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The global COVID-19 vaccination rollout is underway, but so is the spread of new, more contagious variants of disease. So it’s unclear when things will get back to “normal,” whatever that means. But one thing seems pretty clear at th…
The global COVID-19 vaccination rollout is underway, but so is the spread of new, more contagious variants of disease. So it’s unclear when things will get back to “normal,” whatever that means. But one thing seems pretty clear at this point: June is probably too soon to hold an international trade show that typically brings […]
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The vaccine is being developed “out of an abundance of caution,” Fauci says.
Enlarge / A vial of the current Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. (credit: Getty | Ivan Romano)
Researchers have given out the first jabs of a tweaked version of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, one aimed at fighting one of the most concerning coronavirus variants—the B.1.351 variant, first identified in South Africa.
The jabs are part of an early trial of the tweaked vaccine, which is being run by the NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The agency aims to enroll around 210 healthy adults in the trial by the end of April.
“The B.1.351 SARS-CoV-2 variant, first identified in the Republic of South Africa, has been detected in at least nine states in the United States,” NIAID Director Anthony Fauci said in an announcement. “Preliminary data show that the COVID-19 vaccines currently available in the United States should provide an adequate degree of protection against SARS-CoV-2 variants. However, out of an abundance of caution, NIAID has continued its partnership with Moderna to evaluate this variant vaccine candidate should there be a need for an updated vaccine.”
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Was originally pegged at $480 million in 2018, follows scrutiny over other DOD deals.
On Wednesday, the US Army formally moved forward with the largest ever government-related deal for headsets in the virtual and augmented reality sector: a 10-year agreement with Microsoft to provide 120,000 headsets "based" on the HoloLens line.
Reports by CNBC and Bloomberg point to a $21.9 billion value for this week's updated arrangement, following its initial announcement in November 2018. Neither of those reports point to exact reasons for the deal's jump from an initial contract value of $480 million, despite that earlier deal confirming similarly high headset numbers.
Official IVAS image as provided by Microsoft as part of Wednesday's announcements. Notice an array of sensors across the top, along with an apparent headset-strapping requirement for this model. (credit: Microsoft)
The headset model in question, as revealed by Microsoft's Alex Kipman in a Wednesday blog post, appears to deviate slightly from its originally announced intent. While it's still known as the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) and includes an array of HoloLens-like sensors, the model seen in today's announcement appears to attach to a helmet. Ars previously reported that Microsoft and the US Army intended for this headset to not require mounting on a helmet, arguably to increase its applicability.
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110 of Apple’s manufacturing partners are moving to 100 percent renewable energy.
Apple's "California Flats" solar energy farm in Northern California. [credit: Apple ]
Apple announced Wednesday that it will build a "grid-scale" energy-storage project in California capable of storing 240 megawatt-hours of energy. The storage will work closely with the 130-megawatt solar farm the company already built to power daytime energy needs at its headquarters in Cupertino. Additionally, Apple says that 110 of its manufacturing partners are moving to 100 percent renewable energy as part of a commitment by Apple to make its supply chain and products carbon neutral by 2030.
The project is intended to store energy so the energy produced by the solar farm can be used during the night as well as during the day, and Cupertino says the project will store enough energy to "power over 7,000 homes for one day." Apple plans to share some of what it learns from the project with other companies, executives have said.
Apple's own corporate footprint is already carbon-neutral, the company says, but it will be a longer and more challenging road to bring its various manufacturing partners and suppliers along with it. Apple's newsroom post offers details about how Apple works with suppliers to reduce their carbon footprints:
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Report: Theft of crypto secrets could allow hackers to remotely log in to devices.
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Network devices-maker Ubiquiti has been covering up the severity of a data breach that puts customers’ hardware at risk of unauthorized access, KrebsOnSecurity has reported, citing an unnamed whistleblower inside the company.
In January, the maker of routers, Internet-connected cameras, and other networked devices, disclosed what it said was “unauthorized access to certain of our information technology systems hosted by a third-party cloud provider.” The notice said that, while there was no evidence the intruders accessed user data, the company couldn’t rule out the possibility that they obtained users’ names, email addresses, cryptographically hashed passwords, addresses, and phone numbers. Ubiquiti recommended users change their passwords and enable two-factor authentication.
Tuesday’s report from KrebsOnSecurity cited a security professional at Ubiquiti who helped the company respond to the two-month breach beginning in December 2020. The individual said the breach was much worse than Ubiquiti let on and that executives were minimizing the severity to protect the company’s stock price.
