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Apple hat die Benutzung seiner Multitasking-Funktionen in iPadOS 15 verbessert und erlaubt Widgets überall auf dem Startbildschirm. (iPad OS, Apple)
Apple will aus den den AirPods Pro eine Art Hörgerät machen, mit dem Gespräche besser verstanden werden können. (Airpods, Sound-Hardware)
Apple will aus den den AirPods Pro eine Art Hörgerät machen, mit dem Gespräche besser verstanden werden können. (Airpods, Sound-Hardware) Apple hat auf der WWDC 2021 mit iOS 15 eine neue mobile Betriebssystemversion vorgestellt. Facetime und die Messages-App werden am deutlichsten ausgebaut. (iOS, Apple)
Apple is kicking off its annual Worldwide Developer Conference with a keynote where the company is revealing updates coming to iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. The event is geared toward software developers, but Apple often uses WWDC to introduce new consumer-…
Apple is kicking off its annual Worldwide Developer Conference with a keynote where the company is revealing updates coming to iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. The event is geared toward software developers, but Apple often uses WWDC to introduce new consumer-facing features. It’s unclear whether we’ll hear about any new hardware today, but stay tuned for […]
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The iPad will get the same home screen features the iPhone received last year.
As expected, Apple revealed numerous details about its upcoming iOS 15 operating systems for iPhones and iPads today. Due later this year, the software updates will introduce major new features to notifications and other parts of the experience.
In the age of Coronavirus, naturally FaceTime is getting a few new features for more natural conversations. A new spatial audio feature will make it sound like "people are in the same room." Callers' voices will come from the same direction as their thumbnails. Machine learning powered voice isolation that will block out background sounds, or a "wide spectrum" mode will pick up everything in the room.
Grid view will let you view FaceTime calls just like Zoom. Portrait mode will blur out your background, just like a camera mode. You can also generate a link for a FaceTime call, making it work, again, just like joining Zoom. Facetime is even coming to Android, sort of, via a browser. A new feature called "Shareplay" will let you share media or your device screen over the video call.
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We interviewed franchise director Lee Mather about this year’s installment.
Enlarge / This year's installment of the official Formula 1 game, F1 2021, arrives on PCs and consoles on July 16. (credit: Codemasters)
If you've ever wanted to race with Formula 1 legends like Michael Schumacher or Ayrton Senna, your wish could come true later this summer—sort of. The iconic drivers and their driving styles have been put into F1 2021, which arrives on consoles and PCs in July.
"We've always spoken about 'wouldn't it be cool to have as your teammate the drivers that we all remember?' And that's exactly what we've done," said Lee Mather, franchise game director at Codemasters, who briefed Ars on the new game recently.
Mather's team started programming the game's AI to race like the sport's current stars in last year's F1 2020. "We put so much time and effort and science into how you do driver ratings [for F1 2020] and how you manage those on a race-by-race basis. So we built the data [ranking different attributes for each of the current F1 drivers] and then we updated every three or four grands prix," Mather explained.
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Ahead of Amazon Prime Day (which is scheduled for June 21 and 22), Amazon is offering deep discounts on its eero 6 mesh Wifi routers, along with other first-party devices, although you’ll need to be a Prime member to score some of the best deals…
Ahead of Amazon Prime Day (which is scheduled for June 21 and 22), Amazon is offering deep discounts on its eero 6 mesh Wifi routers, along with other first-party devices, although you’ll need to be a Prime member to score some of the best deals. But if you’re looking for a single router rather than […]
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Der neue Feature-Drop von Google für Pixel-Smartphones ist da: Neu sind ein gesperrter Ordner für Fotos und ein Warnhinweis, die Augen auf der Straße zu behalten. (Google, Smartphone)
Der neue Feature-Drop von Google für Pixel-Smartphones ist da: Neu sind ein gesperrter Ordner für Fotos und ein Warnhinweis, die Augen auf der Straße zu behalten. (Google, Smartphone) Europe is working hard to modernize copyright law and regulations. The implementation of the Copyright Directive is nearing its conclusion. At the same time, copyright takedown and liability regulations are further strengthened by the proposed Digital Services Act. Or are they? An MPA-controlled ‘hacker’ shows that, for now, pirates and cybercriminals have little to fear.
From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
In recent years the European Commission has proposed and adopted various legislative changes to help combat online piracy.
This includes the Copyright Directive which passed in 2019 as well as the Digital Services Act, which was officially unveiled last December.
