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For the past few years Apple’s iPhone release schedule has been fairly predictable: release a new model one year, and follow it up with a similar-looking phone featuring a spec bump. That’s how we went from the iPhone 4 to 4S, 5 to 5S, and 6 to 6S. But this year the company is shaking […]
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For the past few years Apple’s iPhone release schedule has been fairly predictable: release a new model one year, and follow it up with a similar-looking phone featuring a spec bump. That’s how we went from the iPhone 4 to 4S, 5 to 5S, and 6 to 6S. But this year the company is shaking […]
Apple iPhone 8 teardown reveals an iPhone 7 (with better CPU & cameras) is a post from: Liliputing
You also can’t stream 4K videos from YouTube either.
Enlarge / The fourth-generation Apple TV. (credit: Andrew Cunningham)
Apple announced the arrival of more 4K content to iTunes when it introduced the new Apple TV 4K last week. However, those who purchase the new set-top box will be limited in how they can enjoy 4K titles. According to an Apple support document, 4K content from iTunes can only be streamed, not downloaded directly to a device.
"You can download a local copy of an HD movie, and you might be able to download HDR and Dolby Vision versions, but you can't download a 4K version," the support document states.
It appears the only guarantee customers have is downloading an HD copy of purchased movies to their devices. Apple also announced last week that it will upgrade customers' previous purchases to 4K free of charge. But, judging by this support document, you won't be able to download the 4K version of the titles you already purchased—only the HD versions.
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Der Opel Ampera-E ist in Deutschland praktisch nicht lieferbar. Nun wird spekuliert, ob nach der Übernahme des Autoherstellers durch Peugeot das von GM produzierte Elektroauto gar nicht mehr angeboten wird. (Elektroauto, Technologie)
Der Opel Ampera-E ist in Deutschland praktisch nicht lieferbar. Nun wird spekuliert, ob nach der Übernahme des Autoherstellers durch Peugeot das von GM produzierte Elektroauto gar nicht mehr angeboten wird. (Elektroauto, Technologie) Dutch Internet service providers Ziggo and XS4ALL have been ordered to block The Pirate Bay. A ruling handed down today by The Court of The Hague compels the ISPs to block the infamous site within 10 days or face significant fines. The blocks will remain in place pending a final decision from the Supreme Court.
Source: TF, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and ANONYMOUS VPN services.
Three years ago in 2014, The Court of The Hague handed down its decision in a long-running case which had previously forced two Dutch ISPs, Ziggo and XS4ALL, to block The Pirate Bay.
Ruling against local anti-piracy outfit BREIN, which brought the case, the Court decided that a blockade would be ineffective and also restrict the ISPs’ entrepreneurial freedoms.
The Pirate Bay was unblocked while BREIN took its case to the Supreme Court, which in turn referred the matter to the EU Court of Justice for clarification. This June, the ECJ ruled that as a platform effectively communicating copyright works to the public, The Pirate Bay can indeed be blocked.
The ruling meant there were no major obstacles preventing the Dutch Supreme Court from ordering a future ISP blockade. Clearly, however, BREIN wanted a blocking decision more quickly. A decision handed down today means the anti-piracy group will achieve that in just a few days’ time.
The Hague Court of Appeal today ruled (Dutch) that the 2014 decision, which lifted the blockade against The Pirate Bay, is now largely obsolete.
“According to the Court of Appeal, the Hague Court did not give sufficient weight to the interests of the beneficiaries represented by BREIN,” BREIN said in a statement.
“The Court also wrongly looked at whether torrent traffic had been reduced by the blockade. It should have also considered whether visits to the website of The Pirate Bay itself decreased with a blockade, which speaks for itself.”
As a result, an IP address and DNS blockade of The Pirate Bay, similar to those already in place in the UK and other EU countries, will soon be put in place. BREIN says that four IP addresses will be affected along with hundreds of domain names through which the torrent platform can be reached.
