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According to le Figaro, the Hinin report on the chronology of the media should provide a new window into gold for the so-called "virtuous" SVOD platforms. But what is virtue and what are the platforms who will benefit? Although the report is not yet official, since it will be given by its rapporteur Dominique of Hinin to Françoise Nyssen, Minister of Culture and communications on March 9, the Figaro information feed into debates and raise many questions. While it is relegated to the bottom of the current timeline to 36 months, the SVOD would make a leap forward in 30 months to position themselves at 6 months of age, as the first window of the Pay TV, which she would win 4 months since she is currently positioned to 10 months. The price of virtue To enjoy this window into gold, SVOD platforms comply, according to le Figaro, 5 criteria:     The French law (Decree SMAD which quotas of works)     Make an agreement with the CSA (like TV channels)  ...

Apple could get ready to refresh its MacBook range outrageously stagnant with the launch of a cheaper MacBook Air during the second quarter. Are you looking for a new MacBook Air, while continuing to desert the Apple Store, disappointed by the stagnation of the products it houses? Well, 2018 could smile you. According to the analyst of KGI Securities Ming - Chi Kuo, and as reported by 9To5Mac, Apple plans to release a new MacBook Air 13 inch, and this at "a lower price. Expected launch date: second quarter of this year. Cheaper, but by how much? The MacBook Air is currently available from $ 999. And even if it has been updated in June 2017 (Apple went Intel Core i5 at 1.8 GHz processor), he experienced no real development since March 2015. How much cost this new MacBook Air ? Kuo does not. A drop of 100 dollars off the price certainly revigorerait sales, while declining to 799 dollars could put serious pressure on the leading manufacturers of laptop computers Windows and set o...

 While the tailer refuses to reference some of its products, Nest had decided to withdraw all of its catalogue once stocks depleted. The tug of war between Amazon and Google could make a new victim: Nest. According to Business Insider, products home automation of the brand owned by Google will not be available on Amazon.com once sold out. A decision made by the manufacturer, and presumably Google, in response to the boycott of its products by Amazon. In fact, the camera Nest Cam IQ as well as the latest generation of the connected thermostats are not referenced on the e-commerce site. A decision that would come "from above", or the CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos. Information has not been confirmed officially by either party. Remember that Amazon invests strongly in the House connected with including acquiring recent Ring for $ 1 billion market. This isn't the first situation of this type between Amazon and Google. The tailer refused to sell the Google Home, Pixel smartphone...

According to informal sources, Google should publish the developers preview of Android P later this month. The replacement of Android 8.0 Oreo could be introduced support of the notch for the screens. While the majority of Android users are still waiting to see the color of Oreo, version 8.0 released last year, his successor prepares in the shade. The blogger Evan Blass, known for its scoops on the Google OS and its terminals, has just launched a tweet announcing that the first developers preview of Android P would be available in mid-March. A timing that was not surprising knowing that Android 8.0 Oreo had arrived at the same time last year. A few details have leaked about things to expect from this new version. Much of the support of the notch in the upper part of the screen that would pave the way to a generalization of this design inspired by Apple's X iPhone. For the rest, it is question of new security features, with such a warning system when a phone call is recorded and...

600 powerful servers specifically designed to mine bitcoin. (What is bitcoin? Here's everything you need to know.) Plus 600 graphics cards, 100 processors, 100 power supplies, 100 motherboards and 100 sets of computer memory. According to The Associated Press and Visir, those are the items a coordinated group of Icelandic thieves has stolen. And though 11 people have reportedly been arrested and at least two are still in custody, none of the stolen computers have yet been found by police. The thefts, which occured between late December and early January, were reportedly captured on surveillance cameras by Advania, the server company hit by two of the three thefts. (The graphics cards, processors and so on were allegedly stolen from a home.) Advania had been offering its customers access to bitcoin-mining rigs, and it sounds like those were the type that were stolen. The Associated Press reports that the stolen computers are worth nearly $2 million. "This is a grand theft on...

Samsung now offers four different ways of unlocking the Galaxy S9 with biometrics -- facial recognition, iris scanning, fingerprint scanning, and a combination of iris and face called Intelligent Scan. Unlocking the Galaxy S9 might be faster -- but that doesn't mean it's more secure. Samsung's newest smartphones, the Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus, include a new feature the company calls Intelligent Scan. The technology combines Samsung's secure iris scanner with its less-secure facial recognition unlock technology. When unlocking your phone, it first will scan your face. If that fails to unlock the phone, the device then will check your irises. If both fail, Intelligent Scan will try to authenticate your identity using a combination of the two. And it all happens almost instantaneously. "Intelligent Scan adapts to your needs, combining the intelligence of iris scanning and face recognition to make it even easier for you to unlock your phone in more situations," Ju...

Brief teaser campaigns are fun and build hype for a new car, but if you string it out for too long, you risk everyone getting tired of it before it even debuts. Thankfully, what's under the cover at Mercedes-Benz will be too exciting to tire of. Ahead of its debut at the Geneva Motor Show in just a few days, Mercedes-Benz sent out one last set of teasers for its new Mercedes-AMG GT "Four-Door Coupe, " which is actually a sedan but nobody's bothered to tell the automaker that. Last time we saw it, it was covered in some Guy Fieri-approved flames. This  time, it appears to be inside a volcanic cave of some sort, which doesn't seem good for the tires. Or the rest of the car. Mercedes-Benz has handed out precisely zero tidbits regarding this car's specs, so it's all one big mystery. It could carry the same 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 that's in the (actual) coupe, or it could borrow the 800-horsepower hybrid system found in the concept that presaged its exi...