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Sparkling doldrums: The auto industry at the Consumer Electronic Show 2021

Due to the Covid – 19 – pandemic decided the organizers of the CES 2021 already last summer, the most important electronics fair in the world this time not in the US – Gamblers’ paradise Las Vegas, but relocate to the Internet. However, as technology-savvy as the regular audience may be, the CES remains a… Read more

Linux / Unix desktop Gnome 40: The next evolution of the Gnome shell

The users of the Linux / Unix desktop Gnome have a few new features: The developers are making extensive changes to the Gnome Shell user interface. The focus is on a new spatial arrangement of the work surfaces, which affects the overview of activities and the behavior of the application launcher. The operating concept thus… Read more

DarkMarket: Police are looking for administrators

After the closure of the world’s largest illegal marketplace on the Darknet, according to the authorities, investigations into further suspects are ongoing. “There were other administrators and so-called managers who have not yet been identified,” said the Koblenz attorney general Jürgen Brauer of the dpa. Because of the aliases they used, their number is still… Read more

CES: robot vacuum cleaners think for themselves

Samsung presented the JetBot AI + at the CES, which combines two practical features in one device : The suction bot recognizes obstacles with the help of artificial intelligence and empties itself automatically. In addition to the almost obligatory lidar sensor for room recognition, the JetBot also features a front camera whose images are used… Read more

Corona warning app: data synchronization on some Android smartphones disrupted

The synchronization of the transaction data or the key was a while ago … (Image: heise online) The users of the Corona-Warn-App may not currently receive the current result of the risk assessment. On Wednesday, several users reported (also in the editorial office of heise online) that the app was not updating the risk status… Read more

heise + | The quadrocopter DJI Mini 2 with 4K live image is good for that

The new mini drone from DJI still has folding booms for easier transport, is about the size of a 6-inch smartphone when folded and weighs only 249 grams. Externally, the successor to the DJI Mavic Mini is only on by an LED on the front, the word “Mini 2” and the small “4K” imprint of… Read more

Egypt: Women acquitted after convicting Tiktok videos

A court in Egypt acquitted two women who had been convicted of videos on the Tiktok social network in connection with the country’s moral laws. Mauada al-Adham and Hanin Hussam were each given two years in prison and a fine of around 16 in July. 000 Euro was convicted of “violation of family values”. An… Read more

Suggestion for language change: Go should get generics

The programming language Go, originally developed for Google, is one of the few statically typed languages in recent years that does not have support for generic data types. The implementation of parameterized types has been discussed for years – actually since the release of Go on 10. November 2009. Now a proposal has been submitted… Read more

Webcam-compatible LiDAR depth image camera for makers

The LiDAR principle (English for “light detection and ranging”) is often used when robots or autonomous vehicles have to orientate themselves in the immediate vicinity. High-quality vacuum cleaner robots, for example, are a popular application – here, however, the environment is usually scanned with a rotating laser beam. Classic lidar scanners measure the time of… Read more

Solar winds: Burglars sell Windows source code and FireEye attack tools

Criminals broke into companies such as FireEye, Microsoft and many US authorities via a back door in the SolarWinds Orion network management software. Now they are supposedly selling their loot on a website called SolarLeaks: 600. 000 US dollars for Windows source code, 500. 000 for source code of Cisco products; and the handcrafted attack… Read more

Patchday: SAP updates close remote gateways in the business warehouse

On January patch day, SAP eliminated two critical security gaps in its business intelligence software Business Warehouse (BW) ; one of them also concerns SAP BW / 4HANA . A remote attacker with low access rights could misuse the loopholes to completely compromise the system, which is why admins should react promptly. Updates are also… Read more

Security update: Critical malware vulnerability in Thunderbird

Mozilla has secured its mail client. Users should update quickly. (Image: Tatiana Popova / Shutterstock.com) The Thunderbird email client is vulnerable. Under certain circumstances, attackers should be able to execute malicious code on computers after successful attacks. An attacker would have to modify a COOKIE-ECHO chunk in an SCTP packet for this. According to a… Read more

CES: GM shows what a flying Cadillac could look like

General Motors has presented a concept for a flying Cadillac: At the CES, the company showed how future high-flyers could automatically transport passengers through the air. General Motors’ VTOL concept can only carry a single passenger. At the presentation in the CES livestream, however, GM stated that a concept for two passengers was also in… Read more

Set up and monitor loyalty programs with Salesforce

As Loyalty Management, Salesforce is a new service that companies can use to create loyalty programs. These can be aimed at both the B2C and B2B sectors – they can be set up using the same CRM dashboard. The Service can be connected to Customer 360, the 2018 started Cloud platform from Salesforce, which integrates… Read more

heise + | Microsoft Flight Simulator VR in a practical test: the killer app for virtual reality?

The VR mode of the Flight Simulator promises a real feeling of being in the middle. We have tested it with several VR glasses and give tips for the best flight experience. 12. 01. 2021 20: 38 Clock Of Alexander Spier Martin Fischer Microsoft Flight Simulator VR in a practical test: The killer app for… Read more