The ISPs have been given just 10 days to put the blocks in place and if they fail there are fines of 2,000 euros per day, up to a maximum of one million euros.
“It is nice that obviously harmful and illegal sites like The Pirate Bay will be blocked again in the Netherlands,” says BREIN chief Tim Kuik.
“A very bad time for our culture, which was free to access via these sites, is now happily behind us.”
Today’s interim decision by the Court of Appeal will stand until the Supreme Court hands down its decision in the main case between BREIN and Ziggo / XS4ALL.
Looking forward, it seems extremely unlikely that the Supreme Court will hand down a conflicting decision, so we’re probably already looking at the beginning of the end for direct accessibility of The Pirate Bay in the Netherlands.
Source: TF, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and ANONYMOUS VPN services.
Uber has 21 days to appeal the ruling, which could affect 40,000 drivers.
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London's taxi regulator is revoking Uber's license to operate in the city, the agency announced on its Twitter feed on Friday morning. "Uber's approach and conduct demonstrate a lack of corporate responsibility," Transport for London wrote.
The agency cited Uber's "approach to reporting serious criminal offenses" as one problem with the company's conduct. It also pointed to Greyball, a controversial software program Uber allegedly used to mislead regulators about the locations of its cars, making it more difficult for regulators to ticket Uber vehicles.
Uber's license expires on September 30. However, it has 21 days to appeal the agency's ruling, and it can continue operating in the city during the appeal process.
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Analytic platforms as a service (PaaS) could shorten machine-learning learning curve.
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The machine-learning smarts that help Google know what’s in a photo and let Amazon’s Alexa carry on a conversation are getting a real job. “ML” platforms from vendors like Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, and others can automate business processes on a previously impossible scale and free up employees for more creative, thought-intensive work. They also require a lot more commitment and, sometimes, coaxing than parking an Amazon Echo on a kitchen table or tapping a button to have Google back up the photos on your phone.
But the payoff can also be correspondingly greater. “Every business process is just badly written software,” observed Markus Noga, head of machine learning at SAP. The advent of on-demand AI lets companies do something about that: “We can really turn this into software and make the company run itself.”
At this summer’s Google I/O conference, the scene of multiple announcements of AI-as-a-service initiatives, CEO Sundar Pichai set his sights slightly higher: “I’m confident AI will invent new molecules,” he said during the opening keynote.
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Nach dem Bundestag hat nun auch der Bundesrat der Abschaffung der Störerhaftung bei offenen WLANs zugestimmt. Der Anspruch auf die Sperrung von IP-Adressen habe aber nichts mit Netzsperren zu tun, sagte Wirtschaftsministerin Zypries. (Störerhaftung, WLAN)
Nach dem Bundestag hat nun auch der Bundesrat der Abschaffung der Störerhaftung bei offenen WLANs zugestimmt. Der Anspruch auf die Sperrung von IP-Adressen habe aber nichts mit Netzsperren zu tun, sagte Wirtschaftsministerin Zypries. (Störerhaftung, WLAN) Für Amazons Streaming-Geräte der Fire-TV-Linie ist eine neue Firmware erschienen. Damit kommt eine Lupenfunktion hinzu, die aber ausgerechnet bei den Amazon-eigenen Inhalten nicht viel bringt, bei Netflix hingegen schon. Von Ingo Pakalski (Fire TV, Barrierefreiheit)
Für Amazons Streaming-Geräte der Fire-TV-Linie ist eine neue Firmware erschienen. Damit kommt eine Lupenfunktion hinzu, die aber ausgerechnet bei den Amazon-eigenen Inhalten nicht viel bringt, bei Netflix hingegen schon. Von Ingo Pakalski (Fire TV, Barrierefreiheit) 
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Java geht in eine neue Runde: In Version 9 gibt es eine verbesserte Dokumentation und mit JShell eine interaktive REPL. Java EE 8 verbessert JSON und JAX-RS. Außerdem sollen OpenJDK und Oracle JDK ähnlicher werden. (
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