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Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference begins June 4

We could see iOS 12, new iPads, and an updated MacBook Air at the conference.

This year's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple's annual software-focused event, will run from June 4 to June 8. Like last year's WWDC, 2018's conference will take place at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California.

Members of Apple's Developer Program and its Developer Enterprise Program can apply for conference tickets now through March 22. Tickets will be issued through a random selection process. Attendees will have to pay $1,599 per ticket, the same as a ticket was to last year's WWDC.

This is the second year that Apple will host WWDC at the McEnery Convention Center. In previous years, the company held the conference in San Francisco at the Moscone West Convention Center. The number of people attending WWDC has grown so much over the years that Apple needed to move it to a larger location to accommodate all the attendees.

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AT&T/Time Warner merger will raise TV bills $436 million a year, US says

AT&T scoffs at “insubstantial 45-cent monthly increase, all of 0.4% per bill.”

AT&T's proposed purchase of Time Warner Inc. would raise the total amount Americans pay for TV service by $436 million a year, the US Department of Justice alleges in its lawsuit attempting to block the merger.

"If TV-program distributor AT&T acquires TV-program producer Time Warner, American consumers will end up paying hundreds of millions of dollars more than they do now to watch their favorite programs on TV," the DOJ's trial brief said last week. "In short, the transaction violates Section 7 of the Clayton Act, because its effect 'may be substantially to lessen competition.' Prices for current services will go up and development of emerging competition will slow down."

AT&T scoffed at the government's calculations, disputing the methodology and saying that, even if the DOJ is correct, the average customer bill would rise by only 45 cents a month.

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Firefox 59 released with faster page loads, Android search tools, and more

Mozilla has released Firefox 59 for desktop, Android, and iOS devices. The desktop version is said to offer faster page load times, faster loading of the Firefox home page, improved graphics rendering, and other improvements including new tools for ann…

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“Women at Microsoft are sexualized by their male managers,” lawsuit alleges

Of 108 gender discrimination complaints, Microsoft concluded just one was legit.

According to a newly unsealed court filing, women at Microsoft who work in technical jobs filed 238 internal complaints pertaining to gender discrimination or sexual harassment from 2010 through 2016. The new document was first reported Monday evening by Reuters.

The figures were revealed as part of a proposed class-action lawsuit originally filed in 2015 (Moussouris v. Microsoft). The female plaintiffs argue that the company’s internal rating system discriminates against women and disfavors professional advancement for women.

As part of the class certification process and civil discovery, Microsoft handed over years of records to the plaintiffs’ lawyers. In the Monday-released filing, which was originally submitted to the court in October 2017, Moussouris’ lawyer, Michael Subit, wrote that “Microsoft’s Culture is Rife with Sexual Harassment” before continuing:

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Streaming: Netflix testet seine App mit eigenen Mobilfunkmasten

Netflix testet seine mobile App unter aufwendigen Bedingungen. Im kalifornischen Los Gatos wurden dafür fünf Mobilfunk-Anlagen errichtet, um die Bedingungen in verschiedenen Ländern zu simulieren. (Netflix, Mobilfunk)

Playboy Wants to Know Who Downloaded Their Playmate Images From Imgur

Playboy’s initial attempt to hold the popular blog Boing Boing liable for copyright infringement failed last month. However, this doesn’t mean that it’s completely over. The publisher has requested personal information on the people who uploaded the infringing centerfold footage on YouTube and Imgur, to determine what steps to take next. Interestingly, Imgur ‘downloaders’ are targeted too, which technically includes everyone who viewed the images.

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Late last year Playboy filed a copyright lawsuit against the popular blog Boing Boing.

The site had previously published an article linking to an archive of Playboy centerfold images, which the adult magazine saw as problematic.

Boing Boing’s parent company Happy Mutants was accused of various counts of copyright infringement, with Playboy claiming that it exploited their playmates’ images for commercial purposes.

The California district court was not convinced, however. In an order last month, Judge Fernando Olguin noted that it is not sufficient to argue that Boing Boing merely ‘provided the means’ to carry out copyright-infringing activity. There also has to be a personal action that ‘assists’ the infringing activity.

“For example, the court is skeptical that plaintiff has sufficiently alleged facts to support either its inducement or material contribution theories of copyright infringement,” Judge Olguin wrote.