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The new MSI Summit E16 Flip is a convertible laptop with a 16 inch QHD+ touchscreen display, a 360-degree hinge, support for an active pen, and support for up to an Intel Core i7 Tiger Lake processor and optional NVIDIA GeForce RTX series graphics. Bu…
The new MSI Summit E16 Flip is a convertible laptop with a 16 inch QHD+ touchscreen display, a 360-degree hinge, support for an active pen, and support for up to an Intel Core i7 Tiger Lake processor and optional NVIDIA GeForce RTX series graphics. But MSI says all that horsepower is packed into a compact design: […]
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MSI is expanding its Summit line of premium thin and light laptops for the business market with a new MSI Summit E13 Flip Evo convertible notebook. Featuring a 13.4 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel IPS LCD touchscreen display, a 360-degree hinge, and pen suppo…
MSI is expanding its Summit line of premium thin and light laptops for the business market with a new MSI Summit E13 Flip Evo convertible notebook. Featuring a 13.4 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel IPS LCD touchscreen display, a 360-degree hinge, and pen support, it can be used in laptop, tablet, tent or stand modes. […]
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The Russian operator of YouTube-rippers FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com can be sued in the US, a Virginia federal court has ruled. The court denied a motion to dismiss, concluding that fighting the case in Virginia is not an excessive burden for the defendant. The denial is good news for the major record labels, who want the YouTube rippers to be held accountable for copyright infringement.
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The major record labels believe that YouTube rippers are the most significant piracy threat on the Internet.
These sites, which can be used for a variety of purposes, are used by some to convert free YouTube videos into MP3s.
Three years ago a group of prominent music companies took the operator of two of the largest YouTube rippers to court. The labels, including Universal, Warner Bros, and Sony, accused FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com of facilitating copyright infringement.
While many foreign site operators choose not to fight back, Kurbanov dug in his heels. With help from a seasoned legal team, he filed a motion to dismiss arguing that US courts don’t have jurisdiction over a Russian site operator who conducts his business outside of the US.
Initially, the district court agreed with this defense, dismissing the case. However, the record labels successfully appealed, and after Kurbanov’s petition at the Supreme Court was denied, the case is now back at a Virginia district court.
The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit previously determined that Kurbanov purposefully directed activities at Virginia. This means that the district court only has to decide whether it is “constitutionally reasonable” to sue the Russian site operator there.
In an order released yesterday, US District Court Judge Claude Hilton concludes that it is indeed reasonable to continue the case in Virginia. As a result, Kurbanov’s motion to dismiss is denied.
In his opinion, Judge Hilton considers the burden of litigating a complex lawsuit on foreign soil, agreeing that this burden is indeed great because of the geographic limitations.
“Defendant Kurbanov resides in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, more than twenty hours by plane from the Eastern District of Virginia. Defendant does not have a visa to visit the United States, and the nearest U.S. embassy for him to obtain one is a twelve-hour drive from his home,” Judge Hilton writes.
While the court agrees that the burden is substantial, it’s not necessarily excessive or unreasonable. The extensive litigation history suggests that the operator can still fight the case through his US-based legal team.
“Judging from the many filings defense counsel has made in the present case, Defendant appears to maintain satisfactory communication with his counsel. There is nothing to indicate defense counsel could not adequately represent Defendant’s interests in the United States going forward.”
In addition, Judge Hilton stresses that Virginia has an interest in resolving this dispute. The Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit found that Kurbanov had “plentiful” contracts with the state, noting that his sites collected data from more than 1.5 million visitors in the state.
Citing earlier jurisprudence, the court adds that Virginia also has an interest in ensuring that copyright law is properly enforced.
“Though the claims at issue in this case do not arise under Virginia law, Virginia maintains ‘an interest in ensuring that the nation’s copyright and trademark laws are not violated within its borders,’ lest the state become a safe haven for intellectual property infringement,” Judge Hilton writes.
Based on these arguments the motion to dismiss is denied. This means that after three years, the case is likely to move ahead on its merits.
The ruling is good news for the music companies, who will get their chance to defeat the YouTube rippers in court. However, based on how Kurbanov and his legal team have fought this case thus far, this could prove to be quite a challenge.
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A copy of US District Court Judge Claude Hilton’s memorandum opinion is available here (pdf)
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