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Bluehole Inc: Facebook zeigt Streams von Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds

Neben E-Sports und Inhalten von Blizzard hat Facebook nun auch Streamingrechte an Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds. Deutsche Spieler müssen für die ersten offiziellen Übertragungen aber sehr früh aufstehen. (Playerunknown’s Battleground, Soziales Netz)

Neben E-Sports und Inhalten von Blizzard hat Facebook nun auch Streamingrechte an Playerunknown's Battlegrounds. Deutsche Spieler müssen für die ersten offiziellen Übertragungen aber sehr früh aufstehen. (Playerunknown's Battleground, Soziales Netz)

Abfindung: Allianz Deutschland will 300 IT-Experten loswerden

Bei Allianz Technology sollen massiv IT-Jobs abgebaut werden. Bis Ende Oktober ist das Abfindungsprogramm noch freiwillig. (Verdi)

Windows Phone 8.1 mainstream support ends July 11th

Microsoft released Windows Phone 8.1 in 2014, and this week the company is ending mainstream support for the operating system. That means the company will no longer promise to release security updates or other operating system updates after July 11th, 2017. Will this affect a lot of people? Not really, in the grand scheme of […]

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Zweigstelle in Hertfordshire: Apple eröffnet GPU-Büro neben Ex-Partner

Nicht die feine englische Art: Apple hatte angekündigt, keine GPUs von Imagination Technologies mehr zu verwenden, sondern eigene zu entwickeln. Das neue Büro ist nur ein paar Straßen von dem des ehemaligen Partners entfernt, gesucht wird etwa ein Graphics Architect. Erste Angestellte sind bereits zu Apple gewechselt. (Apple, iPhone)

The augmented reality racing helmet is finally here (sort of) thanks to Acura

Four celebrities will race on an augmented reality course in the new TLX A-Spec.

Acura

On Monday, Acura announced it's sort of making one of my dreams come true. As a way to launch the new 2018 TLX A-Spec, it's debuting an augmented reality helmet. Four "technology influencers"—Zachary Levi, Sam Gorski, Dom Esposito, and Maude Garrett (no, I've never heard of them either)—are going to compete against each other in a race that will be livestreamed on Facebook at 8pm EDT. Each driver gets three laps, competing to set the fastest time of the day. But this is no ordinary time-trial or autocross; it's an augmented reality course with obstacles that will change on each of the three laps.

The special helmets, developed with help from Current Studios, use a gyroscope to monitor the drivers' head positions relative to the environment. A full-color, 80-degree HD augmented reality view of the track is projected onto the visor. The actual graphics are being displayed on a 5-inch HD screen in a custom console on the back seat, which is then projected onto the visor. Data from the cars' ABS system (wheel speed and direction) will be used to position the obstacles relative to each of the TLXs.

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This is (probably) what the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 looks like

Samsung’s Galaxy Note Fandom Edition, based on refurbished Galaxy Note 7 hardware may have just hit the streets in South Korea. But the company’s next big phone is due to launch soon. And now we have a pretty good idea of what the upcoming Galaxy Note 8 will look like. A series of leaked images have […]

This is (probably) what the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 looks like is a post from: Liliputing

G20: Hinweisportal der Polizei Hamburg hat rechtliche Probleme

Nach den Protesten gegen den G20-Gipfel in Hamburg bittet die Polizei über ein Webportal um Hinweise zu Straftätern. Dabei werden allerdings personenbezogene Daten im Klartext übertragen und die eingereichten Hinweise sind ohne TLS-Verschlüsselung vermutlich prinzipiell anfechtbar. Von Tim Philipp Schäfers (Verschlüsselung, Internet)

Zertifikate: Google wirft Wosign und Startcom endgültig raus

Die Entwickler von Googles Chrome-Browser bekräftigen ihre Entscheidung, Zertifikaten von Wosign und Startcom überhaupt nicht mehr zu trauen. Mitte September wird die bisher noch gepflegte Whitelist entfernt. (Wosign, Google)

Roland McGrath: Glibc-Maintainer hört nach 30 Jahren auf

Zwei Drittel seiner Lebenszeit seien einfach genug, schreibt Roland McGrath, der seinen Posten als Glibc-Maintainer offiziell aufgibt. Die vergangenen Jahre hätten gezeigt, er werde einfach nicht mehr gebraucht. (Open Source, GCC)

Pirate App Store Operator Jailed for Criminal Copyright Infringement

Five years after the FBI took down several pirate Android app ‘stores,’ SnappzMarket’s Joshua Taylor has been sentenced to 16 months in prison. While the defense highlighted that Taylor only played a small role as ‘server guy,’ the judge ruled that a lengthy jail sentence is appropriate.

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Assisted by police in France and the Netherlands, the FBI took down the “pirate” Android stores Appbucket, Applanet and SnappzMarket during the summer of 2012.

The domain seizures were the first ever against “rogue” mobile app marketplaces and followed similar actions against BitTorrent and streaming sites.

During the years that followed several people connected to the Android app sites were arrested and indicted. This is also true for the now 27-year-old Joshua Taylor, a resident of Kentwood, Michigan.

Taylor, who arranged SnappzMarket’s servers, was previously convicted of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement and has now been sentenced (pdf) to 16 months in prison for his role in the operation.

According to the Department of Justice, SnappzMarket distributed more than one million pirated apps with a retail value exceeding $1.7 million.

In a sentencing memorandum, defense attorney John Lovell argued that his client never made any “profits” from his involvement, noting that the co-conspirators played a much more significant role.

“Josh Taylor is 27 years old with no other criminal history. His offense involved procuring storage space for the masterminds of the operation,” Lovell wrote. “SnappzMarket did not pay Josh. Whatever profits were generated by SnappzMarket were split between Sharp and Peterson.”

The court record further reveals that Taylor had a very tough childhood and was plagued by both mental and physical challenges.

According to the testimony from his psychologist Meredith Davis, he didn’t understand that he was committing a felonious act, and lacked the cognitive capacity do so intentionally.

The psychologist stressed that her client deeply regrets what happened and she doesn’t think it’s likely that would run into similar problems in the future.

“He has expressed a great deal of remorse for his involvement in the charged crime. Mr. Taylor possesses a high degree of vigilance to avoid any further contact with the law,” Davis wrote to the court.

Despite these arguments, U.S. District Judge Timothy Batten Sr. found a prison sentence appropriate.

While 16 months is significant, it’s not as much as 46 month prison sentence co-conspirator Scott Walton received earlier. Kody Peterson, another key SnappzMarket operator, only received a one year sentence but he agreed to do undercover work for the FBI.

Gary Edwin Sharp II, the only remaining defendant, previously pleaded guilty and is currently scheduled to be sentenced in November. Like the others, he also faces up to several years in prison.

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