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Hybridkonsole: Leak zeigt Menüs der Nintendo Switch

Dank einer offenbar zu früh ausgelieferten Switch ist erstmals die Benutzeroberfläche der neuen Konsole von Nintendo zu sehen. Auch die drolligen Systemklänge sind zu hören. (Nintendo Switch, Nintendo)

Hyperloop-Challenge: Der Kompressor macht den Unterschied

Schneller und weiter als die Konkurrenz: Die Kapsel vom Team Warr aus München war die leistungsfähigste bei der Hyperloop-Challenge von SpaceX. Doch auf dem Weg mussten die Münchner nicht nur den Luftwiderstand überwinden. Von Werner Pluta (Hyperloop, Technologie)

3D Xpoint: Intel verrät Details zur Optane-SSD P4800X

Sie nutzt 375 GByte an nichtflüchtigem 3D-Xpoint-Speicher und vier PCIe-Gen3-Lanes via NVMe-Protokoll: Die P4800X ist Intels erste Optane-SSD für Server. Die Transferraten sind nicht überragend, dafür aber die Latenz bei Zugriffen. Der hohen Haltbarkeit steht eine recht kurze Garantie gegenüber. (3D Xpoint, Intel)

Man who used CNC mill to make untraceable guns, sentenced to 41 months

Daniel Crowninshield let essentially anyone “unlawfully manufacture firearms.”

A Sacramento, California man was sentenced Thursday to over three years in prison for unlawful manufacture of a firearm and one count of dealing firearms.

Last year, Daniel Crownshield, pleaded guilty to those counts in exchange for federal prosecutors dropping other charges. According to investigators, Crowninshield, known online as "Dr. Death," would sell unfinished AR-15 lower receivers, which customers would then pay for him to transform into fully machined lower receivers using a computer numerically controlled (CNC) mill. (In October 2014, Cody Wilson, of Austin, Texas, who has pioneered 3D-printed guns, began selling a CNC mill called "Ghost Gunner," designed to work specifically on the AR-15 lower.)

"In order to create the pretext that the individual in such a scenario was building his or her own firearm, the skilled machinist would often have the individual press a button or put his or her hands on a piece of machinery so that the individual could claim that the individual, rather than the machinist, made the firearm," the government claimed in its April 14 plea agreement.

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My Friend Cayla: Eltern müssen Puppen ihrer Kinder zerstören

Smartes Spielzeug wird vor allem von Datenschützern immer wieder kritisiert. In einem Fall greift die Bundesnetzagentur zu einem drastischen Mittel: Die Puppe “My Friend Cayla” muss zerstört werden, der Besitz ist strafbar. (Spielzeug, Datenschutz)

Smartes Spielzeug wird vor allem von Datenschützern immer wieder kritisiert. In einem Fall greift die Bundesnetzagentur zu einem drastischen Mittel: Die Puppe "My Friend Cayla" muss zerstört werden, der Besitz ist strafbar. (Spielzeug, Datenschutz)

Neue Strategie: HTC will keine Einsteiger-Smartphones mehr bringen

2017 will HTC sich bei den Smartphones auf Topgeräte und Modelle der gehobenen Mittelklasse konzentrieren – Einsteigergeräte will der Hersteller nicht mehr veröffentlichen. Damit schlägt HTC einen vergleichbaren Weg wie Samsung ein. (HTC, Smartphone)

2017 will HTC sich bei den Smartphones auf Topgeräte und Modelle der gehobenen Mittelklasse konzentrieren - Einsteigergeräte will der Hersteller nicht mehr veröffentlichen. Damit schlägt HTC einen vergleichbaren Weg wie Samsung ein. (HTC, Smartphone)

Apple: Planet der affigen Fernsehshows

“Planet of the Apps” ist Apples erste eigene TV-Show. Sie erfüllt alle Voraussetzungen, um krachend zu scheitern: ein trashiges Format, viel Bullshit und Gwyneth Paltrow. Ein IMHO von Eike Kühl (Fernsehen, Apple)

