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CES: CES Live Commentary: heise online accompanies keynotes from AMD and Nvidia in the stream

As part of the consumer electronics fair CES 2021, AMD and Nvidia are organizing on Tuesday, the 12. January 2021, your keynotes. It starts at German time with AMD’s CEO Lisa Su, followed by Nvidia boss Jensen Huang 18 o’clock. heise online accompanies both press conferences with one own livestream in which we comment on… Read more

CES: CES exhibition 2021 starts: Livestream spectacle with AMD, Intel, Nvidia and more

The consumer electronics fair CES 23 opens today 11. January their virtual gates – this year due to the coronavirus pandemic purely virtual in the form of (live) streams. Some manufacturers have already announced their new products in advance; Now the so-called keynotes follow, which interested parties can follow for themselves thanks to YouTube and… Read more

Completion of the investigations into the car toll – Scheuer is questioned again

The Bundestag committee of inquiry into the failed car toll is on the home straight after more than a year of work. The opposition sees accusations against Transport Minister Andreas Scheuer confirmed. The CSU politician is still in office. He denies allegations. Three meetings of the U Committee are planned for this week. On Monday,… Read more

VW works council boss: more power, but no “lawnmower method”

VW works council chief Bernd Osterloh only wants to support stricter cost targets under the pressure of the corona crisis, industry upheaval and increasing competition from Tesla if the board of directors also tackles further internal streamlining of the group. “With such a wild growth, our size and scalability suddenly don’t help us much,” he… Read more

Exhaust gas fraud: is the Winterkorn process shifting?

The fraud trial against Martin Winterkorn, planned from the end of February, could be postponed due to health problems of the former Volkswagen CEO. The Regional Court of Braunschweig declared on Friday (January 8th 2020) on request that the competent chamber was able to negotiate of the now 73 – year old defendant had expert… Read more

Audi boss Duesmann expects speed limit, “but is not looking forward to it”

The new Audi boss Markus Duesmann expects a speed limit on German motorways for political reasons. “A speed limit has a CO 2 effect, that cannot be discussed away,” said Duesmann of the Wirtschaftswoche from 7. Jan. 2021. He would “not welcome” that, because “intelligent, sensible solutions” are better than bans: “For example, digitization and… Read more

Elon Musk is the richest person in the world with just under 190 billion US dollars

The CEO of electric car maker Tesla and space company SpaceX, Elon Musk, is with an estimated net worth of 188, 5 billion US Dollar the richest man in the world. This comes from Thursday’s Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Accordingly, Musk has replaced Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as the richest man in the world, whose fortune… Read more

Daimler boss: CO2 targets for 2020 “according to own calculations” achieved

At Daimler we are now almost certain that with the 2020 sold new cars the CO 2 – To have complied with limit values. CEO Ola Källenius referred on Thursday (Jan. 7th 2021) to an “enormous ramp-up” for purely electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in the second Half of the year. Therefore, based on your… Read more

Everyday home office – is there more in the fight against Corona?

It is the new normal for millions of employees: working from home. Before the start of the corona pandemic, working from home was the exception, now working in the living room or at the kitchen table has become part of everyday life for many. But is there more and should there be guidelines for companies… Read more

Elon Musk surpasses Jeff Bezos and becomes the richest man in the world

Elon Musk overtook Jeff Bezos, becoming the richest person in the world. His fortune grew by over 150 billions of dollars in one year, thanks to the stock boom Tesla. by Manolo De Agostini published 07 January 2021 , at 20: 11 in the web channel Tesla and SpaceX boss, Elon Musk, has become the… Read more

Cyber attacks: German authorities also used SolarWinds software – only which?

In Germany too, authorities could be affected by the hack on the network software of the Orion series from SolarWinds. Accordingly, use or used 15 ministries and federal agencies at least partially or “occasionally” products of the US company, as from an answer from Federal government at the request of the Bundestag member Manuel Höferlin… Read more

Despite US sanctions: GitHub is fully available again for users in Iran

Microsoft’s developer portal GitHub will soon be fully available again for users in Iran, despite the continued US sanctions against the Islamic Republic. The managing director of Github, Nat Friedman, announced this in a blog entry shortly after the consequences of the sanctions became visible again. Since the summer 2019 GitHub has not been fully… Read more

Airbus is sticking to the first market-ready hydrogen aircraft until 2035

Despite the corona pandemic, the aircraft manufacturer Airbus is sticking to its plan to bring a hydrogen aircraft to the market at the latest 2035 . “The aim is to implement green flying. And we expect a lot from hydrogen,” said the German boss of the Airbus civil aircraft division, André Walter, of the German… Read more

Association of municipalities wants tax on online shipping – municipalities “under water”

The German Association of Towns and Municipalities calls for taxation of online trading and a faster conversion of communal infrastructures. In this way, municipalities could better face the consequences of the corona crisis and climate change, said the chief executive of the Association of Cities and Municipalities (DStGB) Gerd Landsberg at a press conference on… Read more

WhatsApp changes terms of use: data is shared with Facebook

“As part of the Facebook company, WhatsApp receives information from other Facebook companies and also shares information with other Facebook companies,” reads WhatsApp’s updated privacy policy. This must be approved within the framework of the new terms of use – no later than February 8th. So far it was possible to prohibit the transfer of… Read more