The European Parliament and Council agreed on the final text of the EU Copyright Directive. This includes the controversial Article 13, which opponents fear will lead to broad upload filters. The full package will now go to the European Parliament for a final vote, which is expected to take place in March or April.
L’équipe de France Five se réunit pour fêter les 20 ans de la création de ce qui est peut-être la première web-série française. Pour cette occasion, un nouvel épisode entièrement inédit va être réalisé. Ce nouvel épisode ne sera ni une suite, ni une préquelle : il prendra place entre l’épisode 3 et l’épisode 4, juste avant l’arrivée de Zakaral, le diabolique rejeton de Glou Man Chou.
Thanks for bringing us along.
「Kawaki wo Ameku」（TV anime「Domestic na Kanojo」Opening song）
music and words by Minami
vocal by Minami
The global electronics industry has been fueled by silicon from the get-go, but that may soon change. Products are slowly appearing that replace silicon with gallium nitride, a material that promises to shrink technology down while making it more efficient. We take a look inside one of these products to find out how gallium nitride could usher in the future of miniaturized gadgets.
The past couple of years in Google design can be summarized as this evolution: adding colors, then making things whiter, then offering a black option. Chrome on the desktop has always been white, so what it lacked where the colors and black, but thanks to a dozen new themes, you can now paint your browser with many new shades, including a Just Black option.
To avoid errors like this, we render all text and pipe it through OCR before processing, fixing a handful of irregular bugs by burying them beneath a smooth, uniform layer of bugs.
For the first time, data about the UK Government-backed "Get it Right" campaign has been shared in public. Over the past two years, UK ISPs sent roughly a million email notifications to subscribers whose connections were allegedly used to pirate content. These "alerts" educate copyright infringers about legal alternatives and according to the early data, they may indeed help to decrease piracy.
Spotify is fully committing to building a podcast network today. The music streaming giant has acquired Gimlet Media and Anchor to boost its podcast credentials, as the company looks to grow its share of the podcast market. Gimlet Media is a start-up podcast network, and Anchor provides creators with tools to build, publish, and monetize podcasts. “In just shy of two years, we have become the second-biggest podcasting platform,” explains Spotify CEO Daniel Ek. “Our podcast users spend almost twice the time on the platform, and spend even more time listening to music.”
In Karin Lowachee’s original short story, a spacecraft carrying precious cargo embarks on a lifetime journey to a better world.
Don't worry--you're less likely to die from a space launch than from a shark attack. The survival rate is pretty high for both!
La firme de sécurité Trend Micro a découvert la présence de 29 applications malicieuses sur le Google Play Store. En se faisant passer pour des applications de retouche photo (« beauty camera »), elles subtilisaient les photos des utilisateurs.
By now everyone should know that two-factor authentication via SMS is outdated and insecure. But in case anyone needs a reminder, here it is: Metro Bank in the UK was recently the victim of something called SS7 attacks, which basically allow anyone with access to reroute text messages and calls as they please, as well as track the location of a compromised phone. This is far from the first time this has happened, and it seems European banks are more at risk than US banks.
Dolphin, the much-loved Nintendo GameCube and Wii emulator, has been making strides in Android support over the past few months. It returned to the Play Store in August 2018, and a few months later, rumble emulation and other improvements were added. The latest update to the Android port has even more improvements in store, like Wii remote emulation and fixes for Android 9 Pie.
For some, the Super Bowl is all about the event itself: watching two teams play the last football game of the season — or see who ends up playing the Patriots in their last game of the year, if you're a cynic. For many others, including myself, it's just an excuse to get together with your friends, eat a bunch of unhealthy foods, and watch some frequently amusing, high-budget ads. If you're in the latter camp, Amazon pushed out one of its Super Bowl commercials for you to check out early, and it's pretty funny.