The software which Volkswagen used to manipulate gas values in diesel engines originally developed by Audi.
It reports the German newspaper Handelsblatt, which obtained the data from within the company.
the engineers at Audi will have developed a software back in 1999 that made it possible to turn off some features of the engine, but it never came to use the manufacturer then.
but six years later, when Volkswagen engineers Wolfsburg did not get down emission values for nitrogen oxides in diesel exhaust were taken using the software developed by its subsidiary Audi.
Neither Audi or Volkswagen would like to comment on the data with reference to the studies done in the US by the law firm Jones Day. VW refers to Jones Day is to publish a report on the matter by the end of April.
In the morning Thursday, April 21’ll VW according to American demands present an action plan for the problem in the US market. On Friday, April 22 met the Volkswagen board to decide how high the claims that can be made at the company.
the protracted dispute between Volkswagen and the US authorities started already in the summer of 2014, when it was discovered the strange high NOx emissions. Volkswagen had no good explanation and finally saw the authorities no choice but to withdraw approval of VW’s four-cylinder diesel models.
It was in September 2015 that “diesel gate” exploded and Volkswagen admitted that it used illegal software the engine management system to almost eleven million diesel cars. The motor control could determine if the car was driven on the road or standing still for a (supposedly) emission test. During the test cycle improved exhaust gas values to the approved level, but at highway driving increased NOx emissions to 15-35 times above the permitted maximum value.
In the US it is about about half a million diesel cars that have the exhaust cheating in their motor control. In Europe, emissions control to change with updated software but the stricter emission regulations in the United States means that the measures are not as simple.
Volkswagen has proposed measures to the US authorities but they have so far been regarded as “insufficient”. The deadlock seems to have been difficult to break, and between the lines, one can understand that the US authorities have been moderately impressed by a cheating large companies, which is not favored discussion climate.
The deadlock seems be broken. US news agencies reported on Wednesday evening that Volkswagen will present a package of measures for car owners today, Thursday, April 21. The offer applies to the four-cylinder models from Volkswagen and Audi, not the V6 models.
The hitherto unconfirmed information says that Volkswagen will offer to buy back the current cars, if the car owners so wish. The offer shall be valid for two years. Volkswagen will also compensate car owners with $ 5,000 (per car), with the current exchange rate 40,600 crowns. The compensation to be paid to both those who choose to sell back their car, and those who keep their car and get antipollution modified. Spread over half a million cars this means an expenditure of Volkswagen of approximately SEK 20 billion.
What will happen with cars like Volkswagen buys back is not known. Something similar offer, or compensation to the owners of diesel models in Europe, Volkswagen has not offered.
Volkswagen’s offer to the American car owners will be an expensive affair. But the costs do not stop there, but the VW Group can also be fined for the exhaust cheat and be required to pay even more in the civil lawsuits received from car owners.
In addition, requirements on compensation from shareholders who believe they have been deceived and had to accept a fall in value – something that can be extremely expensive for Volkswagen.
Consid announced today that they have been appointed to the Sitecore Platinum implementation partner, and thus assume the highest level of partnership with Sitecore. “The proof that we are in the digital forefront and continues to develop with our customers,” says Patrik Zenno, head of Consid Interactive.
Consid is for many years partner of Sitecore, which is the world leader in software for customer experience management. Sitecore’s Experience Platform is a flexible and automated platform that uniquely combines content management, social, e-commerce, digital marketing, personalization and analysis in a single solution across all channels. Today Consid announces that they have been appointed to the Sitecore Platinum Partner and thus includes an exclusive group that has the highest level of partnership with Sitecore.
Sitecore Platinum Partners is a few senior partners of Sitecore who has the experience and ability to deliver integrated customer experiences in a global arena. Platinum Partners are characterized by long experience, is recognized as the industry leader in its segment and has established best practices for maximizing the value of Sitecore solutions to market leading customers.
