MPGH News - 179th Edition

**[MPGH]Hova** · 11-06-2017

179th Edition - November 6th, 2017
Snapple Fact: A ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber.

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Man pleads guilty to pretending to be victim of Grenfell Tower fire, receiving thousands of dollars.
On Thursday a man pleaded guilty of posing to be a victim of the Grenfell Tower fire, claiming that his family died in the fire which also killed 80 other people. The 24-storey apartment complex went up in flames on June 14; a lot of people are saying that officials were ignoring the safety concerns from residents. He claimed that he lost all his possessions, that resulted in him receiving $20, 000 in money and supplies – including a hotel room, clothes and food – from charities. He got caught when his story kept changing, using several apartment numbers, including one from another victim.The man has been identified as Anh Nhu Nguyen and he is originally from Vietnam. Nguyen pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud by false representation and one count for an false statement to obtain a passport. He previously had 28 convictions for 56 offences and he will be sentenced on December 15.

Paradise Papers leak: Information of offshore accounts released
The Paradise Papers are a huge leak of financial documents that reveal how politicians, celebrities, multinational CEOs and other wealthy individuals protect their cash from high income taxation by moving them to accounts where taxation is low or non-existent. Some of the high net worth individuals that have been exposed by the leak have their household names and other personal information attached to them in the leak. The papers also throw light into some of the legal firms, financial institutions, accountants and other individuals working in the appropriate sector on the procedure, rules, and guidelines required to adopt offshore tax-avoiding accounts. In any case, from the leak, there are a few interesting names that have been seen that are offshoring into tax havens. Firstly, Queen Elizabeth's private estate has invested close to 10 million euros offshore. Secondly, one of President Donald Trump's top administrative executives have also been found in the leaks. An individual that is a key aide to Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau is also in the leak -- which may stirr problems for the prime minister as he has been fighting against tax havens. This is an exhaustive list. There is still more to come from the leaks as the days go on.

Xbox One X, a super-console for gamers?
Coming up this Tuesday, Microsoft will be releasing the new and improved Xbox One X. At the E3 gaming conference, Microsoft made sure to boast about how powerful their gaming console is, going as far to say that it is 40% better than any other gaming console ever seen. The Xbox One X is packed with an 8-core CPU running at 2.3 GHZ, a six-teraflop GPU running at about 1.2 GHZ and 12 GBs of RAM. The Xbox One X is said to be able to display games up to 4K resolution with a better, smoother picture and frame quality than their baseline Xbox One. However, to be able to obtain the 4K viewing experience, you will need a television that can output 4K resolution. Additionally, if you have a television that supports High Dynamic Range (HDR), used to display richer colors and better contrasts between light and dark images. Assuming you have a television that can utilize HDR and can output 4K resolution that you will be able to take full advantage of the gorgeous display that the Xbox One X can output. With all these awesome features and specs, the price tag may be your deal breaker. At a whooping $599, you get to play games at 4K resolution and even get 1 TB of storage to download games. The big question you should ask yourself is, do you want to be able to play games at a higher resolution and obtain better frame rates? If so then the Xbox One X may be the console for you.

BlizzCon | News

Blizzard presented a new short animated movie for Overwatch and, as you can guess, it's perfect. This time the focus is placed over the German "tank" Reinhardt. Watching the short animated movies for the game, you can not help thinking that Blizzard has to do something bigger wBlizzCon.
During BlizzCon this week, the studio revealed that the game is getting new content very soon, a new character, and a unique map along with it.
The character is Moira, supporting hero known for his biotic grip and biotic balls.
"Equally brilliant and controversial, Moira O'Doreen is a scientist working in the field of genetic engineering and her latest discoveries looking for a way to rearrange the fundamental foundations of life. While there is no doubt that Moira will go to the end in search of a breakthrough, her job is still unknown to the rest of the humanity. Now, however, when there are no obstacles, it is now time to change everything. She does not have a good opinion about the Guardians, who, in her opinion, is guilty of stopping the development of scientific discoveries for decades. Moira is not seeking global domination, but simply interested in humanity, "says the story to her character.

Together with Moira's hero, Blizzard has made it clear that Blizzard will present in the game a map that lends itself to the iconic Blizzard World studio titles that will be available early next year. It's a themed park with gaming elements like Hearthstone, StarCraft and Diablo.

In a separate news, the studio announced that StarCraft 2 is completely free. The studio's decision is provoked by the sometimes confusing style of monetization of the game, as well as its serious foundations as an electronic sport. So the game will be able to present itself worthy of today's competition.

