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Zuerst hatten alle Netzbetreiber geklagt, dass die EU-Roaming-Freiheit ihnen schaden würde. Nun will keiner konkrete Angaben dazu machen, wie das Datenvolumen im EU-Ausland gestiegen ist. (Mobilfunk, Telekom)
Die PC-Version des Pixel-Desktops für den Raspberry Pi ist dem Experimentalstadium entwachsen. Die neue Version erleichtert die Softwareverwaltung mehrerer Raspberry Pis und kann die GPIOs eines angeschlossenen Pi ansprechen. (Raspberry Pi, Arduino)
Die PC-Version des Pixel-Desktops für den Raspberry Pi ist dem Experimentalstadium entwachsen. Die neue Version erleichtert die Softwareverwaltung mehrerer Raspberry Pis und kann die GPIOs eines angeschlossenen Pi ansprechen. (Raspberry Pi, Arduino) Replikant oder Mensch – diese Frage mussten Spieler in Westwoods Blade Runner beantworten. Und meistens entschied die Interpretation des Menschen vor dem Monitor über Leben und Tod. Von Michael Wieczorek (golem retro_, Spieletest)
Replikant oder Mensch - diese Frage mussten Spieler in Westwoods Blade Runner beantworten. Und meistens entschied die Interpretation des Menschen vor dem Monitor über Leben und Tod. Von Michael Wieczorek (golem retro_, Spieletest) Various music industry groups want Google to implement proactive anti-piracy measures to deal with constantly reappearing links to infringing content in search results. The demand isn’t new, but this week Google’s President of EMEA Business & Operations reiterated that such proactive measures are “just not possible.”
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Over the past few years the entertainment industries have repeatedly asked Google to step up its game when it comes to its anti-piracy efforts.
These calls haven’t fallen on deaf ears and Google has steadily implemented various anti-piracy measures in response.
Still, that is not enough. At least, according to several prominent music industry groups who are advocating a ‘Take Down, Stay Down’ approach.
Currently, Google mostly responds to takedown requests that are sent in by copyright holders. The search engine deletes the infringing results and demotes the domains of frequent infringers. However, the same content often reappears on other sites, or in another location on the same site.
Earlier this year a group of prominent music groups stated that the present situation forces rightsholders to participate in a never-ending game of whack-a-mole which doesn’t fix the underlying problem. Instead, it results in a “frustrating, burdensome and ultimately ineffective takedown process.”
While Google understands the rationale behind the complaints, the company doesn’t believe in a more proactive solution. This was reiterated by Matt Brittin, President of EMEA Business & Operations at Google, during the Royal Television Society Event in London this week.
“The music industry has been quite tough with us on this. They’d like us proactively to know this stuff. It’s just not possible in this industry,” Brittin said.
That doesn’t mean that Google is sitting still. Brittin stresses that the company has invested millions in anti-piracy tools. That said, there can always be room for improvement.
“What we’ve tried to do is build tools that allow them to do that at scale easily and that work all together … I’m sure there are places where we could do better. There are teams and millions of dollars invested in this.
“Combatting bad acts and piracy is obviously very important to us,” Brittin added.
While Google sees no room for proactive filtering in search results, music industry insiders believe it’s possible.
Ideally, they want some type of automated algorithm or technology that removes infringing results without a targeted DMCA notice. This could be similar to YouTube’s Content-ID system, or the hash filtering mechanisms Google Drive employs, for example.
For now, however, there’s no sign that Google will go beyond the current takedown notice approach, at least for search. A ‘Take Down, Stay Down’ mechanism wouldn’t “understand” when content is authorized or not, the company previously noted.
And so, the status quo is likely to remain, at least for now.
