Month: May 2023

Ein schöner Garten ohne Unkraut ist kein Problem: Mit dem rabattierten Unkrautvernichter von Amazon ist der Garten schnell unkrautfrei. (Amazon, Unterhaltung & Hobby)

Bestseller im Angebot: Amazon bietet Powerbanks beliebter Marken reduziert an. Es warten Rabatte auf INIU, A ADDTOP, JIGA und mehr. (Technik/Hardware, USB PD)

Die Epix 2 Pro ist quasi eine Garmin Fenix mit AMOLED-Display, ab jetzt gibt es die Sportuhr in drei Größen. Golem.de zeigt sie im Hands-on. Von Peter Steinlechner (Garmin, Smartwatch)

Ein 194 Gbyte großer Leak von Stalker 2 ist im Netz gelandet. Hintergrund könnte der Angriff russischer Hacker auf die Entwickler aus der Ukraine sein. (Stalker, Spiele)

Das alternative Android-ROM soll besonders sicher sein. Die Entwicklung soll von dem Abgang des Hauptentwicklers wenig beeinträchtigt werden. (GrapheneOS, Softwareentwicklung)

Trotz Handelsbeschränkungen bleibt die Konkurrenz aus China mächtig, besonders bei GPUs - US-Unternehmen dürfen sich nicht in Sicherheit wiegen. (Nvidia, Grafikkarten)

Der Chromecast der ersten Generation kann weiter verwendet werden. Allerdings könnte es bald Einschränkungen geben. (Chromecast, Google)

1&1 hat unabhängige Messungen seiner stationären 5G-Mobilfunkversorgung zugelassen. Von 1 GBit/s ist man weit entfernt. (1&1, Mobilfunk)

Founded in 2008, RARBG evolved to become a key player in the torrent ecosystem.

The site didn’t only attract millions of monthly visitors from all over the globe, it was also a major release hub, bridging the gap between the Scene and the broader pirate public.

Today, the site’s fifteen year run unexpectedly came to an end. In a message posted on the site’s front page, the team says its farewells. This message has been separately confirmed by a source familiar with the matter.

RARBG cites multiple reasons behind the surprise decision, including COVID-related health problems which led to the tragic death of one of the people involved. The war between Russia and Ukraine also impacted the team, with RARBG suggesting that it had members fighting on both sides.

“The past 2 years have been very difficult for us – some of the people in our team died due to covid complications, others still suffer the side effects of it – not being able to work at all. Some are also fighting the war in Europe – ON BOTH SIDES,” the team writes.

The rising costs of operating from data centers in Europe also played their part. And with revenue having trouble keeping up with the rising costs, shutting down the site ultimately seemed the best solution.

“Inflation makes our daily expenses impossible to bare. Therefore we can no longer run this site without massive expenses that we can no longer cover out of pocket. After an unanimous vote we’ve decided that we can no longer do it.”

“We are sorry :( Bye,” the message concludes.

The shutdown also marks the end of the popular RARBG releases, many of which were shared through other pirate sites as well. These high quality releases which, aside from the early days never included CAMs, are among the most downloaded in history.

Today’s shutdown is one of the largest in the history of torrent sites. It’s also the first major closure since the 2015/2016 period, when KickassTorrents, Torrentz, and ExtraTorrent all left the scene.

Needless to say, there will be plenty of copycats who are eager to take over the RARBG brand. However, the real RARBG is no more.

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This is a developing story, more information and details may be added.

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

Ein Bastler hat eine KI-Kamera ohne Objektiv gebaut. Paragraphica erzeugt Schnappschüsse mit einem Raspberry Pi und Stable Diffusion. (KI, Urheberrecht)