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What to do to protect your laptop from overheat during work from home

2020-12-21T12:41:00.003+05:30

Laptop Overheating fix

Most workers work from home because of the corona epidemic, in such a situation, laptop over heat also happens. Overheating can quickly damage a laptop. But at the same time if you take care of some things then you can save your laptop from overheating. Let us show you a few ways.

Do not use laptop in this way

So if your laptop's CPU fan is not working, then don't use the laptop because in such a situation the laptop could overheat. Aside from that, in order to properly use your laptop, you must also take care to clean the laptop or any electronic device with a wet cloth. Always dust with a dry cloth.

Cooling kit is a better option

If your laptop is too old then it can face overheating. This is why you don't use old laptop a lot. It heats up quickly. In this case, an additional cooling kit is a better option. Remember, always buy a laptop fan based on the design of your laptop. Even if his laptop is hot, there may be a problem with the battery. So replace the battery.

Keep laptop on flat surface

Work by holding your laptop on a flat surface. Because most laptops take air from below for cooling. In this case, they will be placed on a blanket or pillow, then there will be a problem with ventilation. At the same time, keeping the laptop on a flat surface will reduce the problem of overheating.

Clean the laptop

If the laptop is not cleaned, dust will collect in its airflow, causing it to overheat. The laptop should be cleaned regularly every two to three days. This will not warm up your laptop and will work for more days.

Intel SSD- The new generation with 144-layer NAND flash

2020-12-17T17:29:00.004+05:30

Intel SSD 670p with 144L-QLC-NAND

In addition to the new Optane products, Intel has also introduced SSD with conventional NAND flash memory as part of the Memory and Storage Moment 2020. Consumers can expect the M.2 SSD 670p soon.Companies get more choice with D7-P5510 and D5-P5316. Common to all is the use of the new 144-layer NAND.

SSD 670p with 144L-QLC-NAND

In the first quarter of 2021, the successor of the SSD 660p and SSD 665p will be launched with the Intel SSD 670p. In the familiar M.2 form factor with 80 mm length, Intel packs the new 3D NAND generation with 144-layer architecture. In the case of the 670p, it is the QLC variant with four bits per memory cell, which should not only be cheaper, but also faster and more durable than previous QLC generations.

Intel SSD 670p

Although Intel has not yet submitted a detailed data sheet, it is known that the 670p uses PCIe 3.0, with storage capacities of 512 GB, 1 TB and 2 TB appears and undergoes an adjustment in the SLC cache, as graphics illustrate. The dynamic SLC cache, which decreases with increasing level, should shrink more slowly than with the 660p. Apparently, there is no advantage in this respect to the younger 665p, which is why it was not used for comparison. The always available static SLC cache remains untouched with 6 GB to 24 GB. Intel also speaks of a next-gen controller and 150 TBW per 512 GB.

Intel SSD 670p

144-layer NAND for Enterprise SSD

The 144-Layer-NAND is slowly entering the enterprise SSDs of Intel. The SSD D7-P5510, which uses a TLC variant of the new memory generation, is faster and more durable with 3 bits per memory cell than the QLC version. The D7-P5510 is available in a 2.5-inch package with U.2 connection and storage capacities of 3.84 TB or 7.68 TB. Availability is expected to be available this year, with cloud storage as an example. The predecessor is to be beaten in performance partly clearly. Intel speaks of up to 7 GB/s and 930,000 IOPS reading as well as about 4.2 GB/s and 190,000 IOPS writing.

Intel New NAND SSDs for Data Centers

Thanks to QLC-NAND with 128 GB per die, the D5-5316 delivers higher storage capacities of up to 30.72 TB, with both U.2 versions and the ruler-like E1.L version planned. With performance values of up to 6.8 GB/s and 800,000 IOPS when reading, Intel advertises, but without specifying write performance. The D5-5316 will be available within the first half of 2021.

Intel sees Floating Gate as an advantage

While ex-partner Micron made a radical change of architecture after the separation, Intel continues to rely on floating gate memory cells (FG) and sees advantages in this compared to the charge trap flash technology (CTF), which virtually all competitors use. Especially with regard to QLC, Intel sees an advantage in FG cells, as they are better shielded and can thus retain information for longer. The charge loss is significantly lower, especially over a longer period of time, as a graph illustrates. In addition, Intel considers the FG principle also promising for future PLC-NAND with 5 bits per cell.

Floating Gate Cell vs Charge Trap Cell

It remains to be seen whether future generations will continue to use FG technology in the course of the upcoming acquisition of Intel’s NAND division by SK Hynix.

Motorola today launch new smartphone Moto G9 Power in India

2020-12-13T20:12:00.001+05:30

Moto G9 Power Smartphone

Motorola today launched its new Moto G9 Power smartphone in the Indian market, which has already been launched in the world market.

Moto G9 Power in Amazon

In India, this smartphone will be exclusively available on the Flipkart e-commerce site and was listed on Flipkart before its launch, where many of its special features were also reported. This smartphone gets features like 6,000mAh powerful battery and triple rear camera setup. This smartphone started at 12 noon today.

Moto G9 Power Smartphone Price and Features

Expected price of the Moto G9 Power: The Moto G9 Power was only launched in Europe last month and is valued at 199 euros. H. around 17,800 rupees. It also has 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. It will be provided in electrical voiceless and metallic SEZ color options. Although its value has not yet been announced in the Indian market but it is expected to knock it out between Rs 15 and 20,000.

Possible Specs of Moto G9 Power: Let us know that Dual SIM support is available in Moto G9 Power and will work on Android 10 OS. It has a 6.8-inch HD + IPS display and works on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 662 processor. It has 4 GB of RAM and 128 GB of internal storage. Which is able to expand up to 512GB with the help of the microSD card.

Moto G9 Power Camera

The Moto G9 Power is getting triple rear camera setup for photography. The 64MP primary sensor, 2MP macro shooter and 2MP depth sensor are also given in the phone. At the same time, a 16MP front camera will be available for video calls and selfies. For power supply, this smartphone will have a 6,000mAh battery with 20W fast charge support. For connectivity, in this smartphone, users were given features like Bluetooth 5.0, 4G LTE, GPS, A GPS, USB Type C, NFC and 3.5mm headphone jack.

Demon Souls alluded - A masterpiece for the launch of the PS5

2020-12-12T18:55:00.003+05:30

Demon Souls alluded

The PlayStation 5 has been available for a while now and I was lucky enough to get a copy. For the launch of the PS5 I got Spider-Man Miles Morales, which really thrilled me again, but offers relatively little playing time in the main story. For many years, titles from From Software have been at home in my games library. This leads to the test of Demon’s Souls as a PS5 remake. I have played the original of Demon’s Souls, Dark Souls, Bloodborne and also Sekiro and am often trapped in the titles for a long time.

This is because the games are not really easy to beat. On many opponents, you bite your teeth out and have to think about how best to tackle them in order not to be stabbed. The titles may not suit one or the other, because none of the mentioned games radiates a lot of joie de vivre.

With the experiences of the past years in the back I wanted to watch the remake of Demon’s Souls. This comes in contrast to the original not from From Software, but from Bluepoint, which specializes in remakes and immediately after completion of Shadow of the Colossus have started with the development of Demon’s Souls for the PS5. I know bluepoint usually does a good job. Nevertheless, the scepticism was great whether the remake would be really good and you inherit From Software properly.Spoiler: It is excellent. But let me go a little further.

