BMWi supports automotive suppliers with billions Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier has presented key points for a billion-dollar program with the automotive supplier during structural change should be supported. According to dpa information, the program should be based on three pillars. On the one hand, investments in new systems, in Industry 4.0 and environmental protection are to be promoted in order to support the change in production. On the other hand, it is about researching and developing innovations such as new drives. In addition, “innovation clusters” are to be set up. The Ministry of Economic Affairs assumes that the program can come into effect on January 1st 2021.

Apple warns of loss of income in the wake of the App Store dispute Apple has warned its investors of the negative consequences of the worldwide dispute over warned the app store. In the latest stock market report of the iPhone concern, it is said, should the commission, which the company keeps on sales in the App Store, reduced or in some other way in its scope or eliminated, “the financial condition of the company and the operating result could be significantly negative to be influenced”. The iPhone group is currently fighting in the USA with the game company Epic Games over the famous 30 percent fee. It is unclear whether Apple is now planning to reduce the commission.

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Internet Archive will in future show fact checks and background information There is a lot on the Internet, including a lot of questionable information – that is why the Internet Archive has made it its mission to make corrective information available on some archived web pages. In some cases, this can be background information to put misleading statements into context; in other cases it is fact-checking that is intended to correct earlier false statements. The archived website remains unchanged, only a yellow background is displayed between the header with the search engine information and the snapshot of the website.

Photo competition “Through the night” starts The new photo competition of c’t Photography starts with the exciting topic “Through the night”. So that the beloved hobby does not miss out in the dark winter time, passionate photographers are allowed to explore the beauty of the dark this time. It doesn’t matter whether it’s the Milky Way, a person in the beam of light from a lantern, the shining old town or the moon over the mountains. The contributions can be up to 29. November can be submitted online via the gallery of c’t Fotografie.

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