A new level in the fight between Qualcomm and Apple
has been reached. Qualcomm is seeking for a sale ban
of certain iPhone models. Affected are iPhone 7,8 and
the X. The XS, XS Max and XR are not affected.

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Planet discovery in a far distance is quite a challenge. A team
for space science has discovered “2018 VG18” which is 120 AU
(astronomical units) away from the sun. It’s nickname “Farout”
is symbolic according to it’s distance from the sun.

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This can be a real hassle. New version of WordPress gets
rolled out and again our cronjobs to release scheduled posts
are simply gone! We wonder what ditches our cronjobs and
thus hinders WP to publish posts that are scheduled.

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Microsoft finally seems to roll out Fall Creators update
regularly after fixing some problems with another pre-patch
Some problems were based upon a faulty graphics driver
from Intel for their HD Graphics.

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If you ever thought, there’s a maximum age for playing
Pokemon Go, you’ll be surprised about the following
man. Not only has he found an innovative way to hunt
down pokemons, he also is very creative.

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If you thought, flying like the Silversurfer from Marvel
Comics is a fiction, then you haven’t seen the modern
hoverboard. Is this a prototype for how people might
travel short distances in the future?

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Gene manipulation using CRISPR is a topic which is known for some
time now. But in China CRISPR has been used on the embryos of two
girls which have been born recently. Do we start playing God now?
And what about possibe genetic mutations that may occur?

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Unfortunately the blog wasn’t reachable the last three days.
Seems as if something has blocked the function of the
backend which also affected the publishing of articles we have
prepared for you. Hope all will be back now!

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Every fourth friday of November it is the same:
Shops paint their windows with stickers and sheets
presenting large percent denominations of rebates
on most or all products they offer.

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It seems as if the online video portal has found a new source
for attracting visitors. However it won’t make competitors
like NetFlix, Spotify & Co. happy. YouTube is planning to
show older movies on their portal. But what’s the catch?

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Well… it’s time to announce the next Darwin Award
winner. This man thought, a selfie on a high crane
might be a good idea. And to make it even more
special, head to the tip of the crane.

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Ubisoft is shortly releasing Rainbow Six Siege for the
Chinese market. However it will not contain the same
game experience than the usual version for EMEA.
Especially graphic design elements had to be removed.

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Tennis can be an emotional sport. Especially the Williams
sisters can be enraged if something isn’t working as
intended. In the US Open Finals in New York,
Serena Williams accused the umpire being a liar and a thief.

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Well it seems as if Apple always has to deal with some
lockscreen bugs here and there. With Group Facetime
another security issue has become available. When in
the lockscreen, it is possible to view contact details.

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When you think of waves, sea and sand, you might
picture out a nice sunny beach with warm sun on
your skin beathing the salty yet clean air the sea
provides while the waves roar in.

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You all know these signs for certain: At the entrance
of the bus you’ll often spot the “Do not talk to driver
while vehicle is in motion”-sign. These signs do make
sense as the following CCTV video shows…

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GrayKey, a little box used by law enforcement facilities to
reveal information and data from locked iPhones has been
rendered useless with the release of iOS 12. Although the
box may still retrieve unencrypted files and metadata…

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It is sort of a curse. Every attempt to make one’s life easier
with modern protocols for WLAN, Bluetooth and other
mobile wireless solutions also brings up new problems.
One of these affect all iOS devices running iOS12.0.1 or older

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A week ago I have written about temperature records in
Switzerland. Now this article is about a big rectangular
ice shelf that broke loose from the Larson C ice shelf.
Now calving if ice isn’t that seldom but the form is!

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This is something one would not like to happen to
oneself live. You drive on a road and suddenly a rock
crushes onto the road you’re driving on crushing your
foreman’s car. Wht do you think in such a moment?

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There you have it… new iPad Pros, a new Mac Mini and
macBook Air refresh. Quite some new devices Apple has
presented yesterday on it’s Event in New York. Available
from November 7th, 2018, you’ll be able to preorder now!

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If you ever wondered how a Tesla is able to maneuver
you through the roads with no problem detecting
obstacles, persons and free spots to drive on, you
might want to give this video a try. Simply astounding!

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Just imagine, there you are on your way to the metro,
standing on the escalator and all of a sudden that darn
thing speeds up at a fricking speed where your only
thought is: How will I end at the end of the escalator?

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The weekend is here and it’s time for some relaxing.
Today here’s some fun compilation of epic construction
site fails. Or let’s say better: Things you’d better not have
done as shown in the video. Have fun and a nice saturday!

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On October 24th a new temperature record in
Locarno, Ticino (Switzerland) has been recorded
While the thermometer was still reading 23.1 °C
at 5:30am, the temperature rose to 30.1 °C later!

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…or what can we achieve with a given size limit for the
binary? Today’s entry deals with two extreme demos
that have been shown on the demozoo competition in
2013. One demo is 64KB and the other just 4 KB!

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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.

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Terminator / Terminator II are all well-known films.
The fictive company “SkyNet” has built robots that
act like humans but on a more logical structure. The
main problem: Even humans are considere a threat.

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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!

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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.

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Imagine a restaurant and instead of reading a menu
you’ll see the waiter bringing a small device that
presents you all the menu items vivid and in 3D.
Impossible, you say? Then watch the following videos!

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Computers nowadays aren’t a big thing anymore.
We work with them, they process stuff for us and
they’re supposed to make our work easier. But
how did all start? The ENIAC was built in 1947.

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