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Jack Ma reappears in public after three months and Alibaba celebrates on the stock exchange

In the past few weeks we had questioned on the absence of Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, from the public scene after the accusations against the economic and financial system of Beijing. The entrepreneur in the past few hours has reappeared on video, and appears healthy. by Manolo De Agostini published 20 January 2021 ,… Read more

ViacomCBS: Paramount + video streaming service is scheduled to start on March 4th

ViacomCBS plans to launch its Paramount + video streaming service on March 4th. As the media group announced, the start will initially take place in the USA and Latin America. In Canada, CBS All Access will be renamed Paramount +. To Europe, Paramount + is supposed to be on 25. March come, but initially only… Read more

“Cotton candy planet” WASP-107b with a surprisingly small core

The solid core of the “cotton candy planet” WASP – 107 b is obviously much lighter, than previously thought possible with such gas giants. This is the result of a group of astrophysicists who have analyzed the already known exoplanet in more detail. According to this, the celestial body is about as big as Jupiter,… Read more

Eleven year cycle confirmed: solar activity reconstructed for almost 1000 years

The most accurate data on solar activity so far for the past 993 not only confirm “impressively” the eleven-year activity cycle of our star, but also provide clues for two previously unknown radiation outbreaks in the High Middle Ages. This has been determined by an international team of researchers with the collaboration of the Max… Read more

Numbers, please: Jean-Philippe Baratier – the short life of a “child prodigy”

Exactly to the day before 50 years ago the Huguenot son Jean-Philippe Baratier was born in Schwabach. He was the first “child prodigy” of the Enlightenment. He was able to read at the age of three, and at the age of six he argued in German, French, Latin, Greek and Hebrew. Chaldean, Syriac and Arabic… Read more

SpaceX buys oil rigs to launch Starship from the sea?

Elon Musk, through SpaceX, would purchased two oil rigs to turn them into launch pads for its Starship rockets as announced some time ago. What awaits us for the future? by Mattia Speroni published 19 January 2021 , at 14: 21 in the Science and Technology channel SpaceX Interesting developments continue in the Boca Chica… Read more

SpaceX buys oil rigs to build Starship launch rigs?

Elon Musk, through SpaceX, would purchased two oil rigs to turn them into launch pads for its Starship rockets as announced some time ago. What awaits us for the future? by Mattia Speroni published 19 January 2021 , at 14: 21 in the Science and Technology channel SpaceX Interesting developments continue in the Boca Chica… Read more

New PlayStation studio “assembled to expand upon existing franchises”

Mustafa Mahmoud 1 hour ago Console, Featured Tech News, Software & Gaming Back in 2018, Sony opened a new studio in San Diego with the intent of creating new AAA titles for PlayStation. Since then, little has been spoken of the studio officially, though rumours did suggest that they are working on an Uncharted title…. Read more

Review: Goldmund Telos 590 NextGen II Integrated Amplifier / DAC

Thanks to the recent introduction of the high performing and a lot less expensive Goldmund Telos 7 integrated amplifier and the further developments of the Swiss, it is now even possible to use the Telos 590 NextGen even further. In this review we will go into that in more detail, because the ‘590 MkII ‘is… Read more

Review: Yamaha RX V4A Real surround for next to nothing

Not everyone can (or will) a surround installation with eleven speakers and a handful of subwoofers. Are you doomed to go for a soundbar? Not necessary. There are also receivers such as the new Yamaha RX-V4A that offer film lovers and gamers an interesting alternative: true multi-speaker surround, but at a modest 5.1 scale and… Read more

Review LEAK Stereo 130 and CDT classic hi-fi in retro jacket

When I got the new LEAK Stereo 130 amplifier with matching LEAK CDT CD transport was first seen a while ago in a press release, my hi-fi heart jumped happily. In 2011 a colleague gave me an old LEAK Delta 30 integrated amplifier. That stubbornly designed little amplifier from the late days of the transition… Read more

Review: Panasonic TX 55HZW2004

At the top of the Panasonic line-up we find an OLED TV with striking advantages. A customized OLED panel, studio monitor image quality and Dolby Atmos sound system. Also a TV that is equipped with four HDMI connections that deliver the full HDMI 2.0 bandwidth and can therefore handle Ultra HD HDR in the best… Read more

Review: Sonos Arc soundbar

Sonos has launched a new premium soundbar this summer that should be the successor to the Playbar and the Playbase. The new Sonos Arc comes with HDMI and has extra overhead speakers to display Dolby Atmos. We have examined the newcomer extensively in several living rooms. Trendsetter Sonos You may think of Sonos what you… Read more

Review: Panasonic TX55HXW944

Be at the top of the offer only OLED models with Panasonic. This HXW 944 leads the list of LCD models. It is a well-equipped TV that is in the upper middle class. Multiple choice installation In its design, Panasonic predominantly uses Japanese influences, and the emphasis is often on simplicity and elegance. However, that… Read more

Multitest gaming headsets: Teufel, HyperX, Corsair, Razer and Epos Sennheiser

There are many different groups of interest and have an interest in audio. Those who focus on music experience in stereo, for example. And another party that mainly experiences audio as part of films and series. A group to which little attention is paid at HIFI.NL is the gaming community. However, the audio / video… Read more