Google will introduce a VPN service all ‘internal Google One package: initially only in the US for Android users, but the company already has in mind the extension to other operating systems and other international markets
by Andrea Bai published on 30 October 2020 , at 18: 11 in the Apple channel Google
One of the advantages that subscribers to the mobile connectivity service Google Fi – which we remind you to be available for now only in the USA with the operators T-Mobile and US Cellular – can take advantage of the availability of a VP service Integrated N, which offers a greater level of security for mobile communications and which can also be used when connecting to public WiFi.
The VPN service arrives also in Google One
Google has now decided to include the VPN service also in the Google One subscription with storage space of 2TB and above, therefore in subscriptions starting from 10 dollars per month. The service will also be valid for sharing with up to 5 family members at no additional cost.
A VPN, acronym for Virtual Private Network, allows you to surf the Internet more securely by protecting data traffic with encryption and hiding the IP address. Browsing data passes through a VPN server before reaching the actual web, where it is encrypted to prevent it from being intercepted by potential attackers.
Unfortunately access to the VPN service for Google One subscribers will initially be available only for Android users and, even in this case, only for users in the USA . However, Google has already announced that it plans to expand the service to iOS, Windows and macOS in the coming months, and also to “other geographical areas” for which, however, there are currently no further details.
Knapp 50 civil society organizations and scientists have called on the EU Commission to set binding transparency requirements for online platforms in their draft Digital Services Act (DSA) anchor. The planned law for digital services should therefore “introduce comprehensive framework conditions for data access” that paved the way for “real accountability” and civil society “digital 4th violence” in addition to the media.
“Improved transparency towards users is required and can provide urgently needed insights into the personalized results” that Facebook, Twitter & Co. present to the individual members, it says in the Submission to the Commission published on Friday. The release of pseudonymized or anonymized data for research should, however, also give insight “into the collective influence of platforms”.
A look into the “black box” In order to be able to assess and control how platforms apply their community standards or tackle collective social risks such as disinformation, polarization and bias, according to the alliance, evident facts from independent bodies are necessary. For journalists, scientists and civil society actors who want to learn to understand opaque algorithmic “black boxes”, however, it is difficult to get the necessary information from corporations.
“Independent researchers are facing enormous challenges in accessing reliable data from platforms,” complains the alliance, which, in addition to the initiators AlgorithmWatch and the European Policy Center, is working with organizations such as Access Now, European Digital Rights (EDRi), HateAid and have joined the New Responsibility Foundation. In recent years, the operators have even further restricted access to their public programming interfaces (APIs). It is almost impossible to “hold them accountable for illegal or unethical behavior”. The concentration of data in the hands of a few companies has a strong impact on the general well-being of “the digital public sphere”. In the interests of a strong democracy, it must be possible to independently review systems of automated decision-making and the algorithms they use.
Dominant platforms and gatekeepers According to the declaration, disclosure obligations should distinguish between market-dominant actors and smaller intermediaries, which could be defined on the basis of factors such as annual sales, market share and user base. It is advisable to limit the scope to “dominant platforms” and the “gatekeepers” already envisaged by the Commission.
The transparency requirements should be based on the technical functionalities of the service and not on “ambiguous” and politically charged “terms such as” political advertising “or” hate speech “, underline the signatories. The technical features could include aggregated user numbers at an abstract level, advertising and microtargeting, search functions, feeds, ranking, recommendations and content-related moderation factors. Deletion requirements and other measures such as fact checking should also be included.
A and O of a corresponding rule is an EU institution with a clear legal mandate to enable access to data and to enforce transparency requirements across the EU, writes the alliance. Clear provisions are also important in order to keep the data collection in accordance with existing laws for the protection of the privacy of those concerned.
Hate, terror, murder The EU Justice Ministers also announced at their informal virtual meeting on Friday that they wanted to participate in the discussions on the DSA as soon as possible. “Hate crime, terrorist propaganda and calls for murder must be pursued more decisively and at an earlier stage,” emphasized Federal Justice Minister Christine Lambrecht on behalf of the German Council Presidency.
“We need clear obligations from online platforms. YouTube, Facebook & Co. are responsible not to allow themselves to be abused as a platform for agitation any longer, “demanded the SPD politician. The breeding ground for acts like the beheading of the French teacher Samuel Patys are “waves of hatred on the Internet”. Meanwhile, Google wants to use targeted lobbying to prevent the platform law from being strict and undermining popular services among users.
A confidential presentation by Google shows how the US group is resisting stricter regulation in the EU. According to reports from the French news magazine Le Point and the British Financial Times, the document lists a number of specific lobbying measures. The aim is to “increase resistance against Thierry Breton”. EU Commissioner Breton wants to tighten the rules for Internet platforms with the “Digital Services Act” package.
According to Le Point, Google employees have that previously agreed lobby script followed exactly. For example, in October they asked for appointments from EU Director General Roberto Viola (but to no avail) and sponsored a newsletter for EU politics in a certain week. According to the reports, Google also wanted to address the German MEP Axel Voss and the Luxembourg Minister for Economic Affairs, Franz Fayot.