"Planet of the Apps" ist Apples erste eigene TV-Show. Sie erfüllt alle Voraussetzungen, um krachend zu scheitern: ein trashiges Format, viel Bullshit und Gwyneth Paltrow. Ein IMHO von Eike Kühl (Fernsehen, Apple)

Gabe Newell: “Wir kämen gut damit klar, wenn VR ein Totalflop würde”

Der ganz große Erfolg sind VR-Headsets wie Oculus Rift und HTC Vive noch nicht. Valve-Chef Gabe Newell ist in einem Interview dennoch optimistisch, was Virtual Reality angeht – er könnte aber damit leben, wenn die Technologie floppt. (Gabe Newell, Steam)

Der ganz große Erfolg sind VR-Headsets wie Oculus Rift und HTC Vive noch nicht. Valve-Chef Gabe Newell ist in einem Interview dennoch optimistisch, was Virtual Reality angeht - er könnte aber damit leben, wenn die Technologie floppt. (Gabe Newell, Steam)

Wettbewerbsverstoß: Google soll Tizen behindert haben

In Südkorea laufen Ermittlungen gegen Google. Die südkoreanische Wettbewerbsbehörde vermutet, dass Google Samsungs Betriebssystem Tizen benachteiligt hat. Im Zuge dessen wird auch eine alte Untersuchung neu aufgerollt. (Samsung, Google)

Cogent’s Broad Pirate Site Block Was ‘Collateral Damage’ of a Court Order

The mysterious pirate site blockade by Internet backbone provider Cogent was a ‘mistake.’ The Pirate Bay and dozens of other pirate sites were blocked as collateral damage, following a broad court order directed at a yet unnamed target. According to Cloudflare, which owns the associated IP-addresses, courts should understand how Internet systems work to avoid such unintended consequences.

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It is safe to say that The Pirate Bay is one of the most blocked websites on the Internet.

When Internet backbone provider Cogent blackholed the site two weeks ago many people, therefore, assumed that it had something to do with the notorious torrent site.

Ironically, however, it turns out that The Pirate Bay and dozens of other “pirate” sites linked to the same IP-addresses, were actually collateral damage following a separate action.

Cogent’s actions were a direct response to a court order which required the company to block access to one or more websites, which remain unknown. The real target was accessible through the IP-addresses 104.31.18.30 and 104.31.19.30.

These addresses belong to CDN provider Cloudflare and are also used by many other sites including The Pirate Bay. So, when Cogent complied with the court order and blackholed the IP-addresses, dozens of other sites became inaccessible as well.

Yesterday we reported that Cloudflare moved most of the affected sites a new location, so they are now available again. The real target probably remains on the original IP-addresses, to comply with the court order.

Cloudflare’s General Counsel Doug Kramer informed us that they worked together with Cogent to resolve the issue and to limit the impact on other sites.

“We have taken technical steps on our end to permit Cogent to comply with a court order issued to them without additional impacts,” Kramer informed TorrentFreak.

The whole blocking episode reveals the danger of broad blocking orders that are issued by judges who don’t fully understand the effects. The threat of over-blocking is real, and when it involves smaller sites it will be much harder to notice.

“It’s important for courts to understand how Internet systems work so they can write orders that don’t end up having unintended consequences,” Kramer stresses.

In the future, the two companies will now be able to deal with similar issues more efficiently. In any case, Cloudflare says that it remains dedicated to preserving open access to the Internet, within the legal boundaries.

“As a company, Cloudflare believes strongly in an open, free, and secure Internet. And it is also our policy to fully comply with legitimate court process,” Cloudflare’s General Counsel says.

“This can be challenging at times, especially when courts target backbone providers and don’t understand fully how they work. Cloudflare takes steps to make sure those court orders don’t lead to unintended impacts.”

Cogent hasn’t released any further details on the target of the block, but Ars Technica reports that it was issued in Spain.

It’s not the first time that innocent Cloudflare customers have been affected by a court order. Previously, UK ISPs blocked several websites because they were sharing an IP-address with The Pirate Bay. This would also explain why the CDN provider now groups known blocked sites on the same addresses.

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