Month: December 2021

This week we learned that a number of major tech companies and news organizations were scrapping plans for in-person attendance at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. Now a few more big names have piled on: Intel won’t be attending, and neither will Lenovo.

I also got an email a little while ago saying that HP-owned HyperX is pulling out. Most of these companies will still announce new products in early January… they just won’t show them off in person to the thousands of journalists and tech industry folks who usually attend the annual show.

Here’s a roundup of recent tech news from around the web.

Intel Backs Out of CES 2022, Citing Health Concerns [Tom’s Hardware]

Intel is the latest company to limit its participation in CES 2022 to virtual-only. The company usually has a major presence at the show, with at least one and sometimes several keynotes and a massive booth showing the latest technologies.

Lenovo too [The Verge]

Lenovo hasn’t typically had much space on the main show floor in recent years, but the company has had significant presence at associated events including CES Unveiled, Pepcom, and Showstoppers.

Lenovo Legion Y9000P 2022 gaming laptop teaser [ITHome]

Lenovo teases a Legion Y9000P gaming laptop ahead of CES. It will have a 2.5K resolution display with a 165Hz refresh rate, 500 nits brightness, and a 92.5% screen to body ratio.

Krita 5.0 released [Krita]

Krita 5.0 is now available, with the latest version of the free and open source digital painting/image editing app bringing speed and memory improvements, updated tools, a new storyboard editor and a recorded to create videos of your painting sessions.

If you have even the least bit of interest in Krita, I highly recommend checking out the release notes, which are some of the most informative release notes I’ve ever seen for any update for any app. 

PortableApps.com Hits 1 Billion Apps Downloaded [PortableApps]

PortableApps has served a billion downloads of its open source utilities that let you install hundreds of apps to a USB flash drive or cloud storage, allowing you to take your apps (and settings) with you from PC to PC.

Keep up on the latest headlines by following Liliputing on Twitter and Facebook and follow @LinuxSmartphone on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news on open source mobile phones.

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This week we learned that a number of major tech companies and news organizations were scrapping plans for in-person attendance at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. Now a few more big names have piled on: Intel won’t be attending, and neither will Lenovo.

I also got an email a little while ago saying that HP-owned HyperX is pulling out. Most of these companies will still announce new products in early January… they just won’t show them off in person to the thousands of journalists and tech industry folks who usually attend the annual show.

Here’s a roundup of recent tech news from around the web.

Intel Backs Out of CES 2022, Citing Health Concerns [Tom’s Hardware]

Intel is the latest company to limit its participation in CES 2022 to virtual-only. The company usually has a major presence at the show, with at least one and sometimes several keynotes and a massive booth showing the latest technologies.

Lenovo too [The Verge]

Lenovo hasn’t typically had much space on the main show floor in recent years, but the company has had significant presence at associated events including CES Unveiled, Pepcom, and Showstoppers.

Lenovo Legion Y9000P 2022 gaming laptop teaser [ITHome]

Lenovo teases a Legion Y9000P gaming laptop ahead of CES. It will have a 2.5K resolution display with a 165Hz refresh rate, 500 nits brightness, and a 92.5% screen to body ratio.

Krita 5.0 released [Krita]

Krita 5.0 is now available, with the latest version of the free and open source digital painting/image editing app bringing speed and memory improvements, updated tools, a new storyboard editor and a recorded to create videos of your painting sessions.

If you have even the least bit of interest in Krita, I highly recommend checking out the release notes, which are some of the most informative release notes I’ve ever seen for any update for any app. 

PortableApps.com Hits 1 Billion Apps Downloaded [PortableApps]

PortableApps has served a billion downloads of its open source utilities that let you install hundreds of apps to a USB flash drive or cloud storage, allowing you to take your apps (and settings) with you from PC to PC.

Keep up on the latest headlines by following Liliputing on Twitter and Facebook and follow @LinuxSmartphone on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news on open source mobile phones.

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Looking for something to watch over the holidays? Amazon and Roku have you covered – both are offering deals that let you sign up for a bunch channels of content for $0.99 per month each for up to two months.

Whether British mystery shows, Showtime originals, movies, or documentaries are your thing, they’ve got you covered. And if you’re looking for something a little more active, Roku’s also got deals on a couple of fitness-themed channels. Meanwhile Epic, Steam, GOG, and the Microsoft Store are all running sales on PC games and the Epic Games Store is giving away Vampyr for free today.

Here are some of the day’s best deals.

