Nowadays, our life is connected and combine with artificial intelligence more than you thought. From your smart phone, home appliances, or even to Lego blocks— more and more products can be linked with the application of artificial intelligence. One of the most commonly heard personal assistant is “siri” invented by Apple. However, do you know that, in fact, Amazon and Google have their own personal assistants for their products too? The latest issue of c’t magazine will be introducing in detail on different personal assistants from a few well-known brands. Furthermore, other application of artificial intelligence and newest technology information will also be highlighted!

The c’t issuse 22/17 Topic Preview

Gamer’s Delight
The latest and greatest gaming monitors feature record response times down to 1 ms and refresh rates up to 240 Hz. The displays prevent micro stuttering with FreeSync and G-Sync. On top of that they provide different color profiles for different games. Add to that a built-in headphone rest and you will see why your kids desperately “need” one our contestants from 24 to 27 inches and HD to QHD.

Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant, Cortana
The four personal assistants from Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft appear to be know-it-alls. They have an answer to just about every question and help their owners in many different ways – all thanks to AI. c’t highlights the differences between them and reviews devices from other manufacturers, too.

Laptops with Core i5 and SSDs
Our current recommendation: a new Notebook should at least have a Core i5 CPU and a solid state disk. In our labs some of the latest models with quite reasonable price tags had to prove what they are capable of.

AI with Lego
How does a neural network figure out what kind of items comes next on the factory assembly line? We have built a tiny factory with Lego Mindstorms EV3. And using the framework Tensor Flow by Google we trained a neural network that is small enough to run on the smart Lego bricks.

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update
On October 17th the next edition of Windows 10 will come to millions of desktop PCs. c’t evaluates the new features and guides you through the jungle of license models and upgrade paths. Least but not last we put the new security feature under tough scrutiny.

The magazine will be issued in October 14th, 2017.

A diverse range of hardware and software has been developed around Raspberry Pi, the compact single-board computer, with a highly active community of hobbyists and users. c’t Raspberry Pi 2017 presents this Raspberry world, offers useful tips for getting started and provides expertise for more challenging projects. Many designs and programming proposals give beginners and amateurs instructions on replicating applications as well as ideas for their own ideas.

PLANNED CONTENTS INCLUDE:
Getting started:
• First steps with the Raspberry
• Overview of current hardware and software
• Installation, configuration and networking

Tinkering projects:
• Raspberry endoscope
• Raspberry information display
• Mini PC for less than €100

Fun and entertainment:
• Retro games consoles and accessories
• Internet radio
• CarPi – car infotainment

Networked home:
• Digital electricity meter readout
• Siri, Alexa and friends – homemade
• Telephone-connected Raspberry doorbell

It is undoubted that the future of Raspberry Pi is unlimited. If you’ve already gain the interest in Raspberry Pi, come join us!

This issue will be available on Sept. 25, 2017.

The c’t special issue ‘Smartphone-Fotografie’ (Smartphone Photography) is aimed at everyone who has integrated the smartphone in their everyday life and uses it to take pictures. The target group of the special issue is therefore not only ambitious amateur photographers, but also anyone who not only takes photos with their smartphone, but also orders photo products (such as photo albums), edits pictures on their mobile and is interested in other photo accessories including attachable lenses etc.

PLANNED CONTENTS INCLUDE:

Accessories and services

• Presenting useful photo accessories

• Photography with spotting scopes

• Ordering photo products by smartphone

• Securing holiday snaps

• Photo albums

Photo editing

• Photo editing with KI

• Photo editing in the browser

• Better photos with the iPhone

Practical application

• Photo tips for original smartphone photos

• Photography apps

• Children’s photos

• Portfolios of well-known smartphone photographers

• RAW photography

Smartphone-Fotografie’ provides readers with the latest and most comprehensive reports and related knowledge. Come and don’t miss out this chance joining us!

This c’t special issue will be available on September 11, 2017

German c’t is the most subscribed computer magazine in the Europe. With the great circulation up to 250 thousand copies and bi-week publication of c’t, your ads and reports will absolutely gain new and more exposure to public, thereby skyrocketing the brand awareness of your company and products! You probably know that X299 mainboards has been in the spot light recently, thanks to the new CPUs released by Intel. All the tech enthusiasts are deeply concerned about the reveal of the new mainboards. In the new issue of c’t, one of the main topics will be introducing the new mainboard, and with the hype, the number of readers will definitely increase.

Here are the main topics of 17th issue of 2017 of c’t (issue on Aug 5th, 2017):

Mainboards for Core X
Mainboards with socket LGA2066 are needed for Intels new high-end CPUs. Those have up to 18 cores and they are called Core X. The boards feature the X299 chip set and they can be equipped with several graphics cards, fast PCIe SSDs and up to 128 Gigabytes of RAM.

New Projects for The Raspberry Pi
c’t has developed four new projects where the Raspberry Pi can show off its versatility, e. g. as a door bell that calls you on the phone or a mobile endoscope. Furthermore we have designed a neat c’t-case for your own retro gaming console.

Backing Up Your Android Phone
Over time your Smartphone gathers lots and lots of irreplaceable data and memories. But Android has no simple way of saving “just anything”. We had a look at Android’s own backup capabilities and compare them to some smartphone vendors’ and third party tools.

Roll Your Own WSUS Updates
A WSUS server distributes updates for all Microsoft products to all PCs in a LAN. But if you use the right tool, it will also take care of third party apps used in your company.

Power Banks and Solar Chargers
When the smartphone battery is flat and no wall socket is in sight, mobile energy sources might just save your day. Large Powerbanks keep you safe for a whole week. Solar chargers and other mobile solutions fulfill the needs of hikers and other fans of outdoor activities.