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Messenger signal: servers are groaning under new load

The massive influx of new users has caused technical difficulties for the operators of the Signal messenger. This emerges from a series of tweets, and quite a few (new) users of the messenger will be able to understand this themselves. A few hours ago it finally said on Twitter: “Signal is back!” Signal was initially… Read more

TechStage | Ikea Symfonisk table lamp in the test: Sonos with lamp

Testing Tests overview Smartphone Motorola Moto G 5G Plus test: A lot of battery for little money Huawei P Smart 2021: Budget model with room for improvement Asus Zenfone 7 Pro: Turbo smartphone with flip camera Samsung Galaxy Xcover Pro in the test: hard but slow Oneplus Nord N 09 5G in the test: Galloped… Read more

Corona year 2020: Deutsche Bahn as punctual as it has been in 15 years

Fewer passengers, shorter waiting times: Deutsche Bahn (DB) was as punctual in the Corona year 2020 as it has been since 15 years no longer. Overall 81, 8 percent of all ICE and IC / EC trains were on the way according to plan, the railway announced on Sunday in Berlin. That is almost six… Read more

Electric car with solar modules: Sono Motors shows another prototype of the Sion

Sono Motors has further developed its electric car with Sion solar modules and presented it at the virtual CES. The second generation of prototypes differs from the first in that all straight and curved outer parts of the vehicle are equipped with solar panels, the company announced. High-quality surface materials and the near-series dashboard should… Read more

Bavaria wants to promote home office with tax incentives

Bavaria presents specific proposals for promoting work in the home office. Finance Minister Albert Füracker (CSU) advocates improving the depreciation options for companies and permanently extending the home office flat rate for employees. “We need as much home office as possible,” said Füracker of the dpa. “Bavaria does not rely on legal obligations, but on… Read more

Newspaper: Justice Department wants to redesign cookie banners

The Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection (BMJV) wants to make cookie selection banners on the Internet more user-friendly. “Consent to data protection provisions on websites is often unfriendly to consumers – long texts, a lot of small print, complicated browser windows,” said the State Secretary responsible for consumer protection Christian Kastrop of the… Read more

US aviation authority allows fully automated commercial drone flights

The US aviation authority FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) has for the first time given a clearance for fully automated drone flights by a commercial company. This gives an initial permit for a single company in the USA to use its drones subject to conditions, but in principle without a human pilot and without direct monitoring… Read more

heise + | Electricity vs. fuel: who drives cheaper – VW e-Up or Up?

Electricity vs. fuel: who drives cheaper – VW e-Up or Up? Purchase Taxes Maintenance Depreciation Conclusion Table of cost comparisons Electric cars are cheaper to run than a comparable combustion engine, but not all of them have the significantly higher purchase price Compensate cases. In view of the high subsidies from taxpayers and manufacturers, this… Read more

Construction stop at Tesla in Brandenburg averted at the last minute

Shortly before the end of the deadline, US electric car manufacturer Tesla deposited a security deposit required by Brandenburg for the construction of the factory in Grünheide near Berlin. The Tesla management confirmed the agreement between Tesla Brandenburg and the State Office for the Environment to secure any dismantling obligations late on Friday evening, said… Read more

Cluster recording: New app enables corona tracing at larger meetings

The Berlin start-up Videmic has published an app of the same name for tracking corona infection chains in large crowds in the App Store and on Google Play. The mobile tracing application saves stays in busy locations in the app’s user profile and thus enables cluster recording without scanning a QR code, as is necessary… Read more

Over 500 body cams are used by the police in Lower Saxony

The police in Lower Saxony are now using 500 body cams. The cameras, which the officers usually carry on their shoulders, are supposed to record what is happening in conflict-prone situations and help to relax such situations. At the beginning of the year, the number of body cams in the Göttingen police department more than… Read more

Study: The number of e-cars is expected to increase thirty-fold by 2030

The importance of electromobility will increase significantly globally. The Association of Electrical, Electronic and Information Technologies (VDE) describes this development in its recently published study “Logistics, Energy and Mobility 2030″ (PDF). 2019 the number of electric cars including plug-in hybrids and fuel cell vehicles was 4 worldwide, 79 Millions. The experts estimate: By the year… Read more

WhatsApp is postponing the introduction of the new data protection rules

WhatsApp is postponing the introduction of the new data protection rules after criticism and a churn of users by a good three months. So far you should agree to the new conditions by February 8th if you wanted to continue using the chat service belonging to Facebook. Now the new data protection guideline should only… Read more

Fairytale Moments: The Pictures of the Week (KW 02)

With photography you take a break from everyday life. Sometimes you will be rewarded with magical moments, a moment like in the picture Standing Tall by Sophie 1404. The photographer was traveling in the southern Black Forest. She explains about the atmospheric tour: “Thick fog and storm with heavy snowdrifts whipped almost horizontally from the… Read more

The security billing: WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal? | uplink # 36.2

The weekly c’t podcast c’t uplink is available … This uplink sequence about messenger security is also explicitly aimed at non-nerds – at least in the first 20 For a few minutes, we try not to stir too much in technical details; you can also send the link to this uplink to your in-laws. Among… Read more