Die ersten Brillen von Apple mit Augmented-Reality-Funktionen sollen erst 2020 auf den Markt kommen. Ohne angeschlossenes iPhone sollen die Geräte aber nicht funktionieren. (Head-Mounted Display, Apple)
Die ersten Brillen von Apple mit Augmented-Reality-Funktionen sollen erst 2020 auf den Markt kommen. Ohne angeschlossenes iPhone sollen die Geräte aber nicht funktionieren. (Head-Mounted Display, Apple)
Mit dem Galaxy S10e bietet Samsung auch ein kompaktes Modell seiner neuen Oberklasse-Smartphone-Serie an. Beim Gerät gibt es zwar ein paar Abstriche bei der Hardware, es liegt aber fantastisch in der Hand und macht super Fotos – für uns der klare Gehei…
Mit dem Galaxy S10e bietet Samsung auch ein kompaktes Modell seiner neuen Oberklasse-Smartphone-Serie an. Beim Gerät gibt es zwar ein paar Abstriche bei der Hardware, es liegt aber fantastisch in der Hand und macht super Fotos - für uns der klare Geheimtipp der neuen Reihe. Ein Test von Tobias Költzsch (Samsung, Smartphone)
Sonos bringt eine überarbeitete Version des Lautsprechers One. Klanglich und vom Design her gibt es keine Änderungen. Das neue Modell bekommt vor allem mehr Speicher und einen schnelleren Prozessor. Bisher gibt es keine Unterschiede bei den Funktionen….
Sonos bringt eine überarbeitete Version des Lautsprechers One. Klanglich und vom Design her gibt es keine Änderungen. Das neue Modell bekommt vor allem mehr Speicher und einen schnelleren Prozessor. Bisher gibt es keine Unterschiede bei den Funktionen. (Sonos, Sound-Hardware)
Der autonom fahrende Bus Olli des Startups Local Motors hat eine simulierten Verkehrsunfall mit einer Geschwindigkeit von 40 km/h frontal gegen eine Wand überstanden. Damit will der Hersteller zeigen, dass auch gedruckte Strukturen stabil genug für den…
Der autonom fahrende Bus Olli des Startups Local Motors hat eine simulierten Verkehrsunfall mit einer Geschwindigkeit von 40 km/h frontal gegen eine Wand überstanden. Damit will der Hersteller zeigen, dass auch gedruckte Strukturen stabil genug für den Praxiseinsatz sind. (Shuttle, Technologie)
Megaupload has been offline since it was raided in 2012 and the original file-hosting platform is not coming back. That doesn’t prevent anti-piracy outfit Link-Buster from sending takedown notices to Google, targeting URLs of the long-defunct site. Other sites which are long gone, including Hotfile and FileServe, are on their list too.
More than seven years have passed since the file-storage empire of Kim Dotcom collapsed, with Megaupload being the prime target.
Since then, the New-Zealand based entrepreneur and several of his colleagues are still waiting to hear whether they will be extradited to the US.
During this time, US authorities initially held the iconic Megaupload.com domain name in their possession. However, the domain ended up in the hands of domain broker RegistrarAds last year, marking the end of an era.
By now, even the most die-hard Megaupload fans have moved on. While their files may still be stored in a backup somewhere in the US, to serve as evidence for a possible criminal trial, they took their losses and flocked to other sites and services.
This is totally understandable. It’s been more than seven years after all. However, not everyone is willing to let Megaupload.com go that easily. Ironically, some copyright holders still see it as a threat, an evil ghost of the past perhaps.
A quick glance through Google’s transparency report shows that “copyright infringing” Megaupload.com URLs are still being reported on behalf of several rightsholders. This, despite the fact that they are no longer listed in search results.
In February, more than 100 URLs of the defunct file-hosting service were targeted by the anti-piracy outfit Link-Busters. The company kindly requested Google to remove these links, which no longer exist.
These puzzling notices were all sent around the same time on behalf of a variety of copyright holders including game publisher Feral Interactive, book publisher Penguin Random House, and software developer AudioRealism.
What’s interesting is that Megaupload is not the only defunct file-hosting site that’s being targeted. The same notices also list thousands of links to Hotfile, FileServe, and FileSonic, which all folded years ago.
Hotfile, for example, shut down in 2014 following an $80 million settlement with the MPAA, which later turned out to be $4 million. FileSonic went offline a few months after the Megaupload raid and FileServe is no longer around either.