Playboy was given the option to file a new complaint before the end of February, or else the case would be dismissed. The magazine publisher decided to let the matter go, for now, and didn’t file a new complaint.

That doesn’t mean that they’ll completely pass on the issue though. Instead of only going after Boing Boing, Playboy is now digging up information on the people who posted the infringing content on Imgur and YouTube.

Last week the California Court asked why PlayBoy hadn’t responded after the latest order. The company replied that it thought no response was needed and that the case would be dismissed automatically, but it included another interesting note.

“Plaintiff has elected to pursue third party subpoenas under, inter alia, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act Section 512(h) in order to obtain further facts before determining how to proceed on its claims against Happy Mutants,” Playboy writes.

Looking through the court dockets, we observed that Playboy requested DMCA subpoenas against both Imgur and YouTube. In both cases, the company demands information that can identify the uploaders, including email addresses, phone numbers, and other documents or information.

With Imgur, it goes even further. Here, Playboy also requests information on people “who downloaded any photos” from the Imgur gallery in question. That could be quite a long list as anyone would have to download the images in order to see them. This could include millions of people.

Playboy subpoena against Imgur

A broad request like this goes further than we’ve ever seen. However, soon after the requests came in, the clerk granted both subpoenas.

At this point, it’s unclear whether Playboy also intends to go after the uploaders directly. It informed the California District Court that these “further facts” will help to determine whether it will pursue its claims against Boing Boing, which means that it must file a new complaint.

It’s worth mentioning, however, that the subpoenas were obtained early last month before the case was dismissed.

Alternatively, Playboy can pursue the Imgur and YouTube uploaders directly, which is more likely to succeed than the infringement claims against Boing Boing. That’s only an option if Imgur and YouTube have sufficient information to identify the infringers in question, of course.

The allegedly infringing centerfold video is no longer listed on YouTube. The Imgur gallery, which was viewed more than two million times, is no longer available either.

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Playboy’s latest filing mentioning the DMCA subpoenas can be found here (pdf). We also obtained copies of the Youtube (pdf + attachment) and Imgur (pdf + attachment) subpoenas themselves.

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Deals of the Day (3-13-2018)

The Microsoft Surface Laptop is a sleek-looking computer and one of the only notebooks you can buy that comes with a 13.5 inch, 2256 x 1504 pixel toucshcreen display and support for Microsoft’s Surface Pen and Surface Dial accessories. But with a start…

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Project ReSX: AMD-Grafiktreiber beschleunigt E-Sport-Titel

Die Radeon Software Adrenalin 18.3.1 ist für E-Sport-Spiele wie Counter-Strike Global Offense oder Dota 2 gedacht. Der Grafiktreiber verbessert dort die Bildrate auf Polaris- und Vega-Karten, grundsätzlich profitieren aber auch weitere Titel. (Radeon S…

Electric, self-flying, vertical takeoff taxis are coming to New Zealand

The vehicle can fly 62 miles and doesn’t need a pilot.

For years, rumors have swirled about Kitty Hawk, a flying car startup that has been lavishly funded by Google co-founder Larry Page. Last year, Kitty Hawk unveiled an awkward-looking contraption that worked something like a flying jet ski.

But now we know that Kitty Hawk had something more ambitious in the works: a small, electric aircraft called Cora, which flies horizontally like an airplane but has the capability to take off and land vertically. On Tuesday, the company unveiled the new vehicle.

"Cora is self-piloting, which means that to get where you need to go, you don't need a pilot's license," says Eric Allison, Kitty Hawk's vice president for engineering. Cora can fly up to 110 miles per hour and has a range of 62 miles.

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Wearable: Fitbit stellt Mittelklasse-Smartwatch Versa vor

Relativ preisgünstig, vier Tage Akku und Musik auch ohne Smartphone: Fitbit bietet eine neue Smartwatch namens Versa an. Für Sportler ist das Wearable weniger geeignet – dafür laut Hersteller umso mehr für Frauen. (Fitbit, Mobil)

Relativ preisgünstig, vier Tage Akku und Musik auch ohne Smartphone: Fitbit bietet eine neue Smartwatch namens Versa an. Für Sportler ist das Wearable weniger geeignet - dafür laut Hersteller umso mehr für Frauen. (Fitbit, Mobil)