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Buy a computer that ships with Windows 10 S right now and you have the option of switching to Windows 10 Pro for free… for a limited time. Microsoft still hasn’t said how long that deal will stick around. But according to a report from Brad Sams, now w…
Buy a computer that ships with Windows 10 S right now and you have the option of switching to Windows 10 Pro for free… for a limited time. Microsoft still hasn’t said how long that deal will stick around. But according to a report from Brad Sams, now we know how much the upgrade will […]
Windows 10 S to Windows 10 Pro upgrades to cost $49… eventually is a post from: Liliputing
Mobile World Congress is coming up later this month, so it’s a safe bet that a bunch of new smartphone announcements are on the way. But so are a bunch of leaks that will steal some of the thunder. Case in point: we have what may be the first look at a…
Mobile World Congress is coming up later this month, so it’s a safe bet that a bunch of new smartphone announcements are on the way. But so are a bunch of leaks that will steal some of the thunder. Case in point: we have what may be the first look at an upcoming Huawei smartphone […]
Leaks: Asus Zenfone 5 with 18:9 display, Huawei P20 with triple cameras is a post from: Liliputing
Der Verkauf von Unitymedia an Vodafone soll wieder im Gespräch sein. Einen Bericht der Financial Times hat Vodafone bestätigt. (Wirtschaft, Vodafone)
Der Verkauf von Unitymedia an Vodafone soll wieder im Gespräch sein. Einen Bericht der Financial Times hat Vodafone bestätigt. (Wirtschaft, Vodafone) A few years ago a startup called Turing Robotic Industries unveiled an unusual smartphone called the Turing Phone. It places an emphasis on privacy and security, has a boxy design with geometric patterns on the back, and it was one of the first modern …
A few years ago a startup called Turing Robotic Industries unveiled an unusual smartphone called the Turing Phone. It places an emphasis on privacy and security, has a boxy design with geometric patterns on the back, and it was one of the first modern smartphones to lack a headphone jack. It also doesn’t have a […]
Maker of the Turing phone files for bankruptcy in Finland, but claims the company is still alive and well is a post from: Liliputing
Frame-by-frame video analysis suggests records were actually set using emulator
Enlarge / Mitchell rides an oversized Donkey Kong machine in the recent Citrus Bowl parade. (credit: Billy Mitchell / Twitter)
Billy Mitchell has been a polarizing figure in the tight-knit world of classic video game high scores since well before he appeared as Steve Wiebe's antagonist in the 2007 documentary The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. But the Mitchell doubters got some strong new support on Friday as the Donkey Kong Forum—a popular clearinghouse for tracking performance in the game—removed Mitchell's best claimed scores from its high-score list.
In a detailed post on the Donkey Kong Forum justifying the decision, moderator and scoreboard maintainer Jeremy "Xelnia" Young cites video evidence to suggest that three 1,000,000+ point scores presented by Mitchell were actually set using emulation rather than actual arcade hardware, as Mitchell claimed.
Footage captured from MAME version 0.115 shows the stage being built in whole chunks.
While a real Donkey Kong cabinet generates and displays game scenes in a "sliding door" effect, sliding from left to right, old versions of MAME instead build entire chunks of a level at once and then display them as a complete screen buffer (with slight differences as MAME has been updated over the years). The difference is noticeable in slow-motion, frame-by-frame analysis of the transitions between Donkey Kong levels. In the analysis, a new stage is first built in pieces after the "How High Can You Get?" interludes.
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“It’s like instant replay in the NFL; I can tell what happened.”
Lt. Saul Jaeger, who commands the traffic unit at the Mountain View Police Department, remembers the first time a few years ago when he was given a demo of Waymo's self-driving cars.
Jaeger was not only interested from a professional point of view, but also as a citizen. After all, he lives in Mountain View near one of the Waymo facilities. He watched in awe as the engineers showed him the autonomous vehicle's (AV) own view. This screen reduces everything to line drawings and other simplified sensory inputs.
"It's incredible," he told Ars. "It felt like The Matrix, when they flip the switch—it's seeing everything, it's seeing way more than you or I can—and it's making decisions."
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Ein Botnetz aus Routern bietet für wenig Geld große Bandbreiten für DDoS-Angriffe an. Die Angriffe der ferngesteuern Realtek- und Huawei-Router richten sich offenbar vor allem gegen Server, auf denen Grand Theft Auto gespielt wird. (Botnet, Netzwerk)
Musk’s Boring Company sold 20,000 flamethrowers in five days.
Enlarge (credit: Boring Company)
Last weekend, the Boring Company offered 20,000 novelty flamethrowers for sale. By Thursday, all 20,000 had sold out. But now Elon Musk says the company has hit an obstacle.
"Some customs agencies are saying they won’t allow shipment of anything called a 'Flamethrower,'" Musk tweeted on Friday night. "To solve this, we are renaming it 'Not a Flamethrower.'"
To be fair, that might be a more accurate label. As Ars Technica's Ron Amadeo wrote earlier this week, the Boring Company's "flamethrower" looks like it's "nothing more than a propane torch with fancy styling."
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In a move designed to protect the effectiveness of its ‘Great Firewall’, China has warned it will begin blocking unauthorized VPN services starting April 1, 2018. Despite the strong move, China is playing down its efforts, noting that anyone who wants to operate a VPN can still do so by leasing state-approved services via the government’s telecommunications import and export bureau.