– We are incredibly proud to have been selected as a Platinum Partner of Sitecore, an acknowledgment that we are at the digital forefront and continues to develop with our customers. Our many years of experience working with the platform has led to a deep understanding of the many business opportunities Sitecore creates for customers seeking digital experiences, and overall world-class solutions, says Patrik Zenno, head of Consid Interactive.
Consid’s already mentioned, was a partner in the Sitecore many years and together with them developed solutions to the majority of the world’s leading companies, including Thule.
– Consid is a perfect partner for us. With broad expertise in our business areas together with a professional approach, they are an important part of our customers’ efforts to create relevant experiences and build long-term customer relationships. We look forward to continuing to grow together in the future, says Jonas Luthander, Managing Director Sales Director for Sitecore Sweden.
Consid is a fast growing IT consulting with offices in Jönköping, Stockholm, Örebro, Norrköping, Linköping, Gothenburg, Malmö, Ljungby Sundsvall, Storebro, Värnamo and Växjö. The company was founded in Vetlanda in 2000 by Peter Hellgren and Henrik Sandell. The company estimated sales of SEK 450 million for 2016. 2005 moved its headquarters to Jönköping and in recent years the company has gradually grown to today’s more than 270 employees. Read more on www.consid.se.
Three of them work was freed immediately when it was revealed that they have employment with a competitor while they were still employed by the company Helsingborg. All rejects, however, the allegations that they should have taken new positions while they were still employed by Helsingborg company.
One of them is a woman who is now accused of stealing trade secrets by linking two USB sticks to his work computer. This should have been the day she was exempted from work. Helsingborg The company claims that they are thus robbed of trade secrets and software that would be used by the five employees of new businesses and thus cause extensive damage which is impossible to repair.
In a try to get the information back turned now to the district court with a request for a so-called infringement investigations.
It resulted in three bailiffs and two of the Tax Agency’s IT experts did a form of search, not only in the new company premises in another city in northwest Skåne, but also in the former employees woman’s home.
Both the woman who her husband computers and even her children’s tablet was investigated. However, without USB sticks or any company secrets found. USB sticks, the woman sent for analysis to prove that she is not stealing any sensitive information.
These days, the parties met in a preliminary hearing in the District Court. The woman sued and on 180 000 for breach of the collective agreement, and 150 000 in punitive damages. It’s still small potatoes compared to what Helsingborg The company indicated that it will call for her and her four colleagues.
In a submission to the district court writes company attorney Thomas Ogard – who does not want to speak for HD – that the damage suffered by the company can be estimated to be 25 million. The company claims to have already lost two important customers.
– SEK 25 million is a fantasy sum that can not be taken seriously, says lawyer Michael Lettius, representing the five former employees.
Volkswagen says that the company has agreed with the US authorities on the construction of the vehicles or buy them back, AFP reports. Car giant will offer “substantial compensation” according to the news agency. Offer can apply to as many as 600 000 vehicles, but the move definitely 480 000 cars, writes AFP.
Diesel cars were sold in false premises, because VW manipulated the software in the vehicle to clear US s tough emissions tests. Second, anecdotal evidence indicates that the US customers can be offered a compensation of 5,000 dollars per car.
Volkswagen has so far failed to agree with the authorities of the United States on a solution. But it has in Europe.
– The German equivalent to the Transportation Board has approved an action plan for cars in Europe. We have started to fix cars so that you surely must know that they meet the legal requirements that were asked for nitrogen oxide emissions when tested, says Marcus Thomas People, Communications at Volkswagen in Sweden.
The National Anti-Corruption Unit investigating however, VW has committed serious fraud.
Volkswagen is now said to expect that the total cost of action because of the scandal could be around 100 billion.
The cheats diesels Volkswagen corrected in Europe releases in reality as much NOx as before, shows the new German tests.
– This is exactly what I expected, says Per Öhlund Transport Agency.
the Volkswagen owners who felt cheated after the revelation that the company cheated emission purification of diesel engines can continue to feel cheated.
the engines are in reality not one bit greener after the company corrected them. The measurements show that the German car magazine Auto Motor und Sport conducted on the hitherto sole model in which Volkswagen fixed cheating software, pickup Amarok.
