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The results and analysis for DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray sales for the week ending May 8, 2021, are in. Three Oscar winners star in this week’s top selling crime drama. Find out what movies it was in our weekly DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-…
The results and analysis for DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray sales for the week ending May 8, 2021, are in. Three Oscar winners star in this week's top selling crime drama. Find out what movies it was in our weekly DVD, Blu-ray and Ultra HD Blu-ray sales stats and analysis feature.
Vorsicht beim Upload und bei Google schlägt es 12. Die Woche im Video. (Golem-Wochenrückblick, IFA2007)
Vorsicht beim Upload und bei Google schlägt es 12. Die Woche im Video. (Golem-Wochenrückblick, IFA2007) Der UN-Sonderbeauftragte für Folter, Nils Melzer, hat ein beklemmendes Buch über den Fall des Wikileaks-Gründers verfasst, das jeder lesen sollte, dem etwas an Menschrechten und Demokratie liegt
Die Schulstreiks gehen weiter, hierzulande heute allerdings nur vereinzelt. Bei den Schweizer Nachbarn war dafür umso mehr los
Wood analysis shows the wrecks discovered in 2019 are the warships Apollo and Maria
Enlarge / Two shipwrecks discovered in 2019 have been identified as 17th century Swedish war ships Apollo and Maria. (credit: Vrak Museum of Wrecks)
Back in 2019, Swedish maritime archaeologists discovered the wrecks of two 17th century ships at the bottom of a busy Swedish shipping canal near Vaxholm. Initially they suspected these might be the sister ships of the doomed war ship Vasa, which sank in 1628 on her first trip out of port. Thanks to analysis of wood samples obtained from the wrecks, we now know they are actually two rather younger war ships, the Apollo and Maria.
Wooden sailing ships were the high-tech military vehicles of their day, and Vasa and her sisters—Äpplet, Kronan, and Scepter, all built on the order of King Gustav II Adolf (1594-1632)—were among the earliest to carry large numbers of heavy cannon. The Vasa set sail for the first time on August 10, 1628, but as she sailed down the harbor, a strong gust of wind filled the sails and caused the ship to tip so far over to her port side that water poured into the open gunports on the lower deck.
The Vasa sank within minutes, and 30 crew members and guests perished with her, trapped inside the sinking ship. The catastrophe was largely due to a flaw in the Vasa's design: the hull's upper works were too tall and heavy, so its center of gravity was so far above the water, the ship would heel in response to even a relatively slight gust of wind. She might have yet survived, had the gunports not been open. The wreckage of the Vasa was salvaged in 1961, and is now housed in the Vasa Museum in Stockholm.
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The Topton D3 is a desktop computer that measures 5.3″ x 5.3″ x 2″ and which is powered by an AMD Ryzen 5 4500U processor. That’s a 15-watt, hexa-core chip designed for use in laptops, but which has also been tapped for other p…
The Topton D3 is a desktop computer that measures 5.3″ x 5.3″ x 2″ and which is powered by an AMD Ryzen 5 4500U processor. That’s a 15-watt, hexa-core chip designed for use in laptops, but which has also been tapped for other products like the AYA Neo handheld gaming computer. The little desktop PC also […]
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Dem Leben von Hundertausenden und der Gesundheit von Milliarden Menschen muss höchste Priorität eingeräumt werden (Teil 1)
Amid giggles, US officials dish on dating app vaccinations badges, super swipes.
Enlarge / OkCupid will soon offer vaccination badges. (credit: OkCupid)
Money can’t buy happiness, as the cliché goes. But a vaccination could get you money and happiness.
While governors in various states are offering a chance at cash prizes to those who have gotten their COVID-19 shots, dating apps are heating things up with alluring vaccination-related features like badges, super swipes, and other “premium” perks.
In a blog post Thursday, OkCupid announced that it will release “I’m Vaccinated” profile badges starting on May 24, and anyone who applies the badge in the first 48 hours will get a free “Boost.” OkCupid will also hook up unvaccinated users with resources to get a shot.
