Month: October 2016

Von LRP wurde das neue „AKA Break-In Tool“ für 1:10-Räder mit 12mm-Sechskant-Mitnehmern vorgestellt. Mit dem Einsatz für Akkuschrauber können Reifen mithilfe von Sandpapier „eingefahren“ bzw. aufgerauht werden. Das in den USA hergestellte Werkzeug von AKA mit 1/4 Zoll-Akkuschrauber-Aufnahme und ist demnächst für 15,99 Euro (UPE) im Fachhandel zu haben. #AK44009 AKA 1:10 Tire Break-In Tool [...]

Auf den ersten Blick sieht die Pebble 2 aus wie eine Digitaluhr aus den 1980er-Jahren oder aus dem Kaugummiautomaten. Pebbles Nutzungskonzept überzeugt uns aber auch beim neuen Modell, ebenso die neuen Funktionen wie der Pulsmesser - der aus der der Smartwatch aber keine Fitnessuhr macht. (Pebble, API)

Von LRP Electronic gibt es eine neue 350mm-Videodrohne mit einem neuartigen Schnellbefestigungssystem für die Ausleger. Der 380 Gramm schwere LRP Dark Vision-Multicopter verfügt wie der Vorgänger zudem über eine „Headless Flying“ und Return-Funktion. Ein LED-System mit verschiedenen Farben liefert im Flug alle benötigten Informationen und macht es gleichzeitig nahezu unmöglich, die Dark Vision aus den [...]

Für die Provider wird es ernst mit der Vorratsdatenspeicherung. Da die EU-Kommission die Anforderungen der Bundesnetzagentur gebilligt hat, können sie von nächster Woche an mit den Vorbereitungen loslegen. (Vorratsdatenspeicherung, Datenschutz)

Ein Hacker hat eine Sicherheitslücke im Quellcode des Mirai-Botnets gefunden, mit der infizierte IoT-Geräte lahmgelegt werden könnten - allerdings würden auch legitime Nutzer ausgesperrt. Legal wäre dieses Vorgehen aber nicht. (Mirai-Botnetz, Virus)

Bud Spencer und Terence Hill sind die Hauptfiguren im Actionspiel Slaps and Beans, für das ein italienisches Entwicklerstudio auf Kickstarter Geld sammelt - und trotz Krümelgrafik wohl auch bekommt. (Games, Steam)

Martin Shkreli is the founder and former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals and wherever he appears, controversy is never far behind.

Last year the 33-year-old was subjected to massive criticism when Turing obtained a license to produce antiparasitic drug Daraprim and promptly boosted its price by more than 5,000%.

It was a move that saw him being branded in the media as the most hated man in America.

But it’s not just pharma that has built Shkreli’s reputation. With a reported net worth of between $45m and $100m, the entrepreneur’s flamboyant spending has also hit the headlines. A keen hip-hop fan, Shkreli was revealed in 2015 as the buyer of Once Upon a Time in Shaolin, a one-off album from Wu-Tang Clan.

With a price tag of a cool $2m, it’s clear that Shkreli doesn’t mind digging deep when it comes to spending money on exclusive music. However, it appears that the businessman might also have a penchant for getting music for free, when the circumstances are right.

Rising from the ashes of the defunct private tracker OiNK, What.cd is currently the most prestigious music torrent site on the Internet, bar none. The site has a largely hand-picked userbase who in turn are allowed to invite friends. Somehow it appears that Shkreli managed to get on board.

Tweeting from Manhattan late Friday, Shkreli appeared to indicate that he was having trouble with his account on What.cd. This led him to start begging for an invitation to get back on the site.

Somewhat inevitably, people following him on Twitter decided this would be a good time to have some fun.

“Why don’t you use USE.net like a normal person Martin,” one asked, sarcastically referencing the Usenet system.

“Newsgroups?” Shkreli accurately responded. This guy clearly knows his piracy haunts.

As fans already know, What.cd prides itself on covering every musical genre in depth, while offering the rarest of rare releases. With that in mind, if only there was an individual with access to the rarest recording of all time who might upload that to What.cd in exchange for an invitation….

While Shkreli does some wild stuff, uploading Once Upon a Time in Shaolin to What.cd is probably going to be a step too far, even for him. However, he could do so if he wishes. He’s under investigation by the FBI but last year they revealed that they hadn’t seized the album.

#Breaking no seizure warrant at the arrest of Martin Shkreli today, which means we didn't seize the Wu-Tang Clan album.

— FBI New York (@NewYorkFBI) December 17, 2015

Contractually, the album can’t be exploited commercially until 2103, but according to Wu-Tang, Shkreli could legally give it away for free.

“It can be exhibited publicly and it can be given away for free. But it cannot be commercialized as a conventional album release until 2103. Even then, it will be the owner’s decision to release it or keep it as a single unit, not the Wu-Tang,” the group said following the album’s sale.

However, there is a bigger problem. If you’ve ever had a What.cd account, you can’t have another. Those are the rules and not observing them can get both you and your inviter banned.

Shkreli’s only real option is to head off to the site’s IRC channels and ask for his account to be reinstated. If the disabling of the account was for a minor issue, it’s possible they’ll just re-enable it. He might also try the “do you know who I am” routine to get some leverage, although that might not go entirely to plan.

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

This week we have three newcomers in our chart.

Finding Dory is the most downloaded movie.

The data for our weekly download chart is estimated by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in the list are Web-DL/Webrip/HDRip/BDrip/DVDrip unless stated otherwise.

RSS feed for the weekly movie download chart.

Ranking	(last week)	Movie	IMDb Rating / Trailer
torrentfreak.com
1	(…)	Finding Dory	7.7 / trailer
2	(…)	The BFG	6.6 / trailer
3	(1)	Suicide Squad	6.7 / trailer
4	(2)	Bad Moms	6.5 / trailer
5	(…)	Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (HDTS)	6.4 / trailer
6	(4)	Sausage Party	6.7 / trailer
7	(6)	Lights Out	6.6 / trailer
8	(10)	Captain America: Civil War	8.1 / trailer
9	(3)	Don’t Breathe	7.5 / trailer
10	(9)	The Infiltrator	7.2 / trailer

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

Heute und morgen sind Feiertage in einigen Bundesländern. Der Streik legt die meisten verbliebenen Verteilzentren bei Amazon lahm. (Amazon, Verdi)

Digitale Assistenten werden von der obersten Datenschützerin in Deutschland weiterhin kritisch bewertet. Sie sorgt sich um die Sicherheit der gespeicherten Daten und sieht eine mögliche Rund-um-die-Uhr-Überwachung der Privatsphäre der Nutzer. (Andrea Voßhoff, Google)