Mobilfunk: Telefónica hängt sich ans Glasfasernetz der Telekom

Die Telefónica Deutschland will 5.000 Mobilfunkstandorte an das Glasfasernetz der Telekom anschließen. Das ist auch dringend notwendig, um das wachsende Datenvolumen zu bewältigen. (Glasfaser, DSL)

Die Telefónica Deutschland will 5.000 Mobilfunkstandorte an das Glasfasernetz der Telekom anschließen. Das ist auch dringend notwendig, um das wachsende Datenvolumen zu bewältigen. (Glasfaser, DSL)

Bildformat: Edge und Firefox bekommen WebP-Unterstützung

Die aktuelle Version von Microsofts Edge-Browser unterstützt nun das freie Bildformat WebP, die Unterstützung in Firefox soll demnächst folgen. Bisher wird WebP nur in Chrome und kleineren Community-Projekten genutzt. Für einen breiten Webeinsatz fehlt…

Die aktuelle Version von Microsofts Edge-Browser unterstützt nun das freie Bildformat WebP, die Unterstützung in Firefox soll demnächst folgen. Bisher wird WebP nur in Chrome und kleineren Community-Projekten genutzt. Für einen breiten Webeinsatz fehlt also nur noch Apples Safari-Browser. (WebP, Firefox)

Software Version 9: Tesla lässt Atari-Games ins Auto und wichtigste Funktion weg

Tesla hat das Software Update 9 für seine Elektroautos veröffentlicht, doch die spannendste Funktion fehlt erst einmal: Navigate on Autopilot sollte auf der Autobahn langsamere Autos überholen, von der Autobahn abfahren und sich auf Autobahnkreuzen ric…

Tesla hat das Software Update 9 für seine Elektroautos veröffentlicht, doch die spannendste Funktion fehlt erst einmal: Navigate on Autopilot sollte auf der Autobahn langsamere Autos überholen, von der Autobahn abfahren und sich auf Autobahnkreuzen richtig einfädeln. Dafür gibt es Videospiele. (Tesla, Technologie)

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week on BitTorrent – 10/08/18

The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation’. ‘The First Purge’ completes the top three.

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This week we have two newcomers in our chart.

Ant-Man and the Wasp is the most downloaded movie.

The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in the list are Web-DL/Webrip/HDRip/BDrip/DVDrip unless stated otherwise.

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This week’s most downloaded movies are:
Movie Rank Rank last week Movie name IMDb Rating / Trailer
Most downloaded movies via torrents
1 (…) Ant-Man and the Wasp 7.3 / trailer
2 (3) Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation 6.3 / trailer
3 (1) The First Purge 5.2 / trailer
4 (2) Solo: A Star Wars Story 7.1 / trailer
5 (4) Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 6.5 / trailer
6 (6) Sicario: Day of the Soldado 7.3 / trailer
7 (…) The Darkest Minds 5.5 / trailer
8 (5) Skyscraper 6.1 / trailer
9 (10) The Meg (Subbed HDRip) 6.0 / trailer
10 (9) Mission: Impossible – Fallout (Subbed HDRip) 8.1 / trailer

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Mobile-Games-Auslese: Bezahlbare Drachen und dicke Bären

Rundenbasierte Strategie auf dem Smartphone mit Chaos Reborn Adventure Fantasy von Nintendo in Dragalia Lost – und dicke Alpha-Bären: Die Mobile Games des Monats bieten spannende Unterhaltung für jeden Geschmack. Von Rainer Sigl (Mobile Games, Spielete…

Rundenbasierte Strategie auf dem Smartphone mit Chaos Reborn Adventure Fantasy von Nintendo in Dragalia Lost - und dicke Alpha-Bären: Die Mobile Games des Monats bieten spannende Unterhaltung für jeden Geschmack. Von Rainer Sigl (Mobile Games, Spieletest)

Jarvish: Motorradhelm bringt Alexa in den Kopf

Smarte Motorradhelme haben durch eine fehlgeschlagene Crowdfinanzierung von Skully einen schlechten Ruf, doch nun versucht Jarvish, neue Helme auf den Markt zu bringen, die mit Sprachassistenten und AR-Displays ausgestattet sind. (Augmented Reality, Si…