Breton told Le Point that he was “unfortunately not surprised”. Even during earlier negotiations on the copyright line, platform operators had carried out “very intensive” lobbying work that sometimes bordered on harassment. He is ready to discuss with the platforms, but he is also “not naive”.
Rewe and Zalando should help Google’s “60 – Daily Plan” for the Digital Services Act also lists companies that Google wants to win as “allies”, according to Le Point and Financial Times. Among others, Zalando, Rewe, Ubisoft and Booking.com are named. However, the Dutch travel platform told the Financial Times that it did not want to work with Google. The interests are “diametrically opposed”.
When asked by heise online, a Google spokesman stated that they were “concerned” about certain proposals that would prevent global technology companies from addressing “the growing needs of Europe To satisfy users and consumers “. This was communicated “publicly and privately”. When asked whether the “60 – daily plan” is authentic, the company did not respond.
The organization Lobbycontrol described Google’s lobby campaign as “aggressive”. The upcoming important decisions should not be unilaterally determined by corporate interests, said lobby control activist Max Bank. The EU Commission wants to present its proposals for the “Digital Services Act” on December 2nd.
The US software company Progress recently declared the takeover of Chef, a manufacturer of an established configuration management tool, announced in September, to be complete and has now announced restructuring of the Chef portfolio. The configuration management software Chef Infra and its hosted counterpart Chef Automate are combined into a single offering under the Chef Infrastructure Management brand. The also new brand Chef App Delivery, however, combines the platform-independent deployment tool Chef Habitat with Chef Infra and Chef Automate.
Chef App Delivery is described as a technology-independent modular automation offering that provides applications and infrastructures in on-site, hybrid and cloud environments. Chef Infrastructure Management, on the other hand, is advertised with performance improvements, simplified deployment, easier manageability and reduced upgrade times.
Progress also has a library of Chef Premium Content for compliance with compliance guidelines through a new cloud-based one Content Delivery Service presented to validate company resources against best practices defined by the Center for Internet Security (CIS).
Finally, the ‘Learn Chef’ Skills Validation Program offers levels of validation based on online course – and exam degrees. It expands the Chef Affiliate Program by apparently offering a quick way to train employees and arguably helping customers to add value more quickly through efficient, meaningful, and validated qualifications from progress.
Possibly as a result of the Corona crisis, older people in Germany are significantly more active on the Internet than they were two years ago. According to a survey by the market research institute Ipsos, more than half (53 percent) of people wear 65 years ago social networks like Facebook or Twitter at least once a week – 2018 were still 41 percent. There is also an increase in Internet telephony services such as Skype: everyone or every fifth (20 percent) uses them at least once a week (2018: 15 percent) to call relatives or acquaintances. Around seven out of ten respondents (72 percent) write e-mails regularly. 2018 it was 65 percent.
The survey on behalf of the Korian Foundation took place in the summer 2020 after the first massive Restrictions to combat the coronavirus pandemic had already been relaxed. At that point in time, around four out of five respondents (79 percent) said that they got along rather well to very well considering their age – that was more than two years ago Years (2018: 75 percent).
Less joie de vivre Compared to 2018, on the other hand, the joy of life has decreased slightly: After all Percent think that they have “completely” or “more or less” fun in their life. A good one in five (21 percent) stated that they had little or no fun in life. Two years earlier, only 16 percent shared this opinion.
Ipsos voted for theirs Analysis between the 25. June and 24. July 1000 people from 65 years in Germany were asked representative. (olb)
With the new 8.3 release, Red Hat is updating its Linux distribution for businesses. RHEL now disables Intel’s Transactional Synchronization Extensions (TSX) by default. This is done for security reasons, as the TSX Asynchronous Abort (TAA) vulnerability of certain Xeon processors represents a serious security hole.
If desired However, users activate TSX manually; it can also be switched off in the BIOS setup of most systems. TSX – formerly known as Transactional Memory – is primarily intended to accelerate databases. TAA has been known since 2018 and Intel drew severe criticism with its late security updates that do not fully fix them.
New for the System Roles Red Hat is also expanding its System Roles, which can be used to specify and automate configurations. Among other things, the support of kernel parameters, log settings as well as SAP HANA and SAP NetWeaver is new. In addition, the administrator can now use the system roles to make security configurations for Identity Management, Certificate Management and Network-Bound Disk Encryption (NBDE).
There is also an update for Tuned that improves the performance of the RHEL -System with preconfigured profiles optimized for the respective server architecture. Also on board are new SCAP profiles (Secure Content Automation Protocol) for the Center for Internet Security (CIS) and HIPAA, which is a US law for the protection of health information. With the SCAP profiles, companies are supposed to increase the security of their systems with the help of best practices and technical standards.
