Direct

Energy costs for electric cars: how expensive will traction current be?

Made in the charging station expansion plans for 2020 the federal government is clear about its goal: The ratio of charging points to registered e-cars should be around 1: 10 stay. This corresponds roughly to the status from the beginning 2019. The vast majority of charging processes should continue to take place at home (the… Read more

Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Founders Edition Review: Taking on Turing’s Best at $499

Our Verdict The GeForce RTX 3070 delivers a substantial performance boost to the high-end $500 market, basically matching the previous gen RTX 2080 Ti. Let’s just hope supply comes a bit closer to meeting demand this round (don’t hold your breath). For Excellent performance Reasonable price (for now) Runs cool and quiet DLSS 2.x continues… Read more

Social media and telco companies urged to preserve evidence from Capitol attack

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Virginia), incoming chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, is asking mobile carriers and social media platforms to preserve “content and associated metadata” that may be connected to the attack on the US Capitol. Warner said in a statement Saturday that he contacted the CEOs of AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon, Apple, Facebook, Gab, Google,… Read more

How to use your Oculus Quest 2 to play any PC VR game wirelessly

One of the best features of the Oculus Quest 2 is it can be manually linked via USB to your gaming PC to play more demanding VR games you couldn’t otherwise run natively on the headset. That’s great if you want a way to play games like Half-Life: Alyx, but the obvious downside is that… Read more

The pictures of the week week 01

The new year is now a week old, the right time to start thinking about 2021 close. Our pictures of the week give one or the other impetus. (Image: Stephan Gläser) Many people start the new year with good intentions, others with a look back at the past. With our pictures of the day of… 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

The 2021 Moto G Stylus, Power, and Play focus on big batteries, bigger screens, and low prices

Motorola is kicking off 2021 with refreshes for its midrange Moto G lineup of phones with new versions of the Moto G Power, Moto G Stylus, and Moto G Play that promise low prices and days of battery life across the board. There’s also a new member of the Motorola One family called the Motorola… Read more

CES: Sony relies on mini LEDs and artificial intelligence for TVs

Sony promises a lot for its upcoming Bravia TVs: The high-end devices from the new XR series include organic displays with higher peak brightness and LCDs with many small light-emitting diodes in the finely dimmable Direct-LED backlight. Sony is joining LG and Samsung, who also presented high-contrast displays with mini LEDs at the CES. Sony… Read more

The Realme V15 5G integrates the SoC Dimensity 800U for less than 200 Euros

by Pablo López 5 minutes ago … Realme already has another smartphone, the V 15 5G, and comes with Dimensity processor 800 U and up to 8 GB of RAM. A little below the Realme 7 5G, this new smartphone has a 6.4 “AMOLED screen with FHD + resolution . The refresh rate of the… Read more

More data protection under iOS 14: Facebook doesn't want to, but has to

Facebook has emphasized in an email to its business customers that they have no choice but to implement Apple’s new measures to protect against tracking in iOS apps. The social network giant had previously raised public opinion against the new opt-out procedure, which Apple will launch for iOS from this year 14 provides. Access to… Read more

“Unsolidary”: Müller attacks business because of home office in Corona crisis

Berlin’s Governing Mayor Michael Müller is demanding more solidarity from the German economy in the Corona crisis, especially more home office offers. “I believe that employers must take their responsibility and obligation in connection with fighting the pandemic much more seriously than before,” said the SPD politician on Thursday in a government statement in the… Read more

Thermaltake’s Trio of CPU Coolers Tame The Toughest Of CPUs

Home News ToughAir 510 (Image credit: Thermaltake) Thermaltake has introduced the new ToughAir series of CPU air coolers for both Intel and AMD platforms. The ToughAir 110 features a horizontal form factor, while the ToughAir 310 and ToughAir 510 adhere to a more traditional vertical tower design. Regardless of the presentation, Thermaltake implements a four… Read more

App-based banking service Simple is shutting down

Online-only bank Simple is shutting down, its parent company announced in an email to customers Thursday. BBVA USA, which acquired Simple in 2014 for $117 million, said it would be transitioning Simple customers to BBVA accounts but did not provide details about when the change would occur. BBVA USA was acquired by Pittsburgh-based PNC Bank… Read more

Amazon pledges two billion dollars for housing promotion in the US

The world’s largest online retailer, Amazon, is following the example of other large US tech companies and announcing a multi-billion dollar package of measures for affordable housing. Overall, the company promises to provide around $ 2 billion in funding for affordable housing in its key U.S. locations. Funding in the form of loans According to… Read more

Artificial Intelligence: Unpredictable Risks and Attack Methods

The advantages of artificial intelligence (AI) are considerable, states the European IT security agency ENISA. AI can help with security and the fight against online crime. Instruments such as “intelligent firewalls” are helpful here. At the same time, in its new report on AI threats, the agency also highlights major problems that the “emerging technology”… Read more