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Samsung’s long-awaited tri-fold phone is launching in Korea this month, with a US launch early next year.
Samsung has a new foldable smartphone, and it’s not just another Z Flip or Z Fold. The Galaxy Z TriFold has three articulating sections that house a massive 10-inch tablet-style screen, along with a traditional smartphone screen on the outside. The lavish new smartphone is launching this month in South Korea with a hefty price tag, and it will eventually make its way to the US in early 2026.
Samsung says it refined its Armor FlexHinge design for the TriFold. The device’s two hinges are slightly different sizes because the phone’s three panels have distinct shapes. The center panel is the thickest at 4.2 mm, and the other two are fractions of a millimeter thinner. The phone has apparently been designed to account for the varying sizes and weights, allowing the frame to fold up tight in a pocketable form factor.
Huawei’s impressive Mate XT tri-fold phones have been making the rounds online, but they’re not available in Western markets. Samsung’s new foldable looks similar at a glance, but the way the three panels fit together is different. The Mate XT folds in a Z-shaped configuration, using part of the main screen as the cover display. On Samsung’s phone, the left and right segments fold inward behind the separate cover screen. Samsung claims it has tested the design extensively to verify that the hinges will hold up to daily use for years.
Samsung is expanding its line of smartphones with foldable displays with the first model featuring a three-part design. By folding like a tri-fold wallet, the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold gives you a 10 inch, 2160 X 1584 pixel tablet-sized screen …
Samsung is expanding its line of smartphones with foldable displays with the first model featuring a three-part design. By folding like a tri-fold wallet, the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold gives you a 10 inch, 2160 X 1584 pixel tablet-sized screen when unfolded, and smaller 6.5 inch, 2520 x 1080 pixel screen when folded for use […]
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Study: Moai were created by small, decentralized working groups, not managed by one central “chieftain.”
Easter Island is famous for its giant monumental statues, called moai, built some 800 years ago. The volcanic rock used for the moai came from a quarry site called Rano Raraku. Archaeologists have created a high-resolution interactive 3D model of the quarry site to learn more about the processes used to create the moai. (You can explore the full interactive model here.) According to a paper published in the journal PLoS ONE, the model shows that there were numerous independent groups, probably family clans, that created the moai, rather than a centralized management system.
“You can see things that you couldn’t actually see on the ground. You can see tops and sides and all kinds of areas that just would never be able to walk to,” said co-author Carl Lipo of Binghamton University. “We can say, ‘Here, go look at it.’ If you want to see the different kinds of carving, fly around and see stuff there. We’re documenting something that really has needed to be documented, but in a way that’s really comprehensive and shareable.”
Lipo is one of the foremost experts on the Easter Island moai. In October, we reported on Lipo’s experimental confirmation—based on 3D modeling of the physics and new field tests to re-create that motion—that Easter Island’s people transported the statues in a vertical position, with workers using ropes to essentially “walk” the moai onto their platforms. To explain the presence of so many moai, the assumption has been that the island was once home to tens of thousands of people.
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A key driver of US renewable energy research is now the National Laboratory of the Rockies.
The Trump administration has renamed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, now calling it the National Laboratory of the Rockies, marking an identity shift for the Colorado institution that has been a global leader in wind, solar and other renewable energy research.
“The new name reflects the Trump administration’s broader vision for the lab’s applied energy research, which historically emphasized alternative and renewable sources of generation, and honors the natural splendor of the lab’s surroundings in Golden, Colorado,” said Jud Virden, laboratory director, in a statement.
He did not specify what this “broader vision” would mean for the lab’s programs or its staff of about 4,000.
Can an ISP be held liable for piracy simply by “doing nothing”? Yesterday, the Supreme Court addressed this billion-dollar question. While record labels argued that Cox turned a blind eye to “habitual abusers,” the ISP warned that expanding liability without proof of active intent would turn internet providers into “Internet Police” and threaten essential access for hospitals, schools, or even entire towns.
From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
The Supreme Court case between several major record labels and Internet provider Cox Communications is one of the landmark copyright battles of this decade.
The outcome will determine how Internet providers should deal with pirating subscribers on their networks.
The Supreme Court must decide whether an ISP can be held liable for failing to disconnect repeat copyright infringers. In addition, it must determine if this ‘inaction’ amounts to willful copyright infringement, even if the ISP wasn’t aware that its specific conduct was illegal.
Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case, grappling with these questions for nearly two hours. The justices critically questioned all sides in their effort to form a final opinion.
Cox’s attorney, E. Joshua Rosenkranz, began by arguing that it would be a dangerous expansion of the law to hold an ISP liable for the actions of its subscribers.
He argued that under the “purpose” standard, liability should only apply if an Internet provider takes “affirmative steps” to facilitate copyright infringement. For example, by advertising piracy services.
Cox Communications’ key arguments
Rosenkranz added that, under the record labels’ theory, Cox would be liable for failing to take action against alleged crimes. That would essentially turn ISPs into the “Internet police” with devastating consequences.
“[T]he consequences of Plaintiffs’ position are cataclysmic,” Rosenkranz said, noting that universities, hospitals, and entire towns would risk being disconnected from the Internet.
“Turning Internet providers into Internet police for all torts perpetrated on the Internet will wreak havoc with the essential medium through which [the] modern public engages in commerce and speech,” Rosenkranz added.
At the hearing, several justices seemed skeptical of Cox’s claim that inaction is fine. Justice Sonia Sotomayor was particularly aggressive, stressing that Cox could know exactly which subscriber accounts were infringing but simply opts to do nothing.
