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Die Europäische Union will Großbritannien nach dem Brexit vom wichtigsten Dienst von Galileo ausschließen. Die Regierung in London will deshalb ein eigenes Satellitennavigationssystem aufbauen. (Galileo, GPS)
Since FCC abandoned net neutrality, Democrats say FTC must probe Verizon.
Enlarge (credit: Santa Clara Fire Department)
Thirteen Democratic members of Congress on Friday asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Verizon's recent throttling of the Santa Clara County Fire Department while it was fighting California's largest-ever wildfire.
"Throttling directly violates core net neutrality principles," the letter, led by US Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), said. "In light of the repeal of net neutrality, we urge you to investigate whether Verizon's practices were 'unfair or deceptive' pursuant to Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act." The letter was sent to FTC Chairman Joseph Simons.
NEW: I sent a letter today with @NancyPelosi and 11 Northern California Members to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), urging them to investigate Verizon's throttling of Santa Clara County Fire Department's data. pic.twitter.com/joCNBcBoey
— Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (@RepAnnaEshoo) August 24, 2018
The House members wrote to the FTC instead of the Federal Communications Commission because the latter agency ceded regulatory power to the FTC when it deregulated broadband and eliminated net neutrality rules.
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In just 15 days’ time, MEPs will again vote on the now-controversial copyright proposals of Article 13. The legislation would see platforms such as YouTube compelled to introduce upload filters, to prevent unlicensed content being offered to the public. The new ‘Love Music’ campaign, supported by powerful industry players, aims to ensure a thumbs-up from MEPs. But the opposition is out, in force.
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In 2016, the European Commission announced plans to modernize EU copyright law, something that was to later develop into a worldwide controversy.
A major part of the proposal is Article 13, a text that aims to make online services liable for uploaded content unless they take “effective and proportionate” measures to prevent copyright infringements.
The implication is that platforms such as YouTube would be compelled to implement upload filtering and then proactively monitor to prevent future infringing uploads.
Back in June, the Legal Affairs Committee of the Parliament (JURI) adopted the proposals but a month later, following a plenary vote in the European Parliament, opposition mounted with 278 votes in favor and 318 against.
This somewhat unexpected turnaround meant that the proposed legislation was re-opened for amendments and a vote was scheduled for September 12th, just 15 days from today. With the date edging ever closer, groups and individuals on both sides of the debate have been drumming up support. A new campaign just launched by music industry groups in the UK is the latest addition.
“The UK music industry has united to call on EU Members of Parliament to secure music’s future,” the #LOVEMUSIC campaign site reads.
As the image above shows, the campaign has the support of some of the most powerful music groups in the UK, including the BPI, PRS For Music, and licensing group PPL. They’re singing with one voice in favor of Article 13 and against companies who they claim abuse artists’ rights.
“The creative industry is a vibrant ecosystem that supports many creators. Music creators are like butterflies in this rainforest – beautiful and delicate,” they write.
“Yet some of the global tech giants are laying waste to our creative world, threatening music’s vibrancy and diversity by not fairly compensating creators for the use of their work. Creators need protection or the world of music will suffer.”
The #LOVEMUSIC campaign site asks visitors to add their signature to the Make Internet Fair petition, which calls on EU decision-makers to recognize that “platforms like YouTube are involved in reproducing and making our works available under copyright laws” and ensure that the “safe harbor non-liability regime does not apply to them as it is meant for technical intermediaries only.”
While most protests are taking place on the Internet, the platform that will be most affected by Article 13, opponents of the proposed legislation have been urged to gather in public too. Julia Reda MEP previously published details of a day of action to take place yesterday in various locations around Europe, but that will be just the tip of the protest iceberg as September 12th draws closer.
Aside from the importance of the legislation itself, it will be intriguing to see how this new vote takes shape. Following their shock defeat in July, major players in the music industry called foul, claiming that the protests had been automated and organized by “big tech”, something addressed by Reda recently.
“They’re claiming the protest was all fake, generated by bots and orchestrated by big internet companies. According to them, Europeans don’t actually care about their freedom of expression,” she wrote.
“We don’t actually care about EU lawmaking enough to make our voices heard. We will just stand idly by as our internet is restricted to serve corporate interests.”
To prove these predictions wrong, one of the focal points of the ‘NO’ campaign is a Change.org petition. At the time of writing it has in excess of 951,000 signatories, with the million target probably just a few days away.
Also attracting eyeballs is the SavetheInternet portal, which provides detail on both Article 13 and Article 11, which is commonly referred to as the “link tax.”
While the music industry has mostly tried to avoid comparisons with the technology versus content industries battle that ignited over the failed SOPA legislation in 2012, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the similarities in respect of Article 13. On Twitter, in particular, the rhetoric has been particularly bitter, a situation that’s unlikely to improve any time soon.
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Robb Kulin is leaving the agency for “personal reasons.”
Enlarge / Robb Kulin, at Ellington Field. (credit: NASA)
A little more than a year ago, NASA introduced its newest class of 12 astronaut candidates. These talented men and women were chosen from a deep pool of 18,300 applicants, and after two years of training they were to join the space agency's corps for possible assignment on missions to the International Space Station, lunar orbit, or possibly the surface of the Moon.
