Smartphone: Lenovo bringt Moto G Play für 170 Euro nach Deutschland

Mit dem Moto G Play wird auch Lenovos Einsteiger-Moto in Deutschland erhältlich sein: Mit einem Preis von 170 Euro liegt es deutlich unter dem des Moto G4. Die Spezifikationen des Smartphones wirken vertraut: Sie gleichen in vielen Details denen des Moto G3 von 2015. (Lenovo, Smartphone)

Mit dem Moto G Play wird auch Lenovos Einsteiger-Moto in Deutschland erhältlich sein: Mit einem Preis von 170 Euro liegt es deutlich unter dem des Moto G4. Die Spezifikationen des Smartphones wirken vertraut: Sie gleichen in vielen Details denen des Moto G3 von 2015. (Lenovo, Smartphone)

Data center disaster disrupts Delta Airlines

The airline was forced to ground all flights early this morning due to IT problems.

Long lines for Delta passengers at Logan Airport earlier this morning. (credit: Getty Images | Dina Rudick/The Boston Globe)

Chaos hit Delta Airlines early on Monday morning as a loss of power at its Atlanta data center resulted in the airline grounding all its flights worldwide for several hours. Although the company's planes are now taking to the air, Delta informed customers flying today to expect delays and cancellations.

The problem completely crippled the airline, knocking out flight operations and bookings. Although it is yet to be confirmed by Delta, a member of the FlyerTalk forums was told by the captain of their flight that the cause was a fire in the data center:

According to the flight captain of JFK-SLC this morning, a routine scheduled switch to the backup generator this morning at 2:30am caused a fire that destroyed both the backup and the primary. Firefighters took a while to extinguish the fire. Power is now back up and 400 out of the 500 servers rebooted, still waiting for the last 100 to have the whole system fully functional

This is the second severe IT-induced travel disruption in recent weeks. On July 20, Southwest Airlines lost a router in its Dallas data center, which resulted in 2,300 flight cancellations. Southwest's CEO Gary Kelly described that event as a "once-in-thousand-year flood."

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Hulu will soon end its free streaming options

ABC, NBC, and Fox shows will move to Yahoo.

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Hulu will reportedly stop offering free video, but that streaming service's users still be able to find some of Hulu's free shows thanks to a new business partnership with Yahoo.

In the next few days, Hulu will begin notifying customers of a plan to "shutter its offering of no-cost, ad-supported television and movies," The Hollywood Reporter wrote today. Hulu has already de-emphasized its free offerings, attempting to push customers toward subscription plans that cost $8 to $12 a month.

"For the past couple years, we've been focused on building a subscription service that provides the deepest, most personalized content experience possible to our viewers," Hulu Senior VP Ben Smith was quoted as saying. "As we have continued to enhance that offering with new originals, exclusive acquisitions, and movies, the free service became very limited and no longer aligned with the Hulu experience or content strategy."

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Hulu is going subscription-only, will end ad-supported video streaming

Hulu is going subscription-only, will end ad-supported video streaming

There’s good news and bad news for folks that use online video service Hulu to catch up on the latest episodes of TV shows without paying a penny.

The bad news is that the company is ending its free, ad-supported video streaming service and pushing its subscription plans (starting at $7.99 per month).

The good news? You’ll actually still be able to access Hulu’s TV and movie collections without signing up for a subscription.

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Hulu is going subscription-only, will end ad-supported video streaming

There’s good news and bad news for folks that use online video service Hulu to catch up on the latest episodes of TV shows without paying a penny.

The bad news is that the company is ending its free, ad-supported video streaming service and pushing its subscription plans (starting at $7.99 per month).

The good news? You’ll actually still be able to access Hulu’s TV and movie collections without signing up for a subscription.

Continue reading Hulu is going subscription-only, will end ad-supported video streaming at Liliputing.

