Lästipset: Smarta TV-apparater invaderar ditt privatliv

Lästipset: Smarta TV-apparater invaderar ditt privatliv

De flesta ägare av operativsystem för smarta TV-apparater säljer nu annonsmaterial. Programvaruleverantörer för budget- och premium-TV-apparater finslipar sina annonsfärdigheter, vilket kräver att de förbättrar sin förmåga att samla in användardata.

Detta skapar en ”inneboende konflikt” inom branschen, sa Takashi Nakano, vice vd för innehåll och programmering på Samsung TV Plus, på StreamTV-mässan i Denver förra veckan.

Ars Technica

Lästipset: Why Would the Trump Family Want to Run a Phone Company?

Lästipset: Why Would the Trump Family Want to Run a Phone Company?

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The Trumps are doing phones now. This week, the Trump Organization announced its own cellphone service called Trump Mobile, as well as a gold-colored smartphone called the T1, which will purportedly be manufactured in the United States and retail for $499. It is available for preorder now and will supposedly ship in August or September, though one reporter who attempted to buy the device was left feeling unsure: His card was charged $64.70 instead of the full $100 down payment, and he was never asked to provide a shipping address.

Källa: Why Would the Trump Family Want to Run a Phone Company?

Lästipset: Min syster hittades död. Sedan upptäckte jag hennes sökhistorik – och onlinevärlden som hade gripit tag i henne

Lästipset: Min syster hittades död. Sedan upptäckte jag hennes sökhistorik – och onlinevärlden som hade gripit tag i henne

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Adele Zeynep Waltons syskon Aimee var en begåvad artist som älskade musik. Det var först efter hennes död som Walton insåg att Aimee hade lockats in i ett farligt samhälle – och att andra också kunde vara offer för det.

Adele Zeynep Walton knew something was wrong when she stumbled out of her caravan in the New Forest at 8am – she was camping with her boyfriend – and, through her sleepy fog, saw her parents’ car driving towards her. Initially annoyed by the idea of a family walk so early in the day, she then noticed that the car was veering off the track and, as it drew closer, her mother looked “hysterical”. “Straight away,” she says. “I was like, ‘It’s Aimee.’”

The Guardian

Lästipset: 60-timmars danssessioner, simulerad sex och ketamin: Inuti hardcore VR-ravers värld

Lästipset: 60-timmars danssessioner, simulerad sex och ketamin: Inuti hardcore VR-ravers värld

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IT WAS ONE of O’Rourke’s first times doing drugs, but he didn’t hold back. Armed with cannabis edibles, cocaine, ketamine, and booze, he partied for nearly 12 nights consecutively last August, during which time he claims to have raved for 60 hours—all without ever leaving his apartment.

(He did take bathroom breaks and managed to eat a steak.) In the past 18 months, the 38-year-old IT worker from Dublin, who did not want his first name used due to privacy reasons, has partied on virtual reality platform VRChat every weekend, often staying up until 8 am, suited up in goggles and a full set of motion trackers.

Wired