However, one of those 12 astronauts, Robb Kulin, will not be among them. On Monday, NASA spokeswoman Brandi Dean confirmed to Ars that Kulin had resigned his employment at NASA, effective August 31, "for personal reasons."
Sources described Kulin as a "family man," confident in his abilities. A native of Anchorage, Alaska, Kulin was a mechanical engineer who came to NASA from the rocket company SpaceX, where he had been a senior manager for flight reliability. "Hopefully, I will one day fly on a vehicle that has components that I got to design," Kulin said in June 2017, during a news conference announcing the new astronaut class.
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Nokia wird von der EU gefördert und bekommt einen Kredit von der European Investment Bank. Der finnische Netzwerkausrüster schreibt Verluste und braucht Geld für die 5G-Entwicklung. (Nokia, Mobilfunk)
After launching the Pocophone F1 in India last week, Xiaomi is announcing global availability for the low-cost/high-spec smartphone. It will be available in a number of markets in Europe and Asia, but like most Xiaomi smartphones it won’t be sold…
After launching the Pocophone F1 in India last week, Xiaomi is announcing global availability for the low-cost/high-spec smartphone. It will be available in a number of markets in Europe and Asia, but like most Xiaomi smartphones it won’t be sold directly to consumers in the US or Canada. You may still be able to buy […]
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The cost of wind power contracts has fallen to $20 per megawatt-hour since 2009.
Enlarge / Wind turbines on private working ranch land on August 1, 2017 near Kevin, Montana. (credit: Getty Images / William Campbell-Corbis)
Last week, as President Trump made bizarre and wandering remarks about "windmills" being an inferior source of energy, the Department of Energy (DoE) released the 2017 Wind Technology Report (PDF), showing that wind energy had an extremely successful year.
In four states—Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas, and South Dakota—wind contributed 30 to 37 percent of each state's entire electricity generation. These are fairly unique cases, because the states are sparsely populated and benefit from areas with high wind speeds. But the fraction of wind-generated electricity is growing in many other states, too. Fourteen states had more than 10 percent of their energy come from wind. On a wider scale, wind contributed just 6.3 percent of national generation, although that's up from 5.7 percent in 2016.
Still, the US is behind a number of countries in how much wind power meets electricity demand. The DOE writes that "wind power capacity is estimated to supply the equivalent of 48 percent of Denmark’s electricity demand, and roughly 30 percent of demand in Ireland and in Portugal." This year, Portugal had several days in March where renewable energy supply exceeded electricity demand.
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Gut für Inhalteanbieter, nicht so gut für Zuschauer: Youtube erlaubt künftig wesentlich mehr Kanälen das Anbieten von Werbung, die nicht übersprungen werden kann. Das Nutzungserlebnis auf der Plattform dürfte sich spürbar ändern. (Youtube, Google) …
Apple hopes to entice new users with more price and color options.
Enlarge / The iPhone X, left, is expected to gain some new friends soon. (credit: Samuel Axon)
As September approaches, so too does the release of new iPhones from Apple. A report from Bloomberg provides a few more details about the new smartphones that we can expect from the tech giant this fall, along with insight into Apple's overall strategy. The main rumors still stand: Apple is expected to debut three new iPhones in September with the goal of diversifying its product line with various device sizes and prices to attract new customers.
The report suggests Apple will reveal a new high-end iPhone with a display close to 6.5 inches, which would make it the largest iPhone ever. It would also be the second iPhone to have an OLED display, a premium feature to be carried over from last year's iPhone X. This handset will have a glass back, stainless steel edges, and the ability to show two apps side by side in split-screen.
Apple will update the current iPhone X with a faster processor and an upgraded camera. Otherwise, last year's flagship $1,000 smartphone should remain unchanged.
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Eine offizielle Vorstellung gibt es noch nicht, in Polen ist aber bereits ein Hands on des neuen Huawei Mate 20 Lite veröffentlicht worden. Das Smartphone kommt mit dualen Front- und Hauptkameras, einem großen Bildschirm und einem großen Akku. In Polen…
Eine offizielle Vorstellung gibt es noch nicht, in Polen ist aber bereits ein Hands on des neuen Huawei Mate 20 Lite veröffentlicht worden. Das Smartphone kommt mit dualen Front- und Hauptkameras, einem großen Bildschirm und einem großen Akku. In Polen kostet es umgerechnet 375 Euro. (Huawei, Smartphone) 
Die Europäische Union will Großbritannien nach dem Brexit vom wichtigsten Dienst von Galileo ausschließen. Die Regierung in London will deshalb ein eigenes Satellitennavigationssystem aufbauen. (
Nokia wird von der EU gefördert und bekommt einen Kredit von der European Investment Bank. Der finnische Netzwerkausrüster schreibt Verluste und braucht Geld für die 5G-Entwicklung. (
Gut für Inhalteanbieter, nicht so gut für Zuschauer: Youtube erlaubt künftig wesentlich mehr Kanälen das Anbieten von Werbung, die nicht übersprungen werden kann. Das Nutzungserlebnis auf der Plattform dürfte sich spürbar ändern. (
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