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Meanwhile, Volkswagen chief executive Matthias Muller in an interview to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said the company will start recall of vehicles by January and fix the issue by the end of next year.

Volkswagen Group Australia said today that 54,745 cars, 17,256 commercial vehicles and 5,148 Skoda vehicles were affected in Australia.

VW employees arriving for work at the company’s huge plant in the northern German town on Friday hoped that a new chief executive could start to stabilize the company.

One of the most anticipated products at Microsoft’s event in NYC this morning is the newest Surface Pro. This laptop flaunts a 13.5-inch PixelSense display with resolution of 3000×2000 pixels, and a pixel density of 267ppi with Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection.

The laptop too, like Surface Pro 4, offers multiple variants. The ultra-thin hinged laptop doubles as a tablet, features a removable keyboard and works with a touch, a “Pen” stylus or a mouse.

German Transport Minister, Alexander Dobrindt, has today revealed that VW DID use their defeat device software on emissions tests in the European Union, saying that, so far, it seems most of the manipulation was on VW Group cars with 1.6 and 2.0 litre diesel engines.

Microsoft claims the Surface Book is the fastest 13-inch tablet ever made, double the speed of Apple’s MacBook Pro.

The company has managed to release their first ever laptop, as well as a brand new Microsoft Band – titled the Microsoft Band 2. There’s also an Nvidia GeForce GPU with GDDR5 memory but that is located in the base and will need the display kept docked to tap into its power.

Days after Volkswagen admitted that half a million cars it sold in the US contained software enabling them to evade clean air laws, top Environmental Protection Agency officials said they are planning to toughen emissions testing for all automakers.

When the company admitted last month that 11 million vehicles were affected by software created to cheat emissions-testing, VW said it was setting-aside €6.5bn (£4.9bn) to cover costs.

“Therefore we are putting all planned investments under review”.

The post’s aim was not to present a new Lumia phone, but to discuss Microsoft’s actions in expanding the list of compatible apps with Cortana.

During a lengthy presentation that was broadcast online, Microsoft took the wraps off a pair of new Lumia devices, the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL.

The laptop is made entirely out of a single piece of magnesium, while its trackpad is made with precision glass that can support up to five-point multitouch.

Matthias Mueller has officially been named the new CEO of the Volkswagen Group effective immediately the German automaker announced on Friday.