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CES 2021: more opportunity than crisis

The US electronics industry is starting the new year with some confidence despite the corona crisis. Compared to the record year 2020, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) expects a renewed increase in sales of 4.3 percent for the US market to 461 billion US dollars. Because of the pandemic, consumers at home are particularly dependent… Read more

heise + | Web browser: Google's (un) secret browser predominance

Web browser: Google’s (un) secret browser predominance Hazardous concentration Web browser diversity, power bundling and Chromium project Advertising Monopoly Change without Risk Article in c’t 2 / 2021 read At the latest with the October update 2020 every Windows user should have a new browser. Edge is not simply an update of the unpopular old,… Read more

Hisense launches new TriChroma laser TVs at CES 2021

Home News (Image credit: Hisense) Hisense has launched a new range of laser TVs at CES 2021. The TriChroma Laser TV range features a new RGB laser light source architecture, which controls separate lasers in an effort to create purer colours on screen. It promises 430-nit picture brightness, which Hisense claims exceeds that of a… Read more

heise + | Bookmark management: Use bookmarks with multiple browsers

Bookmark management: use bookmarks with multiple browsers Web command centers Write start page with HTML direct matcher Read article in c’t 2 / 2021 The cryptic URL from the page in the company intranet with the deadlines; the address of this (what’s his name again?) blogger with the interesting political analysis; the collection discovered by… Read more

heise + | iSH Shell: Develop on iOS for Linux

iSH Shell: Develop on iOS for Linux File interface for the shell Pocket web server on the iPhone Interview with the iSH developer Theodore Dubois Article in Mac & i 6 / 2020 read So far, it could be as Linux developers do little with an iPad. Code editors did exist, but the programs that… Read more

What to expect at CES 2021

The Consumer Electronics Show officially begins this week. Thankfully, the Consumer Electronics Association capitulated in July and switched the whole thing over to being online-only. But it’s hard to know what CES is even supposed to be without giant convention halls filled with ostentatious displays, blinking lights, and hordes of exhausted and smelly people in… Read more

heise + | Affordable multifunction printer for family and home office

If you work a lot at home, you have to decide when choosing a printer which functions are important to you. Some bargains only show their crux in operation. Affordable multifunction printer for family and home office Shopping help Furnishing Print dwarfs in the cloud One-to-one meetings Conclusion Test table Article in c ‘t 2… Read more

heise + | Entry into microcontroller programming: DIY macro keyboard

For little money you can build a macro keyboard to send commands or text modules to a Mac or PC. We show you how to do it step by step. Entry into microcontroller programming: DIY macro keyboard The ingredients The Arduino project Alternative microcontroller Blink -Sample project, solder rows of pins Simulate key, read out… 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

Damages from US weather and climate disasters reached a new record in 2020

The US experienced a record number of billion-dollar disasters in 2020. Twenty-two disasters cost the US a cumulative $95 billion last year, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). That smashes previous records set in 2011 and 2017, when 16 disasters caused at least a billion dollars of damage. NOAA’s announcement is the… Read more

heise + | Food photography: design with colors

Have you ever seen a food photo in black and white? Probably not. Food needs color! See which color scheme works particularly well. Food photography does not work in black and white. If you now object that the world-famous photo “Pepper No. 29 by Edward Weston is very successful, we oppose that this is not… Read more

heise + | Energy transition: my money, my electricity

When Franz Pöter looks out over his city from the 192 meter high Rotenberg, then In addition to the Stuttgart TV tower, he discovers many unused areas – roofs of apartment buildings. The managing director of the Baden-Württemberg interest group Solar Cluster sees great development potential in this for the solar generation of tenant electricity…. Read more

heise + | Nine gaming keyboards with fast and durable precision keys in the test

We took a close look at the high-quality keyboards with interfaces optimized for speed and tested them for key technology and volume. Of Michael Link Rudolf Opitz Nine gaming keyboards with fast and durable precision keys in the test What is ghosting? In the Hit keys buttons and switches One-on-one meetings Conclusion and test table… Read more

Martin Schroeter will be the CEO of IBM's NewCo for Infrastructure Services

The path started by IBM continues in October to split in two and leave infrastructure management services to a new company. Leading this process will be Martin Schroeter, former CFO of IBM of Riccardo Robecchi published 08 January 2021 , at 11: 11 in the Market channel IBM IBM continues towards the spin-off of the… Read more

heise + | Nine desktop browsers in comparison: from slim to versatile

Nine desktop browsers in comparison: from slim to versatile Comfort and expandability Performance Individual meetings Conclusion and test table Read article in c’t 2 / 2000 No question: The system browsers Edge, Safari and Firefox – the standard for many Linux distributions – are powerful. Nevertheless, Chrome (or Chromium under Linux) could break into all… Read more