These changes have been spurred on by major copyright holders, who have long called for stricter enforcement of pirated content online. At the same time, digital rights groups and some legal experts are concerned that fundamental rights are at risk by increased filtering.
When it comes to the Digital Services Act proposal, neither ‘side’ is satisfied. The new regulations improve the takedown process and will deal with ‘repeat infringers.’ However, there are no ‘staydown’ requirements, which was a priority item on the copyright holders’ wishlist.
These and other issues were extensively discussed in a webinar that was organized by the European Audiovisual Observatory earlier this month. The list of speakers included Stan McCoy from the Motion Picture Association (MPA). At least, that was the plan.
When McCoy was asked to share his thoughts his presentation was abruptly ‘hijacked’ by a cybercriminal named “Dan McCrook,” who shared his opinion on the proposal from a cybercriminal perspective.
“Stan’s feed being hacked by me, his evil twin Dan McCrook,” he said. “In replacement for whatever boring presentation Stan was going to give you about the DSA, I’m going to offer you today a cyber criminal’s guide to the Digital Services Act.”
According to “McCrook” there is little to worry about for pirates. The DSA introduces Know Your Business Customer (KYBC) requirements, as copyright holders requested. However, these only apply to marketplaces and not to hosting services or other platforms pirates commonly use. So that’s good news for criminals.
The DSA isn’t going to make it much harder to upload copyright-infringing content either. While there are some procedural changes to the takedown process, there is no “staydown” requirement. This means that pirates can continue to use their ‘re-upload’ scripts.
“We’re well adapted to notice and action. There are actually thousands of software scripts available for free on the internet that will real re-upload your illegal content immediately. Just if it ever should happen to get taken down from your favorite pirate cyberlocker. So good news for us to have minimal change on that front,” McCrook said.
On top of that, newer piracy business models often use IPTV or app-based models which don’t rely heavily on traditional URLs. This means that the proposed legislation will do little to curb those activities.
“I do a lot of my cybercrime through app-based technologies that don’t even use URL technology, so that’s good news. Basically, the DSA proposes process changes around notice and action but no staydown and therefore happily, from my perspective, no real disruption of the current cybercrime business model,” McCrook noted.
Finally, McCrook is pleased to see that online platforms will only lose their liability exemption if it can be proven that these services “deliberately collaborate” with pirates or other cybercriminals. This will be quite a challenge.
“Good luck seeing inside the mind of the platform operator and proving deliberate collaboration. I think that’s likely to help my platform of friends avoid liability even if it can be shown that their service is objectively designed to favor illegal content.”
Despite the somewhat cynical presentation, it’s clear that the MPA is not happy with the current proposal. And after ‘the real McCoy’ regained control over his feed, he made this pretty clear as well, calling for stricter technology-neutral legislation.
If anything, it’s clear that we can expect another clash between copyright holders, various technology companies, and rights groups, over how far copyright-related legislation should reach. This is a process that could drag on for years, as the Copyright Directive made clear.
Exactly two years ago, the European Parliament implemented the Copyright Directive, including the controversial Article 17. This requires online services to license content from copyright holders or, if that is not possible, to ensure that infringing content is taken down and not re-uploaded to their services.
Today, EU member states were expected to have the language transposed into local law. While many have, including Denmark, which finalized everything late last week, plenty of uncertainty remains.
For example, late last week the European Commission issued its guidance on the transposition of Article 17, which may or may not lead to more tweaks in local laws.
However, the real wait is for the EU Court of Justice, which will soon decide on Poland’s request to get rid of Article 17’s ‘filtering’ obligation. Among other things, the country argued that this will limit freedom of expression and lead to censorship.
We wonder what McCrook and his friends would make of all of this?
From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
Hacker haben die Server des Versandhändlers Pearl übernommen. Die IT des Unternehmens wurde komplett heruntergefahren. (Security, Onlineshop)
Hacker haben die Server des Versandhändlers Pearl übernommen. Die IT des Unternehmens wurde komplett heruntergefahren. (Security, Onlineshop) 
Apple hat die Benutzung seiner Multitasking-Funktionen in iPadOS 15 verbessert und erlaubt Widgets überall auf dem Startbildschirm. (
Apple hat auf der WWDC 2021 mit iOS 15 eine neue mobile Betriebssystemversion vorgestellt. Facetime und die Messages-App werden am deutlichsten ausgebaut. (
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