To illustrate her point, Justice Sotomayor challenged Rosenkranz with a vivid analogy.
“If I’m a gun dealer and I’m selling to someone who says to me, ‘I’m going to kill my wife with this gun,’ I think the common law would say you knew what he was going to do with the gun; you joined in. Why isn’t your continuing to provide Internet service the same?”
Cox’s attorney responded by noting that, unlike a murder weapon, an internet connection has substantial legal uses. However, the challenges were not over yet.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson continued to test Cox’s theory that “inaction” does not create liability. She presented an even more extreme hypothetical scenario featuring an addicted infringer.
“Suppose I come to you and I want to buy your services. I tell you that I as a customer am addicted to infringing on the Internet. I’ve been sued before. I know what I’m doing is illegal, but I just keep doing it. And not only that, Cox, based on where I live, is my only option.”
Rosenkranz replied that even in that extreme scenario, selling internet access would not create liability for Cox, adding that the music companies or other rightsholders could sue this hypothetical piracy addict instead.
Representing the record labels, attorney Paul Clement stressed that Cox was not an innocent bystander but a “willfully blind” party that profited from piracy. He pointed to Cox’s internal communication, in which employees expressed contempt for the law, including a now-infamous “f*** the DMCA” email.
The attorney, backed by Justice Kagan, argued that Cox’s legal theory is fatally flawed. If an ISP can never be liable without taking affirmative steps to encourage piracy, then the DMCA’s “safe harbor” would be unnecessary.
“Why would anybody care about getting into the safe harbor if there’s no liability in the first place?” Justice Kagan asked. And after follow-up questioning, Cox’s attorney agreed that the safe harbor is not doing anything under their suggested liability rule.
The Record Labels’ key arguments
While Cox was grilled on the ‘inaction’ vs. ‘intent’ issue, the record labels faced tough questions over the requested Internet disconnections. Justices Alito and Gorsuch appeared concerned that the record labels’ liability standard would force ISPs to disconnect thousands of innocent people.
Justice Alito specifically asked attorney Clement how an ISP is supposed to respond to repeated piracy notices if their customer is a university with 50,000 students.
Clement argued that ISPs and rights holders could simply “have a conversation” to resolve such issues, a suggestion Cox’s attorney later dismissed as a “terrible answer” for a company facing “crushing liabilities”.
Since it is impractical for a university to be disconnected from the Internet, or for a university to disconnect thousands of students, the record labels’ attorney suggested that bandwidth throttling could also be a viable anti-piracy measure.
“I don’t think it would be the end of the world if universities provided service at a speed that was sufficient for most other purposes but didn’t allow the students to take full advantage of BitTorrent. I could live in that world,” Clement answered.
The U.S. Government appeared as an amicus curiae and largely supported Cox’s legal interpretation. Deputy Solicitor General Malcolm Stewart urged the Court to adopt a strict “purpose” requirement, arguing that unless an ISP provides “targeted assistance” specifically to pirates, it shouldn’t be liable for the actions of subscribers.
Stewart warned the Justices that expanding liability beyond this “purpose” test would be dangerous. He argued that forcing ISPs to disconnect allegedly pirating subscribers would clash with the essential role the internet plays in society.
“The approach of terminating all access to the Internet based on infringement… seems extremely overbroad given the centrality of the Internet to modern life and given the First Amendment,” Stewart told the Court.
The U.S. Government’s key arguments
The Supreme Court now has to decide whether the $1 billion verdict will stand, or if the case will get a do-over at the lower court.
If the court sides with the record labels, ISPs across the United States will continue to need strict “repeat infringer” termination policies to avoid legal liability. If Cox wins, rightsholders will have a hard time holding ISPs liable for pirating subscribers.
The justices are expected to cast their preliminary votes in a private conference later this week, but a final written opinion is not expected before the summer of 2026.
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A copy of the oral arguments hearing transcript and the audio is available at the Supreme Court’s website.
From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.
Die digitale Zeitschaltuhr-Steckdose im Dreierpack spart Strom, erhöht den Komfort und ist heute zum neuen Amazon-Bestpreis zu haben. (Technik/Hardware)
Die digitale Zeitschaltuhr-Steckdose im Dreierpack spart Strom, erhöht den Komfort und ist heute zum neuen Amazon-Bestpreis zu haben. (Technik/Hardware) “This would be a cheap insurance policy.”
By the time the second group of NASA astronauts reach the Moon later this decade, the space agency would like to have a lunar rover waiting for them. But as the space agency nears a key selection, some government officials are seeking an insurance policy of sorts to increase the program’s chance of success.
At issue is the agency’s “Lunar Terrain Vehicle” (LTV) contract. In April 2024, the space agency awarded a few tens of millions of dollars to three companies—Intuitive Machines, Lunar Outpost, and Astrolab—to complete preliminary design work on vehicle concepts. NASA then planned to down-select to one company to construct one or more rovers, land on the Moon, and provide rover services for a decade beginning in 2029. Over the lifetime of the fixed-price services contract, there was a combined maximum potential value of $4.6 billion.
The companies have since completed their design work, including the construction of prototypes, and submitted their final bids for the much larger services contract in August. According to two sources, NASA has since been weighing those bids and is prepared to announce a final selection before the end of this month.
Die Bildgenerierungsmodelle von Black Forest Labs werden bereits von Adobe, Meta und Microsoft eingesetzt. (KI, Wirtschaft)
Die Bildgenerierungsmodelle von Black Forest Labs werden bereits von Adobe, Meta und Microsoft eingesetzt. (KI, Wirtschaft) 
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