Month: September 2025

Eine Studie stellt Kosten zum klimaneutralen Umbau der europäischen Wirtschaft den Folgen des Klimawandels gegenüber. Teuer wird es auf jeden Fall. (Klimakrise, Studien)

London, Malta, Island: Golem hat sich das James-Bond-Spiel angeschaut - und freut sich auf Kämpfen, Schleichen und Gadgets im März 2026. Von Peter Steinlechner (James Bond, Spiele)

On Tuesday, Tencent released HunyuanWorld-Voyager, a new open-weights AI model that generates 3D-consistent video sequences from a single image, allowing users to pilot a camera path to "explore" virtual scenes. The model simultaneously generates RGB video and depth information to enable direct 3D reconstruction without the need for traditional modeling techniques. However, it won't be replacing video games anytime soon.

The results aren't true 3D models, but they achieve a similar effect: The AI tool generates 2D video frames that maintain spatial consistency as if a camera were moving through a real 3D space. Each generation produces just 49 frames—roughly two seconds of video—though multiple clips can be chained together for sequences lasting "several minutes," according to Tencent. Objects stay in the same relative positions when the camera moves around them, and the perspective changes correctly as you would expect in a real 3D environment. While the output is video with depth maps rather than true 3D models, this information can be converted into 3D point clouds for reconstruction purposes.

The system works by accepting a single input image and a user-defined camera trajectory. Users can specify camera movements like forward, backward, left, right, or turning motions through the provided interface. The system combines image and depth data with a memory-efficient "world cache" to produce video sequences that reflect user-defined camera movement.

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Last year, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) seized several domain names linked to Streameast, a popular live sports piracy site with millions of users.

The seizures were carried out by the book but did not achieve the desired effect. Streameast remained available through alternative and regularly updated domains.

At the time, the operator of the original Streameast operation, known by the handle ‘Quick’, noted that many Streameast-branded clone sites were not targeted in the government crackdown, despite pulling in more traffic than the original.

“Despite the existence of countless fake, fraudulent, infected, and misleading streaming sites, this attack was solely targeted at the real addresses of Streameast,” Quick wrote in a response.

ACE & Egypt Shut Down Streameast Network

After more than a year, Streameast is making headlines once again. This time around, however, the original Streameast was not targeted. Instead, the copycat clone sites were the focus of a massive anti-piracy operation.

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) reports that alongside Egyptian authorities, it has shut down the world’s largest sports piracy ring; the Streameast network.

Streameast.app, a few days ago

The MPA’s anti-piracy arm says that the network consisted of more than 80 domain names, reportedly good for 1.6 billion visits in the past year. Streameast.app, which had more traffic than the original Streameast, is now under ACE control along with the other domains.

The press release doesn’t identify any domains by name, but it states that some sites were targeted at specific sports. These sites did not necessarily carry Streameast branding and appear to include boxingbite.app, nbastreams.app, mlbbite.net, mlbstreamlinks.org, and reddit-nba.com.

A full list of the seized domains, independently identified by TorrentFreak, is available below. These will be redirected to ACE’s ‘Watch Legally’ page, which is typical in these types of cases.

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A Victory For Rightsholders

Charles Rivkin, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association (MPA), who also serves as Chairman of ACE, describes the massive takedown as a major anti-piracy milestone that protects rightsholders who invest in the live sports ecosystem.

“Today, ACE scored a resounding victory in its fight to detect, deter, and dismantle criminal perpetrators of digital piracy: by taking down the largest illegal live sports platform anywhere,” Rivkin said.

Ed McCarthy, COO of DAZN Group, is pleased with the achievement too and congratulates ACE and Egypt for the resounding success.

“This criminal operation was siphoning value from sports at every level and putting fans across the world at risk. We commend the Egyptian authorities and ACE for their action in bringing down the world’s largest illegal sports streaming operation.”

The press release doesn’t mention that the original Streameast is still in operation, but ACE is undoubtedly aware of its existence, as this operation was at the center of a U.S. Government crackdown last year.

Streameast: We’re Fine

As the news broke, the original Streameast’s communication channel was overloaded with worried users, but operator Quick informed them that the service is operating as usual.

“We are not connected to them in any way (we’re not even Egyptian). We have not been raided, and our streams and work continue as usual. As we’ve always said: Do not use fake sites!”

Quick’s comment

ACE would undoubtedly prefer to shut down all major pirate streaming sites, but where Streameast is concerned the ‘copycat’ was actually the biggest fish. It’s therefore no surprise that they are pleased after shutting it down.

