Month: September 2016

Interview mit Insider: Facebook hackt Staat und Gemeinschaft

Bei Facebook programmieren die Mitarbeiter sogar auf dem Klo, sagt Antonio García Martínez. Der frühere Vertriebsmanager schildert die besondere Hacker-Philosophie des Netzwerks und warnt vor dessen Gefahren. (Facebook, Soziales Netz)

Bei Facebook programmieren die Mitarbeiter sogar auf dem Klo, sagt Antonio García Martínez. Der frühere Vertriebsmanager schildert die besondere Hacker-Philosophie des Netzwerks und warnt vor dessen Gefahren. (Facebook, Soziales Netz)

Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray sales stats for the week ending September 3rd 2016

The results and analysis for DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray sales for the week ending September 3rd 2016 are in. The 2016 live action version of The Jungle Book was the week’s clear top seller.
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The results and analysis for DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray sales for the week ending September 3rd 2016 are in. The 2016 live action version of The Jungle Book was the week's clear top seller.

Read the rest of the stats and analysis to find out how DVD, Blu-ray, Ultra HD Blu-ray did.

Angst vor Spam: Swisscom deaktiviert mehrere Tausend Mailaccounts

Weil die Kunden zu einfache E-Mail-Passwörter gewählt hatten, sperrte die Swisscom Tausende Accounts. Das Unternehmen fürchtet offenbar, sonst auf Spam-Blacklists von Google oder anderen Providern zu landen. Die Kunden müssen nun aktiv werden. (Spam, E-Mail)

Weil die Kunden zu einfache E-Mail-Passwörter gewählt hatten, sperrte die Swisscom Tausende Accounts. Das Unternehmen fürchtet offenbar, sonst auf Spam-Blacklists von Google oder anderen Providern zu landen. Die Kunden müssen nun aktiv werden. (Spam, E-Mail)

Apple: Update auf iOS 10 mit Startproblemen

Das Update auf iOS 10 hat in den Stunden nach der Veröffentlichung bei manchen Nutzern zum Absturz ihres iPhones oder iPads geführt, der nur über eine PC-Verbindung zu iTunes zu beheben war. Das Problem soll jetzt beseitigt und das Update sicher sein. (iOS 10, Smartphone)

Das Update auf iOS 10 hat in den Stunden nach der Veröffentlichung bei manchen Nutzern zum Absturz ihres iPhones oder iPads geführt, der nur über eine PC-Verbindung zu iTunes zu beheben war. Das Problem soll jetzt beseitigt und das Update sicher sein. (iOS 10, Smartphone)

Java-IDE: Oracle will Netbeans an Apache abtreten

Nach der Übernahme von Sun will sich Oracle künftig auch von der Java-IDE Netbeans trennen und diese der Apache Software Foundation übertragen. Das Projekt verliert damit auch zwingend das Copyleft-Prinzip für seinen Code. (Entwicklungsumgebung, Sun)

Nach der Übernahme von Sun will sich Oracle künftig auch von der Java-IDE Netbeans trennen und diese der Apache Software Foundation übertragen. Das Projekt verliert damit auch zwingend das Copyleft-Prinzip für seinen Code. (Entwicklungsumgebung, Sun)

Steal This Show S02E02: ‘The Platform Is You’

Today we bring you the next episode of the Steal This Show podcast, discussing the latest file-sharing and copyright trends and news. In this episode we talk to returning guest Holmes Wilson, co-founder of Fight For The Future.

Source: TF, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and ANONYMOUS VPN services.

stslogo180Returning guest Holmes ‘I’m on a boat‘ Wilson (Fight For The Future) checks in from… a boat in the harbour of Rio de Janeiro.

We discuss the ongoing attempt to extradite Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom to the United States, why Creative Future is publicly dissing his organisation, and what (if anything) should come after big torrent sites.

We then take another twenty minutes to discuss how decentralisation of media is contributing to the rise of the kek-worshipping alt-right. How does P2P affect political power in general? And what’s the importance of meme-creation in a distributed media environment?

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Steal This Show aims to release bi-weekly episodes featuring insiders discussing copyright and file-sharing news. It complements our regular reporting by adding more room for opinion, commentary and analysis.

The guests for our news discussions will vary and we’ll aim to introduce voices from different backgrounds and persuasions. In addition to news, STS will also produce features interviewing some of the great innovators and minds.

Host: Jamie King

Guest: Holmes Wilson

Produced by Jamie King
Edited & Mixed by Riley Byrne
Original Music by David Triana
Web Production by Siraje Amarniss

Source: TF, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and ANONYMOUS VPN services.

Chevy’s new saccharine ad campaign uses IBM’s Watson to induce self-reflection

Use Watson’s personality insights and sentiment analysis to get free gas.

  • Positivity score calculated on just my Twitter account.

On Tuesday night, Chevrolet rolled out a new ad campaign called “Fueling Possibilities” that uses IBM’s AI software Watson to give people positivity tests. The ad campaign’s “positivity pump” looks at your Twitter and Facebook accounts in order to assess how upbeat your posts are.

Chevrolet’s parent company, GM, said that it would be bringing traveling positivity pumps to gas stations around the world for the remainder of the year. Customers will be able to input their social media account names and get free gas based on their positivity score (more positivity gets you more free gas).

The positivity pump has already stopped in Buenos Aires, Cape Town, and New Orleans, and Chevy has released an ad using footage from all three locations.

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Windows 10 Anniversary Update rollout will take 3 months

Real-world testing is being used to drive the pace of deployment.

The Windows 10 Anniversary Update was released to the stable Windows 10 channel back on August 2. Today is September 13, and many Windows 10 users are still waiting for their update. According to an e-mail that some Windows users have received, that update may not be rolled out until November, as reported by Mary Jo Foley.

Impatient Windows 10 users can force the update to install by using the Windows 10 Upgrade Tool here.

Staggered rollouts aren't new. Previous major updates have often taken days to become universally available. But this scale, with three months from start to finish, is longer and more drawn out than has been seen before, and Microsoft is being much more tentative about the rollout than it traditionally is.

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Air Force video: F-16 pilot saved by automatic collision avoidance system

Auto-GCAS pulls plane out of dive after pilot passes out from G-force.

 

Video obtained by Aviation Week of an F-16's heads-up display during a near-crash in training—one prevented by an automatic collision avoidance system.

A declassified Air Force video from May of this year shows the moments after an Arizona Air National Guard pilot on a training flight passed out during a high-speed turn. He was rendered unconscious by forces that exceeded eight times the Earth's gravity. His F-16 fighter dove at a 55 degree angle toward the ground at 587 knots (about 675 miles per hour) with full afterburner engaged.

But the video has a happy ending.

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