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Wie umgehen mit Ex-Geheimdienstmitarbeitern in Open-Source-Projekten? Darüber mussten sich Mitarbeiter des Tor-Projektes klarwerden, nachdem ein Ex-CIA-Mitarbeiter eingestellt wurde. Ein Mitarbeiter schrieb in der Diskussion, er habe den Irakkrieg beendet. (TOR-Netzwerk, Wikileaks)

Google has been working with phone makers to launch a line of Google Nexus phones, tablets, and other hardware since 2010. But while Google had a hand in designing all of those devices, so far they’ve all been manufactured by other companies.

Recently Google announced that it would begin building a phone in-house: the modular Google Project Ara phone will be designed, manufactured, and sold by Google when it launches in 2017.

Continue reading Do you want Google to make its own phones? at Liliputing.

Schalke 04 verstärkt sein Engagement in Sachen E-Sport: Kurz nach der Verpflichtung eines League-of-Legends-Teams hat der Verein eine weißblaue Fifa-Mannschaft vorgestellt. Für dessen Aufbau ist ein erfahrener Profi verantwortlich. (Fifa, Games)

Der chinesische Hersteller Meizu hat bei seinen Smartphones Technologien von Qualcomm verwendet - ohne diese zu lizenzieren. Eine außergerichtliche Einigung scheiterte offenbar, jetzt hat der Chiphersteller Klage vor einem chinesischen Gericht eingereicht. (Qualcomm, Smartphone)

Umarmung oder high-five? Kuss oder Handschlag? Ein Algorithmus soll anhand eines Bildes erkennen, was darauf abgebildete Menschen als Nächstes machen. Er lernte das durch Fernsehgucken. (Deep Learning, KI)

HP is updating its line of Chromebooks with a new model featuring a starting price of $189, support for up to 12.5 hours of battery life and an optional touchscreen display.

The new HP Chromebook 11 G5 is the first Chromebook from the company to be available with a touchscreen, which HP says will come in handy when Android apps for Chrome OS become more widely available later this year.

As expected, the HP Chromebook 11 G5 features an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display and an Intel Celeron N3060 Braswell processor.

Continue reading HP launches Chromebook 11 G5 with Android app support (eventally) at Liliputing.

Traditionally, the Game of Thrones season finale is among the most viewed episodes of the season, also on pirate sites.

With the Internet abuzz over the latest plot twists and turns, many people turned to torrent sites to grab a pirated copy of the show.

The first episodes appeared online shortly after the official broadcast ended and at the time of writing more than 350,000 people are actively sharing a copy. This is the highest number we’ve seen this year.

Data gathered by TorrentFreak estimates that after just eight hours, well over a million people have already downloaded the final episode of this season via BitTorrent. Millions more are expected to follow during the days to come.

The most popular release is currently an HD version of little over a gigabyte. This is different from previous years, when SD copies were consistently the most downloaded of all.

While the demand is significant, there is no all time “swarm record” to report. Also, the overall download numbers appear to be roughly on par with previous years, perhaps a bit lower.

Although it’s too early to jump to conclusions, there are a few explanations why Game of Thrones piracy might no longer be growing, via torrents at least.

For one, the number of legal alternatives have been growing steadily in recent years. Also, the same is true for “unauthorized” streaming sites where people can view pirated copies of Game of Thrones episodes instantly.

Another factor may be that HBO significantly cranked up its enforcement efforts this year. As a result, it is quite hard, or impossible, to find recent Game of Thrones episodes on some popular torrent sites.

The “disappearing” torrents also lead to scattered swarms, making it harder to break the previous record. Time will tell how this apparent trend develops during the years to come.

That said, it is worth keeping in mind that interest in the show still dwarfs the competition. This means that there is little doubt that it will be crowned the most downloaded TV show for the fifth year in a row.

Source: TF, for the latest info on copyright, file-sharing, torrent sites and ANONYMOUS VPN services.

Im August 2016 schränkt Entwickler Bungie die Unterstützung von Destiny auf Playstation 3 und Xbox 360 ein. Große Erweiterungen sowie viele Events wird es nur noch für die neueren Konsolenversionen geben. (Destiny, Playstation 4)

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Beim jährlichen Treffen der Anteilseigner von HTC entschuldigte sich CEO Cher Wang für die schlechten finanziellen Ergebnisse - und machte gleichzeitig Werbung für das VR-Headset Vive. Virtual Reality wird für HTC zunehmend überlebenswichtig. (HTC, Smartphone)