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ESA astronaut Matthias Maurer is scheduled to fly to the ISS with SpaceX in 2021

Matthias Maurer is to be flown by SpaceX to the International Space Station as the second ESA astronaut in autumn 2021. The German will then live for six months on the outpost of humanity and carry out scientific experiments, the European Space Agency ESA has now declared. Maurer was 2015 has been accepted into the… Read more

Management dispute at VW: “Support” for Group boss Diess against works council

VW boss Herbert Diess prevailed in parts in the recent power struggle for the leadership of the car manufacturer – but the supervisory board avoided an early extension of his contract. The inspectors expressed their “full support” to the manager at a special meeting on Monday evening. However, the company’s official statement does not mention… Read more

First hacks for Game & Watch from Nintendo emerged

Although Nintendo only recently released its Game & Watch handheld, resourceful hackers have already managed to crack the device. As a result, titles such as The Legend of Zelda or Contra can also be played on the handheld. The security researcher Thomas Roth has already published a video to this effect on the YouTube platform…. Read more

China's moon flight Chang'e 5 takes off successfully

China has successfully put an unmanned spaceship on its way to the moon. The spaceship, named after the Chinese moon goddess “Chang’e 5”, is supposed to land on the earth’s satellite and bring rock samples back to earth for the first time in 44 years. Researchers are waiting with great curiosity for the lunar rock,… Read more

Apple head of security accused of offering iPads as bribes for concealed gun permits

A California grand jury has indicted Apple’s head of global security on charges that he tried to bribe Santa Clara County officials to procure firearms (CCW) licenses, according to a news release. Santa Clara district attorney Jeff Rosen alleges that Thomas Moyer offered 200 iPads — worth about $70,000 — to Capt. James Jensen and… Read more

heise + | The story behind the MP3 format

A conversation with Karlheinz Brandenburg, one of the fathers of the MP3 format. He had to 1995 learn that a superior technique does not assert itself. (Image: Albert Hulm) From Imre Grimm Arne Grävemeyer The story behind the MP3 format Compressing Music: Problems and Solutions In competition with MP2 MP3 players and digital music sales… Read more

Review: Dynaudio Contour 30i A very pleasant new acquaintance

If I felt like using the new Dynaudio Contour 30 i to review, that was the question I got after pledging in advance that I until 23 April would be silent about what I would get in the house. Well, please! And also a bit exciting, because even though colleague RenÃ © van Es was… Read more

Electronic patient record: data protection through surveillance?

During a discussion on patient files at the virtual medical fair Medica, Thomas Ballast, deputy chairman of the Techniker Krankenkasse, spoke of an “unfortunate controversy” with the federal data protection officer Ulrich Kelber. Data sovereignty According to Kelber, the must be by January 1st 2021 incoming electronic patient files (ePA 1.1) of the statutory health… Read more

Police union criticizes planned cybersecurity agency in the southwest

Instead of setting up a new cybersecurity agency, the state of Baden-Württemberg should, from the point of view of the German Police Union, upgrade existing authorities. “In view of the costs, the lack of competent staff, the existing competence in the police and the protection of the constitution, it would be the right decision to… Read more

New trailers: Fresh Prince reunion, Breach, Black Beauty, Happiest Season and more

TFW you have to work on Sunday but all you want to do is keep bingeing Season 4 of The Crown. I watched the first two episodes and I can’t decide who I love most: Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth, Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher, or Emma Corrin as Diana. Also Josh O’Connor’s Prince Charles… Read more

IT system house Bechtle increases profit forecast for 2020

Despite the corona pandemic, Bechtle was also able to increase sales in the third quarter. Compared to the same quarter of the previous year, this rose by 7.4 percent to 1. 25 billion euros. Sales in the first nine months 2020 rose by 6.9 percent to over 4 billion euros. Operating profit and pre-tax profit… Read more

Internet Governance Forum: with competition policy against big tech

Thomas Jarzombek, Federal Government Commissioner for the Digital Economy and Start-ups, called for the official start of the 15. Internet Governance Forum of the United Nations (UN) a coordinated action against the monopolies of the big platforms. With this initiative, the federal government wants to oppose the fragmentation of the Internet. The taxation of the… Read more

heise offer: Online workshop: Using Amazon Web Services productively

The online course “Amazon Web Services – Providing and Operating Infrastructure and Applications in the Cloud” uses proven best practices and many practical exercises to provide the necessary know-how to provide an IT infrastructure and applications on AWS . You will learn how to use AWS services and take advantage of the advantages of cloud… Read more

Corona warning app: contact diary yes, restaurant check-in no

In view of the increasing number of infections with the novel coronavirus, the members of the Bundestag Committee on Digital Agenda wanted to find out which new functions the German government’s Corona Warning App (CWA) had at their non-public meeting on Wednesday could continue to score in the fight against the pandemic. One focus of… Read more

Home office, Corona and US election: record data throughput at DE-CIX

The Frankfurt Internet hub DE-CIX recorded a record data throughput on Tuesday evening. Shortly after eight o’clock in the evening the value rose to 10 Tbit / s for the first time. In addition, the group reported further top values at the locations New York, Madrid, Marseille, Istanbul and Dubai. This is not the first… Read more