Tablet in scroll form factor
Is this the tablet of the future? A concept has shown
a tablet that looks more like a scroll. And the mecha-
nism is similar. Either you can use the tablet like a
small version of an advertising column or unscrolled.
Is this the tablet of the future? A concept has shown
a tablet that looks more like a scroll. And the mecha-
nism is similar. Either you can use the tablet like a
small version of an advertising column or unscrolled.
On September 12th, 2018 Apple has shown it’s
latest iPhone models (XS, XS Max, XR) as well as
the Apple Watch Series 4. The October event is
expected to reveal new iPads… at minimum!
Socionext has announced a new chip series that will
be capable of processing 8K video and send it over
HDMI v2.1 – Yes, a new version of HDMI is spotted!
But most AV components still run HDMI v2.0…
We all know this. We launch our browser, we type an URL
and – bingo – there’s our desired content (hopefully!). But
fewer already know that behind a website there’s a large
server farm. LowTech Magazine however is special!
We all know it: We launch our favourite browser and
suddenly after an update that darn thing is driving us
nuts with new error messages we haven’t seen before.
In this case it’s the SSL certificates.
For quite some time the i9-7960XE with a
whopping price tag of 1500 US$ was the king for
High-End gaming rigs. AMD has the Ryzen family
as counterpart. So what’s the new CPU about?
It seems as if state supervision becomes a good
business for Darknet users. A french marketplace
called “Black Hand” has been recently shut down.
The owner: an employee of the DGSI!
Google Plus seems to be shut down definitely!
As it seems, the social media platform didn’t
succeed against Facebook as intended. In 2011
Google Plus was announced as an alternative.
The CERN in Geneva is leading when it comes to
research of anti-matter. With the LHC the largest
hadron collider in the world has been built. But to
get anti-matter better analyzed, it needs more.
Well it was expectable that once again a big update
wouldn’t run without flaws. The Windows 10 Update
With Build 1809 has been pulled after several data
losses have been reported, although they are known.
This is some interesting kind of protest. An image
sold at Sotheby’s auctions just started to shred
itself after it has been sold for £1 million to an
anonymous buyer. The image was made by Banksy.
What happens if you fill too much carbonized liquid
into a big silo? Watch the following video and you will
see how a silo looks like if it contains too much of
freshly made Most (the base for Prosecco)
Again Apple’s iOS12 is subject to reveal secured data.
Yet the process is really complex and might need a
second phone as well as Siri being activated in the lock
screeen. Most users should hence be safe though!
Travelling gets even more difficult at this time. It already
starts with the arrival at the airport at the travel destination.
In the USA for example, you can be forced to unlock your
personal phone protected by FaceID / TouchID if needed!
Spitting is already disgusting if someone hits
you with it. But if you order a meal in a restau-
rant you certainly don’t want it in your meal!
This worker must have had a very bad day!
With the release of the so-called GrayKey it
seemed as if even the newest iPhones were
prone to being hacked easily. Although there
were some hurdles to take.
Chrome and Google are known for it’s
aggressive data collection behaviour.
But with Chrome version 69, Google has
reached a new level of privacy breach.
When it comes to supercomputers, there are
challenges all over the world. If you take a look
at the TOP500 list then you’ll see that Asia and
USA are currently fighting for Rank 1 on this list.
Security leaks are always a nuisance. The 0day leak
that is shown below is a tool that allows access to
private Data, such as the Address Book and other
files of the user. And this without any prompts!
So while the heat has come down from Apple’s Event and
the published iPhone XS line, it seems as if Huawei wants
to steal the show from Apple. They say that their new
processor “Kirin 980” is faster than Apple’s A12 Bionic.
Is NVidia running out of good ideas or is fake
marketing the new business to sell hardly faster
graphics chips at a higher price? If you read all
the negative comments on different news sites…
I know, some might say “dude, again a post about
Apple?” – Yes! As it happens, Apple will be releasing
new iPad Pros eventhough they were not shown on
the Apple Event earlier this month…
When it comes to marketing, Apple for sure knows
how to entice the customers with big numbers and
well-sounding phrases. But with the release of iOS
12 and it’s improvements, Apple didn’t exaggerate!
It seems as if NVidia takes GPU computing serious. The
recently presented Tesla T4 card, a successor to M4 and
P4 (some say they’re graphics cards but that’s only half
the truth) seem to offer tremendous processing power!
While many people are taking a big gulp seeing the new
iPhone prices, investors seem to be happy with the way
Apple is making the prices for each of their currently
available iPhone models. The customers hate it though!
In a suburb of London a rat has invaded a McDonalds
restaurant. In Croydon, where the mcDonalds is situa-
ted, the rodent has found a way into the restaurant.
The clerks were quick with the brooms and evicted it.
Mercedes has released a new type of heavy duty trucks
which come with an updated system of driving assistants.
With this new set of assistants Mercedes raises the
part-autonomous driving level to Tier 2.
If you thought, a high tech car with a value of over
100’000 US$ cannot be stolen easily, then you’d better
not watch the following video. A team of the catholic
University Leuven in Belgium shows how.
Windows 7 is still omnipresent in most offices around
the world. The reason is that all these offices refuse
to replace a perfectly good-running OS with Windows 10
as it also means to change the common software library.
So that was the Keynote 2018. Apple has presented
the new iPhone XS (Max) and the XR, the Apple
Watch Series 4 and finally gave out some info about
the upcoming iOS12 and macOS Mojave (10.14)
When a lot of HDD space is needed, SSDs still are too expensive
albeit they offer trememndous speeds for data handling. Yet an
SSD would make out a good data archive as SSDs don’t like a
lot of writing but can be read hundreds of thousands times.
We’re already waiting for the new event to start on
September 12th, 2018 10am PDT to gather a look
on the new devices Apple might reveal to the public.
Also iOS 12 will have it’s debute. Follow this live blog.