“Better a bandage of ships than a battleship”

Herbert Diess is the new CEO of Volkswagen. As the successor of Matthias Müller, he faces great challenges. In the first few hours he already shows what to expect from him. Friday, 13.04.2018 16:57 clock The location at Volkswagen reminiscent of a divorce. The former husband raised the children, and they do not like to… Continue reading “Better a bandage of ships than a battleship”

Stefan Sommer becomes Volkswagen Board Member

D he after a power struggle with the supplier ZF Retired former CEO Stefan Sommer changes to the world’s largest carmaker. There, he takes over a VW release on Monday evening according to the procurement department. Sommer follows the long-term purchasing director Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz, who left the group at his own request. Volkswagen… Continue reading Stefan Sommer becomes Volkswagen Board Member

Apple developer is spied on for Chinese company to have

e former Apple employees have been arrested in the United States on suspicion of trade secrets to a Chinese company. Xiaolang Zhang is due during his parental leave Apple He has downloaded carefully-guarded information about a self-driving car onto his laptop and shared it with start-up Xiaopeng Motors, according to the FBI’s indictment. In addition,… Continue reading Apple developer is spied on for Chinese company
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The uncertainty for the Neue Halberg casting continues

D The striking employees of the automotive supplier Neue Halberg Guss have chosen big words on Thursday to support the further negotiations on a social wage agreement for their company with protests. When around 600 employees from Saarbrücken and Leipzig gathered at the Opernturm in Frankfurt at noon, they carried several banners: “Where justice becomes… Continue reading The uncertainty for the Neue Halberg casting continues

Club Merkelterranée?

B In a word “transit” falls to us (generation ford First, this dove-blue delivery van with which the butcher brought the Wiener sausages and the rolls, which the caretaker then sold in the big break for one twenty, when we still had German small change and not already French. At that time there were still… Continue reading Club Merkelterranée?

VW will not release its cars for longer than expected

D The car maker Volkswagen expects due to the new emissions test with an even longer dry spell than previously known. “This topic will occupy us for a few months until we come back to a normal driving style in the plants,” wrote CEO Herbert Diess to the employees. Because of the from 1 September… Continue reading VW will not release its cars for longer than expected

Salaries in Dax companies diverges

D The salary gap in Germany’s top corporations has increased in the past year. The executives of the 30 Dax companies earned an average of 52 times as much as their employees, as a study published on Thursday in Frankfurt by the German Association for the Protection of Securities ( DSW ) and the Technical… Continue reading Salaries in Dax companies diverges

Social Home Robots: 35 Years of Progress

Photo: Roger Ressmeyer/Corbis/Getty ImagesTopo, a consumer and educational robot released in 1983 by Androbot. This Saturday, the Robot Film Festival is taking place in Portland, Ore. This is the 8th year of the festival, and after bouncing around between San Francisco, Pittsburgh, and Los Angeles, the festival has (at least temporarily) settled on the greatest… Continue reading Social Home Robots: 35 Years of Progress

Australia’s Digital Transformation Stumbles Badly

Photo: iStockphoto An Australian Senate committee published a 146-page report assessing the government’s progress toward its goal of becoming “one of the top three digital governments in the world…that other nations can look to for guidance and inspiration,” by 2025. Given what is in the report, other nations may want to look elsewhere for their… Continue reading Australia’s Digital Transformation Stumbles Badly

Device Uses Flashes of Light to Restore Hearing

Image: University Medical Center Göttingen Scientists in Germany have succeeded in restoring hearing sensations in gerbils using flashes of light. The technique, if it can be developed for humans, could offer a more refined, high-resolution auditory experience than what can be achieved with current hearing devices such as the cochlear implant. The scientists, led by Tobias Moser, a professor of… Continue reading Device Uses Flashes of Light to Restore Hearing