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Linux computer vendor System76 announced this week that it will roll out a firmware update to disable Intel Management Engine on laptops sold in the past few years. Purism will also disable Intel Management Engine on computers it sells moving forward. …
Linux computer vendor System76 announced this week that it will roll out a firmware update to disable Intel Management Engine on laptops sold in the past few years. Purism will also disable Intel Management Engine on computers it sells moving forward. Those two computer companies are pretty small players in the multi-billion dollar PC industry. […]
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Amazon’s newest Fire TV supports 4K ultra HD content, HDR video, and it’s small enough to plug right into the HDMI port on your TV. First launched a few months ago with a list price of $70, the new 3rd-gen Fire TV is one of the more afforda…
Amazon’s newest Fire TV supports 4K ultra HD content, HDR video, and it’s small enough to plug right into the HDMI port on your TV. First launched a few months ago with a list price of $70, the new 3rd-gen Fire TV is one of the more affordable 4K-ready media streamers on the market. But […]
Amazon Fire TV (2017) is on sale for $50 today ($20 off) is a post from: Liliputing
The company that makes the best low-end devices doesn’t impress at the top.
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Roku players are the most popular dedicated TV streaming devices. That’s thanks in part to Roku’s commitment to serving the low end of the market with cheap streaming boxes made for 1080p TVs that don't have built-in smart TV features or apps. But can Roku compete with other devices at the high end, too?
This year, Roku announced five different streaming devices. As part of an effort to map the streaming box landscape, we’re going to look at the two that support 4K video—the Roku Ultra and the Roku Streaming Stick+—to see how they measure up. We’re reviewing these together because they offer very similar features and are oriented towards a similar target user—someone who wants 4K HDR streaming on their TV. All the other Roku devices cap out at 1080p.
Both devices compete with the Google Chromecast Ultra, the Amazon Fire TV, the Apple TV 4K, and the NVIDIA Shield TV at the high end of the streaming device market. Most of those other gadgets outdo the Roku Ultra and Streaming Stick+ in some key areas, but Roku has another advantage: its devices are not tied to any particular online content marketplace.
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The venerable board game tries something new.
Enlarge / Welcome to the hunting lodge... (credit: Asmodee Digital)
Welcome to Ars Cardboard, our weekend look at tabletop games! Check out our complete board gaming coverage at cardboard.arstechnica.com.
I admit to a fair amount of skepticism when it comes to most virtual reality applications; I remember hearing how VR was the Next Big Thing back when I was in graduate school—and that was 20 years ago. Even if the technology was further along than it is now, a VR application needs to benefit substantially from a port to the VR setting and the additional features (especially the 360-degree perspective) this allows.
Boardgames do not appear, at first glance, to meet that criterion. If the play's the thing, then why would it be better to play something in a virtual cabin than through a regular app or at my kitchen table? (I have a good table.)
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Weil die Triebwerke, mit denen die Sonde Voyager 1 normalerweise gedreht wird, nachlassen, hat die Nasa Ersatztriebwerke reaktiviert, die seit 1980 nicht mehr in Betrieb waren. Sie funktionierten noch – nur die Steuerungssoftware stellte ein Problem da…
Weil die Triebwerke, mit denen die Sonde Voyager 1 normalerweise gedreht wird, nachlassen, hat die Nasa Ersatztriebwerke reaktiviert, die seit 1980 nicht mehr in Betrieb waren. Sie funktionierten noch - nur die Steuerungssoftware stellte ein Problem dar. (Raumfahrt, Technologie) Batman Ninja now has an English-language trailer and a release date: April 24.
I didn't know I needed this in my life, but here we are.
Fellow Batman fans, are you bummed after the critical flop that was last month's Justice League movie? Tired of Ben Affleck taking to the press to waffle again and again on whether he'll do a standalone caped crusader flick? Well, this week, the animation arm of DC threw us all a frickin' bone.
Coming in 2018, Batman Ninja is set to be the first theatrically released, full-length anime film in the Dark Knight's repertoire. Well, theatrically released in Japan, that is. But a new English-subtitled version of the trailer released Friday hints that some kind of North American release (be it in theaters, VOD, Blu-ray, or via streaming service) will eventually come, saving us all from Affleck angst.
Takashi Okazaki (Afro Samurai) handled the character design, and the first glimpse of the Joker should make any Gotham fan ecstatic. The trailer offers quick looks at the whole gang being transported back to feudal Japan: Two-Face, Harley Quinn, Catwoman, Robin, and Gorilla Grodd(?!) among them.
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Zuerst hatten alle Netzbetreiber geklagt, dass die EU-Roaming-Freiheit ihnen schaden würde. Nun will keiner konkrete Angaben dazu machen, wie das Datenvolumen im EU-Ausland gestiegen ist. (
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