Probefahrt mit dem Opel Mokka-e: Mehr Sport als Utility

Opel bringt mit dem Mokka-e das zweite Elektroauto einer neuen Ära auf den Markt. Eine erste Probefahrt hinterlässt einen guten Eindruck. Ein Hands-on von Franz W. Rother (Elektroauto, Technologie)

Opel bringt mit dem Mokka-e das zweite Elektroauto einer neuen Ära auf den Markt. Eine erste Probefahrt hinterlässt einen guten Eindruck. Ein Hands-on von Franz W. Rother (Elektroauto, Technologie)

Blizzard: Diebisch durch Diablo 4

Blizzard hat mit der Rogue eine weitere Klasse für Diablo 4 vorgestellt. Außerdem gibt es überarbeitete Klassiker wie The Lost Vikings. (Diablo 4, WoW)

Blizzard hat mit der Rogue eine weitere Klasse für Diablo 4 vorgestellt. Außerdem gibt es überarbeitete Klassiker wie The Lost Vikings. (Diablo 4, WoW)

What’s new in the first Android 12 Developer Preview

Lots of hidden features, and hints that the leak from the other day is true.

This green circle (we added the background) is the Android 12 logo, we guess.

Enlarge / This green circle (we added the background) is the Android 12 logo, we guess.

The first Android 12 developer preview hit the streets Thursday, and we've played with it for a day. There's not a lot to see in this release—at least not at first. Most of the interesting bits are hidden, and the developer community is slowly enabling them. Many changes are half-finished alpha tweaks that will look different in the final release; after all, Google says these releases are for "testing and feedback."

This first release of Android 12 is meant to get some APIs and other changes in front of people for feedback, but it's also designed to not spill the beans too much on what the final build of Android 12 will look like. With that in mind, many of the features in an earlier Android 12 leak seem right on the money. This public release is a sanitized build with a lot of stuff turned off, but the more we flip on hidden flags and catch hints in the documentation, the more this build looks like a solid halfway point between Android 11 and those leaked Android 12 screenshots.

The notification panel

Google can never let an Android release go by without some notification changes, and this year it looks like we're getting a fresh design and a few other tweaks. Like everything else in the preview, we're only getting a half-finished look at things here.

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Texas: Bibbern im Treibhaus

Arktische Kälte trifft die Ärmsten am härtesten, während Reiche sich absetzen. Kraftwerke offensichtlich nicht für Wetterextreme ausgelegt

Arktische Kälte trifft die Ärmsten am härtesten, während Reiche sich absetzen. Kraftwerke offensichtlich nicht für Wetterextreme ausgelegt

Diablo II Resurrected tops BlizzCon announcement flurry

Expected announcements for Diablo IV, Diablo Immortal, Hearthstone, more.

Long rumored, finally confirmed.

Enlarge / Long rumored, finally confirmed. (credit: Blizzard)

Blizzard's latest BlizzCon event sees the longtime PC game maker at perhaps its most beleaguered yet. Game delays, notable departuresbotched remakes, smartphone-gaming backlash, and an anti-protester reputation have weighed down what was once a sterling RTS/RPG reputation. That led us to wonder: Can today's streaming-only BlizzCon showcase of games and plans show that the company's recent hires and behind-the-scenes reshuffling are paying off?

In at least one respect, the outlook is optimistic, thanks to an impressive reveal of Diablo II: Resurrected. This long-rumored remake includes everything from both the base 2000 game and its 2001 expansion, Lord of Destruction. At first glimpse, this top-to-bottom remake seems to get everything right that WarCraft III: Reforged got so very, very wrong—and we won't have to wait very long to come up with our own impressions. Sign-ups for D2:R's technical alpha are now live ahead of the game's launch on PC and consoles "in 2021."

The right balance between preservation and polish?

We've grown increasingly skeptical of Blizzard's sales pitches in recent years, but so far, everything about D2:R strikes us as the right kind of "Blizzard Classic" approach, including the following sales pitches:

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