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Game of Thrones Traffic Surge Slowed Down The Pirate Bay

The Pirate Bay suffered some downtime today, welcoming users with a Cloudflare error message, which is nothing new really. But earlier this week the site was hard to reach for a more unusual reason; the Game of Thrones season finale overloaded the torrent site with visitors.

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The Pirate Bay was unreachable for several hours today, after it already experienced connectivity issues on Monday and Tuesday.

Today’s downtime was due to a DDoS attack, we were informed, and at the time of writing the site is working fine again.

What’s interesting, though, is that the site’s connectivity issues earlier this week were triggered by something more unusual. A massive increase in “Game of Thrones” traffic.

Yesterday, the TPB-team said traffic to the site quadrupled on Monday after the season finale was uploaded. A 400% increase means millions of extra visitors, something that can easily grind a site down to a halt.

The Pirate Bay is capable of handling some traffic peaks, we were told, but the Game of Thrones surge was hard to manage.

The spike in visitors is not unique to The Pirate Bay website. It affected other torrent sites too, especially after The Pirate Bay became unreachable in some parts of the world.

One torrent site owner found the traffic surge so unprecedented and sudden, that it almost seemed like a DDoS attack.

The problems are not limited to torrent sites alone. Plenty of legal streaming platforms had trouble keeping up with the Game of Thrones demand as well. For example, a lot of HBO Go users complained that they couldn’t access the service when the season finale aired.

Finally, to illustrate how Game of Thrones traffic is dominating torrents sites we only have to look at the most shared files on The Pirate Bay. Currently, top seven are all GoT related.

Now that Game of Thrones has come to an end, for this season at least, things are likely to calm down a bit.

TPB’s most shared torrents

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Zenbook Flip 14: Asus packt Quadcore und MX-150-Grafik in 14 Zoll

Mit dem Zenbook Flip 14 hat Asus ein Convertible vorgestellt, das besonders viel Leistung in einem flachen Formfaktor aufweist. Das 2-in-1-Gerät integriert Intels neue Vierkernchips und eine dedizierte Grafikeinheit von Nvidia. (Asus, Notebook)

Samsung launches Gear Sport, Gear Fit2 Pro, and Gear Icon X werables

Samsung is updating its line of smartwatches, fitness trackers, and smart earbuds. During an event at the IFA show in Berlin, the company confirmed the launch of a new waterproof fitness tracker called the Gear Fit 2 Pro, and also introduced the new Gear Sport smartwatch and updated Gear IconX wireless earbuds with support for […]

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With 200+ mph track run, German students win fastest reported Hyperloop pod

Ars met with some of the contestants last weekend to get a taste of the action.

August SpaceX Hyperloop competition. Credit: Jing Niu (video link)

Students from the University of Munich were winners again last Sunday night. Their team, called WARR, built a demo Hyperloop pod and sent it down a test track just outside of SpaceX's headquarters, reaching more than 200 mph using its own homemade propulsion system and braking in time before the track's end.

The speed was leagues better than the speed that WARR clocked during the last SpaceX Hyperloop competition in January (58 mph). At the time, WARR won its first award for having the fastest demo pod. On Sunday, the German team was able to best its official record by nearly 150 mph with some clever engineering.

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98.5% of unique net neutrality comments oppose Ajit Pai’s anti-Title II plan

Besides form letters, ISP-funded study finds almost no support for repealing rules.

A study funded by Internet service providers has found something that Internet service providers really won't like.

The overwhelming majority of people who wrote unique comments to the Federal Communications Commission want the FCC to keep its current net neutrality rules and classification of ISPs as common carriers under Title II of the Communications Act, according to the study released today.

The study (available here) was conducted by consulting firm Emprata and funded by Broadband for America, whose members include AT&T, CenturyLink, Charter, CTIA-The Wireless Association, Comcast, NCTA–The Internet & Television Association, the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), and USTelecom.

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Google-funded think tank fires prominent Google critic

Think tank boss allegedly accused scholar of “imperiling funding for others.”

The New America Foundation, a prominent DC think tank that's heavily funded by Google, has parted ways with one of its most influential scholars after he criticized Google's growing monopoly power.

The scholar is Barry Lynn, founder of New America's Open Markets program and a leading advocate of stricter enforcement of antitrust laws. Since the Reagan years, federal antitrust regulators have been more likely to approve mega-mergers and less likely to launch major antitrust lawsuits. Scholars at the Open Markets program have made the case that the US economy would benefit from a return to the more rigorous antitrust regime of the mid-20th century.

The Open Markets team has paid particular attention to technology giants, with Amazon being a favorite whipping boy. On Wednesday morning, the top three stories on the center's home page were all focused on Amazon and its growing market power.

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Deals of the Day (8-30-2017)

Huawei unveiled three new MateBook models this summer, including the MateBook X thin-and-light laptop, the MateBook E 2-in-1 tablet with a detachable keyboard, and the 15.6 inch MateBook D laptop. While the MateBook X has a suggested retail price of $1100, the Microsoft Store is already selling the laptop for up to $200 off. And […]

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Gear Sport: Samsung präsentiert neue Fitness-Smartwatch

Mit der Gear Sport hat Samsung eine neue Smartwatch vorgestellt, die sich explizit an Sportler richten soll. Technisch gesehen handelt es sich um eine etwas aufgewertete Gear S3, die um Sportanwendungen erweitert wurde. Ein Hands on von Tobias Költzsch (Ifa 2017, Samsung)

Gear IconX 2018: Samsungs neue Fitness-Kopfhörer haben längere Akkulaufzeit

Samsung hat bei der zweiten Version seiner Fitness-Kopfhörer IconX den Akku verbessert: Statt nur anderthalb Stunden sollen die drahtlosen Ohrstöpsel bis zu sieben Stunden lang durchhalten. Geladen werden die Kopfhörer wieder in einer speziellen Ladeschale. (Ifa 2017, Samsung)

Zuhause Kabel Fernsehen Fiber: Telekom legt zwei Glasfasern bis in die Wohnung

Eine zweite Glasfaser für das Kabelfernsehen verlegt die Telekom vom Keller in über 420 Wohnungen. Kupfer sei die störanfälligere und wartungsintensivere Technologie. (Telekom, Glasfaser)