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The DOJ Antitrust Division Isn’t Afraid to Go to Court The DOJ Antitrust Division Isn’t Afraid to Go to Court When the Department of Justice released its more than 70-page lawsuit against Apple, its narrative read more like a docu-drama than a stodgy legal document. It dropped the reader right into a 2010 exchange between an Apple executive and then-CEO Steve Jobs, who were just beginning to recognize how easy it was for customers to switch to their rivals’ products — unless they did something to stop it. This kind of writing, sometimes called a speaking complaint, is a far cry from the rote retelling you often find in lawsuits. That’s not a surprise once you know that Hetal Doshi, lead of the nascent litigation program within the Antitrust Division,…

Terminator Zero: First Look at Netflix's New Anime Terminator Heads Back to 1997 in First Trailer for Netflix Anime Image: Netflix The first animated take on Terminator is looking pretty slick in its debut teaser trailer. Netflix just released the first proper look at Terminator Zero, which is helmed by anime powerhouse Production I.G and starts streaming on August 29th. The show follows a resistance fighter sent to the distant past of 1997, where she’s tasked with protecting a scientist who is developing an AI that can compete with Skynet, which would potentially be good news for humanity. It’s hard to get much of a sense of the story from the teaser, but Zero looks very intense, with lots of explosions and robotic skulls. The voice cast includes André Holland,…

Kompressor für Mac: Bilder schnell und einfach konvertieren Kompressor für Mac: Bilder schnell und einfach konvertieren Die Mac-Anwendung Kompressor ist ein erstklassiges Werkzeug zum Konvertieren und Komprimieren von Fotos. Mit der neu veröffentlichten Version 1.0.8 fügt der aus Deutschland stammende Entwickler der App zwar keine neuen Funktionen hinzu, ergänzt jedoch die Möglichkeit, die App über die ersten drei Konvertierungen hinweg kostenlos und in vollem Umfang zu testen. Regulär kann man die Anwendung entweder zum Preis von 9,99 Euro als Lifetime-Version kaufen oder für 0,99 Euro im Monat beziehungsweise 5,99 Euro im Jahr abonnieren. Auch wenn diese Preise absolut im Rahmen sind, dürfte eine Kaufentscheidung im Anschluss an einen unverbindlichen Test in jedem Fall leichter fallen. Dergleichen sollte eigentlich zum Standard bei allen kostenpflichtigen App-Angeboten gehören. Drag-and-Drop und Stapelverarbeitung „Kompressor“ richtet…

Eero, Echo, Kindle: 116 Amazon-Geräte zum Jahresbestpreis Offiziell beginnt der Prime Day erst am morgigen Dienstag, schon heute ist der Online-Händler Amazon jedoch dazu übergegangen, die Preise für eine Vielzahl von Produkten aus dem hauseigenen Hardware-Portfolio teils drastisch zu reduzieren. 116 Amazon-Produkte reduziert Über 100 verschiedene Artikel sind für Kunden mit laufender Prime-Mitgliedschaft aktuell zu stark reduzierten Preisen erhältlich. Besonders hervorzuheben sind der Bluetooth-Lautsprecher Echo Pop, der jetzt für nur 19,99 Euro zu haben ist. Auch die Echo Buds der 2. Generation und das Bundle aus der Ring Video Doorbell der 2. Generation und dem Echo Pop ist über 60 Prozent im Preis reduziert und für nur noch 49,99 Euro zu haben. Die Smart-TVs der Omni-QLED-Serie sind ebenfalls im Preis gesenkt. Das 65-Zoll-Modell, das sowohl AirPlay als auch volle HomeKit-Kompatibilität…

ver.di at the Apple Store Dresden: "Talk to Us!" ver.di at the Apple Store Dresden: "Talk to Us!" What was observed last Friday in front of the Dresden Altmarkt-Galerie was not a labor union action in the strictest sense, but it can be understood as a clear signal from the same direction. Representatives from the union ver.di offered local employees an "active break" accompanied by informational offerings to lend additional weight to the demands raised by the store employees. 80% Signed the Petition The majority of the employees at the Dresden Apple Store signed a petition and, with the support of the union ver.di, presented it to the local management. In the petition, the employees demand the retrospective payment of the inflation compensation premium, discussions about the introduction of a…

