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.....»»
Price cuts knock up to $300 off iPads, Apple Watch & MacBook Pros at Amazon
It's the week of the iPads as Amazon slashes prices on virtually every iPad on the site. Take home an 11-inch iPad Pro with an M2 chip for the lowest price we've seen in the last month at $999.Save on Apple Watch, iPad & Mac at Amazon. More great dea.....»»
All the Apple subreddits set to go dark in protest of Reddit"s API charges
Reddit communities, including some about Apple, will be going dark on June 12, as a form of protest against the site's decision to charge developers for access to its API.In April, Reddit issued an update relating to its Data API, with the changes in.....»»
GM"s old Buick City site is ready to rise again in Michigan
The site is being turned into an industrial park with as many as 3,000 jobs, a fraction of the nearly 28,000 that GM once employed there......»»
RARBG: Over 267,000 Movie & TV Show Magnet Links Appear Online
A few hours ago the team behind veteran torrent site RARBG announced that after 15 years online, the curtain had come down for the final time. The effect on the public torrent site scene will become apparent in the coming days but for those more inte.....»»
ISP’s Dynamic Injunction Fears Fail to Prevent Lookmovie & Flixtor Blocking
While many ISPs in Europe were initially opposed to pirate site-blocking measures, anti-censorship and free-flow of information ideals have long since given way to resignation and, in some cases, full cooperation. In the Netherlands, ISP KPN went up.....»»
RARBG Shutdown is a Major Blow to the Pirate Ecosystem
The surprise shutdown of torrent site RARBG and its tracker came as a shock to millions of users and the knock-on effects are already being felt elsewhere in the piracy ecosystem. Other torrent sites are seeing a slowdown in fresh content, automated.....»»
Bulgarian ISPs Will Block Pirate Bay & Zamunda, But Not Before a Fight
Early 2020 the Bulgarian Association of Music Producers (BAMP) and IFPI launched legal action to compel local ISPs to block The Pirate Bay and Zamunda, Bulgaria's most-visited pirate site. This week a Bulgarian court ordered local ISPs to block both.....»»
Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 06/05/2023
Every week we take a close look at the most pirated movies on torrent sites. What are pirates downloading? 'John Wick: Chapter 4' tops the chart, followed by 'Hypnotic'. ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie' completes the top three. From: TF, for the lates.....»»
Japan’s Largest Manga Piracy Site Shuts Down Following Cloudflare Probe
Japan's largest manga piracy site 13DL is no more. The site closed its doors shortly after a DMCA subpoena required CDN provider Cloudflare to uncover the identity of the site's operator. Anti-piracy group CODA says that Cloudflare has yet to hand o.....»»
Dodgy RARBG Knockoffs Thrive as Former Users Seek Refuge
While the shutdown of RARBG is bad news for former users, scammers are happily exploiting the confusion to boost their own traffic. One copycat in particular, which has been around for years, has sneakily managed to convince some people that the site.....»»
Manga Publishers Seek Google Analytics Data to Back $14m Piracy Damages Claim
Manga publishers Kodakawa, Shogakukan, and Shueisha hope to recoup millions of dollars in damages from the operator of Mangamura, which was once the largest manga piracy site. To assist in their legal battle in Japan, the publishers went to a U.S. fe.....»»
‘Nude Scenes’ Controversy Triggers Call on Reddit to Filter Infringing Uploads
Reddit allows people to freely share and discuss content but that freedom has its downsides too. In Denmark, several actors feel abused and violated by Reddit users who clip and share their nude scenes completely out of context. There is a copyright.....»»
Pirate IPTV: Running Costs of UK’s Largest Service Revealed
Last month five men behind pirate IPTV service 'Flawless' were sentenced to more than 30 years in prison. While the service generated millions in revenue, operations like this also cost a lot to run. So how much does it cost to buy pirate streams who.....»»
Bing Asks Users How They Protect Themselves On The Pirate Bay
Most people use search engines to answer any questions they may have. Interestingly, Microsoft's Bing reverses this role too, questioning users on all sorts of topics; what their favorite torrent client is, what type of movies they stream on the pira.....»»
AI will soon be creating many of the ads you see on social media
Sometimes it seems like all the ads we see online are made by AI and, soon, they might just be.LinkedIn is joining the ranks of Google and Meta with generative AI-powered tools for advertisers. The social media site for People Who Hustle (derogatory).....»»
Beer byproducts were popular canvas primers for Danish Golden Age artists
"In 19th century Denmark, beer brewing was a paramount part of the culture and economy." Enlarge / Two Russian Ships of the Line Saluting by Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1827), a leading artist of the Danish Golden Age. (credi.....»»
The first prehistoric wind instruments discovered in the Levant
Although the prehistoric site of Eynan-Mallaha in northern Israel has been thoroughly examined since 1955, it still holds some surprises for scientists. Seven prehistoric wind instruments known as flutes, recently identified by a Franco-Israeli team,.....»»
Today I stumbled upon Microsoft’s 4K rendering of the Windows XP wallpaper
Microsoft Design site has a ton of attractive wallpapers, retro and otherwise. Enlarge / A high-res rendered hill inspired by Windows XP's familiar "Bliss" wallpaper (visit Microsoft's site to get it at full resolution.) (credit.....»»
A tracking device that uses animal movements as a power source
A team of zoologists, animal behaviorists and engineers from the Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior and the Technical University of Denmark has developed a device for tracking wild.....»»
How to make AppleInsider into a macOS Sonoma webapp
You've long been able to turn any website into an app on your Mac, but with macOS Sonoma, Apple has made it so easy that you're going to do it. Here's how.Now you can forget hunting through bookmarks and favorites for that site you need every day. An.....»»