TechNews
Michael Weber 
Anyone who has not yet installed the latest Windows update 24H2 should wait until Microsoft has corrected some bugs. More and more users are reporting problems – including some that are real time wasters. For example, the latest Windows 11 version constantly interrupts Internet access on many devices. There seems to be no remedy for … Read more
In Office 2024 and Office LTSC 2024, you’ll find several new features including several new functions in Excel, improved accessibility, better session recovery in Word, new capabilities in Access, and a new and more modern design that brings Office 2024 together. Microsoft claims, Office 2024 has a more natural and consistent experience within and between … Read more
An SSD with an alleged capacity of 6 terabytes (TB) is currently being offered online at a massive price of 45 EUR. However, this is a fake SSD with only a few hundred GB capacity instead of the promised 6 TB. In fact, the drive misleadingly displays a capacity of 6 TB. And the user … Read more
You don’t need an external device or paid software to create a Wi-Fi hotspot. Most people in Europe carry everything they need with them every day: a smartphone with Internet access. To create a Wi-Fi hotspot on your Android device, proceed as follows: Open ‘Settings’ and then ‘Connections’ on your smartphone. Tap on ‘Mobile hotspot … Read more
If you use public, free Wi-Fi networks, there is no way around using a virtual private network (VPN). This is because anyone else who is on the open WLAN at the same time as you can spy on your data with easy-to-obtain software. VPN offers that prevent such spying are a dime a dozen. Many … Read more
Apple wants to talk you into subscriptions for which you have to pay monthly, quarterly or annually. Microsoft has been doing the same thing for years. Now Logitech boss Hanneke Faber has announced a ‘Forever Mouse’ for which you have to pay how? – By subscription, of course! The cheapest subscription for Microsoft Office costs … Read more
Health smartwatches with fancy names such as Geekran, Dotmalls and Shirem are currently being advertised online on a grand scale. The blood glucose meter and a heart rate monitor are emphasised. The smartwatches are praised in the highest terms as the absolute technical non plus ultra. This type of advertising is misleading and greatly exaggerated. … Read more
Since the late summer of 2023, a fraudulent pyramid scheme has been established under the name DCPTG, not only in German-speaking countries, but also in other countries, whose operators promise “passive income with just 3 clicks a day”. This is said to be “a blockchain-based AI trading system for cryptocurrencies” that claims to detect alleged … Read more
Nothing that lives lasts forever. Everything has its time. However, we have recently been able to significantly extend the period during which people can live a healthy life. An absolute limiting factor for our lifespan is currently still the shortening of the telomeres of our body cells. They lose potential with every cell division. Physical … Read more
Spam costs lives and working time. That is why you should not publish your e-mail address on the Internet, but set up a contact form instead. Such forms can be protected from spam with captchas – if they are complicated enough to present robots with unsolvable tasks. But not every adult customer likes to choose … Read more