of the best classes in the game for PvE, even if it’s not much good for PvP. I’ve left my striker behind in recent weeks, as well: it’s no longer the Titan’s best PvP class, and it can’t quite hold a candle next to the defender for PvE. Each class seems to have one subclass that’s a little harder to peg: the Bladedancer for the hunter, and the Voidwalker for the warlock. I’d like to see a little balance to give me reason to play around a bit more. Regardless, the Sunbreaker nerf will likely be the biggest news, and hopefully return some balance to the crucible. Until, of course, the next things breaks it and we do this whole dance over again.

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Samsung will pay $548 million to Apple, has the right for reimbursement

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The Samsung vs Apple patent legal case has been an exhausting one spanning nearly 5 years. Ultimately, after numerous rehearings, appeals and injunctions, Samsung has agreed to pay Apple $548 million. Both companies have filed a joint case management statement with the USDC (United States District Court) for the Northern District of California, in which Samsung states it has “has made arrangements to complete payment to Apple.”

The South Korean company is now in the process of waiting an invoice from Apple. If the document arrives before the weekend in Korea, Samsung will pay Apple the $548 million in damages by December 14.

Interestingly, in the case management statement, Samsung still shows hope that the judgement may be overturned and the company reserves its right to seek full or partial reimbursement of the money in such case.

Samsung continues to reserve all rights to obtain reimbursement from Apple and/or payment by Apple of all amounts required to be paid as taxes. […] Samsung further reserves all rights to reclaim or obtain reimbursement of any judgment amounts paid by Samsung to any entity in the event the partial judgment is reversed, modified, vacated or set aside on appeal or otherwise, including as a result of any proceedings before the USPTO addressing the patents at issue or as a result of any petition for writ of certiorari filed with the Supreme Court. Samsung notes that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board has issued a final decision of invalidity on the ‘915 Patent, and Apple filed a notice of appeal to the Federal Circuit in the USPTO last week.

Naturally, in the case management statement, Apple writes that it “disputes Samsung’s asserted rights to reimbursement.” However, expect more news from the court battle between Apple and Samsung as the filing notes the agreement for the money transfer has been reached on November 2, but a settlement is yet to be made.

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We’re giving away an epic PS4 sports bundle worth $528! [Deal]

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¿Google espía a través de sus Chromebooks?

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Los Google ChromeBooks son unos portátiles bastante famosos, de hecho son productos estrella en cuanto a ventas en Amazon (se han llegado a agotar varias veces a pesar de estar fabricados por diferentes fabricantes como HP, Acer, ASUS y Samsung). A pesar de su popularidad no cuentan con sistema operativo Microsoft Windows o Apple Mac OS X como saben, sino con el sistema operativo Google ChromeOS, sistema basado en Linux.

Un informe lanzado por Electronic Frontier Foundation ha dejado bastante mal parados a estos dispositivos. Al igual que ocurre con la falta de privacidad extrema en Windows 10, tampoco otros sistemas operativos escapan a esta vigilancia, como Android, OS X, etc. Pero ahora están bajo el punto de mora los ChromeBooks, ya que esta fundación ha sugerido que Google podría estar espiando a sus usuarios.

Esto no sorprende a nadie, pero Electronic Frontier Foundation alega que los estudiantes (el mayor porcentaje de los propietarios de los Chromebooks) podrían estar siendo espiados por Google en cuanto a las búsquedas que hacen por Internet. Insisto, visto lo visto, no es de extrañar. EFF analizó Google Apps de Google Apps for Education y Chromebooks para analizar los riesgos de la falta de privacidad en la escuela, usados incluso por muchas escuelas para niños de solo 7 años.

Pues bien, si bien Google no usa la información de los estudiantes para la publicidad dirigida dentro de los sitios de Google, FEP encontró que la función Sync de Google para el navegador Chrome está habilitada de forma predeterminada en los Chromebooks vendidos a escuelas. Así Google rastrea y almacena en los servidores los datos con fines no publicitarios, así como todos los sitios que visitan, vídeos de YouTube, contraseñas guardadas, etc. Y los padres o tutores de esos alumnos no tienen posibilidad alguna de evitar esto.

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