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Toyoda: overrated electric cars, damage to the environment and sector doomed to collapse

Declarations in contrast to the direction taken from the market come from Akio Toyoda, president of Toyota Motor Corporation of Rosario Grasso published 18 December 2020 , at 11: 11 in the Technology channel Toyota A press conference that was covered by all the newspapers in the world: the president of the group Toyota ,… Read more

Intel unveils Clover Falls, an AI coprocessor dedicated to notebooks

Intel announced Visual Sensing Controller ( Clover Falls), an artificial intelligence chip complementary to the CPU. Coming to notebooks from 2021, it will help laptops to “sense and adapt to their surroundings” in order to use less energy. by Manolo De Agostini published 18 December 2020 , at 09: 41 in the Processors channel Intel… Read more

Existing data: Government coalition wants to use IP addresses to combat illegal work

In the future, customs authorities such as the Customs Criminal Police Office (ZKA) and the offices responsible for prosecuting and punishing administrative offenses under state law should be able to access inventory data such as name, address and e-mail addresses of users in order to take action against undeclared work. You can also query IP… Read more

Roidmi X30 PRO: the cordless vacuum cleaner that also cleans floors if desired

A powerful cyclonic suction motor ensures to the Roidmi X cordless vacuum cleaner 17 PRO high performance, with the addition of a solution that also allows you to wash the floors at the same time by Paolo Corsini published on 17 December 2020 , at 18: 31 in the Home channel Roidmi X 30 Pro… Read more

Sony Xperia 5 II

Our Verdict A talented phone for music and movies, and well worth considering if you want a smaller or cheaper alternative to the Award-winning Xperia 1 II For Impressive Full HD video Impressive sound Smart design Against 4K video lacks detail Sony’s smartphone output seems somewhat erratic. The Xperia 5 II is the second Sony… Read more

Cooperation between Google and Qualcomm should enable updates for Android devices for a longer period of time

Google is currently working with chip manufacturer Qualcomm in order to be able to provide updates to Android smartphones for a longer period of time. Up to now, chip manufacturers often had to adapt their SoCs to be compatible with new Android versions or security updates. Changes in Google’s Project Treble should now bring a… Read more

A record 2 million participants took part in ClickMeeting webinars. Here are the latest 2020 webinar data

The year 2020 was definitely the year of the Internet, and the popularity of online communication necessarily definitely increased. In November this year, a record 2 million users used the ClickMeeting webinar platform in Poland. And what does it look like in other European countries? In France, the number of participants in webinars taking place… Read more

Smartphone tax is getting closer. The bill resulting in an increase in the prices of electronics may be submitted to the parliament in December

We’ve been talking about the so-called smartphone tax for a long time, but in fact little comes from it, or at least not so far. It turns out that the Ministry of Culture is preparing a bill that provides for an additional levy on manufacturers and importers of computers, tablets and smartphones. According to the… Read more

Android: Future Qualcomm SoCs could allow updates for longer

Google and chip manufacturer Qualcomm are working on improvements to the update process for Android devices. Thanks to changes to Project Treble, future Snapdragon SoCs should enable longer updates without adapting the chipset software. Google explains the new features in a blog Entry. Accordingly, chip manufacturers no longer have to constantly adapt their future SoCs… Read more

Tracking protection in iOS 14: Facebook wants to torpedo Apple's “forced update”

With a broad-based PR campaign, Facebook is trying to stop a data protection function set for iOS 14: The one soon to be prescribed by Apple Opt-in for tracking in apps reduces the effectiveness of targeted advertising and thus harms small companies, who would thereby reach fewer customers, argued Facebook in a message – and… Read more

Federal government: BSI should be allowed to hack with IT Security Act 2.0

The Federal Government has initiated an amendment to the IT Security Act. She wants to upgrade the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) to a cyber authority with hacker powers. With 799 new posts, the office is to become a key player in the fight against botnets, neglected devices in the Internet of Things and… Read more

Query language: Nexus 1.0 creates GraphQL interfaces declaratively

The open source project Nexus has reached version 1.0. The declarative approach to creating GraphQL APIs should be stable for productive use with the new release, and there are some significant changes associated with the version jump. Nexus is now available under a new package name, and fields may by default have the value null… Read more

Update for .NET tools: JetBrains updates ReSharper and Rider

JetBrains releases version 2020. 3 of its .NET tools ReSharper and Rider. The focus is on the connection to .NET 5 and the support of the new features of C # 9. With this, JetBrains completes the update series of its IDEs. In the past few weeks, the tool manufacturer had already updated IntelliJ IDEA,… Read more

Fortnite is also playable on Paleolithic PCs with Performance Mode

A new graphical setting called Performance Mode allows you to increase the performance of Fortnite on low-end or old-date hardware until 150%. It loses itself in graphics quality, but in this way Epic opens the game to a new audience. by Manolo De Agostini published 15 December 2020 , at 10: 21 in the Videogames… Read more

Smart Speaker: Google Home Max is no longer in production

The Google Home Max is no longer in production. Google confirmed this to several US media. The smart loudspeaker is now sold out in both colors in both the US and Germany stores, but some retailers still have stocks on sale. Google 2017 launched the Google Home Max in the USA. It should establish itself… Read more