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Germany’s affordable answer to the Fairphone with a "super battery" at a bargain price: Gigaset GX6 Pro review
Well, good to have more choice there. But only two major Android updates? Fairphone policy is eight major updates.
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Germany’s affordable answer to the Fairphone with a "super battery" at a bargain price: Gigaset GX6 Pro review
Well, good to have more choice there. But only two major Android updates? Fairphone policy is eight major updates.
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Leaked: the production of Dutch beer
Heineken primarily produces in local factories worldwide, not predominantly in The Netherlands. Their annual revenue is about four times bigger than all German beer manufacturers combined. It may be piss, but it's a nice golden stream.
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Does anyone have any experience with Yose Power e-bikes
At what speed are you testing?
The primary function of an ebike throttle is to provide walk assist which never exceeds 6 kmph.
Some throttles provide boost during riding, but only while you are pedalling.
If you don't get any support while pedalling regardless, the issue is your sensor/controller/motor and not the throttle.
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Microsoft admits it made Windows 11 worse than Windows 10 for right-click menus, promises to fix "sluggish and cluttered" UX
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Or just press the file and hit F2, or slow click on the file twice.
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WinRAR releases new update and says it’s thanks to people finally paying
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Not everything is a competition. If people want to support WinRAR after the developer maintained it for more than 30 years and helped out millions of people, that's just fine.
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Tesla falls 10%, Alphabet sinks 5% as AI spending concerns spook investors
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Indeed, that will be hard. However, it seems to be necessary to have a depression (and perhaps even a civil war?) to reduce the power of the Epstein class and change the mindset of the American people. As a non-American, I see Trump more as a symptom. The real problem seems to be the American political system in general, and the morality of the people.
With this government, America has tried to be above everyone else and acquired power and wealth in a completely immoral way. Perhaps it can be understood that the rest of world doesn't care if the US burns down at this point, even if it brings economical losses. It's karma.
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Trump says France must scrap tech 'sales tax' or face 100% wine tariffs: NY Post
France should just ignore this and apply the taxes anyway. The orange bully doesn't know how to legally implement tariffs and he is way too busy trying to stay out of the Epstein controversy anyway.
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Germany just switched on 124 nearly invisible turbines in the Rhine that keep generating after the sun sets and the wind dies — the one gap solar and wind never could close
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The headline says 124. Commissioning aside, that's misleading.
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Firefox 149 adds built-in free VPN with 50GB monthly data
Usable addition, and the fact that it is only in-browser is actually a merit in some cases. Firefox gets a lot of hate but is way more privacy centric out of the box compared to Chrome. AI is only opt-in and you can literally customize the entire browser using about:config. Mozilla also maintains the only real competing web engine (not considering Apple's locked in ecosystem) and they are the reason browsers are open source these days.
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3 die in France as temperatures to exceed 105 F in Europe heat wave
105 Fluorine is 40 ⁰C
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Europe is moving to block Microsoft, Amazon, and Google from handling government health, financial, and legal data
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Same in the Netherlands. There's still a long way to go
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US official: Options open, but taking Greenland is the 'only solution'
Let us Europeans take New York back. I like the name New Amsterdam better anyway (sorry, UK). It is the 'only solution'
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Memory prices tipped to fall as China starts flooding the market with DRAM and NAND chips
First cheap Chinese DRAM, next hopefully cheap Chinese GPUs. The arrogance of big US and Taiwanese tech companies pays off for consumers in the end.
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You paid me, a long-time Linux user, to use Windows 11 exclusively for a month: here’s how it went
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Not really, it was actually Apple that introduced an emoji picker in 2013. The Windows one works since 2017 and KDE has it since 2020.
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Firefox has become a bloatware. Seriously...
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Also, the browser engine needs to be maintained anyhow. Moving to something like Waterfox or Librewolf doesn't change the necessity to support Mozilla.
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Massive Attack Banned from Singapore After Displaying Palestine Flag Onstage
Massive attack is awesome, such a great experience to see their show. Much better than you would expect from a 35+ year old band.
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Microsoft's new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly on Windows
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The only improvement I notice is the search. But to be honest that feature couldn't get any worse anyway.
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If I stick my head out a car window or a gust of wind hits my face it's like my throat closes and I can't breathe. How come motorcycle riders without helmets don't seem to have this problem?
I can personally tell you that riding a motorcycle without fairing or helmet at high speeds is also not pleasant. The wind gets annoying quickly, there is an ear defending noise and getting a mosquito in your eyes at 100 miles per hour is definitely painful.
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German border controls have caused 250% increase in accidents: report
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The worst thing is that almost nothing happens at the border patrol, it's just a farce to keep the German right wing population happy and everyone has to suffer because of it.
You drive into a large traffic jam because everything is funnelled onto one lane where you can only progress at walking speed. Many times there isn't even someone on guard. And if there are guards, they are talking to each other.
Got to say, it's not very cheerful nor is it welcoming to drive into a country like that.
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ChatGPT's market share slips below 50% for first time
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Personally, I find myself using the Chinese alternatives more and more as they are just way cheaper.