With Chrome 88 Google has finally banned Flash from its browser. This means that even corporate customers are no longer able to access or offer Flash content – Google has been advising them to switch since 2017. Adobe itself has ended support for Flash. In addition, FTP support is to end. According to Google, usage… Read more
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Chrome 88 is here: Without Flash and FTP support
AWS SDK for Go: Second version packages service clients as individual Go modules
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has released the second major version of its Software Development Kit (SDK) for the Go programming language. According to the publisher, user feedback from the first version was incorporated and new features of the language were taken into account. Modularize service clients The revised modularization is new: Version 2 of the… Read more
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
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
read more...Nikon confirms its commitment to mirrorless cameras for 2021
by Mattia Speroni, published on 20 January 2021 , at 08: 41 ?? In an interview with Hirotaka Ikegami, head of Nikon’s video division, interesting details emerged on the operational strategy of the Japanese manufacturer, heralding an obvious interest in mirrorless cameras, but not only. We talk once again about Nikon and its strategy for… Read more
read more...The Honor V40 will reportedly be the first to arrive with Google Play Services since Huawei ban
Honor was expected to announce its new V40 5G flagship on January 18, but the announcement date was pushed back to January 22. The company claimed that it had venue scheduling and equipment issues for as cause of the delay, but some speculation leads to believe that Honor could have postponed the event so it… Read more
read more...Storytelling incubator Wattpad is getting bought for over half a billion dollars
Last week, we told you how Wattpad has become a place where budding authors can sometimes turn their work into Hollywood film and TV, with Hulu, Netflix and others adapting Wattpad writers’ labors into titles like The Kissing Booth, Light as a Feather and After We Collided. But it looks like Wattpad may no longer… Read more
read more...Netflix surpasses 200 million subscribers, but has more competition than ever in 2021
Netflix has surpassed another major milestone: 203.6 million subscribers around the world. The achievement comes after Netflix saw spectacular growth in the first half of 2020. But as it celebrates passing the 200 million subscriber mark, Netflix is also acknowledging that 2021 likely won’t see as many net subscriber gains every quarter, starting in the… Read more
read more...PS5 pre-orders: Saturn is warned by consumer advocates
It should be widely known that you are currently looking for Sony’s PlayStation 5 in vain in retail. However, a large number of pre-orders are currently waiting for their consoles. Officially, the PS5 is already on 18. November 2020 has been published. The long waiting times have now called the consumer center Saxony on the… Read more
read more...Big Island GPU in 7 nm: China is catching up in chip development
We have already reported on the current rapidly advancing development in China’s semiconductor industry. Even though it will take a few more years in production to catch up with the competition, the development of the designs seems to be going much faster. As the colleagues from Golem (via Toms Hardware) now report that the Chinese… Read more
read more...Twitch: Who were your favorite streamers in 2020? Find out with Recap
The 2020 was undoubtedly a special year, but for many people Twitch was the service with which to spend their days at best. Hence, the livestreaming platform launches a special initiative to thank its users: Recap arrives. by Pasquale Fusco published 19 January 2021 , at 18: 51 in the web channel Twitch Many of… Read more
read more...Regional social court: Job center has to pay computers and accessories for schoolgirls
The State Social Court of Thuringia has obliged the job center to take over the purchase of an internet-enabled PC with accessories for an eighth grader whose family receives Hartz IV. The equipment that should enable the student to take part in the corona-related online lessons include a computer, screen, keyboard, mouse, printer and three… Read more
read more...ownCloud Infinite Scale: Go instead of PHP, microservices instead of LAMP
In a quiet little room, ownCloud has been working on the new version of its software for over a year and is now showing its new Infinite Scale project for the first time – but the developers are not slow, they have big plans. Up to and including ownCloud X, the software is a classic… Read more
read more...Mailbox.org: Mailboxes and online services for Berlin teachers
The e-mail provider mailbox.org of the Berlin company Heinlein Support GmbH is to provide business e-mail inboxes for Berlin teachers in the future. Teachers can also use other services such as calendar, address book, task management, Office Suite, file storage and video conferencing. Departure from private e-mail accounts According to a decision by the Berlin… Read more
read more...Samsung Galaxy S21 & S21 Ultra hands-on review
Introduction Samsung S lineup has evolved quite a bit for the last couple of years, moving from two flagship models to three, but arguably the most significant change is the ultimate Galaxy S flagship – the Ultra. And we can say that this year’s Ultra makes no compromises, unlike its predecessor, which, although a great… Read more
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