The platform provider Sysdig, which focuses on Secure DevOps, has presented its annual “Container Security and Usage Report” for the fourth time. In the output for 2021, Sysdig comes to the conclusion that more and more users are attaching greater importance to security and monitoring. Almost three-quarters (74 percent) of the DevOps teams surveyed scan their container images early in the build process of their CI / CD pipelines even before deployment. According to Sysdig, Container Security is performing a clear shift left.
Insights into productive container deployments The findings presented in the report are based on the analysis of data from around 2 million container deployments by Sysdig customers. This is only a subset of the containers running daily in Sysdig accounts. In addition, the provider also included publicly accessible data from container deployments at GitHub, Docker Hub and the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). In addition to the welcome trend towards a shift left, the data also reveal persistent security problems – especially with regard to the rights settings for containers: In 58 Percent of the examined cases, the images run with root privileges.
Thus, almost two thirds of the examined containers are susceptible to being compromised during runtime. According to Sysdig, the fact that DevOps teams apparently do not shy away from this risk has to do with the fact that many people consider rapid deployment more important. The associated dangers are also put into perspective when looking at the average lifespan of container images. Almost half of all examined images come to runtimes of less than five minutes, not even 20 percent run a day or longer. On the one hand, the very short Lifespan cycles keep the risk of attack low, but also make comprehensive monitoring of the container images during runtime more difficult.
Docker Runtime is becoming less important Sysdig has identified another important trend in the use of container runtimes and registries. Not only since Kubernetes wanted to discontinue support for Docker as a runtime environment, its popularity has suffered. Sysdig users are also increasingly turning to the alternatives Containerd and cri-o. According to the report, Docker Runtime is only used by 36 percent, the shares of Containerd and cri-o have doubled compared to the previous year 33 or 17 percent. It should be noted, however, that Docker is also internally based on Containerd and at least prefer platforms such as Red Hat OpenShift cri-o.
Prefer Sysdig users More and more often the container runtimes Containerd and cri-o compared to Docker.
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For the container registries for hosting and managing images, Docker still the top position (33 percent), according to Sysdig, competing offers such as Google Cloud Registry (GCP) and Quay are found but increasingly frequent use. GCP with a share of 26 percent is the most important public cloud repository. Quay recorded an increase from to 24 Percent the greatest growth.
The Container Security and Usage Report 2021 also provides other interesting insights into the operative container environments of Sysdig users, for example the use of monitoring and security tools such as Prometheus or the Falco, which Sysdig has handed over to the CNCF. The full report is available for free download on the company website.
Microsoft is raising the maximum file size in its cloud services to 250 GB. Previously represented in Microsoft 365 the limit 100 GByte The change affects, among other things, SharePoint, Teams and OneDrive.
In the announcement, Microsoft explains that the software breaks down the files for the upload and the individual Segments encrypted with their own key. Once uploaded, they are saved as a backup in Azure Storage.
One big, many small uploads The ones on the Ignite 2019 introduced Differential Sync function ensures that only the changed data of a file have to be uploaded afterwards. This should generally increase the speed, but also ensure that users can work with large files on the go.
With the higher limit, Microsoft is particularly targeting professional users the creative sector, for example with regard to 4K and 8K videos or CAD files, but also data sets from research. Private users should upload photo collections as ZIPs or PC games.
The first users should receive the new function at the end of January. Microsoft is aiming for general availability by the end of the first quarter 2021.
Amazon begins to offer users of Ring products end-to-end encryption of videos. In the US, Amazon has already started a test for some users that includes end-to-end encryption on several smart doorbells and security cameras from Ring.
According to the Amazon subsidiary, videos recorded with Ring products are already encrypted during the upload to the cloud. In addition, the videos are therefore encrypted while they are in the cloud. However, Ring can access these encrypted videos. Various functions, such as streaming videos on certain smart displays, require this access.
With end-to-end encryption, Ring loses the Ability to access the encrypted videos, completely. The key required for decryption is stored locally on the user’s device – usually the linked smartphone.
Opt-in function End-to-end encryption is switched off by default. If you want to activate it, you have to activate it manually in the associated app. Currently supported devices include the Video Doorbell Pro, Video Doorbell Elite, and several security cameras. Ring provides an overview of the compatible devices and the encryption technology used in a PDF document.
Ring had already announced last autumn that end-to-end encryption would be made possible for smart doorbells and security cameras. In the coming months, the feature should reach more and more users – it is not yet known when German users of Ring products will also be able to activate end-to-end encryption.
Users of macOS 11 alias Big Sur complain about a high processor load from Adobe’s Creative Cloud package. Even on a current MacBook Pro with 16 inch large screen and a fast Intel chip, some of the processes in the creative program suite should reduce the load to almost 100 percent drive.
fan on, battery charged This is visible in the activity display – and above all it can be heard because the fans are spinning up. All you have to do is have the Creative Cloud installed and open one of the programs it contains – such as Photoshop. For some users, however, the fan also rotates without an Adobe app running. The bug also ensures that the battery of notebooks drains much faster.
Two background processes affected The reason for the high processor load seems to be a bug that is in Adobe’s background processes – it apparently only occurs under macOS 11 Big Sur revealed. Affected users report that these are the background processes “CCXProcess” and “CCLIbrary”. You shouldn’t shoot both of them as they are necessary for Adobe programs to work. In addition, the heavy load occurs almost immediately after a restart of the processes.