Amazon Prime Channels ($0.99 per month each for up to 2 months)

• Acorn TV
• A&E Crime Central
• AMC+
• ALLBLK
• BET+
• Discovery+
• Epix
• Hallmark Movies Now
• Lifetime Movie Club
• MotorTrend
• Noggin
• PBS Documentaries
• PBS Kids
• Ryan and Friends
• Showtime
• Starz
• Up Faith & Family

Roku Channels ($0.99 per month each for up to 2 months)

• BBC Select (documentaries)
• BET+
• Epix
• Fit Fusion by Jillian Michaels
• GAIAM TV (fitness & yoga)
• Grokker (fitness & yoga)
• Hallmark Movies Now
• Lifetime Movie Club
• Marquee TV (opera, dance & theater)
• Noggin
• ScreenPix
• Showtime
• Starz
• This Old House Premium
• Up Faith & Family

PC games

• Vampyr PC game for free – Epic Games Store
• Epic Games Store Holiday Sale – Epic Games Store
• GOG Winter Sale – GOG
• Save up to 65% on select PC games – Microsoft Store
• Steam Winter Sale – Steam

eBooks and audiobooks

• Select Kindle eBooks for up to 80% off – Amazon
• Audible membership for $6 per month for the first 3 months – Amazon

Tablets

• Amazon Fire HD 8 (2020) for $55 and up – Amazon
• Refurb Amazon Fire HD 10 (2019) w/32GB for $60 – Amazon
• Refurb Amazon Fire HD 10 (2019) w/64GB for $90 – Amazon
• Amazon Fire HD 10 (2021) for $100 and up – Amazon

Other

• One Netbook OneGX1 7″ mini-laptop w/Core i5-10210Y/16GB/512GB for $699 – ONEXPLAYER Store
• Amazfit Band 5 activity tracker for $24 – Amazon
• Boxing Day Sale – GeekBuying

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Android 12 is so new the paint is still drying, and Android 12L is still in beta. But details about the next major version of Android are starting to leak.

While Android 13 most likely won’t be released until fall of 2022, the folks at xda-developers have received a series of screenshots that highlight some changes Google is working on, and Mishaal Rahman noticed a code commit that hint at another upcoming feature.

There’s still plenty of time for things to change between now and next fall, so it’s probably best to take everything with a grain of salt. Even if the leaks are accurate, they only show us what Google is working on today, not what the company will actually deliver tomorrow.

But here are some highlights:

• Opt-in App Notifications: It looks like Google will require at least some apps to request permission before they can send notifications to your device, much the way you need to grant permission for apps to use your location, mic, or camera. This could cut down on the number of unwanted items cluttering your notifications.
• App Language Settings: Right now you can set a system-wide default for your preferred language. But in Android 13, it appears that you’ll be able to set different languages for different apps. So if you prefer to use Spanish when connecting with friends and family via WhatsApp, but use English for everything else, you can adjust your settings accordingly.
• Lock Screen Clock: Right now if you’re using a Pixel phone running Android 12, you probably have a really big clock on the lock screen, with the hour on top and minutes below that. In Android 13 you’ll be able to adjust the lock screen clock size and layout.
• TARE: Google’s latest attempt to extend battery life will basically attempt to figure out which app functions are the most demanding and limit them when your battery level is low. It’s a lot more complicated than that though, so check out the xda-developers article for more details.
• Bluetooth LE Audio: The new Bluetooth LE Audio codec (or LC3) should result in lower battery consumption and stable connections between your Android device and Bluetooth earbuds or hearing aids. It also supports connections with multiple devices, which could allow you to stream music, videos, or other audio content to multiple sets of earbuds so you and your friends can listen at the same time. It’s unclear exactly when this will roll out, but Android 13 seems like a safe bet. Android Police has some more details on Bluetooth LE Audio.

According to xda-developers, Android 13 is codenamed “Tiramisu,” in keeping with Google’s long history of desert or “tasty treat” themed codenames. But the company stopped using those names publicly a while back, so that’s really more a bit of trivia than anything significant about the upcoming operating system.

Make sure to check out xda-developers for more screenshots of many of the new features.

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Following its launch in 2016, pirate manga site Mangamura grew to become one of the most successful sites of its kind. With this growth, however, massive pressure from copyright holders and anti-piracy groups wasn’t far behind.

According to Japan-based anti-piracy group CODA, over a period of just two years Mangamura caused around $2.91 billion in losses to the industry but in April 2018 the site’s progress came to a juddering halt when the platform shut itself down.

It transpired that a criminal investigation was underway into the site’s activities which eventually led to the arrest of operator Romi Hoshino in Manilla.

Hoshino was later deported to Japan where he was arrested by local authorities who put him on trial. On June 2, 2021, he was sentenced to three years in prison and fines in excess of US$650,000, much of it representing a clawback of revenue generated by advertising.

Now, more than six months later, two of the agencies involved in placing ads on Mangamura have been found liable for assisting the site in a way that helped to cause losses to a local artist.

