Hey Netzwelt: Here are the best news of the week

It doesn’t matter if it’s WhatsApp, Netflix, Google or mobile phone bills: this week there is important information for everyone who lives in any way. That’s what Michael does too, with his proper hairstyle (haha) he’s about to set foot in an independent air taxi and he’s supposed to say hi on behalf of the rest of the editorial team. Greetings! Here’s the week’s top news.

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Dear netizen, not always everything is sunshine and roses. Let’s start with some bad news for once, and then we’ll be done with it. The first thing you should do is urgently check your mobile phone bill if you have already received it.

1. Because of Dark Herring: Check your mobile bill!

2. Germany’s oldest smart TV…

3. Autonomous air taxis have become a reality

4. That was the other top news of the week

5. Then a magician develops a beer application

6. Flat joke of the week beer delivers – because it’s so good!

7. He puts a lot of effort into this. We look forward to a recommendation!

Because of Dark Herring: Check your mobile bill!

I don’t know about you, but I haven’t seen her in a long time. I must, because there is a sad reason. Researchers have identified 470 Android apps on Google Play that have attracted more than 100 million unsuspecting users of the subscription trap since March 2020.

So 100 million Android users in the world could have lost their money unnoticed. How many Android users are there anyway? Rival Apple announced this week that there are more than 1.8 billion active Apple devices. I have to let the number sink first. The iPhone holds the lion’s share with over a billion.

Yes, yes, the world is filthy and mean. If you could just wipe everything off the table with a few words, like this new Google Assistant command. If only everything was as easy as reporting Tinder dates that are (almost) very close to you.

Instead, we should all (!) immediately check if we have the correct WhatsApp settings, the correct levers. Or whether we didn’t make the classic mistakes when setting it up, God knows since when that was, i.e. cybercriminals are simply taking advantage now.

We summarize for you in the monthly report what will be important and what will change in February 2022. Then we move on to something more luxurious.

Germany’s oldest smart TV…

…not in the Technology Museum in Sinsheim. Amazon took a 40-year-old tube from storage and dusted it off. Thanks to a special adapter and Fire TV Stick, your TV now also shows Netflix movies. Make sure to check it out.

I always find projects like this very exciting. Darius discovered something similar this week. GTA 5 on Game Boy! Here is the video that amazes the gaming world. What is Switzerland already doing? Pigeon repellent with drones. Did I say we live in exciting times? Talking about…

Autonomous air taxis have become a reality

When I think of “the future,” there are always cars flying around. It’s been this way for as long as I can remember. And I’m not the only one who has that, it’s the same thing in thousands of science fiction movies. And who likes to portray themselves in science fiction films? Right, Dings, reality!

This week, Boeing (read: Bohhinng, not Beung) bought Wisk Aero for a whopping sum (read: $450 million). The company was launched by Larry Page (who actually founded Google) and I (hanging back, like a monkey) think: Slowly something is going to happen with flying cars.

Because Wisk Aero is about to launch a fleet of 30 electric powered taxis, vertical take-off and landing. Things have to fly independently. You enter, choose your destination and wuuuuuuiiiiii, take off. Here is a video.

With strategic partner Boeing and the necessary resources, Wisk Aero believes it will be able to bypass the FAA approval hurdle and get the green light for regular operations. Insanely exciting, don’t you think?

At this point, a big thank you to everyone who brought to my attention an embarrassing misspelling in the newsletter version of this article. There has been consistent talk of “Boeing”.

That was the other top news of the week

Then a magician develops a beer application

Remember the silly iBeer app on the iPhone? Exactly – it looked like real beer was rolling back and forth behind the screen. The developer, actually a magician, probably had an idea of ​​his life with her. Sometimes the app earned him $20,000 – a day! The app has remained at number one on the App Store charts for a year in a row.

Fast computers have long recognized that a large sum must be accumulated. Thankfully, the developer didn’t invest it in real beer like we did and probably any other sane person would. No, the 52-year-old put it in real estate and furniture and now lives happily ever after in Spain. on a farm. Nice story, you can read it here.

Flat joke of the week beer delivers – because it’s so good!

The subtitle should not be an invitation to drink alcohol. There is also non-alcoholic beer. Instead, we should feel inspired by the iBeer magician and not immediately push every silly idea to the sidelines. around them! please! Other than that, we can wait a long time for flying cars and other ice-breaking party apps. In this sense: Always stay open to new things, delicious, fermented from the top or bottom, hairy in the right or wrong places and what you really are anyway – the world’s best newsletter readers. Best wishes, see you next Friday!

At the end of the day, a cyclist!
(Thomas, 35, turns without looking over his shoulder)

There are more flat jokes at this point on Netzwelt.

He puts a lot of effort into this. We look forward to a recommendation!

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