Furthermore, the application streams receive an update, which is now support including Node.js 14 and Ruby 2.7. The tool separates frameworks for developers, databases and container tools from core components of the operating system. There are also many updates for packages, readers can find details on this in the announcement of the release. The predecessor 8.2 saw the light of day in April 2020, while RHEL 8 2019 appeared and receives support for ten years.
(Pocket-lint) – If you’re a serious gamer or just cannot get enough of gaming goodness, then you’ve no doubt contemplated splashing out some serious cash on a nifty monitor to either get the edge over the competition or just further immerse yourself in the gaming world.
There’s a lot of choice out there though and you might be struggling to work out what the right monitor is for your needs and your budget. Not to worry, we’ve got you covered. We’ve been gaming with all manner of screens to bring you a list of our favourites and the very best gaming monitors currently available.
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Best 27-inch fast refresh rate monitor
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MSI Optix MAG272CQR
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27-inch 2560 x 1440 (WQHD) VA panel
165Hz refresh rate, 1ms response time
1500R Curvature
300 nits brightness, 3000:1 contract ratio
100% sRGB, HDR Ready, AMD FreeSync
1x DP (1.2a), 2x HDMI (2.0b), 1x USB Type C (DisplayPort Alternate)
Serious gamers swear by 27-inch monitors. Compact, fast refresh rate, responsive panels and more lead to a great gaming experience that’s perfect for fast-paced shooters or competitive gaming sessions.
This MSI monitor seemingly packs a wealth of awesome features and specs into a sleek and affordable package. 1440p resolution, 165Hz refresh rate, 1ms response time, HDR and more all make this monitor highly appealing on paper.
In the flesh too, it’s just as pleasing. Narrow bezels, brilliant colour accuracy and some serious gaming prowess make the MAG272CQR a joy to game on.
Of course, you can tweak the settings dabbling with everything from eye-care settings for during the working day to HDR, FreeSync and faster response rates for gaming. But even out of the box we were impressed with how good this monitor looked and how nice it was to use.
Other highlights include software that allows you to tweak settings in Windows via an app, rather than faffing about with a button lead menu. There’s also a special easy-access button on the left side that can be programmed with a macro that activates specific modes or settings with a single press rather than having to mess about with menu options. For example, you can set it to activate “night vision” mode that’s designed to give you the edge in nighttime scenes in a game and can be switched on and off at will.
There’s a lot to like about this monitor and the affordable pricetag is almost certainly an added bonus.
Most affordable ultrawide
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AOC CU34G2X 34-inch ultrawide
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Ultrawide 3440 x 1440
AMD FreeSync
144Hz refresh rate/1ms response time
VA based panel
WLED backlight
3000:1 contrast ratio
For the price, the screen on this thing is impressive. It’s a 34-inch panel that sports a 3440 x 1440 resolution with 21:9 aspect ratio. All of this combines to create a screen that’s brilliant for those who want a really immersive gaming experience.
For gamers, other bonus features include the AMD FreeSync technology, with 144Hz refresh rate and 1ms response time, meaning you get fast, fluid response without the tearing and aliasing you would get from lesser displays. Assuming you have a compatible AMD graphics card of course.
This screen is packed full of controls and options too. There are all sorts of settings to help you fine-tune elements, like brightness, refresh rate, contrast, colours and so on. These settings include things like:
Low Blue Light mode (reading, office, internet, multimedia)
Eco mode
HDR modes (display, game, picture and movie)
Colour temperature
Game mode (FPS, RTS, Racing, Gamer 1, Gamer 2 and Gamer 3)
Overdrive settings (to adjust response time)
Motion Blur Reduction
We found we were tweaking a lot to get it looking nice and that varied depending on the games we were playing too (HDR, for example, makes the most sense in games that support it). But it’s nice to have a range of controls that are useful not only for gaming but working too. Eco mode and the low blue light settings, for example, are great for making the screen easier on the eye when surfing, working or otherwise engaging in non-gaming activities.
As for VA display technology, that generally means you get more vibrant colours and deeper contrast than IPS/LCD based, but the viewing angles aren’t quite as good. Still, with a screen this big, set to the right height and with its curved design, viewing angles aren’t really an issue at all.
This AOC monitor was certainly a pleasure to use. It’s rich in colour, sports a suitable curve and thin bezels too. Other small highlights include a stand that’s not too imposing, meaning it’s easy to fit and move around on your desk. As well as plenty of options in terms of height and tilt too.
Multiple HDMI and DisplayPort connection options also mean you can take advantage of the screens picture-in-picture mode too, if you’re really feeling crazy. In short, the CU34G2X offers a lot of bang for your buck. It’s feature-rich, fun to use and full of gaming goodness too.
Huge and splendid 4K gaming
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Acer Predator CG7 gaming monitor
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3840 x 2160 @ 120 Hz, 16:9 aspect ratio, 1 ms VRB response time
VA based panel
4,000:1 contrast ratio
G-sync compatible
HDR1000, DCI-P3 90 per cent wide colour gamut
If you believe that bigger is always better, then there’s good news in the form of the Acer Predator CG7. This is a bit of a monster screen. It’s huge, imposing and packed full of specs that aren’t to be sniffed at.
