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NEW YORK—Samsung made its long-in-the-works Bixby-powered smart speaker official at an event in New York City on Thursday.
The device is called the Galaxy Home, and at first blush it appears to be Samsung's take on the rising trend that has seen the likes of Amazon, Google, Apple, and Sonos release home speakers with built-in digital assistants.
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Adaptive cruise control and lane keeping assists don’t all perform the same.
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Not all adaptive cruise control and lane keeping systems are created equal. That should be obvious, but in case it isn't, recent tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety will serve as proof. On Tuesday, IIHS published the results of some road and track testing with several different makes of vehicle, measuring how well each was able to stay within its lane around corners and up hills.
"We zeroed in on situations our staff have identified as areas of concern during test drives with Level 2 systems, then used that feedback to develop road and track scenarios to compare vehicles," said IIHS Senior Research Engineer Jessica Jermakian. By "level 2," Jermakian means vehicles that are capable of steering, braking, and accelerating for themselves but only with an engaged human driver behind the wheel who is responsible for providing situational awareness.
The vehicles (and advanced driver assistance systems) that IIHS tested were a 2017 BMW 5 Series (Driving Assistant Plus), 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class *Drive Pilot), 2018 Tesla Model 3 (Autopilot 8.1), 2016 Tesla Model S (Autopilot 7.1), and 2018 Volvo S90 (Pilot Assist). IIHS notes that each had previously been scored highly for their automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems. A series of track tests was used to establish how each system coped with avoiding collisions with a stationary vehicle, then repeated road testing was conducted to get a sense of real-world behavior in traffic and how well each car maintained position within its lane.
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Popular video game Fortnight is now available for Android, sort of. The game, which is already available for PC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch launched on iOS earlier this year. And starting today you can use it on an Android device… if you …
Popular video game Fortnight is now available for Android, sort of. The game, which is already available for PC, Mac, PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch launched on iOS earlier this year. And starting today you can use it on an Android device… if you have a relatively recent Samsung smartphone or tablet. Fortnite for Android is […]
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Der Finanzchef der Telekom hat erklärt, dass FTTH/B nicht erst in drei Jahren beginne. Der Netzbetreiber warte nicht drei Jahre und lege dann erst los. (Telekom, DSL)
Apps will be run in a virtual machine that’s discarded after use.
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Microsoft is building a new Windows 10 sandboxing feature that will let users run untrusted software in a virtualized environment that's discarded when the program finishes running.
The new feature was revealed in a bug-hunting quest for members of the Insider program and will carry the name "InPrivate Desktop." While the quest has now been removed, the instructions outlined the basic system requirements—a Windows 10 Enterprise system with virtualization enabled and adequate disk and memory—and briefly described how it would be used. There will be an InPrivate Desktop app in the store; running it will present a virtualized desktop environment that can be used to run questionable programs and will be destroyed when the window is closed.
While it would, of course, be possible to manually create a virtual machine to run software of dubious merit, InPrivate Desktop will streamline and automate that process, making it painless to run things in a safe environment. There's some level of integration with the host operating system—the clipboard can be used to transfer data, for example—but one assumes that user data is off limits, preventing data theft, ransomware, and similar nastiness.
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As expected, Samsung is updating it smartwatch lineup with a new model that… looks a lot like its last model, but which has a brand new name. The Samsung Galaxy Watch will replace the Gear S3 in the company’s wearable lineup. And despite ru…
As expected, Samsung is updating it smartwatch lineup with a new model that… looks a lot like its last model, but which has a brand new name. The Samsung Galaxy Watch will replace the Gear S3 in the company’s wearable lineup. And despite rumors that the phone would run Google’s Wear OS software, it will […]
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Die Telekom soll nach dem Willen des Regionalverbandes Nordschwarzwald ihre Vectoring-Anschlüsse überall ausbauen, dann in FTTH umwandeln und dafür 250 Millionen Euro ausgeben. Beim Ausbau der Region Stuttgart sei der beabsichtigte kommunale Verzicht z…
Die Telekom soll nach dem Willen des Regionalverbandes Nordschwarzwald ihre Vectoring-Anschlüsse überall ausbauen, dann in FTTH umwandeln und dafür 250 Millionen Euro ausgeben. Beim Ausbau der Region Stuttgart sei der beabsichtigte kommunale Verzicht zum Auf- und Ausbau eigener Backbone-Netze keine gute Sache. (Glasfaser, Telekom) Move highlights the lack of legal access options for much of gaming’s history.
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In the wake of Nintendo's recent lawsuits against other ROM distribution sites, major ROM repository EmuParadise has announced it will preemptively cease providing downloadable versions of copyrighted classic games.
