Month: October 2018

Künstliche Intelligenz, Machine Learning und neuronale Netze zählen zu den wichtigen Buzzwords dieses Jahres. Oft wird der Eindruck vermittelt, dass Computer bald wie Menschen denken können. Allerdings wird bei dem Thema viel durcheinandergeworfen. Wir sortieren. Von Miroslav Stimac (KI, IBM)

Parallel zu Windows 10 1809 bringt Microsoft eine neue Version von Windows 10 IoT heraus. Sie verbessert die Machine-Learning-Fähigkeiten und den Hardwaresupport von NXP-Prozessoren. Ein wichtiger Punkt: Das Betriebssystem ist Teil des LTSC und wird damit für zehn Jahre unterstützt. (Windows 10, Microsoft)

Auf der Playstation 4 gibt es einige Ausrüstungsgegenstände in Red Dead Redemption 2 früher als auf der Xbox One - in der Kampagne und im Onlinemodus. Für Besitzer von 4K-Bildschirmen könnte der Griff zu der Version für die Microsoft-Konsole trotzdem die bessere Wahl sein. (Red Dead Redemption 2, Red Dead Redemption)

Since its official launch in 2013, the PlayStation 4 (PS4) remained piracy-free for a long time, but last year things started to shift.

Following the release of a new jailbreak version a few months ago, things took a turn for the worse for Sony. This allowed the masses to tinker with their PS4 consoles which only increased the piracy troubles.

While it will be hard for Sony to put the genie back in the bottle, the Japanese company has decided to take a stand. In a new case filed at a federal court in California, Sony details its complaint against a local resident who allegedly offered for sale jailbroken PS4s filled with pirated games.

According to Sony, defendant Eric Scales was using the handle “Blackcloak13” to sell the jailbroken PS4s preloaded with over 60 pirated games on eBay.

“Defendant is an individual who has marketed, sold, and distributed ‘jailbroken’ PS4 consoles that: (a) contain ‘pirated’ (unauthorized) copies of PS4-compatible video games, and (b) were produced and designed for purposes of, and/or were marketed by Defendant for use in, circumventing technological protection measures,” the complaint reads.

One eBay listing

Sony ordered two devices online and found that they were indeed ‘as advertised.’ The PS4s were modified to run an unnamed exploit which effectively circumvents the technological protection measures that normally prevent people from playing pirated games.

“The exploit enables the PS4 console sold by Defendant to play the 60+ unauthorized copies of video games that are contained on its hard drive,” Sony writes.

In addition to the eBay shop, the man is also accused of running a separate website (now offline) where he advertised his services and products. The website stated that he’s been jailbreaking and modding consoles since 2006, and encouraged people to “stop buying games.”

“On Defendant’s website, where he uses the traditional ‘pirate’ symbol of a skull and crossbones shown below, Defendant states that purchasing his services or products will enable the purchaser to ‘be able to Download and copy any game’ and to ‘STOP BUYING GAMES’,” Sony notes.

STOP BUYING GAMES

With its lawsuit, Sony hopes to obtain an injunction ordering the defendant to stop any infringing activity and to destroy all jailbroken or “modded” PS4 consoles, hard drives, and games.

In addition, the game company requests damages for copyright infringement and for violating the DMCA by circumventing the PS4’s technological protection measures.

To our knowledge, this is the first jailbroken PS4 lawsuit, and it’s likely that Sony wants to set a clear example. With several first-party PS4 games being mentioned in the lawsuit, the potential damages run to hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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A copy of the full complaint, obtained by TorrentFreak, is available here (pdf).

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

Since its official launch in 2013, the PlayStation 4 (PS4) remained piracy-free for a long time, but last year things started to shift.

Following the release of a new jailbreak version a few months ago, things took a turn for the worse for Sony. This allowed the masses to tinker with their PS4 consoles which only increased the piracy troubles.

While it will be hard for Sony to put the genie back in the bottle, the Japanese company has decided to take a stand. In a new case filed at a federal court in California, Sony details its complaint against a local resident who allegedly offered for sale jailbroken PS4s filled with pirated games.

According to Sony, defendant Eric Scales was using the handle “Blackcloak13” to sell the jailbroken PS4s preloaded with over 60 pirated games on eBay.

“Defendant is an individual who has marketed, sold, and distributed ‘jailbroken’ PS4 consoles that: (a) contain ‘pirated’ (unauthorized) copies of PS4-compatible video games, and (b) were produced and designed for purposes of, and/or were marketed by Defendant for use in, circumventing technological protection measures,” the complaint reads.

One eBay listing

Sony ordered two devices online and found that they were indeed ‘as advertised.’ The PS4s were modified to run an unnamed exploit which effectively circumvents the technological protection measures that normally prevent people from playing pirated games.

“The exploit enables the PS4 console sold by Defendant to play the 60+ unauthorized copies of video games that are contained on its hard drive,” Sony writes.

In addition to the eBay shop, the man is also accused of running a separate website (now offline) where he advertised his services and products. The website stated that he’s been jailbreaking and modding consoles since 2006, and encouraged people to “stop buying games.”

“On Defendant’s website, where he uses the traditional ‘pirate’ symbol of a skull and crossbones shown below, Defendant states that purchasing his services or products will enable the purchaser to ‘be able to Download and copy any game’ and to ‘STOP BUYING GAMES’,” Sony notes.

STOP BUYING GAMES

With its lawsuit, Sony hopes to obtain an injunction ordering the defendant to stop any infringing activity and to destroy all jailbroken or “modded” PS4 consoles, hard drives, and games.

In addition, the game company requests damages for copyright infringement and for violating the DMCA by circumventing the PS4’s technological protection measures.

To our knowledge, this is the first jailbroken PS4 lawsuit, and it’s likely that Sony wants to set a clear example. With several first-party PS4 games being mentioned in the lawsuit, the potential damages run to hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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A copy of the full complaint, obtained by TorrentFreak, is available here (pdf).

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

Start und Landung in Vandenberg: Das US-Raumfahrtunternehmen SpaceX hat erstmals eine Falcon-9-Rakete auf kalifornischem Festland landen lassen. Außerdem gibt es einen Termin für den ersten bemannten Flug zur ISS. (SpaceX, Technologie)

Da wollten wir Assassin's Creed Odyssey auf einem Pentium Gold G5400 starten, aber das Spiel stürzt direkt ab. Mittlerweile ist klar: Ubisofts Griechen-Abenteuer benötigt eine CPU mit AVX-Befehlssatz. (Assassin's Creed, Prozessor)

Das US-Verkehrsministerium überarbeitet seine Richtlinien für automatisierte Fahrzeuge und hat dabei festgelegt, dass es künftig unter Begriffe wie "Fahrer" oder "Operateur" auch automatisierte Systeme fasst. Ein spezielles Frequenzband soll doch für die Auto-zu-Auto-Kommunikation offen bleiben. (Autonomes Fahren, Datenschutz)

Version 1809 von Windows 10 hat Druckertreiber nicht mehr integriert, sondern lädt sich passende Software über Windows Update herunter. Das spart Speicherplatz, erfordert aber eine Verbindung zum Update-Dienst. Offline-Treiber werden durch Mopria ersetzt. (Drucker, Microsoft)

In den kommenden Wochen könnten die Radeon RX 680 und die Radeon RX 670 erscheinen. Beide AMD-Grafikkarten sollen einen Polaris-30-Chip nutzen, der dank 12-nm-Verfahren höher taktet als sein Vorgänger. (AMD Polaris, AMD)