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OneWeb: Russian rocket launches satellites for fast internet

In addition to SpaceX, other companies with large satellite constellations also want to provide better Internet access. OneWeb has now launched dozens of satellites. (Image: OneWeb) The European rocket operator Arianespace has sent further satellites into space for better Internet supply on earth. On Friday evening (local time), a Russian Soyuz rocket took off from… Read more

SpaceX: Federal Network Agency assigns Starlink frequencies to satellite Internet

The Starlink satellite internet of the US company SpaceX owned by Elon Musk has received the first frequencies for use by the Federal Network Agency. It is the first frequency assignment in this country for a mega constellation of satellites that are supposed to bring Internet access in poorly covered regions. SpaceX has now launched… Read more

Diablo Immortal plays like, well, Diablo on your phone

Diablo Immortal didn’t make a great first impression. It was announced at Blizzcon in 2018 when most fans were expecting the next mainline Diablo title, not a free-to-play spinoff for smartphones. Since then, Blizzard has been very quiet about Immortal (though Diablo IV was eventually announced). That’s starting to change. Ahead of a technical alpha… Read more

Why Hades is my game of the year

One more try. Hades is a game that does so many things so well, it’s hard to describe them all. It’s a fine-tuned isometric action game that takes the elaborate interweaving systems and combat of Supergiant’s previous titles to soaring new heights. It’s a roguelike that transcends the limitations of the genre with great storytelling…. 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

Climate crisis: first bright spots, but no reason to rest

As far as the climate is concerned, on the one hand there are bright spots in the Corona crisis year: The EU is likely to set its goals for 2020 Achieve greenhouse gas emissions and renewable energies. According to the World Weather Organization (WMO), the goal of a climate-neutral world by 2050 is now realistic…. Read more

TKG amendment: “Too little light and too much shadow”

As expected, the Cabinet initiated the amendment to the Telecommunications Act (TKG) on Wednesday morning. According to the Federal Ministries for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWI) and for Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) in Berlin, the plan, which is heavily controversial in individual points, is intended to create “a tailor-made and future-oriented legal framework for… Read more

Hydrogen Plane: ZeroAvia receives money from Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos

The Californian startup ZeroAvia, which develops hydrogen-powered propulsion systems for aircraft, receives money from funds in a financing round in which Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Amazon boss Jeff Bezos are involved. 21, 4 million US dollars were raised in a financing round at Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Bezos’ Amazon Climate Pledge Fund are… Read more

VW wants to create IT board

A troubled year is coming to an end at Volkswagen. Golf 8 (test) and ID.3 (test) got off to a difficult start, with the software Volkswagen showed how it shouldn’t be done. These problems are of course not unknown in the company’s management. They were the subject of a crisis meeting on Tuesday evening. At… Read more

Tracking warning in iOS 14: Mozilla calls on users for Apple support

The Mozilla Foundation hopes for an early integration of Apple’s anti-tracking system in iOS 14: A mandatory opt-in for Tracking through apps is a “big gain” for end users, the foundation emphasized. What is needed now is a “massive demonstration of support” by the users so that Apple will be strengthened to implement the function… Read more

New Conti boss drives change – “Software makes a difference”

Under its new boss Nikolai Setzer, Continental wants to leave the crisis behind, primarily through increased investments in further software and electronics projects. “In the future, we will be focusing on our growth areas and future technologies with even more strength and resources,” announced the CEO, who has been in office since mid-November, on Wednesday…. Read more

Samsung’s Galaxy Note series will reportedly still continue next year

While Samsung’s mobile boss TM Roh has telegraphed plans to bring stylus support to more phones across its lineup, there may still be a new Galaxy Note in 2021. An anonymous Samsung official tells Yonhap that the company is “preparing to release the Galaxy Note series next year” and that “Roh’s message does not mean… Read more

Comment: Timnit Gebru, AI and the omnipotence of Internet companies

At the beginning of December, Timnit Gebru, co-head of the ethical AI team at Google, announced on Twitter that she was no longer working for the company. There are different representations about whether she left herself or was released. So far, the only thing that is clear is that the trigger for the dispute was… Read more

Fiber-optic connections too: Telekom and Vodafone expand cooperation

Deutsche Telekom and Vodafone are expanding their cooperation. The existing contingent contract, which gives Vodafone access to Telekom’s copper network, is being extended by ten years and expanded to include fiber optics. In future, Vodafone will not only be able to market VDSL connections, but also direct fiber optic connections (FTTH) on the Telekom network…. Read more

Wirecard scandal: the auditor's chief overseer has to go

The head of the auditor’s oversight office (APAS) at the Federal Office of Economics and Export Control (BAFA) has been released for business with Wirecard shares. Apas boss Ralf Bose was informed about his immediate release last Friday, confirmed the BAFA on Monday. Bose had previously admitted at a hearing before the Bundestag investigative committee… Read more