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Alphabet is shutting down Loon, its internet balloon company

Alphabet is shutting down Loon, its division that provides internet from floating balloons, according to a post on the blog of Alphabet’s X moonshot division.

“The road to commercial viability has proven much longer and riskier than hoped,” Astro Teller, who leads X, wrote in the blog. “In the coming months, we’ll begin winding down operations and it will no longer be an Other Bet within Alphabet.”

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, launched Loon in June 2013, and Loon “graduated” from a moonshot to an independent company within Alphabet in 2018. Loon launched its first commercial internet service in Kenya in July, comprised of a fleet of about 35 balloons that covered an area of around 50,000 square kilometers. Loon has also provided internet services to areas affected by natural disasters, deploying balloons to Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria in 2017 and to Peru following an earthquake in 2019.

Teller says that Loon is working to place employees in other roles at X, Google, and Alphabet. “A small group of the Loon team will stay to ensure Loon’s operations are wrapped up smoothly and safely — this includes winding down Loon’s pilot service in Kenya,” according to Teller. Loon’s service in Kenya will run until March, an X spokesperson tells The Verge. To support those in Kenya who might be affected by the loss of Loon’s service, Loon is pledging $10 million to support nonprofits and businesses in Kenya dedicated to “connectivity, Internet, entrepreneurship and education.”

Loon isn’t the only moonshot that Alphabet has shut down. It wound down Makani, which aimed to use wind turbines attached to kites to create renewable electricity, last year. And Project Foghorn, which researched how to create clean fuel from seawater, ended its work in 2016.

TechStage | Guide: tablets for homeschooling and learning portals

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Regardless of whether it is a sofa tutor, the Studienkreis Online-Lernbibliotek or the school minator – learning portals can be a useful alternative to traditional tutoring for school children of all ages. We show the best tablets for it.

If the child is weak at school, there are several alternatives. In addition to personal initiative, this primarily includes follow-up sessions in learning groups such as the study group or individual tutoring, as offered by many older pupils or students. However, especially in times of epidemics, contacts with strangers must be restricted as far as possible, so traditional tutoring is usually ruled out.

What are learning portals? In addition to homeschooling (guide: PCs for homeschooling from 150 Euro) there are also digital solutions for tutoring in the form of learning portals. Depending on the provider, they usually offer help for grades 5 to 10, which is usually available in text and video form for several subjects. Some companies go far beyond this and have offers for all classes and types of school as well as most of the subjects offered at the various types of school.

Sometimes there are also educational games and, in most cases, exercises to check and consolidate what has been learned. In addition, some portals also offer personal support via chat, help with homework or complete individual lessons via video chat.

Providers such as Lernwerk, Schulinator or Studyhelp even offer their services free of charge, most others charge between 5 and 25 Euro. Free test phases or even some videos published on Youtube offer first insights into the type and quality of the offer. Payment is usually made for several months in advance or in an annual subscription, some providers even give a money-back guarantee in the event of a lack of learning success.

PC or tablet? A PC is not always necessary, a much cheaper Android tablet is easily sufficient for learning videos. However, some criteria should be met so that the tutoring is fun on the technical side. This is how we see tablets with a display size below 10 inch (approx. 25 cm) critical and also a display resolution of 1920 × 1080 Pixel should not be undershot for sufficiently sharp display. The devices should have at least a quad-core processor and 2, better 3 GB of RAM so that inputs can be implemented without waiting time and videos can be played smoothly. Internally is a memory size of 25 GByte or Larger is optimal, so that apps and videos can also find space in the memory and can be used without direct Internet access.

WLAN as Internet access should be sufficient in most cases, so parents can safely ignore expensive LTE modules. For young students, it may be worthwhile to use particularly robust, but hardly available, children’s or outdoor variants. Alternatively, there are protective covers or tablets for children. Amazon offers the kids edition of its Fire HD tablets for this purpose. Not only do they last longer, they also allow parents to access and block certain distracting factors such as the app store and in-app purchases. For certain subjects or advanced students, purchasing a tablet with pen control can also be helpful. This enables sketches or handwritten notes to be digitized quickly. The requirements of the individual providers or the school are usually revealed on their homepages.