The original was released from 2009, 2010 but only here and offered playfully good but graphically not really outstanding. Nevertheless, From Software managed to create an atmosphere that had its charm. You could draw many players into the spell, started a cult around the Souls series. Now Bluepoint comes around the corner and does pretty much everything you can do right with a remake. Those who know Demon’s Souls will be able to skip the following paragraph, but let me briefly explain what it is all about.

You are in the kingdom of Boletaria. Here once reigned a king, who could make his kingdom a flourishing area with the help of the soul arts. The aforementioned arts, however, were of demonic origin and the achievement of the king was not good enough. He didn’t see the beauty, went insane and traveled to the so-called Nexus to free The Old One - the Ancient One - a monster with a pretty big hunger for souls. It comes as it must come: the land falls into chaos everywhere demons and so on and so on. The game introduces you well to the story in which you as a player - before that you can really adjust your character and choose a class - enter. Problem: You will find yourself directly at the start in a fight against an overpowering opponent and will die, whether you like it or not. In the following you will find yourself in the nexus, in soul shape and currently without body.

Demon Souls alluded a masterpiece for the launch of the PS5

And off you go the journey through the kingdom, which you begin by working off various wedges that stand for different areas in Boletaria. Each of these areas has at least one ore demon / boss to slay. On the way to the evil, you gradually slaughter various undead and other nasty enemies.

Each opponent will drop a certain number of souls, which you can collect and later exchange for items and level-ups in the Nexus. If you die - and this usually happens quite often - you leave your entire soul and have the opportunity to cancel it in the next run. Apart from that, you have had bad luck: Not only the game system as such, but also the gameplay of the remake has been taken over 1:1. So it looks exactly like a from-software title. The mechanics and everything you’ve loved about these games will be here, and the soundtrack is also great.

Really new, however, is the mood that the game with the insanely good graphics is able to catch. Especially with HDR, a lighting mood is created, which underlines the scenario excellently. Only a few torches illuminate corridors that lead through the very well designed levels. There could be a coward somewhere behind every corner who’d like to whip a club on your heads. If you are afraid that Bluepoint has changed the level, you don’t have to panic.

Now you could assume Bluepoint lacks courage to fill the gap, but why change something that was already good back then. The actual differences arise in the details, the animations, etc., which nevertheless take nothing essential from the original. Only the user interface has been dusted and made clearer. In my opinion, where one could have improved are the descriptions of the items. The newcomer will be able to do little with Blue and White Eyed Stone, since a more explanatory description would have been useful.

You can really start the game right, but only after you have defeated the first boss - called Phalanx - can you. Only then does a woman appear in the Nexus, where you can bring your level up and do something about the stats. Phalanx is a boss collection of smaller enemies, equipped with a shield and spear at the front, but soft and vulnerable at the back. When hitting different materials, you also notice that Bluepoint uses the new DualSense controller and its haptic feedback.

Here and there I have sometimes had problems with the camera, which partly did not want as I did. The lock-on system was not always as reliable as I would have liked. But that’s whining on a very high level and glitches were extremely rare. You have to say that you have delivered a nearly bug-free game here.

The well-proven multiplayer system is also available here. You can burn a sign to the ground in Soul Shape that other players can see and call you to fight through the level and against the respective boss. If you defeat the boss together, you will get souls and your body again, which will give you a full life record and can only be recovered by using an item.

But beware: You can also be the proverbial asshole, penetrate into other games and assassinate the gamer playing there. This can make you happy, but is very frustrating for your counterpart when you are on the road and get an axe in the back. After all, you leave a not insignificant number of souls, which you have to collect again.

But you will have to make friends with dying, because the degree of difficulty is partly absurd and you only get on with tactics. Especially against bosses that seem to be absolutely overpowering, tactical action is needed. Makes for an infinite amount of frustration, if one blesses again and again the temporal. During various encounters with weapons in my virtual body, I often had the desire to fling the controller somewhere against.

As bad as it is in that moment, the more beautiful it is when you have made it. And that’s exactly what makes the Souls series apart from the atmosphere for me. This includes raising souls to bring the level to a level that makes it easier for other bosses.

If you are not frustration-tolerant and have something against farming or thoughtful gaming, you will not be happy with the game. All other PS5 owners will find a remake with Demon’s Souls that couldn't be better.

Aluminum or graph: Team Group Cardea IOPS SSD with two cooling options

2020-12-11T11:12:00.002+05:30

Cardea IOPS SSD

With the Cardea IOPS SSD, Team Group lets the customer choose the cooler. The M.2 SSD with PCIe interface comes with both a thicker heat sink made of aluminum and a flat strip equipped with graphene. This ensures flexibility depending on the space available in the system.

Aluminium or graph depending on space and power requirements

Compared to a bare "M.2" SSD, the aluminum cooler is supposed to improve heat dissipation by 15 percent, while the graphene strip is still nine percent, according to the manufacturer. The aluminum cooler lets the thickness of the M.2 SSD rise to 12.9 mm, which prevents use in the notebook or on the motherboard back. With the graphene cooler it is only 3.7 mm thickness.In addition, the SSD with aluminum cooler is 1.4 mm wider and weighs 45 grams. With graphene the width remains at 22 mm and the weight at only 9 grams.

Cardea IOPS M.2 PCIe SSD

The Cardea IOPS SSD is only offered in a variant with 1 TB of storage space, there are no other models. In the form factor M.2-2280 with 80 mm length PCIe 3.0 x4 forms the electrical interface, the logical interface is NVMe 1.3. Details on the controller and the NAND flash are not yet available. In the top, the SSD should achieve sequential data transfers with 3,400 MB/s reading and 3,000 MB/s writing. Indicated in the name is the high performance for a PCIe-3.0 SSD with optional transfers, where Team Group should read 680,000 IOPS and write 670,000 IOPS. However, such values are usually only achieved in remote scenarios with a large command queue and over a short period of time, as is the case in some benchmarks.

Market launch initially only in North America

The SSD is specified with 1,665 TB TBW and is sold with a five year warranty at a price of 165 US dollars (before tax). There is no information yet on the price and market launch in Germany.

Many NVMe SSDs in M.2 format are now sold without high-build heat sinks. This may also be due to the fact that cooling plates for the M.2 slots are already supplied with younger-generation motherboards. On the part of the M.2 SSDs, coatings on the controller package or copper foils in the type adhesive are now more often used for better heat dissipation. Team Group relies on a mix of graphene and copper in the Cardea Zero Z440 with PCIe 4.0, which is apparently also the case with the Cardea IOPS.

AGESA ComboAM4v2PI 1.1.0.0: MSI is rolling out Patch D for Zen 3 and SAM on X470 and B450

2020-12-10T18:19:00.007+05:30

AGESA ComboAM4v2PI 1.1.0.0

MSI has announced to supply its motherboards with X470 and B450 chipsets until the end of December with the latest AGESA ComboAM4v2PI 1.1.0.0 patch D firmware. In addition to the support for Ryzen 5000 (test) based on Zen 3, the new Curve Optimizer and AMD Smart Memory Access will also be offered.

Also 16 MB BIOS ROMs are operated

The motherboards with 32 MB BIOS-ROM, which MSI has provided with the Max suffix and which will be served in phase 1 from mid-December, will be followed by the models with 16 MB BIOS-Chip, such as the MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon AC (test).