This is a 43-inch display that has up to 144Hz refresh rate, 1ms VRB response time, G-sync compatibility and is VESA Certified DISPLAYHDR 1000. All that means you get a glorious, bright, colourful and impressive viewing experience when playing games.
Sure, there are a few niggles – the bezels are massive for example – but the CG7 is undeniably fun to play on.
We used it to play Red Dead Redemption 2, Call of Duty Modern Warfare, Gravel, Wreckfest, Kingdom Come Deliverance and more and had mixed results. As you might expect, the highest settings on Red Dead, for example, really tax your gaming machine even if you have a monster machine. With 4K, HDR and ultra settings turned on you get a paltry 40FPS, but it does look glorious. Other lesser games fair better but if you want to make the most of the high refresh rates you’ll need to consider lower visual settings.
That said, the Acer Predator CG7 is a real eye-pleaser. Colours are rich, visuals are stunning and the sheer amount of space you have to game on is great too.
Other highlights of this monitor include a multitude of connection options with three HDMI and two DisplayPort connections allowing you to connect several devices. USB passthrough means you can plug in peripherals with ease too. The menu system allows you to easily switch between various gaming visual settings including racing, action, sports, eco, HDR and more. You can also adjust to filter blue light, tweak HDR settings and more here as well.
The Acer Predator CG7 has built-in speakers, but we found them to be a bit tinny and would recommend opting for a dedicated speaker system or gaming headset instead.
That said, this is one heck of a gaming screen, if you have the space and the cash then it’s well worth considering. It also has the added bonus of being great for video editing, watching films and more. Though we did find working on it gave us neck ache.
Affordable 4K/G-Sync monitor for gamers
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AOC AG271UG 4K IPS monitor
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4K UHD (3840 x 2160) 16:9
G-Sync
WLED backlit IPS
4ms response time/60Hz refresh rate
Looking at a spec list like that on the AOC AG271UG, and you’d probably assume an eye-watering price tag. But, because it’s AOC, you don’t get one. It’s not a cheap monitor ($699/£579), but at the same time, it’s way more affordable than similarly-specced big brand computer displays.
AOC is a brand that’s built its reputation on offering great specs and features for a fraction of the price of its big-name competitors. For those gamers looking for high-resolution images over stupid-fast refresh rates, the AOC could be perfect.
At 60Hz and with its 4ms response time, it’s still no slouch, and when you add that to the Nvidia G-Sync capabilities to minimise lag and tearing, you do still get a swift, smooth performance, providing you have a PC powerful enough to handle gaming at that resolution. You can switch between a handful of gaming modes, which include racing, FPS, RTS and “gamer”.
Being IPS and 4K UHD also means it’s a great panel for editing video, photos and general all-round media consumption too. Details are sharp, and the colours are well balanced and vibrant without being overly saturated. We did find at times that it over-sharpened a little, but so much so that it tarnished the experience too much. Viewing angles are superb too, with very little in the way of colour shift when you change your angle of view.
As with pretty much any anti-glare matte-finish display, there is an ever so slightly fuzzy, almost rainbow like overlay to everything, but it’s so subtle and only seems to be at all visible when looking at plain white visuals. It’s not there at all during gaming. Again, very easy to ignore, and hard to detect.
Of course, there are plenty of customisation options, like the blue light filter, for those who want to go on marathon gaming sessions with minimal eye strain. Controls are easy enough to use as well, thanks to having well-indicated positions on the bottom bezel. What’s more, there’s a whole host of ports on the back. You get four USB 3.0 ports, an HDMI 1.4 port, one DisplayPort 1.2 and a 3.5mm headphone jack.
Unlike some of the other monitors on this list, there is some construction involved in setting up the AOC monitor, and the built quality isn’t quite as high, but it’s still one of the most ergonomically versatile. It has an impressive 130mm of height adjustment, to help you get it to a comfortable eye level and can pivot on its base. There’s a decent amount of tilt too, between -3.5 to 21.5 degrees.
As if all of that isn’t enough, it has two built in two 2W speakers, although we did find the audio left a lot to be desired. It was a little weak, especially in comparison to dedicated speakers.
Still, if you’re after a versatile monitor with a really high resolution that can cope with your Nvidia GPU-powered gaming, this is a really great option. We really enjoyed our time with it.
Ultrawide, ultra-fast, and advanced eye-tracking
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Acer Predator Z301CT with Tobii eye-tracking
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Ultrawide Full HD – 2560 x 1080
G-sync
200Hz refresh rate/4ms response
1800R curved VA panel
Tobii eye-tracking built-in
Like many other gaming-focused monitors, the Acer Predator Z301Ct uses a VA panel, which means lots of contrast and saturated colours. Of course, that also means colour accuracy isn’t the best, and the 2560 x 1080 resolution isn’t the sharpest either. But with that said, the sacrifice in pixels is well worth it to get all the other features this monitor offers for $799 or $719, especially if you’re into high framerate FPS style games.
