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Strafzölle, Hackerangriffe, massive Aufrüstung: Ein australisches Think Tank treibt einen Keil in die Beziehungen beider Länder und profitiert von der neuen Sicherheitspolitik Australiens
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is flaring up around several NASA centers.
Four reusable RS-25 engines will power NASA's SLS rocket as it ascends into space, and then they'll be discarded. (credit: NASA)
NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine said Friday he is "very confident" in a potential November 2021 launch for the large Space Launch System rocket.
While expressing confidence in this date, however, Bridenstine added that there are uncertainties between now and then. One is technical—the core stage of the SLS rocket must undergo a series of tests this summer and autumn before it moves to the launch pad. The second issue is the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which is spiking around several NASA centers.
In January, NASA and the contractor for the SLS rocket's core stage, Boeing, moved the vehicle to Stennis Space Center in southern Mississippi. Since then, workers have been putting the stage—which consists of four space shuttle main engines and very large tanks to store liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants—through a series of tests.
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Verschiedene Gewaltaktionen im Umfeld von Corona-Demonstrationen werfen Fragen auf
Vom irren Einzeltäter, zum Schutz des Staatswohles bis zur Einstellung der Ermittlungen (1980-2020)
The Lenovo Legion brand may be expanding to include smartphones soon. But Legion is first and foremost a name associated with Lenovo’s gaming PCs. And the company just introduced a whole bunch of new models powered by AMD Ryzen processor and NVI…
The Lenovo Legion brand may be expanding to include smartphones soon. But Legion is first and foremost a name associated with Lenovo’s gaming PCs. And the company just introduced a whole bunch of new models powered by AMD Ryzen processor and NVIDIA GeForce graphics. The Lenovo Legion 5 is available with 15 or 17 inch displays, up […]
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We really enjoyed this 55mpg hybrid—until it was stolen over a long weekend.
Normally I try to photograph each of our test cars, but this time it got stolen before I had a chance, so please enjoy these photos from Hyundai. [credit: Hyundai ]
It was an email I hoped I'd never have to write. "Hi [Hyundai PR person], I hope you've had a pleasant July 4th. I hate to have to write this email but someone has just stolen the Ioniq that you've lent us." Up until that point, my week with the little subcompact hybrid had been wonderful—after all, what's not to like about 55mpg (4.3L/100km)? But there turns out to be a surprising hero in this story, one reviled by much of the Ars Technica audience: a connected car service saved the day.
The Ioniq isn't the newest electrified vehicle in Hyundai's lineup—in fact, it debuted in 2016 and, in the years since, has been joined by plug-in hybrid EV and battery EV versions. But for some reason or other, this model year 2020 Ioniq was the first time we've tested one. The range starts at $23,200 for the most efficient, if most spartanly equipped trim, the Ioniq Blue. But as is the way of the press fleet, ours was a $31,200 Ioniq Limited, loaded with features like adaptive cruise control, LED headlights, a 10.25-inch infotainment system with navigation (and CarPlay and Android Auto), to name but a few.
The biggest change for this model year was a midlife refresh, with new, more aerodynamic styling and a revised interior. The Ioniq is powered by a 1.6L direct-injection Atkinson-cycle four-cylinder engine that generates 104hp (76kW) and 109lb-ft (148Nm), which works in concert with 43hp (32kW), 125lb-ft (169Nm) permanent-magnet synchronous electric motor which together will send up to 139hp (104kW) to the front wheels via a six-speed dual-clutch transmission. The battery is a 1.56kWh lithium-ion pack, and that helps the Ioniq achieve that combined average of 55mpg, or 58mpg (4.1l/100km) if it's the Blue trim, thanks to that car's 15-inch wheels (as opposed to the 17-inch alloys of the Limited).
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The upcoming Chuwi CoreBook looks like a premium laptop at first glance. It has a 13.2 inch, 2160 x 1440 pixel display with a 3:2 aspect ratio, a full metal body, and even Intel Iris graphics. But this 3 pound laptop will sell for just $499 when it go…
The upcoming Chuwi CoreBook looks like a premium laptop at first glance. It has a 13.2 inch, 2160 x 1440 pixel display with a 3:2 aspect ratio, a full metal body, and even Intel Iris graphics. But this 3 pound laptop will sell for just $499 when it goes on sale July 21st, and folks […]
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How does “unreasonable search” work when any agency can buy data from anywhere?
Enlarge / A worker for repo firm Relentless Recovery in Cleveland, Ohio, backs a car equipped with automated license plate recognition cameras out of the garage before going out to scan for cars that need to be repossessed on April 30, 2018. (credit: Dustin Franz | The Washington Post | Getty Images)
US Customs and Border Protection can track everyone's cars all over the country thanks to massive troves of automated license plate scanner data, a new report reveals—and CBP didn't need to get a single warrant to do it. Instead, the agency did just what hundreds of other businesses and investigators do: straight-up purchase access to commercial databases.
