Month: August 2017
Unsichere Passwörter: Angriffe auf Microsoft-Konten um 300 Prozent gestiegen
After years of investigation, feds bust one of AlphaBay’s largest drug rings
Suspect got this text: “Rule 101 in drug dealing… don’t be so fucking mean to people.”
Six Southern Californians have been arrested for being involved in one of the largest drug rings on the now-shuttered Silk Road and AlphaBay. Prosecutors accuse them of selling over $7 million worth of narcotics on the two notorious underground websites.
According to a newly-issued criminal complaint, which was filed in federal court in Fresno, California, last Thursday, five men and one woman were connected to the AlphaBay account operating under the name "HumboldtFarms." Previously, one of the alleged male conspirators had apparently operated under "PureFireMeds" account on Silk Road before that site was seized and closed down by law enforcement in October 2013.
On AlphaBay, which was taken down by federal investigators in July 2017, HumboldtFarms became "one of the largest vendors," authorities said in a statement.
Polar vs. Fitbit: Duell der Schlafexperten
Unkonzentriert, abgeschlagen und müde? Wer sich so fühlt, bekommt möglicherweise zu wenig Schlaf. Zwei Fitnesstracker von Polar und Fitbit wollen besonders genau messen können, wie tief die REM-Phase war – oder wie lange sich der Nutzer herumgewälzt hat. Golem.de hat die Geräte ausprobiert. Ein Hands on von Peter Steinlechner (Wearable, OLED)
HP: Omen-X-Laptop ist ein 4K-Klotz mit übertakteter GTX 1080
Scorpio Engine: Microsoft erläutert SoC der Xbox One X
Verizon to start throttling all smartphone videos to 480p or 720p
No 4K video allowed—new bandwidth limits apply to mobile hotspots, too.
Verizon Wireless will start throttling video streams to resolutions as low as 480p on smartphones this week. Most data plans will get 720p video on smartphones, but customers won't have any option to completely un-throttle video.
1080p will be the highest resolution provided on tablets, effectively ruling out 4K video on Verizon's mobile network. Anything identified as a video will not be given more than 10Mbps worth of bandwidth. This limit will affect mobile hotspot usage as well.
Verizon started selling unlimited smartphone data plans in February of this year, and the carrier said at the time that it would deliver video to customers at the same resolution used by streaming video companies. "We deliver whatever the content provider gives us. We don't manipulate the data," Verizon told Ars in February.
Anno 1800: “Was für ein Wunderwerk der Technik”
Energy Harvesting: Biobrennstoffzelle erzeugt Strom aus Schweiß
Schwitzen ist positiv: Das Training bringt nicht nur den Körper auf Trab, sondern auch das Mobilgerät. Forscher in den USA haben ein Kraftwerk entwickelt, das auf die Haut aufgebracht wird. (Energy Harvesting, Kohlenstoff-Nanoröhren)
Neue Firmware: Zwangsupdate für DJIs Spark-Drohne gegen Abstürze
DJI zwingt Anwender der Spark-Drohne dazu, bis zum 1. September 2017 ein Firmwareupdate der Drohne als auch der Akkus durchzuführen. Der Grund sind Fehler, die die Flugsicherheit beeinträchtigen. Offiziell spricht DJI allerdings nur von einer Verbesserung der Flugsicherheit. (DJI, Technologie)