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IBM B&TS: Wieder Kündigungswelle bei IBM Deutschland

Weil sie ihrem Betriebsübergang zu Bechtle widersprochen haben, will IBM laut Verdi rund 50 Beschäftigten kündigen. Die Managed Services gehen zu Bechtle, das Geschäft mit den Kundenbeziehungen soll bei dem US-Konzern bleiben. (IBM, Softwareentwicklung…

Royole: Hersteller flexibler Displays will an die Börse

Der Hersteller des weltweit ersten kommerziell erhältlichen Smartphones mit faltbarem Display hat eine neue Finanzierungsrunde gestartet. Das Unternehmen will laut Insidern 1 Milliarde US-Dollar sammeln, bevor es einen Börsengang startet. (Smartphone, …

Cryengine: Crytek zeigt Raytracing auf Radeon Vega 56

Nicht nur Nvidias Turing-Grafikkarten beherrschen Raytracing, auch AMDs Radeon-Modelle: Die Raytracing-Demo von Crytek nutzt eine Voxel-basierte globale Beleuchtung für kameraunabhängige Reflexionen und Refraktionen in Echtzeit auf einer Vega 56 – die …

After pushing addictive OxyContin, Purdue now pursuing overdose antidote

Purdue still blames the crisis on illicit drugs but says it won’t profit from antidote.

If approved, Purdue's new drug would compete with opioid overdose antidote, naloxone.

Notorious OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma—which has been widely criticized for deceptively marketing its highly addictive painkiller and for its role in spurring the current nationwide epidemic of opioid abuse and overdose deaths—is moving ahead with a new, potent drug, one said to be an antidote to opioid overdoses.

The company announced this week that the US Food and Drug Administration has granted fast-track status to its investigational drug nalmefene hydrochloride (HCl), an injectable, emergency treatment intended to rescue people suspected of having an opioid overdose. Purdue suggests that nalmefene HCl’s effects last longer than the similar emergency opioid antagonist naloxone. As such, the company hopes nalmefene HCl will out-compete naloxone at reversing overdoses from the most highly potent opioid, namely fentanyl, which is currently driving the alarming numbers of opioid overdose deaths. The FDA’s fast-track status will speed the development and regulatory review of the drug.

“Opioid antagonists like naloxone have played an important role in the emergency treatment of opioid overdose,” John Renger, Purdue’s head of Research & Development and Regulatory Affairs, said in a statement. “However, because of the increasing number of deaths due to fentanyl and its even more potent analogues, we are focusing on a potentially more potent and longer-lasting rescue option specifically intended to work in those overdose situations.”

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Vnopn K1 is a small, cheap fanless PC with an AMD processor

There’s no shortage of tiny, fanless computers capable of running Windows or LInux software these days. But the Vnopn K1 is a bit unusual since it has a low-power AMD processor rather than an Intel chip. As spotted by AndroidPC.es, the Vnopn K1 i…

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Russia Plans to Block Pirate Sites Without Trial & De-Anonymize Their Operators

Russia’s Ministry of Culture has tabled new amendments to copyright law that will allow rightsholders to order web hosts to block pirate sites without trial, if they are unresponsive to takedown demands. Site owners will also be forced to publish their names and addresses on their platforms but it’s not yet clear how this can be enforced.

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

Like most regions in the world, Russia has an online piracy problem, with millions of citizens regularly using pirate sites to access free movies, music, TV shows, and other content.

Russia is already a world-leader when it comes to site-blocking but if new proposals are written into law, life for pirate site owners could become much more difficult.

Back in 2018 the Ministry of Culture began mulling amendments to copyright law and this week it became clear that it has a tightened site-blocking regime in mind, along with other significant changes.

Local publication RBC had the opportunity to review the draft, which includes measures for the blocking of sites where pirated content is made available, without rightsholders having to go to court as they do now.

Instead, they will be able to go directly to the web hosts of sites making content available without a license, with instructions to block platforms, if they are unresponsive to takedown demands.

