In Stuttgart suchen Autofahrer künftig nicht nur für sich selbst Parkplätze, sondern auch für andere: Daimler und Bosch starten ein Pilotprojekt für eine Parkplatzsuche per Crowdsourcing. Autos sollen sich gegenseitig über freie Plätze am Straßenrand informieren. (Auto, IoT) Category: Uncategorised
Police Seize Two Perfect Privacy VPN Servers
VPN provider Perfect Privacy has had two of its servers seized by Dutch police, as part of an active investigation. Police bypassed the VPN service and went directly to the company’s hosting provider, I3D, who complied with a subpoena requesting the hardware. At the time of writing, it remains unclear why the servers in question were taken.
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VPN services are a great tool for people who want to increase their privacy and security online.
While most people use them for legitimate purposes, VPNs are also frequently linked to nefarious activity, as criminals prefer to stay anonymous online too.
As a result, VPNs regularly come up when police investigate online crime. This is also what appears to have happened with two servers that were leased by VPN provider Perfect Privacy.
A few days ago the company informed its customers that two of its servers had been seized by the police in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The authorities went directly to the hosting company I3D and the VPN provider itself wasn’t contacted by law enforcement.
“Currently we have no further information since the responsible law enforcement agency did not get in touch with us directly, we were merely informed by our hoster,” Perfect Privacy says.
Despite losing control over two servers, Perfect Privacy assures its customers that no personally identifiable data is present on the seized hardware. Like many other VPNs, the company maintains a strict no-logging policy.
“Since we are not logging any data there is currently no reason to believe that any user data was compromised,” the VPN provider says.
TorrentFreak reached out to I3D, who told us that they can’t comment on any specifics. However, the hoster stresses that it handles these type of requests in compliance with the law, while keeping the interests of their customers in mind.
“When the Dutch police contact us with a subpoena, we work with them in a professional manner and ensure their request and our responses are in compliance with the Dutch law,” I3D informs us.
“We think with the affected customer as well, for example by making temporary capacity available so the customer does not suffer extended downtime during the investigation.”
Perfect Privacy confirms that they are happy with how I3D handled this issue. Two replacement servers were quickly put in place meaning that the seizures didn’t result in any significant downtime.
In any case, it is good to see that the provider in question is being open about what happened. Unfortunately, that’s not always obvious for companies in this position.
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ESP32: Leistungsfähigere Variante des ESP8266 ist verfügbar
Der bei Bastlern beliebte Mikrocontroller bekommt Verstärkung. Das neue Modell enthält 2 CPU-Kerne und beherrscht zusätzlich Bluetooth. Trotzdem bleibt der Preis günstig. (Christian und Kai Wawrzinek: Rücktritt der Goodgame-Gründer
Beim Hamburger Entwicklerstudio Goodgame kommt es zum Führungswechsel: Nach Negativschlagzeilen und Entlassungen geben die Gründer Christian und Kai Wawrzinek die operative Leitung ab, um künftig als Ideengeber für Spiele zu fungieren. (Goodgame Studios, Games)
Beim Hamburger Entwicklerstudio Goodgame kommt es zum Führungswechsel: Nach Negativschlagzeilen und Entlassungen geben die Gründer Christian und Kai Wawrzinek die operative Leitung ab, um künftig als Ideengeber für Spiele zu fungieren. (Goodgame Studios, Games) The new Razer Blade gaming laptop features models with Kaby Lake, NVIDIA Pascal
Razer is updating its Blade line of 12.5 inch and 14 inch gaming laptops.
The new 2.8 pound, 12.5 inch Razer Blade Stealth is a portable notebook with an Intel Core i7-7500U Kaby Lake processor and Intel HD 620 integrated graphics. The notebook measures half an inch thick and offers up to 9 hours of battery life…. when not gaming.
While the integrated graphics should be good enough for some light gaming duties, you can also connect a Razer Core graphics dock if you want to use a desktop-class graphics card.
Razer is updating its Blade line of 12.5 inch and 14 inch gaming laptops.
