Assassin’s Creed: Wie sieht es eigentlich bei Ubisoft Singapur aus?

Seit dem gelungenen Black Flag (Piraten) ist Ubisoft Singapur an Assassin’s Creed beteiligt – aber wie muss man sich den Ableger in Asien eigentlich vorstellen? Golem.de hat die Niederlassung ebenso wie die in Schanghai besucht und mit Entwicklern gesprochen. (Ubisoft, Assassin’s Creed)

Seit dem gelungenen Black Flag (Piraten) ist Ubisoft Singapur an Assassin's Creed beteiligt - aber wie muss man sich den Ableger in Asien eigentlich vorstellen? Golem.de hat die Niederlassung ebenso wie die in Schanghai besucht und mit Entwicklern gesprochen. (Ubisoft, Assassin's Creed)

Eufy Genie: Anker bietet günstigen Klon des Amazon Alexa Echo Dot an

Zubehörhersteller Anker bringt mit dem Eufy Genie einen mit Amazon Alexa kompatiblen smarten Lautsprecher für 35 US-Dollar auf den Markt. Dieser ist günstiger als der Echo Dot und Teil einer neuen Smart-Home-Produktlinie. (Amazon Alexa, Sound-Hardware)

Zubehörhersteller Anker bringt mit dem Eufy Genie einen mit Amazon Alexa kompatiblen smarten Lautsprecher für 35 US-Dollar auf den Markt. Dieser ist günstiger als der Echo Dot und Teil einer neuen Smart-Home-Produktlinie. (Amazon Alexa, Sound-Hardware)

Elektroauto: Nissan Leaf 2018 soll günstiger werden als Tesla Model 3

Die neue Modellgeneration des Nissan Leaf soll um 5.000 US-Dollar günstiger angeboten werden als das Einstiegsmodell des Tesla Model 3. Das Nissan-Elektroauto hat indes eine kürzere Reichweite. Der Leaf ist aktuell das meistverkaufte Elektroauto der Welt. (Nissan, Technologie)

Die neue Modellgeneration des Nissan Leaf soll um 5.000 US-Dollar günstiger angeboten werden als das Einstiegsmodell des Tesla Model 3. Das Nissan-Elektroauto hat indes eine kürzere Reichweite. Der Leaf ist aktuell das meistverkaufte Elektroauto der Welt. (Nissan, Technologie)

Mobileye: Intel will 100 autonom fahrende Autos auf die Straßen lassen

Nach der Übernahme von Mobileye will Intel 100 Autos verschiedener Hersteller so umrüsten, dass diese selbstständig auf der Straße fahren können – in den USA, Israel und Europa. (Autonomes Fahren, Intel)

Nach der Übernahme von Mobileye will Intel 100 Autos verschiedener Hersteller so umrüsten, dass diese selbstständig auf der Straße fahren können - in den USA, Israel und Europa. (Autonomes Fahren, Intel)

Reuters: Tesla looking to start testing autonomous semi in “platoon” formation

The company’s CEO has mentioned that a formal announcement will come in September.

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced in April that the company is working on pushing a long-haul electric semi truck to market, which is set to be formally revealed in September. Now, Reuters has viewed e-mail correspondence between Tesla and the Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles that indicate that the company has discussed testing semi trucks on the state’s roads.

The Reuters report also mentioned that the semis would be outfitted with autonomous functions, so they could traverse the nation’s highways without a driver in the front seat. The e-mails seemed to indicate that Tesla’s semis would “platoon,” that is, drive in a formation such that a number of trucks could follow a lead vehicle. It's unclear whether the lead vehicle would have a driver, or operate autonomously with a person in the front seat to monitor safety.

The idea of “platooning” autonomous semis is an old one. More than a year ago, the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment held an autonomous truck platooning demo that involved automakers such as DAF Trucks, Daimler, IVECO, MAN, Scania, and Volvo. The advantages of platooning is that it's theoretically safer—if the lead truck slows down, the rest automatically follow. It also offers most of the trucks decreased wind resistance, which could help increase an EV semi's range—a major concern given the weight freight companies load semis with. Of course, there are social ramifications too. Platooning reduces the number of drivers that a shipping company would have to employ.

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SuperSU developer releases suhide lite, an app that hides root status on Android phones (for now)

SuperSU developer releases suhide lite, an app that hides root status on Android phones (for now)

Rooting an Android phone lets you customize the behavior of your device, access protected files and folders, and generally muck around with the operating system. But it also makes your phone more vulnerable to malware, because if you can alter system files, then so can third-party software. So it’s not surprising that some Android apps […]

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SuperSU developer releases suhide lite, an app that hides root status on Android phones (for now)

Rooting an Android phone lets you customize the behavior of your device, access protected files and folders, and generally muck around with the operating system. But it also makes your phone more vulnerable to malware, because if you can alter system files, then so can third-party software. So it’s not surprising that some Android apps […]

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A better battery and longer range but the BMW i3 is still too expensive

But the battery should be retrofittable, and ex-lease i3s are getting really cheap.

Jonathan Gitlin

Way back in 2014, we spent a week with BMW's then-new i3 electric vehicle. Charged with the day-to-day grind of traffic and chores, the carbon-fiber and aluminum EV worked like a charm. But even with the optional range extender—a two-cylinder motorbike engine that charged the battery—its range was too little and its price too much.