Agencies Participated in Mangamura’s Infringement

According to a report from Anime News Network, manga creator Ken Akamatsu (Love Hina, Negima!, UQ Holder!) filed a lawsuit against MM Lab and parent company Global Net.

Akamatsu alleged that his manga titles were illegally posted on Mangamura and since the advertising companies supplied ads and were involved in generating revenue for the site, they should be held liable for his losses.

This week at the Tokyo District Court, Judge Koichi Tanaka found that the two companies can indeed be held liable for their part in the Mangamura platform. The Judge said that the operator of Mangamura committed copyright infringement and the agency that paid the advertising fees to the operator helped to fuel that infringement.

MM Lab and Global Net were ordered to pay 11 million yen (US$96,184) to Akamatsu, whose attorney noted that this is the first time that an advertising agency has been held liable for placing ads on pirate manga sites.

From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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The Huawei MateBook X Pro 2022 is a premium thin and light laptop with a 14.2 inch, 3120 x x 2080 pixel LTPS display featuring a 90 Hz refresh rate, a 3:2 aspect ratio, and a 92.5% screen-to-body ratio thanks to slim bezels around all sides.

It’s the sort of display that makes a laptop stand out, particularly a compact laptop that weighs less than 3.1 pounds and measures just 0.61 inches thick. But it’s undercut a bit by the fact that Huawei’s flagship laptop for 2022 will ship with a processor that’s very 2021.

The notebook is powered by an Intel Core i7-1195G7 processor that, to be fair, is a pretty nice chip featuring 4 cores, 8 threads, support for burst frequencies up to 5 GHz, and Intel Iris Xe integrated graphics. It’s probably the best 15-watt chip Intel introduced in 2021.

It’s just that Huawei’s laptop has 2022 in the name and it’s going on sale less than two weeks before Intel and AMD are expected to announce their next-gen mobile processors. Intel’s upcoming 12th-gen chips expected to feature a new hybrid design that combines high-performance and energy-efficient CPU cores to deliver better performance and potentially longer battery life. Less is known about AMD’s next-gen chips, but the company has been on a roll in recent years.

And that could make the 9,499 CNY ($1,490) starting price for the new MateBook X Pro 2022 a little tougher to swallow than it would have been if Huawei had introduced the same laptop a few months ago.

In addition to a high-quality display and an 11th-gen Intel processor, the notebook has 16GB of LPDDR4 memory, a 1TB PCIe NVMe SSD, a total of six speakers (including four woofers) and four microphones, and a 720p webcam with support for face recognition in the slim bezel above the display.

The backlit keyboard features 1.5mm key travel and there’s a fingerprint sensor built into the power button. And the Huawei MateBook X Pro 2022 has a 60 Wh battery and a 65W USB-C charger that the company says can provide up to 2 hours of battery life from a 15 minute charge.

Ports include a 3.5mm headset jack and four USB Type-C ports, and the laptop supports WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1.

via Huawei (YouTube)

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Huawei’s latest smart glasses have speakers built into the temples, allowing you to listen to music, hear audio notifications, or make phone calls when the eyewear is synced to your smartphone via Bluetooth.

They’re also Huawei’s first smart glasses to run the company’s HarmonyOS software, which the company develops not only as an alternative to Android, but also as a platform for IoT devices ranging from smart TVs to wearables. But possibly the most interesting thing about Huawei’s new glasses? The frames are interchangeable.

The electronics are built into the temples themselves, allowing you to pop off the frames if you want to change lenses or frame styles. Want to wear a set of clear or blue light-blocking glasses while you’re at work and sunglasses on the way home? Rather than buying two sets of smart glasses, you can buy two frames and swap one out for the other when you leave the office.

Huawei plans to offer a range of different styles including classic rectangle, vintage round, and aviator-style frames made from different materials, with prices starting at 1,699 CNY ($267) for normal glasses or 1,899 CNY ($298) for sunglasses.

The glasses have open speakers built into the temples, which means that folks standing nearby might be able to hear music or other audio if they’re standing close by, but the company says the glasses can lower the sound level automatically when you want messages to be for your years only.

There’s a touch sensor in the temples, allowing you to control some apps and functions by pinching or tapping. And there’s a mic with directional audio support that you can use for phone calls or voice controls.

Huawei also built a posture sensor into the eyewear, with the option to give you a verbal notification if you’ve been looking downward for an extended period to avoid neck or back pain.

The company says you should be able to get 4.5 hours of battery life during phone calls, 6 hours while listening to audio, or 16 hours of standby time and the smart glasses work with a magnetic charger when it’s time to recharge the battery.

Huawei’s new glasses are available in China starting today, but there’s no word on if or when you’ll be able to buy them in other countries.

via Huawei (YouTube)

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