Thursday: Android gets repair mode, ASML benefits from China embargo

Google is working on a new feature for Android smartphones. In the event of support, users will soon no longer have to reset their Android cell phone. The new repair mode hides personal information from curious technicians. ASML, on the other hand, is only allowed to sell its modern imagesetters to Chinese companies such as SMIC this year. They are making diligent use of the deadline and ensuring significant sales growth in China. Meanwhile, with the first major update for iOS 17, Apple is bringing important bug fixes in addition to some new features. The fixes range from keyboard hangs to burn-in, but iPadOS and macOS are also updated – the most important messages at a glance.

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Before sending one Android smartphones to repair The data should be backed up and the cell phone reset so that no personal information more are stored. When the smartphone comes back, it has to be set up again and the data uploaded again. This procedure wants Google in the future with one Repair mode for Android avoid. In this repair mode, a service technician sees a new Android, without data or installed apps, and can check the system and diagnose any problems: Google is preparing Android’s repair mode to protect personal data.

The world’s most important manufacturer of Lithography systems for exposing chips, ASML, has announced the financial figures for the third quarter of 2023. They are unspectacularif it weren’t for one detail: Almost half of its device sales has ASML with Chinese customers made. Around 2.44 billion of 5.31 billion euros came from China. Since the beginning of the year the Chinese share of ASML’s sales increased almost sixfoldfrom 8 percent in the first quarter to 24 percent in the second to 46 percent: ASML sells large quantities of lithography systems to China.

Apple is preparing to publish iOS 17.1, iPadOS 17.1 and macOS 14.1 Sonoma before. The updates are said to be several, including serious ones eliminate errors. According to the manufacturer, this fixes a bug that… digital keyboard on iPhones and iPads and only makes entries possible with annoying delays. In addition, your own and purchased ringtones should appear again Text message tones have it adjusted. Apple is addressing a problem specifically on iPhones burned-in images on the screen could lead: The upcoming update to iOS 17.1 eliminates these iPhone problems.

What is a bad customer and what is a good customer? Credit agencies have been trying to answer this question for decades – often using controversial methods. The Schufa will now be data from Delete millions of customersthe Telecommunications provider had reported to them. This is data from so-called “service accounts”. The principle behind the data collection was simple: if a Telecommunications contract was closed, this was reported to Schufa and for them Calculation of creditworthiness used. The number and duration of the contracts depend on the Schufa score impacted, without concrete information about actual solvency of the customer: Schufa and Tk provider end dispute with data protection officers over positive data.

In today’s edition of #heiseshow let’s talk about, among other things lack of acceptance of the e-person. The ID card with online functionality has been around for 13 years, but… Germans are strangers continue to identify themselves online. Plus it’s about CO₂ emissions on the couch: How harmful it is to the environment Streaming? Because the data centers behind them cause pollutant emissions. And how harmful to the environment is this Internet at all? Amazon would rather unpackaged returns and suddenly demands Return shipping fees for self-packaged returns. What does the push mean for online shopping? These are the topics today at 5 p.m. live on the #heiseshow: E-Perso, streaming and the environment, Amazon and returns.

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