Smarte Motorradhelme haben durch eine fehlgeschlagene Crowdfinanzierung von Skully einen schlechten Ruf, doch nun versucht Jarvish, neue Helme auf den Markt zu bringen, die mit Sprachassistenten und AR-Displays ausgestattet sind. (Augmented Reality, Siri)

Datenschützer: Strenge Vorgaben für vernetzte und autonome Autos

Die Internationale Arbeitsgruppe zum Datenschutz in der Telekommunikation hat ein Forderungspapier zu vernetzten Fahrzeugen veröffentlicht. Standortdaten sollten demnach nur in Ausnahmefällen erhoben, Aufnahmen von Personen am Weg anonymisiert werden. …

Die Internationale Arbeitsgruppe zum Datenschutz in der Telekommunikation hat ein Forderungspapier zu vernetzten Fahrzeugen veröffentlicht. Standortdaten sollten demnach nur in Ausnahmefällen erhoben, Aufnahmen von Personen am Weg anonymisiert werden.  Von Stefan Krempl (Datenschutz, Server)

MPAA and RIAA’s Megaupload Lawsuits Remain on Hold

A federal court in Virginia has granted Megaupload’s request to keep the civil lawsuits filed by the music and movie companies on hold until April next year. Since all crucial data on Megaupload’s servers are safely preserved, the MPAA and RIAA have no objections against the stay, which is caused by slow progress in the criminal case.

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Well over six years have passed since Megaupload was shut down and it’s still unclear how the criminal proceedings will unfold.

Aside from Andrus Nomm’s plea deal, progress in the criminal proceedings has been slow.

Kim Dotcom and his former colleagues are currently fighting a legal battle in New Zealand to prevent their extradition to the US, for which the final decision has yet to be issued.

While all parties await the outcome, the criminal case in the United States remains pending. The same goes for the civil cases launched by the MPAA and RIAA in 2014, more than four years ago.

Since the civil cases may influence the criminal proceedings, Megaupload’s legal team previously managed to put these cases on hold, and last week they requested another extension.

This is not the first time that such a request had been made. There have been several extensions already, which caused some issues.

There were previously concerns that the long delays could result in the destruction of evidence, as some of Megaupload’s hard drives were starting to fail. However, after the parties agreed on a solution to back-up and restore the files, this is no longer an issue.

“With the preservation order in place, and there being no other objection, Defendant Megaupload hereby moves the Court to enter the attached proposed order, continuing the stay in this case for an additional six months,” Megaupload’s legal team informed the court this week.

Without any objections from the MPAA and RIAA, U.S. District Court Judge Liam O’Grady swiftly granted Megaupload’s request to stay both lawsuits until April next year.

And so that wait continues…

Order to stay

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SpaceX readying for Sunday night launch, with a historic West Coast landing

This will be SpaceX’s 17th launch attempt this year.

Trevor Mahlmann/Special to Ars

The US Air Force has a message for residents of Santa Barbara, Ventura, and San Luis Obispo counties—do not be alarmed on Sunday night around 7:30pm local time if you hear a loud noise. That's just the sonic boom of a rocket's first stage, returning from space, and landing for the first time ever at site along the West Coast of California.

On Sunday night, SpaceX is scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, which is a couple of hours north of Los Angeles. While the company has landed several first stage boosters on a drone ship offshore from California, until now it has not attempted to land at a site along the coast. But now it has completed the "Landing Zone 4" facility and received the necessary federal approvals for rockets to make a vertical landing there.

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What to expect from Google’s hardware event: Pixel 3, Pixel Slate, and more

Also a Google Home Hub, a new Chromecast, and maybe some more Pixel Buds.

The third annual Google hardware extravaganza is kicking off in just a few days. On October 9 at 11am, Google will show off its next flagship smartphone, the Pixel 3, along with a few other products. The new Pixel phone is usually the headline launch at these hardware events, but Google often announces four or five other products alongside the new phone.

Last year, we saw the Pixel 2, the Chrome OS-powered Pixelbook, the Google Home Mini and Google Home Max, a new version of the Daydream View VR headset, the Google Pixel Buds, and a dead-on-arrival AI camera called "Google Clips."

The year before saw the Pixel 1, Google Home, Chromecast Ultra, the first Daydream View, and Google Wi-Fi. Most of the leaks and rumors hint at sequels to some of these products.

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