Furthermore, if the amendments are approved, owners of platforms where pirated content is made available will be compelled to sacrifice their anonymity. All such sites will be required to publish the names, addresses, and other contact details of their owners.

It isn’t yet clear how this requirement will be enforced, or how contact details will be checked for authenticity. However, it seems unlikely that company names and/or home addresses (in the case of individuals) will be willingly given up, particularly when site operators are already breaking the law by knowingly hosting or linking to infringing content.

The draft amendments were agreed by the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media, telecoms watchdog Roscomnadzor, and the Ministry of Economic Development, after consultation with entertainment industry companies, RBC reports.

News of the amendments arrives just days after authorities held talks with major rightsholders, hosting platforms, and search providers, with the aim of writing the terms of an anti-piracy memorandum into law.

The currently voluntary agreement aims to create an ever-growing centralized database of infringing content to enable hosting platforms and search engines to take down media and links both quickly and efficiently.

According to comments made this week by Sergey Selyanov, head of the Association of Film and Television Producers, the memorandum is working as planned.

Finally, local search giant Yandex has reportedly developed and launched its own set of tools for detecting pirated content online. Using information being made available in the recently-established piracy database, Yandex is using machine learning to “clean up” its own search results. The company is currently declining to offer any additional details.

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Indiegames: Stardew Valley kommt auf Android

Bisher war es Android-Nutzern vorenthalten, das erfolgreiche Bauernhofspiel Stardew Valley unterwegs zu spielen. Das ändert sich jetzt mit einer Version für Google Play. Es soll die volle Spielerfahrung ohne Mikrotransaktionen bieten. (Mobile Games, Sm…

Rocket Report: SLS delays prompt NASA action, Brazil considering launch site

“I think we as an agency need to stick to our commitment.”

A Falcon 9 rocket launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Welcome to Edition 1.40 of the Rocket Report! There were some Earth-shaking developments in heavy lift this week, with the announcement by NASA that it will consider using commercial rockets to perform the first Moon launch of the Orion spacecraft. Readers have also submitted a variety of interesting stories, such as Brazil considering a launch site to rival Kourou in neighboring French Guiana.

As always, we welcome reader submissions, and if you don't want to miss an issue, please subscribe using the box below (the form will not appear on AMP-enabled versions of the site). Each report will include information on small-, medium-, and heavy-lift rockets as well as a quick look ahead at the next three launches on the calendar.

Vega-C rocket enters qualification phase, but slips. The new European small satellite launch system recently passed its Critical Design Review and is now ready to complete manufacturing and final testing as part of the qualification phase, according to the European Space Agency. The initial flight of the Vega-C booster, a more economical version of Arianespace's Vega rocket, is now planned for early 2020 (this is a slip from late 2019).

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Gesetzentwurf: Verfassungsschutz soll Online-Durchsuchung bekommen

Staatstrojaner für den Verfassungsschutz: Das Innenministerium möchte dem Inlandsgeheimdienst die Online-Durchsuchung und Quellen-TKÜ erlauben. Ein entsprechender Gesetzentwurf ist im Kabinett. (Onlinedurchsuchung, Datenschutz)

Musikstreaming: Apple Music kommt auf weitere Geräte anderer Hersteller

Apples eigener Musikstreamingdienst ist künftig auf Amazons Fire-TV-Geräten nutzbar und Apple Music könnte bald auch für Google-Assistant-Lautsprecher erscheinen – erste Anzeichen gibt es bereits. Allerdings sind Nutzer in Deutschland davon ausgeschlos…

Apples eigener Musikstreamingdienst ist künftig auf Amazons Fire-TV-Geräten nutzbar und Apple Music könnte bald auch für Google-Assistant-Lautsprecher erscheinen - erste Anzeichen gibt es bereits. Allerdings sind Nutzer in Deutschland davon ausgeschlossen. (Apple Music, Google)