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io9TrailersIn the Tribes of Europa Trailer, the World Has Gone to Hell as Everyone Fights Over a Cube
More like Mad Max: Fury Autobahn. Netflix has released the first trailer for a new German sci-fi series, Tribes of Europa, about a trio of siblings who get caught in a post-apocalyptic war over a piece of technology none of them understand. Tribes of Europe takes place in a post-Europe setting in the year 2074, when a … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy & SecurityGerman Regulators Are Trying to Block Porn Sites to Thwart Horny Teens
Porn won the porn war in the UK, but now the industry is fighting on a different front in Germany, where authorities are trying to force internet service providers to block major sites that don’t implement age verification systems. Currently, German law requires porn sites to restrict access to individuals 18 or older. What’s changed … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy & SecurityFirst Ransomware-Related Death Reported in Germany After Attack Paralyzes Hospital
It sounds like something out of a tragic Black Mirror episode: A woman seeking urgent care died this week after an apparently bungled ransomware attack took down a major hospital in Germany, thus forcing paramedics to rush her to another city for treatment, according to several outlets. It appears to be the first case of someone … Continued
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io9TelevisionNetflix’s Biohackers Is Not the Tech Utopia You Might Expect
The German sci-fi series Biohackers has debuted on Netflix, ostensibly telling the story of a medical student who gets caught up in the world of biohacking. However, as we see in the first episode of this six-episode series, there’s a secret lurking underneath the surface. One that’s grabbed our attention. This is the debut of … Continued
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Tech NewsAmazon Can Add Germany and Canada to Its List of Investigation Headaches
Joining the multiple parties currently investigating Amazon and its shady marketplace behavior, authorities in Germany and Canada are now launching their own respective probes. The German Federal Cartel Office, the regulatory authority responsible for enforcing fair competition, has since April been investigating Amazon following complaints about the company’s influence over pricing on its platform, CNBC … Continued
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io9TrailersHeroes Meets Misfits in the First Trailer for Netflix’s Freaks—You’re One of Us
It’s not always tech billionaires and aliens disguised as news reporters: If there’s one thing we learned from Miles Morales, it’s that anyone can wear the mask. In Netflix’s Freaks—You’re One of Us, it’s a working-class mom who finds she’s been suppressing her own abilities for years. Now that she knows the truth, what is … Continued
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io9A Woman Goes All Count of Monte Cristo on Genetics in the Biohackers Trailer
A medical student studying under a controversial professor finds herself entangled in a world of forbidden science. A tale as old as time. But what if there’s another, more personal reason she’s embraced synthetic biology and genetic enhancements? It’s not just because she thinks biohacking is cool. She’s there to bring someone down. Netflix has … Continued
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Tech NewsU.S. Breaks Record With Over 77,000 New Coronavirus Cases in Single Day
The U.S. recorded 77,255 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday, setting a depressing new world record. The U.S. has the worst outbreak on the planet right now, but it’s probably more accurate to say this new record was broken last week. Why? The largest private testing lab in the country is currently averaging more than … Continued
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Tech NewsPrivacy & SecurityServer Hosting Leaked Secret U.S. Police Files Seized by Germany
German authorities have reportedly confiscated a server used by the group DDOSecrets to share leaked confidential records belonging to more than 200 state, local, and federal American law enforcement agencies. DDOSecrets, which Twitter recently banned for distributing hacked material, published last month some 269 gigabytes of police data—known as #BlueLeaks—dating back to 1996, including confidential … Continued
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io9Even Dark Superfans Will Appreciate Netflix’s 10-Minute Catch-Up Video
Netflix is framing this Dark recap video as a useful tool for viewers who’ve decided to just go ahead and jump on into the hit show’s third and final season when it debuts on Friday. However, even the most ardent Dark fans could benefit from this crash refresher course, because Dark can be confusing as hell! Seriously, … Continued
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Tech NewsGermany’s Coronavirus-Tracking App Set to Release This Week as Nation Reopens
Germany will soon roll out its coronavirus-tracking smartphone app, the country’s health minister, Jens Spahn, announced Sunday. “It’s coming this week,” Spahn told ARD television, though he declined to confirm several local reports about a possible Tuesday release date, per Reuters. Developed in cooperation with Deutsche Telekom and software company SAP, Germany’s app works similarly … Continued
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io9TrailersNetflix’s Dark Throws More Confusing Fuel on the Fire in a New Trailer
Oh, you thought Netflix’s Dark was content with 40 years of convoluted, interwoven time travel narratives? Why not add a second reality to that? In the first full trailer for the final season of German series Dark, the village of Winden starts seeing double—as it turns out, time travel isn’t the only apocalyptic thing on the … Continued
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io9TrailersNetflix’s Dark Unveils the Last Cycle With a Fiery Season 3 Teaser
It’s time to bring this circle to a close. The first trailer and a summer release date have been revealed for the final season of Dark, the surprise Netflix hit about a group of families who’ve become entangled in each other’s lives thanks to a generations-long conspiracy that has brought time itself to its knees. … Continued
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Tech NewsAlabama Running Out of ICU Beds For Coronavirus Patients As State Reopens
Alabama is running out of ICU beds to treat coronavirus patients, according to the mayor of Montgomery, the second largest city in the state. The dire news comes as Alabama’s governor, Kay Ivey, continues to lift restrictions put in place last month to slow the spread of covid-19. “Right now, if you are from Montgomery … Continued
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io9MoviesIn a Race to Maintain Production, Studios Are Turning to Countries Slowly Lifting Their Lockdown Restrictions
As the impact of covid-19 continues to hammer away at virtually every industry on the planet, movie studios have been looking to find any way they can to work ahead on films that, thanks to lockdown restrictions, cannot feasibly shoot new material. One way? Flocking to countries that have started to re-open. In recent weeks, … Continued
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Tech NewsBoris Johnson Jokes With CEOs That Ventilator Crisis Should Be Called ‘Operation Last Gasp’: Report
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has come under fire for mismanaging his country’s response to the covid-19 crisis in the United Kingdom, almost as poorly as President Donald Trump across the Atlantic. But Johnson’s latest comments, made on a conference call with British CEOs, might be the worst thing he’s said yet about the pandemic. Johnson … Continued
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