CCXProcess-Team to the rescue! Adobe itself is busy with the problem, as can be seen in the official forum. The employee Mariia Novikova announced there that the CCXProcess had looked at the matter. A first bug fix is also available, which can be imported using the update function. Novikova promises that if CCXProcess reaches version 4.1.3 afterwards, the error should be resolved. CCLibrary is not mentioned by her, however, possibly the bug in CCXProcess first causes the problem in the library manager.
M1 Macs will soon be supported Adobe recently started to adapt its programs to Apple’s new ARM Macs. There are pre-release versions of Premiere Pro, Rush and Audition as well as Photoshop. However, major changes to the code are necessary on the part of Adobe, which is why the betas currently lack various functions. (bsc)
The US FTC has caught two companies improperly using consumer data. You can get away with a settlement with no penalty. The US app Flo, which calculates menstruation and ovulation dates, had promised to protect all data entered. The operating company Flo Health is said to have secretly passed the data on to Facebook, Google, AppsFlyer and Flurry – for advertising and analysis purposes, says the FTC.
The company Everalbum offered the storage of private photos and videos in the cloud under the name Ever. In February 2017 Ever activated face recognition. At that time, Ever introduced a “Friends” feature, with which it automatically compiles photos into image collections based on facial recognition. From September of the same year, Everalbum used photos saved by its customers to develop their own face recognition algorithms.
Secretly exploited private recordings The affected customers knew nothing about it. On the contrary, from July 2018 to April 2019 Ever even claimed that no facial recognition would run on customer images without explicit consent. In fact, however, face recognition should have run automatically over all files. From May 2018 customers in the EU and three US states had the option to switch off face recognition.
The algorithms trained on the basis of customer data formed the basis for Everalbum’s face recognition service “Paravision”. E is now marketed as “Number 1 in the US; UK and Europe” (sic), particularly to large corporations. Everalbum admits to having used the data without consent, but does not want to have revealed any pictures or customer names to its Paravision customers. Everalbum discontinued its cloud storage service Ever last summer.
To make matters worse, Ever allegedly claimed to delete all photos and videos when customers delete their accounts. The FTC accuses the company of keeping all photos and videos of former customers at least until October 2018.
Flo Disclosed Pregnancies Flo has disclosed sensitive personal information, including the fact of pregnancies, according to the FTC. At the same time, Flo is said to have refrained from imposing conditions on the recipients of this data about their further use. Because users in the EU and Switzerland are also affected, Flo has also violated the Privacy Shield, which has now been repealed, and the Swiss-US Privacy Shield.
Knowledge about pregnancy is valuable for advertisers. You can offer pregnant women and their partners a variety of products and services with hefty margins. Above all, however, pregnancies and the following baby phase are one of the few occasions when consumers are particularly receptive to switching to high-margin branded products.
Comparison with the FTC Both companies have negotiated a settlement with the FTC. Flo should undertake not to lie to his customers about data protection and to inform those already affected about the data protection breach. In addition, Flo should instruct his business partners to delete all health data of Flo users.
Everalbum should delete the facial data extracted from the customer data and also all algorithms trained with it. At the same time, Everalbum should now really delete the files uploaded by former customers. The company also undertakes not to lie to customers about the use of their data. And should Everalbum ever be active in the consumer market again, it must obtain express consent before it collects biometric data.
Should the comparisons become final, violations could result in fines of up to 43. 280 US dollars per violation (approximately 35, 500 Euro). The FTC cannot impose penalties under US law for initial violations. First of all, the FTC will give everyone days to comment on the draft settlement.
Draft settlement with Flo Health, Inc., Az. 1923133 Draft comparison with Everalbum, Inc. , Az. 1923172 (ds)
(Pocket-lint) – The last 12 months or so have been unlike any other and that has had a profound affect on this year’s CES.
Being virtual-only for the first time, it meant we couldn’t tread the halls of the world’s largest trade show as we usually do, and therefore didn’t get to see as many products in the flesh.
But, we won’t let that stop us from giving you our rundown of the products we think will excite most in the coming year – the announcements from CES 2021 that you should keep an eye on.
This therefore is our list of the best tech launched during a quite unique CES.
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Acer Chromebook Spin 514
The latest Chromebook Spin is the first to adopt AMD Ryzen processing, which should balance great performance with decent battery life.
It is well-made, in anodised aluminium and with a 360-degree hinge to turn it into a tablet. It also has a healthy amount of ports for great connectivity.
Acer Chromebook Spin 514 (2021, AMD) initial review: Versatility is its charm
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Acer Predator Triton 300 SE
A gaming laptop that doesn’t really look like one, the Acer Predator Triton 300 SE comes with a 14-inch 1080p display that sports an impressive 144Hz refresh rate.
It also has the cooling systems synonymous with gaming PCs, yet will suit college or the workplace as equally well.
Acer Predator Triton 300 SE initial review: The everyday gamers’ laptop
Arlo
Arlo Touchless Video Doorbell
In these days of Covid-19 transmission and social distancing, Arlo has devised a doorbell that doesn’t need to be pressed to alert occupants.
The Arlo Touchless Video Doorbell uses AI and motion sensing to judge when someone is coming to the front door (rather than just wandering by), whereby it will sound the chime without needing any physical contact. An alert also tells the visitor that it has “rung” so there’s no confusion.