New speeds for 3d-printing
Markforged, the American company, introduced new 3D printing technology, which is on the same speed as the Star Trek replicator. The method is based on carbon fiber and is one of the most economical and fast at the moment.
The company has already been able to attract $ 30 million in investments. Among its shareholders are Siemens, Microsoft Ventures, Porsche SE and a number of other large companies. Some time ago Markforged introduced 3D metallic printers worth $ 100,000 and using the same speed printing technology.
The new 3D printers are distinguished by the fact that the carbon fiber details do not yield much to the metal and in many cases can completely replace them. The print speed compared to conventional 3D printers is 50 times higher.
"We strive to make 3D print not just a fashion trend, but to give people the ability to create all the objects almost instantly. @<a href="https://www.mpgh.net/forum/member.php?u=1" target="_blank">Dave84311</a> would be able to have 50 more cakes for the same time if the math is hard for you." Current 3D printing technologies can not do this - they slowly print, think long, and the end result is expensive and we want to change that, "says Greg Mark, Markforged Director.
The money earned by investors will be used to develop devices capable of making 3D stamps as simple and effective as possible, which can ultimately be useful for both Porsche and Siemens.

Apple has finally won $120 million from Samsung in slide-to-unlock patent battle
Apple has finally won their battle against Samsung, which earned them $120 million, after years of court talks. The case was mainly about Apple's slide-to-unlock patent and other patents including the quick links patent, which enabled information like phone numbers into clickable links. Samsung infringed both patents. The case ended after Samsung's appeal to the Supreme Court when the ruling was reinstated less than a year from overturning it by the Supreme Court. Samsung was, as expected, not happy with the result. “Our argument was supported by many who believed that the Court should hear the case to reinstate fair standards that promote innovation and prevent abuse of the patent system,” a Samsung representative said in a statement. They also stated that the ruling allowed Apple to profit from an invalid patent. There is a much bigger case between Apple and Samsung going on, which made Apple win more than $1 billion, lowered to roughly $400 million. This lawsuit continues in May to discuss measuring the damages.

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Ty Dolla $ign - beach House 3
as stated in pitchfork, this album is balanced. It showcases Ty's vocals and shows he paid attention to detail and was able to kill his own ego. This album really displays Ty's ability as an artist whether it be with producing or writing and also as a collaborator. Multiple interludes with Famous in the title could be seen as an annoyance to some, but with this album it really ties everything together. The best song of the album is the last where Ty takes an early 2012 Drake-esque turn. Bottles and partying leads him into a pit of FaceTiming his past relationships and into a pit. Paul A. Thompson with pitchfork said it best "Ty’s talents as a musician are leveraged too well: his gravelly voice, his preternatural attention to detail, his willingness to kill his ego and let the worries about his liver creep in. It’s exactly what makes Ty Dolla $ign’s music so rewarding: the crevices in between hits are filled with angst and world-wearied regret. There’s the party, and then the hangover."

Astros win the World Series
In an intense seven game series, the Houston Astros managed to defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers in game seven of the World Series. This will be the first time in franchise history that the Houston Astro's have won a world Series. Houston booked themselves into history with a 5-1 win over LA, but don't let the score fool you, this extremely gritty series was of the most hard-fought World Series in MLB history and will go down as one of the greats. Not only was it hard fought but it was also one of the most entertaining, this World Series broke the most homerun records in a WS in MLB history. Two 100+ win juggernaut teams going at it, this series turned out to be more than what most expected.

After years of losing and losing 100+ games multiple season in a row, it all paid off. This win brings much needed happiness to Houston, a place that suffered from severe flooding causing millions in damage.

Lebron James drops 57 points in big win over Washington Wizards.
Lebron James' Cleveland Cavaliers have had a very slow start at the beginning of this season. With a unimpressive 3-4 record they were not looking like they were a contending team at all. Along with this slow startup Kyrie Irving, the Cavs star point guard, was traded away in the offseason. Coming into this game it was almost questionable about who was a better team, the Cavaliers or the Wizards, but this was decided as this game to a close. "James poured in the second-highest point total of his career and an NBA-best this season to help his Cleveland Cavaliers end a four-game losing skid by beating the Washington Wizards 130-122", stated by CBS Sports. The only other Cavalier to have scored 57 was Kyrie Irving, but Lebron made it clear he didn't need Kyrie Irving anymore. After the Cavaliers defeated the Wizards, Lebron and his teammates made it pretty clear that they were still a top dog in the Eastern Conference.