MSI presents its new roadmap for AGESA updates to X470 and B450

The fact that Re-Size BAR is introduced in the form of Smart Memory Access is not surprising - at the latest at the presentation of Radeon RX 6800 XT and RX 6800 (test) a large part of the mainboard manufacturers had released corresponding BIOS updates for their motherboards.

Curve Optimizer already with AGESA 1.1.0.0 D

A bit surprising, however, with AGESA ComboAM4v2PI 1.1.0.0 Patch D the new Curve Optimizer, which is firming under Precision Boost Overdrive 2 (PBO), which should appear with ComboAM4v2PI 1.1.8.0 and extend overclocking and undervolting with new functions for Zen 3. AMD has already officially confirmed that this function should already be available with AGESA 1.1.0.0 D.

As soon as the first BIOS updates of MSI with AGESA ComboAM4v2PI 1.1.0.0 Patch D are available, the editorial team will include them in the overview of BIOS updates for Zen 3".

The editorial team would like to thank the community members Asghan and Vincy for their comments on this news and will be happy to receive further BIOS updates at any time.

QNAP TVS-h1288X - TVS-h1688X: ZFS-NAS with Intel Xeon W, Dual 10 GbE and M.2-NVMe-SSD

2020-12-09T15:51:00.003+05:30

QNAP TVS-h1288X, TVS-h1688X

With the TVS-h1288X and TVS-h1688X from the Enterprise NAS series, QNAP introduces powerful hardware that can also be upgraded to QNAP first Thunderbolt 3 NAS via expansion card. With Xeon processor, 10 Gigabit LAN, M.2 slots for NVMe SSDs and QuTS hero OS with ZFS, the systems also offer a lot of other options.

Xeon W-1250 for 12 or 16 drives

While the TVS-h1288X-W1250-16G can accommodate eight 3.5-inch and four 2.5-inch drives via SATA and has over 16GB (28GB) of DDR4-ECC memory, the TVS-h1688X-W1250-32G can even accommodate up to twelve 3.5-inch and four 2.5-inch drives, and offers 32GB of DDR4-ECC memory (2 16 GB). Both NAS support up to 128 GB of DDR4 ECC RAM. For the processor, both models rely on the Intel Xeon W-1250 with six cores and 3.3 GHz base clock, which can be raised up to 4.7 GHz in turbo mode.

NVMe SSDs can be integrated via the two internal M.2 slots for the 22110 and 2280 formats to use an SSD cache, by which the IOPS performance can be increased and the latency of the memory volume for databases as well as applications of virtual machines can be reduced.

QNAP TVS-h1288X

Fast USB connections

There are also differences with the USB ports. The TVS-h1288X offers five USB 3.2 Gen-2 ports at a 10 Gbit/s transfer rate, two of which are Type-C and three Type-A. The TVS-h1688X, on the other hand, has six USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports with up to 10 Gbit/s installed, two of them as Type-C, but four as Type-A.

Both models also allow the installation of two separately available QNAP QXP-T32P Thunderbolt 3 PCIe expansion cards to add four Thunderbolt 3 ports.

2 10 GbE, 4 2,5 GbE

For the network interfaces, both new NAS offer two 10GBASE-T ports that support 10 Gbit/s and 1 Gbit/s, plus four 2.5 Gigabit RJ45 ports. Three PCIe expansion slots (2 x4, 1 x8) can be equipped with additional cards, whereby the dual port 10GBASE-T-NIC is already installed in an x8 port. In addition, the systems offer an HDMI 1.4b output that supports maximum 4K resolution at 30 Hz, a 3.5mm microphone jack, an audio output, an integrated speaker and an internal 550-watt power supply.

ZFS with QuTS hero

The TVS-h1288X and TVS-h1688X run with the ZFS-based QuTS hero operating system and support data integrity and self-healing. Multiple RAID configurations with triple parity and triple mirror are also supported to improve data security. Data reduction is achieved by inline data deduplication, compression and compression. In addition, QuTS hero supports snapshots and versioning. The block-based SnapSync can also hold a secondary NAS in real time with identical data.

Coming soon for over 2,000 euros

The recommended retail price of the TVS-h1288X-W1250-16G is 2,099 euros (without VAT), the RRP of the TVS-h1688X-W1250-32G is 2,499 euros (without VAT). Both the TVS-h1288X-W1250-16G and the TVS-h1688X-W1250-32G are already listed on the market.

Google- Location determination with 3D correction from Android 8.0

2020-12-09T15:29:00.005+05:30

Google

The improvements introduced with the feature drop for pixel smartphones around the more exact location determination are to be rolled out at the beginning of the coming year on all smartphones starting from Android 8.0 Oreo over the Google Play services. Google improves GPS accuracy, especially in large cities with dense development.

Reflections lead to shifts

Anyone who has ever been on foot or by car in the streets of a densely built city might know the problem. In Google Maps, the user’s location is displayed incorrectly, for example, on the wrong side of the road or moved around a block. The cause: Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) assume that they determine the position by means of trilateration with a direct line of sight to the user. However, the steel and glass fronts of high buildings may cause the signal to be blocked or reflected and to travel a longer distance, which may lead to: that the location is moved by a few or the same several dozen meters in apps like Google Maps.

In Google Maps the location can therefore be wrong

As a map provider, Google has access to an extensive archive of 3D data for numerous buildings in major cities and uses this information to correct the location. As part of the Google Play Services, Google offers the 3D mapping aided corrections module, which comprises the 3D data of buildings from over 3,850 cities worldwide, divided into tiles. The function is only triggered if it has been detected via the Activity Recognition API that the user is on the move as a pedestrian. If this is the case, the 3D data with a size of about 20 MB is loaded onto the smartphone and used to correct the positioning. In the future, Google also wants to offer the correction when driving.

Fused location provider receives corrected data

Within the module, Google also wants to have solved the "hen-egg problem". If the location was not determined correctly, how should the system know which buildings reflect or block the signals? The company does not go any further, but explains that large-scale corrections are only feasible for Google, as they have access to 3D data and GPS raw data and use machine learning.

The corrected location data will be accessible via an API to the Fused Location Provider (FLP) on the apps. Under Android, the FLP is the central collection point for all information on location determination. Since Google also uses information such as known WLANs, the location determination does not necessarily have to be done via GNSS. Via another API, Google also shares the information with the GNSS chip so that the next point can be calculated more accurately.

Improvement by 75 percent from Android 8.0

With the current feature drop, Google released version 2 of the 3D-supported correction, which aims to reduce the probability of the location being determined for the wrong road side by 75 percent on pixels 5 and pixels 4a 5G. All other smartphones still use version 1 of the solution, which should only reduce the probability by 50 percent. Version 2 will be available for all smartphones starting with Android 8.0 at the beginning of next year. The update is done via Google Play Services and works with GNSS chips from Broadcom, MediaTek and Qualcomm.

The solution is also not limited to the USA’s skyscraping cities. Google lists over 3,850 major cities worldwide for which 3D data of buildings are available. These include all major cities in the USA, Canada and Mexico, all major cities in Europe with the exception of Russia and Ukraine, all major cities in Japan and Taiwan and all major cities in Brazil, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. As soon as new 3D data for Google Maps are added, these should also be used for the correction of the location determination and are available in the FLP. The system works with the GPS of the USA, GLONASS of the Russians, Galileo from Europe, BeiDou from China and the Japanese QZSS.