Since then, BMW has given the i3 a little bump, using more energy-dense lithium-ion cells to give the i3's battery a 50-percent boost: 33kWh compared 22kWh. Also since then, the Chevrolet Bolt: a car with a similar mission that's both cheaper and much longer-legged. So a second look at this quirky city vehicle was in order.

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Garmin’s next Vivoactive fitness tracker looks like a watch (leaks)

Garmin’s next Vivoactive fitness tracker looks like a watch (leaks)

Garmin’s VivoFit and Vivoactive line of activity trackers doesn’t get as much as rival products from companies like Fitbit. But Garmin has the advantage of a long history of making products for runners, including the company’s line of popular GPS watches. And it looks like the company may be bringing that expertise to bear for […]

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Garmin’s next Vivoactive fitness tracker looks like a watch (leaks)

Garmin’s VivoFit and Vivoactive line of activity trackers doesn’t get as much as rival products from companies like Fitbit. But Garmin has the advantage of a long history of making products for runners, including the company’s line of popular GPS watches. And it looks like the company may be bringing that expertise to bear for […]

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iPhone 8 may know when you’re looking at it (and mute audio notifications)

iPhone 8 may know when you’re looking at it (and mute audio notifications)

Rumor has it that the upcoming iPhone 8 will support facial recognition, which means it’ll have hardware and software that can tell one person from another when you’re looking at the phone. It won’t be the first smartphone with facial identification features, but it’ll be the first from Apple. And it’s starting to look like […]

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iPhone 8 may know when you’re looking at it (and mute audio notifications)

Rumor has it that the upcoming iPhone 8 will support facial recognition, which means it’ll have hardware and software that can tell one person from another when you’re looking at the phone. It won’t be the first smartphone with facial identification features, but it’ll be the first from Apple. And it’s starting to look like […]

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Man Leaks New ‘Power’ Episodes Online, Records His Own Face

Smash-hit TV series Power is well into series four but impatient fans won’t have to wait for the next three episodes. All have leaked onto the Internet having been obtained via a STARZ press portal. In a world first, the episodes were ‘cammed’ using a phone, while being played back on a phone, with the ‘cammer’ recording his own face for good measure.

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With the whole world going crazy for Game of Thrones, another TV series has been turning some serious numbers. Produced by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, crime drama ‘Power’ has been pulling in around eight million viewers per episode.

After premiering in June 2014, Power is now seven episodes into season four, which is set to reach its climax on August 27. But somewhat typically for the Internet these days, fans won’t necessarily have to wait another three weeks to find out what happens. During the past few hours, the final three episodes of ‘Power’ leaked online.

While that’s something in itself, this leak is possibly the most bizarre to take place in the history of piracy. Having been tipped off that screener episodes were available online, TF went looking for evidence. We found it, but it wasn’t what we expected.

The leaks consist of the three episodes (one complete, the other two missing a few minutes) being played back on an iPhone. A white one. With a broken screen.

Power leaks: Broken iPhone edition

The off-center nature of the image above isn’t typical though and most of the time the main picture is both central and well-defined, with surprisingly clear audio. It’s certainly not going to win any prizes for quality but for the extremely impatient it offers some kind of relief.

The big question, of course, is how these episodes happened to find their way onto that battered iPhone in the first place. Incredibly, the videos themselves provide the answers, with the thoughtful ‘cammer’ explaining in several voice-overs how he gained access to one of STARZ hottest properties.

“This is like the special, this is only for the people that work at STARZ that watch this shit. My man sent me the whole log-in shit. I had to pay that n******r though,” he said.

The log-in referenced by the leaker appears to unlock press access to unreleased content on mediaroom.starz.com. That page has been taken down since, quite possibly due to the leak. Thanks to the video though, we can see how the portal looked on the leaker’s phone.

Unreleased ‘Power’ episodes on the STARZ portal

“That’s the whole series bitch, but I can’t log out though, so I can’t send it to you. The man says don’t log out. So i’m gonna watch these last two episodes and then spoil it for y’all,” the ‘cammer’ said over one of the episodes.

The original claim that theses were screener copies holds up. Throughout all three episodes, an occasional message appears across the bottom of the screen, declaring that the episodes are “for screening purposes only.”

Screener copies, for your eyes only

If the whole situation isn’t bizarre enough so far, the episodes contain quite a bit of complaining from the ‘cammer’, mainly due to his arm aching from holding up the recording phone for such a long time.

Why he didn’t simply place it down on the table isn’t clear. He managed it with the playback phone, which is seen leaning against a large water container throughout, something the ‘cammer’ believes is pretty badass.

“You see, I got my shit propped up like a G,” he said, placing the phone against the water bottle. “Next episode, definitely not holdin’ this shit, so you n*****s gotta relax.”

If this whole scenario isn’t crazy enough, the ‘cammer’ polishes off his virtuoso performance by turning the ‘cam’ phone around and recording his own face for several seconds. To save his embarrassment we won’t publish an image here but needless to say, he is extremely easy to identify, as is his Facebook page, where the content seems to have first appeared.

While there’s clearly no criminal mastermind behind these leaks, dumping unreleased TV shows online can result in a hefty jail sentence, no matter how poorly it’s done. The gentleman involved should hope that STARZ and the FBI are prepared to see the funny side. Fingers crossed….

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