Arlo announces Touchless Video Doorbell, cutting down on COVID risk
Denon
Denon Home Sound Bar 550
No only does the Denon Home Sound Bar 550 sport four 55mm dribers, two 19mm tweeters and three bass radiators, it can be expanded with optional other Denon Home speakers to make for a complete home cinema solution.
It’s all wrapped up in a neat package too. And Denon Heos compatibility means it can sit at the heart of a multiroom setup with ease.
Denon’s Home Sound Bar 550 all-in-one soundbar is here to boost your TV’s audio
Gigabyte Aero 15 OLED
Gigabyte Aero 15 OLED
The Gigabyte Aero 15 OLED is rather unique in gaming laptop terms as it comes with a 1080p HDR AMOLED panel rather than traditional LCD.
That means it will present images with superb black levels and great, accurate colours. While HDMI 2.1 support enables it to feed the latest TVs too.
Gigabyte’s Aero and Aorus laptops come with RTX 3080 and OLEDs
JBL
JBL Tour One
JBL is well known for its fun and funky headphones, but the Tour One over-ears take it in a new direction. They are aimed at the same market as the Bose QC 35 II and Sony WH-1000XM4 – commuters, business types and travellers.
That means they have an unassuming design and adaptive noise cancelling tech talents. And there is up to 50 hours of playback time on the battery to boot.
JBL Tour One over-ears and Tour Pro+ TWS earbuds take aim at Bose and Sony
Lenovo
Lenovo Yoga AIO 7
This Lenovo all-in-one desktop PC comes with a 4K display that can be rotated at the touch of a button. That gives a more suitable aspect ration for looking at social media videos or browsing the web.
It’s no slouch in the computing stakes neither, with the ability to be spec’ed up to an AMD Ryzen 7 4800H Processor paired with Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 GPU.
Lenovo’s Yoga AIO 7 all-in-one has a rotating 27-inch display
LG
LG G1 OLED TV
LG’s 2021 OLED TV range will be topped by a new version of its 4K G1 Gallery TV – a super slim panel that can sit almost flush against a wall.
As well as gorgeous looks and picture performance, the G1 also comes with webOS 6.0 and a new version of its Alpha 9 processor with even more AI skills. Plus, Google’s Stadia cloud gaming service will be playable on the new TV without the need for a separate Chromecast.
LG announces new, more efficient G1 OLED TV series, updates to C1 series
Microsoft
Microsoft Surface Pro 7 Plus
The Microsoft Surface Pro 7 Plus expands on its immediate predecessor with renewed internal hardware.
It comes with a larger battery, removable SSD storage and upgraded 11th Gen Intel Core processing. The front and rear cameras are also upgraded, with 1080p video capabilities. Nice.
Microsoft’s Surface Pro 7 Plus has longer battery life and a removable SSD
Panasonic
Panasonic JZ2000 OLED TV
Pansonic’s flagship OLED TV for 2021 adds HDR 10+ Adapative tech to the brand’s already long list of impressive features.
HDR 10+ Adaptive not only gives you scene by scene adjustments for HDR content, it adjusts it based on your room’s ambient lighting. Add that to Dolby Vision IQ and Filmmaker Mode and you have a cinema standard set.
Panasonic JZ2000 OLED TV is company’s 2021 flagship and spec’ed for next-gen gaming
Razer
Razer Blade 15
Not only can the latest iteration of the Razer Blade come with new Nvidia GeForce RTX graphics cards – even spec’ed up to the RTX 3080 – it gives you the option of a 4K display with a 165Hz refresh rate.
Even the base model has a 144Hz 1080p display – great at 15-inches. And a 4K OLED option is available too.
Razer reveals Blade 15 and 17 laptops with 360Hz screens and next gen Nvidia RTX GPUs
Samsung
Samsung HW-Q950A
Samsung has a couple of high-end soundbars coming in 2021, with the HW-Q800A (pictured) adding Apple AirPlay 2 to an impressive feature set.
However, it is the Samsung HW-Q950A system with its staggering 11.1.4 channel setup that really grabs our attention. The separate, wireless rears now come with side-firing speaker units as well as up-firing for truly all-encompassing audio.
Samsung’s 2021 soundbars include an 11.1.4-channel beast
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Samsung JetBot 90 AI+
The latest Samsung JetBot vacuum is not only packed with sensors, including Lidar, it comes with a charging dock that can extract all the dust and waste.
That way, you never have to empty the cleaner itself, with plenty of storage in the “bin” to only need your attention every “couple of months”.
Samsung JetBot 90 AI+ has a messy name, but promises to smartly clean your home
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Samsung Q900A Neo QLED TV
Samsung has embraced Mini LED for its top-of-the-range QLED TVs this year and its Q900A is an 8K flagship worthy of the title.
It has “Infinity One” design to almost eradicate the bezel, while Object Tracking Sound (OTS) Pro audio ensures the aural experience perfectly matches the movement on screen.
Samsung embraces Mini LED for 2021 8K and 4K Neo QLED TV range
Sony
Sony Bravia XR Master Series A90J
Sony’s latest sets have switched from Android TV to the more recent Google TV smart system, and they come with exclusive access to the brand’s new Bravia Core movie streaming service which provides 4K Blu-ray quality versions of films.