Bentley Continental GT Mulliner: English automaker presents its new luxury car

2020-09-22T18:03:00.002+05:30

The Bentley Continental GT Mulliner comes with top-of-the-line equipment, but now there are even more customization options.

Following the unveiling of its convertible twin, the British car manufacturer is now finally showing the Bentley Continental GT Mulliner as a coupé. The luxury liner will officially celebrate its premiere on 22 September 2020 at the grounds of the beautiful Blenheim Palace in England.

Bentley Continental GT ofMulliner Coup Crowning the luxury class with even more personalization options

Closely related to the GT Mulliner Cabriolet, the Continental GT Mulliner Coupé offers the customer a perfected blend of modern craftsmanship and a wider range of personal options - allowing the buyer to create a Bentley, which meets all individual requirements.

Conformation

The exterior of the Continental GT Mulliner features a range of exclusive styling features - including the new silver-black "Double Diamond" front grille with matching fender valves, satin-silver mirror caps and the typical Mulliner "Welcome" lights as well as illuminated entry bars indicating the word "Mulliner". In addition, there is a set of 22-inch Mulliner wheels, which are provided with a self-levelling - that is, fixed - logo badge. This ensures that the iconic Bentley-B always stands upright.

Interior

The interior of the new Continental GT Mulliner offers its customers many colour options: There are eight three-colour combinations to choose from, which are combined with matching seams to "create a striking but elegant contrast throughout the cabin" as stated on the Bentley website.

Bentley Continental GT Mulliner Luxury Car

The seats of the Mulliner are provided with the so-called "Diamond in Diamond" quilting, as well as the door panels and the rear side parts. It took the car manufacturer’s crew a full 18 months to develop a process that would allow each "diamond" to contain exactly 712 individual stitches, and each one of them would be aligned to point to the center of the diamond it would produce. Almost 400,000 of these stitches can be found inside the car

Motor

The buyers of the Continental GT Mulliner have two engine options: the legendary and iconic 6.0-litre W12 drive with 635 hp or the 4.0-litre V8 with 550 hp. The Bentley is equipped as standard with its pioneering 48 V electric active roll stabilizer technology, the "Dynamic Ride". This ensures stability during cornering and guarantees a relaxed ride, even at high speed.

Availability and price

From October 2020, customers will be able to order both the Coupé and Cabrio versions of the Continental GT Mulliner, and delivery will start in early 2021. Bentley has not yet published any information on the purchase price. But if one assumes a Price of around 195,000 euros for a "normal" Bentley, the Mulliner version - even before the choice of options - will easily be at 255,000 euros, according to the experts of the magazine "Top Speed".

Microsoft Store for Xbox: Update for new design

2020-09-22T17:43:00.002+05:30

Microsoft has redesigned its Microsoft Store for Xbox from the ground up and is now releasing the new design via update, which was previously tested exclusively by Xbox Insider on Xbox One. It allows for "faster use" and is now even easier and more secure than ever before, says Microsoft.

Faster, safer and more intuitive

Already at the beginning of August this year, the new design of the Microsoft Store for Xbox Insider was rolled out on Xbox One. According to Microsoft, the new store will now score points with a start time of less than two seconds and thus be more than twice as fast as before. The performance of the browser and the integrated search should also have been improved. Overall, the new user interface should be "even more intuitive" and better than before.

Microsoft Store for Xbox

The next time you turn on your Xbox, you may notice something a little different. After years of development, hard work and user feedback, the Microsoft Store on Xbox experience has been completely rebuilt from the ground up and is now available for everyone.

After an update, the new "Microsoft Store for Xbox should be available to all owners of an Xbox One and offer the following innovations:

Faster

The new store now loads in under two seconds
As you browse, the store displays relevant info as you hover over items
You can see which games your friends are playing, helping guide your purchaseIt’s easier to see which games are optimized for Xbox Series X

Easier

New primary and secondary navigation lets you jump to specific sections
One-click scrolling that automatically moves you to the next store channel
Quick glance at your saved cart or wish list to check prices and sales
The option to filter and sort by pressing "X" on your controller

Saver

Ensuring not only your safety but also allowing for a personalized experience
Ask to buy feature that notifies you when purchases are about to be made
Filtered content that blocks material above set restrictions
Full ratings information is shown high on the screen

The new next-gen game consoles Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, which can be pre-ordered since today, also start with the store in a new design.

The developers have summarized further information in their announcement.

4MLinux 34.0: The small 4-in-1 Linux from 128 MB RAM

2020-09-21T19:15:00.002+05:30

4MLinux is a real lightweight among Linux distributions and comes in four versions with Joe Window Manager (JWM), a particularly lightweight window manager for the X Window System. The special feature of the "miniature Linux" is its four spins maintenance, "multimedia", mini-server and mystery".

(Mini-)distribution in four editions

4MLinux 34.0 is especially designed for low-performance and older systems and places relatively low demands on the hardware of the user. While the three regular editions "Maintenance", "Multimedia" and Mystery" are already satisfied with 128 MB of free RAM, the mini server requires 256 MB.

On the one hand, the frugality is due to the window manager JWM with its extremely small footprint, as well as the fact that the distribution never carries more ballast in the form of software packages than is really necessary for the intended area of application. "Spin Maintenance" is a live CD with tools for fast data recovery, while multimedia has everything on board to play DVD and numerous other media files.

The "Miniserver" output primarily addresses users who want to set up a miniserver using a daemon of type Inetd. With the "Mystery" variant, the distribution also provides a working environment that, in addition to numerous pre-installed native Linux games, also has the Wine Windows-compatible runtime environment in version 5.14 and invites you to play.

Current software packages for every need

4MLinux 34.0 with Joe’s Window Manager

The comparatively small 4MLinux 34.0 (ISO) system image is only about 890 MB in size, but can be expanded with current software packages for every need after installation via the current repositories.

In addition to the current browsers Firefox 80 and Chromium 83 as well as the e-mail client Thunderbird 78, the free office suites LibreOffice 7.0 and Gnome-Office, consisting of AbiWord 3.0.4, GIMP 2.10.20, Gnumeric 1.12.47, are also available. On request, DropBox 103.4.383 takes care of the data exchange and the VLC Player 3.0.11 provides compatibility with media files with corresponding codecs.

Operating system kernel Linux 5.4.61, 4MLinux 34.0 supports

Based on the operating system kernel Linux 5.4.61, 4MLinux 34.0 supports modern hardware and is particularly suitable as a live and emergency system on a USB medium that requires little or no resources. Complex animations and eye candy should not be expected with this lightweight.

The developers have summarized further information in the release notes as usual, while the official package list provides an overview of the available software for 4MLinux 34.0.

IceWM 1.8.3: Window manager for older PC becomes more efficient

2020-09-20T18:50:00.005+05:30

The resource-saving window manager IceWM for the window system X11 is primarily suitable for older PCs and notebooks. Following their own slogan of more simplicity ("simplicity") and user-friendliness ("not getting in the user’s way"), version 1.8.3 has once again increased efficiency.

Slim working environment for professionals and retro PC

As a slim alternative to complete working environments in the form of large desktops such as KDE Plasma or Gnome, the window manager IceWM is primarily aimed at users who want to - or even need to - focus on the essentials, as well as those that want to accelerate their already aged system.

Debian 10 (Buslter) with IceWM

IceWM 1.8.3 Window manager

IceWM itself runs under free operating systems based on Linux and BSD and can usually be installed via package management and repositories as well as all known distributions.