Tablets for children The kids editions of Samsung and Amazon offer, as mentioned, special protective covers that are supposed to protect the tablet even when used in rough conditions and also offer various parenting functions such as restricting the available apps. Unfortunately, the RAM is a bit tight at 2 GB. They are more aimed at children who are not yet in secondary schools. However, they are sufficient for the use of normal learning portals. The Fire HD 10 in the Kids Edition (test report) we have already tested it.

Tablets For round 150 to 200 Euro get those interested with the current models Odys Space One 10 LTE , Lenovo Tab M 10 Plus and Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 three 10 – Customs tablets that are up-to-date and meet the minimum requirements required by us. The Odys model not only offers a lot of memory (4 / 49 GByte), but also an LTE module. This allows learning sessions – a corresponding LTE contract (Article: Unlimited data volume from 20 Euro) provided – in good weather also in the park or at least in the garden. Android 10 is already available from the factory – this is far from normal with tablets.

That shows something like this Lenovo Tab M 10 Plus , which is currently only Android 9 offers. The remaining specifications are marked with 4 / 64 GByte memory similar, only LTE does not exist. This is also the case with the Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 so, also the memory is with 3 / 32 GByte slightly smaller. There are advantages for the chipset: The other two tablets also offer 8 cores, but Samsung uses a Snapdragon 662 that does not only delivers decent power, but also favors future updates and is less power hungry. Accordingly, auc h this model already has Android 10. With 10, 4 inches, the screen of the Samsung tablet is also the largest, this also applies to the battery with 7040 mAh.

We have other suitable tablets in our purchase advice: How many tablets do you need? sorted by price. The price scale is largely open at the top. If you don’t like Android, you should look around at iOS models, i.e. iPads. The cheapest current models are iPad Mini (test by Mac & i) and iPad (without name affix), they cost from 379 and 449 Euro. The larger and more modern models iPad Air (test by Max & i) and iPad Pro start at 649 and 879 euros. However, we would exclude the iPad Mini as a tablet for homeschooling because of the display size of only 7.9 inches.

Tablet with pen Tablets with additional pen control are available in a handful, current and Currently, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite . It not only offers advantages in terms of design and installation depth, but also a stylus with suitable software and more memory.

Stylus A stylus can be helpful to make drawings or handwritten notes directly on the tablet. With some models, such digital pens are already included from We rk, while others are prepared for operation, but the pen must be purchased separately. Such models are about d as Apple iPad ( from 6th generation) , iPad Mini (from 5th generation), iPad Air (from 3rd generation) or the iPad Pro , here the pens cost between 90 and 120 Euro.

Simple capacitive pins without egg Genetic power sources are much cheaper, they b e start at a few cents. They work on any device with a capacitive touchscreen and usually have a thick, soft rubber tip . So that become they recognized as finger replacement on current touchscreens . Special pens with rechargeable batteries or batteries, however, have a thin , mostly exchangeable Tip, which also recognize different pressure levels and often buttons for additional options (such as “erase” when Hold down ) bid. With them the handling is much more similar to a normal pen on paper than with the former Pens. Examples of high-quality tablet pens are Samsung’s S-Pen or Apple’s Pencil. In our guide to pens for the iPad we show cheaper alternatives to the Apple Pencil.

Additional accessories As with the PC, there are also peripheral devices for tablets. They are not absolutely necessary, but make everyday life easier.

Headsets If you want to concentrate on your work or if you have to understand everything in the video call despite the poor sound quality of your conversation partner, you should consider purchasing a headset. Many tablets also offer a 3.5 millimeter jack connection so that the cable headset from the smartphone can also be used in an emergency. Wireless headsets that are connected via Bluetooth are more practical and usually also of higher quality. Headphones with active noise suppression in particular (best list ANC headphones) can even promote concentration as they minimize external distraction.

