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Watch out hackers: Deploying ransomware is now a crime in California

Previously, prosecutors had to rely on the state’s extortion statute.

As of January 1, the delivery of ransomware is illegal in California thanks to Senate Bill 1137 going into effect. State prosecutors had previously brought such cases under existing extortion statutes.

The new law was signed in September 2016, but it did not take effect until earlier this week in America's most populous state. The maximum penalty for ransomware usage will be four years in state prison. Wyoming became the first state to pass a similar statute in 2014.

“This legislation provides prosecutors the clarity they need to charge and convict perpetrators of ransomware,” Sen. Bob Hertzberg (D-Van Nuys) said in a statement in September 2016. “Unfortunately, we’ve seen a dramatic increase in the use of ransomware. This bill treats this crime, which is essentially an electronic stickup, with the seriousness it deserves.”

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Huawei brings Honor 6X to US and Europe

After launching in China in October, the Honor 6X smartphone is going West: it’s launching in the US and Europe this month.

The phone is part of Huawei’s Honor line of value-oriented devices, but it has pretty strong specs for a device in its price range.

The Honor 6X features a 5.5 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel display, a Kirin 655 octa-core processor, and a 3,340 mAh battery, and it has a dual-lens rear camera which lets you adjust the depth of images.

Continue reading Huawei brings Honor 6X to US and Europe at Liliputing.

After launching in China in October, the Honor 6X smartphone is going West: it’s launching in the US and Europe this month.

The phone is part of Huawei’s Honor line of value-oriented devices, but it has pretty strong specs for a device in its price range.

The Honor 6X features a 5.5 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel display, a Kirin 655 octa-core processor, and a 3,340 mAh battery, and it has a dual-lens rear camera which lets you adjust the depth of images.

Continue reading Huawei brings Honor 6X to US and Europe at Liliputing.

Bericht: Qualcomms Snapdragon 835 im Detail

Der Smartphone-Chip für 2017: Qualcomms Snapdragon 835 ist ein High-End-SoC mit neuer Grafikeinheit, Gigabit-LTE-Modem und moderner 10-nm-Fertigung. Die Kryo genannten CPU-Kerne sind allerdings keine komplette Eigenentwicklung mehr. (Snapdragon, Smartphone)

Will third-party developers support Nintendo’s Switch?

No Mass Effect Andromeda, but Beyond Good & Evil 2 could be an exclusive.

As we get closer and closer to Nintendo's January 12 announcement of additional Nintendo Switch details—and an expected March launch for the hybrid portable/home console—we're starting to get more information on what kind of support the system might get from third-party developers.

The most interesting tidbit comes from Laura Kate Dale, who's come through with a number of reliable Nintendo Switch leaks in the recent past. Dale's recent tweets suggest Ubisoft's long-anticipated Beyond Good & Evil 2 will reportedly be "exclusive to Switch for 12 months," and the game will come to Xbox One, PS4, and PC only after that time. That information should be confirmed at Nintendo's January reveal, according to Dale.

Ubisoft has been one of the biggest proponents of the Switch, with the company's EMEA director, Alain Corre, telling Japanese magazine Famitsu in November that Ubisoft has "big expectations" and was planning "a wide variety of software" for the system. Ubisoft has been a big backer of recent Nintendo systems, too; the inventive Rabbids series and best-selling Just Dance both got their start on the Wii, after all.

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Autonomes Fahren: Intel steigt bei Kartendienst Here ein

Der Chiphersteller Intel engagiert sich immer stärker beim autonomen Fahren. Nun will das Unternehmen zusammen mit dem Kartendienst Here eine “hochskalierbare Software-Architektur” entwickeln. (Here, Intel)

Der Chiphersteller Intel engagiert sich immer stärker beim autonomen Fahren. Nun will das Unternehmen zusammen mit dem Kartendienst Here eine "hochskalierbare Software-Architektur" entwickeln. (Here, Intel)

Lenovo 500 Multimedia Controller is a handheld keyboard and touchpad

Have a PC plugged into your TV? If you’re running media center software like Kodi, then you can probably navigate your music, movies, and other content using a multimedia remote that looks a lot like a TV remote.

