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Anzeige: Philips Hue bei Amazon mit bis zu 48 Prozent Rabatt

Bei Amazon sind gerade verschiedene Smart-Home-Produkte deutlich reduziert. Besonders die beliebten Artikel von Philips Hue sind günstig. (Hue, Amazon)

Rocket Report: China selling reusable engines; can SpaceX still raise money?

“We all know that China and Russia and others have been doing lots of flights.”

A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches the Viasat-3 mission on April 30, 2023.

Welcome to Edition 5.36 of the Rocket Report! A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, the space media were given a May 4 launch date for United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket. Alas, May the 4th, in 2023, wasn't meant to be. In this week's report, I explain why.

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.

Electron to serve as a hypersonics test bed. Rocket Lab's small booster will use essentially the same first and second stages for hypersonic test flights, but it will have a modified kick stage that will allow Electron to deploy payloads with a mass of up to 600 kg into trajectories five times greater than the speed of sound, Ars reports. The Army, Navy, and Air Force are all developing hypersonic missiles to provide a fast-moving, maneuverable capability for striking targets quickly from thousands of kilometers away. Among the research problems the military likely wants to test is managing the extreme heat that hypersonic missiles are exposed to by traveling at high speeds in the atmosphere for most of their flight.

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Deutsche Marine: Emden – eine Korvette mit IT-Problemen

Die Deutsche Marine kämpft mit IT-Problemen bei ihren neuen Korvetten der Klasse 130. Die kürzlich getaufte Emden kann wohl erst in zwei Jahren ihren Dienst aufnehmen. (Militär, Politik)

Synthetic gasoline promises neutral emissions—but the math doesn’t work

E-fuels sound like a panacea, but there’s not enough spare electricity to make them.

Synthetic fuel promises to put gasoline back in our future. Motorsport will be using it in 2026, and European Union law is using it as a stay of execution for the combustion engine. Advertising promises that a future without fossil fuels doesn't need to be one without gasoline. But burning petrochemicals, wherever they come from, is still burning petrochemicals, and synthetic fuels come at a cost their supporters aren't talking about.

We live in perilous times. The annual Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report has become blunter with every edition. The sixth, published this March, described the steps we need to take to "secure a livable future." Not a good future filled with an abundance of resources and biodiversity, just a survivable one. We're in this situation because we've spent the better part of two centuries digging up fossil fuels and burning them, putting carbon and other greenhouse gases like methane into the atmosphere and causing significant global warming.

But even though there's a domino effect to climate change—drought breeds drought as the land cooks and water seeps into the sea, for instance—mathematically, there is still time to act.

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Writers Strike: Was der Autorenstreik für die Serienproduktion bedeutet

Die Writers Guild of America ist im Streik. Sie fordert höhere Tantiemen und Schutz vor KI-Konkurrenz. Je nachdem, wie lange der Streik dauert, wird es auch Streamingserien treffen. Von Peter Osteried (Streik, Disney)

(g+) Sprachmodelle: Moral lässt sich nicht trainieren

Mit der größeren Verbreitung von KI-Systemen wie ChatGPT oder Claude wird eine Frage immer spannender: Welche Werte und Moralvorstellungen vertreten diese Modelle eigentlich? Von Thilo Hagendorff (KI-Insider, KI)

Luftfahrt: Flugzeugen fehlt der Nachschub an Triebwerken

Viele Flugzeuge müssen derzeit am Boden bleiben. Es fehle an Ersatzteilen, teils an ganzen Triebwerken. Die Lufthansa nimmt es gelassen. (Luftfahrt, Wirtschaft)

Tastaturen für Tablets: Brydge hat ausgetippt

Tastatur-Hersteller Brydge ist in Konkurs gegangen, Mitarbeiter erhalten ihre Gehälter nicht mehr und offene Kundenbestellungen können nicht bedient werden. (Tastatur, Apple)

U.S. Hits Z-Library With New Domain Name Seizures

The U.S. Government’s crackdown against Z-Library continues. After a few months of relative silence from law enforcement agencies, a new round of domain name seizures has begun. These efforts have taken out the shadow library’s main login panel but the site is not planning to throw in the towel.

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

zlibrary By providing free access to millions of books, Z-Library became the go-to site for many readers in recent years.

Z-Library’s very existence was put to the test last November when U.S. law enforcement agencies seized over 200 domain names connected to the site. Two alleged Z-Library operators from Russia were arrested in Argentina as part of a criminal investigation.

Down, Not Out

Despite the gravity of the copyright infringement accusations and ‘pending extraditions, Z-Library never went completely offline. The site continued to operate on the dark web, offering millions of pirated books and articles as it did before.

The site eventually returned on the clearnet too, providing a unique subdomain for all Z-Library users. The idea behind this move was to make it more difficult for law enforcement to take down the whole operation all at once.

This setup worked well for a few months allowing the remaining Z-Library team to focus on expanding the community. Starting this week, however, legal trouble hit Z-Library once again when the U.S. Department of Justice carried out a new round of domain name seizures.

New Domain Seizures

A few days ago we noticed that several domain names associated with the shadow library had stopped working. Instead, users were directed to a seizure banner which most of the site’s users are familiar with by now.

The first seized domain we spotted was b-ok.lat. It previously redirected to the main login portal at singlelogin.me which was still operational at the time. Soon after, however, these domain names were seized by U.S. authorities along with booksc.me and b-ok.as.

The seized domains now point to the name servers of ‘seizedservers.com’ which are controlled by the U.S. Government. Since Z-Library has domains at multiple registries, it’s possible that more seizures will follow in the near future.

Z-Library Confirms Seizures

When Z-Library was first targeted last November it initially denied that its domains had been seized. This time around the site’s operators swiftly confirmed the action, pointing users to an alternative login screen through a Telegram message.

“Unfortunately, one of our primary login domains was seized today. Therefore, we recommend using the domain singlelogin.re to log in to your account, as well as to register,” the Z-Library team wrote.

The Telegram message also reminds users that the TOR and I2P versions of the site are still operational. In addition, several other Z-Library domains remain functional as well, at least for now.

The U.S. government’s recent enforcement actions show that the authorities are still intent on taking Z-Library down. In addition to the domain name seizures, authorities are likely to do everything in their power to track down those operating the shadow library today.

Needless to say, the stakes are extremely high for the existing Z-Library team. Willingly evading U.S. law enforcement is not a good look in court and that will be taken into account if they’re eventually caught.

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

Solar: Balkonkraftwerk mit zwei Solarpanels im Angebot für 400 Euro

Die Preise für einfache Balkonkraftwerke sinken weiter: Der Händler Greensun verkauft ein Set mit zwei Solarpanels und Wechselrichter für 400 Euro. (Balkonkraftwerk, Solarenergie)