The new 2.8 pound, 12.5 inch Razer Blade Stealth is a portable notebook with an Intel Core i7-7500U Kaby Lake processor and Intel HD 620 integrated graphics. The notebook measures half an inch thick and offers up to 9 hours of battery life…. when not gaming.
While the integrated graphics should be good enough for some light gaming duties, you can also connect a Razer Core graphics dock if you want to use a desktop-class graphics card.
More evidence that Nintendo’s NX is going to use physical game cartridges
WSJ report says flash media is getting more cost-competitive with discs.
A new Wall Street Journal report adds credence to previous rumors that Nintendo is planning to use cartridges, rather than optical discs, for its still-shadowy NX console.
The report, which cites unnamed "people familiar with the matter," suggests that advances in flash memory production have made cartridge media closer to cost-competitive with the standard optical discs. The report also suggests that cartridges "load faster, are harder to copy, and can be mass-produced faster than discs," statements that we'd rate as true, plausible, and confusing, respectively.
More importantly, though, using cartridges would be key for a system that can be used as both a TV-based console and a portable game system, as has been rumored numerous times in the past year. Housing an optical drive in a portable system adds significantly to its size and bulk, and the motor to spin the disc can be a significant power drain. Sony's did manage to squeeze a proprietary disc drive into its PlayStation Portable, but decided to shift back to flash-based cards for the PlayStation Vita.
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Videobrille: Das Avegant Glyph kommt nach Deutschland
Avegant hat angekündigt, das Head-mounted-Display Glyph auch in Deutschland verkaufen zu wollen. Die Videobrille projiziert das Bild mit zwei Projektoren direkt ins Auge des Nutzers. Mit Softwareupdates wollen die Entwickler außerdem weitere Funktionen ergänzen. (Deutsche Telekom: Wettbewerber drohen nach Vectoring-Beschluss mit Klage
Die Telekom spricht von einem "Supertag für Deutschland". Die Wettbewerber kritisieren hingegen die Vectoring-Erlaubnis der Bundesnetzagentur scharf. (
Samsung will recall Galaxy Note 7 because of exploding batteries
Recall affects all 2.5 million units that have shipped so far.
Enlarge / This Galaxy Note 7 is too hot, send it back. (credit: Ron Amadeo)
Looks like Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 can give you some bang for your buck after all—Samsung will be issuing a global recall for all 2.5 million of the phones it has shipped so far, says Reuters. Some of the phones shipped with faulty batteries that could catch on fire. Details of the recall program will be available as soon as Samsung works out the details with different carriers in different countries, and customers will be able to exchange their phones for models with non-faulty batteries or get their money back entirely.
Samsung provided the following statement to Ars and other publications:
"In response to recently reported cases of the new Galaxy Note 7, we conducted a thorough investigation and found a battery cell issue. To date (as of September 1) there have been 35 cases that have been reported globally and we are currently conducting a thorough inspection with our suppliers to identify possible affected batteries in the market. However, because our customers’ safety is an absolute priority at Samsung, we have stopped sales of the Galaxy Note 7. For customers who already have Galaxy Note 7 devices, we will voluntarily replace their current device with a new one over the coming weeks."
The percentage of affected phones is small—estimated at 24 out of every 1,000,000 phones—but Samsung only has one battery supplier in each of the countries in which the phone has shipped. All units could potentially be affected, though the models sold in China apparently include batteries that are unaffected by the flaw.
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Studie: Konzentrationsfähigkeit ohne Smartphone ist 26 Prozent höher
Nehmt den Angestellten die Smartphones weg – könnte man als Fazit einer Studie ziehen. Die kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass wir uns ohne Zugriff auf iPhone & Co. signifikant besser konzentrieren können und die Produktivität höher ist. (Kaspersky, Smartphone)
Nehmt den Angestellten die Smartphones weg - könnte man als Fazit einer Studie ziehen. Die kommt zu dem Ergebnis, dass wir uns ohne Zugriff auf iPhone & Co. signifikant besser konzentrieren können und die Produktivität höher ist. (Kaspersky, Smartphone)