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Judge Rogers: “It doesn’t seem to me you feel any pressure or competition…”
Enlarge / Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces the WWDC 2020 keynote. (credit: Apple)
Apple CEO Tim Cook faced pointed questioning from Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers during his long-awaited testimony in the Epic Games v. Apple trial Friday.
Rogers wrapped up nearly three weeks of witness testimony with an extended back-and-forth with Cook. She began by asking about a hypothetical situation in which Fortnite's in-game V-Bucks currency was available for a lower price on the web than through the iOS app itself. What would be wrong with the app presenting users with the option to make that more affordable purchase—or at least providing that information to the users in the app?
Cook responded that "if you allow people to link out like that, you would essentially give up the total return on our IP." Earlier in his testimony, Cook said by way of analogy that letting apps direct consumers to commission-free purchase options outside of the App Store "would be akin to Apple going out to Best Buy, putting a sign there where we advertise you can go across the street to the Apple Store to buy an iPhone. If the effort goes into transacting with the customer [in the app], it seems like it ought to happen in the app."
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Facebook and Instagram have published new data that reveal for the first time how many pieces of ‘pirated’ content are removed proactively. The new and updated transparency report shows that these automated removals run in the millions, exceeding the number of DMCA takedown notices copyright holders send.
From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
Similar to other social media platforms, Facebook and Instagram have to battle a constant stream of unauthorized copyright material.
To facilitate this process, parent company Facebook has rolled out several anti-piracy initiatives in recent years.
Both Facebook and Instagram use a “Rights Manager” tool that automatically detects infringing material and allows owners to take down or monetize this content. In addition, Facebook also uses the third-party service Audible Magic to spot and remove pirated music tracks.
With these proactive tools, the social media giants hope to help copyright holders protect their rights. At the same time, it also keeps the takedown notice volume low, which saves resources.
Thus far not much information has been made available to show the scope of these proactive removal tools. This is also true for other platforms, including YouTube’s Content-ID system, which we highlighted in an article last week.
In Facebook’s latest transparency report this changes. For the first time, the company shares detailed data on its provocative takedown measures, that take place without intervention from copyright holders.
The reported data cover the second half of 2020 and Facebook writes that, in the period, “the vast majority” of potential copyright-infringing content was removed proactively. This amounts to millions of automated removals.
“On Facebook, 77.9% of all copyright-related removals were done proactively, accounting for 9,822,070 pieces of content. On Instagram, 59% of all copyright-related removals were done proactively, accounting for 2,170,529 pieces of content,” the company writes.
These numbers include a variety of items, including posts, photos, videos, and advertisements. On Facebook, pages, groups, and events are counted as well.
Although there are currently more proactive takedowns on Facebook – a little over 1.5 million per month – Instagram is starting to catch up. In July 2020 there were 255,000 proactive removals, which had increased to 447,000 in December the same year.
Although most pirated content is removed automatically by Facebook and Instagram, both companies still receive plenty of regular takedown requests from rightsholders.
During the second half of 2020, Facebook removed 2.8 million pieces of pirated content. Instagram, for its part, took down 1.5 million copyright infringing items. For both platforms, this is an increase compared to the first half of the year.
Facebook realizes that it plays an important role in combating piracy and that robust and proactive enforcement systems will help to guarantee the best results.
In recent years the company has made several improvements to its anti-piracy systems. These can detect copyrighted media but are also able to spot links to pirate sites and advertisements for pirate streaming devices.
“To better detect and remove potential counterfeiting and piracy, we use a combination of machine learning, suspicious signals such as prior IP violations and keywords commonly associated with infringement, as well as direct insights from rights holders, among other things,” Facebook notes.
“Similarly, we’ve also taken steps to proactively stop the spread of links dedicated to copyright infringement and to remove content related to devices that facilitate illicit streaming of copyrighted material”.
More information on Facebook’s updated transparency report, which includes all the data referenced above, is available on the official website.
From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
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