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Google Lens began rolling out to (some) Android devices last year before expanding to additional devices earlier this year. Now Google Lens isn’t just for Android anymore. Google has announced that it’s rolling out a Google Lens preview for iOS startin…
Google Lens began rolling out to (some) Android devices last year before expanding to additional devices earlier this year. Now Google Lens isn’t just for Android anymore. Google has announced that it’s rolling out a Google Lens preview for iOS starting this week. It’s part of the Google Photos app for iPhone and iPad. Google Lens […]
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Washington lawmaker: FCC can’t preempt state laws “just because it says so.”
Enlarge / Washington State Capitol building in Olympia, Washington. (credit: Getty Images | Richard Cummins)
Washington, the first US state to pass a net neutrality law after the repeal of federal rules, might have to get ready for a court battle.
Washington's legislature and governor defied the Federal Communications Commission's claim that states cannot implement their own net neutrality rules, and they are likely to face a lawsuit from Internet service providers or their lobby groups. But the legislation's primary sponsor, State Rep. Drew Hansen (D-Bainbridge Island), is confident that the state will win in court.
Hansen is also a trial lawyer and has litigated preemption questions, he told Ars in an interview this week.
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Die Verbraucherzentrale Nordrhein-Westfalen prüft, ob die virtuelle Variante des Dash-Buttons geltenden Gesetzen entspricht. Ein Gericht hatte Amazons physischen Dash-Button für rechtswidrig erklärt. Prime-Kunden werden ungefragt virtuelle Einkaufsknöp…
Die Verbraucherzentrale Nordrhein-Westfalen prüft, ob die virtuelle Variante des Dash-Buttons geltenden Gesetzen entspricht. Ein Gericht hatte Amazons physischen Dash-Button für rechtswidrig erklärt. Prime-Kunden werden ungefragt virtuelle Einkaufsknöpfe in ihrem Konto angelegt. Von Ingo Pakalski (Amazon Dash, Onlineshop) In the legal battle over the legality of the Dutch Pirate Bay blockade, Advocate General Van Peursem has advised the Supreme Court to throw out the previous order and do the case all over again. Citing recent EU jurisprudence, the Attorney General suggests that the previous freedom of entrepreneurship and information defenses are less likely to survive a do-over.
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The Pirate Bay is arguably the most widely blocked website on the Internet. ISPs from all over the world have been ordered by courts to prevent users from accessing the torrent site.
In most countries courts have decided relatively quickly, but not in the Netherlands, where there’s still no final decision after eight years.
A Dutch court first issued an order to block The Pirate Bay in 2012, but this decision was overturned two years later. Anti-piracy group BREIN then took the matter to the Supreme Court, which subsequently referred the case to the EU Court of Justice, seeking further clarification.
After a careful review of the case, the EU Court of Justice decided last year that The Pirate Bay can indeed be blocked.
The top EU court ruled that although The Pirate Bay’s operators don’t share anything themselves, they knowingly provide users with a platform to share copyright-infringing links. This can be seen as “an act of communication” under the EU Copyright Directive.
This put the case back with the Dutch Supreme court, which now has to decide on the matter.
Today, Advocate General Van Peursem advised the court to throw out the previous court order, and do the case over in a new court.
In his recommendation, Van Peursem cites similar blocking orders from other European countries. He stresses that the rights of copyright holders should be carefully weighed against those of the ISPs and the public in general.
In blocking cases, this usually comes down to copyright protection versus Internet providers’ freedom to carry on business and the right to freedom of information. The Advocate General specifically highlights a recent Premier League case in the UK, where the court ruled that copyright prevails over the other rights.
The ultimate decision, however, depends on the context of the case, Van Peursem notes.
“At most, one can say that if a copyright is infringed, it normally won’t be possible to justify the infringement by invoking the freedom to conduct business or the freedom of information. After all, these freedoms find their limit in what is legally permissible.
“This does not mean that a blockade aimed at protecting the right to property always ‘wins’ over the freedoms of entrepreneurship and information,” he adds.
Previously, the Supreme Court already ruled that it was incorrect of the lower court to rule that the Pirate Bay blockade was ineffective. Together, this means that it will be tough for the ISPs to win this case.
