Heise.de

Assign a new password now! OpenWrt forum hacked

Anyone who is active in the OpenWrt forum must manually set a new password. The operator initiated this after a successful attack on the forum. The OpenWrt Wiki should not be affected by the security incident. The Linux distribution is installed, for example, on routers and smartphones as alternative firmware. For example, routers can be… Read more

Network sharing: Telefónica wants to close gaps with Telekom and Vodafone

Germany’s mobile operator Telekom, Vodafone and Telefónica want to work together to jointly close 4G holes. For this purpose, the providers should be able to access the antennas of the other providers. Vodafone and Telekom had already announced “Network Sharing” last autumn . The aim is to close so-called “gray spots” – i.e. locations where… Read more

Unix derivative GhostBSD: Version 21.01.15 is leaner and has new graphics drivers

The developer team around Eric Turgeon has GhostBSD 21. 01.15 Approved. The new version of the preconfigured, FreeBSD-based desktop system is available as a hybrid ISO image for CD-R or USB sticks. The current MATE or Xfce are available as desktop environment. Slimmed down A target of GhostBSD 21. 01. 15 it was to reduce… Read more

Approvals: MS Teams now also wants to organize business processes

Microsoft Teams users can now use the Approvals to start approval workflows via chat or a channel conversation. Alternatively, approvals can be set up directly via the app by simply entering the name of the approval request. According to Microsoft, anyone who receives a request via a chat or channel is shown an approval card…. Read more

Gaming monitors: Nvidia's G-Sync Ultimate is becoming less ultimate

Nvidia has apparently relaxed the requirements for monitors with the G-Sync Ultimate certificate. At the beginning of the presentation 2019 all models appeared with Ultra HD resolution (3840 × 2160 pixels), dynamic refresh rates up to 144 Hertz and an elaborate background lighting, which has a peak brightness of 1000 cd / m² achieved the… Read more

Federal Network Agency locks more than 21 million unsafe devices from the market

In the past year, the Federal Network Agency withdrew more than 000 million unsafe electronic devices from circulation, which over a total of 2142 Online offers should be brought into circulation. Every third device was a baby monitor, as the Federal Network Agency announced on Tuesday. In the case of these devices sold over the… Read more

Embarcadero mother Idera buys Austrian API provider apilayer

The Texan company Idera has taken over the Austrian start-up apilayer, which offers API services for access to real-time data such as weather, geographic position and currency conversion. The Vienna-based company apilayer lists various reference customers on its website, including Airbnb, Amazon, Apple and Slack. According to the press release on the takeover, apilayer has… Read more

Clubhouse – the hype about the live podcasts with data protection deficiencies

Done! It took a while, but I’m in. In the new hot shit called the Clubhouse. And so, dear friends who appear in my contacts, the provider also has all of your numbers. Clubhouse is not only an extremely hyped live podcast app, Clubhouse also wants to know as much as possible! But let’s start… Read more

heise + | Mini-ITX server board for Ryzen CPUs: Asrock X570D4I-2T in the test

Mini-ITX server board for Ryzen CPUs: Asrock X 570 D4I-2T in the test Power consumption Remote maintenance Equipment and cooling Conclusion and test table Read article in c’t 3 / 2021 Asrock Rack, the server division of Asrock, delivers in the form of the X 570 D4I-2T one of the rare server mainboards for the… Read more

Astian Translate: Open source translations in nine languages

With Translate, Astian publishes a new translation service that appears as free software. At the start the program can handle nine languages: German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic and Chinese. The automatic recognition of the input is still experimental. Users can try the service on the Astian operated libretranslate.com, but the software also… Read more

Controversial law: Turkey bans Twitter from advertising

Turkey has imposed an advertising ban on Twitter for violating a controversial social media law. The ban also affects Twitter’s live video app Periscope and the online Pinterest bulletin board, according to a decision published in the Official Journal on Tuesday. A law passed in July obliges providers of foreign platforms with more than one… Read more

Car market: 2020 with a record drop in new registrations in the EU

The year of the Covid – 19 – pandemic was the worst for the European car market since records began in 1990. Compared to the previous year, the number of new passenger car registrations fell in the year 2020 by almost 24 Percent to 9, 42 million vehicles, as the European industry association Acea announced… Read more

heise + | Eight memory cards in CFexpress format for professional cameras in the test

Eight memory cards in CFexpress format for professional cameras in the test Distribution Test field Read cards Performance One-to-one meetings Conclusion Test table Article in c’t 3 / 2021 read Think of Flash -Memory cards, then SD and MicroSD cards come to mind today; other types of construction are rarely used. But for some applications… Read more

heise offer: Kubernetes Experts Day: Register now for the Heise conference

On Wednesday, 20. January 2021, the partner conferences Continuous Lifecycle and ContainerConf start the new year with the Kubernetes Experts Day. At what is now the fourth of a total of six full-day online events, experienced experts present important topics for advanced users of the Kubernetes ecosystem in a live stream. participants and participants learn… Read more

TeamViewer takes over Austrian start-up Xaleon for several million

The German software company TeamViewer has taken over the start-up for customer engagement software Xaleon, which is based in Linz, Austria, for an unspecified “low” double-digit million amount. It was agreed not to disclose the exact purchase price, TeamViewer announced on Tuesday in Göppingen. Screen sharing and customer engagement TeamViewer is particularly interested in the… Read more