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Anstatt eines faltbaren Displays verwendet Lenovo beim Yoga Book 9i zwei einzelne Displays. Das führt zu interessanten Nutzungsmöglichkeiten. Ein Hands-on von Tobias Költzsch (CES 2023, OLED)
76.500 Stunden Arbeitszeit aus der Meetinghölle befreit: Shopify sagt zwei Wochen lang viele Treffen ab und lässt seine Belegschaft in Ruhe arbeiten. (Arbeit, Unternehmenssoftware)
76.500 Stunden Arbeitszeit aus der Meetinghölle befreit: Shopify sagt zwei Wochen lang viele Treffen ab und lässt seine Belegschaft in Ruhe arbeiten. (Arbeit, Unternehmenssoftware) Sollte die Playstation 5 nur horizontal platziert werden? Darauf deuten Berichte hin, denen zufolge es Probleme mit Flüssigmetall gibt. (Playstation 5, Sony)
Sollte die Playstation 5 nur horizontal platziert werden? Darauf deuten Berichte hin, denen zufolge es Probleme mit Flüssigmetall gibt. (Playstation 5, Sony) Eine neuartige Wärmepumpe soll mit Lautsprechern funktionieren. Sie verspricht mehr Wärme ohne die Verwendung von Kältemittel. (Energie, Sound-Hardware)
Eine neuartige Wärmepumpe soll mit Lautsprechern funktionieren. Sie verspricht mehr Wärme ohne die Verwendung von Kältemittel. (Energie, Sound-Hardware) It has four screens, three operating systems, and many of the usual car problems.
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Android Automotive, Google's operating system for cars, has historically been pretty niche, and only a handful of high-profile cars like the Polestar 2 have used it. Now, though, Android Automotive is going mainstream, and we're starting to see some of the biggest car manufacturers roll out Google's operating system across entire lineups.
Today, we're looking at the 2022 GMC Yukon, but really, this is General Motors' Android Automotive system, and you'll see it rolled out across most of GM's lineup in the future. The same basic setup powers the Hummer EV1, and with all of the parts-sharing that goes on at GM, expect to see this system pop up in Chevys, GMCs, Cadillacs, and Buicks. With Ford and Honda jumping into the Android Automotive ecosystem in the near future, Google's car OS will soon be everywhere.
Let's get the usual disclaimer out of the way: This article is not about Android Auto, Google's tethered phone app and competitor to Apple's CarPlay. Android Automotive, fully spelled out (it's sometimes branded as "Google Built-In"), means the car is one big Android device. A computer runs the car's infotainment system, and that computer runs Android. Even if you have an iPhone in your pocket, that won't change the OS your car runs (it does support CarPlay, though). For most models, buying General Motors will mean buying an Android Car. You'll see an on-screen message pop up during setup saying, "By using this car, you agree to Google's terms of service."
“Why not send one person a year to space and raise that awareness?”
Enlarge / The Falcon 9 rocket first stage that launched the Transporter-6 mission returns to Earth on January 3, 2023. (credit: Trevor Mahlmann)
Welcome to Edition 5.22 of the Rocket Report, the first of the new year! I'm excited for what will happen in the world of launch in 2023, and expect that we will see the debut of a lot of big new rockets this year, including Japan's H3, SpaceX's Starship, and United Launch Alliance's Vulcan. And there will be many small rockets. We'll be here all year to follow it with you.
As always, we welcome reader submissions, and if you don't want to miss an issue, please subscribe using the box below (the form will not appear on AMP-enabled versions of the site). Each report will include information on small-, medium-, and heavy-lift rockets as well as a quick look ahead at the next three launches on the calendar.
Vega rocket fails again. For the third time in its last eight flights, Europe's Vega rocket failed a launch attempt in late December. The Vega vehicle was lost 150 seconds into its latest mission from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, the BBC reports, as it was carrying two French-built, high-resolution Earth imaging spacecraft into low Earth orbit. The failure puts further pressure on the European satellite sector, which no longer has use of Russian rockets and will see the retirement of the heavy-lift Ariane-5 launcher later this year.
