
Facebooks Digitalwährung: Libra bekommt Konkurrenz aus China
Bereits in wenigen Wochen könnte eine staatliche Kryptowährung von der chinesischen Zentralbank veröffentlicht werden – deutlich vor Facebooks Libra. (Libra, Soziales Netz)

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Bereits in wenigen Wochen könnte eine staatliche Kryptowährung von der chinesischen Zentralbank veröffentlicht werden – deutlich vor Facebooks Libra. (Libra, Soziales Netz)
In einer Reihe mit Käfer und Golf sieht VW die Bedeutung seines neuen ID.3. Bei der Vorstellung der Serienversion des Autos schwärmte Vorstandschef Herbert Diess von CO2-Neutralität, Energiewende und dem großen Potenzial von E-Mobilität. Ein Bericht v…
Ein neues Verfahren macht ultraharte Handybeschichtungen, biokompatible Herzschrittmacher und versiegelte Weltraumelektronik möglich. Ein Bericht von Dirk Eidemüller (Wissenschaft, Technologie)
Netgear aktualisiert sein Orbi-High-End-Mesh-System. Das neue Angebot bietet 802.11ax-Unterstützung auf drei Funkeinheiten je Mesh-Knoten, die sich Netgear aber teuer bezahlen lässt. Dafür bietet das System aber auch 2.5GbE übers Kabel am Routerteil. …
Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto: Die BWI testet einen Software-Roboter, der Mitarbeiter im Luftfahrtamt von monotoner Verwaltungsarbeit entlastet – und sucht menschliche Kollegen für ihn. (Roboter, OCR)
Die Elektroautos Smart Fortwo und Forfour werden vernetzt und sollen durch den neuen Partner Plugsurfing an vielen Säulen aufgeladen werden können. (Elektroauto, Technologie)
Volkswagen hat mit dem ID.3 sein erstes rein für den Elektroantrieb konzipiertes Fahrzeug vorgestellt. Der in drei Akkugrößen erhältliche Wagen sieht im Innenraum ein bisschen wie ein Tesla aus. (VW, Technologie)
Hundreds of exemptions issued by Dr. Robert Sears may be immediately revoked.
Enlarge / Dr. Robert Sears examines 2-month-old twins. Sears is among the doctors who have been found to have issued fraudulent medical vaccination exemptions. (credit: Getty | Don Bartletti)
Hundreds of dubious medical exemptions handed out by California’s infamous anti-vaccine pediatrician, Dr. Robert Sears, would be revoked under fresh amendments to a state bill designed to boost vaccination rates.
The bill’s author, state Senator (and MD) Richard Pan (D-Sacramento), came to an agreement on the amendments late last week with California Gov. Gavin Newsom.
The bill, SB 276, aims to crack down on bogus medical exemptions, which surged in the wake of the state’s 2015 law eliminating vaccine exemptions based on personal and religious beliefs. Dr. Pan was prompted to author the bill after discovering that some “unscrupulous” doctors had been exempting children from vaccine requirements based on questionable or outright sham medical reasons—sometimes for hefty fees. The exemptions left some communities under-protected from vaccine-preventable illnesses.
Users on the Canary or Dev builds of ChromeOS got a nasty shock last week.
Enlarge / If your new Chromebook told you it's past EOL, don't panic—as long as you were running Canary or Dev, that is. (If you were running Stable or Beta, you may continue panicking.) (credit: Valentina Palladino)
A lot of Chromebook and Chromebox users don't realize this, but all ChromeOS devices have an expiration date. Google's original policy was for devices to be supported for five years, but the company has recently extended that time to 6.5 years.
When your Chromebook or Chromebox approaches its built-in expiration date, it will warn you that it's time to go buy a new device entirely. Not long after that, it will refuse to apply any further security or feature updates. In addition to leaving users vulnerable to unpatched security exploits, this means that constantly evolving services such as Gmail will eventually stop working entirely.
Google has been working on a way to warn users six months ahead of time that their device's EOL date is approaching to allow them to plan with a little less time-sensitive desperation. But users running the Canary and Dev early-preview ChromeOS builds discovered a bug in the new code the hard way. After any reboot, brand-new devices started warning "this is the last automatic software and security update for this Chromebook. To get future updates, upgrade to a newer model."
Battery technology has’t advanced much in recent years, which means that if you want to make a smartphone with longer battery life you have a few options: stuff a huge battery inside, use energy-efficient components, or advise customers not to tu…
Battery technology has’t advanced much in recent years, which means that if you want to make a smartphone with longer battery life you have a few options: stuff a huge battery inside, use energy-efficient components, or advise customers not to turn their phones on (you can get days of standby time this way!) Or… you […]
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