Month: June 2018

Ian Malcolm hatte recht: Das Leben wird ausgegraben und gebrütet, es frisst und stirbt oder es bricht aus und macht Jagd auf die Besucher. Nur leider haben die Entwickler von Jurassic World Evolution ein paar kleine Design-Fehler begangen, so wie Henry Wu bei der Dino-DNA. Ein Test von Marc Sauter (Spieletest, Steam)

Für Bauprojekte im Breitbandbereich sind von 3,5 Milliarden Euro bisher nur 3,2 Millionen Euro ausgegeben worden. Zudem hintertreibt die Telekom nach Informationen der Grünen den Ausbau. (Breitband, Handy)

Elektrische Flitzer für die Stadt und für längere Fahrten hat Niu vorgestellt. Der chinesische Hersteller hat vor allem die Reichweite seiner E-Scooter verbessert. (Elektroauto, Technologie)

Die eGFX Box 650 von Sonnet ist ein eGPU-Gehäuse, das dank 650-Watt-Netzteil auch mit AMDs Radeon RX Vega 64 läuft. Die Box ist zwar recht leise, dennoch würden wir den Lüfter gerne steuern. Ein Test von Marc Sauter und Sebastian Grüner (eGPU, Grafikhardware)

Wie kommt der Kunde bei einem autonomen Lieferfahrzeug an sein Essen? Der US-Autohersteller Ford hat einen Lieferwagen so umgebaut, dass keine menschliche Unterstützung nötig ist, um das Fahrzeug zu be- und zu entladen. Ford testet das gerade in Florida. (Autonomes Fahren, Technologie)

Weniger Crunchtime, mehr Lunchtime: Die Gewerkschaft Game Workers Unite will gegen schlechte Arbeitsbedingungen in der Spielebranche vorgehen - auch in Deutschland. Von Daniel Ziegener (Games, Softwareentwicklung)

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Last month we were the first to report that Justin Sun, the entrepreneur behind the popular cryptocurrency TRON, was in the process of acquiring BitTorrent Inc.

The San-Francisco based file-sharing company confirmed the interest from Sun but noted that the acquisition was not yet 100% finalized.

This position appears to have shifted in the weeks that followed. Last week Sun’s company Rainberry Aquisition filed paperwork related to a merger at California Secretary of State, Variety reports, and BitTorrent did the same.

BitTorrent changed its name to Rainberry last year, and new information suggests that the acquisition by Sun was recently finalized.

This is further backed up by Variety which learned that BitTorrent management informed employees about the deal last week. The staffers were told not to share any information with the press, but word got out eventually.

It’s unclear how much was paid for the acquisition. Sun’s plans for BitTorrent also remain a mystery.

In the short term, not much is expected to change. However, it could be that Sun will eventually use BitTorrent’s user base of over 100 million users to popularize TRON even further. With the acquisition, Sun will also own several BitTorrent patents, including one for P2P live streaming.

TRON is one of the hottest and most controversial cryptocurrencies. After a successful ICO, it now has a market cap of more than $3 billion, which is surpassed by few others.

The TRON mainnet, which went live two weeks ago, has the ultimate goal to “decentralize the web.” BitTorrent would fit well in this picture, especially since the TRON whitepaper mentions torrents as one of its pillars.

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

Apple has signed the current Writers Guild of America's (WGA) master contract, and has agreed to abide by these terms even for content that it intends to distribute for free, announced the WGA.

The move is seen as both a significant step for Apple as it ramps up production of original content for its range of products and platforms, as well as being a significant step for the WGA in their bid to lock down terms for the emerging "free-to-consumer" market space.

Facebook has already launched content on its "free-to-consumer" service, the WGA noted, and so agreements are needed in order to protect the interests of writers.

WGA affiliated writers creating content for Apple will now be in a position to negotiate better deals, thanks to the new agreement.

Apple are already said to be in development of a show based on the best selling novel Shantaram, and has already produced shows like 'Planet of the Apps' and 'Carpool Karaoke: The Series'.

[via Mac Rumors]

Ikea entwickelt mit Hilfe von 3D-Druck und in Kooperation mit einem Prothesenhersteller einen Stuhl für Gamer mit individuell angepasster Sitzfläche. So sollen 20-stündige Marathonsitzungen erträglicher werden. (Ergonomie, 3D-Drucker)