Due to the design, over-ear headsets are best. They cover the whole ear, are usually still comfortable when worn for a long time and already shield something from the environment. They are also available with and without cables and also with ANC. The advantage of wired headsets: You do not have batteries that are always empty exactly when they are needed. But they are less flexible and the mandatory cable always hangs in the way.

Tablet stand and cover One advantage of tablets is their flexibility by comparatively low weight and size. However, if the children are to follow the learning video and complete test tasks, the device must be stable can be found. That works either with separate stands, Book c overn or equal to a keyboard cover. Stands are self-explanatory: They are external rne constructions that only serve the purpose of placing a tablet more or less straight in front of you on the table. A book cover protects the tablet during transport, thanks to the flexible cover usually also the display. In addition, the device can also be set up in front of you on the table, often there are even different adjustable angles.

Keyboards Thanks to Bluetooth, a keyboard can be wirelessly connected to any tablet, regardless of whether it is Android, iOS or Windows. You have a wide choice. This ranges from simple, classic keyboards to those that are extremely flat to ultra-compact TKL keyboards with mechanical switches. More on this in our keyboards guide: Mechanical, rubber dome or TKL? or multimedia keyboards for Smart TVs and Media PCs.

The keyboard or keyboard c over added to Bookcover another mechanical full keyboard, which connects to the tablet via Bluetooth. Especially when longer texts are to be written on the device s , is a mechanical keyboard significantly better than the onscreen cords of the T ablets. For home Bluetooth keyboards without a protective function are usually sufficient.

Mice What applies to a laptop is no different for a tablet: touchscreen and / or touchpad Operation is okay, mouse control is often more ergonomic in the long run. Since most tablets lack the large USB-A ports, mice with USB C (or adapter) or Bluetooth mice are required. With a keyboard and mouse, a cheap tablet almost becomes a real office PC, but for the sake of simplicity, users can simply leave the accessories at home for on the go. So you always have the best of both worlds at hand.

Conclusion It doesn’t always have to be a full-fledged PC, even comparatively cheap tablets can help improve school success. In addition to the appropriate learning portal, parents should also keep an eye on the right hardware – if you set too low, you may buy a new one after a short time.

Should it be a new PC for homeschooling? Then we have the right tips and recommendations in this article.

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Sky WiFi increasingly widespread, reached more than 1500 cities thanks to Fastweb

Sky triples the availability of the Sky service WiFi, which allows access to the network, voice and TV with a single offer, thanks to an agreement with Fastweb. More than 1500 city reached and coverage increased in Rome, Florence and Genoa.

by Manolo De Agostini published 21 January 2021 , at 18: 01 in the Telephony channel

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Six months after its debut, Sky WiFi has tripled its coverage in Italy reaching a total of over 1500 cities and large municipalities , covering almost all of the provincial capitals including Trieste, Trento, Lodi, Rimini, Massa, Viterbo, Avellino and Trani . The service brings together TV, internet and voice in a single commercial proposal thanks to high-speed optical fiber . The launch of Sky WiFi took place in partnership with Open Fiber, but this expansion is due to an agreement with Fastweb . Thanks to this step, coverage in Rome increases significantly, rising from 18% to 74%, and other major Italian cities such as Florence and Genoa, now covered by 94%.

“We are happy to be able to give even more people the opportunity to access the quality and power of Sky WiFi’s ultra broadband connection, and be able to choose the simplicity of our triple play solution. This partnership with Fastweb for the last mile, together to the one already close with Open Fiber, it allows us to reach the whole peninsula in a capillary way using the best FTTH and FTTC technologies available on the market. The potential of our Ultra network Network and those of the domestic ecosystem based on the innovative Comcast technology are thus exploited to the fullest and finally available also in those areas that are, for now, reached only by the tech FTTC technology “, said Maximo Ibarra, CEO of Sky Italia.

