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Now that the Rio Olympics have ended, we have four years to wait to find out whether Usain Bolt is really done competing in Olympic events, whether Simone Biles will be as impressive at age 23 as she has been at age 19, and if there’s any chance Michael Phelps will still be going for gold at age 35.
But whoever wins gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, there’s a chance they’ll be taking home a medal made from discarded electronics.
Now that the Rio Olympics have ended, we have four years to wait to find out whether Usain Bolt is really done competing in Olympic events, whether Simone Biles will be as impressive at age 23 as she has been at age 19, and if there’s any chance Michael Phelps will still be going for gold at age 35.
But whoever wins gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020, there’s a chance they’ll be taking home a medal made from discarded electronics.
Internet provider Cox Communications maintains that it’s not responsible for copyright infringements carried out by its subscribers. The company has announced that it will appeal the $25 million damages verdict in its case against music publisher BMG.
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Last December a Virginia federal jury ruled that Internet provider Cox Communications was responsible for the copyright infringements of its subscribers.
The ISP was found guilty of willful contributory copyright infringement and must pay music publisher BMG Rights Management $25 million in damages.
The verdict was a massive victory for the music company and a disaster for Cox, but the case is not closed yet.
After a failed motion for judgment as a matter of law earlier this month, the ISP has now informed the court that it will take the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Cox denies any wrongdoing and hopes to get a judgment in its favor at the appeals court.
Considering the gravity of the case, Cox’s move is not surprising. The liability verdict has come as a shock to the Internet provider industry, as it suggests that providers have to actively disconnect repeat infringers.
At the moment, many ISPs don’t have a solid policy in place where repeat copyright infringers lose their subscription. In fact, the law doesn’t prescribe when and based on what evidence an ISP has to terminate an account.
Up until now, several Internet providers argued that only a court could determine if a subscriber is a repeat infringer, but with the Cox verdict this has now become uncertain.
After the appeal, which is expected to take several months at least, both Cox and BMG still have the option to take the case to the Supreme Court.
Meanwhile, anti-piracy outfit Rightscorp is using the current verdict to threaten other ISPs to forward their notices. Thus far, however, this doesn’t appear to have had much effect.
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Google has taken the beta label off Android 7.0 Nougat, and the latest version of the company’s mobile operating system should begin rolling out to a number of devices soon.
But Google is dropping support for two popular, but aging devices. The company has no plans to offer Android 7.0 for the Nexus 5 smartphone or Nexus 7 (2013) tablet.
Of course, once Google releases the source code for Android 7.0, it’ll probably just be a matter of time before independent developers start porting the operating system to run on those devices.
Google has taken the beta label off Android 7.0 Nougat, and the latest version of the company’s mobile operating system should begin rolling out to a number of devices soon.
But Google is dropping support for two popular, but aging devices. The company has no plans to offer Android 7.0 for the Nexus 5 smartphone or Nexus 7 (2013) tablet.
Of course, once Google releases the source code for Android 7.0, it’ll probably just be a matter of time before independent developers start porting the operating system to run on those devices.
Android 7.0 Nougat is here. Google has released the first version of the operating system with native support for running apps in multiple windows that are visible at the same time.
Other major new features include support for a new virtual reality pla…
Android 7.0 Nougat is here. Google has released the first version of the operating system with native support for running apps in multiple windows that are visible at the same time.
Other major new features include support for a new virtual reality platform called Daydream (although not all phones will have the hardware to support it) and a series of updates that should improve performance and extend battery life.
Software updates should begin rolling out soon for the Google Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, and Nexus 5X smartphones, the Google Pixel C tablet, and the Nexus Player Android TV box.
Continue reading Google releases Android 7.0 Nougat with multi-window, VR, and more at Liliputing.
Google hat die fertige Version von Android 7.0 alias Nougat veröffentlicht. Nexus-Geräte und das Tablet Pixel C erhalten das Update drahtlos. Mit der neuen Version gibt es einige Verbesserungen am Betriebssystem. (Android 7.0, Google)
Google hat die fertige Version von Android 7.0 alias Nougat veröffentlicht. Nexus-Geräte und das Tablet Pixel C erhalten das Update drahtlos. Mit der neuen Version gibt es einige Verbesserungen am Betriebssystem. (Android 7.0, Google) Amazon exclusive includes wooden shelf, Red Book of Westmarch—but zero new film content.
