May 2019 – Page 120 – news.buyenne.com

Smartphone-Verkäufe: Huawei überholt Apple erneut

Huawei zieht im ersten Quartal 2019 abermals an Apple vorbei. Der chinesische Smartphone-Hersteller erhöht den Absatz zulasten von Apple und Samsung. (Smartphone, Studie)

Speicherung von Überschussstrom: Wasserstoff soll bei Engpässen helfen

Windräder stehen oft still, wenn sie keinen Strom ins Netz einspeisen können. Zwei Konsortien in Deutschland wollen diese Windkraft nutzen, um Wasserstoff zu erzeugen und diesen ins Gasnetz einzuspeisen. Ein Bericht von Wolfgang Kempkens (Erneuerbare E…

Quartalszahlen: AMD wartet auf Zen-2-CPUs und Navi-GPUs

Im ersten Quartal 2019 fielen Umsatz und Gewinn von AMD niedriger aus als im Vorjahr. Der Hersteller befindet sich in einer Übergangszeit, erst ab Herbst sollen die Zahlen wieder deutlich besser werden. (AMD, Prozessor)

Rhein-Voreifel-Touristik: Apple gegen Apfelroute

Apple missfällt das Logo des neuen Fahrradwegs Apfelroute der Rhein-Voreifel-Touristik. Der Konzern will eine optische Änderung erreichen und fordert eine Einschränkung der Markenanmeldung. (Apple, Rechtsstreitigkeiten)

Family of deceased Model X owner sues over 2018 crash

Lawsuit calls Walter Huang’s Model X “unreasonably dangerous.”

The charred remains of Walter Huang's Tesla Model X.

The family of deceased Model X customer Walter Huang has sued Tesla and the state of California in state court, the family's attorneys announced on Wednesday.

"Mrs. Huang lost her husband, and two children lost their father because Tesla is beta testing its Autopilot software on live drivers," family attorney Mark Fong said. He says the family wants to make sure that other drivers don't suffer Huang's fate.

Huang died in March 2018 while traveling on a freeway in Mountain View, Calif. He had Autopilot engaged as his Model X approached a point where an exit lane diverged on the left-hand side of the road. His Tesla struck a concrete barrier dividing the two lanes, and he died from his injuries.

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Ajit Pai says he’s fixed giant FCC error that exaggerated broadband growth

1.9M more people lack access, not a big enough error to change Pai’s conclusion.

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai drinking from a giant coffee mug in front of an FCC seal.

The Federal Communications Commission has fixed the gigantic error that skewed its broadband deployment data, Chairman Ajit Pai announced today—while claiming that the corrected data still shows his policies are boosting broadband access.

Pai initially released a summary of the data in February, claiming it showed that his deregulatory policies have sped up broadband deployment in the United States. Even this initial, exaggerated data only showed modest growth similar to the gains seen during the Obama administration, as we reported at the time.

Pai didn't release the full Broadband Deployment Report, instead providing just a few details in a one-page press release. Despite the limited information available, advocacy group Free Press was able to discover a huge error that showed broadband progress under Pai's leadership was less impressive than he claimed. Specifically, a new ISP called BarrierFree falsely told the FCC that it went from serving zero customers to 20 percent of the country in just six months, and the FCC didn't notice the mistake on its own.

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Human influence on drought started a century ago

Aerosol pollution from the ’50s to the ’70s may have complicated the picture.

The expected pattern of human influence on drought (brown is more drought, green is less drought) for regions with long-term records.

Droughts are weather extremes that are hostile enough that plenty of sci-fi and post-apocalyptic stories use near-permanent droughts for apocalyptic backdrops (Waterworld notwithstanding). And for good reason—drought is part of the reality-based picture of modern climate change, as combined trends in rainfall and evaporation are bringing drier conditions to some regions. But understanding trends is a challenge: more rain is being delivered to other regions, drought conditions are naturally variable, and historical rainfall data is limited.

Researchers have typically turned to tree rings for archives of past droughts. By compiling records from many trees, historical maps called "drought atlases" have been built for a number of regions and can cover nearly a millennium. These can provide incredible historical information, including events like the megadroughts of the Western United States between 800 and 1300 CE. But each drought atlas is only one piece of the global picture.

A new study led by NASA's Kate Marvel pulls all these regional drought atlases together—along with recent data and climate-model simulations—to see what they can tell us about human impacts on drought since 1900.

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Lilbits 365: You’re holding it wrong

The recently released Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e sells for $400 and up and features a 10.5 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel AMOLED display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 670 processor, and at least 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage, a fingerprint sensor, and quad speakers&#82…

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MPAA and RIAA’s Megaupload Lawsuits Remain ‘Frozen’

Once again, a federal court in Virginia has granted Megaupload’s request to place the cases filed by the RIAA and MPAA on hold for another six months. The lawsuits have been frozen for several years now, and it may take many more, as progress in the criminal case against the defunct file-sharing service is slow.

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Well over seven years have passed since Megaupload was shut down.

Aside from Andrus Nomm’s plea deal, progress in the criminal proceedings against Megaupload’s founder and former associates is slow.

The United States wants New Zealand to extradite Kim Dotcom. However, the German-born entrepreneur and his former colleagues are fighting this request vigorously.

Late last year, David Boldt, a lawyer for the United States, suggested that the extradition battle “might almost be at half-time”, opening up the potential for more years of legal battling.

This means that the criminal case in the United States remains pending as well. The same goes for the lawsuits the MPAA and RIAA filed against Megaupload in 2014.

Since the civil cases may influence the criminal proceedings, Megaupload’s legal team previously managed to put these cases on hold. Since there’s no progress on the extradition front, this hold continues to be extended.

Previously there were 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 two years ago, 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 wrote in its most recent request.

Following a renewed request from Megaupload’s legal team, US District Court Judge Liam O’Grady recently agreed to stay the case until October 1st, pending any new developments.

If recent history is any indication, we can expect another extension, six months from now.

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Epic acquires Rocket League studio, bringing game to Epic’s store this year

Steam sales will continue for now; Steam “support” will continue indefinitely.

The blue car represents Psyonix leaping over Steam's... orange car? Look, it's a loose metaphor. Work with me here, people.

In a surprise move today, Epic Games announced it has "signed a definitive agreement" to acquire San Diego-based Psyonix and its 132 employees, who make the hit car-based soccer game Rocket League.

As part of the deal, the PC version of Rocket League will be moving to the Epic Game Store "in late 2019," Epic announced. "In the meantime, it will continue to be available for purchase on Steam; thereafter it will continue to be supported on Steam for all existing purchasers." Psyonix says it will continue to sell and support Rocket League on other platforms, including the PS4, Xbox One, and Switch, going forward.

"In the short term, nothing will change at all!" Psyonix writes in a blog post accompanying the announcement. "We’re still committed to providing Rocket League with frequent updates that have new features, new content, and new ways to play the game for as long as you’ll have us."

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