The agreement for the supply of wholesale connectivity services signed between Fastweb and Sky dates back to 2019, but today enters the operational phase. Sky is the third operator national, after Windtre and Tiscali, to rely on Fastweb’s wholesale platform and its network technologies to provide ultra-broadband connectivity services to its customers. “The agreement extends the overall coverage of Sky’s ultra-broadband service to a potential user of 18 millions of homes through the use of the FTTC network and provides for the possibility of using the other Fastweb’s proprietary access technologies, such as FTTH and ultra FWA based on 5G frequencies being rolled out in recent months “, reads a note from Fastweb.

“The wholesale market is increasingly central to the Fastweb strategy: creating excellent infrastructures based on the most innovative technologies to make them available to our customers and those of our partners and to accelerate the spread of ultra-broadband services in all areas of the country thus enabling the digitization of Italian households “, commented Fabrizio Casati, Fastweb’s Chief Wholesale Officer.

Coronavirus app rejected: developer sued Apple

Apple’s control over app sales for iPhones causes a new legal dispute: the rejection of its coronavirus app last spring is inadmissible, argues an app provider in its lawsuit filed in a US court (Coronavirus Reporter vs. Apple, United States District Court for the New Hampshire District, Case 1: 21 – cv – 00047).

Developer: “Useful apps” must be approved Apple has the right to carry out a quality control of apps, but is not allowed to deny “useful apps” access to the iPhone, writes the plaintiff. With such refusals, Apple is preventing users from accessing the open Internet via apps, thereby violating US competition law. Due to the in-house interface for corona encounter messages, Apple is also in competition with third-party developers for corona apps, according to the lawsuit.

Apple had the March 2020 started the content in his store about coronavirus and Covid – 19 to filter. Initially, the search results showed games related to viruses and apps for food storage as well as other applications that apparently wanted to gain better visibility with the corresponding keywords. Since then, Apple has only allowed apps related to the coronavirus that come from “recognized institutions” – such as authorities or hospitals – that should contain incorrect information.

Corona apps only permitted by official bodies The rejected app wanted Collect symptom reports from users.

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Apple also rejected its app called “Coronavirus Reporter” with reference to this rule, the developer writes in the lawsuit – although doctors also belong to the own team and other competing apps have been approved. Coronavirus Reporter apparently saw itself as a kind of crowd-sourcing tool where users should publish symptoms and location. Apple also complained that the information collected by users was not checked by a recognized source, the developer said. He is demanding compensation and an order prohibiting Apple from banning access to “meaningful apps”.

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Android 12 will reportedly feature App Pairs to simplify launching apps in split screen mode

Google built a split-screen multitasking feature into Android 6.0 Marshmallow (2015), but it was experimental. The feature was officially enabled by default the following year with 7.0 Nougat. Later came 9.0 Pie, which changed how app switching worked and people were upset because the new gesture was slower and less convenient.

The history lesson is over and there’s good news – launching split-screen may become more convenient on Android 12. 9to5Google has seen evidence that Google is working an a feature called App Pairs.

This will allow you to have single icons that launch two app of your choosing and dividing the screen between them. Below are two images – the left one shows the current process of splitting the screen, the right one is a mock-up of what App Pairs may look like.

Activating split screen • Mock-up of App Pairs

Similar features are already available on many custom UIs used by phone makers, but it’s still nice to have this in the Android core. Plus, as the history lesson above shows, Google doesn’t exactly move fast when it comes to Android’s interface and often adds features years after custom UIs brought them to users.

Android 12 will bring changes to how wireless networking works too. For example, it will add an easy way to share Wi-Fi passwords using QR codes. XDA Developers has also discovered a feature dubbed Restricted Networking Mode – basically, a switch that disables Internet access for user-installed apps.

With this on, only system services and apps signed by the phone maker will remain connected. This will be a helpful tool to limit battery and data plan usage by apps working in the background.

The Android 12 Developer Preview is expected in mid-February. There’s no guarantee that it will bring any of these features as they are still in active development.