The newspaper measured the emissions and fuel consumption of two identical cars, one with fake software, which made the car passed the emission limits of the Euro 5 when tested in the lab, but not in the way.
the other car had received a software update, which will ensure that it always stays within the law.
the result is summarized as follows: Performance is unchanged. Fuel Combustion increased slightly. And emissions are equal to the fixed car. Emissions of nitrogen oxides is 1.5 g per kilometer, 8.5 times the Euro 5 limit of 0.18 g / km.
– This is exactly what I expected. During normal driving, you will not notice any difference, says Per Öhlund, investigator at the Transport Board.
But the German regulator KBA (Kraftfahrt Bundes-AMT) has approved the update and says that the car is legal. How does that work?
– This means that it can cope with the emission limits when it runs in the lab according to the European test cycle NEDC (New European Driving Cycle), which has not so much with the real driving to do. This is about big diesel engines of 2 liters where a very small portion of the engine operating range used in the test. Among other things, the test is performed at a temperature of between 20 and 30 degrees Celsius. When running outside the test cycle comes to no emissions limits. This is about law, not about morality or the environment.
So, when running outside the test cycle, the engine is identical as before. Is it really legal?
– Yes. The only difference from before is that emissions go down if the real driving end of the temperature / load area covered by the test cycle.
Will it be the same with all the millions of cars that VW will update and clear from cheating software?
– In Europe, yes. The US has a tougher cycle and where the authorities have not yet approved any of the measures that VW has proposed. It is known in the EU that the current test method NEDC is not good, and it has recently adopted a new, RDE (Real Drive Emissions). But it will only apply from next year.
Fewer than 500 fixed
The diesel model designation EA189, made from model year 2009 to model year 2015, which is manipulated.
a small computer program allows the car to recognize when the engine is run in a test lab. Among other things, checking it on the steering wheel and the wheels move in a way that it does on the road. When the computer program notice that the car is running in the lab turn it on software that optimizes the engine to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides and particulates. In normal traffic the motor is controlled by another software that optimizes performance and fuel consumption.
In Sweden 225 000 cars of Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda and Seat with motors in sizes 2.0, 1.6 and 1.2 liters concerned. So far, fewer than 500 fixed.
HTC has had bad luck with their top models in several years. One was a nice story as part of the semi-bad camera with a technology called ultra-pixel which failed to deliver other than low resolution images. Sequel HTC One M8 felt most larger and heavier, still semi-bad camera. One M9 succeeded to that delivering a mobile that easily got too hot and had really bad performance, thanks to the Snapdragon 810 chipset that sat in.
It is clear that one bent on not repeating the mistakes one more time. First, we design. Mobile still weigh about the same, and the paper is not much thinner than its predecessors. But in practice, only the thickest part which is as thick, and well in hand, I experience it as far smoother than the M8 and M9.
The screen has become larger and received the resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels, which looks better on paper compared to competitors, but the lower the resolution was never really a problem.
the screen is called 2.5D, that is, the edges are rounded beveled, but here it is done in such a small scale that one yet understands that it is immersed in the metal frame. Crisp and bright is it anyway.
If there is something HTC can, so it is to manufacture metal shell for mobiles that get iPhones seem like mangy piracy in comparison. So even here, with different finishes on grinding the various components, and interspersed plastic parts to provide space for antennas, inset with micrometer precision.
We have not had the opportunity to do a performance test at our brief meeting with cell phone, but chipset Snapdragon 820 is what we experienced far more successful than Monday specimen Snapdragon 810, so performance and heat should not be a problem this time. Nor have we been able to examine HTC’s boasting features in terms of sound, but we have no reason to doubt that they deliver this time.
However, we managed to try the camera in pretty decent form. Not with the final software, and not enough for a real test, but well for a first impression and a sense of whether this time managed to find the right camera.