Starting with the basics, the 29.5-inch ultrawide Predator has a 4ms response time and impressive 200Hz refresh rate. That means the sky is virtually the limit in regards to high frame rates if your PC supports them. Our test PC runs a GTX 1060 with an Intel Core i5 processor and SSD for game play. With this, and games running at the full 2560×1080 resolution with maximum rendering quality enabled, the monitor ran consistently – almost flawlessly – at 60fps.
The games we played were limited to 60fps as the highest frame rate, but our experience suggests this monitor is more than capable of going well over that. It sticks like glue to 60fps the entire time we played, except for literally two times it dropped to 57fps for a split second. With Nvidia Gsync built-in, that also meant a really clean, stutter and aliasing-free experience.
You get plenty of calibration options as well as a handful of preset modes custom-tuned to suit different game types. All of this controllable using a nifty little directional joystick on the back of the monitor.
Perhaps the monitor’s biggest unique selling point is the built-in Tobii eye-tracking bar. With drivers installed and monitor connected using a USB cable, it works in tandem with FPS games that require quick movement. So, those that would require you normally to move around in your field of view using a mouse or right joystick no longer need that manual input. The Tobii bar on the bottom of the monitor can detect when your eyes change direction and automatically moves your focus point on screen.
Moving on to the design and ports, the Acer shines here too. The stand – although rather ostentatious – is among the most articulate available. You can tilt the screen -5 to 25 degrees, adjust the height up to 120mm and pivot the screen, ensuring you can get the angle perfect with a little manipulation.
What’s more, it’s not exactly short on ports and other hardware features either. As well as the additional Tobii eye-tracking bar, it has two speakers built-in (which aren’t great, but they work). It also has HDMI, DisplayPort and USB 3.0 ports as well as a 3.5mm headphone jack.
If you can live without the higher resolution offered by QHD or 4K monitors, this is a fantastically fast monitor. Combined with the Tobii eye-tracking technology built-in as standard, and all the other features combined, one could almost describe it as great value for money despite the current price tag.
When Ultrawide isn’t wide enough
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Samsung CRG9 super ultrawide curved gaming monitor
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32:9 Ultrawide 49-inch – 5120 x 1440 QLED Panel
120Hz refresh rate, HDR1000, 95 per cent DCI-P3,
AMD FreeSync 2
Various gaming picture modes and settings
Picture-by-Picture display capable
If you like the idea of ultra-wide gaming and really want to go all out with your purchase then look no further than the gargantuan Samsung CRG9. This thing is a glorious 49-inch curved gaming monitor that’s similar to putting two 27-inch screens side-by-side, except without all the nonsense of bezels in the way.
This model is a step up from the previous massive ultrawide monitor from Samsung in a number of ways, not least of which is an increase in resolution which now gives you 5120 x 1440 pixels to play with. HDR1000, 1,000 nits of brightness, AMD FreeSync 2, 120Hz refresh and more result in a magnificent viewing experience.
For work, this screen offers enough space for multiple windows side-by-side making it a multi-tasking marvel. It also has multiple connection options including two DisplayPort 1.4 and one HDMI 2.0 ports. Combine this with the monitor’s Picture-by-Picture display technology and you can actually view two different video sources on the screen at the same time with a 16:9 display ratio to boot!
We found for general use you have to move your eyes around a lot to make the most of this screen, but you get so much screen to work with it’s a multitasker’s dream. Eye saver mode also helps takes the edge off harsh backlighting during the day meaning you can save your eyes for gaming at night.
And it’s with gaming that the CRG9 shines. The curved QLED panel and large 32:9 aspect ratio gives you an utterly thrilling immersive gaming experience. We used it to play games like Red Dead Redemption 2 and found we were utterly wrapped up in the gaming visuals in a thoroughly eye-pleasing way. It is worth noting though, that you do need a beast of a gaming machine to power that 5120 x 1440 on ultra settings and still get a decent FPS.
There are multiple settings profiles built into the menu that you can switch between on the fly with three quick-access buttons underneath so you can program it to react the way you want to specific games. Game settings include visual modes to switch between such as FPS, RTS, RPG, AOS, High Brightness, sRGB and Cinema. The result of all this is a smooth, crisp, dynamic and satisfying gaming experience that’s as smooth as it is joyful.
This is one monitor we were sad to see leave the office and one we’re seriously considering purchasing ourselves too.
With the Samsung Odyssey G9, Samsung took the CRG9 and improved it further to result in a seriously incredible gaming panel. The specs of this monster include a 49-inch QLED display with 1,000R curve, 32:9 aspect ratio, 5120 x 1440 resolution, HDR 1000, 1ms response time and much more besides. Upgrades include a 240Hz refresh rate and G-sync compatibility which makes it even more pleasing to game on with a beautiful and wide view of the gaming world.
If you need it, you can also use picture-by-picture mode to convert the G9 into two 27-inch displays meaning you can use it at 16:9 for streaming on Twitch (for example) with ease or with two different machines at once.
