Month: December 2021

Silver Lake übernimmt die Führung im Aufsichtsrat der Software AG. Der ehemaliger Chef von Red Hat bekommt dort einen Sitz. (Software AG, SAP)

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Dell has unveiled a new concept PC that the company says would have about a 50% lower carbon footprint than a typical laptop. That’s achieved through a series of design choices that not only bring down the up-front environmental impact, but also the long-term impact by making the computer easy to repair and making parts easy to reuse.

Unfortunately Dell says its Concept Luna is just a proof-of-concept device for now, so you can’t actually go out and buy one just yet. But with the success of other repairable PCs like the Framework Laptop, maybe Dell will go out and build a more sustainable notebook if the company feels there’s enough demand.

Here are a few of the things that make Concept Luna different from other laptops:

• The motherboard is about 75% smaller than a typical laptop motherboard and uses 20% fewer materials, cutting the carbon footprint in half.
• The smaller mainboard is located in the cover/display area, where it’s separated from the battery and exposed to a larger surface area for improved cooling.
• That lets Dell use passive cooling for a fanless design and improved efficiency could also allow the company to use a smaller battery while still offering long battery life.
• Dell chose a “deep-cycle cell battery” that’s designed to hold a long charge for twice as many years.
• There are just four screws that need to be removed to access the internal components for repair or replacement.
• You can easily remove the palm rest and/or keyboard for repair or replacement – there are no adhesives holding them in place.
• The battery, display, and other components are also easy to remove – Dell says a modular design makes it possible to reuse any of the components in another laptop.

The concept laptop also has an aluminum chassis that’s easy to recycle (and Dell says it was processed with hydro power), and the printed circuit board (PCB) is “made with flax fiber in the base and water-soluble polymer as the glue,” which reduces the use of plastics and makes recycling easier.

Dell says all told, it would take about 1.5 hours to completely disassemble a laptop and harvest its parts for use in other hardware. You know, assuming the innovations Dell developed for Concept Luna ever actually show up in real-world hardware that you can buy.

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Der niedrige Börsenkurs von BT Group könnte dazu führen, dass der Betreiber von Altice übernommen wird. Die Telekom könnte sich zurückziehen. (Telekom, Mobilfunk)

The wearable electronics category has been dominated by smartwatches and earbuds in recent years. But companies keep trying to make smart glasses a thing, and Oppo’s entry in the space actually looks… not bad.

Oppo Air Glass looks like a normal set of eyeglasses when you’re not using it for anything fancy. But you can snap a monocle onto the side and it can project text and images in your field of view, essentially turning your glasses into a head-up display that you can use for navigation, real-time translations, or viewing notifications without looking at your phone or computer.

Basically Oppo Air Glass sounds like Google Glass… but you can simply remove the electric portion when you’re not using it. The monocle is held in place by a magnet, so

The system is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 4100 processor and features a micro LED projector that can display monochrome text and graphics at a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels, up to 1400 nits of average brightness, and either 16 or 256 levels of grayscale.

There a touch-sensitive controls on the side of the device and users can also control Air Glass with voice commands or hand tracking. It also pairs with a smartphone app (compatible with Oppo phones running ColorOS 11 or later) for controls and configuration.

Weighing just about an ounce, there’s not much room for a large battery, but Oppo says the Air Glass should be able to run for up to 3 hours during active usage and it support sup to 40 hours of standby time.

Oppo plans to offer Air Glass to customers in China in early 2022 as part of a “limited release.” There’s no word on how much it will cost or if Oppo Air Glass will target mainstream consumers or just business customers.

via Oppo, The Verge, Engadget, and GSM Arena

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Ashley Gjøvik hatte Verstöße Apples gegen Gesundheitsvorschriften öffentlich gemacht und wurde anschließend entlassen - das zuständige Ministerium ermittelt. (Apple, Wirtschaft)

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Popular password manager LastPass was acquired by LogMeIn in 2015, but now the company has announced plans to spin off LastPass as a standalone business again.

According to a post on the LastPass Blog, the move will allow allow the team to roll out improvements and new features more quickly moving forward. But there’s no word on what, if anything, the change will mean for the pricing structure.

A year after LogMeIn acquired LastPass, the company made a change that allowed you to use the service for free across multiple devices (previously you could use the desktop or mobile versions for free, but starting in 2016 you could use both for free and only needed to pay for additional functionality).

But last year LastPass started charging for that functionality again.

LogMeIn and LastPass say that there’s growing demand for password security and features including single sign-on and/or multi-factor authentication. LastPass currently has over 30 million users, and the companies say they’ve seen an acceleration in account creation over the past year and a half. LogMeIn also notes that 85-thousand businesses are using LastPass, suggesting that corporate customers could be an important part of the standalone LastPass business moving forward.

LastPass says planned improvements include “even more third-party integrations for businesses,” and improved support channels. But some of the updates in the roadmap should affect individual users as well, including an improved mobile experience and “faster, seamless save and fill.”

That said, I can’t help but wondering if customers LastPass lost with its changes in the past year have any intention of coming back or if they’ll stick with alternatives like Bitwarden, 1Password, or KeePass.

The current LastPass pricing structure includes:

• Free accounts for basic use on a single device
• Premium accounts for multi-device users priced at $3 per month
• Family accounts with 6 premium licenses for $4 per month
• Business plans starting at $4 per month per user

via The Verge

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