There is also a new Cognitive Processor XR tech inside that replicates the way a human brain sees images to perfect any flaws. The 4K A90J is our pick of the bunch.
Sony’s latest Bravia XR TVs are designed to more closely replicate what you see and hear
It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything on CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077, much less from the company. Today that changed as the co-founder of the CD Projekt Red, Marcin Iwiński, has released a short video on what has transpired since its release and what the company is planning to do to win back all of the goodwill that has been lost.
Several factors lead to the demise of Cyberpunk 2077 on the previous generation of consoles, and Marcin Iwiński lays that all out. It’s basically an oral timeline of the events. Most of these were things that many of us speculated on, but hearing it again and officially does carry weight. He states that it was the choice of the management team to release the game, not of the developers. Marcin Iwiński provides a roadmap of what we can expect for the future of Cyberpunk 2077.
As previously mentioned, two major updates are being released for Cyberpunk 2077, and the first one is being released 10 days from now. The second update will be larger than the first and will follow in February 2021.
The next-generation updates for both the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S are still in the works. However, there isn’t a specific date of when we can expect to see those. As you’d imagine, CD Projekt Red is busy working on the upcoming patches that will hopefully resolve many of the outstanding issues with the game.
A visual roadmap was also provided, and you can see that below. Take note that the free DLC is ahead of the free next-generation console update. This also means that the next-gen update won’t arrive until after the second half of 2021, confirmed by Marcin Iwiński. A decision that I feel should be reversed, especially since those playing Cyberpunk 2077 are doing so via backward compatibility and aren’t able to take advantage of the next-gen hardware.
(Image credit: CD Projekt Red Cyberpunk 2077 Roadmap)
A more detailed FAQ that addresses CD Projekt’s plans can be found here.
That said, It’s clear that the company hasn’t given up on Cyberpunk 2077 and has committed to resolving the issues while attempting to win back the trust that has been lost. This follows a rocky launch for the game; while Cyberpunk 2077 went on to sell 13 million copies, all went downhill after reports of the games’ performance and numerous issues appeared. Shortly after this, PlayStation, Xbox, and several other retailers starting offering refunds to those who requested them and even resulted in the game being pulled from the PlayStation Store. At the same time, Microsoft went on to add disclaimers onto its Microsoft Store to warn and caution those looking to purchase the game.
While the company has a long road ahead of them, It is good to see they’re committed to course-correcting the problems that ultimately let them into this situation. After the updates are released, what the gaming community does remains to be seen. As for myself, I shelved my playthrough of Cyberpunk 2077, but I am eager to return to see the improvements once the two larger updates are released. As those waiting to play the next-gen versions on their shiny new PS5’s and Xbox Series X|S consoles, they’re in for a much longer wait.
Qualcomm on Wednesday said that it had agreed to acquire Nuvia, a small yet ambitious microprocessor startup. The takeover of Nuvia will get Qualcomm a high-performance CPU design along with a proven CPU and system architecture design team, something that could give a strong boost to the company’s mobile and PC system-on-chip (SoC), and eventually server SoC businesses.
“CPU performance leadership will be critical in defining and delivering on the next era of computing innovation,” said Gerard Williams, CEO of Nuvia. “The combination of Nuvia and Qualcomm will bring the industry’s best engineering talent, technology and resources together to create a new class of high-performance computing platforms that set the bar for our industry. We couldn’t be more excited for the opportunities ahead.”
Qualcomm Gets New CPU Technology
Under the terms of the agreement, Qualcomm will pay $1.4 billion for Nuvia. It will get Nuvia’s CPU designs and technologies. Furthermore, the founders of Nuvia will join Qualcomm’s team, including John Bruno, Manu Gulati, and Gerard Williams III, who previously worked on CPUs and system architectures at Apple, AMD, Arm, and Google.
(Image credit: Qualcomm)
Qualcomm says that Nuvia’s CPU technology will be used for its Snapdragon SoCs for smartphones and next-generation always-connected PCs (ACPCs) running Microsoft’s Windows or Google’s Android. In addition, the same technology will be used for Qualcomm’s platforms for self-driving cars. As Qualcomm plans to address smartphones and PCs with Nuvia’s technologies, it expects to become a much stronger rival for companies like AMD, Apple, Intel, and Nvidia if the latter succeeds in taking over Arm.
“Creating high performance, low-power processors and highly integrated, complex SoCs are part of our DNA,” said Jim Thompson, Chief Technology Officer of Qualcomm. “Adding Nuvia’s deep understanding of high-performance design and integrating Nuvia CPUs with Snapdragon – together with our industry-leading graphics and AI – will take computing performance to a new level and drive new capabilities for products that serve multiple industries.”
Meanwhile, Qualcomm did not disclose whether it has plans to use Nuvia’s processors for SoCs aimed at datacenters that could succeed the company’s ill-fated Centriq CPUs.
All major partners of Qualcomm, including Microsoft, Google, Samsung, Acer, Bosch, HP, Lenovo, LG Electronics, Renault, and numerous others have already endorsed the acquisition of Nuvia and expressed excitement about the prospects.
Ambitious Plans
John Bruno, Manu Gulati, and Gerard Williams III founded Nuvia back in 2019 with a plan to disrupt the cloud server market with a system-on-chip that would offer a significantly higher performance at a fraction of the power of x86 CPUs.