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Snapchat creates a cheeseburger debate
Snapchat has recently added a dancing burger to the filters, kind of like the dancing hotdog, but a burger. Users can choose which surface and in what position they want the burger to be in whilst it dances using the lens on their device.
The burger's layout is bun, patty, cheese, tomato, patty, lettuce, bun.
AnthonyCr0 on twitter tweeted: 'Ok the orders of ingredients on Snapchat's burger should be illegal'
The whole burger debated started when an author from Denmark Thomas Baekdal tweeted a picture showing different cheese placements.

The tweet caught the attention of the CEO Sundar Pichai who responded by saying: 'Will drop everything else we are doing and address this on Monday

if folks can agree on the correct way to do this!'
Most people seem to believe that Microsoft has got the emoji right, the order being bun, patty, cheese, tomato, lettuce, bun. TechnicallyLJo tweeted 'Congratulations Microsoft for winning the Cheeseburger Emoji battle!'
Hopefully there are no more cheeseburger debates in the future. Maybe its good if Microsoft are the decided winners for now.

The new LinkedIn
Most of us know Linkedin, some of us even had to make an account on Linkedin for school.
For those who don’t know Linkedin: Is an online platform where you keep your personal information and your resume up to date, In case anyone in your network has any job openings for you, or where you can talk about your firm/industry and keep your ‘network friends’ also up to date. But the key to success is talking about your win and losses posting about your personal interests.
You can compare it with Facebook but Linkedin is all about making connections ‘expanding your network’ talking about your business life. And it’s also growing much faster than you probably think. Between 2011 and 2017 LinkedIn”s user base grew from 140 million to 500 million. It has more features now than ever before!
So if you’re looking for a job Linkedin is your key platform and don’t miss out on potential career advancement

Realm of the Mad God Hacks and Cheats
Realm of the Mad God is an online multiplayer 8-bit shooter game, currently owned by Deca Games. Hacking by using a modified client is one the major parts of the community of players in Realm of the Mad God. Arguably one of the best clients Realm has seen is Crazy Client made by CrazyJani. His client features a state of the art auto-nexus tool, ensuring you don't die to stupid and unfair deaths. The client also features tons of other cool hacks, like the tomb hack which allows you to only damage one boss at a time or the auto-sprite hack which allows you to teleport to the final boss, almost allowing for the completion of a sprite in under 5 seconds. With this new release of Crazy Client, 2 new features were introduced. One of them allows for the tiles you have already uncovered to be loaded on your minimap when reconnecting to that same dungeon, very useful. The second addition to the client is a map hack which allows you to reveal the whole map and discover what world was generated. Very useful for hunting them good spawns. As always, be careful using this client as you risk the possibility of being banned. Happy hacking!

Pakistani women poisons milk kills 17 other people.
Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani woman currently facing charges of allegedly poisoning her husband's milk that ended 17 other people’s lives, with 10 others being treated. A local outlet who covered the story interviewed the police about the case. The chief of police Sohail Habib Tajak stated a judge allowed the police to question the woman, 21-year-old Aasia Bibi, for two weeks to determine whether it was the woman's decision or her boyfriend inciting her to kill her husband by poisoning. Furthermore it was reported she done this due to the forced marriage that was arraigned by her parents. Officials said that she obtained her poison from her boyfriend. She stated, "I repeatedly asked my parents not to marry me against my will as my religion, Islam, also allows me to choose the man of my choice for marriage but my parents rejected all of my pleas and they married me to a relative". After a man named Faisal Chingwani, a top human rights activist in the city of Multan, said "Bibi apparently committed the crime because she was mentally stressed about the forced marriage." After which Aasia and her boyfriend Lashari was shortly arrested for murder.

Giant Peen Cculpture s Placed on Mountain
The hunt is on for the artist behind an enormous phallic sculpture which has mysteriously appeared on top of a mountain in Austria. Hikers discovered the huge wooden erection last week at the summit of Mount Oetscher, a 1,893 metres-high Alpine peak. Blogger Marika Roth then brought it to the attention of the masses when she published photographs of the naughty piece. Authorities are now keen to establish the identity of the artist behind the sculpture, so they can decide what to do with it. However, if their investigations come to nothing, it will likely be handed to the owners of the land - thought to be a religious order of monks. Since Marika circulated pictures of the artwork, the mountain and region have seen a boost in tourism, with hikers travelling to see it for themselves. Operators of the nearby Oetscher ski lift were among those left bemused by the phallic structure, but they're welcoming the visitors. They've even offered a season ticket to the sculptor, who somehow managed to drag it up the mountain without being spotted.