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End for connector and electronic health card: Gematik presents TI 2.0

By the year 2025 a “telematic infrastructure 2.0” should replace the networking of the healthcare system that exists today. With this TI 2.0, the Gematik project company draws the conclusions from the network failure in the year 2020. The connectors used in medical practices, hospitals and pharmacies are being replaced as “proprietary IT solutions” by open “access interfaces on the Internet”. The master data management of the insured by inserting an electronic health card is being replaced by an internet service.

“IT arena for medicine” Gematik’s groundbreaking white paper outlines the future German healthcare system as an “IT arena for medicine” in which different playing fields exist and different games are played, each with its own rules. As the designer of this IT arena, Gematik takes on other roles such as “entrance control for all parties involved” and the role of the referee who makes sure that nobody commits a foul. In addition, it develops new rules of the game and playing fields for “new disciplines”.

Aside from all the beautiful metaphors and graphics, the white paper on TI 2.0 shows that Gematik is now the consequences of the failure of the TI 1.0 in summer 2020. At that time, after a faulty certificate change 80. 000 medical practices were flown out of the telematic infrastructure. In two thirds of the practices, a software update of the connectors had to be installed manually. The entire troubleshooting took 52 days. Now the connectors are to disappear as a “proprietary IT solution” and the “universal accessibility of the services through access interfaces on the Internet” is to be replaced. This universal accessibility also means that the previous smart card solutions will disappear.

For the insured, the doctors and dentists, this means that the insured master data management via the electronic health card through an internet service of the respective health insurance companies is replaced. The electronic health professional card and the SMC cards for the identification of medical practices, hospitals and pharmacies are also to be replaced by electronic ID procedures, in which the medical associations, associations of statutory health insurance physicians and other associations provide the appropriate federated eID. If possible, a single sign-on should always be used.

Open source preferred As the Gematik explains , the redesign of the telematic infrastructure is inevitable, because a lot has happened in recent times technically. IT is thought and implemented differently today than it was ten years ago. “The basic architecture must become more technology-independent so that data silos are dissolved and mobile patient care possible. The trend is clearly towards the cloud with” unlimited resources “and economies of scale. The spread of the open source culture in society and industry has increased significantly.” Wherever possible, TI 2.0 uses open source.

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Oracle Critical Patch Update: 329 patches for Fusion Middleware & Co. released

The big quarterly update is here: admins should bring their Oracle installation up to date.

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With the first quarterly update 329 Oracle provides a total of 329 Security patches for its software portfolio ready. The patches close among other things ” critical ” security holes.

Particularly dangerous gaps affect, for example, Communications Operations Monitor, Enterprise Manager, Primavera and Scripting. In many cases, attacks over the Internet are possible without the victim’s authentication and interaction. It can be assumed that in some cases attackers could take over systems completely after successful attacks.

In a warning message, Oracle lists the affected versions along with further information on the vulnerabilities. The software manufacturer publishes security updates collectively every quarter. The next appointment is for 20. April 2021 planned.

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Document trading in the Darknet: Police dig out forger workshop

In Magdeburg, investigators have discovered an alleged forgery workshop for ID cards. On Wednesday, about 220 officials searched three apartments and the workshop disguised as an office, as the Federal Police Department for Combating Crime announced on Thursday. They secured data carriers and counterfeit items such as printers, printing plates, seals, chemicals and foil elements. It was an action by the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Frankfurt am Main, Central Office for Combating Internet Crime, and the Federal Police.

Three accused aged 23 to 24 years should be since June 2018 have offered falsified documents under the pseudonym “FakeID-Dobby” in the Darknet on marketplaces such as the 2019 excavated Wallstreet Market and the crimenetwork.co. The range therefore included recipes, temporary German ID cards and ID documents from Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary. The three men are said to have made a profit of around 45. 000 euros . Most of the payments were made in the crypto currency Bitcoin.

