av Mikael Winterkvist | jun 7, 2017 | Lästips
Facebook blocks Chechnya activist page in latest case of wrongful censorship | Technology | The Guardian
Facebook censored a group of supporters of Chechen independence for violating its community standards barring organizations engaged in terrorist activity or organized criminal activity, the latest example of the social network mistakenly censoring government dissidents.The Facebook group, Independence for Chechnya!, was permanently deleted by Facebook in late May, according to the group administrator, an Estonian human rights activist who asked to be identified by her initials, MP. She said she was shocked when she received a message from Facebook informing her of the deletion. We do not support terror, MP said. We support [a] political[ly] legal way for returning Chechen independence.After the Guardian contacted Facebook about the group, it was reinstated. A company spokesperson said that the deletion had been made in error and pointed out that with millions of reports each week, the company sometimes gets things wrong.
Källa: Facebook blocks Chechnya activist page in latest case of wrongful censorship | Technology | The Guardian
av Mikael Winterkvist | jun 7, 2017 | Lästips
Avgrävd fiberkabel kan påverka kunder i hela landet | SVT Nyheter
En större driftstörning har drabbat kunder som får internet via fiber från IP-Only, ett företag som levererar till flera stadsnät. Felet uppstod under tisdagseftermiddagen och var åtgärdat först vid 4.30-tiden på onsdagsmorgonen.Vid 16.30 på tisdagseftermiddagen inträffade en incident mellan Boxholm och Eksjö, på gränsen mellan Östergötland och Jönköpings län. Troligtvis har en fiberkanalisation grävts av och detta kan påverka kunder i hela landet, som på grund av detta inte har tillgång till internet via sin fiberanslutning. Felet uppkom i nätet mellan Östergötland och Småland, men även andra områden kan vara påverkade, säger Niclas Karnhill, presskontakt på IP-Only.Bland annat påverkas Aneby, Tranås och Stockholm.
Källa: Avgrävd fiberkabel kan påverka kunder i hela landet | SVT Nyheter
av Mikael Winterkvist | jun 7, 2017 | Lästips
Exclusive: Apple makes iPhone screen fixes easier as states mull repair laws | Reuters
Hey Siri, where can I get my cracked iPhone screen fixed?Apple Inc customers will soon have more choices as the company looks to reduce long wait times for iPhone repairs at its retail stores.By the end of 2017, Apple will to put its proprietary machines for mending cracked iPhone glass in about 400 authorized third-party repair centers in 25 countries, company executives told Reuters.Among the first recipients is Minneapolis-based Best Buy, whoch has long sold and serviced Apple products. The electronics retailer already has one of the screen-repair machines at a Miami-area store and one coming soon to an outlet in Sunnyvale, California.Fixing cracked screens may seem like small potatoes, but it’s a multi-billion-dollar global business. The move is also a major shift for Apple. The company had previously restricted use of its so-called Horizon Machine to its nearly 500 retail stores and mail-in repair centers; and it has guarded its design closely.The change also comes as eight U.S. states have launched ”right to repair” bills aimed at prying open the tightly controlled repair networks of Apple and other high-tech manufacturers.Apple said legislative pressure was not a factor in its decision to share its technology. It allowed Reuters to view and photograph the machines in action at a lab near its Cupertino, California headquarters. Until now, Apple had never formally acknowledged the Horizon Machine’s existence.
Källa: Exclusive: Apple makes iPhone screen fixes easier as states mull repair laws | Reuters
av Mikael Winterkvist | jun 7, 2017 | Lästips
Efter terrordådet på Drottninggatan inleddes samtal mellan Regeringen och Alliansen. Resultaten presenteras idag klockan 13 vid en gemensam pressträff.Överenskommelsen uppges bestå av sju sidor och ha 16 punkter. Dokumentet nämner de flesta av de förslag som partierna förde fram när samtalen inleddes i slutet av april. Då fanns ett tiotal förslag från regeringen och de fyra borgerliga partierna på bordet.Anders Ygeman (S) inledde pressträffen.-Jag tycker att det här är en styrka för det svenska systemet, det här gemensamma arbetet har gjort det bättre, säger Anders Ygeman.-Vi har sett hur vi måste höja säkerheten i det offentliga rummet, säger Anders Ygeman.Beatrice Ask trycker bland annat på behovet av utökad kameraövervakning. Vi vill underlätta för polisen att använda kameraövervakning.
Källa: Regeringen och Alliansen överens om nya åtgärder mot terrorism | SVT Nyheter
av Mikael Winterkvist | jun 7, 2017 | Lästips
Two London Mayors Called Trumps Muslim Ban Wrong. Why Is He Only Attacking One?
DONALD TRUMPS STATE VISIT to the United Kingdom will not be cancelled, Prime Minister Theresa May said on Tuesday, despite outrage across the political spectrum over the American presidents false accusation that the mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, had downplayed the deadly terrorist attack in the city on Saturday.May told reporters that, if her Conservative Party wins re-election on Thursday, she will not rescind the invitation, even though, she said, I think Donald Trump was wrong in the things that he has said about Sadiq Khan.
Källa: Two London Mayors Called Trumps Muslim Ban Wrong. Why Is He Only Attacking One?
av Mikael Winterkvist | jun 7, 2017 | Lästips
Apple sänker priserna för lagring
Apple har sänkt priserna, rätt dramatiskt, på lagring av data i iCloud. Priset har halverats och datamängden fördubblats.
Tidigare kostade 1 TB lagring 20 dollar. Det nya priset är 10 dollar men då får 2 TB, per månad.
The plan’s price was cut in half to just $10 per month, whoch used to be the cost for the now non-existent 1TB plan. Apple’s other upgraded storage options are still priced at $1 for 50GB and $3 for 200GB of space. This now puts Apple’s value way ahead of Google Drive and Dropbox at that storage level, both of whoch charge $10 per month (or slightly cheaper if paid for annually) for 1TB of storage. It’ll be interesting to see how Apple’s competitors, who have a history of battling it out over pricing, respond to their freshly-reduced cost.
Engadget
