Two More ‘Ringleaders’ of Torrent Site ‘Asgaard’ Sentenced in Denmark
Following investigations by anti-piracy group Rights Alliance, police have been rounding up people who played prominent roles at Danish private torrent site Asgaard. This week two more people were convicted of copyright infringement offenses. Both we.....»»
Researchers use electrocatalysis for site-specific protein modification
Boston College researchers used a mild charge of electricity to precisely modify proteins, a new tool that can be used to develop novel biotherapeutics and protein-based research tools, the team reported recently in the journal Nature Chemistry......»»
Opinion: Why hosting an Olympics competition in Tahiti is a really bad idea
Last year, the International Olympic Committee announced that the South Pacific island of Tahiti will host the two-day surfing competition for the 2024 Paris Summer Games. The site in question, Teahupo'o, is revered among surfers for the legendary sp.....»»
Upgraded Mitsubishi site lets customers search for cars they"re prequalified to buy
Mitsubishi has partnered with Santander Consumer USA on an online tool allowing shoppers to get preapproved for car loans and filter dealer inventory to the vehicles the consumer can afford on those approved terms. The new-vehicle prequalification fe.....»»
Santander plans expansion of prequalified auto inventory search site Drive.US
Santander Consumer USA plans a national expansion this year for Drive.US, its digital auto retail site allowing consumers to shop cars at partner dealerships online and filter the inventory based on the car loan monthly payment the lender has prequal.....»»
Week in review: LockBit leak site is back online, NIST updates its Cybersecurity Framework
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Overcoming the pressures of cybersecurity startup leadership In this Help Net Security interview, Kunal Agarwal, CEO at Dope Security, offers a look.....»»
‘Movie-web’ Domain Shut Down By Hollywood Complaint
Open source movie streaming project movie-web has lost its public-facing demo site. The domain name was seemingly suspended by registrar Namecheap, following a legal complaint from several major movie studios. The developers have no intention of figh.....»»
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 02/26/2024
Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'Mean Girls' tops the chart, followed by 'The Beekeeper'. ‘'The Zone of Interest' completes the top three. From: TF, for the latest news on c.....»»
Piracy Shield Cloudflare Disaster Blocks Countless Sites, Fires Up Opposition
Experts warned that a radical site-blocking program without proper checks and balances would end badly in Italy. On Saturday, at least one Cloudflare IP address was added to the Piracy Shield anti-piracy system. According to an expert, that ended up.....»»
Pirate Sites With Malicious Ads Face Restrictions Under New Initiative
The Trustworthy Accountability Group aims to increase trust in the digital advertising industry, in part by limiting pirate sites' access to advertising. A new initiative will see the development of a new blocklist containing pirate site domains to b.....»»
Piracy Moghul Aniwatch Rebrands to HiAnime
The massively popular anime pirate site Aniwatch has a new name. The site, which was known as Zoro.to just a year ago, just rebranded to HiAnime. The site's staff doesn't explain the latest brand switch but a recent 'dynamic+' site blocking order in.....»»
BYD says Mexico plant would not export to U.S.
BYD is looking for a site in Mexico for an assembly plant to serve the local market, company says......»»
Airbnb scammers pose as hosts, redirect users to fake Tripadvisor site
Scammers on Airbnb are faking technical issues and citing higher fees to get users to a spoofed Tripadvisor website and steal their money. The Airbnb scam Malwarebytes researchers came across the Airbnb scam when trying to book an apartment through t.....»»
GitHub besieged by millions of malicious repositories in ongoing attack
GitHub keeps removing malware-laced repositories, but thousands remain. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) GitHub is struggling to contain an ongoing attack that’s flooding the site with millions of code repositories. Thes.....»»
LockBit leak site is back online
LockBitSupp, the individual running the LockBit ransomware-as-a-service operation, has made good on one promise: the LockBit leak site is back online on backup domains, with lists of victims expected to be unveiled in the coming days. Law enforcement.....»»
Daily Telescope: Finally, we’ve found the core of a famous supernova
In the astronomy community, SN 1987A has somewhat legendary status. Enlarge / Webb has observed the best evidence yet for emission from a neutron star at the site of Supernova 1987A. (credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, et. al.).....»»
New approach to carbon-14 dating corrects the age of a prehistoric burial site
How old are these bones? This standard question in archaeology can be answered quite precisely in many cases with the help of the carbon isotope 14C. But there are exceptions. Certain living habits, such as that of prehistoric hunter-gatherer-fisher.....»»
Cloud TV Service Boss Sentenced to 3 Years Prison Plus $505,000 Damages
Launched in 2007, TVkaista allowed users to record live TV broadcasts and store them in the cloud to enjoy later. Rightsholders insisted that, without a license, TVkaista was an illegal service. In subsequent legal action, the operators of the servic.....»»
Pirate Site Blocking Boosts Legal Consumption, Research Finds
A new study has found that pirate site blocking in Brazil and India boosted legal consumption. The non-peer-reviewed research confirms previously published findings that were limited to the UK. The effects on unblocked pirate sites are mixed, however.....»»
Pirate Site Shut Down For Trademark, Cybersquatting & Copyright Violations
A popular pirate site specializing in content from South Korea has been shut down by a court in the United States. Wavve Americas, a coalition of Korean broadcasters, filed a complaint against Kokoa TV in 2023, alleging trademark infringement, cyber.....»»
Bitmagnet Allows People to Run Their Own Decentralized Torrent Indexer Locally
BitTorrent is often characterized as a decentralized file-sharing technology. However, its reliance on centralized indexes runs contrary to this idea. Over the years, several 'indestructible' alternatives have been proposed, including the relatively.....»»