(Photo: Billy Steele/Engadget) To deliver a balanced sound, the Beats Studio Buds are driven by a proprietary dual 8.2 mm diaphragm, featuring a rigid piston in the center and an outer surround. Apple states, users can expect “capability for superior stereo effects and low harmonic distortion on the histogram to hear every note clearly.” (Photo: Billy Steele/Engadget) Beats Studio Buds are equipped with active noise cancellation, which eliminates a lot of external noise. The microphone can filter wind and noise to further enhance your experience. You can also switch to Transparency mode to listen to music while listening to your surroundings by pressing and holding the “b” icon. (Photo: Billy Steele/Engadget) This wireless headset model also supports Spatial Audio and Dolby Atmos sound technology. The Beats Studio Buds have up to 8 hours of listening time per charge, and the charging case can be charged 2 more times, which means you’ll get a total of 24 hours of use. (Photo: Billy Steele/Engadget) When ANC or Transparency mode is enabled, the listening time will be about 5 hours each and up to 15 hours when combined with the carrying case. This headset uses a USB-C port for charging, and either headset can be used independently. In addition, the device has a 5-minute charging feature for 1 hour of use. Currently Beats Studio Buds have 3 colors, Black, White and Red, the headset is sold for 149.99 USD (about 3.44 million VND).

Transparency International Germans concerned about economic influence

Status: 15.06.2021 09:26 a.m.

Many EU citizens perceive corruption as a major problem – this is evident from the current corruption barometer from Transparency International. Germany too has to do significantly more. From Philipp Eckstein, ARD capital studio Corruption: a problem across the European Union. The perception of the citizens is correspondingly critical. This is how the statements of the corruption barometer from Transparency International can be summarized. Between October and December 2020, more than 40,000 people were interviewed by telephone for the representative survey in the EU. Around a third of them said that they believe that corruption has increased in their country in the past year. The increase in Cyprus was particularly strong at 65 percent.

Corruption scandal in Cyprus

Last year, journalists there discovered that politicians had sold passports to criminals from abroad – probably for a fee. That is one reason why the perception of corruption in Cyprus has deteriorated so significantly, according to Transparency International. Almost two thirds of the EU citizens questioned said in the survey that corruption was a major problem in their government. There are clear differences within the EU.

Big differences between countries

While in Denmark and Finland only twelve and 16 percent perceive a corruption problem in their government, in Bulgaria it is 90 percent and in Croatia even 92 percent. Of the 4800 or so respondents in Germany, 34 percent said corruption was a problem in the federal government. Overall, according to the study, trust in government and politics in Germany is relatively high compared to many other European countries.

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Nevertheless: “We still have a problem with corruption,” says Hartmut Bäumer, Chairman of Transparency Germany. 62 percent of those questioned would say: “The government is essentially controlled in its decisions by large financial interests.” So it follows financially strong interest groups and not the interests of the general public. In addition, more than 38 percent have the perception that the federal government is doing too little against corruption. Taken together, “these are numbers that are really worrying,” said Bäumer, “because they feed those who are critical of the state and our liberal democracy anyway. And that is, so to speak, the breeding ground for everything that changes from lateral thinkers or right or left radicalism developed from. ”

Stricter requirements for lobby registers

The federal government urgently needs to do more to combat corruption and, above all, to ensure more transparency, according to Transparency International, for example through stricter rules for the lobby register. The anti-corruption organization is also calling for corporate criminal law to be introduced. Such measures can regain lost trust.

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This seems to be urgently needed, especially in the business sector. According to the survey, one in three respondents in Germany believe that all or most of the business leaders are involved in corruption. More than half believe companies use money or relationships to get public contracts.

After a series of privacy scandals of technology companies, it is not surprising that a study by Flurry Analytics in the US shows that 96% of iPhone users will refuse to grant permission. Facebook doesn’t seem to understand what privacy means to users yet. Photo: CNN. Despite the annoyances with iOS 14.5, Facebook still doesn’t seem to understand what privacy means to users. That is proven in a study published on SSRN ( Social Science Research Network ), authors include Professor Daniel Sokol from the Levin School of Law at the University of Florida, and Feng Zhu from Harvard University. According to the Inc , a research paper backed by Facebook, asserts that adding ATT to iOS 14.5 is a non-competitive act by Apple. Interpretation of the word “follow” “Apple’s iOS 14 update exposes an anticompetitive, fallacious strategy under the guise of privacy. Apple is banning any apps that aren’t theirs from collecting the information needed to show personalized ads without being able to use it. without user permission. Users can only opt-in after seeing a disturbing, misleading message about “tracking”. This message is not displayed on Apple’s app, because the user has automatically joined the data collection program,” the study said. The main problem here is the interpretation of the word “tracking”. Apple defines “tracking” as an application that collects data and then shares it with another party, also known as third-party tracking. Meanwhile, first-party tracking is data collected and used by the app itself, to improve product experience or features. This is something that is accepted by Apple, and the programmer does not need to ask the user’s permission to follow. Apple and Facebook apps both use first-party trackers. However, Facebook also collects data when users visit other websites. This action is considered by Apple to be a third party tracker, which means that the Facebook application needs to ask the user’s permission before taking the data. Facebook does not seem to want to give users a choice because they think that when given a choice, users will not want to be tracked. Photo: 9to5mac. Facebook is like a stalker and thinks it’s good Since it was introduced by Apple last year, ATT has been constantly criticized by Facebook. In most statements, Facebook is mainly directed towards Apple. That makes many people think that this is a conflict between Facebook and Apple. However, this is really a battle between Facebook and users. If there is no choice, the user is the loser. Facebook is entering an area where privacy is a contradictory concept. They believe that personalized advertising benefits society. This may be the correct view. However, it would be better if users could choose how their data is used. Let’s put the hypothesis in reality. If Facebook sends someone to your front door, look in the bathroom to see what shampoo or toilet paper you use. From the above information, they will send you ads and offers specifically for those products. Facebook could argue that it benefits both users and advertisers when marketing to the right goals and needs, but no one will take it seriously when the platform sends people to snoop around the bathroom. From there, the user will have a need not to track, by closing the bathroom window curtain. If the business model is in trouble just because users have a choice, that’s Facebook’s problem, not Apple’s. Graphics: Ha My. However, Facebook does not want to talk about this issue. Instead, they repeatedly accused Apple of doing wrong, affecting the interests of Facebook and advertisers. The platform even “threats” to charge a fee if users do not consent to data collection. That’s what Facebook doesn’t seem to understand yet. It is entirely possible for them to give users the choice, while still earning revenue as a business, that owns one of the big profitable business models. However, Facebook does not want to give users a choice because they think that when given a choice, users will not want to be tracked. Apple doesn’t ban tracking, they just ask the app for permission to be tracked. When most users refuse to follow, their trust may be lost after a series of scandals. If the business model is in trouble just because users have a choice, that’s Facebook’s problem, not Apple’s. ‘I don’t want to be tracked by Facebook’ The iOS 14.5 update allows users to block Facebook from tracking their data. Therefore, advertising on this platform gradually becomes less effective.