November 2016 – Page 43 – news.buyenne.com

Airport: Apple gibt angeblich weitere Produkte auf

Time Capsule und Airport? Laut einem Bericht von Bloomberg wird es von diesen Geräten keine Updates geben. Das würde allerdings wundern, weil damit ein zentraler Bestandteil der Backup-Infrastruktur verschwinden würde. Andererseits überraschte Apple auch schon mit der Aufgabe der Displays. (Apple, 802.11n)

Google invests more in Montreal-based deep-learning experts, opens new AI lab

Investing in the already popular AI hotbed in Canada.

Google announced today that it will extend funding for AI research at the Montreal Institute for Learning Algorithms (MILA). The company will invest a total of C$4.5 million, or about US$3.4 million, to fund seven faculty members across the institute, as well as MILA faculty at the University of Montreal and McGill University.

That funding will also continue to support Yoshua Bengio, one of the few deep-learning experts currently working. There's no doubt that Google is hoping to expand its AI and deep-learning expertise by investing in folks like Benigo.

Google also announced it will be opening up a deep-learning and AI research group at its offices in Montreal. The group is linked to the Google Brain team, which already works to bring AI technology across the company, and it will be headed by another deep-learning expert, Hugo Larochelle. Google is clearly trying to hold on to as much deep-learning and AI talent as it can—having hired deep learning expert Geoff Hinton in 2013 from the University of Toronto—and keep them in space where that research is flourishing. Montreal has become a destination for AI startups and affiliated research groups.

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Chris Roberts: “Termine bei Star Citizen sind Kobayashi Maru”

Egal, was das Entwicklerstudio Cloud Imperium macht: Ein Teil der Spieler wird immer unzufrieden sein mit der Kommunikation über die Terminlage bei Star Citizen. Trotzdem kündigt Chefentwickler Chris Roberts nun einen Strategiewechsel an. (Star Citizen, Games)

Dreamhack Organizer Arrested in Torrent Site Crackdown

Earlier this month Swedish police took down Rarat.org, one of the largest private torrent trackers in the country. With help from PayPal the authorities were able to identity and arrest the prime target, who also happens to be an organizer of the upcoming winter edition of Dreamhack.

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

rarat While Rarat.org is relatively unknown in most countries, it gained local fame in Sweden as one of the top private trackers.

This ended abruptly a few weeks ago when the site’s homepage was replaced with a worrying message, indicating the site’s operators were in trouble.

“The week Rarat was subject to a search, seizure, and arrest. This follows a 2013 complaint from a film company that tracked down our PayPal payments. Damages in the millions of krona are feared. The site will now be closed.”

This weekend, Rights Alliance lawyer Henrik Pontén, who represents several copyright holders, informed DN that Nordisk Film, SF, and Disney filed a criminal complaint back in 2013.

Initially, there wasn’t much progress in the case. However, a breakthrough came when PayPal, with help from Rights Alliance, identified the person who received Rarat’s donations.

With this information in hand a special unit of Sweden’s Department of National Police Operations, NOA, managed track down one of the alleged operators of the torrent site.

Interestingly, this prime suspect is also one of the organizers of the winter edition of Dreamhack, the largest computer festival in the world. The upcoming Dreamhack event, which takes place in Jönköping, is expected to draw 50,000 computer and gaming fanatics.

Earlier this month the Dreamhack organizer was arrested and taken in for questioning on suspicion of copyright infringement. In addition, several computers were seized as evidence during a house search.

“The investigation is still at an early stage, and there could be more people involved. We will now carry out a cyber forensic investigation. The suspect has been released pending a possible prosecution,” a representative of Stockholm’s Public Prosecution Office told DN.

The alleged torrent site operator denies his involvement with the site but has been put on leave from work by Dreamhack, pending the investigation.

“I’m not worried. The police have the wrong person,” the man commented, noting that the Rarat site shut down while the police were interrogating him.

Rights Alliance lawyer Henrik Pontén says that the complaint lists five films. As a result, the total scale of the damages could reach 10 million Swedish krona, which is well over a million dollars.

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^{Header photo via Dreamhack.}

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

Crowd-developed Eve V tablet launches crowdfunding campaign for $699 and up

The Eve V is a Windows tablet with a high-resolution display, an Intel Kaby Lake processor, and a keyboard cover. Eve-Tech is positioning the tablet as a competitors to Microsoft’s Surface Pro line of devices… with an emphasis on features that have been requested by potential customers.