(Image credit: Nuvia)
Nuvia’s very first server SoC that the company described last year is called Orion, and it is based on custom Phoenix cores. The latter is believed to be based on Arm’s Armv9 architecture yet features a revamped pipeline designed to enable the core to scale from power/thermally constrained designs to machines designed for unconstrained performance.
Last year, Nuvia demonstrated its Phoenix core’s simulated performance compared to Apple’s Lightning and Vortex, Intel’s Sunny Cove and Skylake, AMD’s Zen 2, and Arm’s A77 cores in Geekbench 5. Based on the numbers showcased by Nuvia, its Phoenix could deliver at least 50% higher peak performance (2000 points vs. 1300 points) than AMD’s Zen 2 and Intel’s Sunny Cove at 1/3 of power (4.50W vs. 14.80W) or around 2.5 times higher per-core performance at the same (4.50W) power.
Nuvia never announced that it had taped out its Orion SoC or Phoenix core, so nobody outside of the company understands the design’s readiness.
Phoenix to Meet Snapdragon
Assuming that Nuvia’s Phoenix is ready now, it could be used for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon SoCs that will be released sometime in 2022 at the earliest. That said, it will have to compete against Apple’s, AMD’s, and Intel’s cores due in the coming years. Therefore, it remains to be seen how competitive the core will be against next-generation rivals.
(Image credit: Qualcomm)
Historically, Qualcomm has developed its custom Arm cores called Kryo, but they are largely based on Arm’s off-the-shelf designs and do not offer tangibly higher performance than the standard Cortex-A series. With a full-custom core design, Qualcomm will likely be able to offer considerably higher performance, which might make smartphones and laptops running next-generation Snapdragon SoCs more competitive against handsets powered by Apple’s SoCs or notebooks based on processors from AMD or Intel.
What is particularly important is that original designers of the new core will join Qualcomm and will continue to develop their Phonix core architecture, which pretty much guarantees steady performance gains in the coming years, making Qualcomm’s SoCs considerably more competitive going forward.
It’s official: Samsung is ditching the microSD card on all three of its Galaxy S21 models.
We asked Samsung about this, and the company’s rationale seemed to be that it doesn’t think it’s necessary. A spokesperson told us that it only costs $50 to upgrade from 128GB to 256GB and that this is cheaper than what competitors are charging to step up storage. They also noted that cloud storage is an option.
That’s all well and good, but it’s still likely that this change will be a bummer for some potential customers. It means the maximum amount of storage you’ll be able to get on the S21 phones (without wrangling up additional cloud storage) is the 512GB configuration of the S21 Ultra.
As Samsung’s website advertises, the microSD slot on last year’s S20 lineup gives users access to potentially over 1TB of storage. That means for customers who are already using high-capacity microSD cards with those older models, the S21 line will be a storage downgrade.
The S21 Ultra will max out at 512GB of storage.Photo by Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge
Samsung has toyed with removing the microSD slot before. It attempted to pull the port from its Galaxy S6 but brought it back to the S7 in response to customer complaints. Some modern flagships are also SD-less, though, including the Galaxy Fold, Note 10, and Note 20.
Lenovo announced the new ThinkBook 13 x with 11th Generation Intel Core processors, plus ThinkBook 14 p Gen 2 e 16 p Gen 2 based on latest generation AMD Ryzen Mobile processors and next generation NVIDIA GeForce GPU
by Nino Grasso published on 12 January 2021 , at 18: 01 in the Portable channel Lenovo
Lenovo just announced the new Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 2 i , together with ThinkBook 13 xi, ThinkBook 14 p Gen 2 and ThinkBook 16 p Gen 2 . Designed specifically for the mobile workforce, with aluminum chassis and dual tone finish, the latest ThinkBook models appeal to the professional by promising them to operate at their best within the new flexible working environments to operate at their best in a new world characterized from flexible working environments.
New ThinkBook notebooks implement aspect ratio displays 16: 10 with support for HDR Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos (not on all models, though), and the introduction of the latest generation NVIDIA GeForce graphics on the ThinkBook 16 p.
Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 2 ie ThinkBook 13 xi
Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 2 i
According to Lenovo, the new Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 2 i has been improved in almost every area and can be summarized as follows:
Larger size of the e-Ink display on the cover, which goes from one screen / chassis ratio of 48% to the 68%, with a usable area of 12 inches and resolution 2560 x 1600, equal to that of the main display.
Best frame rate and redesigned e-Ink UI to provide more intuitive access to frequently accessed information, now with options to run productivity applications without opening the lid.
The NU ovo model, thinner (13, 9 mm) and lightweight (1.3 kg), switch to the new displays 16: 10 at low blue light which also see the screen-to-body ratio increase from 78% to almost 90% for an edge-to-screen experience edge.
Tactile interaction has been improved thanks to the new smart pen that automatically launches certain applications for greater usability.
Connectivity includes Intel Thunderbolt 4 ports, Wi-Fi 6 and the optional new ThinkBook Charging Mat powered by Energysquare Power by Contact technology, which wirelessly recharges the battery.