Historical system requirements and numerous changes

The system requirements can be described as "almost ridiculous" with an i386 processor, as it was at the end of the 1980s. But the "window manager" is accordingly performant in everyday life.

With the now introduced version 1.8.3 further optimizations are to be added:

Fix for autohide taskbar not wanting to hide.
Support TaskBarAutoHide for TaskBarKeepBelow.
Check if filedescriptor is valid and fix off-by-one allocation error.
Fix issue bbidulock/icewm#491 for F11 fullscreen key on GTK terminals.
The taskbar only has struts if it is exactly at the top or bottom of the screen.
Postpone taskbar app status updates until idle, for faster event response.
Don’t send synthetic ConfigureNotify events for resizing unless required.
Do send synthetic ConfigureNotify events for positioning when required.
Support icesh "iconic" and "normal" commands for WM_CHANGE_STATE.
Only send window position updates to the client if it really has moved.
Reflect layer changes in the _NET_WM_STATE ABOVE and BELOW flags.
Send at most one synthetic ConfigureNotify message per resize.
Add WinStateFullscreen to the visible _WIN_STATE bits.
Make switch icons opaque for 32-bit visuals.
Support "icesh toggleState Fullscreen"
Fix for "icesh -last".

As usual, the developers have summarized further information in the release notes and the official user manual of the window manager.

22.9. from 9 a.m : Microsoft calls the time for Xbox pre-orders

2020-09-18T16:58:00.002+05:30

On 22 September, pre-order options for Microsoft’s Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S will start.

In Germany, both the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S can be pre-ordered from 9:00 am on September 22. Pre-orders are also possible via Microsoft itself, but also retailers such as Amazon*, MediaMarkt* and GameStop. It is not yet known which other dealers in Germany participate in the advance sale. The Xbox Series S costs 299 euros, while the Xbox Series X costs 499 euros. The launch of the Xbox Series X and Series S is November 10th, just before the launch of the PlayStation 5 on November 12th in selected regions and November 19th in Europe.

Microsoft PR department responds to social media

Microsoft PR department thus proves once again that they have the feedback of the players very closely in the eye and can react quickly. After preliminary information about the previously not even officially confirmed Xbox Series S became known, Microsoft has within a few hours not only their existence, but also after further advancePublications also confirmed the price and the starting date for both versions in order to regain the sovereignty of information. In addition, despite leaking information, Microsoft received a lot of praise on social networks for this flexible marketing, even though it was in the middle of the night at the time of the leaks in the US.

Sony, on the other hand, provides criticism when pre-ordering

With the surprising launch of the PlayStation 5 pre-orders on September 17 at 0:00 a.m., after the showcase on September 16, which did not mention any pre-order date, Sony had received a lot of criticism, as all quotas had already been sold in the mornings, when many learned about the pre-orders. Especially since Sony itself had announced in advance the start of the pre-orders in time.

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FlexScan EV 3895: Eizo first monitor is also the largest to date

2020-09-17T19:49:00.000+05:30

Eizo relies on 38 inches Moniter

The monitor manufacturer Eizo had neither a screen diagonal of around 38 inches nor a curved display (curved). The FlexScan EV3895 combines both and delivers 3,840 1,600 pixels in 24:10 format. The various connectors also include USB-C and Gigabit LAN for the KVM switch function.

Eizo relies on 38 inches and curved for the first time

With its nearly 90 cm width and 37.5 inch image diagonal, the FlexScan EV3895 is by far the largest monitor of the manufacturer, because so far 31.5 inches in 16:9 format was the end. But the use of a curved IPS panel also makes the EV3895 an exotic monitor as the first curved monitor in Eizo’s range.

Docking function with USB-C and Gigabit LAN

With the focus on productive use in the office, however, Eizo is as usual on this point. The KVM function, which allows two computers connected to the monitor to be operated via the same mouse and keyboard, is intended to facilitate the work with several systems. There are plenty of connections: In addition to two HDMI and one DisplayPort, there are four USB sockets with plug type A as well as a type C, which should also supply connected devices with up to 85 watts of power. There is also an RJ-45 port for local network and headphone output, and the monitor has built-in speakers.

FlexScan EV3895 Moniter

The key data on the display are unobtrusive: a static contrast ratio of 1,000:1, a brightness of 300 cd/m² and a reaction time of 5 ms (GtG) are typical values for an IPS panel. At a color depth of 8 bits per RGB channel, 94 percent of the color space DCI-P3 and 100 percent of sRGB should be achieved.

Lush height adjustment, but no pivot

With a large clearance of 192.7 mm, the display is adjustable in height and can also be tilted forward or backward and swiveled horizontally. As with all Monitors of this size or width, the upright mode (pivot) is denied. The option of alternative brackets is given by the VESA device.

Eizo underlines its good reputation in service with a five-year warranty. In addition, this model comes with a six-month guarantee against pixel errors (Zero Bright Pixels). In addition to the black version (EV3895-BK), there is a white version (EV3895-WT).

Japan takes the lead

Eizo initially presented the EV3895 only in its home market of Japan, where it will be available from mid-October for 209,000 yen (around 1,700 euros). The later introduction in other regions of the world including Europe is very likely.

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Quest with Oculus Link: Facebook to discontinue Oculus Rift series in 2021

2020-09-17T19:22:00.001+05:30

Oculus coming out in 2020

Announcement of the Oculus Quest 2, Facebook announces the end of the Oculus Rift series from 2021. Until then, the sale of the Oculus Rift S will end and there will be no more pure PC-VR headset from Facebook and Oculus.

Quest 2 with Oculus Link as alternative

Facebook justifies the decision with the progress made on Quest 2 and with Oculus Link. Oculus Link (Preview) makes it possible to connect the Oculus Quest (2) via cable to the PC for rendering and to play PC-exclusive software. The Oculus Quest (2) can also be used with SteamVR for Half-Life: Alyx (Test). The Facebook compulsion applies to the Oculus Quest 2 nevertheless.

Official launch from autumn

With this step, Facebook is now releasing the Oculus-Link-Software in its final version and announces to end the beta in autumn. However, initial reports show that the higher resolution of the Quest 2 leads to clearly visible compression artifacts and that Oculus Link does not yet use the higher refresh rate of the Quest 2.

Reborn OS: Rolling release based on Arch Linux with ten desktops

2020-09-16T20:07:00.000+05:30

Reborn OS Release

RebornOS is a flexible and highly customizable rolling release based on the Linux distribution Arch Linux, which follows the KISS principle and is primarily aimed at advanced users and is about to follow in the footsteps of Antergos. With an armada of desktops and maximum freedom, it should succeed.

The next distribution claims its heritage

The Galician-based Antergos Linux distribution, which was discontinued in May 2019, has left a large gap within the Linux community as a particularly beginner-friendly arch derivative that is completely preconfigured, the in the meantime numerous potential heirs of the previously popular rolling release argue.

The Galician word "Antergos" translates to "Ahne," whose legacy is commonly associated with the Dutch distribution EndeavourOS. But also other projects like the ArcoLinux from the pen of the Belgian developer Erik Du-bo-is and the still young Garuda Linux are in the running.

RebornOS with Gnome 3.36.5

Under the motto "Made with You - Made for You", the also very young operating system RebornOS wants to get a piece of the Antergos cake and combine the advantages of Arch Linux with an easy-to-use concept and its own innovations. The idea sounds quite promising.