Enlarge / The faux-iest of faux leather could be yours for as little as $720. (credit: New Line Cinema)
If you need all six of Peter Jackson's films from the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings timeline and you need them on Blu-ray discs in bulky cases with oodles of extra discs, you can already buy those right now for around $125. But if you're the super-nerd who prefers the "collector's edition" version of your favorite releases, complete with limited-edition swag and over-the-top presentation, you've been out of luck with the Tolkien films—until this year.
Make no mistake, when New Line Cinema calls something the Middle Earth Ultimate Collector's Edition, the company doesn't mess around... at least, in terms of pricing. Welcome to possibly the most expensive Blu-ray box set ever, costing a cool $800 and launching on October 4.
Since it's an Amazon exclusive, that retail price doesn't apply in its pre-order state. Amazon aggressively prices many of its pre-orders with a 10 percent discount, so for now, the ultimate Tolkien Blu-ray offering costs just $720.
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Google Android 7.0 Nougat is launching today, and there’s a little surprise on the Android website: confirmation that the new LG V20 smartphone will be the first smartphone to ship with Android 7.0 pre-installed (although Android 7.0 updates should begin rolling out for recent Nexus phones and other devices any minute now).
The LG V20 won’t officially launch until September 6th, but LG has started hinting at some of the upcoming phone’s features.
Continue reading LG V20 is the first phone to ship with Android 7.0 at Liliputing.
Google Android 7.0 Nougat is launching today, and there’s a little surprise on the Android website: confirmation that the new LG V20 smartphone will be the first smartphone to ship with Android 7.0 pre-installed (although Android 7.0 updates should begin rolling out for recent Nexus phones and other devices any minute now).
The LG V20 won’t officially launch until September 6th, but LG has started hinting at some of the upcoming phone’s features.
Continue reading LG V20 is the first phone to ship with Android 7.0 at Liliputing.
The world works differently for the singer/songwriter than it does for you and me.
Those of us with difficult last names are accustomed to quietly bearing the indignities of constant mispronunciation, especially from digital assistant programs like Apple's Siri. My last name (Geuss) is pronounced "Gice," but that pronunciation is so far from being phonetically logical in English that if people get close—calling me Guess or Goose—I generally don't correct them. Siri insists on calling me "Megan Juice," which is not even close (and is also a beverage). I let it slide. After all, what recourse do I have?
None. That's how much recourse I have. But I am no Barbra Streisand.
Streisand, it seems, went on NPR this weekend to talk about her tour and her upcoming album Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway, and she told host Scott Simon that she was frustrated by the fact that Siri kept calling her Streizand rather than Streisand.
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Big smartphones are everywhere, and Nougat’s new features make them more useful.
The unveiling of the Nougat statue.
After a lengthy Developer Preview program starting in March, the final version of Android 7.0 (codenamed "Nougat") is finally launching today. The OS update will slowly begin to rollout to devices over the next few weeks. This year, Google is adding even more form factors to the world's most popular operating system. After tackling watches, phones, tablets, TVs, and cars, Nougat brings platform improvements aimed at virtual reality headsets and—with some help from Chrome OS—also targets laptops and desktops.
For Android's primary platform (still phones and tablets), there's a myriad of improvements. Nougat brings a new multitasking split screen mode, a redesigned notification panel, an adjustable UI scale, and fresh emoji. Nougat also sports numerous under-the-hood improvements, like changes to the Android Runtime, updates to the battery saving "Doze" mode, and developer goodies like Vulkan and Java 8 support.
As usual, we'll be covering Google's Android package as a whole without worrying about what technically counts as part of the "OS" versus an app in the Play Store. Android is a platform not just for third-parties, but for Google as well, so we're diving into everything that typically ships on a new Android smartphone.
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Both should have a couple more months of security patches left, at least.
Enlarge / The Nexus 5X (left) and Nexus 5 (right) will run the same software no longer. (credit: Andrew Cunningham)
It's official: The Nexus 5 and 2013 Nexus 7 won't receive the Android 7.0 Nougat update from Google today. The update will roll out to the Nexus 6, 9, 5X, 6P, the Pixel C tablet, the Nexus Player, and the General Mobile 4G (an Android One phone that has been included in the beta program), but older gadgets will remain on Marshmallow.
Neither device was supported by the Android N developer beta builds that Google has been releasing all summer, and both are past the point when new major Android updates are guaranteed (July and October of 2015 for the Nexus 7 and 5, respectively). But the beta support list is not always indicative of the final support list. Google has provided updates outside of that 18-month window before.
Google provides its monthly security patches either three years after a device's release date or 18 months after the end of general availability, whichever is longer. According to the dates listed on Wikipedia, that ought to cover both of them until October 2016 or so, at which point both devices may be left behind for good.
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