Available in Storm Gray or Cloud Gray shade, Lenovo ThinkBook 13 x the is one of the professional laptops from 13 thinnest inches available on the market. With a thickness of 12, 9mm and weighing less than 1.2kg, this laptop shares all the features of ThinkBook Plus Gen 2 i , except e-Ink display, including support for Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos and Thunderbolt 4 USB ports.
Lenovo ThinkBook 13 xi
The two notebooks are designed on the Intel Evo platform and powered by 11th generation Intel Core processors, and promise – according to the notes released by the manufacturer – “great speed and management intelligent while maintaining exceptional battery life. ” The specifications certainly include support for wireless Wi-Fi 6 and the battery from 53 Integrated Whr.
Lenovo ThinkBook Plus Gen 2 and ThinkBook 13 xi will both be available in the first quarter of 2021, at a price of – respectively – 1. 549 dollars and 1. 199 dollars. Prices and availability in Italy will be communicated later.
Lenovo ThinkBook 14 pe 16 p Gen 2
Lenovo ThinkBook 12 p is 16 p are based on the AMD Ryzen platform and are aimed at users looking for “high performance and professional quality displays, fast memory and high speed connectivity”. The laptops are optimized for video conferencing through the optional Full HD webcam protected by ThinkShutter physical covers, a larger touchpad than the previous generation, and a backlit keyboard with ambient light sensing that includes quick access call and conference call keys.
Lenovo ThinkBook 16 p
I laptops also have smart features designed to further enhance collaboration experiences. An AI-based noise cancellation algorithm suppresses ambient noise, and users can easily switch audio modes between private mode for personal calls, shared mode for group calls, or ambient mode when a user wants to share sounds from other devices.
Lenovo ThinkBook 14 p is characterized by the compact form factor (16, 9 mm thickness and 1.4 kg weight) and can be configured with a 2.8K OLED display with VESA DisplayHDR True Black support . The largest model, ThinkBook 16 p , will be Also available with next generation NVIDIA GeForce RTX mobile GPU, supporting integrated AMD Ryzen processors in order to provide adequate performance in relation to the resolution of 2560 x 1600 of the integrated panel. For true color accuracy and consistency, ThinkBook 16 p can also be configured with a Pantone certified pre-calibrated display .
Lenovo ThinkBook 14 pe 16 p will be available both by the end of the first quarter of 2021. The first at the base price of 849 dollars, the second starting of 1. 299 dollars. We do not yet know prices and availability in Italy.
Lenovo Vantage
The software Lenovo Vantage will receive several updates in the coming months, some of which are specific for users who need to work remotely. New features include the addition of dedicated pages such as Meeting Manager and Creator Center to help users better configure their device settings for online meetings, creative work and applications. This update also sees an expansion of the recently launched Vantage Smart Performance services, granting multiple users access to one-click scans, malware fixes and zero-day virus removal. And with the new progressive web app caching that loads Vantage in seconds, you’ll be able to access all of Vantage’s features faster than the version currently available.
From smartphones to gaming peripherals, wireless charging is getting more common. Its advantage, however, isn’t always obvious. In the case of the wireless charging gaming headsets, Lenovo may be onto something with the Legion H600 announced today during CES 2021.
We’ve seen wireless charging gaming headsets before. The HyperX went with Qi wireless charging, by far the most well-known of its kind, for the Cloud Flight S. However, the headset’s battery is in the left earcup, so you have to awkwardly place it on a Qi charger to give it juice.
HyperX Cloud Flight S with Qi charging (Image credit: Tom’s Hardware)
The Legion H600 works differently. It doesn’t use Qi charging, which, unfortunately, means you won’t be able to charge it with a wireless charger you already have. However, if you buy the Legion S600 Gaming Station Lenovo also announced today, the cans will charge while hanging. This is a much better look than laying one earcup on a Qi pad and will also likely take up less desk space.
(Image credit: Lenovo)
Lenovo’s Legion H600 uses contact charging with both the headset and stand having two pogo pins to charge the battery in the headset’s earcup. The headset stand uses AC power for charging.
The major obvious downside is you have to use this specific headset and headset stand. The Legion H600 headset is $100, and the Legion S600 Gaming Station is $90. Both are expected to be available in April.
Somewhat softening the blow is that the headset stand comes with other features, including a Qi charger of its own. The headset stand’s base offers up to 10W output, allowing it to charge products, like smartphones or gaming mice, that support wireless Qi charging. It also has two USB Type-A passthrough ports, essentially adding an additional port to your system (if we don’t count the USB port needed to connect the stand to your PC).
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If you’re wondering how often you’ll have to hang up the H600 to charge, Lenovo told us the headset’s expected to last for up to 20 hours if you’re listening to it at 50% volume.
The Legion H600 will compete for the title of Best Gaming Headset with 50mm drivers and a claimed latency of under 35ms with its 2.4-GHz USB dongle. Meanwhile, the headband is retractable, and the memory foam ear cups are both angle adjustable and covered in cloth. Particularly nifty for the new work-from-home world, the headset’s unidirectional mic includes a flip-to-mute feature.
AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su demoed the company’s upcoming third-gen EPYC Milan processors at CES, showing two of its 32-core models outperforming two 28-core Intel Xeon Scalable processors in a weather research and forecast (WRF) workload by 68%. The demo also possibly foreshadows AMD’s pricing strategy with its 32-core EPYC Milan models.
