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Microsoft kills Word Flow keyboard for iOS to focus on SwiftKey

Smartphones that run Windows may not be very popular these days, but you can get a taste of Microsoft on iOS or Android by installing some of the company’s apps for those platforms, including Cortana, Bing, and Office. Up until recently, iPhone users could even install Microsoft’s Word Flow keyboard to get a typing experience […]

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Mensch-Computer-Schnittstelle: Per Augenzwinkern das Licht einschalten

Die Augen als Mensch-Computer-Schnittstelle – aber mal ganz anders. Amerikanische und chinesische Wissenschaftler haben einen Sensor entwickelt, der die Bewegungen in den Augenwinkeln erkennt, wenn ein Mensch zwinkert. Mit diesen Signalen steuern sie b…

Die Augen als Mensch-Computer-Schnittstelle - aber mal ganz anders. Amerikanische und chinesische Wissenschaftler haben einen Sensor entwickelt, der die Bewegungen in den Augenwinkeln erkennt, wenn ein Mensch zwinkert. Mit diesen Signalen steuern sie beispielsweise den Lichtschalter. (Wissenschaft, Technologie)

Con man, brilliant mind, or myth? Jury in Shkreli trial now decides

Colorful closing arguments cap weird trial for the ex-pharmaceutical exec.

The fate of Martin Shkreli is now with the jury.

After five weeks of testimony and examinations, lawyers made closing arguments Thursday and Friday, and the jury began deliberating this morning on Shkreli’s case. The ex-pharmaceutical CEO stands accused of eight counts of securities and wire fraud, and he faces up to 20 years in prison. Like most things involving Shkreli, who became infamous for raising the price of a life-saving drug by more than 5,000 percent, the trial has been raucous and unusual.

Prosecutors made straight-laced arguments in the Federal District Court in Brooklyn, alleging that Shkreli ran a Ponzi-like scheme where he defrauded investors of two hedge funds he managed and siphoned millions from a pharmaceutical company he founded, Retrophin, to cover massive losses from those funds. For closing arguments, prosecutors had a stack of 33 binders on their table as they went through a PowerPoint presentation, the New York Times reports. The defense, on the other hand, brought props, wild tales, colorful questions, hints at office-romance, and an unusual defense: that Shkreli—who’s allegedly brilliant, well-intentioned, but awkward—may have lied about some things but ultimately paid everyone back and more some.

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RIAA: Hip-Hop Mixtape Site Has No DMCA Safe Harbor

Spinrilla, a popular hip-hop mixtape site and app, is defending itself against a piracy lawsuit filed by several RIAA labels. The company argued that the DMCA’s “safe harbor” shields it from infringing files that were uploaded by its users. However, the RIAA points out that Spinrilla doesn’t have the required repeat infringer policy and failed to register a DMCA agent as well.

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Earlier this year, a group of well-known labels targeted Spinrilla, a popular hip-hop mixtape site and accompanying app with millions of users.

The coalition of record labels including Sony Music, Warner Bros. Records, and Universal Music Group, filed a lawsuit accusing the service of alleged copyright infringements.

“Spinrilla specializes in ripping off music creators by offering thousands of unlicensed sound recordings for free,” the RIAA commented at the time.

The hip-hop site countered the allegations by pointing out that it installed an RIAA-approved anti-piracy filter and actively worked with major record labels to promote their tracks. In addition, Spinrilla stressed that the DMCA’s safe harbor protects the company.

The DMCA safe-harbor shields Internet services from liability for copyright infringing users. However, to apply for this protection, companies have to meet certain requirements. This is where Spinrilla failed, according to a filing just submitted by the record labels.

The RIAA points out that Spinrilla failed to register a designated DMCA agent with the copyright office, which is one of the requirements. In addition, they claim that the mix-tape site took no clear action against repeat infringers, another prerequisite.

“Defendants have not registered a designated DMCA agent with the Copyright Office and have not adopted, communicated, or reasonably implemented a policy that prevents repeat infringement. Either of these undisputed facts alone renders Defendants ineligible for the protections of the DMCA,” the RIAA writes.