The answer is yes, this time you are definitely on banana. We compared the images from HTC 10 LG G5, which has one of the best cameras right now, and found them in the same district. HTC has opted for a more wide-angle lens than the LG, in much the same way that Sony made with the Z5, which means that you get into more of the same image, but at maximum zooming may not be quite as much detail. Therefore, it is difficult to say which camera is the best of them offhand, quite apart from that I would not make any such statement for a camera without definitive software, but it clearly has at least managed to deliver a camera in the top class this time.
it is, in other words that this time HTC managed to fix everything that made it difficult to love the HTC one M9, and delivered an almost perfect top model. The question is if the phone has enough own character to deliver crystal clear selling point against competitors G5 LG and Samsung Galaxy S7. We must come to a complete test.
SAP launches a new support service that is specifically designed for companies with a mix of own systems and cloud solutions, so-called hybrid solutions. Support package called SAP Preferred Care and is an addition to the standard support SAP Enterprise Support.
The new package is a complement to the existing cloud version of SAP Preferred Care and includes enhanced and more flexible call-only support services. This includes a dedicated contact for incident management, access to a product expert for a specific SAP software for a year and a large number of services from SAP that continuously optimizes the implementation and operation.
– SAP gives all customers a very comprehensive support and SAP Preferred Care is appreciated by our cloud customers because it provides a whole new level of service. Now, we also provide customers with their own solution installations access to the same services that not only protects their investments in digitization but also adds increased flexibility and freedom of choice, says Michael Rieder, senior vice president, Global Head of Enterprise Support & amp; Premium Engagements, SAP SE.
– The trend towards increased digitization is incredibly fast and a greater technical complexity has meant that we are seeing a rapidly growing need for this type of service. With services that SAP Preferred Care, companies can get the extra support they need to use technology as a strategic competitive tool, says Elaina Stergiades, research manager at IDC.
Click here to read the full press release in English.
SAP
SAP is the world’s leading provider of business software and supports companies of all sizes worldwide of improving their businesses. From the management to the boardroom, from the warehouse to the sales counter, from computers to mobile device – SAP enables people and organizations to work together more effectively and increase awareness of their business to become more competitive. Today, more than 300,000 customers SAP solutions and services to manage their business profitably, to continuously adapt its operations to changing requirements and to grow economically and ecologically sustainable. SAP is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and NYSE. More information is available at www.sap.com and www.sap.com/sweden.
Väla Farm has become one of the world’s most energy efficient buildings using IoT.
Every minute is sent information from about 600 sensors to the cloud service to compile the operating information of the property.
– Ten years ago, nobody thought it was possible to produce a zero-energy Skanska is now done at Väla Farm, says Per-Ola Jönsson, CEO of Skanska Installation.
Väla Farm is located just outside Helsingborg. Väla Farm is owned by Skanska and is today used as a regional office. Väla farm includes several buildings and in 2012 inaugurated the first project covering 1800 m2.
In March 2013, was certified well-farm with LEED Platinum, the highest environmental certification level awarded by the US LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) .
At this certification in 2013 was Väla Farm Europe’s best and the world’s third best houses, according to Skanska.
Today produces Väla Farm yourself its heat and a large part of its electricity. The buildings are covered with solar cells. Skanska indicate that if the excess energy could be stored season, from warm årtider the winter period, it would Väla Farm become completely energy self-sufficient. Methodology under development.
The buildings are equipped with heating and cooling by 22 pieces of drill holes on the property.
Ventilation, heating and cooling are controlled presence.
294 sensors measure carbon dioxide, light and temperature in the buildings. The information collected in the property management system that ensures that energy consumption and the indoor climate is optimal.
Skanska since 2012 using a software from GE to collect and collate operational information, but now trying a more advanced cloud service from GE.
With this solution, information is sent each minute from about 600 sensors to cloud service which enables more advanced IoT services that provide more benefit.
A critical issue for platform providers, service providers and construction companies are on the new IoT products are truly significantly better than the traditional products for energy efficiency.
