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Vodafone: New speed test for all cable customers

With the new “Speedtest Plus” all Vodafone cable customers can now measure the bandwidth available to them. The first step in the two-stage test is to check which bandwidth is arriving at the customer’s device. If this deviates from the contractually agreed one, the second step follows: The bandwidth that arrives at the cable modem… Read more

“Flexgate”: MacBook Pro is being repaired by Apple for some time

In the case of certain problems with the backlight, Apple wants to repair the display of the MacBook Pro for a longer period of time free of charge: The manufacturer has its “service program for the display backlight of the 13 “- MacBook Pro” extended at the weekend from four to five years after the… Read more

heise + | Six routers for Wi-Fi 6 in the test

With Wi-Fi 6, the WLAN should transmit more smoothly. Five inexpensive routers showed what they can do and where there are still problems compared to a top-class device. (Image: Andreas Martini) If the WLAN can no longer keep up with the upgrade of the Internet connection, you have to use a new router and thus… Read more

Audi is building electric car factory in China with partner FAW

Audi is founding a new company in China with its local partner FAW for the construction of battery-electric luxury cars. The first Audi models on the Premium Platform Electric (“PPE”, currently based on the Audi e-tron and the Porsche Taycan) developed jointly with Porsche are to be 2024 in Changchun in northeast China roll off… Read more

Forced volume reduction in iOS 14: Apple wants to make improvements

Apple has disarmed an automatic headphone safety feature that is causing a lot of annoyance among iOS 14 users. In the future it will be possible to assign a device type to Bluetooth speakers, for example “Autostereo” or “Speakers”, like testers of the iOS beta 14 .4 reports. As a result, the iPhone should no… Read more

Bug in Windows 10: Path specification can cause blue screen

Security researcher Jonas Lykkegard has published details of a bug that affects several versions of Windows 10 (including the current 20 H2) and possibly server – Operating system versions concerned. The error ensures that calling up a certain file path, for example in the address bar of a web browser, causes a blue screen. Administrator… Read more

Brief information: renewable energy, Stellantis, M1-Mac, skimming

Conversion to renewable energies relieves pressure on the environment The conversion to renewable energies is not just a battle in Europe against the climate crisis, but also for the benefit of the environment. This was announced by the European Environment Agency EEA on Monday in Copenhagen. Accordingly, the increased use of photovoltaics, wind and biomass… Read more

Unclear legal situation: Check24 ends certified current account comparison

No more comparing current account costs on the legally certified website of Check 24: After a good five months, the company the site was shut down on Monday due to an unclear legal situation, as Check 24 announced at the request of the German Press Agency. Consumer advocates had complained about insufficient market coverage of… Read more

Microsoft Azure integrates Couchbase Cloud

Couchbase Cloud is available on Azure for the first time. It is the managed service version of the multi-cloud-to-edge NoSQL database Couchbase Server. It is based on a memory-first architecture with an SQL-friendly query language. In addition, Couchbase Cloud contains robust SDKs for developers and is a schema-independent JSON format, which enables flexible scaling. According… Read more

Samsung heir Lee Jae Yong has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison

Samsung heir Lee Jae Yong has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison by the Seoul High Court. The court saw it as proven that Samsung had paid bribes in exchange for political support for the merger of two company subsidiaries. For this purpose, Samsung has given the organization of a friend… Read more

Amazon applies for a broadcast license

The online mail order company Amazon has applied for a broadcasting license. The responsible Bavarian regional center for new media has confirmed corresponding media reports heise online. The process is currently still running. First, the industry magazine teltarif reported on the Amazon application. According to the teltarif, the Munich-based German Amazon subsidiary submitted the application… Read more

heise + | 13,000 euro notebook: Asus ProArt StudioBook One with an unusual cooling system

The components are behind the display, opening cooling gills allow an overclocked eight-core and Nvidia’s Quadro RTX 6000 in the 15 – inch format. 13. 000 – Euro notebook: Asus ProArt StudioBook One with unusual cooling system cooling gills Conclusion and test table Article in c’t 3 / 2021 read PC technology behind a notebook… Read more

heise offer: Minds Mastering Machines 2021: Call for Proposals extended by one week

heise offer by 24. From January 1st, experts can now submit their presentations on developer topics related to machine learning. Of Rainald quantity-solar day The Minds Mastering Machines will take place on 27. and 28. April as an online event. In addition to the two conference days, additional workshops are planned. With its technical focus,… Read more

Mini-PC with Ryzen processor: Shuttle's first AMD barebone in eight years

Shuttle is launching a new barebone PC under the name XPC DA 320. It is an AM4 system for Ryzen processors, the manufacturer’s first AMD computer in eight years. In the 1, 3-liter housing can be used with combination processors with an integrated graphics unit from the Ryzen 2000 G, Ryzen 3000 G and Athlon… Read more

Denuvo: Anti-Cheat-Tool becomes part of Steamworks

Denuvo’s anti-cheat solution is now integrated into Steamworks. This was announced by the Austrian company Irdeto, which is developing Denuvo. The integration with Steamworks makes it easier for developers of Steam games to integrate Denuvo Anti-Cheat into their titles. The tool is suitable for multiplayer games and can defend against aimbots, wallhacks and other unwanted… Read more