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heise + | Technology trends 2021: What to expect

Technology trends 2021: What to expect Home office remains New chance for VR Security chips from the IT giants Ultra broadband radio flourishes Internet for white people Patches: Satellite Internet How robots learn to grip Cryptocurrency is becoming more environmentally friendly A 3D model of the whole world Car makers sell extras online When it… Read more

heise + | Nine fitness trackers between 30 and 300 euros in the test

Simply counting steps is a thing of the past: The current generation of fitness trackers measures sleep, stress and oxygen saturation. Nine fitness trackers between 29 and 300 Euro in the test From 30 Euro Inaccurate pulse One-to-one meetings Conclusion and test table Article in c’t 26 / 2020 read If you hid the first… Read more

heise + | Algorithms: The Persistent Myth of Predictable Humans

The Silicon Valley’s belief that it can optimize society goes back a long way – and is in the 1960 have already failed. US President John F. Kennedy, here speaking at Rice University, Houston, 1962. The Democrats wanted to predict his election campaign using data analysis. (Image: Unsplash, History in HD) If you work for… Read more

Tesla fell just short of delivering 500,000 vehicles in 2020

Tesla fell just shy of hitting CEO Elon Musk’s goal of delivering 500,000 vehicles in 2020, the company announced Saturday, having shipped a record 499,550 throughout the year — or 99.91 percent. Tesla said the final tally could vary by as much as 0.5 percent, though, so it’s possible that it will eclipse the 500,000… Read more

heise + | Fast first aid: smartphone apps notify first aiders nearby

In an emergency, every second counts. Smartphone apps ensure that in such a case, a first-aider from the area arrives as quickly as possible. (Image: pixelaway / shutterstock.com) Every year suffer at least 50. 000 people in Germany have a sudden cardiac arrest outside of a hospital, so completely surprisingly at home, at work or… 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

heise + | Build a thunderstorm ball yourself

Thunderstorms can be something wonderful: What could be nicer than sitting inside in the warm, while outside lightning and thundering and the gusts of wind lash the rain around? Sometimes you would like to capture this cozy feeling and put it on your desk … Make turbulence visible In so-called rheoscopic fluids one can make… Read more

Star Trek actor James Doohan: Scotty's ashes rest in space

When Richard Garriott was one of the first private individuals to travel to the International Space Station in 2008, only a handful of people knew what he was Had luggage. He spent part of the ashes of actor James Doohan on the space station, fulfilling his and his family’s wishes. Doohan played by 1966 to… Read more

rC3: Cory Doctorow warns of “digital equivalents of the atomic bomb”

Science fiction author Cory Doctorow called for stricter antitrust regulations, especially for interoperable online services, at the remote Chaos Communication Congress (rC3) on Sunday in order to maintain competition in the digital age. With the five greats of US surveillance capitalism – Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft (GAFAM) – “the worst nightmares” of the… Read more

heise + | Guitar learning apps for iOS and Android put to the test: learning to play without a teacher

Learn simple chords in just a few steps and thus be able to accompany your first songs – that is what guitar learning apps promise. We tried out how this works. (Image: Martin Reche) Guitar learning apps for iOS and Android in the test: Learning to play without a teacher Test course One-to-one meetings Conclusion… Read more

Funke daily newspapers are appearing again in larger volumes despite the hacker attack

Despite the ongoing hacker attack on the Funke media group, most of the group’s daily newspapers can appear again on this Monday in larger volumes. A spokeswoman announced on Sunday. In North Rhine-Westphalia 24 pages are planned instead of the eight-page emergency issue on the day after the attack. In many other locations there are… Read more

heise + | Apple and Google's App Store: How Developers Can Make Money With Apps

We asked successful developers whether in-app sales, subscriptions or advertising work better and which tips future developers should heed. (Image: Thorsten Hübner) Apple and Google’s App Store: This is how developers can make money with apps iOS or Android Four payment models App Stores: Help and Obstacle Epic as a champion Conclusion Article in c… Read more

heise + | Iron Age: How LFP cells are changing the battery market for electric cars

An iron phosphate cell is comparatively large and heavy. Nevertheless, Tesla and Volkswagen want to advance this development, and for good reasons. The BYD models D1 (in the picture) and the premium sedan Han are delivered with LFP cells. These are built directly into the outer crash shell. This is called Cell-to-Pack (CtP). BYD itself… Read more

GoDaddy: Phishing in your own pond

In the middle of the Advent season, the web host GoDaddy from Arizona, USA, sent its employees an email with the subject “GoDaddy Holiday Party”. It turned out to be a nasty prank, however. According to a report by the local regional newspaper The Copper Courier, this email promised a holiday bonus of 650 US… Read more

heise + | Android smartphones Samsung Galaxy S20 FE and S20 FE 5G in the test

OLED screen, top processor, good battery life and everything from 540 Euro: The good Samsung’s inexpensive S 20 models. Android smartphones Samsung Galaxy S 20 FE and S 20 FE 5G in the test Display & camera Power Conclusion and test table Article in c’t 1 / 2021 read A good six months after the… Read more