The company made many of the design decisions for the tablet by running polls and asking questions to members of the Eve Community. And after teasing us with the final specs and design for the past few weeks, Eve has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise the money needed to deliver the first 500 units.

Continue reading Crowd-developed Eve V tablet launches crowdfunding campaign for $699 and up at Liliputing.

With rockets on the move, SpaceX still aiming for 2016 return to flight

Falcon 9 first stage spotted in Arizona, westbound toward Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Nearly three months have passed since SpaceX experienced a catastrophic failure on Sept. 1, when an accident occurred as helium was loaded onto its Falcon 9 rocket. As the company has now identified the cause of the accident, it is pressing ahead to try and return to flight before the end of 2016.

It is apparently making progress. On Sunday reddit user codercotton posted images and a short video of a Falcon 9 first-stage booster on Interstate 10 in Arizona, bound for Vandenberg Air Force Base in southern California from the company's test facilities in McGregor, Texas. This is the booster for the launch of 10 satellites owned by Iridium, a Virginia-based satellite communications company. Later, Iridium's chief executive, Matt Desch, tweeted, "Stage 1 arriving in California for our launch. Soon, very soon."

A beautiful sight. Stage 1 arriving in California for our launch. Soon, very soon... Rainbow was a nice (and fitting) touch! #IridiumNEXT pic.twitter.com/4hOd7IPKv4

— Matt Desch (@IridiumBoss) November 20, 2016

However it is not certain that Iridium will fly first on SpaceX. Several companies are maneuvering for that high-profile launch, including EchoStar and its own communications satellite. Unlike the Iridium flight, the EchoStar payload will launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, where preparations are ongoing to Launch Complex 39A to ready it for flight.

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Symantec buys anti-ID fraud firm LifeLock for $2.3 billion

Company behind Norton bets big on identity-theft protection services.

Symantec, one of the biggest consumer computer security firms in the world, is about to become even bigger with plans to buy LifeLock—an identity-theft protection service.

The proposed $2.3 billion (£1.86 billion) deal has been okayed by the boards of directors of both companies, and is expected to close in the first quarter of 2017, pending regulatory approval.

LifeLock's shareholders will receive $24 (£19.45) per share—a 16 percent premium to its closing price on Friday of $20.75.

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ZTE launches Axon 7 with 6GB RAM, 128GB storage, Force Touch display

ZTE’s Axon 7 smartphone offers a pretty nice balance of high-end specs and mid-range price, as a $400 phone with a 5.5 inch, 2560 x 1440 pixel display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage.

Not good enough? Now ZTE is adding a new limited edition version of the Axon 7 to its lineup.

The new model features 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. It also has a pressure-sensitive “force touch display.” The new “enhanced” version of the Axon 7 is available from ZTE USA for $500.

Continue reading ZTE launches Axon 7 with 6GB RAM, 128GB storage, Force Touch display at Liliputing.

Not good enough? Now ZTE is adding a new limited edition version of the Axon 7 to its lineup.

The new model features 6GB of RAM and 128GB of storage. It also has a pressure-sensitive “force touch display.” The new “enhanced” version of the Axon 7 is available from ZTE USA for $500.

Continue reading ZTE launches Axon 7 with 6GB RAM, 128GB storage, Force Touch display at Liliputing.

Apple to replace iPhone 6S batteries in some handsets due to shutdown flaw

Apple says the recall does not represent a safety issue.

Apple has promised to replace the batteries in what it says are "a very small number" of iPhone 6S handsets that have suffered sudden shutdowns.

Over the weekend, the company confirmed rumours coming out of China that some customers were seeing their phones unceremoniously switch off.

Unlike the battery problems with the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, which saw some handsets unexpectedly go up in flames, Apple has insisted that its iPhone 6S recall doesn't represent "a safety issue."

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Dishonored 2 im Test: Kampftüftler mit Leerlauf

Packende Gefechte mit kombinierbaren Spezialkräften, einige tolle Umgebungen, aber auch viel kleinteilige Suche nach Bargeld und Pistolenkugeln: Dishonored 2 schickt den Spieler in eine tolle Welt – und lässt ihn dann zu oft im Müll wühlen. (Dishonored, Spieletest)

Packende Gefechte mit kombinierbaren Spezialkräften, einige tolle Umgebungen, aber auch viel kleinteilige Suche nach Bargeld und Pistolenkugeln: Dishonored 2 schickt den Spieler in eine tolle Welt - und lässt ihn dann zu oft im Müll wühlen. (Dishonored, Spieletest)