– Skanska Installation looks extremely positive about the increased government requirements for energy efficiency. Ten years ago, nobody thought it was possible to produce a zero-energy Skanska is now done at Väla Farm. In Sweden, the state now plans to introduce higher standards in new construction and renovations. These requirements will be a tremendous motivator. Above all, it gives us installers greater market. When IoT is introduced, it is our system to be optimized to meet the new requirements, says Per-Ola Jönsson in Skanska Installation.
Skanska uses Väla farm as a demonstration objects to win new customers for the green house.
By installing special additions you can make it much more difficult for advertising to build up a profile of you online. You can also choose to block third-party cookies and take a couple of other tricks.
Yle News told earlier this week about how the tracker comes with what you read on the net and targeted advertising to you on the basis of it – with using cookies, or cakes.
Here are some practical tips on how you can minimize this tracing process and to protect your privacy on the Internet.
1) Block third-party cookies
You can set browser to block third-party cookies, then cookies coming from sites other than the one actually surfing. These cookies are most commonly used to track you and target advertising.
Several sites use the same tracker. Tracker mapper photo: F-Secure
Some browsers accept them by default. It may for example be because they do not want to offend the advertising industry.
In Firefox, you can block third-party cookies in Settings – & gt; Privacy.
In Google Chrome, you can do so in Settings – & gt; Show Advanced Settings – & gt; Content Settings. Select “Block cookies and site data from third parties”.
The browser Internet Explorer has a corresponding function under Tools – & gt; Internet Options – & gt; Privacy.
Safari: Settings – & gt; Privacy protection. At the “Block cookies and other data from websites”.
While it is important to be aware that there are also some third-party cookies can be beneficial and are not there to track your Internet habits . Blocking can thus also make your Internet surfing less smoothly.
2) Use browser extension that blocks tracker
Two excellent additions to the tracker, the Disconnect and Privacy Badger.
Disconnect blocks, for example, two trackers at Loviisa site. Disconnect
They help to protect you from tracking and make it much more difficult for commercial operators to identify your interests and surfing habits. In addition, they also protect against malicious code that can accompany advertising.
Disconnect is faster to protect yourself effectively, while Privacy Badger builds up its defenses eventually as you browse.
Disconnect is available for all major browsers, that is Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari, while the Privacy Badger has only been developed for Chrome and Firefox.
– this kind of supplement increases enough, the user’s anonymity and the personal integrity. I can recommend Disconnect and Privacy Badger in good conscience, says IT security expert Nils Hjärpe.
Ghostery is another popular option, but the company behind it has been criticized for selling user data to advertisers through Ghosterys additional function “Ghost rank “.
3) Use the secure network Tor
the browser Tor locks your network traffic through different places in the world which makes it very difficult to track you.
Tor network
Tor is a network designed to protect, among other journalists and dissidents, but is also used by criminals. In the server-end can possibly see the traffic in plain text, but it has its origin is quite protected.
– A website in the US, for example, believe that you are in Amsterdam and consequently can send you a local ad from a restaurant in the Dutch capital. This is a small indication of how well Tor works, comments Hjärpe.
Especially the completed application package (Tor Browser) available on the Tor project website is easy to use also for beginners.
Tor works on Windows, Linux and OS X. A version for the Android smart phones are also available.
4) Browsing with Firefox browser
Firefox is based on open source which means that the greater is the users who control what the program does – not a company that wants to control the user.
– Anyone can check the code to see if it contains non-essentials. Source code can of course be several million lines so it is not something you do just like that incidentally. But everything is visible and it is unlikely that any developer deliberately creating malware, says Hjärpe.
He added that commercial software, however, is based on closed code and the user does not have a clue about what’s happening under the hood.
– Of course, behaves most of the commercial software correctly, but some have enough built-in functions for a “call home” feature that transfers more or less anonymous information to the manufacturer, says IT security expert Nils Hjärpe.
For the same reason, use Hjärpe himself the Linux operating system, based on open source, and not Microsoft or Apple systems.