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Below is a list of all sites that were seized by ACE over the past days, including Streameast.app.

boxingbite.app, boxingstreams.app, buffstreams.app, buffstreamz.app, crichd.app, f1bite.app, f1streams.app, mlbstreams.app, mmabite.app, mmalive.app, mmastreams.app, nbastreams.app, nfllive.app, nflstreams.app, nhlstreams.app, streameast.app, ufctonight.app, vipleague.app, crackstreams.dad, boxingbite.net, f1bite.net, mlbbite.net, mlbshow.net, mmabite.net, nhlbite.net, redditnflstreams.net, rmlbstreams.net, rmmastreams.net, soccerbite.net, atdhe.club, allfloridasafetyinstitute.com, cfbite.com, googlapisapi.com, mlbshow.com, nflbite-streams.com, nflpulse.com, nflsurge.com, nhlbite.com, rboxingstreams.com, reddit-nba.com, reddit-nfl.com, redditmmastreams.com, redditnhlstreams.com, rmmastreams.com, rnbastreams.com, rncaafstreams.com, wnbabite.com, wnbastreams.com, totalsportek.fun, redditsoccerstreams.link, boxingstreamlinks.live, f1streamlinks.live, mlbstreamlinks.live, mmastreamlinks.live, nhlbite.live, redditcfbstreams.live, redditf1streams.live, redditmlbstreams.live, redditmmastreams.live, redditnbastreams.live, redditnflstreams.live, adstrim.org, boxingstreams.org, f1streamlinks.org, mlbstreamlinks.org, mmastreamlinks.org, nflbites.org, nflstreamlinks.org, nfltonight.org, nhlstreamlinks.org, redditnbastreams.org, thevipbox.org, streamingsites.review, nflbite.site, redditsports.stream, 1stream.top, nflbite.watch.

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Queen once asked, "Who wants to live forever?" And while the band's frontman Freddie Mercury only made it into his 40s, the song's question continues to haunt people—especially aging tyrants who fear that the icy hand of death is upon their shoulder and want far more time to ensure both national and personal glory.

At a Beijing gathering this week, China's Xi Jinping, Russia's Vladimir Putin, and North Korea's Kim Jong Un met to commemorate Japan's defeat in World War II. The three men and their translators were caught on hot mics having an "unscripted moment" in which the conversation turned to life extensions and immortality.

"Earlier, people rarely lived to 70, but these days at 70 years you are still a child," Xi told the other two, according to Bloomberg.

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As part of its efforts to shore up NASA's flailing Artemis Program, the Trump administration earlier this year proposed two major changes to the agency's deep space exploration plans.

First, in the president's budget request for fiscal year 2026, the White House sought to terminate NASA's costly Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft after the Artemis III mission, the first human landing. And second, to focus on "direct-to-surface" exploration, the White House sought to cancel the Lunar Gateway, a small space station intended to orbit the Moon.

Essentially, for long-term sustainability, the White House decided it was best to use lower-cost, commercially available rockets and focus NASA's limited resources on surface activities. For example, the Gateway's $854 million budget in 2024 would be better spent in future years on a lunar base.

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As part of its efforts to shore up NASA's flailing Artemis Program, the Trump administration earlier this year proposed two major changes to the agency's deep space exploration plans.

First, in the president's budget request for fiscal year 2026, the White House sought to terminate NASA's costly Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft after the Artemis III mission, the first human landing. And second, to focus on "direct-to-surface" exploration, the White House sought to cancel the Lunar Gateway, a small space station intended to orbit the Moon.

Essentially, for long-term sustainability, the White House decided it was best to use lower-cost, commercially available rockets and focus NASA's limited resources on surface activities. For example, the Gateway's $854 million budget in 2024 would be better spent in future years on a lunar base.

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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr is teaming up with Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to block funding for Wi-Fi hotspots for schoolchildren.

Cruz convinced the Senate to kill the FCC's hotspot program in May. While Cruz's proposal didn't make it through the House of Representatives, Carr is now taking action to stop the program's implementation.

"Today, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr asked his commission colleagues to vote on two items that would reverse the agency's unlawful, Biden-era decisions to expand COVID spending programs," Carr's announcement said. "Those FCC decisions spent scarce taxpayer dollars on funding unsupervised screen time for kids without accounting for the significant attendant risks."

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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr is teaming up with Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to block funding for Wi-Fi hotspots for schoolchildren.

Cruz convinced the Senate to kill the FCC's hotspot program in May. While Cruz's proposal didn't make it through the House of Representatives, Carr is now taking action to stop the program's implementation.

"Today, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr asked his commission colleagues to vote on two items that would reverse the agency's unlawful, Biden-era decisions to expand COVID spending programs," Carr's announcement said. "Those FCC decisions spent scarce taxpayer dollars on funding unsupervised screen time for kids without accounting for the significant attendant risks."

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Google has spent the last few weeks hyping up its new Pixel 10 phones, which are very nice devices. They're just not a big leap over last year's phones. If you've decided to hang onto your Android phone a bit longer, there are some new goodies headed your way. If you've got a Pixel, Google's revamped Material 3 Expressive interface is rolling out.

Google's Pixel Drop updates, which arrive quarterly, are not quite a new version of Android, but they include more than the bug fixes and security patches you get in other monthly updates. The September Pixel Drop (previously tested as Android 16 QPR1) is beginning its rollout today with one big change and a few little ones.

At the top of the list is the new Material 3 Expressive interface. Google revealed Material 3 in May, promising it would come to Android 16 phones later, but it didn't intend to include it with the initial OS release. Indeed, Android 16 launched without Material 3 earlier this summer. Google's new Pixel 10 series shipped with the new UI, and now more of the Pixel lineup is following.

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