Linux 5.8 with current software packages

Typical for an arch derivative, RebornOS is also based on the latest of all operating system kernels of type Linux 5.8 and welcomes the user after installation with state-of-the-art software packages in its repositories, which are available on request with the help of a graphical package management, install the RebornOS installer based on "Cnchi". For example, the browsers Firefox 80, Chromium 85 and Opera 71 as well as the free office suite LibreOffice 7.0, but also numerous beta and developer versions are available via the package management of the Linux-Distribution offered.

New applications can be installed conveniently via the RebornOS installer
New applications can be installed conveniently via the RebornOS installer
The selection of current software is also expanded by the Linux package management Flatpak, which has installed applications from the rest of the system using a sandbox and has improved P2P support for the installation of the OSTree Peer-to-Peer in version 1.8. In addition, the software manager Pamac is also available, which lists applications and tools clearly prepared for the user and enables quick installation, uninstallation and updates.

Also for players is taken care of, because the Windows-compatible runtime environment Wine is in version 5.14 also on board and invites together with the FOSS game manager Lutris to play under Linux.

Freedom of choice between ten working environments

RebornOS also offers beginners the opportunity to choose between a total of ten working environments in the form of full-size desktop environments and resource-saving window managers and to get to know them without much prior knowledge. In addition to the well-known sizes such as KDE Plasma 5.19.5, Gnome 3.36.5, which will soon be superseded by Gnome 3.38 and Xfce, there is also the well-known Deepin Desktop Environment (DDE), MATE, Cinnamon and the lightweight OpenBox, i3, LQXt and Enlightenment.

The approximately 2 GB large system image of RebornOS (ISO) can be written with a corresponding tool such as Ventoy or Rufus on a USB storage medium and afterwards risk-free test as live operating system.

The developers have summarized further information on the official website of the Linux distribution, and an active Discord community is available to help users with advice and action.

The editorial team would like to thank the community member "CB-Andi" for the information on this news.

GPU rumors: Intel DG2 with 6/8GB GDDR6 or as a 960 EU flagship

2020-09-15T21:06:00.001+05:30

Intel Xe HPG combines three strands

The rumors about Intel upcoming graphics cards of the higher performance classes are picking up speed. The internally named DG2 graphics solution will offer 384 execution units (EU) and 6 GB GDDR6 in a smaller version. In a variant with 8 GB GDDR6 512 EUs are assumed.There is also evidence of a top model with 960 EUs.

Intel first graphics cards: DG1 made the beginning

The first step to the currently only served by AMD and Nvidia parquet of standalone graphics solutions (Discrete Graphics) Intel has completed with the DG1. The entry-level discrete GPU has 96 EUs and thus no more execution units than the strongest integrated GPU of the Tiger Lake processors. The DG1 has so far only been delivered as a software development vehicle (SDV) for developers, a product for end customers does not yet exist, although via a notebook chip iDG1LPDEV"is speculated on the basis of DG1, which according to unconfirmed rumors addresses 3 GB GDDR6 and reaches a boost clock of 1,500 MHz.

New evidence for stronger DG2

There is much less information about the higher performance classes of Intel GPUs with their own Xe architecture. The VideoCardz website summarizes current information about the DG2 variant via Twitter. There, for example, a DG2 version with 384 EUs, 192-bit memory interface and 6 GB GDDR6 is described, whose GPU has an area of 185 to 188 mm², which would be comparatively small compared to current chips from AMD and Nvidia.

Furthermore, there is talk of a DG2 variant with 8 GB GDDR6, which allegedly has 512 EUs, in which a 256-bit memory interface would be conceivable. There is no information on the storage capacity of the alleged top model with 960 EUs, which is inevitably associated with the term Intel Xe HPG (High Performance Gaming), which Intel has already formulated publicly. According to Intel’s lead GPU architect Raja Koduri, who used to be in charge of Radeon GPUs at AMD, a gamer graphics card with GDDR6 and raytracing is expected to appear in the Xe HPG segment in 2021.

The smaller DG2 variants speculate that they are discrete GPUs for the notebook sector. This assumption is supported by an illustration that describes a notebook platform with Intel Tiger Lake or the successor Alder Lake on the CPU side as well as an Intel DG2 with 8 GB GDDR6 as a graphics solution. Ultimately, the DG2 GPUs could also serve desktop graphics cards in parallel, as it is handled by AMD and Nvidia.

Speculated specs on Intel discrete Xe graphics solutions

For the various expansion stages of the discrete Xe GPUs, there were already indications in advance, which indicated variants with 128, 256 and 512 EUs. However, there was still no mention of 384 EUs or 960 EUs.

S-Class Sales Start: OLED display is standard and costs extra

2020-09-15T20:52:00.001+05:30

Mercedes-Benz is now accepting orders for the new S-Class

Mercedes-Benz is now accepting orders for the new S-Class and has also activated the online configurator. This is the first time that the basic prices and costs for the optional equipment have been disclosed. Today US has clicked through the technical highlights, which are sometimes standard and sometimes very expensive.

The entry into the new S-Class of the 223 series comes at a gross price of 93,438 euros (96,094.40 euros) for the S 350 d model.With 4MATIC, the price increases to 97,150 euros (99,806.40 euros) and as S 400 d 4MATIC, it is 103,994 euros (106,998.40 euros). The specifications in brackets refer to the model with a long wheelbase.

Mercedes-Benz currently only offers the smallest gasoline engine S 450 4MATIC with a long wheelbase for 106,650.40 euros, only with the S 500 4MATIC there is again the distinction between short (115,130 euros) and long (117,786.40 euros) version. The prices for the V8 are not yet known.

OLED display is standard in Germany

With the sales launch, Mercedes-Benz has announced that the vehicle will be offered as standard with the larger OLED screen in the centre console, at least in Germany, which also offers haptic feedback for touch inputs. To announce the new S-Class, Mercedes-Benz had named an 11.9-inch screen with 1,624 1,728 pixels for the series and an OLED panel with 12.8 inches and 1,888 1,728 pixels as an option. This distinction will not exist for the German market. On the central screen, the 2nd generation MBUX is shown, driven by an Nvidia-Xavier SoC.

AR-HUD only in expensive package with 3D driver display

Mercedes-Benz S-Class model series 223

Another novelty is the driver display with autostereoscopic 3D effect, which also offers two integrated cameras for facial recognition. Its surcharge is 1,148.40 euros, as is now known. For the new head-up display with augmented reality overlay, for example for turning arrows in front of the car, Mercedes-Benz requires 3,468.40 euros, as this optional equipment can only be ordered in combination with the 3D driver display. Adjusted, the surcharge would be 2,320 euros.

Digital Light costs around 2,200 euros

Other technical highlights are also only on the list of optional equipment. This includes, for example, the new Digital Light, which offers a light resolution of 2.6 million pixels via a high-performance LED and a DLP module with 1.3 million micromirrors each, so that, for example, the high-beam assistant can work more than 100 times more accurately than the previous 84-pixel light when ignoring oncoming traffic or traffic signs. On the other hand, projections on the road in front of the vehicle are possible. Examples of this are an excavator symbol for recognized construction sites, warnings and markings of pedestrians on the edge of the road, indications for traffic lights, stop signs or bans on entry, and guide markings for narrow lanes. The Digital Light costs 2,192.40 Euro extra for all models.

