Month: March 2018

Der FPGA-Entwickler Xilinx arbeitet an einer neuen Kombination aus Logik-Chips und schnellem Speicher. Die Plattform ist vor allem für Rechenzentren gedacht, der Fokus des 7-nm-Produkts liegt auf 5G-Systemen und Deep Learning. (FPGA, OpenCL)

Günstig und bekannt: Die US-Marine setzt in einem neuen U-Boot einen Game Controller ein, um einen Kameramast zu bedienen. Viele Seeleute kennten sich mit solchen Controllern aus, begründete die US-Marine. (Xbox, Games)

Ein Pflichtfach Informatik ab der 5. Klasse befürworten 69 Prozent der Bundesbürger. Deswegen müsse nicht jeder Programmierer werden, aber jeder sollte wissen, wie digitale Technologie funktioniere, erklärte der Bitkom-Chef. (Education Edition, Computer)

Earlier this month, fans of Dragon Ball Super in Mexico started a movement on social media which suggested that everyone should be able to watch episode 130 (titled “The Greatest Showdown of All Time! The Ultimate Survival Battle!!”) together in public.

Surprisingly, this movement started receiving support from various local governments, many of which agreed to erect large screens in public places, from town and city squares to football stadiums.

Official government Twitter accounts lit up with announcements from the authorities, with posters like the one below issued for many of the events.

AYUNTAMIENTO CAPITALINO TRANSMITIRÁ FINAL DE DRAGÓN BALL EN PLAZA DEL CARMEN – El próximo sábado 17 de marzo, el evento dirigido a los fans de las series animadas japonesas y de los cómics… https://t.co/NhMn42toqj pic.twitter.com/meJiojPk65

— Ayuntamiento de SLP (@AytoSLP) March 10, 2018

While this all sounded wonderful in practice, there was a huge problem. According to Toei Animation, the Japanese company behind the hit anime show, no one had the licensing rights to show Dragon Ball Super in public.

The company issued a statement condemning the plans, branding the proposed performances as “illegal screenings that incite piracy” while urging people to support the creators by only watching on officially licensed platforms.

As Saturday drew near, some regions announced that without permission from Toei, their screenings would not go ahead. Others, however, offered no cooperation whatsoever, effectively informing Toei that it was powerless to do anything to stop what would amount to government-approved mass piracy.

Whether Toei had anything to do with it or not isn’t clear, but on Friday the ambassador of Japan took the highly unusual step of writing to various local governments with a demand for them to cancel the events. El Espanol obtained a copy of the letter, as shown below.

The letter from the Ambassador of Japan

“The Government of Japan is aware that episode 130 and 131 of the Dragon Ball Super series, whose copyright belongs to Japanese company Toei Animation, will be shown in public places and places without the author’s due authorization,” the letter reads.

“In the event the exhibition is illegal, the Government of Japan wishes that it be suspended.”

It seems that as a result of the letter, some of the screenings were canceled, causing much disappointment for the fans of the series. However, in some areas of Mexico the events went ahead anyway, with tens of thousands of massively enthusiastic people in attendance.

But it didn’t stop there. The DBS fever also spread to Chile, Peru, El Salvador and Ecuador, with outdoor events attracting huge cheering crowds.

Whether there will be any diplomatic fallout from these shows of defiance isn’t yet clear but if anyone needed a visualization of what torrent sharing might look like if it took place in the physical realm, there are no better examples than these videos. In Ecuador, where more than ten thousand people gathered in just one location, fun was had by all.

BREAKING NEWS: over 10,000 #DragonBallSuper fans gather in Machala, Ecuador to see #DragonBallSuper130 (episode 130) public live-stream hosted by local government! Im so proud of mi gente across Latin America for showing @ToeiAnimation @FUNimation @Crunchyroll the power of fandom pic.twitter.com/XgtktAVVeG

— 🔥Oppai Senpai🔥 (@MrOppaiSenpai) March 18, 2018

Why Toei didn’t make the most of this opportunity is anyone’s guess but it looks like the company could have made a killing selling official t-shirts alone. Nevermind, maybe next time.

Source: TF, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and more. We also have VPN reviews, discounts, offers and coupons.

Das Augmented-Reality-Startup Avegant besteht nur noch aus weniger als 20 statt zuvor aus gut 40 Mitarbeitern, zudem ist der CEO zurückgetreten. Wie es mit dem Glyph und dem in Entwicklung befindlichen Lichtfeld-Headset weitergeht, bleibt unklar. (Avegant Glyph, OLED)

Mit dem Mountainbike auf den Trail oder mit Fake News in den Abgrund? Unter den Indiegames der vergangenen Wochen sind Sportspiele wie Descenders, aber auch Stoff zum Nachdenken über Politik. Von Rainer Sigl (Indiegames Rundschau, Spieletest)

Mehr Wahlfreiheit bei der Deutschen Telekom: Wer dort künftig ein Android-Smartphone im Rahmen eines Vertrages erwirbt, erhält keine modifizierte Firmware und auch keine vorinstallierten Telekom-Apps mehr. Android-Updates sollen schneller angeboten werden. (Telekom, Smartphone)

This week we have two newcomers in our chart.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is the most downloaded movie.

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	(2)	Star Wars: The Last Jedi	7.4 / trailer
2	(…)	Annihilation	7.2 / trailer
3	(1)	Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle	7.7 / trailer
4	(4)	The Shape of Water	8.0 / trailer
5	(…)	Maze Runner: The Death Cure (HDTC)	6.8 / trailer
6	(6)	Black Panther (HDTS)	7.9 / trailer
7	(8)	The Greatest Showman	7.9 / trailer
8	(5)	Thor Ragnarok	8.1 / trailer
9	(7)	Ferdinand	6.7 / trailer
10	(9)	Justice League	7.1 / trailer

Source: TF, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and more. We also have VPN reviews, discounts, offers and coupons.

Zusammen mit Vice News hat das Snotbot-Projekt gefilmt, wie mit einer Drohne Nasensekret eines riesigens Wals eingesammelt worden ist. Technisch bedingt wären die beeindruckenden Bilder der Aktion allerdings fast nicht zustandegekommen. (Drohne, Mobil)

Der e.GO Life aus Aachen soll in drei Versionen gebaut werden. Für 15.900 Euro gibt es ein Elektroauto mit einem winzigen Akku. Wer bis zu 20.000 Euro ausgibt, bekommt eine ordentliche Stadtreichweite. (Auto, Technologie)