Forgery of documents in 140 cases The two 24 year old main accused were brought to Hesse, where the arrest warrants issued against them by the Giessen District Court were announced to them on Thursday. According to the information, you are accused of forging a commercial document in 140 cases. The third accused, aged 23, is at large. According to the Federal Police, all three suspects with no previous conviction face several years’ imprisonment if convicted.

The arrests were preceded by ongoing investigations since 2019. The police did not explain how it was possible to uncover the identity of the suspects who were allegedly operating via the Darknet. Police chief Romy Töwe stated, according to the police report: “The alleged protection of identity through anonymity is being exploited by those involved to make prosecution more difficult. In the past, the police and judiciary authorities increased their digital skills in terms of personnel and technology. This procedure showed that these efforts pay off. ”

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Iliad down throughout Italy. Connection failure reports. Here's what happens [UPDATE: Solved]

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Numerous Iliad users are reporting a widespread disservice throughout Italy in relation to cellular network and internet connectivity. Here’s what’s happening.

by Bruno Mucciarelli published on 21 January 2021 , at 11: 05 in the Telephony channel

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Several Iliad users are reporting widespread disservices along most of the national territory starting from today’s morning 21 January, with the first reports arriving before 10 of the morning. To report a rather clear picture of the situation is the site downdetector.it, where it is possible to see the various reports that are distributed a little throughout Italy with greater turnout in the Lombardy area.

Iliad down throughout Italy: what happens

At the moment the real extent of the problem is not clear , but users report problems with both the traditional telephone network and with internet browsing . We await a note from the operator, who has not yet commented on the problems recognized by several users.

Are you also experiencing problems with the Iliad connection? Please let us know in the comments.

Iliad reported that the problem was verified in the ‘immediate and is now fully resolved.

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After cyberattack on EMA: Corona vaccine email correspondence leaked

In December 2020 the European Medicines Agency (EMA) announced that in the course of a successful attack on its network, some sensitive data had been tapped. These included documents from the pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Biontech, which were in connection with the two companies’ application for approval of their vaccine against the corona virus.

Last week, the EMA announced in an update on the cyberattack that some of the copied documents – internal, confidential email correspondence from November 2020 – apparently published on the Internet. Before the leak, the attackers had also manipulated the data in a way “that could undermine trust in vaccines”. Pfizer and Biontech do not explicitly name the EMA in the update. However, she writes that the leaked email correspondence was in connection with the evaluation process of corona vaccines.

Further information on the leak and the suggested manipulation of the Information cannot be found in the EMA notification. The Authority emphasizes very strongly that the urgency to make vaccines available to EU citizens as quickly as possible has no impact on the high quality standards and the course of the approval process: “Despite this urgency, there has always been consensus across the EU not to compromise the high-quality s standards and to base any recommendation on the strength of the scientific evidence (.. .), and nothing else. ”

Leak possibly already in December After the EMA announcement was published, several media outlets pointed to earlier, previously neglected finds by two IT security companies. At the end of December, for example, the company Cyble published a blog entry with screenshots from a Russian underground forum in which data allegedly leaked by the EMA had been published: “Astonishing fraud! Evil Pfizer! Fake vaccines!”, According to the forum posting. Cyble’s contribution contains some quite authentic-looking screenshots of the login area to an internally used EMA information portal as well as partly defaced emails with EMA and Pfizer addresses.

According to Bloomberg , the Italian security firm Yarix reported its own discovery of leaked documents directly to the Italian security authorities shortly before the latest EMA report was published has been. Descriptions by the Yarix CEO to Bloomberg, such as screenshots of a secure EMA communications portal in a post, largely coincide with the information provided by Cyble in December. So far, however, the EMA has not commented explicitly on the reports of the security researchers. Your own investigations into the attack and data leak are still ongoing.

