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New Lenovo notebooks with CPUs from AMD, Intel or Qualcomm

Windows devices with Qualcomm’s ARM processors from the Snapdragon series are in a difficult position, but Lenovo still sees potential. Although the Yoga 5G announced a year ago is still not available in this country (unlike in the USA, for example, where it is already being sold as the Flex 5G), the cheaper sister model… Read more

“iPhone 13”: More mmWave on the approach

Apple is apparently working on improvements to 5G support for its next iPhone generation. That can be heard from Asian suppliers. Currently the fastest 5G technology, the mmWave tape, which promises a maximum speed of 4 gigabits per second, is only available with the iPhone – 12 – and 12 – Pro models that are… Read more

Brief information: retail, car wash, Slack, Snapdragon 480

Retail can look back on increased sales In November the German retail trade 2020 done good business despite Corona restrictions – at least according to the estimates of the Federal Statistical Office. Including the price increases, retailers would have made 6.5 percent more money in November compared to the same month last year. However, not… Read more

CES: Dell brings the noble 14-inch Latitude 9420 notebook

beginning 1920 made its debut at the then CES, the noble business -Notebook series Latitude 9000 with a 15 – tariff. Well, a year later, a 10 – Zöller joins: That Latitude 9000 in a stylish metal case weighs around 1.3 kilograms and is less than one and a half centimeters thin. Like its big… Read more

Radio interference: Federal Network Agency intervened in over 3500 cases in 2020

The testing and measurement service (PMD) of the Federal Network Agency moved out in good 3500 cases last year to clear up and eliminate radio interference and electromagnetic incompatibilities. This often means that end devices and WLAN routers that are radioing wildly have to be taken out of service. According to the Federal Network Agency,… Read more

rC3: espionage in the cellular network

With clandestine cell phone inquiries and silent SMS, attackers can determine the location of hundreds of millions of cell phones. At the remote Chaos Communication Congress (rC3), security researcher Cathal Mc Daid from AdaptiveMobile Security reported on the fight against secret surveillance. The attacks on the cellular networks have been under surveillance by the CCC… Read more

Google’s Wing warns new drone laws ‘may have unintended consequences’ for privacy

This past week, the US government made the single biggest, most impactful set of changes to drone law we’ve yet seen — ruling that almost every drone in US airspace will need to broadcast their locations, as well as the location of their pilots, in order to “address safety, national security, and law enforcement concerns… Read more

rC3: Massive vulnerabilities in apps from mobile network providers

Florian Schweitzer presented his personal collection of vulnerabilities in the area of Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in web applications of Austrian mobile phone providers at the remote Chaos Communication Congress (rC3). The hackers described the security gaps, also known as “session riding” or “sea surf”, and the attacks based on them as “particularly dramatic”… Read more

Vodafone activates the LTE-M network for IoT devices

Vodafone has expanded its network to include the LTE-M standard. The technology for the Internet of Things is now available on more than 18 percent of the area of Germany, the telecommunications company announced on Tuesday. “LTE-M is the next component in our network so that people, machines and sensors can communicate with each other… Read more

GSM mobile communications: Switzerland is switching off

2021 Switzerland is switching off: At the beginning of January, the semi-state mobile network operator Swisscom will start switching off its GSM network. Private competition is also pulling along. The second generation of mobile communications, the “Global System for Mobile Communications”, is being phased out slowly for some and faster for others. While that takes… Read more

The wide range of the range (II.): Helmut on the cooling mat

Since my train was stranded and the iPhone had nothing more to say, I listened to Helmut the bus driver. The air conditioning is currently insufficient, he said, so he got a coolkeeper, a special seat mat so that he doesn’t have to stew in his own juice the whole shift. Fortunately, he drives a… Read more

So you got a 5G phone, but is your plan ready?

5G in the US isn’t mind-bogglingly fast, but it is going to get betterIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Your guide to the current state of 5G carrier plans in the US, what they cost, and whether it’s worth upgrading your plan You’re the proud owner of a new 5G phone — congratulations! We’ve… Read more

The GPD Win 3 is a handheld gaming PC with integrated controller and slide-out keyboard

A new gaming PC is coming through a new crowd-funded campaign. At $799, the GPD Win 3 is a portable gaming PC running Windows 10 with a game pad integrated into the hardware. Under the 5.5-inch 720p screen is a keyboard that’s revealed when the screen slides up. There is also a fully integrated gamepad… Read more

T-Mobile won’t claim it has a more reliable 5G network following ad board decision

T-Mobile has been asked to stop advertising its 5G network as more reliable than the competition by the National Advertising Review Board (NARB), which investigated T-Mobile’s claims made primarily in an ad featuring celebrity scientist Bill Nye after complaints from Verizon earlier this year. But the NARB also says T-Mobile shouldn’t have to mention the… Read more

eSIM for Apple Watch back at the discounter

In Germany, the Apple Watch can be brought back into the cellular network via discount stores. Recently, providers like Simplytel, Winsim and Smartmobil have suddenly started using a multicard as an eSIM in the smartwatch, as users report. At the moment, the configuration does not seem to be running smoothly: Watch owners refer to various… Read more