Month: June 2019

Influencer können künftig auf Youtube nicht mehr nur einfach für bestimmte Produkte werben, Zuschauer sollen diese auch virtuell ausprobieren. Möglich macht das Augmented Reality. (Youtube, Google)

With millions of regular visitors, file-hosting site Openload generates more traffic than popular streaming services such as Hulu or HBO Go.

While the site has plenty of legal uses it is also a thorn in the side of many copyright holders, due to the frequent appearance of pirated content.

This pirate stigma most recently resulted in a mention on the US Government’s list of “Notorious Markets”. 

While the site has been spared from any legal action, that we know of, it suffered a major setback this week. As of a few hours ago the site’s main Openload.co domain is no longer responsive.

Instead of the regular homepage featuring the browser uploader, users see an error message in their browser, explaining that the site’s IP-address can’t be found.

The error message is the result of missing DNS entries, which is also apparent from the ‘serverHold’ status message in the domain’s Whois details.

According to ICANN, the serverHold domain status is uncommon and “usually enacted during legal disputes, non-payment, or when your domain is subject to deletion.”

This status is set by the domain registrar, which is Tucows in this case, and renders the domain inaccessible.

It’s unclear why this this action was taken. We’ve reached out to Tucows but the company didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment.

Interestingly, Malwarebytes currently blocks the Openload.co domain name because it may contain a Trojan. Whether that’s related to the broader domain issue is unknown.

Openload hasn’t made any public statement on the issue, as far as we know. However, it is worth noting that the site’s official status page is unreachable as well. The status page downtime is not tied to a domain problem but appears to be server related.

This isn’t the first time Openload has had a domain name suspended. The same happened in 2016, when domain registrar Namecheap presumably took action after “too many DMCA complaints.”

Openload was eventually able to regain control over the domain and Namecheap publicly admitted that its legal team “was too heavy handed,” adding that Openload should be fine as long as they properly respond to DMCA notices.

Openload is believed to have some backup domains. Oload.stream and Oload.life are working alternatives that serve the same content, it seems, but we were unable to confirm 100% that these are official. 

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Schutz gegen Microarchitectural Data Sampling wie Zombieload: Wer noch Windows 10 oder Windows Server in einer älteren Version auf einem Intel-Prozessor nutzt, erhält nun direkt über das Betriebssystem passenden Microcode, um das System gegen Seitenkanalangriffe zu härten. (Windows 10, Microsoft)

Das Bundeskartellamt prüft, ob Telekom und EWE durch ihr Joint Venture Glasfaser Nordwest für 1,5 Millionen Haushalte andere Netzbetreiber ausschließen. Dahinter stecken United Internet und Telefónica. (Glasfaser, DSL)

The results and analysis for DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray sales for the week ending June 8, 2019, are in. An unique comic book pairing comes to Blu-ray, and is this week's top selling new release. Find out what movie it was in our weekly DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray sales stats and analysis feature.

Firefox-Hersteller Mozilla hat eine kritische Sicherheitslücke in seinem Browser geschlossen, die wohl aktiv ausgenutzt wird. Updates stehen bereit und werden von Mozilla bereits verteilt. (Firefox, Browser)

Am 19. Juni 2019 feiert Counter-Strike sein 20. Jubiläum. Golem.de blickt auf die Entstehungsgeschichte der populären Ego-Shooter-Reihe zurück und analysiert den Status quo. Von Sönke Siemens und Benedikt Plass-Fleßenkämper (Counter-Strike, Server)

Wenige Tage nach der offiziellen Zulassung geht es los: Der Sharingdienst Lime und das Startup Circ verleihen in Berlin die ersten elektrischen Tretroller, viele weitere werden in nächster Zeit folgen. (E-Scooter, Technologie)

Microsoft hat nach langer Verzögerung den Hyper-V Server 2019 freigegeben. Die Auskoppelung aus dem Windows Server 2019 ist kostenlos, beinhaltet aber nur die für eine Virtualisierung notwendigen Komponenten. (Virtualisierung, Microsoft)

Während es bald die erste Consumer-Plattform von AMD mit PCIe Gen4 gibt und 2021 bereits CPUs mit PCIe Gen5 erscheinen sollen, befindet sich PCIe Gen6 in Arbeit: Die Schnittstelle soll 64 GT/s pro Lane erreichen, was 128 GByte/s bei einem x16-Slot für Grafikkarten entspricht. (PC-Hardware, AMD Zen)