DHS tracking smartphone users
The DHS has been in the center of attention when
it comes to user tracing without their knowledge.
Now it’s official that the DHS uses databases with
data of millions of smartphone users to track them.
The DHS has been in the center of attention when
it comes to user tracing without their knowledge.
Now it’s official that the DHS uses databases with
data of millions of smartphone users to track them.
High-quality video is always an issue especially with smart-
phones today. However the cameras get better and better.
With the availability of 8K displays also the demand for 8K
videos will increase.
When it comes to Apple Maps, it’s like a big fight
between Google an Apple of who has the better
Maps app. For now, Google still leads the race due
to it’s early start and implementation of new features.
According to some interesting news about a pending
supercomputer update it seems as if there’s something
fast in the pipe of NVidia’s GPU releases. The University
of Indiana has delayed their second upgrade stage.
This is what happens if you try to piss off a customer.
While the USA has started to ban Huawei products for
national security risk reasons (and the import tax war,
of course!), Huawei has devoloped it’s own ecosystem.
When it comes to smartwatches, Apple is in the lead even
though there are a lot of Android-based smartwatches on
the market. In general, Apple has a domination with their
smartwatches with an estimated 120 million sold units so far!
Seems as if Apple has ironed out some nasty glitches and
bugs with their newest iOS release. Among the security flaw
of the parental control app to allow children to add new
contacts without the security code they also solved audio issues
It seems that some services (especially update delivery)
don’t run flawless today. If you tried to update your iOS
or Apple tvOS to a newer version you might have found
yourself left with an error message that the update failed.
Can you believe it? The iPad is 10 years old if we take a look
back at the original iPad that has been officially shown by
Apple on January 26th, 2009. By then hardly anybody thought,
the iPad would be a success story of it’s own next to the iPhone.
If you think you’ve seen it all, then here’s a
new one for the weekend. Google has put up
an experimental project to make your smart-
phone calmer. Yeah, you’ve read right!
It seems as if Intel has finally noticed that keeping
the prices for their processors artificially high for
more profit is cotraproductive especially with AMD
being in pole position even with server CPUs!
No good times for Intel at the moment. AMD still going
to take the lead in desktop processors while the 3990X
is going to invade Intel’s server and workstation market.
And now there’s a production shortage just ahead.
The Nintendo Switch is still a remarkable mobile
console and it has good games to play on it. How-
ever the controllers (called Joy-cons) aren’t without
doubts when it comes to ergonomics.
It took a while until Apple finally brought the
Mac Pro to stores. Now even the rack-mount
version is available in the Apple online store.
There’s one catch: It costs 700 dollars more…
The next-gen Playstation is still a mystery as there’s
not much known about the console’s specs. However
Sony wants to outdo it’s worst enemy: Microsoft. The
fight about the best console is still present.
Windows 7 support officially ended yesterday and
with it a truly good time of one operating system as
reliable as good ol’ Windows XP. Since today only
customers with ESU subscription will receive updates.
Yesterday the official support for Windows 7
ended and with it the official support for an
OS that served us well for over ten years. But
Microsoft delivered one last important patch!
As AMD has already announced the Ryzen
Threadripper 3990X, a 64core beast that has
a lot of power inside and will definitely change
the CPU market, Intel has a counterattack.
It is well-known that eReaders with eInk displays
today are as flexible as tablet pcs when it comes
to apps and all the stuff they come with. What
hasn’t changed though, is the eInk display…
Cherry is well known for producing high-quality
keyboards and key switches. As gaming gets more
and more important for the keyboard industry the
demand for these and the key switches have raised.
While Windows 7 will soon receive no more updates
(January 14th, 2020), Google has announced yesterday
that they will deliver updates for Chrome browser at
least for the next upcoming18 months.
USB4 is on the road and has just been presented at
the CES. While USB3.1 Gen2 is limited to 10Gbps,
USB4 starts at 20Gbps and will also have 40Gbps.
Thunderbolt 4 will be USB4 but with all features.
2019 was already challenging for Intel when AMD
announced the 3rd Gen Threadripper series. Intel
hoped that this would have been the only attack
from AMD. But AMD shifts the next gear…
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The CES will open soon and every major brand is about
to show their newest inventions. Samsung for example
has a 49-inch gaming display monster which has a
1000R curve. This allows a way better gaming immersion.
Intel seems to fear the next-gen Ryzen series so
that they bring a new CPU lineup with higher
clock speeds. Also the TDP has been raised for some
types in order to achieve new top clock speeds.
Corellium, known for software and OS virtualization
is facing a possible lawsuit from Apple for providing
ideas on how to circumvent the iOS security and also
allowing a jailbreak. A technique, Apple doesn’t like.
The 36th Chaos Computer Club summit is taking
place and there’s already the first horror message
around. According to Kaspersky, a widespread
control system from Siemens seems affected.
The CES 2020 is just around the corner and first companies
already have plans of what to show in the new year’s
Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas which will open
from January 7th to January 10th 2020.
The upcoming update delivered to all Tesla cars sold in the EU
will definitely not be very welcome. Tesla announced to limit
some features of their autonomous driving features. Among
these is the “Summon” function which brings the car to you.
The end of Windows 7 is near. On January 14, 2020
the official support for Windows 7 will end and end
users will no longer receive security updates for the
OS. MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials) is not affected.
It seems as if german cities and public services are
more often a target for ransomware. Just few days ago
the city page of Frankfurt/Main has been taken down
as Emotet has infected the server systems the site is on.