Huawei is working on a Face ID alternative (Knockoff Animoji too)

Apple spent years developing the Face ID system used in the iPhone X, essentially shrinking the technology found in the Xbox Kinect (which measures 9.8″ x 2.6″ x 2.6″) so that it fits in the notch at the top of Apple’s $1000 sma…

Apple spent years developing the Face ID system used in the iPhone X, essentially shrinking the technology found in the Xbox Kinect (which measures 9.8″ x 2.6″ x 2.6″) so that it fits in the notch at the top of Apple’s $1000 smartphone. But Apple isn’t the only company to develop technology that creates a […]

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Sumerian: Amazon stellt Editor für Augmented und Virtual Reality vor

Relativ einfache Programmierung und eine große Objektbibliothek: Amazon stellt einen neuen Editor namens Sumerian vor. Damit sollen Augmented- und Virtual-Reality-Anwendungen für alle Arten von Plattformen entstehen. (VR, Web Service)

Relativ einfache Programmierung und eine große Objektbibliothek: Amazon stellt einen neuen Editor namens Sumerian vor. Damit sollen Augmented- und Virtual-Reality-Anwendungen für alle Arten von Plattformen entstehen. (VR, Web Service)

Huawei launches Honor V10 in China: 6 inches, thin bezels, Kirin 970 processor

Chinese phone maker Huawei’s Honor sub-brand is usually reserved for value-oriented devices that offer a lot of bang for not a lot of bucks. And the new Honor V10 smartphone sure seems to live up to that standard. The phone has a 6 inch display w…

Chinese phone maker Huawei’s Honor sub-brand is usually reserved for value-oriented devices that offer a lot of bang for not a lot of bucks. And the new Honor V10 smartphone sure seems to live up to that standard. The phone has a 6 inch display with a 2:1 (or 18:9) aspect ratio, Kirin 970 processor, […]

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Fahrzeugsicherheit: Kartendienst Here kauft Anbieter für Online-Updates

Die Updates für Autosoftware sollen künftig über Mobilfunk eingespielt werden. Dazu hat der Kartendienst Here mit ATS Advanced Telematic Systems ein Berliner Start-up übernommen. (Black Hat 2016, Technologie)

Die Updates für Autosoftware sollen künftig über Mobilfunk eingespielt werden. Dazu hat der Kartendienst Here mit ATS Advanced Telematic Systems ein Berliner Start-up übernommen. (Black Hat 2016, Technologie)

The Pirate Bay Has Trouble Keeping Afloat

For many people The Pirate Bay has been hard to reach over the past few days, causing concern among some BitTorrent users. The outages are likely caused by technical issues, which will be resolved in the near future. Meanwhile, some proxies and the Tor domain are still working fine.

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pirate bayThe crew of The Pirate Bay has had a hard time keeping the ship afloat over the past few days, something which has caused considerable downtime.

For a lot of people, the site still displays a Cloudflare error message across the entire site, and many proxies are affected by the downtime as well.

Not everyone is affected equally though. In some regions, the site loads just fine. That said, there are reports that, even then, uploads are broken and searches turn up blank.

TorrentFreak reached out to the TPB team but we have yet to hear more about the issue. Judging from past experience, however, it’s likely down to a small technical issue with part of the infrastructure that needs fixing.

Pirate Bay down

The Pirate Bay has had quite a few stints of downtime in recent months. The popular torrent site usually returns after several hours, although it can take longer on occasion.

But there’s some good news for those who desperately need to access the notorious torrent site.

TPB is still accessible through some proxies and its .onion address on the Tor network, via the popular Tor Browser, for example. The Tor traffic goes through a separate connection and works just fine.

New uploads are coming through as well, although these appear to be mostly from upload bots.

As always, the site’s admins and moderators are asking people to refrain from panicking while waiting patiently for the storm to subside, but seasoned TPB users will probably know the drill by now…

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Yates Electrospace: US-Militär testet Nachschublieferung mit Drohnen

Drohne statt Fallschirm: US-Soldaten sollen künftig Nachschub aus der Luft mit unbemannten Gleitern erhalten. Die US-Marineinfanterie will solche Lieferdrohnen Anfang kommenden Jahres testen. (Drohne, Technologie)

Drohne statt Fallschirm: US-Soldaten sollen künftig Nachschub aus der Luft mit unbemannten Gleitern erhalten. Die US-Marineinfanterie will solche Lieferdrohnen Anfang kommenden Jahres testen. (Drohne, Technologie)

The second launch from Russia’s new spaceport has failed

Human error may have been involved.