The latest “Jungle Book” is a film version of the comic classic in 1967.
But the project with talking animals was no easy task.
– I stole from the best, says director Jon Favreau.
judging by the reactions is 49-year-old from Queens in New York in this case Hollywood’s smartest thief .
Favreau has hardly been alone on the job. The project has employed 800 graphic designers.
They have created the jungle and animals where Mowgli grew up with wolves.
wrote new software
– We have tried break new ground. We wrote new software to make water and coat. Without it we would not have been able to show Mowgli pulling his hand through Baloos fur or let him ride on Bagheeras back.
Everything in “The Jungle Book” looks genuine. But Favreau says that when he receives in the top suite of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills:
– It’s as much an animated film as a feature film. If you remove Mowgli is it really a completely animated film.
“The Jungle Book” is a collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling who came in 1894. Since then, it has had eternal life, not least thanks to the Disney cartoon classic.
– From the beginning it was really a story about how humans defend themselves against nature. Now it is the opposite. Our job is to protect nature for future generations.
– I have three children. It’s a message I want to give them.
Favreau, who among others directed “Iron Man” films, has his theory about why “The Jungle Book” are popular with generation after generation.
– There are stories that attract no matter what culture we grow up in. Some myths always seem to work. READ ALSO Kipling had probably liked best about the Soviet “Jungle Book”
Old meets new
When he began the three-year project, he saw a important factor that spoke to nyinspelningens advantage.
– I like the combination of old stories with new technology. It has long been a secret formula in Hollywood. It was George Lucas secret. It was the same with “Avatar.”
– In the past, the new technology used only for action movies. Now it starts to creep into the regular movies and then we get endless opportunities.
Recognizing their thefts
Favreau makes no secret that he is in the process of “Jungle Book” glanced back.
– I stole from other Disney films like “the Lion King,” Bambi “” Pinocchio, “” Snow White “and” Dumbo “. They have characters who die but also plenty of uplifting emotions and wonderful themes.
Surprising turnaround
His version does not stop, neither Kipling or the cartoon “Jungle Book”. (Those who do not know the story should stop reading here.)
– I did not end with their människobyn. For me it was like Mowgli left their friends and their family. It did not feel good. It’s a whole other chapter.
Does that mean you want to make a continuation?
Favreau smile.
– Hopefully. READ ALSO 2000 applied for the job – he became Mowgli
Swedish Scrive has developed software that allows customers to sign contracts digitally instead of using pen and paper. The company has been operating since 2010.
“When we started it was just too early. The market was not ready. It is only now that it is starting to move in earnest, “said CEO Lukas Scrives Duczko.
The company tripled sales in 2015, when it rose to 8.7 million. Luke Duczko expects sales to rise to just under 20 million this year.
The rise is mainly due to the company’s large enterprise customers have become more active in the service. The customer list includes, among other car rental giant Avis and telecom giants TeliaSonera and Telenor, which uses Scrive to sign agreements with customers in the store.
Scrive charge in three ways: per store, per transaction or per user. The company develops no own hardware without installing the software on tablet devices that customers use to signatures.
“I can not say exactly how much our contracts with enterprise customers are worth to us. But it is quite clear that we have more money, the more shops Avis, Telia and Telenor are rolling out e-signing in. It is the main growth engine for us right now, “said Luke Duczko.
So far, shows the company is far from black. Losses in 2015 landed at 11.6 million.
Luke Duczko says Scrive, if the company chooses to do so, can achieve profitability in 2016, but the goal is to expand more rapidly after the next round of venture capital – and thus continue make a loss.
“We will take 25 percent of total e-signing market that is now emerging in the world. To get there as quickly as possible, we need to invest in growth, “he says.
The company has so far brought in a total of 27 million in venture capital, from among private investor Martin Wattin and Brummer Founder Svante Elfving.
“the plan is that we will bring in a new round of this year to be significantly greater than the 27 million that we have so far brought in,” said Luke Duczko.
Note: Scrive has split financial year. The figures in this article refers However calendar.
