Month: April 2019

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Chinese phone maker Meizu’s latest flagship sports a 6.2 inch OLED display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor, and dual rear cameras (48MP + 20MP 3x telephoto). But the most impressive thing about the Meizu 16s may be something that it doesn’t have — a notch. Bucking the latest flagship trends, the Meizu 16s has screen bezels. […]

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Samsung’s Galaxy Fold smartphone was supposed to be available to the public this Friday. But after multiple reports of broken displays on demo units sent to reviewers, Samsung has postponed the launch of its ambitious, expensive smartphone with a foldable display. The folks at online repair shop iFixit did manage to get their hands on […]

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Avengers: Endgame is being tentatively billed as the biggest box office hit the world has ever seen.

The movie is set for release in the United States in two days’ time, when millions of Marvel fans will descend on cinemas nationwide to view the spectacular.

Interestingly, the companies behind the movie chose to release the movie in China first and as of 5pm local time today, it had already raked in around $90m in sales. That’s hugely impressive by any standard.

The decision to release in China, it was previously reported, was to help combat rampant piracy in the region. However, with millions of citizens hitting cinemas around the country of 1.3 billion people, there was always likely to be one here and there equipped with technology capable of recording the blockbuster once inside.

In anticipation of this somewhat inevitable event, TorrentFreak sources put systems in place to check for the movie being shared on BitTorrent. Between 4:00pm and 5:00pm local time, those triggers went off, indicating the jewel in Marvel’s crown had already hit the Internet.

Within minutes of the initial seed appearing, dozens of exclusively China-located users began sharing a 1.2GB torrent of the movie. There are also other variants, around the 2GB mark. We are currently unable to confirm the quality of those releases.

Data obtained by TF indicates that most initial sharers were using variants of the popular Chinese-market ‘Thunder’ torrent client, which can usually be identified via its client code beginning 7.10.35.XXX in newer variants. A sole uTorrent user from Vietnam (highlighted below) was one of the early seeds on one torrent.

The only good news for Marvel is that the version detailed above is of terrible quality.

“The image flickers constantly throughout. It’s semi-rotated and is littered throughout with watermarks for a gambling site that spin around the screen,” our source explains.

Due to the concerns about spoilers, we have no intention of posting additional screenshots (other than the above) that have the potential to ruin the movie for fans. However, we can confirm that the audio on this particular release is poor too.

Despite the release being touted in China as a TS (which should have direct audio) we are informed that there are plenty of crunching noises and intermittent coughing throughout. This version has English audio with Chinese subtitles.

If ever there was a case for viewing a movie how it should be seen in the cinema, this pirated copy reinforces that, with bells on. Whether improved versions are standing by is currently unknown.

Update: What appears to be the same copy has now begun circulating on some English-language sites, albeit in different file sizes.

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

Nach dem Start in China hat Oppo auch Preise in Euro für seine neuen Reno-Smartphones bekanntgegeben: Das Modell mit digital optimiertem Zehnfach-Teleobjektiv soll 800 Euro kosten. Das ist etwas weniger als der aktuelle Straßenpreis für Huaweis P30 Pro. (Oppo, Smartphone)

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Chinese chip maker Rockchip’s processors may not be as ubiquitous these days as those from rival MediaTek. But over the past few years we’ve seen multiple companies release Chromebooks, mini PCs, and other devices with the company’s RK3399 processor (or the closely-related OP1 chip). So what’s next for Rockchip? Next year the company plans to […]

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Wegen anhaltender Verluste soll sich LG dazu entschlossen haben, seine verbliebene Smartphone-Produktion nach Vietnam auszulagern. Auf die Anzahl der produzierten Geräte dürfte dies keine Auswirkungen haben, für das Unternehmen ist das allerdings ein Bruch. (LG, Smartphone)

Die aktuelle Version 4.0 des VM-Werkzeuges Qemu unterstützt PCIe 4.0 bei maximaler Geschwindigkeit. Die Entwickler haben außerdem den CPU-Support erweitert, was vor allem Architekturen jenseits von x86 betrifft. (Qemu, Virtualisierung)

Der Nitro EI491CRP ist der erste Acer-Monitor im 32:9-Format. Für 900 Euro bekommen Anwender eine 49-Zoll-Diagonale, HDR und 144 Hz Bildfrequenz. Allerdings müssen Abstriche bei der Ergonomie gemacht werden. (Acer, Display)