CBP has been buying access to commercial automated license plate-reader (ALPR) databases since 2017, TechCrunch reports, and the agency says bluntly that there's no real way for any American to avoid having their movements tracked.
"CBP cannot provide timely notice of license plate reads obtained from various sources outside of its control," the agency wrote in its most recent privacy assessment (PDF). "The only way to opt out of such surveillance is to avoid the impacted area, which may pose significant hardships and be generally unrealistic."
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A free and popular tool used for downloading anime shows from Crunchyroll has been removed from Github following a DMCA complaint. Crunchyroll Downloader has been in action since November 2019 but a company claiming to protect titles including Naruto and One Piece says that the software breaches its clients’ rights.
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Owned by WarnerMedia, Crunchyroll is one of the most recognized platforms for anime content distribution.
In addition to a free albeit limited service, Crunchyroll offers two premium packages that allow uses to stream anime in 720p and 1080p to a range of devices including Apple TV, XBox, Playstation, iOS, Android, and Roku.
However, some users prefer to augment their streaming experience with a level of permanence by downloading content to their own machines for offline playback.
In common with YouTube, this activity isn’t endorsed by Crunchyroll but it’s still popular with some users, who use a range of third-party tools to rip content in various formats. Crunchyroll itself isn’t notable for taking action against ripping but content providers are less keen, as a complaint filed with Github this week reveals.
The complaint was filed by anti-piracy company IP Arrow on behalf of MX International. The copy published by Github begins slightly confusingly, noting that MX International has not granted permission “for their copyright to be uploaded to [Github’s] service”. This doesn’t make sense as written and even when interpreted doesn’t apply since none of MX International’s content has been uploaded to Github.
Nevertheless, the notice goes on to state that MX International’s content can be viewed on the Crunchyroll service and no one has the right to download it.
“The sources listed below infringe our clients copyright by allowing the illegal downloading of ALL of their content using the apps in the listed sources. The apps allow users to download any and all of our clients content. Using the sources below allow for the downloading of Naruto, One Piece, Black Clover and every other anime our client offers [sic],” it reads.
Any evidence of that actually happening on those titles is absent from the notice.
Crunchyroll Downloader appears to have made its debut in late 2019 and has since been updated several times to the latest version v1.2.2. It was created by Tim Schneeberger (aka ThePBone), a German student who focuses on building open source desktop and mobile applications.
“I wanted to create an app that was able to ‘simulate’ the official client as good as possible, in order to provide a safe method to download content directly from Crunchyroll at high speeds, rather than relying on reuploads on piracy sites or torrents,” he informs TF.
“My app was able to search through the complete database without copy-and-pasting a URL even once. I actually started this project in the first place to reverse-engineer an undocumented web API for fun, but it was a perfect opportunity to create something more useful, so I decided to focus on this app instead.”
According to its documentation, the tool is able to download full MP4 videos and M3U HLS streaming playlists, unlock region-blocked content via a built-in proxy, while filtering episodes by series and collections/seasons. Importantly, it is also capable of downloading from Crunchyroll without users having an account, including 1080p content which is normally reserved for premium-only subscribers.
The software is liked by many Crunchyroll users but also comes with a warning that it should not be used “to download any copyrighted content unless [the user has] obtained permission from the copyright holder.” It’s doubtful that many (if any) users followed that advice.
Predictably, the complaint demands that the repository for Crunchyroll Downloader and several other forks should be deleted. However, it goes further still by demanding that action should be taken against ‘ThePBone’.
“Disable access to the individual who has engaged in the conduct described above; and
terminate any and all accounts that this individual has through you if they fall under repeat infringer,” it reads.
As far as we can see, the latter pair of demands have not been carried out by Github but the complaint itself, despite being processed by the Microsoft-owned platform, is a little unorthodox in its presentation.
The complaint itself doesn’t reference the DMCA at all (apart from being addressed to Github’s DMCA agent) and as far as we can see doesn’t list any copyrighted works being infringed on Github itself, because none are, of course.
What it appears to have relied upon, therefore, is that Github would do the necessary calculations to determine whether Crunchyroll Downloader somehow falls foul of the anti-circumvention provisions of the DMCA. While that is probably the case, no such claim is mentioned in the complaint.
Indeed, the notification sent to ‘ThePBone’ by Github indicates that the notice can be appealed, which isn’t usually the case with anti-circumvention notices since there is no formal counternotice process.
Despite the notice being delivered with pretty broad strokes, Github has deleted the original project plus eight forks, meaning that at least from Github, the downloading tool is no longer available. ‘ThePBone’ doesn’t have any problem with that and fully understands why the notice was sent.
The developer says he has no intention of contesting the Github notice so the software won’t be available from that location in the future. However, a cursory search reveals that the tool is still available in plenty of other places, so the whac-a-mole will probably continue.
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