First of all, HTC may be that the metal shell. Every single line is perfectly ground and polished to provide different reflectance at various angles and the bevelled corners of the sides have different finish than the rounded rear. The recessed plastic moldings, necessary for the antennas to receive signals through the metal shell, is perfectly inserted, and Apple mobiles which are often praised for its feel of quality look pretty sloppy out by comparison.
We can say that with once you go off on this type of quality feel you can safely buy a HTC 10, for it does not get lost in any of the required branches for a new top model.
on the other hand, the design feels right from the familiar HTC One M9, HTC One and HTC One M8. A squat, not particularly thin or light mobile. I first thought it felt smoother than the previous models proved rather be because competitors mobiles gone the same way and become thicker and heavier. However, the phone received an Apple-ring to the camera that now protrudes from the shell.
The camera yes. Which company has put more energy and money on innovative camera technology and had so little to show for it? HTC One M8 and had their ultra-pixels that delivered far too low-resolution images without the improved sensitivity promised. M8 also had dual camera lenses to create artificial blur, as neither was a success.
HTC 10 is ultra pixels are back, but this time delivers you at least 12 megapixels complete picture, so they do not directly damage. No greater benefit either, the camera excels not particularly for its sensitivity. HTC boasts that they have received the highest rating from the benchmark site DxOmark for his camera, but in practical use, I think it does not quite match up to Samsung’s top level. However joins it to the peloton just behind it, and at least in daylight, you need enough to be photo geek to experience the difference. In other words, HTC for the first time in many years a grade of Distinction for its top model camera.
HTC M9 performance was hardly better than its predecessor, while the cell phone became very hot. HTC 10 driven by the chipset Snapdragon 820, which turns out to be much better and give a real boost in perceived performance without being particularly warm but when they maxed out performance tests where HTC 10 settles on top along with the Samsung Galaxy S7 and LG G5.
HTC boast this time with the phone to have a battery life that can handle two days of normal use. A slogan we recognize from Sony. Unlike Sony actually also delivers impressive battery life I do not think HTC has something to brag about here. For me cope HTC 10 from morning to a bite after work, but I removed the evening, I have reason to be stressed about the cell phone to die.
I’m certainly no normal user, and the result is about the same as I did when I used the LG G5, but if one boasts of its exceptionally long battery life should be able to deliver better results than average.
on the plus side, the charger provided, following the standard Quick Charge 3, and charges the startling quickly, as compared with previous fast charging techniques. The phone is almost dead at dinner time, I can charge it to last the rest of the night on 10 minutes.
You can really see that HTC made an effort to do everything right this time and not stumble at the finish line with HTC 10. And the phone also has no obvious lack of the kind that brought down the previous three top models. This gives HTC a chance to compete on its own merits. Because you do not put on any special gimmick that curved screen or expansion port on the bottom panel moves the focus to the HTC software.
How it stands up, and more of the items above, you will have read in the full test coming next week. Is there anything you would like us to try extra careful? Write in the comment field!
The latest “Jungle Book” is a film version of the comic classic in 1967.
But the project with talking animals was no easy task.
– I stole from the best, says director Jon Favreau.
judging by the reactions is 49-year-old from Queens in New York in this case Hollywood’s smartest thief .
Favreau has hardly been alone on the job. The project has employed 800 graphic designers.
They have created the jungle and animals where Mowgli grew up with wolves.
wrote new software
– We have tried break new ground. We wrote new software to make water and coat. Without it we would not have been able to show Mowgli pulling his hand through Baloos fur or let him ride on Bagheeras back.
Everything in “The Jungle Book” looks genuine. But Favreau says that when he receives in the top suite of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills:
– It’s as much a cartoon as a feature film. If you remove Mowgli is it really a completely cartoon.
“The Jungle Book” is a collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling who came in 1894. Since then, it has had eternal life, not least thanks to the Disney cartoon classic.
– From the beginning it was really a story about how humans defend themselves against nature. Now it is the opposite. Our job is to protect nature for future generations.