On the repeat infrimnger issue, the record labels say that some of Spinrilla’s “artist” accounts were used to upload infringing material for weeks on end.

“For example, one such ‘artist’ uploaded a new mixtape each week for over 80 consecutive weeks, each containing sound recordings that the RIAA identified to Spinrilla as infringing, including recordings by such well-known major label artists as Bruno Mars, The Weeknd, Missy Elliott, Common, and Ludacris,” RIAA notes.

Based on the above, RIAA argues that Spinrilla is not entitled to safe harbor protections under the DMCA. They ask the court for a summary judgment to render this defense inapplicable, which would be a severe blow to the hip-hop mixtape site.

“And, because Defendants have pinned their defense to liability almost entirely on the DMCA, a ruling now that Defendants are ineligible for the DMCA safe harbor will substantially streamline — if not end entirely — this litigation going forward.

“The Court should therefore grant Plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment now,” the RIAA stresses (pdf).

While the case doesn’t end here, without DMCA safe harbor protection it will definitely be harder for Spinrilla to come out unscathed.

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Photons direct photons, giving hope for all-optical quantum logic

Photons talk to each other, making optical quantum computer more feasible.

All the early quantum computing work was done with light. Light is very easy to manipulate: a few mirrors, crystals, and light detectors and you to can have your very own quantum computer. Over the last two decades, though, that's changed. Almost all the major developments have used things like ions, rings of superconducting current, or defects in crystals.

This was, in some sense, a reasonable progression. To perform logical operations, you have to modify one quantum state based on the state of another. Light beams, however, tend to pass right through each other without even waving, let alone stopping to chat. Contrast that with ions. Two ions, being charged, cannot avoid talking to each other. That means the quantum state of one ion can strongly influence the state of the other. This makes logical operations much easier.

The flip side is that quantum states that are easily modified are also easily destroyed by the environment. The quantum state of light, on the other hand, is remarkably robust. This has been demonstrated rather spectacularly by performing quantum key distribution between two locations via a satellite.

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Elite Dangerous: Tencent beteiligt sich an Frontier Developments

Etwa die Hälfte der Anteile an Epic Games (Unreal Engine 4) gehört dem chinesischen Internetkonzern Tencent, ebenso das Entwicklerstudio Riot Games (League of Legends). Nun hat sich Tencent für mehrere Millionen Pfund bei den Machern des Weltraumspiels Elite Dangerous eingekauft. (Elite Dangerous, Epic Games)

AMD Ryzen Threadripper pre-orders begin for $799 and up ($549 model coming in August)

As promised AMD’s first “Threadripper” chips are now available for pre-order. As the name suggests, these are high-end, multi-core/multi-thread processors designed for desktop computers. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X is a 12-core/24-thread chip that sells for $799, while the $999 Threadripper 1950X is a 16-core/32-thread processor. Both are up for pre-order now and should begin […]

AMD Ryzen Threadripper pre-orders begin for $799 and up ($549 model coming in August) is a post from: Liliputing

Ethereum Mining: Grafikkartenlieferung per Boeing 747 spart Zeit und Geld

Der Wert der Kryptowährung Ethereum ist trotz des Kursfalls noch immer sehr hoch. Einige Miner mieten sich daher Flugzeuge, um die Lieferzeit neuer Grafikkarten zu verkürzen. Es stehen theoretisch bis zu 7,2 Millionen US-Dollar pro Liefertag auf dem Spiel. (Ethereum, AMD)

Fall Creators Update: Windows Subsystem für Linux ist fertig

Die Betaphase für das Windows Subsystem für Linux (WSL) ist offiziell beendet. Mit dem Fall Creators Update von Windows 10, das ist im Herbst erscheint, soll WSL dann als stabiles Werkzeug für Entwickler zur Verfügung stehen. (Windows 10, Linux)

Zensurumgehung: Russland verbietet VPN-Dienste und Anonymisierungstools

VPN-Dienste und Anonymisierungstools sind in vielen Staaten unverzichtbar. In Russland sollen diese Dienste verboten werden. In China hat Apple mehrere VPN-Apps aus seinem Appstore entfernt, weil diese keine gültige Lizenz vorweisen können. (Internetsperren, Datenschutz)