In AMDs erster HPC-APU rechnen 24 CPU-Kerne, die KI-Leistung soll auf Faktor 8 steigen. Die Geräte sollen im Supercomputer zusammen 2 Exaflops liefern. (AMD, Prozessor)
This week, a Danish court convicted a 26-year-old man for selling pirated digital copies of textbooks. The seller received a suspended jail sentence and was ordered to pay damages. While this incident has been dealt with, anti-piracy group Rights Alliance signals a broader piracy habit among students that has rightsholders worried.
From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
Free access to information is a broadly held ideal, but when students have to pay for their textbooks, it’s far from reality.
Getting a proper education certainly isn’t cheap. As a result, many students have found shortcuts in pirate sites such as Libgen and Z-Library.
In addition, pirated books are also regularly shared between students or resold through online marketplaces. The latter can lead to a lucrative revenue stream, but certainly not without risk.
Yesterday a 26-year-old Danish man was convicted in a criminal case, following an investigation by anti-piracy group Rights Alliance. The man was found guilty of offering 29 textbook pdfs for sale through local online marketplace DBA.
While a criminal conviction doesn’t look good on one’s resume, the textbook seller won’t have to serve a custodial sentence. Instead, the court issued a 10-day suspended prison sentence.
On top of the probation period, the man was also ordered to pay 5,000 Danish kroner (~$700) in compensation to Rights Alliance, while 2,245 kroner (~$310) were confiscated.
Rights Alliance is pleased with the deterrent message sent by this criminal conviction. While the punishment may not scare hardened criminals, it confirms that selling pirated textbooks is a crime.
Rights Alliance director Maria Fredenslund welcomes the outcome while stressing that more must be done to change the ‘unhealthy’ pro-piracy culture among students.
Last year, a student survey found that nearly half of all students who use digital textbooks get their copies through illegal means.
“Unfortunately, we see an unhealthy culture in higher education, where every other student has acquired study books illegally. This means that a large part of Denmark’s youth is willing to break the law,” Fredenslund says.
Most students are well aware that selling and pirating books is against the law. However, 68% still find it acceptable to share digital textbooks with friends or other students.
This type of sharing isn’t a fad; it appears to be ingrained in the educational culture. The chart below shows that piracy is by far the most common method to obtain digital textbooks, beating legal options.
Rights Alliance is calling for a thorough culture change and is actively engaging with educational institutions to see what can be done. The anti-piracy group has already launched some informational campaigns, but they failed to produce the desired outcome.
This week’s conviction of the textbook seller is not the first. Similar suspended prison sentences have been handed down in previous Danish textbook piracy cases.
Rights Alliance says it is important to confirm that these activities are illegal. However, as the survey showed, most students are already well aware of the legal angle, but continue to share textbooks nonetheless.
It seems that the high cost of textbooks is a major driver of this activity, but there are indications that prices will fall. On the contrary, widespread piracy could make textbooks even more expensive, effectively creating a vicious piracy cycle.
Pia Vigh, Head of the Secretariat for Danish Education Publishers, hopes that the broader educational system will put the piracy issue on the agenda. If not, it may become increasingly expensive to publish Danish textbooks.
“The management, lecturers, and tutors must take responsibility and make the students understand that it ultimately affects themselves, their professionalism and their study environment if they share study books illegally,” Vigh says.
The question is whether students can be convinced that copyright and their study environment are more important than their own wallets.
From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
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Fünf neue Modelle werden künftig den Weg in Notebooks finden: Dabei sind die RTX 4050 und 4060, für die es noch keine Desktop-Pendants gibt. (Grafikkarten, Notebook)
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Anstatt eines faltbaren Displays verwendet Lenovo beim Yoga Book 9i zwei einzelne Displays. Das führt zu interessanten Nutzungsmöglichkeiten. Ein Hands-on von Tobias Költzsch (
In AMDs erster HPC-APU rechnen 24 CPU-Kerne, die KI-Leistung soll auf Faktor 8 steigen. Die Geräte sollen im Supercomputer zusammen 2 Exaflops liefern. (
Lenovos Smart Paper ist ein leistungsfähiges digitales Notizbuch mit systemweiter Suchfunktion für handschriftliche Eingaben - im ersten Test überzeugt es in vielerlei Hinsicht. Ein Hands-on von Tobias Költzsch (
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