Faster LTE costs surcharge

Additional features include the active ambient lighting for 916.40 euros, whose visual feedback has been integrated into the driver assistance systems, the MBUX interior assistant for 626,40 Euro, which should automatically recognize numerous movements and gestures via cameras in the roof control unit, the park package with 360-degree camera for 1,102 Euro and the rear entertainment with two additional 11.6-inch displays for 3,468.40 Euro. Mercedes-Benz calls for 580 euros for an additional tablet in the rear, while wireless charging costs 324.80 euros extra in the rear - it is standard in the front. Four additional USB Type-C sockets cost 348 euros, and 174 euros are charged for faster data connection with LTE Advanced instead of LTE.

FuryBSD: FreeBSD-based desktop Unix gets new packages

2020-09-14T19:57:00.001+05:30

FuryBSD Desktop

The free and completely unixoid operating system FuryBSD for the desktop is based on FreeBSD and the desktop environment Xfce and receives updated software packages as well as better support for touch screens. Based on the free Unix version 4.4BSD, the project wants to be an alternative to OpenBSD and GhostBSD.

A classic desktop with two environments

The desktop Unix FuryBSD builds on FreeBSD and is in turn licensed under the BSD, a permissive open source license that governs the use of BSD, a variant of the Unix operating system. With the latest update, FuryBSD 12.1 Release P9 receives several new software packages and updates for the two available desktop environments Xfce 4.14.2 and KDE Plasma 5.19, which users already know from current Linux distributions.

Reduced to the essentials and equipped with little eye candy, FuryBSD primarily addresses the classic desktop.

FuryBSD with classic desktop of type Xfce 4.14.4

The release P9 of version 12.1 is accompanied by the following changes, which can also be found in the official Release notes of the developers:

Xfce 4.14
Plasma 5.9.2
Firefox 79.0.1
Xorg 1.20.8_3.1
Nvidia-driver-440.100
Drm-fbsd12.0-kmod-4.16.g20200221
Added check for 4GB minimum system memory to boot image
Removed problematic XFCE screensaver and power settings
Replaced UnionFS with compressed ZFS memdisk
Improved support for touchscreen and trackpads
Added VMSVGA support for VirtualBox 6

FuryBSD Version 12.1 Release P9

If you would like to try out desktop Unix, you can find the two images FuryBSD 12.1 with Xfce 4.14 (ISO) and FuryBSD 12.1 with Plasma 5.19 (ISO) on SourceForge, the file hosting service for software projects.

CO2-free from 2030: Google has offset CO2 emissions

2020-09-14T19:33:00.001+05:30

Google CO2 emissions

Today, Google will have offset all CO2 emissions since the company was founded. Since Google has been carbon neutral since 2007 through the purchase of compensatory measures ("carbon offsets"), this concerns emissions between 1998 and 2007, which are now also offset.

24/7 CO2-free by 2030

For the future, Google has also set itself the goal of working with CO2-free energy around the clock in all data centers and on every Google campus worldwide, instead of using renewable energy to balance energy consumption. This approach, which is very complex in its practical and technical implementation, cannot yet be put into practice, which is why it is to be achieved as a declared goal by 2030. According to Google, since 2017, its electricity needs have been fully balanced with renewable energies, making it the world’s largest consumer of renewable energy. In addition, they operate the cleanest and most energy-efficient global cloud in the industry, says Google.

Battery storage as buffer

For the goal of working with CO2-free energy around the clock, Google will initially work in all data centers and large locations to use exclusively CO2-free energy for their operation around the clock. In order to overcome the problem that the wind does not blow permanently and the sun does not shine at night, Google will invest in concepts that can reliably obtain CO2-free energy at all locations and at any time of the day by, for example, wind and solar energy sources and is increasingly focused on the use of battery storage systems. AI should be used to optimise energy demand and demand forecasts. These measures will create around 12,000 new jobs by 2025, says Google. Google has summarized details of the CO2-free energy supply until 2030 in a white paper.

However, the efforts in terms of sustainability and the fight against climate change do not end with one’s own company, according to Google. Instead, it will also invest in the regions of its own suppliers in order to create additional capacities for CO2-free energy. In addition, 500 cities will be supported in reducing their CO2 emissions by one gigatonne by 2030. Cities can, for example, rely on data from Google that provides information about the solar potential and traffic emissions. According to Google, this data is now available for 3,000 cities worldwide.

Machine learning for less energy consumption

In addition, Google would like to make its own findings available to other companies. According to the company, machine learning has reduced energy consumption for cooling Google data centers by 30 percent. These findings are now also available to other companies via DeepMind and Google Cloud, for example to reduce energy consumption in airports, hospitals, data centers or shopping centers. In the USA, more than ten percent of energy consumption is generated by air conditioning of commercial buildings, according to Google.

Alexa start ERGO insurance Platform for intelligent voice assistants

2020-09-14T13:08:00.001+05:30

ERGO Insurance

With a platform for intelligent voice assistants, ERGO is driving the transformation from an Insurance company to a tech provider.

Thanks to the many devices with Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Siri, intelligent voice assistants are not only on the rise in numbers, but with the increasing technological maturity of artificial intelligence, acceptance among users is also increasing. The insurance group ERGO, for example, found that its customers were willing to handle various applications in the insurance context via voice assistant. This includes, for example, reporting a damage, asking for a processing status or arranging an appointment with a consultant.

While digital assistants are valued by many customers as an additional service - for example to bypass on-hold loops - the great advantage for the operator is that the technology can also be used in communication channels with high capacity utilization, on the phone or in the chat of the customer service. In addition, a digital assistant only needs to be trained once and can then deliver consistent quality across multiple communication channels and different societies. At the same time, a company can also "train" its own brand personality to its assistant.

Beam me up, Scotty

ERGO recognized this potential early on. Already at the beginning of 2017, the participant in this year’s DIGITAL LEADER AWARD - the German Award for Digital Leadership - began with the development of his own Chatbot for the automation of highly frequented customer services on the website. In the same year, the expansion was followed by a first application for Amazon Alexa.

Due to the positive experiences with the chatbot and in view of the trend towards language assistance, the people of Düsseldorf started a comprehensive, exploratory project called "Scotty" at the end of 2017. In a startup-like setup, the Scotty team was detached from the corporate processes in order to be able to act as agile and independent as possible. The result was that within the first six months ten voice assistants were developed for different insurance sectors. In addition, ERGO even launched ERGO Travel Insurance, the first purely language insurance in Germany.

Scaling Uberine Conversational AI Platform

Due to these successes, ERGO transferred the Scotty project into an independent organizational unit: together with the Startup future of Voice as a strategic partner, a cross-functional team of encklers, voice-UX designers and mach-affine-learning-experienced-experienced-experienced. This has the task of building a platform for the fast and scalable development of multi-channel voice assistants.

Among other things, the platform is intended to enable the insurance group to meet the growing internally growing need for digital assistants in various channels. In addition, ERGO also wants to create the option of making it available to other insurance companies as a software-as-a-service variant.

Iterative approach

ERGO's vision is the transformation from an insurance company that digitizes processes and Offers Chatbots to a real tech provider that can also offer its SaaS skills and technologies to other companies.

In the current transformation process, the team works its way forward step by step and learns hard to defzu. THE iterative approach should enable a high degree of flexibility and adaptability to the rapidly developing technology, so that Platdie is always on the pulse of what is technologically feasible.

