Month: August 2016

Wird die blinkende LED als Programmierübung zu langweilig, lohnt ein Griff zu einem Roboterkit. Wir haben uns drei Modelle für Kinder und Jugendliche angeschaut. Dabei zeigte sich, dass Spielzeug aus Plastik nicht unbedingt schlechter als ein Holz- oder Metallbaukasten sein muss. (Roboter, Technologie)

Das Medienhaus Axel Springer geht gegen die Blockade redaktioneller Inhalte durch Adblock vor. Laut Eyeo sollen das Einzelfälle sein, doch auch Facebook erhebt Vorwürfe. (AdBlocker, Soziales Netz)

YI Technology bietet den Gopro-Konkurrenten YI 4K offiziell in Deutschland an: Für 270 Euro gibt es eine Actionkamera mit 4K-Videomodus, 2,19-Zoll-Touchdisplay und Sony-Bildsensor - günstiger als vergleichbare Gopro-Modelle. (Digitalkamera, Film)

Mit Hilfe einer App sollen Strafverfolgungsbehörden Inhalte von Messenger-Apps zurückholen können. Betroffen sind auch Whatsapp, Signal, Telegram sowie der Facebook-Messenger. (Security, Smartphone)

When Megaupload was shuttered in 2012, authorities in the United States, New Zealand and Hong Kong seized millions of dollars in cash and other property.

The US government claimed these assets were the result of copyright infringement and money laundering offenses, and attempted to forfeit the bank accounts, cars and other property seized from the defendants in the so-called “Mega Conspiracy”.

After branding Dotcom and his co-defendants “fugitives”, last summer the US Government won its case. Shortly after, however, Megaupload’s legal team filed an appeal with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

“We asked the Fourth Circuit to rule in favor of fairness, natural justice, and due process by stopping US efforts to take Kim Dotcom’s global assets for doing nothing more than lawfully opposing extradition to the United States—a country he has never been to,” Dotcom lawyer Ira Rothken told TF at the time.

Last Friday, however, hopes for a positive outcome were dashed when a three-judge panel at the Fourth Circuit handed down a two to one decision against Dotcom.

Affirming the decision of a lower court, the Court of Appeal opinion dismissed the notion that the order against Dotcom’s assets had no jurisdiction. The Court also found that Dotcom could not recover his assets due to him being a fugitive from criminal charges in the United States.

The assets in question amount to some $67m across multiple bank accounts, several cars, jet skis, jewelry and other sundry luxury items. While they are now another step out of reach, Dotcom is far from ready to throw in the towel. In the wake of the ruling, the entrepreneur lashed out on Twitter.

“I’m a ‘fugitive’ coz I use my treaty rights to defend against extradition & they take my assets without trial? 1938?” he wrote.

Did they think they can separate me from my kids without a fight? I fight corrupt US empire clowns all day, every day. Not even tired. 🇺🇸🔜🚽

— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) August 13, 2016

Dotcom lawyer Ira Rothken said on Sunday that Dotcom would seek a review of the decision and if necessary file a petition at the Supreme Court.

“This opinion has the effect of eviscerating Kim Dotcom’s treaty rights by saying if you lawfully oppose extradition in New Zealand, the U.S. will still call you a fugitive and take all of your assets,” Rothken said.

“By basically saying ‘hey, we’re going to call that fugitive disentitlement, we’re going to take away your ability to have funds to defend yourself’, we think that’s too much. We think it’s American imperialism at its best, and we’re hoping the Supreme Court or the larger Court circuit will see it for what it is, and reverse it,” he added.

Meanwhile, Dotcom continues to fight extradition to the United States from New Zealand. This month his appeal will be heard at the High Court in Auckland.

Together with his former Megaupload colleagues Mathias Ortmann, Bram van der Kolk and Finn Batato, Dotcom was found eligible for extradition to the United States last December.

Even in the event the appeal fails, Dotcom won’t be stopping there. The entrepreneur has already made it clear that he’ll take his extradition case all the way to the Supreme Court in New Zealand – and he’s confident he’ll prevail.

Good that I'll never get extradited to the land of corrupt politicians & rigged courts. New Zealand Appeal Judges will apply the law. I win.

— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) August 11, 2016

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Auch erfahrene Spieler sind manchmal auf sie angewiesen: Tutorials. Sie erklären die grundlegende Funktionsweise und Bedienung von Spielen. Golem.de hat mit dem Spielentwickler Nicolae Berbece darüber gesprochen, was man bei Tutorials falsch und richtig machen kann. (GDC Europe 2016, Interview)

Apple Maps soll durch die Nutzer deutlich verbessert werden, ohne dass sie dazu selbst die Umgebung vermessen müssen. Möglich macht das die Auswertung des App-Nutzungsverhaltens. Apple versucht, die Nutzerdaten zu anonymisieren. (Datenschutz, Applikationen)

Auch Marvell möchte im Segment der günstigen, aber flotten SSDs mitspielen: Der 88NV1160 setzt auf das NVMe-Protokoll und vier PCIe-Lanes, nutzt aber statt DRAM eine Cache-Technik. (Marvell, Speichermedien)

This week we have three newcomers in our chart.

Independence Day: Resurgence is the most downloaded movie.

The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in the list are Web-DL/Webrip/HDRip/BDrip/DVDrip unless stated otherwise.

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Ranking	(last week)	Movie	IMDb Rating / Trailer
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1	(2)	Independence Day: Resurgence (Subbed HDRip)	5.6 / trailer
2	(1)	The Legend of Tarzan (Subbed HDRip)	6.6 / trailer
3	(4)	The Jungle Book	7.8 / trailer
4	(3)	Warcraft	7.7 / trailer
5	(6)	The Nice Guys	7.7 / trailer
6	(…)	Suicide Squad (HDTS)	6.9 / trailer
7	(5)	Jason Bourne (CAM/TS)	7.4 / trailer
8	(…)	Me Before You	7.6 / trailer
9	(7)	Batman: The Killing Joke	7.3 / trailer
10	(…)	Money Monster	6.7 / trailer

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