The Samsung Odyssey G9 is an absolute joy to game or work on, with a wonderfully immersive wraparound display and masses of features that make it worth every penny.
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Lenovo Legion Y44w-10 WLED curved gaming monitor
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43.4-inch ultra-wide – 3840 x 1200
144Hz refresh rate, 4ms response time
NearEdgeless 1800R curved panel
sRGB, BT.709, DCI-P3 colour gamut
AMD FreeSync 2, VESA certified DisplayHDR 400
Detachable Harman Kardon certified speaker
2 x HDMI 2.0; 1 x DP1.4; 1 x USB 3.1 Type-C Gen2（DisplayPort 1.4 Alt Mode); 1 x USB 3.1 Type-C Gen1（DisplayPort 1.2 Alt Mode); 1 x Audio Out
They say size isn’t everything, well Lenovo is certainly showing that size can be something with this ultra-wide monitor. This is a curved gaming monitor with some impressive specs that include a 3840 x 1200 resolution, 144Hz refresh rate, 4ms response time and AMD FreeSync 2.
We liked just how ridiculously easy the Legion Y44w-10 was to set up. Pop on the mount, slide the backing on, mount screws in and you’re away. This screen then went onto to please in a number of other ways and not just the sheer splendour of all the screen real estate.
This is an HDR certified display, meaning you can drool over the visuals offered by your favourite games (if they support it). It also has multiple display settings that are easily accessible from front panel buttons and include different profiles depending on the style of games you’re playing.
A bonus addition is the blue light filter that can be applied to make this monitor easier on the eye when you need it to be.
We love plenty of other things about this monitor too – like the multitude of connection options that include USB passthrough so you can connect peripherals directly into the monitor from a little front panel that drops down from below. There’s also an RGB backlit, Harman Kardon speaker that sits in the base (and can be removed if you don’t want it) which adds some surprisingly good sounds to go along with the visual delights.
The Lenovo Legion Y44w-10 might be pricey, but you get plenty of screen for your money and plenty of fun too! Multi-task in Windows during the day, then get lost in your games at night with this cracking piece of kit.
This week on The Verge’s flagship podcast, The Vergecast: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) yells at Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, gadget makers are going to QVC, and it is weird phone season once again.
Hosts Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohntalk to Verge senior reporter Adi Robertson about the latest congressional hearing with the big tech CEOs — this time about Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Dorsey attended the hearing over video in front of the Senate Commerce Committee, and Adi explains what everyone had to say.
In the second half of the show, Ashley Carman stops by to talk about the newest episode of her video series In the Making, which isabout how live shopping channels like QVC and HSN are now a new frontier for gadget companies marketing and selling their products.
And of course, The Vergecast had to fit in some smartphone talk. The wave of weird phone design has come back, and it does not disappoint. Reviews for the LG Wing and the new Motorola Razr are out, and for some reason, there is a Yahoo phone.
This whole week of news is captured on this episode of The Vergecast, solisten here or in your preferred podcast player to hear it all.
Stories from this week:
San Francisco and Oakland phase out Verily COVID-19 testing sites
White House officials considered Elon Musk for coronavirus ad campaign
We need to rebuild America’s pandemic-fighting agencies
Streaming was part of the future — now it’s the only future
Lime’s CEO on the future of scooters: ‘COVID has turned from a headwind into a tailwind’
Mark Zuckerberg just told Congress to upend the internet
The latest Section 230 hearing showed that Republicans want to make the internet smaller
The Right’s Regulator in Chief
Gadget makers’ biggest risk could be a huge reward
Influencers’ next frontier: their own live shopping channels
Everyone on Instagram will soon be able to go live for four hours
Facebook will test shopping from Reels later this year
Motorola Razr 2020 review: 5G folding flip phone feels fine
LG Wing review: learning to fly, failing to soar
Verizon’s Yahoo zombie appears again as a purple phone
First iPhone 12 mini hands-on video shows just how tiny it is
Mophie’s new wirelessly charging battery pack clips onto the back of your phone
T-Mobile expands its faster midband 5G network, nearly doubling its coverage
Microsoft Surface Pro X (2020) review: ARM gets more muscle
Amazon Echo Dot (2020) review: have a ball
T-Mobile expands into live internet TV with new TVision streaming service
PS5 in photos: our first look at Sony’s next-gen console
PS5 vs. Xbox Series X: the next-gen consoles in photos
Astro’s Playroom is the perfect showcase for the PS5’s wild DualSense controller
Control is coming to the Nintendo Switch today, but you can only stream it from the cloud
Vizio and LG’s next-gen-ready OLED TVs are up to $500 off at Best Buy
Meet the 24-year-old who’s tracking every broken McDonald’s ice-cream machine in the US
High season. The premiere of Watch Dogs: Legion is behind us, and Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla and Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War are ahead. It is true that in November we will not play Cyberpunk 2077, which has been postponed again, but this does not mean that we should give up a month of computer expansion, if only we planned one. The hardware requirements for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War that have just been published indicate that if we want to get the maximum quality of graphics from the game, we must have really top equipment, as well as 250 GB of disk space. As a consolation, however, I will add that the minimum requirements are very affordable and include an Intel Core i3 processor – 4340, 8 GB of RAM and a graphics card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670. Details below.
