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Elasticsearch and Open Source: Amazon's AWS strikes back

Amazon announced a fork from Elasticsearch and Kibana after the open source end of the software. Developer and provider Elastic blamed AWS and in particular its Elasticsearch distribution for the license change. It should explicitly not be a fork when it is announced 2019 – and it is now officially a. So far, Elasticsearch has… Read more

View 40: Honor shows first smartphone after separation from Huawei

The Chinese smartphone manufacturer Honor has presented its first smartphone after separating from Huawei. The View 40 has so far only been announced for the Chinese market, but could also come onto the market in Europe at a later date. Huawei had deported its former subsidiary brand Honor last November. The Chinese tech giant justified… Read more

“Resident Evil 8”: Exclusive demo on Playstation 5 available

Owners of a Playstation 5 can download a demo of the upcoming horror game “Resident Evil 8”. According to the developer, the free demo is independent of the main game. So you don’t slip into the role of Ethan Winters, who will be the protagonist in the full “Resident Evil 8”. Instead, you play as… Read more

No internet connection via balloons: Google parent Alphabet closes Loon

The Google parent company Alphabet closes the company Loon, which has worked to connect regions with insufficient coverage to the Internet via stratospheric balloons. Originally it was a project from Google’s research department X, in the summer 2018 it was transferred to its own company. As Loon managing director Alastair Westgarth now explains, it was… Read more

heise offer: iX workshop: Data Science with Python

The Python programming language has become the Swiss Army Knife for data scientists. In the interactive online course Data Analysis with Python, Dr. Julian von der Ecken, Senior Data Scientist and Trainer at Point 8, in intensive exercises over two days on how to read, analyze and visualize data with Python – including an overview… Read more

Archive uploads could be dangerous for Drupal websites

A library that uses the Drupal CMS is faulty and endangers websites with certain configurations. Security updates are available. Admins can also use a workaround to protect pages against such attacks. In a warning message from the developer as ” critical “classified gap (CVE – 2020 – 36193) can be found in the pear-Archive_Tar library…. Read more

heise + | Retrofitting a smart home: washing machine reports finished laundry

With smart adapter plugs and simple rules, the washing machine reports when it is finished. We show which systems it works with. (Image: Berti Kolbow-Lehradt) Retrofit Smart Home: Washing machine reports finished laundry Standby consumption as an alarm trigger Laundrify: Ready-to-use solution for the washing machine AVM FritzDECT: Connect the washing machine to the Fritzbox… Read more

Controversial nuclear weapons ban treaty in force – without Germany

The controversial treaty banning nuclear weapons came into force on Friday. It is decided by 122 of the 193 countries of the United Nations and prohibits the possession, acquisition, development and stationing of such weapons. All nuclear powers and all NATO countries, including Germany, continue to reject it. It remains ineffective for the time being,… Read more

heise offer: Makerspace competition: Deadline extended to March 14, 2021

The lockdown is being extended and we are extending the submission deadline for our Makerspace Challenge: The new deadline is 14. March 2021. We’re looking for your makerspace hacks Show us your best makerspace hacks and helpers at the makerspace challenge, from the misanthropic vacuum robot to elaborate key systems to practical storage for small… Read more

Fireworks ban: should the calm, dust-free New Year's turn stay?

On New Year’s Day 2021 Berlin offered an unusual picture for residents who have been living in the capital for some time. In many neighborhoods – with the exception of problem areas – the streets were as clean as they were leaky. The tons of fireworks and firecrackers rubbish that the city cleaning department usually… Read more

Refuel non-stop at the hydrogen filling station

Fuel cell electric vehicles can be filled with hydrogen in a few minutes. Initially, this could be the decisive advantage for some public service buses and, over the course of the decade, also for selected cars, compared to battery-electric drives. In California, however, owners of Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEV for short) recently had to… Read more

Nida-Rümelin: Germans accept location with the Corona warning app

The Munich philosopher Julian Nida-Rümelin has underpinned his appeal to collect user location data via the Corona Warning App (CWA). Such tracking on smartphones would be the easiest way to be able to trace infection chains more easily in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, he said on Thursday in an online debate in the… Read more

YouTube introduces hashtag landing pages

YouTube rolled out its hashtag landing pages this week. Users can now search for videos using the hashtag. The landing pages based on this metadata marking are currently still a mixture of new and old videos with no recognizable order. Hashtag Landing Pages Available Now Hashtags are popular on other social media such as Twitter… Read more

How Brexit will affect data protection

It was a kind of Christmas miracle, the agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom, which took place on 24. December 2020 and thus a few days before the deadline on 31. December was closed. The trade agreement made it possible to avoid the hard Brexit at the last minute. The contract concerns… Read more

Strong demand for notebooks helps Intel achieve record sales

Intel recorded slightly lower sales and profits in the fourth quarter of last year. However, they have fallen less than expected. Intel closes the full year 2020 with a new sales record. As recently as October, Intel had a significant drop in sales for the last quarter 2020 to 17, $ 4 billion feared. It… Read more