– I have three children. It’s a message I want to give them.
Favreau, who among others directed “Iron Man” films, has his theory about why “The Jungle Book” are popular with generation after generation.
– There are stories that attract no matter what culture we grow up in. Some myths always seem to work. READ ALSO Kipling had probably liked best about the Soviet “Jungle Book”
Old meets new
When he began the three-year project, he saw a important factor that spoke to nyinspelningens advantage.
– I like the combination of old stories with new technology. It has long been a secret formula in Hollywood. It was George Lucas secret. It was the same with “Avatar.”
– In the past, the new technology used only for action movies. Now it starts to creep into the regular movies and then we get endless opportunities.
Recognizing their thefts
Favreau makes no secret that he is in the process of “Jungle Book” glanced back.
– I stole from other Disney films like “the Lion King,” Bambi “” Pinocchio, “” Snow White “and” Dumbo “. They have characters who die but also plenty of uplifting emotions and wonderful themes.
Surprising turnaround
His version does not stop, neither Kipling or the cartoon “Jungle Book”. (Those who do not know the story should stop reading here.)
– I did not end with their människobyn. For me it was like Mowgli left their friends and their family. It did not feel good. It’s a whole other chapter.
Does that mean you want to make a continuation?
Favreau smile.
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The cheats diesels Volkswagen corrected in Europe releases in reality as much NOx as before, shows the new German tests.
– This is exactly what I expected, says Per Öhlund Transport Agency.
the Volkswagen owners who felt cheated after the revelation that the company cheated emission purification of diesel engines can continue to feel cheated.
the engines are in reality not one bit greener after the company corrected them. The measurements show that the German car magazine Auto Motor und Sport conducted on the hitherto sole model in which Volkswagen fixed cheating software, pickup Amarok.
The newspaper measured the emissions and fuel consumption of two identical cars, one with fake software, which made the car passed the emission limits of the Euro 5 when tested in the lab, but not in the way.
the other car had received a software update, which will ensure that it always stays within the law.
the result is summarized as follows: Performance is unchanged. Fuel Combustion increased slightly. And emissions are equal to the fixed car. Emissions of nitrogen oxides is 1.5 g per kilometer, 8.5 times the Euro 5 limit of 0.18 g / km.
– This is exactly what I expected. During normal driving, you will not notice any difference, says Per Öhlund, investigator at the Transport Board.
But the German regulator KBA (Kraftfahrt Bundes-AMT) has approved the update and says that the car is legal. How does that work?
– This means that it can cope with the emission limits when it runs in the lab according to the European test cycle NEDC (New European Driving Cycle), which has not so much with the real driving to do. This is about big diesel engines of 2 liters where a very small portion of the engine operating range used in the test. Among other things, the test is performed at a temperature of between 20 and 30 degrees Celsius. When running outside the test cycle comes to no emissions limits. This is about law, not about morality or the environment.
So, when running outside the test cycle, the engine is identical as before. Is it really legal?
– Yes. The only difference from before is that emissions go down if the real driving end of the temperature / load area covered by the test cycle.
Will it be the same with all the millions of cars that VW will update and clean from cheating software?
– In Europe, yes. The US has a tougher cycle and where the authorities have not yet approved any of the measures that VW has proposed. It is known in the EU to present NEDC test method is not good, and it has recently adopted a new, RDE (Real Drive Emissions). But it will only apply from next year.
Fewer than 500 fixed
The diesel model designation EA189, made from model year 2009 to model year 2015, manipulated .
a small computer program allows the car to recognize when the engine is run in a test lab. Among other things, checking it on the steering wheel and the wheels move in a way that it does on the road. When the computer program notice that the car is running in the lab turn it on software that optimizes the engine to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides and particulates. In normal traffic the motor is controlled by another software that optimizes performance and fuel consumption.
In Sweden 225 000 cars of Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda and Seat with motors in sizes 2.0, 1.6 and 1.2 liters concerned. So far, fewer than 500 fixed.