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Iliad down throughout Italy. Connection failure reports. Here's what happens

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Numerous Iliad users are reporting a widespread disservice throughout Italy in relation to cellular network and internet connectivity. Here’s what’s happening.

by Bruno Mucciarelli published on 21 January 2021 , at 11: 05 in the Telephony channel

Iliad

Several Iliad users are reporting widespread disservices along most of the national territory starting from today’s morning 21 January, with the first reports arriving before 10 of the morning. To report a rather clear picture of the situation is the site downdetector.it, where it is possible to see the various reports that are distributed a little throughout Italy with greater turnout in the Lombardy area.

Iliad down throughout Italy: what happens

At the moment the real extent of the problem is not clear , but users report problems with both the traditional telephone network and with internet browsing . We await a note from the operator, who has not yet commented on the problems recognized by several users.

Are you also experiencing problems with the Iliad connection? Please let us know in the comments.

Iliad reported that the problem was verified in the ‘immediate and is now fully resolved.

Follow us on our Instagram channel , many news coming soon !

ZooMaa, CoD pro player, forced to retire due to hand injury

Thomas “ZooMa” Paparatto, gamer professional 25 years extremely popular on the Call of Duty scene, is forced to retire due to a hand injury that prevents him from compete at a high level.

by Manolo De Agostini published 21 January 2021 , at 08: 41 in the Videogames channel

41. This is the case of 25 enne Thomas “ZooMaa” Paparatto , US professional player of Call of Duty who announced his retirement – at least “for the foreseeable future” – from the scene (he was in the New York Subliners) due to a wrist and thumb injury .

In a long post, ZooMaa explained that a few years ago the wrist and thumb started to show weakness, so much so that require surgery. “Unfortunately, the injury has returned, making it really difficult for me to compete at the highest level against some of the best players in the world. world. Playing with weakness and pain in the hand is no longer possible “.

The loss of competitiveness and the possibility of causing further damage to the hand have therefore led the pro player to step back . “It breaks my heart to walk away from a game that I have put my heart and soul into every single day for eight years,” ZooMa explained, thanking the whole esports world.

” I’m not sure what the future holds and will explore all options as I love this game too much to completely walk away . I see it as a door that closes and another that opens “, he concluded. The experience gained could make him an excellent coach / mental coach for the future levers of the world of eSports, but the roles in the sector could be multiple in a rapidly expanding world.

” Games have reached a very exciting level in our society. They are no longer seen as a refuge for social outcasts, they are now part of the mainstream, “said Professor Andrew Przybylski, director of research at the Internet Institute at the University of Oxford. to NBC News.

As for the injury, pro players put tremendous stress on their fingers and hand in general for several hours every day, like a football player urges his knees to to the point of breaking the meniscus or ligaments: without wanting to bring anyone unfortunate, the world of esports will likely have more and more to do with this type of problem. Surgeons and orthopedists are advised.

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User numbers: Netflix reports a new record

With the ongoing corona pandemic and the tightening of exit restrictions, 2021 most people only live in their own four walls. The internet provides the necessary variety. Whether online shopping or streaming films and videos, many online providers are among the winners of the pandemic. Netflix has also enjoyed great popularity since the global outbreak of the COVID 19 – Virus .

This is now also reflected in the recently published user numbers. Netflix was able to increase the user base by around 8.5 million subscribers in the past few months. Overall, the company now has just under 200 million paying customers. However, it is currently unclear whether the provider will be able to retain its subscribers after the pandemic. At the moment, many are likely to only use the streaming service for lack of alternatives.

In addition to Netflix, Disney also recorded a significant increase in paying subscribers last year. The same applies to HBO Max. All streaming services are currently receiving increased traffic. In addition, the end of the flagpole is still a long way off. Another service is already in the starting blocks with Paramount +. It remains to be seen whether the numerous providers will ultimately be able to establish themselves or whether the increased fragmentation of the streaming market will cause the number of viewers to decline.

Although individual providers can certainly convince one or the other user to take out a subscription with exclusive content, they must continuously deliver new content in order not to run the risk of losing customers again . It is true that the licensing of old series and films could address a corresponding audience, but there are enough alternatives available with on-demand services.

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