Enlarge / A Soyuz 2.1b rocket booster with a Frigate upper stage block, the Meteor-M 2-1 meteorological satellite and 18 small satellites launched from the Vostochny Cosmodrome. (credit: Yuri Smityuk/TASS)

On Tuesday morning, a Russian Soyuz 2.1b rocket lifted off on schedule from a new spaceport, carrying the the Meteor M2-1 weather and climate satellite, as well as more than a dozen secondary payloads. However, the satellite never reached its target orbit, more than 825km above Earth.

According to Russian media reports, the Fregat upper stage separated from the rocket about 10 minutes after launch, but then something went wrong. At least one of the two firings of the Fregat stage, which is used to insert satellites into their designated orbits, apparently did not happen. Russian space journalist Anatoly Zak reports that human error may have been involved, with an errant pre-programmed flight sequence. Roscosmos has since lost contact with the satellite.

This failure is troublesome for the Russian space program for at least a couple of reasons. This is the fourth failure of the versatile Fregat space tug, which has been in service for about two decades. All of the problems have occurred since 2009, when there have been problems with flight data, third-stage failures, and control system failures. In each of the cases, the satellite did not reach its desired orbit.

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Skyrim VR im Test: Reisekrank durchs Rollenspiel

Eine riesige Welt, und wir so mittendrin wie nie zuvor: In Skyrim VR können Besitzer einer Playstation VR abtauchen und Abenteuer erleben. Das ist spannend, aber eine Herausforderung für unsere Konzentrationsfähigkeit und Sinnesorgane. Ein Test von Pet…

Eine riesige Welt, und wir so mittendrin wie nie zuvor: In Skyrim VR können Besitzer einer Playstation VR abtauchen und Abenteuer erleben. Das ist spannend, aber eine Herausforderung für unsere Konzentrationsfähigkeit und Sinnesorgane. Ein Test von Peter Steinlechner (Skyrim, Rollenspiel)

Steal This Show S03E11: The Nerd Reich

Today we bring you the next episode of the Steal This Show podcast, discussing renegade media and the latest file-sharing and copyright news. In this episode, we talk to Vinay Gupta, global resilience guru, and the CEO of Mattereum.

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In this episode, we meet Vinay Gupta: software engineer, disaster consultant, global resilience guru, and visionary.

Vinay served as Release Co-ordinator for the Ethereum project and is now CEO of Mattereum, ‘the first Internet of Agreements infrastructure project, bringing legally-enforceable smart contracts to the internet.’

We discuss: the idea of a ‘nerd Reich’ that has either usurped power from or merged with global governmental power; how and why we now live in a market-driven version of Orwell’s 1984; and Vinay’s concept of de-governance, and why the modern nation-state is the wrong platform to solve the problems that face us today.

Steal This Show aims to release bi-weekly episodes featuring insiders discussing copyright and file-sharing news. It complements our regular reporting by adding more room for opinion, commentary, and analysis.

The guests for our news discussions will vary, and we’ll aim to introduce voices from different backgrounds and persuasions. In addition to news, STS will also produce features interviewing some of the great innovators and minds.

Host: Jamie King

Guest: Vinay Gupta

Produced by Jamie King
Edited & Mixed by Riley Byrne
Original Music by David Triana
Web Production by Siraje Amarniss

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Minecraft Education Edition: Wenn Schüler richtig ranklotzen

Microsoft will sein Klötzchenspiel Minecraft an so viele Schulen wie möglich bringen. Dass die Education Edition ihr Potenzial noch nicht ausschöpft, liegt nicht am mangelnden Schülerinteresse. Von Achim Fehrenbach (Education Edition, Microsoft)

Microsoft will sein Klötzchenspiel Minecraft an so viele Schulen wie möglich bringen. Dass die Education Edition ihr Potenzial noch nicht ausschöpft, liegt nicht am mangelnden Schülerinteresse. Von Achim Fehrenbach (Education Edition, Microsoft)