Clearly, none of these defunct sites are a threat.
While the latest Megaupload.com URL was reported to Google roughly a month ago, Link-Busters’ notices continue to target Hotfile links as recent as this week.
It’s unclear where the anti-piracy company found these URLs as they are no longer live or indexed by Google. Perhaps some old database was accidentally revived, or perhaps it’s a matter of nostalgia. In any case, it’s pretty pointless.
Noch immer wirbt Tesla damit, dass alle Elektroautos ab Werk mit der Hardware für autonomes Fahren ausgestattet sind. Doch die Aussagen zur Verfügbarkeit der Funktionen lesen sich inzwischen deutlich anders. (Tesla Model 3, Technologie)
Noch immer wirbt Tesla damit, dass alle Elektroautos ab Werk mit der Hardware für autonomes Fahren ausgestattet sind. Doch die Aussagen zur Verfügbarkeit der Funktionen lesen sich inzwischen deutlich anders. (Tesla Model 3, Technologie)
Music production software is both notoriously expensive and heavily pirated, quite often by those just getting into the game. However, if you’re an already famous performer and screenshots of your desktop appear on the Internet, removing evidence of cracked apps is probably a good move.
Once upon a time, people with an interest in music production could get into the game cheaply.
Back in the 80s, Amiga users (like myself) could mess around with tools like SoundTracker or OctaMED for hours, producing music at home that could be potentially fit for human consumption, if it wasn’t for a lack of talent.
Later, software like Cubase began to gain traction, since it was often bundled (in cut down form) with PC sound cards. But, of course, times moved on and in the short years that followed an avalanche of amazing tools became available; Fruity Loops and Reason, to name just two.
These days users are spoiled for choice but great production software in the 2010s often has great prices attached too, meaning that many turn to torrent and similar sites for their fix. Anyone who’s visited a back street studio will also let you know – they are often rammed with pirate software.
While controversial, pirate software gets many people into the music production business and, in common with those familiar with Windows or Adobe products, also trains people to stick with products when they can afford to pay. Some, however, forget to clean up the mess after.
Earlier this month, K-pop star Jeon So-yeon (Soyeon) learned that lesson the hard way. The rapper, singer, songwriter and general all-round star is signed to Cube Entertainment, which had put out a video on the label’s official YouTube channel (now deleted) which included a snapshot of her desktop. That turned out to be a big mistake.
Not only is Soyeon’s workspace the most cluttered in human history, eagle-eyed fans noticed that the star had some interesting additions that should’ve been kept away from the public eye.
The revelations in the video left the star having to explain why she had cracked copies of Native Instruments’ Komplete, Kontakt, and several other pieces of pirated production software on her desktop.
Like many before her, Soyeon’s excuse was that she made mistakes with pirated software before she became famous a few years ago, and forgot to clean up the free stuff she’d trained herself with.
“First of all, I would like to sincerely apologize for causing any worry due to such disgraceful news,” she said, as translated by Asian Junkie.
“I remember using many different programs back when I first started learning how to compose music. For reasons that I neither deleted nor organized these files in the past, and for not even having consciously thought about it, I sincerely reflect back on it with remorse.”
While it’s certainly not unusual for starting musicians to learn their trade using pirated software, it becomes a bigger issue when they use that software to sell records. Soyeon, however, insists that wasn’t the case with her.
“Ever since I began in earnest to produce music, up to the recent songs that I have made, I have only used official programs, but I apologize once again for worrying you with an ignorance of copyright issues as a creator, no matter what the circumstances. From now on, I will study and act more carefully, never to use or own any kind of illegal file in the future.”
In an apology, Cube Entertainment sang the same tune.
“The program in question were downloaded when Soyeon was a trainee and was just beginning to learn about composing music in the process of her using various programs and learning about them. The program was never used again after Soyeon began seriously committing to musical composition,” the company said.
“We have confirmed that all of Soyeon’s compositions that have been released till now were created with a licensed Logic program, instruments we own, as well as Splice, which requires a monthly subscription fee.”
Fans don’t seem to be too concerned about Soyeon’s use of pirated software but of course the news will be an embarrassment to her label which will have piracy issues of its own. That said, she certainly isn’t the first artist to get caught using pirated production tools.
Stars including Kanye West, Avicii (rip) and Martin Garrix have all been caught using less-than-licensed software in the past. They certainly won’t be the last.
Today is March 10, and for fans of video games and calendar-based puns, that means it’s time to celebrate gaming’s favorite plumber, golfer, race car driver, doctor, boxing referee, and typing instructor: Mario.