While EmuParadise doesn't seem to have been hit with any lawsuits yet, site founder MasJ writes in an announcement post that "it's not worth it for us to risk potentially disastrous consequences. I cannot in good conscience risk the futures of our team members who have contributed to the site through the years. We run EmuParadise for the love of retro games and for you to be able to revisit those good times. Unfortunately, it's not possible right now to do so in a way that makes everyone happy and keeps us out of trouble."
EmuParadise will continue to operate as a repository for legal downloads of classic console emulators, as well as a database of information on thousands of classic games. "But you won't be able to get your games from here for now," as MasJ writes.
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This week Australia’s Department of Communications and the Arts published its latest consumer survey on copyright infringement. The data reveal that while there are less Aussie pirates, they’re pirating more. The recent waves of site blockades deter some people, although not as much as it may first appear.
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In recent years, entertainment industry insiders have often portrayed Australia as a piracy-ridden country.
To see if these statements hold true, the Government conducts annual consumer surveys to study local piracy habits. In recent years, this has revealed a steady decline in piracy.
The latest online copyright infringement report, released this week, shows that there’s been a decrease in the number of people who consume music, movies, and TV shows illegally, compared to the year before.
The only category where the percentage of pirates has increased is games, but the overall trend is clearly downward. In 2018, two-thirds of all Aussies consumed content through legal channels, compared to 57% three years ago.
Interestingly, this pattern doesn’t automatically translate to higher spending. In fact, those who pirate and buy tend to spend much more on average, compared to those who purchase content 100% legally.
This is consistent with previous research indicating that “hybrid” consumers (who pirate and buy) are bringing in the most money, probably because they are the most content-hungry consumers.
Also, while fewer Aussies are pirating in 2018, they’re pirating more. The volume of illegally consumed digital content has grown across all measured categories, which includes music, games, movies, and TV shows.
“When the proportion of lawful and unlawful digital consumption is applied across the Australian population, it can be seen that the proportion of unlawful consumption has increased across all four content types from 2017 to 2018,” the Government concludes.
In other words, there are less Aussie pirates, but they’re pirating more.
Another noteworthy finding deals with the recent pirate site blockades ordered by Australian courts. The entertainment industry argues that these will decrease piracy, and the report appears to back this up.
Of all respondents, only 7% say they will bypass a blocked site if they encounter one. An impressive statistic, but also very misleading.
The 7% refers to all the people that were questioned. This also includes the 76% that don’t use pirate sites at all, who obviously have little reason to bypass a blockade. In addition, the graphic also leaves out the 10% who would find alternative pirate services.
In other words, of ALL respondents, 17% would continue to pirate. This is quite significant, considering that little over 23% of all respondents are pirates.
Finally, it’s worth looking at how Aussies would plan to bypass a blocked site. Among those who said they would, 30% would go for a VPN while 21% would opt for proxy sites. Google Translate, surprisingly, is the third most favored option with 15%.
Whether these people will actually do this remains to be seen. The survey also asked those who encountered a blockade what their response was, and less than 1% said they’d bypass the block. Finding other pirate sources was a more popular option.
All in all the report provides a good overview of recent media consumption trends, particularly where they apply to piracy. It shows that, increasingly, Australians are transforming into legal customers. The blocking efforts are somewhat effective as well, even though total piracy volumes have increased.
Blocking aside, it appears that a lot of progress can still be made on the supply side. Most pirates indicate that they would stop if lawful services were cheaper, if the content they’re interested in is available legally, and if legal services were better.
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Starting at $329, Samsung’s answer to the Apple Watch is here.
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Alongside the release of the Galaxy Note9 smartphone, Samsung also debuted a new wearable: the Galaxy Watch. It's the first Samsung wearable to deviate from the Gear family name, but it looks like a successor to the Gear S3. It's also the first Galaxy-branded product to run anything other than a flavor of Android, as it runs on Samsung's Tizen wearable operating system rather than Google's Wear OS (formerly known as Android Wear). Tizen works on both Android and iOS, so users will not be limited by the operating system of their smartphone.
By nature of it being a Samsung wearable, the Galaxy Watch will challenge the Apple Watch in many ways. Two of the most important new features to consider are LTE access and battery life. The Galaxy Watch will have optional LTE, allowing users to receive calls, texts, and other alerts even when their Galaxy smartphone isn't with them. Samsung says it's working with more than 30 carriers in more than 15 countries to bring LTE-enabled Galaxy Watches to users who want an untethered smartwatch.
Samsung didn't give specifics about the Galaxy Watch's battery life, but it did suggest that it may be better than other traditional smartwatches. The watch will last "several days" on a single charge thanks to its new optimized processor and low-power technology built into the device. That's pretty vague, so we'll have to test it to get a better idea of what "several days" actually means.
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