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Back in January 2017, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced a 14-month campaign to crack down on ‘unauthorized’ Internet platforms.
China said that Internet technologies and services had been expanding in a “disorderly” fashion, so regulation was required. No surprise then that the campaign targeted censorship-busting VPN services, which are used by citizens and corporations to traverse the country’s Great Firewall.
Heralding a “nationwide Internet network access services clean-up”, China warned that anyone operating such a service would require a government telecommunications business license. It’s now been more than a year since that announcement and much has happened in the interim.
In July 2017, Apple removed 674 VPN apps from its App Store and in September, a local man was jailed for nine months for selling VPN software. In December, another man was jailed for five-and-a-half years for selling a VPN service without an appropriate license from the government.
This week the government provided an update on the crackdown, telling the media that it will begin forcing local and foreign companies and individuals to use only government-approved systems to access the wider Internet.
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) chief engineer Zhang Feng reiterated earlier comments that VPN operators must be properly licensed by the government, adding that unlicensed VPNs will be subjected to new rules which come into force on March 31. The government plans to block unauthorized VPN providers, official media reported.
“We want to regulate VPNs which unlawfully conduct cross-border operational activities,” Zhang told reporters.
“Any foreign companies that want to set up a cross-border operation for private use will need to set up a dedicated line for that purpose,” he said.
“They will be able to lease such a line or network legally from the telecommunications import and export bureau. This shouldn’t affect their normal operations much at all.”
Radio Free Asia reports that state-run telecoms companies including China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom, which are approved providers, have all been ordered to prevent their 1.3 billion subscribers from accessing blocked content with VPNs.
“The campaign aims to regulate the market environment and keep it fair and healthy,” Zhang added. “[As for] VPNs which unlawfully conduct cross-border operational activities, we want to regulate this.”
So, it appears that VPN providers are still allowed in China, so long as they’re officially licensed and approved by the government. However, in order to get that licensing they need to comply with government regulations, which means that people cannot use them to access content restricted by the Great Firewall.
All that being said, Zhang is reported as saying that people shouldn’t be concerned that their data is insecure as a result – neither providers nor the government are able to access content sent over a state-approved VPN service, he claimed.
“The rights for using normal intentional telecommunications services is strictly protected,” said Zhang, adding that regulation means that communications are “secure”.
Source: TF, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and more. We also have VPN discounts, offers and coupons
In a move designed to protect the effectiveness of its ‘Great Firewall’, China has warned it will begin blocking unauthorized VPN services starting April 1, 2018. Despite the strong move, China is playing down its efforts, noting that anyone who wants to operate a VPN can still do so by leasing state-approved services via the government’s telecommunications import and export bureau.
Source: TF, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and more. We also have VPN discounts, offers and coupons
Back in January 2017, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced a 14-month campaign to crack down on ‘unauthorized’ Internet platforms.
China said that Internet technologies and services had been expanding in a “disorderly” fashion, so regulation was required. No surprise then that the campaign targeted censorship-busting VPN services, which are used by citizens and corporations to traverse the country’s Great Firewall.
Heralding a “nationwide Internet network access services clean-up”, China warned that anyone operating such a service would require a government telecommunications business license. It’s now been more than a year since that announcement and much has happened in the interim.
In July 2017, Apple removed 674 VPN apps from its App Store and in September, a local man was jailed for nine months for selling VPN software. In December, another man was jailed for five-and-a-half years for selling a VPN service without an appropriate license from the government.
This week the government provided an update on the crackdown, telling the media that it will begin forcing local and foreign companies and individuals to use only government-approved systems to access the wider Internet.
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) chief engineer Zhang Feng reiterated earlier comments that VPN operators must be properly licensed by the government, adding that unlicensed VPNs will be subjected to new rules which come into force on March 31. The government plans to block unauthorized VPN providers, official media reported.
“We want to regulate VPNs which unlawfully conduct cross-border operational activities,” Zhang told reporters.
“Any foreign companies that want to set up a cross-border operation for private use will need to set up a dedicated line for that purpose,” he said.
“They will be able to lease such a line or network legally from the telecommunications import and export bureau. This shouldn’t affect their normal operations much at all.”
Radio Free Asia reports that state-run telecoms companies including China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom, which are approved providers, have all been ordered to prevent their 1.3 billion subscribers from accessing blocked content with VPNs.
“The campaign aims to regulate the market environment and keep it fair and healthy,” Zhang added. “[As for] VPNs which unlawfully conduct cross-border operational activities, we want to regulate this.”
So, it appears that VPN providers are still allowed in China, so long as they’re officially licensed and approved by the government. However, in order to get that licensing they need to comply with government regulations, which means that people cannot use them to access content restricted by the Great Firewall.
All that being said, Zhang is reported as saying that people shouldn’t be concerned that their data is insecure as a result – neither providers nor the government are able to access content sent over a state-approved VPN service, he claimed.
“The rights for using normal intentional telecommunications services is strictly protected,” said Zhang, adding that regulation means that communications are “secure”.
Source: TF, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and more. We also have VPN discounts, offers and coupons
Ein Botnetz aus Routern bietet für wenig Geld große Bandbreiten für DDoS-Angriffe an. Die Angriffe der ferngesteuern Realtek- und Huawei-Router richten sich offenbar vor allem gegen Server, auf denen Grand Theft Auto gespielt wird. (