But what if you want to surf the web to find YouTube videos, play online games, or browse Wikipedia? Then you might want a keyboard and touchpad. But that doesn’t mean you necessarily need a full-sized keyboard.

Continue reading Lenovo 500 Multimedia Controller is a handheld keyboard and touchpad at Liliputing.

Snapdragon 835 promises 27 percent more performance with 40 percent less power

These chips are likely to be used in a range of Windows 10 devices.

When Qualcomm and Samsung together announced the existence of the Snapdragon 835 in November, they were a little light on details. The chip is a derivative of the Snapdragon 820 and 821 found in phones today, built on Samsung's new 10nm manufacturing process. At the time, the companies claimed that this would result in 27 percent more performance or 40 percent less power.

In a new announcement leaked by Evan Blass, we learn a little more about Qualcomm's next systems-on-chips. That "or" is now an "and," with the chip designer saying that the Samsung 10nm process has enabled a 30 percent size reduction of the 3-billion-transistor chip to use 40 percent less power and as much as 27 percent more performance. The CPU carries the Kryo 280 branding, and the GPU is an Adreno 540 (compared to the 530 in the Snapdragon 820). It's all combined with a Hexagon digital signal processor and Spectra 180 image processor.

Qualcomm says that the new GPU is 25 percent faster at 3D graphics, and it supports "60 times more display colors," suggesting support for 10-bit per channel HDR graphics. Keen to ride the virtual and augmented reality bandwagons, the company is claiming a 20 percent reduction in motion tracking latency, along with support for six degrees of freedom positioning.

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Steal This Show S02E08: Pirate Markets & Guerrilla Libraries

Today we bring you the next episode of the Steal This Show podcast, discussing renegade media and the latest file-sharing and copyright news. In this episode, we talk to economist and piracy researcher Balázs Bodó, who currently works at the Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam.

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In this episode, we meet up with economist and piracy researcher Balázs Bodó to discuss underground pirate markets in Europe and Russia and the “Guerilla Open Access” projects of SciHub, LibGen and Ebooks Farm.

bodo_balzs__dora_mester Balázs delves into the rich history and culture of pirate librarians, and we wonder if peer-to-peer sharing can stay relevant in the age of content over-abundance. Plus: does anyone actually download books any more?

Balázs Bodó currently works at the Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam. Before moving to the Netherlands, he was deeply involved in the development of the Hungarian internet culture. He was also the project lead for Creative Commons Hungary.

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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: Balázs Bodó

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

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E Ink launches 42 inch electronic paper display

The company that designs the 6 inch ePaper displays used on Kindle and NOOK eReaders is thinking big. E Ink is introducing a 42 inch display for digital signage applications.

Last year, at CES 2016, E Ink showed off a digital signage system made of 4 separate panels. The new panels are even larger, which could make it easier to create a display using just a single screen… or a really big multi-display sign.

Continue reading E Ink launches 42 inch electronic paper display at Liliputing.

The company that designs the 6 inch ePaper displays used on Kindle and NOOK eReaders is thinking big. E Ink is introducing a 42 inch display for digital signage applications.

Continue reading E Ink launches 42 inch electronic paper display at Liliputing.

Asus VivoPC X is a compact, VR-ready gaming PC

The Asus Vivo PC line of desktops have been around for a few years, and most are focused more on diminutive size than bleeding-edge performance. If you want a truly powerful Asus desktop for gaming, you’re usually better off going with one of the company’s ROG gaming rigs.

But this year Asus is launching a Vivo PC aimed at gamers who might be willing to sacrifice a little power in order to have a VR-ready computer that doesn’t take up a lot of space.

Continue reading Asus VivoPC X is a compact, VR-ready gaming PC at Liliputing.

But this year Asus is launching a Vivo PC aimed at gamers who might be willing to sacrifice a little power in order to have a VR-ready computer that doesn’t take up a lot of space.

Continue reading Asus VivoPC X is a compact, VR-ready gaming PC at Liliputing.