Nintendo has declared this date “Mario Day” for the past few years (March 10 = Mar10 = Mario), but today the company is once again paying homage to its most famous character by launching a number of discounts on games featuring the little guy.
The deals include $20 off the following Mario titles for the Nintendo Switch:
Wozu sammelt ein völlig unbekanntes Unternehmen Hunderte Millionen E-Mail-Adressen und weitere Nutzerdaten? Dahinter steckt eine Dienstleistung, die für Spammer nützlich ist. (Passwort, Spam)
Wozu sammelt ein völlig unbekanntes Unternehmen Hunderte Millionen E-Mail-Adressen und weitere Nutzerdaten? Dahinter steckt eine Dienstleistung, die für Spammer nützlich ist. (Passwort, Spam)
Enlarge/ The Infiniti QX80 on a cold winter day. (credit: Eric Bangeman)
As the old saying goes: you never get a second chance to make a first impression. When I climbed into the Infiniti QX80 for the first time, one of the first things I saw was a monochromatic LCD display smack-dab in the middle of the instrument panel. I looked at the Monroney sticker sitting on the passenger seat and saw a price tag north of $90,000. The juxtaposition of a display that would look at home in the decade-old cars in my garage with the luxurious interior trim left me with the impression that Infiniti made some odd choices with the QX80—an impression that I never managed to shake in my week with the vehicle.
The QX80 is the flagship of Infiniti's SUV lineup. It's a true full-size, three-row SUV, competing with the Mercedes GLS, Lexus LX, and Lincoln Navigator for the hearts and wallets of large families and folks who want a massive, spacious vehicle to tool around in. The QX80 underwent an overhaul for the 2018 model year, getting an exterior redesign that elongated the body and made it appear longer. For 2019, Infiniti added a Limited model with dark, machine-finished 22-inch wheels.
Pricing for the QX80 starts at $65,100 for a front-wheel-drive model; if you want all-wheel drive, you'll need to fork out another $3,000. Our review model was the QX80 Limited, which comes with all the fixin's—theater package, driver-assist, the aforementioned 22-inch wheels, and more—and a price tag of $91,450. This expensive beast is powered by a 5.6-liter V8 capable of 400hp (298kW) at 5,800rpm and 413lb-ft (560Nm) of torque at 4,000rpm. That's paired with a seven-speed automatic transmission, which I prefer to the continuously variable transmission in the QX50 and QX60. If you need to drive your QX80 over some nasty terrain, it has a crawl ration of 1.0 in 4WD high and 2.7 in 4WD low.
Die ersten Brillen von Apple mit Augmented-Reality-Funktionen sollen erst 2020 auf den Markt kommen. Ohne angeschlossenes iPhone sollen die Geräte aber nicht funktionieren. (Head-Mounted Display, Apple) 
Mit dem Galaxy S10e bietet Samsung auch ein kompaktes Modell seiner neuen Oberklasse-Smartphone-Serie an. Beim Gerät gibt es zwar ein paar Abstriche bei der Hardware, es liegt aber fantastisch in der Hand und macht super Fotos - für uns der klare Geheimtipp der neuen Reihe. Ein Test von Tobias Költzsch (
Sonos bringt eine überarbeitete Version des Lautsprechers One. Klanglich und vom Design her gibt es keine Änderungen. Das neue Modell bekommt vor allem mehr Speicher und einen schnelleren Prozessor. Bisher gibt es keine Unterschiede bei den Funktionen. (
Der autonom fahrende Bus Olli des Startups Local Motors hat eine simulierten Verkehrsunfall mit einer Geschwindigkeit von 40 km/h frontal gegen eine Wand überstanden. Damit will der Hersteller zeigen, dass auch gedruckte Strukturen stabil genug für den Praxiseinsatz sind. (
More than seven years have passed since the file-storage empire of Kim Dotcom collapsed, with Megaupload being the prime target.
Noch immer wirbt Tesla damit, dass alle Elektroautos ab Werk mit der Hardware für autonomes Fahren ausgestattet sind. Doch die Aussagen zur Verfügbarkeit der Funktionen lesen sich inzwischen deutlich anders. (
Wozu sammelt ein völlig unbekanntes Unternehmen Hunderte Millionen E-Mail-Adressen und weitere Nutzerdaten? Dahinter steckt eine Dienstleistung, die für Spammer nützlich ist. (
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