As with the current-gen EPYC Rome processors, AMD fabs the EPYC Milan chips with the 7nm process, and they top out at 64 cores. The most significant change to the series comes with the infusion of the Zen 3 microarchitecture that lends a 19% in instruction per cycle (IPC) throughput improvement courtesy of changes like a unified L3 cache and better thermal management techniques that allow the chip to extract more performance within any given TDP range.
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Here we can see two unnamed 32-core AMD Milan processors going head-to-head with two of Intel’s 28-core Xeon 6258R processors. This may seem like a bit of a lopsided comparison, but the performance delta, and AMD’s traditionally much less-expensive price points, factor into the importance of the benchmark results.
The WRF workload relies on large datasets, so data ingest performance is critical. Milan should have an advantage in this area, as it’s thought to come with the same 128 PCIe 4.0 lanes and eight channels of DDR4 support as the existing Rome models. (AMD’s Rome already has the connectivity advantage over Intel’s Xeon Scalable processors.) The benchmark runs a real-world workload to create a six-hour weather forecast.
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AMD’s results show a 68% performance advantage over Intel’s chips, and the nature of the comparison might foreshadow AMD’s pricing strategy for its new line of processors – it’s rational to expect the 32-core EPYC Milan models to land at similar or lower pricing than the $3,950 Xeon 6285R.
Milan’s increased IPC throughput floats all boats in terms of performance, but it tends to have the biggest impact on per-core performance. This is an essential aspect of performance for customers that license software on a per-core basis because it results in lower licensing fees.
Naturally, we can only imagine how this performance comparison would stack up against two of AMD’s 64-core models – the Xeon 6258R represents the height of Intel’s Xeon performance with the maximum of 28 cores.
We won’t have to wait long – AMD says EPYC Milan is on track will have its formal launch later this quarter. However, the EPYC Milan chips began shipping to select cloud and HPC customers in the last quarter of 2020, while the formal launch signifies availability for Tier 1 OEMs. That’s also evident by a string of benchmark results that have surfaced for both the 64-core and 32-core models.
AMD’s early Milan shipments to HPC partners are critical: Milan has already enjoyed explosive uptake in the supercomputer space and is slated to power the world’s soon-to-be-fastest supercomputer, the exascale-class Frontier, and the Perlmuter supercomputer, among many others.
The EPYC Milan Tier 1 OEM launch comes soon, but the competitive landscape could change in the interim – Intel’s 10nm Ice Lake processors are also slated for release in the same time frame.
Sony has taken its VISION-S concept, presented for the first time at last year’s CES. New videos show some of the details of this interesting project
by Rosario Grasso published 12 January 2021 , at 16: 31 in the Technology channel Sony
Sony spoke again about VISION-S , the concept of “intelligent” electric car initially presented at the last CES. The new presentation, inevitably digital, focuses on a series of videos, which provide information on car design and engineering, include comments from Sony’s partners and reveal that the Vehicle testing on public roads started near the engineering center in Graz, Austria.
VISION-S, the Japanese technology brand debuts in the automotive sector
There hasn’t been much talk about VISION-S in the last year, so Sony wanted to catch up with some high-impact videos. Vehicle equips 40 sensors for the management of autonomous driving technologies and great attention is paid to the solutions of infotainment . Sony claims that with this project it wants to benefit from its software experience, which culminate in a large panoramic display covering the entire dashboard. At a certain point in the video you can see a controller PlayStation connected to the screen, highlighting how it is possible to ‘large display for playing Little Big Planet .
Sony partners talked about ‘ importance of communications and the cloud for modern vehicles . Sony’s electric concept human-machine interface includes facial, voice and gesture recognition . The video also shows how the technologies built into Sony cameras can handle advanced thermal imaging solutions. English subtitles are available .
For the moment Sony is not unbalanced on the timing of development and the start of production of the vehicle. However, one of the videos shows the VISION-S on the road, with the body camouflaged. Among other things, note that the drone AirPeak was used for the making of this video.
As revealed last year, Sony VISION-S has a dual motor from 200 kW with the possibility of accelerating from 0 to 100 Km / h in just 4.8 seconds at a maximum speed of 238 Km / h . The vehicle is then equipped with CMOS image sensors and ToF sensors , to detect and recognize objects and people inside and outside the vehicle itself and offer highly advanced driving support. The ?? 360 Sony’s Reality Audio ?? guarantees a deep and immersive audio experience, through the speakers built into each parking space, so as to envelop passengers in sound .
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The year 2020 was marked by the corona pandemic, which will continue to be with us. But what were the most important trends and the most interesting topics from the point of view of the readers of heise Developer ? In the following, the team takes a look back and presents the top – 10 – list of the most successful articles, which readers not only clicked on most often, but also controversially discussed.
place 10: Well protected: OWASP API Security Top 10 APIs open up a wide range of possibilities for developers to build and network applications and data. The more frequently and more exposed APIs are used, for example via single-page applications (SPA), the greater the attack surface for hackers. The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), which focuses on the most important vulnerabilities in web applications, has now responded to the growing dangers posed by APIs and has issued a top ten list for API security. Martin Burkhard’s contribution Well protected: OWASP API Security Top 10 gives an overview of the ten most important vulnerabilities for APIs, and he describes how developers feel and developers should, for example, adjust to the threat situation through anticipatory Security by Design.
