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Netflix adds an audio-only mode to its Android app

Netflix is giving viewers the chance to ignore the visuals of shows and movies entirely and go full audio. In an update first spotted by XDA-Developers and then Android Police, Netflix has started rolling out an audio-only mode for its Android app users. When watching a video, subscribers will see a “video off” button at… Read more

Massachusetts governor won’t sign facial recognition ban

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has refused to sign a law banning most government use of facial recognition. The Boston Globe reported last week that Baker sent an omnibus police reform bill back to state lawmakers, asking for changes that included striking the facial recognition rules. Massachusetts legislators passed the first major state-level facial recognition ban,… Read more

India’s Wistron plant protests resulted in looting of thousands of iPhones

In India, Apple contracts Wistron, a Taiwanese manufacturer with a plant located in Kolar, India, to assemble iPhones to sell in the region and surrounding areas. Protests broke out over the weekend because salaries being held from factory workers. It’s alleged that the protests broke into riots and resulted in thousands of iPhones being looted… Read more

Register modernization: When the state can call up a profile at the push of a button

Experts agreed on Monday at a hearing in the Bundestag that in the digital age, a modern register landscape that complies with data protection is overdue. Opinions diverged completely on the way to this goal. In the end – with a kind of abstention and a lot of stomach ache – there was about three… Read more

heise + | Portal or data octopus: walking the Russian tightrope

Moscow tech giant Yandex balances between state control and independence. A blueprint for mega-tech corporations in a democracy? From the end of March to mid-June, when Moscow was in corona lockdown, the Russian capital was almost empty of normal passers-by. Whenever I went to the supermarket or the pharmacy, whole columns of cyclists in the… Read more

Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo unite on new set of safety principles for online gaming

Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, who among them effectively control the entirety of the console gaming market, have announced a shared set of safety guidelines for how they’ll moderate and police their online platforms. “Protecting players online requires a multidisciplinary approach,” the statement, which was posted simultaneously by the three companies, reads. “One that combines the… Read more

Deutsche Bahn: Video surveillance is to be expanded significantly

The number of video cameras on station premises should be from around 8000 to 800 Stations to about 11. 000 increase. That is an increase of around 30 percent. The federal government and Deutsche Bahn agreed on this. You want to spend around 180 million euros for this. After homicides 2019 in Frankfurt am Main… Read more

Cyber attacks against US ministries – Moscow under suspicion

According to various media reports, hackers are said to have attacked the Treasury, the Commerce Department and other US authorities. The spokesman for the National Security Council, John Ullyot, informed the German Press Agency in Washington on Sunday evening (local time) when asked: “The US government is aware of these reports and we are taking… Read more

Review: Gerrard Street always a new pair of headphones

RESUME Of course, the Prince’s main focus is the rental model. There is certainly something to be said. Two years from now, you will still have working headphones in good condition, for example. The fact that you can replace parts is more sustainable, and more durability is certainly allowed in our opinion. Regardless of that… Read more