Month: October 2017

Das Display in Googles neuem Vorzeigesmartphone Pixel 2 XL hat neue Probleme. Abseits der granularen Struktur und des Blaustichs gibt es erste Berichte, dass sich Inhalte im Display einbrennen. Dabei ist das Gerät gerade mal eine Woche auf dem Markt. (Pixel 2, Smartphone)

Amazon beteiligt sich an einem Projekt für künstliche Intelligenz in Baden-Württemberg. Auch Facebook, die Automobilkonzerne und die Max-Planck-Gesellschaft sind dabei. (KI, Amazon)

The Czech Pirates have made quite a name for themselves in recent years.

The political party previously took on a local anti-piracy outfit by launching their own movie download sites, making the point that linking is not a crime.

The bold move resulted in a criminal investigation, but the case was eventually dropped after it was deemed that the Pirates acted in accordance with EU law.

In the political arena, the Czech Pirate Party booked several successes as well. In Parliamentary elections, however, the party never managed to beat the required threshold. Until this weekend.

With 10.79% of the total vote, the Pirates won 22 seats in the national parliament. Not just that, they also became the third largest political party in the country, where more than 30 parties participated in the elections.

The Czech Republic becomes the fourth country where a Pirate Party is represented in the national parliament, following Sweden, Germany, and Iceland, which is quite an achievement.

“It is the best result of any Pirate Party in history and gives us a great mandate to transform the dynamics of Czech politics. At the same time, we understand this as a huge responsibility towards the voters and the Pirate movement as a whole,” Tomáš Vymazal, one of the new Members of Parliament, tells TorrentFreak.

The Pirates (photo via)

While there were some celebrations after the election result came in, the Czech Pirate Party is moving full steam ahead. The twenty-two newly elected members have already held their first meeting, discussing how to get the most out of their negotiations with other parties.

“The negotiation team has been established and the club’s chairman was elected. We’ll now need to set up our offices, hire assistants and distribute specific responsibilities among the club,” Vymazal says.

“One of the first issues we will open up a discussion about how parliament will be fixing an historic anti-corruption bill.”

The bill in question makes sure that every contract the state or a state-owned business enters into is put on the record. However, the previous parliament introduced several exceptions and as a result, many of the money flows remain hidden from the public.

Like other Pirate parties, the Czech branch is by no means a single issue outfit. The party has a broad vision which it distilled to a twenty point program. In addition to fighting corruption, this includes tax reform and increasing teachers’ salaries, for example.

More classical pirate themes are also on the agenda of course. The Pirate Party wants to overhaul the country’s copyright legislation, stop internet censorship, and put an end to cell phone tracking. In addition, the use of medical marijuana should be allowed.

With the backing of hundreds of thousands of Czechs, these and other issues will certainly be on the political agenda during the years to come. It’s now up to the Pirates to make them a reality.

“We must do a very good job to successfully establish the Pirate Party in Czech politics and deliver on the promises we made to the voters,” Vymazal says.

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

Mit dem Fall Creators Update für Windows 10 hat Microsoft die Anticheat-Funktion Trueplay ausgeliefert. Die spürt Betrügereien etwa in Multiplayermatches auf - allerdings nur unter bestimmten Bedingungen. (Spiele-Entwicklung, Microsoft)

Wer mit Google Fotos seine Smartphone-Fotos automatisch in der Cloud sichert, bekommt seit einigen Tagen möglicherweise nicht mehr alle Backup-Fotos in der Weboberfläche des Dienstes angezeigt. Seit Mitte Oktober 2017 kann die Browserversion Lücken aufweisen. (Google, Backup)

Die Autokonzerne haben die zentrale Bedeutung des Themas IT-Sicherheit erkannt. Das Szenario einer Ransomware-Attacke zeigt jedoch, wie schwer alle Schwachstellen zu beheben sind. Ein Bericht von Friedhelm Greis (Black Hat 2016, Technologie)

This week we have three newcomers in our chart.

War for the Planet of the Apes is the most downloaded movie again.

The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in the list are Web-DL/Webrip/HDRip/BDrip/DVDrip unless stated otherwise.

RSS feed for the weekly movie download chart.

This week’s most downloaded movies are:

Movie Rank	Rank last week	Movie name	IMDb Rating / Trailer
Most downloaded movies via torrents
1	(1)	War for the Planet of the Apes	7.8 / trailer
2	(6)	Annabelle Creation (Subbed HDRip)	6.7 / trailer
3	(3)	Spider-Man: Homecoming	7.8 / trailer
4	(2)	The Dark Tower	5.9 / trailer
5	(…)	Atomic Blonde (Subbed HDRip)	7.0 / trailer
6	(4)	American Made (Subbed HDrip)	7.3 / trailer
7	(…)	Cars 3	7.0 / trailer
8	(5)	Baby Driver	8.0 / trailer
9	(…)	Kingsman: The Golden Circle (HDTS)	7.2 / trailer
10	(7)	Wonder Woman	8.2 / trailer

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

Huawei setzt mit dem Mate 10 Pro auf künstliche Intelligenz, im Alltag merken Nutzer davon allerdings noch nicht viel. Das Gerät ist jedoch auch unabhängig davon ein gutes Smartphone mit leistungsfähigem Prozessor und starker Kamera - die Software benötigt vor dem Marktstart aber noch ein wenig Feinschliff. Ein Test von Tobias Költzsch (Huawei, Smartphone)

Archos bringt mit dem Diamond Mega ein Oberklasse-Smartphone nach Deutschland. Der Käufer erhält ein Gerät mit randlosem Display, Qualcomms aktuellem Oberklasse-Prozessor und zwei Dual-Kameras für nur 500 Euro. (Android-Handy, Smartphone)

Adobe hat die Funktion Content-Aware Fill aus Photoshop weiterentwickelt: Mit der KI-verbesserten Version Deep Fill, die Adobe als Prototyp vorgestellt hat, können verdeckte Bildelemente hinzugedichtet werden. Das eröffnet Bildfälschern viele Möglichkeiten. (Photoshop, Grafiksoftware)