The hardware requirements for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War indicate that if we want to get the best graphics quality from the game, we must have really top equipment, and also 250 GB of disk space.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War – Sony exclusive Zombies mode
Do you want the new Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War to rip you out of your slippers with graphics? This will come at a price, so you’ll need an Intel i9 processor – 9900 K / AMD Ryzen 3700 X, 16 GB of RAM and NVIDIA GeForce RTX graphics card 3080. All textures with the highest graphic quality will make the whole disk space 250 GB. The Treyarch studio also made available the so-called competitive requirements, i.e. those that must be met in order to play smoothly on the Internet. It is also worth knowing that the multiplayer itself “weighs” only 50 GB. Details below.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War system requirements. Click to enlarge.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War – Sony exclusive Zombies mode
The plot of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is a story for which you do not need to know the previous installments of the series. Nevertheless, the game features characters known from previous productions under this banner, led by Mason, Woods and Hudson, and joined by a CIA agent, Russel Adler, who has not been introduced to the players before. The action of the game was set during the Cold War. During the game, we have to thwart the plans of the KGB agent, known under the code name Perseus. Interestingly, the game has several endings – which one we see depends on the decisions we make during the game. The title will appear on PCs and consoles (including the new generation) already 13 November 2020.
An automatically aligned camera, which provided the images for the live broadcast of a football match in Scotland, frustrated the audience and presenter on the last day of the match when it kept panning from the ball to the referee, whose bald head apparently confused the algorithms. The whole thing happened in the second division game of Inverness Caledonian Thistle against Ayr United, which was played largely without spectators due to the corona pandemic. Video clips show how the camera repeatedly loses sight of the game and instead targets the linesman, whose head was mistaken for the game device in the backlight.
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The love of the camera for the linesman As the operator of the Scottish Championship explains, in view of the restrictions in the ongoing pandemic, cameras from the manufacturer Pixellot were installed in all stadiums of the second division. Pixellot itself promotes its products as a way for sports clubs to record broadcasts of their games at a fraction of the usual cost. In Scottish football, the unmanned devices with “ball tracking technology” deliver a video with FullHD resolution, which is also commented on. Holders of a season ticket get access to the videos, others can activate it for a fee.
In the case of the game between Inverness and Ayr the – missing – hairstyle of the linesman was apparently a problem for the camera, but also the lighting conditions. In the backlight of the low Scottish sun, the camera panned repeatedly to the linesman in front of the camera, for example when the ball was shot out of bounds. By the time she found him again, important game situations such as corners were over, viewers on Facebook complain. While fans complain that the offer is not worth the price, Pixellot has already responded to the criticism and assured them that they are already working on improvements. The game itself ended in a 1: 1 draw.
When purchasing prescription drugs, Internet pharmacies based abroad will no longer be able to grant discounts in future. The Bundestag passed a corresponding regulation on Thursday evening.
The regulation is intended to ensure that the same price for prescription drugs always applies everywhere – regardless from where a drug was bought. The stationary German pharmacies are to be protected more strongly against online competition from abroad, since the German drug price law is not applicable to them.
Surcharges granted Health Minister Jens Spahn (CDU) stated in writing that the local pharmacies are an important point of contact for patients. “They provide indispensable services for the supply of the population”, which has just shown “the current situation in the pandemic”. The aim of the change is to ensure fair competition and also to ensure the supply of medicines in the city and in the country and can ask for money for it. For example, they are granted a permanent surcharge of EUR 2 50 for patients in need of care. They could also make their customers special offers, such as prevention programs or pharmaceutical care for cancer therapy. For this, the pharmacies are made available by the federal government 150 millions of euros. The “medical profession of the pharmacist” will be strengthened in this way.
Contested markets The big European online -Pharmacies are also preparing against Amazon’s entry into the drug business on the Internet. The largest European mail-order pharmacy DocMorris and its Swiss mother, Zur Rose, are setting up their own “online health marketplace”. This should also make it easier for stationary pharmacies to do business on the Internet. Zur Rose would then also earn money from sales via the marketplace – just like competitor Amazon already on its platform.
There are any number of VPN services you can use to help protect your privacy and security with an encrypted internet connection, and now Google has its own. Well, technically, it already did, but only for Google Fi cellular subscribers on Android smartphones. Now, the company’s announcing it’ll throw in an Android-based VPN free of charge to any 2TB Google One cloud storage subscriber in the US — and will expand to iOS, Windows and Mac and other countries “in the coming months.”
As you can see in the image above, you’ll need to be on the 2TB Google One plan which costs $9.99 a month or $99 per year, so it’s not exactly a free VPN. But if you’re interested, this Google GIF shows you how to turn it on:
A new VPN is just the latest way that Google’s trying to sweeten its cloud storage offering. In August, the company announced it would begin backing up your iOS or Android phone for free. It also reduced prices in 2018.
