Nur Einstieg in den Kohleausstieg: Was auf der Weltklimakonferenz beschlossen wurde

Die Ergebnisse der Weltklimakonferenz in Glasgow gehen Klimaschützern nicht weit genug. Der Beschluss zum Kohleausstieg wurde am Ende abgeschwächt. Ein Bericht von Christiane Schulzki-Haddouti (Klimakrise, GreenIT)

Die Ergebnisse der Weltklimakonferenz in Glasgow gehen Klimaschützern nicht weit genug. Der Beschluss zum Kohleausstieg wurde am Ende abgeschwächt. Ein Bericht von Christiane Schulzki-Haddouti (Klimakrise, GreenIT)

Mieterschutz passé: "Da bleibt als Alternative nur die Vergesellschaftung"

Der Mieterschutz ist durch das Urteil des Bundesverwaltungsgerichts zum Vorkaufsrecht geschwächt. Aber da war ja noch dieser Berliner Volksentscheid. Interview mit einer Aktivistin

Der Mieterschutz ist durch das Urteil des Bundesverwaltungsgerichts zum Vorkaufsrecht geschwächt. Aber da war ja noch dieser Berliner Volksentscheid. Interview mit einer Aktivistin

Autoindustrie: Die Bremser mit den schnellen Schüsseln

“InfluenceMap”: Wenn es um Klimaschutz geht, tritt die deutsche Autoindustrie auf die Bremsklötze. Gleichzeitig will sie der Öffentlichkeit weismachen, sie werde klimafreundlicher

"InfluenceMap": Wenn es um Klimaschutz geht, tritt die deutsche Autoindustrie auf die Bremsklötze. Gleichzeitig will sie der Öffentlichkeit weismachen, sie werde klimafreundlicher

Von Ambivalenz, Zweifel und Fanatismus

Über das aufklärerische Konzept der Skepsis in Zeiten der Pandemie und das reflexartige Hinterfragen von allem, was “von oben” kommt

Über das aufklärerische Konzept der Skepsis in Zeiten der Pandemie und das reflexartige Hinterfragen von allem, was "von oben" kommt

DockCase Smart Hub is an 8-in-1 USB-C dock with a display that shows you what it’s doing (crowdfunding)

A good USB-C dock will let you connect displays, keyboards, mice, game controllers, and all sort of other gear to a computer with a single cable. But the new DockCase Smart Hub does more than that. Thanks to a 1.54 inch display and a custom operating system, the Smart Hub can display data to let […]

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A good USB-C dock will let you connect displays, keyboards, mice, game controllers, and all sort of other gear to a computer with a single cable. But the new DockCase Smart Hub does more than that.

Thanks to a 1.54 inch display and a custom operating system, the Smart Hub can display data to let you know what each of your peripherals is doing. For example, it can display data transfer speeds, charging speed, or video performance stats.

This isn’t the first “visual” smart hub from DockCase – previous-gen models sell for $79 and up. But DockCase says the new model has:

  • A larger display
  • A new D-Key button that lets you interact with the OS
  • Improved thermals thanks to a small cooling fan
  • Updated user interface thanks to the new DockOS operating system

DockCasse calls its new software “the world’s first hub operating system” and promises that it can display real-time data from connected peripherals, with several different modes and support for user customization of certain parameters.

By putting some smarts into the dock itself, DockCase also makes it easier to balance performance with different modes for adjusting video output, data transfer, and power delivery settings.

The hub measures 151 x 50 x 16.3mm (5.9″ x 2″ x 0.64″) and weighs 180 grams (6.3 ounces) and features a Zinc Alloy and tempered glass case. Ports include:

  • 1 x Gigabit Ethernet
  • 1 x HDMI (4K/60Hz HDR10 support)
  • 2 x USB 3.2 Type-A (10 Gbps)
  • 1 x USB 3.2 Type-C (10 Gbps)
  • 2 x USB 2.0
  • SD card reader

While the port tops out at 10 Gbps data transfer speeds (rather than the 40Gbps you’d get from Thunderbolt 4), the performance customization features might help make up for that shortcoming for folks who don’t need to connect an external GPU or any other bandwidth-hungry hardware.

As ExtremeTech points out, the display readout could also come in handy for troubleshooting peripherals that may not work properly, because now instead of just knowing that your display or other gear doesn’t work with a hub, you can get a better sense of why by looking at the performance stats on the dock’s display.

The makers of the DockCase says the Smart Hub should be compatible with all computers that have “a full-featured USB-C port” with support for 4K video on most recent Macs, iPad Pro tablets, or PCs with 10th-gen or later Intel Core processors.

The DockCase Smart Hub is expected to have a retail price of $150, but it’s up for pre-order at discounted prices during a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, with Early Bird pledge levels as low as $89. The Smart Hub is expected to start shipping to backers in January, 2022.

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Griechenland: Was und wie darf Journalismus fragen?

Eklat bei Pressekonferenz: Wer über Pushbacks reden will, beleidigt angeblich das griechische Volk. Eine niederländische Journalistin bekommt dafür einen Shitstorm der Extraklasse

Eklat bei Pressekonferenz: Wer über Pushbacks reden will, beleidigt angeblich das griechische Volk. Eine niederländische Journalistin bekommt dafür einen Shitstorm der Extraklasse

The weekend’s best deals: Disney+, Garmin watches, Xbox Game Pass, and more

Dealmaster also has good board games, Google Nest devices, and gaming chairs.

The weekend’s best deals: Disney+, Garmin watches, Xbox Game Pass, and more

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Another weekend, another Dealmaster. This weekend's roundup of the best tech deals we can find from around the web includes discounts from a sweeping early Black Friday sale at Best Buy, strong promotional prices on Disney+ and Xbox Game Pass, deals on activity trackers we like from Garmin and Fitbit, and "three for the price of two" sales at GameStop, Target, and Amazon.

We've broken down a few of the highlights and laid out our full curated list of deals below.

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This intrepid robot is the Wall-E of the deep sea

The car-sized Benthic Rover II is roaming the seafloor 13,000 feet deep.

With extra-wide tracks and a bunch of other clever features, the Benthic Rover II can roam the seafloor for years at a time.

Enlarge / With extra-wide tracks and a bunch of other clever features, the Benthic Rover II can roam the seafloor for years at a time. (credit: Madison Pobis | MBARI)

The Benthic Rover II is the size of a compact car, although it rocks fat treads, making it more like a scientific tank. That, along with the two googly-eye-like flotation devices on its front, gives it a sort of WALL-E vibe. Only instead of exploring a garbage-strewn landscape, BR-II roams the Pacific seafloor, 13,000 feet deep. The robot’s mission: to prowl the squishy terrain in search of clues about how the deep ocean processes carbon.

That mission begins with a wild ride, 180 miles off the coast of Southern California. Scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute lower BR-II into the water and then … drop it. Completely untethered, the robot free-falls for two and a half hours, landing on the abyssal plains—great stretches of what you might generously call muck. “It's mushy and dusty at the same time,” says MBARI electrical engineer Alana Sherman, coauthor on a new paper in Science Robotics describing findings from the robot’s adventures. “Which is part of the reason it’s a tracked vehicle, and it has these really wide treads.” That extra surface area distributes the robot’s weight so it doesn’t sink into the sand.

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