Showdown: Kostenlose Mac-App für schnelle Präsentationen Das skandinavische Softwarestudio Tinybird Interactive AB hat mit “Showdown” ein neues Mac-Werkzeug entwickelt, das die schnelle Erstellung von Präsentationen mithilfe der Auszeichnungssprache Markdown ermöglicht. Das Tool richtet sich an Nutzer, die Präsentationen in kürzester Zeit erstellen müssen, etwa für spontane Team-Meetings. Themes, Live-Vorschau, Rednernotizen Showdown legt Wert auf eine einfache Bedienung: Benutzer können ihre Markdown-Texte direkt im Editor eingeben und sehen sofort eine Vorschau der so geschaffenen Ergebnis-Folien. Sobald die Erstellung abgeschlossen ist, kann die Präsentation direkt gestartet werden. Zudem gibt es die Möglichkeit, Rednernotizen hinzuzufügen, die während der Präsentation nur für den Vortragenden sichtbar sein sollen. Verschiedene Themen für die Gestaltung der Folien stehen ebenfalls zur Auswahl. Aktuell lässt sich aus sieben verschiedenen Designs wählen. Das neue Freeware-Tool wurde mit der Motivation entwickelt,…

Google's Biggest Startup Acquisition Ever Google is Reportedly Planning Its Biggest Startup Acquisition Ever Illustration: The Verge Google is considering spending $23 billion to buy Wiz, a cloud cybersecurity startup with partners that include Amazon and Oracle, reports The Wall Street Journal. At close to twice what it spent for Motorola Mobility in 2012, it would be the most Google has ever paid for another company. The New York City-based Wiz offers “siloed security tools and scanners” for the enterprise space, according to the company. Wiz writes that it secures corporate cloud infrastructure “by creating a normalizing layer between cloud environments,” letting businesses “rapidly identify and remove critical risks.” Buying such a company feels particularly targeted at an increasingly vulnerable-looking Microsoft that’s recently weathered multiple high-profile... Continue reading… source: https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/14/24198613/google-wiz-acquisition-talks-23-billion-cloud-cybersecurity

Paramount's Potential New Logo: A Graphic Misstep? Paramount's Potential New Logo: A Graphic Misstep? Hopefully, this new PARAMOUNT logo won’t stick around for long This probably isn’t Paramount’s new logo. | Image: Paramount If you didn’t know, Paramount Global is set to merge with Skydance, and the logo included in their recent investor presentation would like to share an important update. Under its traditional mountain and stars, it shouts PARAMOUNT, using the all-caps styling and arched text of the Skydance logo instead of a more gently whispered Paramount. It’s... not good. But, like the very bad Warner Bros. Discovery logo that appeared in 2021 when their merger was announced but disappeared by the time the deal closed a year later, it’s unlikely this is the final version of whatever redesign…

AT&T Reportedly Paid $370,000 to a Hacker AT&T Reportedly Paid $370,000 to a Hacker to Delete Stolen Customer Data Illustration by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge AT&T paid a hacker about $370,000 to delete customer data that was stolen from it as part of a hacking spree earlier this year. The hacker then provided a video to prove they had deleted the data, according to a Wired report today. AT&T reportedly negotiated through an intermediary, called Reddington, acting on behalf of a member of the ShinyHunters hacking group. The hacker originally asked for $1 million before AT&T talked them down to the amount, which it paid on May 17th in bitcoin, Wired writes. The outlet reports that Reddington, whom AT&T paid for his part in negotiations, said he believes…

Complaints about Crashing 13th, 14th Gen Intel CPUs Now Have Data to Back Them Up Complaints about Crashing 13th, 14th Gen Intel CPUs Now Have Data to Back Them Up Alderon Games, the maker of dinosaur MMO Path of Titans, says it's swapping out its Intel 13th and 14th Gen-based servers for AMD and urges others hosting the game’s servers to do the same. The developer has had “significant” instability issues that none of the fixes so far have reversed, wrote Alderon founder Matthew Cassells in a blog post last week. Cassells wrote that Alderon has recorded “thousands of crashes” on gamers’ CPUs using its crash reporting tools and says the processors can also corrupt SSDs and memory. He added that in his team’s experience, 100 percent of the affected…