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Rise of the Tomb Raider: Patch lässt mehrere Grafikkarten gemeinsam rendern

Neue Funktionen für die Direct3D-12-Version von Rise of the Tomb Raider: Neben generellem Multi-GPU-Support hat Nixxes Software auch noch Async Compute für viele Radeon-Grafikkarten eingebaut. (Tomb Raider, Steam)

In time warping study, people unconsciously controlled blood sugar levels

Researchers suggest well-timed placebos may be useful in managing type 2 diabetes.

(credit: Dennis van Zuijlekom)

Ideas can be powerful drugs. If a person is simply convinced that a pill or treatment is going to yield real results, it can—even if that pill or treatment is completely bogus. Those results can be pretty substantial, too. Mental maneuvering, or placebo effect, can improve pilots’ vision, help people lose weight, and even up their IQ by a few points. And, according to a new study, it may also be able to help patients manage a chronic illness.

In an experiment in which researchers duped participants about how much time had passed, the researchers found that participants’ blood sugar levels tracked with perceived time rather than actual time. That is, blood sugar dropped faster when the participants thought more time had passed. The results, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, support the idea that mindsets and psychological processes, like the abstract internal representation of time, can have profound influence over what our bodies do, the authors conclude.

Moreover, it raises the idea of using the mind to help manage certain chronic conditions, particularly type 2 diabetes, which causes periodic and dangerous rises in blood sugar levels. “Official standards for care and treatment of diabetes make no explicit mention of the influence of subjective cognition on diabetic metabolism, but our results indicate otherwise,” the authors argue. They suggest that mindfulness, coping strategies, and trained cognitive styles may prove useful in controlling blood sugar levels in further studies.

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3 years after taking off Guy Fawkes mask, Kentucky Anon indicted

Deric Lostutter accused of aiding hack of local Steubenville, Ohio sports website.

(credit: Deric Lostutter)

Federal prosecutors in Kentucky have formally indicted the man who revealed himself as “KYAnonymous” more than three years ago.

On Thursday, Deric Lostutter was charged under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the notorious anti-hacking statute that dates back to the 1980s, among other accusations.

As Ars reported previously, in late 2012, after The New York Times published an account of a horrific rape against a teenage girl in Steubenville, Ohio, an online vigilante campaign began against a few local officials believed to be too close to the suspects, some of whom were high school football players.

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Übernahme: Yahoo-Käufer muss 1 Milliarde US-Dollar an Mozilla zahlen

Falls Yahoo tatsächlich von einem anderen Unternehmen übernommen wird, könnte Mozilla einen neuen Partner für die Browsersuche im Firefox nutzen und trotzdem mehr als 1 Milliarde US-Dollar von dem Käufer bekommen. (Mozilla, Firefox)

Megaupload 2.0 to Launch With Original Megaupload User Database

Following the news earlier this week that Kim Dotcom intends to relaunch Megaupload, the entrepreneur has just delivered a new surprise. Rather than a cold start, Megaupload 2.0 will hit the ground running by deploying the original Megaupload user database.

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Following a few hints earlier this week, it is now fully confirmed. Kim Dotcom will be launching a brand new file-sharing site with a familiar name.

Megaupload 2.0 is pencilled in for a January 2017 launch, an event that will coincide with the 2012 closure of the original Megaupload and the massive police raid on its operators.

Having successfully avoided the clutches of a hungry United States government for half a decade, this five-year anniversary is an important one for Dotcom, and it’s becoming clear he hopes to celebrate it with another poke in the eye for the Obama administration.

Details are few at this stage, but here’s what we know. Megaupload 2.0 will have 100gb of free storage. It will allow users to sync all of their devices and there will be no data transfer limits. On-the-fly encryption will be baked-in.

But while site features are important, what the original Megaupload had going for it was millions of loyal users. They were all made homeless and scattered when the site was shut down but according to Dotcom, there will be a future grand reunion.