Google parent company Alphabet’s third quarter revenue increased 14 percent from the year before, led by a rebound in advertising revenue for both Google and YouTube. YouTube brought in $5 billion in advertising revenue in the third quarter of 2020 — a sign that advertisers who pulled back on their spending because of the coronavirus earlier in the year may be returning to something resembling normal.
YouTube now has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers — 35 million, including free trials — and YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers. That’s especially strong, since YouTube TV announced a monthly price increase from $50 to $64.99 in June. And in what may be a sign of the times, views for guided meditation videos on YouTube were up 40 percent since March, and DIY face mask tutorials have been viewed over 1 billion times, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said on a call with investors to discuss the earnings results.
“We’re pleased at the degree to which advertisers really reactivated their budgets in the third quarter,” said Ruth Porat, CFO of Alphabet and Google, on a call with investors. She added that it was evidence that consumers are showing strong demand across nearly all verticals. “YouTube’s strong watch time growth enables advertisers to reach audiences they can’t reach on TV.” The company had made investments in content moderation to ensure both creators and users on YouTube have a positive experience, Porat said.
Google’s advertising division brought in revenue of $37.1 billion, an increase from $34 billion last year. YouTube ads revenue increased 30 percent from $3.8 billion in the third quarter of 2019.
“This year, including this quarter, showed how valuable Google’s founding product — search — has been to people,” Pichai said on the call.
This quarter was a sharp contrast to the disappointing second quarter of 2020, where Google’s revenue declined for the first time ever. This quarter, Google returned to growth, with revenue of $46.2 billion in the third quarter, up from $40 billion a year ago, and net income of $11.24 billion, up from $7.06 billion last year.
Google’s “other” department, which includes hardware, cloud services, and the Play Store, had revenue of $5.4 billion, up from $4 billion. Its “other bets” segment — which includes Waymo and Verily— had revenue of $178 million, but remained money-losers for the company, to the tune of $1.1 billion. That’s worse than this time last year.
Google’s Cloud division had revenue of $3.44 billion, up from $2.3 billion a year ago, and its Search segment had revenue of $26.3 billion, up from $24.7 billion. Pichai said customers are increasingly moving to the cloud, “to drive efficiency and lower IT costs,” adding that the future of work is creating “significant growth in demand” for Google’s cloud products. He added that next quarter, Google will break out its cloud division as a separate reporting segment.
The company’s videoconferencing platform Google Meet had 235 million daily meetings and more than 7.5 billion daily video calls, Pichai said.
Pichai also said the company was prepared for a lawsuit filed last week by the Department of Justice, which alleges the internet giant has an illegal monopoly on search and advertising markets. “We believe that our products are creating significant benefits and we’ll confidently make our case,” he said. “Our company’s focus remains on continuing our work to build a search product that people love and value.”
Update October 29th 6:09PM ET: Added details from Alphabet’s call with investors
The mobile network coverage in all villages, cities and uninhabited areas of Germany can be seen for the first time on an online map from the Federal Network Agency. The website, which was activated on Thursday, shows the availability of all three network operators, i.e. Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone and Telefónica. There has never been a map like this before; accessibility can be seen right down to the streets and addresses – according to the different cellular standards 2G, 3G and 4G. 5G will also be added in the future. The networks of the fifth generation of mobile communications are only just being set up.
The data for the comprehensive map come from the three network operators, the regulatory authority checks them on a random basis Accuracy. “We are monitoring the development of mobile phone coverage and will make the data available to the public on a regular basis in the future,” said Jochen Homann, President of the Federal Network Agency. The overview should be updated quarterly, the next time in January 2021.
The map on www.breitband-monitor According to .de 96, 5 percent of the area in Germany is supplied with 4G (LTE) by at least one network operator. If you add the slower 3G, you get 97, 3 percent of the country’s area. Including 2G (Edge), the dead spots in which not a single network operator is active would shrink to just 0.3 percent of the country’s area. For consumers, however, these are theoretical values because their mobile phone only connects to one of the three networks – the areas without a connection for their smartphone are larger. On the map, he can see exactly where his mobile phone contract threatens him with a radio hole or snail-pace internet.
According to information from security researchers at the SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC), attackers are currently preparing attacks on Oracle WebLogic Server. In doing so, they are targeting a security hole classified as ” critical “. Patches are already available.
The vulnerability (CVE – 2020 – 14882) should be comparatively easy to exploit, according to a contribution by SANS ISC. If attacks are successful, attackers could completely compromise servers and gain full control.
Attacks are likely to be imminent The WebLogic server versions 10. 3.6.0.0, 12. 1.3.0.0, 12. 2.1.3.0, 12. 2.1.4.0 and 14. 1.1.0.0 affected. Oracle has released security updates in the course of its quarterly Critical Patch Update.
The security researchers state that attackers currently only scan for vulnerable servers. It can be assumed that attacks will occur soon.
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