Speaking of the platform: As ERGO explains, it is technically based on a cloud ecosystem of various technology providers and partners, all of whom are involved in the development of voice assistants. The cloud technologies of various providers are orchestrated for an optimal result. Different chat, telephony and smart speaker providers enable the respective communication channels to be connected to Google's language technologies (flow, TTS, STT).

Using these technologies, Google enables automated speech recognition (ASR) and natural language understanding (Natural Language UndernLU) of customer dialogue with the help of artificial intelligence. THE understanding interpreted in this way is transmitted to the dialogue management system "Parloa" from future of Voice, on which the digital assistant is trained for conversations. This is how the brand personality of the bot is designed, dealing with customer questions is based on business logic's fide in the concretion of as well.

Continuous development of new use cases

Alexa start ERGO insurance

A team of voice experts and software developers is continuously developing new use cases for the content of the platform together with the respective departments at ERGO. Examples of this are the notification of hail damage via a smart assistant on the phone or the query on the performance level at a health insurance company.

And the know-how was also in demand at the beginning of the corona crisis." Because of our experience, we were asked by the city of Düsseldorf to support them with their Corona hotline, "reports Gregor Wiest, Head of Innovation & Digital Transformation at Ergo: "With our know-how, we have an anticipated phoneBot implemented to structure and relieve the hotline by topic. "The improvements were successfully implemented within a week."

Signature premium coworking network enters Russia

2020-09-14T12:45:00.001+05:30

Signature premium coworking network

The first Signature will open in Moscow at 11 Stolesnikov Lane. In 2022, a multifunctional complex with a total area of 6,800 sq. m. Signature will take about 4,000 sq. m, the rest of the square will accommodate five-star hotel-type apartments, restaurants and recreational area.

Signature Stoleshnikov 11 LLC

Sources of the edition call IWG partner on the project Signature Stoleshnikov 11 LLC «Stoleshnikov». This is the owner of the building and the co-investor of the quarry, according to two consultants who worked with this firm.

According to «SPARC-Interfax», shares in «Stoleshniki» LLC in January 2019 were entered into a combined closed mutual investment fund «Strategic Direct Investments» under «IPT Asset Management» management. The owner of the latter is Sergey Ostashevich, former CEO of «Strelecka Sloboda», which develops the premium residential complex NV 9 in Nikolovorobin Lane.

According to the IWG presentation, the premium Signature brand was created in 2018. Workings under this brand operate in some European countries as well as in Singapore. Signature offers a premium service to users, ranging from concierge services to personal drivers.

Bet online now: Eurojackpot is 10 million euros

2020-09-14T12:29:00.001+05:30

Eurojackpot online

The pot for the Eurojackpot currently contains 10 million euros. In the meantime, you can no longer only play lotto classically at the kiosk, but also online via the Internet - corresponding links and some useful downloads can be found in this article. Which lottery numbers your teammates usually check most often, you can see above in the video.

Eurojackpot on Friday, September 18, 2020: Jackpot is €10 million

In the Eurojackpot this Friday there is a considerable sum of 10 million Euros. In the case of the Eurojackpot, it is important to correctly tap five regular numbers between 1 and 50 as well as two "Euro numbers" between 1 and 10. Those who have not yet submitted their tips and would like to take part in the race for the jackpot can still submit their Tips until Friday, 18:35.

Play EuroJackpot online

In contrast to the classic "6 out of 49" Lottery, no compulsory payout is provided for the Eurojackpot if the jackpot has not been hit for a certain period of time: The jackpot cannot exceed a maximum amount of 90 million euros. This upper limit is set by the legislator in order to prevent gambling addiction by extremely high winning amounts. If no winner can be determined even with an existing jackpot of 90 million euros, the surplus generated from the stakes of the players moves instead to the second highest winning level (5 correct in the large field as well as a correct "Euro number")which creates a second jackpot. However, the original jackpot remains untouched and therefore counts 90 million euros even in the following week - until it is cracked. If this is the case, it starts seven days later with a minimum jackpot of 10 million euros.

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Borderlands 3: On PS5 and Series X with 4K60 and 4-player split screen

2020-09-13T19:50:00.001+05:30

Borderlands 3 On PS5 and Series X

More and more games are getting tweaks for the upcoming console generation. The list now also includes last year’s Borderlands 3 (Test), which receives a comprehensive split-screen mode and a playback in UHD with 60 FPS. But also current consoles benefit again.

A vertical split-screen mode for two, three, or four players will be available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and the weaker-equipped Xbox Series S. The two-player co-op is being introduced to the current console generation. Only for the more powerful PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X is the display in UHD at 60 frames per second possible.

As with The Witcher 3 or Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, the update is free for owners of the latest consoles when switching to the next generation.

Economical small PCs: ECS relies on old Apollo Lake SoCs for the Liva Q1D / L

2020-09-13T13:11:00.001+05:30

ECS Liva Q1D/L

The minimalistically designed PC Liva Q1D/L only needs an area of almost 55 cm² on the workplace or can be attached with a VESA holder behind a television or monitor at a weight of only 174 grams. It is based on Intel SoCs of the older generation Apollo Lake.

Smallest PCs below Liva-Z series

As a particularly space-saving and energy-efficient PC system, ECS already has the Liva family of mini PCs in its portfolio for some time. In the larger Liva Z line, even with comparatively high performance, as the latest offshoots use Liva Z3 Plus and Liva Z3E Plus - such as Zotac’s ZBoxes - Intel core processors.

Low space requirement with low power

The Liva-Q series, which comes with edge lengths of 74 74 mm and with a height of just under 34 mm, is also very flat, requires even less footprint. The small PCs Liva Q1D and Liva Q1L are less powerful due to the smaller space available and should be used primarily in less demanding office environments and educational facilities as well as in the "smart" home living room.

On a small board, either a Pentium N4200 with four cores or a Celeron N3350 with two cores from Intel’s almost four-year-old CPU generation Apollo Lake are soldered, which are flanked by two or four gigabytes of LPDDR4 RAM. This is also soldered and can not be expanded.As mass storage an eMMC memory chip with either 32 or 64 GB is offered. This can be expanded by a microSD card slot by a maximum of 128 GB.

Alternatively two LAN or additional DisplayPort

Liva Q1D and Liva Q1L are distinguished by the interfaces alone, because while the D model with DisplayPort 1.2 and HDMI 2.0 offers two outputs for video signals, the L-offshoot alone has HDMI. A second RJ45 port takes up the space at the rear terminal, whereby the Liva Q1L has a radio module (WLAN 802.11ac) as well as two gigabit LAN.

Apollo Lake SoCs for the Liva Q1D / L

For external peripherals, three USB ports are provided on the front and rear side via type A connectors. Two are specified according to standard USB 3.1 Gen1 (5 Gbit/s) and one according to USB 2.0. Bluetooth 4.1 is also part of the equipment via the installed WLAN card.

Without operating system for around 200 Euros to expect

The small PCs Liva Q1D and Liva Q1L offered in two colour variants are to be available without a pre-installed operating system according to the manufacturer from now on at prices starting from 190 US dollars. Regardless of the equipment, the faster Pentium models cost from $215. The small PC Liva Q2, also offered by ECS, promises more performance with similar dimensions, which uses a successor generation SoC Gemini Lake instead of Apollo Lake and as an alternative with Celeron N4000, 4 GB RAM and 64 GB eMMCMemory currently on Amazon from 185 Euro costs.