Controlling insects with technology has long been more than science fiction: They are supposed to crawl through rubble, detect pollutants or transmit location data. A research team from Japan is now pursuing a new idea – a cicada as a living alarm.
Microsoft and Intel are celebrating another “Wintel” discount campaign with Media Markt. The latest notebook offers extend from the office to the drawing board to the gaming basement. And of course, as always, with a good pinch of artificial intelligence (AI).
If you use the Fritzbox as a central storage system for the local network, the question naturally arises as to how the photos, videos and music stored on it can be conveniently used. FritzOS comes with the right media server tool for this – and here’s how it works.
Tesla stops developing the range extender for the Cybertruck. The additional battery intended as a solution to the disappointing range will never appear. Customers only receive a brief message – there is no apology.
The Internet Download Manager (IDM) accelerates the downloading of files and impresses with a tidy program interface and many extras.
Netflix is launching the biggest overhaul of its TV interface in twelve years. The new homepage offers a cleaner look, responsive recommendations and integrated OpenAI-powered search. TikTok-style vertical videos are also coming to the mobile app.
New theories suggest that extreme physical conditions at the center of black holes can also be explained without a singularity – i.e. the theoretical point of infinite density that has been giving physicists headaches for decades
AVM has launched an update for the MyFritz app for iPhone and Android. Little is known about the changes. Recently there were improvements for 6 GHz frequency bands, i.e. for the new Wi-Fi 6E standard and for SMS display.
Four years ago, the ambitious series adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s book series Foundation started on Apple TV+ and fans have been waiting for the third season for a while now. This has previously had to struggle with production difficulties, but there is now a new sign of life in the form of a first teaser trailer – and a concrete start date.
The ASUS ROG Ally 2 will apparently be the first portable gaming PC in the form factor of a Nintendo Switch or a Valve Steam Deck to integrate a dedicated Xbox button. The device, developed together with Microsoft, has now been previewed for the first time.