IT-Jobs: Bayerische Firmen finden nicht genügend Programmierer

Aktuell bleibt in Bayern mehr als jede zehnte freie Stelle für Informatiker oder anderweitige IT-Fachkräfte unbesetzt. Die Bundesagentur für Arbeit meldet speziell für Bayern einen Mangel an Spezialisten in der Softwareentwicklung und Programmierung. (IT-Jobs, Studie)

Aktuell bleibt in Bayern mehr als jede zehnte freie Stelle für Informatiker oder anderweitige IT-Fachkräfte unbesetzt. Die Bundesagentur für Arbeit meldet speziell für Bayern einen Mangel an Spezialisten in der Softwareentwicklung und Programmierung. (IT-Jobs, Studie)

Betriebssysteme: Linux 4.8 übertaktet AMD-Grafikkarten

Im nächsten Linux-Kernel 4.8 können ausgewählte Grafikkarten von AMD übertaktet werden, wenn auch noch nicht so bequem wie unter Windows. Die Testversion Linux 4.8rc1 wurde jetzt freigegeben. (Linux-Kernel, Intel)

Im nächsten Linux-Kernel 4.8 können ausgewählte Grafikkarten von AMD übertaktet werden, wenn auch noch nicht so bequem wie unter Windows. Die Testversion Linux 4.8rc1 wurde jetzt freigegeben. (Linux-Kernel, Intel)

Major Qualcomm chip security flaws expose 900M Android users

Range of devices open to exploit by “Quadrooter” collection of vulnerabilities.

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Four major security holes in the Qualcomm chips which power modern Android devices have left as many as 900 million users vulnerable to a range of attacks.

According to Israel-based security firm Checkpoint, the flaws—dubbed "Quadrooter"—found in the firmware which governs the chips, could allow potential attackers to "trigger privilege escalations for the purpose of gaining root access to a device" using malware which wouldn't require special permissions, allowing it to pass under suspicious users' radars.

Qualcomm makes chips for the majority of the world's phones, holding a 65 percent share of the market. Most of the major recent Android devices are expected to be affected by the flaw, including:

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Dank Android-Implementierung: Chromebooks können über ADM lokalisiert werden

Dank der auf der Google I/O 2016 angekündigten Android-Unterstützung können Laptops mit Chrome OS offenbar nicht nur Android-Apps abspielen: Jedes Chromebook mit dem Android-Update lässt sich nach der Aktualisierung auch über den Android Device Manager orten. (Chrome OS, Google)

Dank der auf der Google I/O 2016 angekündigten Android-Unterstützung können Laptops mit Chrome OS offenbar nicht nur Android-Apps abspielen: Jedes Chromebook mit dem Android-Update lässt sich nach der Aktualisierung auch über den Android Device Manager orten. (Chrome OS, Google)

UK copyright extension on designed objects is “direct assault” on 3D printing

Industrial designs, like chairs and tables, now come with a copyright of 70+ years.

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A recent extension of UK copyright for industrially manufactured artistic works represents "a direct assault on the 3D printing revolution," says the founder of the Pirate Party, Rick Falkvinge. Last month, the UK government extended copyright for designs from 25 years to the life of the designer plus 70 years. In practice, this is likely to mean a copyright term of over 100 years for furniture and other designed objects.

As Ars reported last year, a consultation was held by the UK government on how long the transitional period for the new rules should be. Originally, the new copyright term was due to come into force at the end of April, but following the consultation the government granted a further three months, which ended on July 28. In addition, there is a six-month "depletion period" for contracts in place prior to the consultation. This will conclude on January 28, 2017.

Writing on the Private Internet Access site, Falkvinge says that the copyright extension will have important consequences for makers in the UK and EU: "This change means that people will be prohibited from using 3D printing and other maker technologies to manufacture such objects, and that for a full century."

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Datenweitergabe: Facebook muss Ermittlungsbehörden Nachhilfe geben

Facebook kontert die Forderung nach schnellerer Datenweitergabe im Terrorfall – Schuld für Ablehnungen seien oft fehlerhafte Anfragen von den Behörden. In Workshops will das soziale Netzwerk den Institutionen zeigen, wie erfolgreiche Ersuchen aussehen. (Facebook, Soziales Netz)

Facebook kontert die Forderung nach schnellerer Datenweitergabe im Terrorfall - Schuld für Ablehnungen seien oft fehlerhafte Anfragen von den Behörden. In Workshops will das soziale Netzwerk den Institutionen zeigen, wie erfolgreiche Ersuchen aussehen. (Facebook, Soziales Netz)