If the Supreme Court throws out the previous court order the case will start over from scratch, but with this new context and the EU court orders as further clarification. It is unclear whether ISPs can and will suspend the current Pirate Bay blockade, if that happens.
The Advocate General’s advice is not binding, so it’s not yet certain whether there will be a do-over. However, in most cases, the recommendations are followed by the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court is expected to release its final verdict later this year.
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GM needs help from Congress to spin up production of smooth-dashed driverless cars.
Enlarge / GM hopes to start manufacturing this car, with no steering wheel, gas, or brake pedals, next year. (credit: General Motors)
In January, General Motors unveiled the Cruise AV, a car designed to have no steering wheel and no gas or brake pedals. It seems like science fiction, but GM is totally serious about the project. On Wednesday GM announced that it was investing $100 million in manufacturing facilities for the new car, with a goal of introducing a commercial taxi service using the vehicles by the end of next year.
But how quickly these cars actually show up on our roads will depend on Congress. Current safety rules require every car to have a steering wheel and pedals—making a car like the Cruise AV illegal without a special exemption. The rules can be changed by regulators, but the rulemaking process typically takes years to complete. So car and technology companies have been lobbying Congress for an expedited process to allow tens of thousands of vehicles like the Cruise AV on the roads ahead of a full re-write of the safety regulations.
The House of Representatives easily passed a version of this legislation, called the SELF DRIVE Act, last September. But the Senate's companion legislation, known as the AV START Act, has been making slow progress. With midterm elections looming, insiders say the next few months are crucial. If the Senate doesn't pass the AV START Act soon, large-scale manufacturing of vehicles like the Cruise AV could be pushed well into the next decade.
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Huaweis Enterprise-Sparte entwickelt IT-Systeme für Unternehmen. Von einem unbedeutenden Segment ist der kleine Konzernbereich zum Partner von SAP, Vodafone oder T-Systems geworden. (Huawei, ERP)
Angeblich gibt Whatsapp derzeit keine sensiblen Daten von EU-Bürgern zur Nutzung an Facebook weiter. Die spanische Datenschutzbehörde sieht das jedoch anders und verhängt hohe Bußgelder. (Facebook, Soziales Netz)
Angeblich gibt Whatsapp derzeit keine sensiblen Daten von EU-Bürgern zur Nutzung an Facebook weiter. Die spanische Datenschutzbehörde sieht das jedoch anders und verhängt hohe Bußgelder. (Facebook, Soziales Netz) So here’s the thing about smartphones with display notches: they offer more screen real estate by allowing device makers to offer a slim top bezel with a cut-out in the display for a camera and other sensors. But they also look funny, since the display…
So here’s the thing about smartphones with display notches: they offer more screen real estate by allowing device makers to offer a slim top bezel with a cut-out in the display for a camera and other sensors. But they also look funny, since the display wraps around the cut-out, which can pose a problem when […]
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Der von Android als Basis genutzte Linux-Kernel weicht immer noch deutlich vom sogenannten Mainline-Kernel ab. Hinzu kommen zahlreiche Anpassungen der Hersteller. Eingepflegt werden die Änderungen derzeit aber nicht. (Linux-Kernel, Embedded Systems)
Der von Android als Basis genutzte Linux-Kernel weicht immer noch deutlich vom sogenannten Mainline-Kernel ab. Hinzu kommen zahlreiche Anpassungen der Hersteller. Eingepflegt werden die Änderungen derzeit aber nicht. (Linux-Kernel, Embedded Systems) 200.000 Übungswürfe bedurfte es, um einen Roboter zum perfekten Korbwerfer zu machen. Der Humanoide schlägt die menschliche Konkurrenz bei den Freiwürfen. (Roboter, KI)
Huaweis Enterprise-Sparte entwickelt IT-Systeme für Unternehmen. Von einem unbedeutenden Segment ist der kleine Konzernbereich zum Partner von SAP, Vodafone oder T-Systems geworden. (
200.000 Übungswürfe bedurfte es, um einen Roboter zum perfekten Korbwerfer zu machen. Der Humanoide schlägt die menschliche Konkurrenz bei den Freiwürfen. (
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