Place 9: Career reboot: Why the restart for developers has never been like this simple was On rank 9 of the most popular posts is the first of three articles from the 2020 the newly started series “Young Professionals write for Young Professionals”, to which heise Developer has explicitly invited young developers – with the aim of being their own, but of course also them to inform interested “older semesters” on a monthly basis about current trends, developments, phenomena and personal experiences. In career reboot: Thomas Limbüchler, Developer Relations Strategist at WeAreDevelopers, reports not only from his own experience, but also presents the observations and trends that WeAreDevelopers was able to collect as a job placement platform for developers and companies, why the restart has never been so easy for developers.
Also because gray offices, dreary everyday life and steep hierarchies are a thing of the past, the majority of the developers surveyed in a study are very satisfied with their job. For those willing to change, a higher salary is an incentive to look for a new job. Many also take personal development seriously and do not hesitate long to face new challenges – while on the other hand, more and more companies are actively recruiting new developers, from beginners to experienced specialists.
Rank 8: Why now is the best time to become a web developer Young Professional Christian Liebel landed with his plea “Why now is the best time to become a web developer” in 8th place in the top – 10 – List for 2020. As a passionate cross-platform application developer, Christian is convinced of the diverse opportunities that the World Wide Web offers developers – and that not only since JavaScript and HTML5 breathed life and dynamism into static websites. In his opinion, web development opens up the same broad spectrum for developers as classic application development and thus offers opportunities for specialists as well as full stack developers. While WebAssembly (wasm) contributes to greater programming language diversity, Progressive Web Apps (PWA) bridge the gap between the desktop and the web. As part of the Web Capabilities Project (Fugu), PWAs are also to become even more “native” through additional web interfaces.
Place 7: 25 years: “Delphi was a child of its time” 1995 the first version of the Delphi programming language was launched. On the occasion of the anniversary last year, David Intersimone (aka David I) shared an interview with heise-Developer – author Tam Hanna 25 Years: “Delphi was a child of its time” is his personal assessment of Delphi. In view of Visual Basic, which relies on an interpreter, and languages such as Turbo Pascal, which are supplemented for GUIs with class libraries, Borland broke new ground with Delphi and, according to David I, created a powerful programming environment with a user-friendly GUI designer (instead of a class library) and an optimizing compiler, a Debugger and a database access API. In contrast to Visual Basic, native applications can be created and databases from third-party providers can be integrated directly. The real strength of Delphi is that you can see the complete picture of the target system with comparatively little effort – from the implementation of a database to cloud functions.
Place 6: What distinguishes readable code? Readability is synonymous with traceability and should therefore always be aimed for when writing code demands Golo Roden and formulates this in his blog post What distinguishes readable code? five basic rules. For most developers, the focus is naturally that the written code works. In the face of the difficult task of understanding a given problem and finding a solution to it, concern about the legibility of the code often fades into the background. But with this, developers only make their work difficult in the long term when it comes to maintenance and further development.
“The cause of the failures was a technical defect in the assignment of the users of our video conference tool and affected all federal states. The problem could be up to about 14. 00 clock to be fixed. ” That’s what IServ writes about the failures. A technical glitch is the reason why many students and their teachers were unable to see each other in a video conference. Other areas of IServ were not affected.
The servers held up, whereby a distinction must be made here: The school servers themselves are at the schools or Led by school authorities. IServ provides the software and takes over maintenance. “Of course, these servers are often years old and were never designed for the current onslaught”, explains IServ managing director Jörg Ludwig. Many of these servers have already been upgraded in cooperation with the customers, but occasional overloads can still occur. According to the company, new customers who have been added in the past nine months mainly run in the cloud, “which enables higher-performance access from home”. The performance of all cloud instances was doubled in November.
Video conferences have only been available at IServ since the end of the Easter holidays 2020. The developed solution runs centrally in German data centers. In December there were 1.5 million participants per day. “The country solutions with double-digit million amounts did not follow suit until much later and, as far as we know, never achieved comparable usage figures. Of course, our solution cannot compete with international specialists such as Zoom – there the user pays with his data.” There shouldn’t be any problems today.
Minor disruptions and DDoS attacks It is also said that other services the difficulties occurred occasionally and have since been resolved. The Lower Saxony Education Cloud ran on 750 additional servers on Monday and was stable apart from a half-hour problem phase.
Run in North Rhine-Westphalia several platforms under the name Logineo. LogineoNRW-LMS is based on Moodle as a learning platform and has not had any failures. Other Moodle systems are said to have been partially unavailable. “With the high number of registered schools, problems cannot be completely ruled out in individual cases. The systems of the Logineo NRW product family are currently running stable and efficient,” according to Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger from the Ministry of Education. And at the same time, that as a result of the higher usage compared to before the Christmas holidays, there were waiting times, as a spokesman for the Lower Rhine municipal data center, which runs several Moodle systems.
Quite Another reason is said to have caused the failure of the Brandenburg school cloud of the Hasso Plattner Institute: a DDoS attack, i.e. too many accesses at the same time. These are said to have come from abroad, said a spokesman for the RBB. In March there is said to have already been a DDoS attack on the Bavarian Mebis platform. There, students can view and download learning materials. Last week it was said that DDoS attacks were to blame for some failures in federal states that started teaching again earlier. However, there were immediately doubts as to whether there were attacks or simply too many legitimate access attempts.
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