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Volkswagen expects strong growth in China despite the lack of chips

With the recovery of the Chinese economy, Volkswagen 2021 expects “significant growth” in its key market. China boss Stephan Wöllenstein expects the market share to increase. “There are good reasons that the Volkswagen Group can develop better than the overall market,” said Wöllenstein on Wednesday (20. Jan. 2021) in front of journalists in Beijing. “We… Read more

Ethereum has also reached a new all-time high

In the shadow of Bitcoin, the crypto currency Ethereum is also climbing to an all-time high. With a current exchange rate of just under 1. 200 Euro per coin, one is still far from the current value of a Bitcoin, but the Ethereum rate is also picking up speed. Currently, this is likely to be… Read more

TIM: sanction of almost 1 million euros for the remodeling of the basic plan

The sanction for TIM of 928. 00 0 ?? for having incorrectly remodeled the contract linked to the conditions of the Basic Plan with a cost of 1, 99 ?? per month for some customers in the absence of active offers. Here are the details. by Bruno Mucciarelli published 20 January 2021 , at 11:… Read more

Samsung released new 870 EVO SSD drives for SATA

Samsung’s new drives are based on the latest generation of V-NAND chips with TLC cells and will be available at their best with a capacity of 4 TB. Although the focus of SSDs today is on M.2-connected drives, SATA bus drives also still have their place in most configurations. Samsung has now expanded its offering… Read more

New music synthesizer ICs from SSI

For some time now, analog synthesizers, especially in modular form, have experienced a real revival; as a result, even special synthesizer ICs were reissued, for example some components from the former manufacturer Curtis (CEM 33 xx series), the are now being manufactured by OnChip Systems in Latvia. The Californian manufacturer Sound Semicondutor Inc. takes a… Read more

The GLA with electric drive: electric compact SUV Mercedes EQA 250

Mercedes-Benz presents the EQA, an electric compact SUV. In addition to the high demand for such cars, there is another reason for the design: With an already tall structure, it is easier to find space for the battery. Like the EQC 375 (test) originates from the GLC, the EQA shares the platform with the GLA…. Read more

Intel Partners Unveil More Than 50 Z590 Motherboards: An Overview

Idriz Velghe 20 January 2021 08: 15 7 Comments Introduction During the CES fair last week Intel unveiled its latest desktop processors: Rocket Lake. These CPUs have a maximum of 8 cores and 19 threads. In addition to an estimated IPC improvement of up to 19%, the integrated Xe GPU should reach % more powerful… Read more

Thermaltake Floe RC Ultra 240 and 360: AiO cooling with two displays cools the CPU and RAM

Floe RC 360 and RC are already in the regular variants very exotic AiO cooling that cools both the processor and the RAM. Floe RC Ultra 240 and 360 are now even more unusual. Because Thermaltake also integrates two displays on the pump cover and on the RAM. The A-RGB lighting of the standard versions… Read more

Apple's high-end AirPods Max headphones opened: teardown with surprises

iFixIt has carried out a first detailed teardown of Apple’s new high-end headphones. The over 600 Euro headphones AirPods Max are – as was to be expected from the iPhone manufacturer – not easy to take apart. “Adorably Confusing” AirPods Max The process of opening the AirPods Max was “slightly confused and overcomplicated”, write the… Read more

Wind farms in the North Sea produce more electricity than ever

The wind power plants in the North Sea delivered more electricity than ever before. Overall, the amount produced increased by , 4 percent on 22, 60 Terawatt hours (TWh), such as the network operator Tennet in Bayreuth communicated. In addition there were 4, which remained practically unchanged compared to 2019, 13 TWh from the Baltic… Read more

Intel Partners Unveil More Than 50 Z590 Motherboards: An Overview

Idriz Velghe 20 January 2021 08: 15 0 Comments Introduction During the CES fair last week Intel unveiled its latest desktop processors: Rocket Lake. These CPUs have a maximum of 8 cores and 19 threads. In addition to an estimated IPC improvement of up to 19%, the integrated Xe GPU should reach % more powerful… Read more

Netflix has over 200 million users and is stopping the money burning

Netflix 2020 grew particularly strongly. The streaming provider 36 won 5 million paying subscribers, including 8.5 million in the fourth quarter. This value is 42 percent above Netflix’s own expectations. In total, the company now has almost 204 million paying subscribers, i.e. the symbolic mark of 200 Millions exceeded. In the current quarter, Netflix expects… Read more

Xbox Game Pass: PC gamers will welcome Control in a few days

This week PC users subscribed to Xbox Game Pass will be able to redeem Control at no additional cost. Microsoft announces it, confirming the imminent debut of the Remedy title in the Windows catalog 10: that’s when you can install it. by Pasquale Fusco published 19 January 2021 , at 16: 21 in the Videogames… Read more

heise offer: c't online: Get out of the performance trap

Google has announced that it will introduce the “Page Experience” as a ranking factor for its search engine in May. This particularly includes website performance. So if you want to ensure that your pages appear prominently in the search result pages in the future, you should make sure that they load quickly. There are of… Read more

Samsung 870 Evo: An update for the successful SSD

The Samsung 860 Evo came early 2018 and it is still one of the most popular SATA SSDs today. Now comes the successor, the 870 Evo. The SSD is again with 250 and 500 GByte as well as 1, 2 and 4 TByte. Samsung has currently only announced versions in the 2.5-inch case – whether… Read more