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Authentication software privacyIDEA 3.5 with smart cards and dual control tokens

The IT security provider Netknights has updated its free multi-factor authentication software and released privacyIDEA 3.5. With this version, users can for the first time also roll out PIV smart cards (Personal Identity Verification) and have them certified by privacyIDEA. Users can then use the smart cards to log in or for digital signatures. PIV… Read more

Web framework Vue.js 3: The next milestone

Vue.js has undergone a remarkable evolution in the past few years. It has changed significantly and has grown from a small web framework, which was used as an alternative to classic frameworks, to a well-known and respected figure in the web circus. Since the first release 2014 numerous other versions have appeared. Although in December… Read more

Biontech: Vaccine is also likely to work against mutated variants

Biontech boss Ugur Sahin is confident that his company’s corona vaccine will also work against the new mutation of the virus that has emerged in Great Britain. From a scientific point of view, the probability is high, he told the German Press Agency. “We have already tested the vaccine against approximately 20 other virus variants… Read more

The AI has to recognize the invisible workers

Many of the most successful and widely used machine learning models are trained with the help of thousands of low-paid contract workers. All over the world, millions of crowdworkers earn their living on platforms like Amazon’s “Mechanical Turk” by performing countless small tasks that companies and researchers outsource to them. In the US, around 250…. Read more

Microsoft allegedly develops ARM CPUs for cloud servers and surface computers

Microsoft has evidently formed a group of companies that creates its own processor designs with ARM computing cores. This is reported by the news service Bloomberg , citing internal sources. The CPU group is subordinate to Jason Zander, the head of Microsoft’s cloud division Azure. According to their own According to Bloomberg ARM processors are… Read more

Tesla began manufacturing the Model Y SUV in China

Normally Tesla exports vehicles assembled in United States, but for China it seems to want to pursue a more widespread approach than Rosario Fat published on 10 December 2020 , at 10: 31 in the Technology channel Tesla Model Y Tesla has started producing vehicles Model Y at the plant Gigafactory of Shanghai . The… Read more

Alien search: SETI researchers investigate mysterious signal from Proxima Centauri

Researchers in the SETI project Breakthrough Listen have found a mysterious signal that seems to come from the Proxima Centauri system, the star closest to the Sun. The Guardian reports, citing an unnamed astronomer. Because this information was made public in advance, there are few more details and the review has not yet been completed…. Read more

LIVE: io-Tech’s charity stream for the Christmas pot collection at 7 p.m.

In io-Tech’s live stream on YouTube, PUBG is played in the spirit of a little Christmas delivery and raises funds for the Salvation Army’s Christmas pot. Unfortunately, due to the busy autumn, we did not have time to hold an auction of the products piled up in the corners of the office, but we are… Read more

ASUS ROG Strix B550-XE Gaming WiFi in the short test: hardly better than its predecessor

Side 1: ASUS ROG Strix B 510 – XE Gaming WiFi in the short test: hardly better than its predecessor AMD’s new Ryzen – 5000 – Processors deliver a very good performance and can convince in all disciplines for the first time. So it’s no wonder that the Zen 3 CPUs are in great demand…. Read more

Microsoft president sounds alarm on ‘ongoing’ SolarWinds hack, identifies 40 more precise targets

Microsoft president Brad Smith warned that the wide-ranging hack of the SolarWinds’ Orion IT software is “ongoing,” and that investigations reveal “an attack that is remarkable for its scope, sophistication and impact.” The breach targeted several US government agencies and is believed to have been carried out by Russian nation-state hackers. Smith characterized the hack… Read more

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla update adds XP boost microtransaction

Matthew Wilson 1 hour ago Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming Back when Assassin’s Creed Valhalla first launched, reviewers and early players were surprised to find that Ubisoft had scaled back a bit on in-game microtransactions. There were no XP boost purchases available at launch. However, that is changing this week. Just like Assassin’s Creed… Read more

vivo and ZEISS together for the technological innovation of cameras on smartphones. The news

A strategic collaboration for vivo and ZEISS who will co-design a camera system for vivo’s premium smartphones, starting with the upcoming X series 60. The companies have unveiled plans to create a common structure with the new “vivo ZEISS Master Photography” campaign. Here’s what it is. by Bruno Mucciarelli published 17 December 2020 , at… 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

Best Gaming Laptops of 2020

Home Best-picks (Image credit: Shutterstock) The best gaming laptops come in all shapes and sizes, for different needs and budgets. Because while a tricked out $5,000-plus model with the highest-end graphics and best display might give you the best gaming laptop experience, most of us can’t afford a rig like that. And even if we… Read more

ASUS ProArt PA278QV in the test: A lot of graphics display for the money

Side 1: ASUS ProArt PA 278 QV in the test: A lot of graphic display for the money Graphics monitors are in most cases designed entirely for professional users and are accordingly extremely expensive. The ASUS ProArt PA 244 QV show that is just round 330 costs euros and should nevertheless come up with an… Read more