Intriguingly, the serial entrepreneur says that Megaupload 2.0 will get a fantastic start in life. Rather than simply relying on word-of-mouth advertising to get going, his new venture will launch with the original Megaupload user database intact.

How Dotcom managed to preserve a copy of this data isn’t clear, but he says that each user account held within will get a foot up.

“Most Megaupload accounts will be reinstated with Premium privileges on the new Megaupload,” Dotcom announced this morning.

If every one of those former Megaupload users hit the site on day one, that’s 100 million people needing attention. It’s unlikely that anywhere near that will come aboard, but just one or two percent would be a tremendous start.

But hosting files isn’t the only thing on Dotcom’s mind. His censorship-resistant MegaNet project is still in development and although it’s not going to be ready until 2018 at the earliest, Dotcom says that Megaupload 2.0 will be a crucial component of that network.

“Megaupload 2.0 will be the launch platform for MegaNet. Let’s make sure that we have critical mass first. #100MillionUsers,” he said this morning.

Dotcom clearly has much work to do and even flat-out will struggle to meet his January deadline. Still, he doesn’t intend to do it alone.

“To former Megaupload and current Mega employees. We welcome you with open arms. Mega App developers, we have a great deal for you. Ping me,” he wrote a few hours ago.

So how will former Megaupload users know if they can use their old credentials to access the new site?

“Expect an email,” Dotcom concludes.

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DigiNetzG: Telekom-Konkurrenz ist gegen Gesetz für Glasfaserausbau

Der Breko fürchtet, dass ein neues Gesetz, das Leerrohre beim Neubau vorschreibt, zum Überbau vorhandener Glasfasernetze führt. Der Bundesrat soll dafür sorgen, dass es das nur in unterversorgten Gebieten gibt. (Glasfaser, Breko)

Fitnessportale: Die Spielifizierung des Sports

Onlinewettbewerbe, Trophäen und Story-runs: Immer mehr Menschen verwenden Fitnessarmbänder und Sportuhren. Neben der Auswertung der Daten wird die Motivation wichtiger – viele Hersteller greifen zu Tricks aus Games. Ich habe die Software von Garmin, Runtastic und anderen Anbietern ausprobiert. (Fitness, Tomtom)

Onlinewettbewerbe, Trophäen und Story-runs: Immer mehr Menschen verwenden Fitnessarmbänder und Sportuhren. Neben der Auswertung der Daten wird die Motivation wichtiger - viele Hersteller greifen zu Tricks aus Games. Ich habe die Software von Garmin, Runtastic und anderen Anbietern ausprobiert. (Fitness, Tomtom)

Kabelloses Bluetooth-Headset: ELWN Fit soll für 90 US-Dollar immer passen

In Kürze beginnt die Crowdfunding-Kampagne für das kabellose Bluetooth-Headset Fit des Startups ELWN. Die wasserdichten Ohrhörer sollen garantiert perfekt in jedes Ohr passen und sind mit einer pfiffigen Nachladefunktion versehen. (Headset, Bluetooth)

Hello Games: No Man’s Sky kann abheben

Nach einer Überschwemmung und einem Rechtsstreit mit dem Fernsehsender Sky ist das Weltraumabenteuer No Man’s Sky fertig. Das prozedural generierte Spiel ist eines der spannendsten Indiegames des Jahres. (No Man’s Sky, Sony)

Nach einer Überschwemmung und einem Rechtsstreit mit dem Fernsehsender Sky ist das Weltraumabenteuer No Man's Sky fertig. Das prozedural generierte Spiel ist eines der spannendsten Indiegames des Jahres. (No Man's Sky, Sony)

Mobile World Congress: Shanghai-Ableger verliert Reisepassdaten und Passwörter

Die Verantwortlichen des Mobile World Congress Shanghai warnen ihre Besucher, dass es einen Datenbank-Einbruch gab. Besonders kritisch ist das für diejenigen, die für ein Visum ein Einladungsschreiben brauchten. Außerdem haben Angreifer die Passwörter zahlreicher Industrievertreter im Klartext. (MWC, Messe)