Boeing’s successful start + TikTok’s gaming premiere + Plattner re-elected + Mysterious Voyager data + Android app before sacking + Apple veteran tells
After failed attempts and attempts in recent years, the launch of the Boeing Starliner was successful. The capsule is in orbit and is scheduled to dock with the ISS on Saturday night. TikTok apparently wants to expand its offering with integrated games in order to generate additional revenue if users stay longer in the app. Despite criticism from individual shareholders, SAP co-founder Hasso Plattner was re-elected to the Supervisory Board with a large majority, even though he violates his own rules due to his old age and the fact that he has been with the company for a long time – the most important reports in a nutshell.
Boeing spacecraft CST-100 Starliner is on its way to the International Space Station (ISS). With the unmanned flight, Boeing is testing all components of a manned flight to and from the ISS. For Boeing, a lot depends on this mission. For years, the company has been working towards the commercial transportation of people to and from the ISS and has invested heavily. But on the maiden flight two and a half years ago, Starliner had various problems and had to cancel. The next attempt in August 2021 failed due to blocked valves, but now the Boeing Starliner has started successfully.
TikTok wants to offer online games and is trying it out in Vietnam first. Games in the videos are designed to increase ad revenue and encourage users to spend more time on the TikTok app. Video producers should not only play something for their viewers – this has been possible for a long time – but also play together with them. The Chinese version of TikTok, Douyin, has had games integrated since 2019. Now TikTok is also getting into gaming, with initial tests in Vietnam.
Hasso Plattner will remain on the supervisory board of his company SAP after the company co-founder joined < strong>General Meeting was re-elected with 90.5 percent of the votes cast. This should also pave the way for Plattner to be re-elected as Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Before the Annual General Meeting, critics referred to the rules of the SAP committee: a standard age limit of 75 years applies to supervisory board members and a standard length of membership of no more than twelve years. Plattner surpasses both, but SAP co-founder Plattner was clearly re-elected.
Voyager 1, the furthest probe ever from Earth, is sending data , which do not match what is happening with her on board. The NASA engineering team is therefore trying to find out what the puzzling behavior is all about. The probe flying in interstellar space works normally and executes commands received from Earth correctly, but the data transmitted by the on-board computer were incorrect. The team is faced with a mystery: data from NASA’s Voyager 1 probe in interstellar space is a mystery.
Google threatens the Android file manager “Total Commander” with the kicking out of the Play Store because you can install APKs with it. The app lets you browse the Android phone’s file structure, but sideloading APK files without the Play Store is possible. This now appears to be a problem for Google. The developer feels helpless because there is “no chance” to contact real people at Google who use the file manager “Total Commander” Threaten to be kicked out.
Why did the iPod get its famous clickwheel? What specific choices did Steve Jobs make when designing the first iPhone? And how does Apple create the important designs? Tony Fadell, a senior former Apple employee, answers these and other questions in his new book. After all, Fadell is considered the father of the iPod and was also responsible for the first three iPhone generations.Some anecdotes and stories from his time at Apple are surprising: Why the first iPhone almost appeared without a SIM slot.
