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Unregulated tech tests: Thiel, Altman and co want Freedom Cities

The White House is to hold talks on how to establish Freedom Cities in the USA – Cities without regulation.

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Lithography systems: China allegedly builds EUV machine

China is set to mass-produce complex EUV systems as early as 2026. However, this does not seem particularly realistic.

Europe could become independent of battery imports

By 2030, 90 percent of the batteries required in Europe are to be produced domestically. According to a recent study, however, this is only partly realistic.

"Time bomb" hidden in code: developer sentenced

A programmer planted a code time bomb on his employer in case he was fired. It went off and he is probably going to prison.

Intel: Stock market rollercoaster ride after TSMC-Nvidia-AMD-Broadcom rumors

TSMC is said to have proposed a joint venture with Nvidia, AMD and Broadcom to Intel. Intel's share price promptly shot up.

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Eutelsat offers itself as a replacement for Starlink in Ukraine

Eutelsat aims to deploy 40,000 terminals to replace Starlink in Ukraine soon. Talks with suppliers and the EU Commission are ongoing.

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Undocumented commands tear security hole in ESP32 Bluetooth

Reports of undocumented Bluetooth HCI commands from ESP32 chips are doing the rounds. They open up a security flaw.

Saudi Arabia: Neom management allegedly covered up high costs

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Apple to allow sideloading in Brazil: Court sets 90-day deadline

Biggest theft in history: Bybit used freeware and became a victim as a result

Cologne gets Europe's largest river water heat pump

Dynatrace promises developers better control over databases

The acquisition of the Israeli start-up Metis gives Dynatrace AI-supported observability tools for monitoring and optimizing databases.

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Workforce halved: Broadcom laid off 19,000 VMware employees since acquisition

Within two years, Broadcom has laid off more than half of VMware's employees. Analysts are satisfied with the takeover overall.

Google accidentally disables older Chromecasts

Two older Chromecast models are currently unable to stream content. Google is working on a solution and advises against a factory reset.

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US stock market: Tesla shares plummet, Big Tech with heavy losses

The US stock markets fell sharply on Monday, with Tesla suffering particularly heavy losses. None of the "Magnificent Seven" escaped unscathed.

OpenAI pumps 11.9 billion US dollars into CoreWeave

After Microsoft, OpenAI is now booking CoreWeave systems for huge sums of money. The timing before the IPO is probably no coincidence.

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Microsoft: Native porting to Go should make TypeScript ten times faster

The company has taken the first steps to greatly accelerate the programming language through a native implementation of the compiler in Go.

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CL1 is the first commercial computer with human brain cells

CL1 is the name of the first commercially marketed computer in which human brain cells calculate. The price is low, as is the life expectancy.

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Malware vulnerabilities threaten FortiOS, FortiSandbox & Co.

Several Fortinet products are vulnerable. Security patches provide a remedy.

Search for extraterrestrial life: traces of water worlds could already be found

In the search for extraterrestrial life, water worlds have become the focus of research. Now there is a recommendation on what to look out for.

KI: Unternehmen brauchen solides IT-Management

Unternehmen sollten nicht vorschnell in Cloud-KI investieren. Stattdessen gilt es, die eigene IT-Infrastruktur zu optimieren. Ein zentrales Unified Endpoint Management schafft die nötige Basis für den sicheren lokalen KI-Einsatz.

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Researchers find exoplanets in our cosmic neighborhood

Barnard's Star is our cosmic neighbor. Researchers have found several planets in its orbit.

Asus to build Xbox handheld PC for Microsoft

Microsoft apparently wants its own handheld PC. The first generation is to be developed in collaboration with Asus.

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“Something is rotten in the state of Cupertino”: Critique after delay of Siri AI

A prominent Apple blogger has strongly criticized Apple's communication policy with regard to Siri and AI. The company is increasingly lacking consistency.

Analyst: "HomePod with display" aka "Home Hub" further this year

A well-known market observer has commented on Apple's new product category for the smart home. Despite the Siri delay, it is still planned for the fall.

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JUPITER: New supercomputer module for European AI factory

A European AI factory is being built at Forschungszentrum Jülich. The ExaFlops supercomputer JUPITER is getting a third computing module for this purpose.

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Neighborhood help for people in need of care: Barmer offers e-learning courses

Barmer Krankenkasse wants to promote neighborhood help for people in need of care with online courses. A certificate is awarded on completion of the course.

The latest in Security

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Security updates: Root vulnerability threatens Cisco ASR routers

Security vulnerabilities: Gitlab developers advise rapid update

Inconsistent cyber security standards: municipalities without a clear strategy

USA: Incorrectly configured server exposes sensitive data of nursing staff

With important security update: macOS 15.3.2 and iOS 18.3.2 available

The latest in Apple – iPhone, iPod, Mac & Co.

Apple loses sideloading lawsuit in Brazil, "Fortnite" is coming

New cooling in the iPhone 17: Full steam ahead?

Advertising for new Apple Immersive with Metallica

Vision Pro: New target group DIY enthusiasts, Spatial special with Metallica

Apple Intelligence: Siri advertising changes, update reactivates AI again

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Bethesda: Remake of "Oblivion" allegedly about to be unveiled

Bethesda is reportedly working on a remake of "The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion" in Unreal Engine 5, which is due to be released soon.

Gemma 3: Google launches new free AI model

Gemma 3 comes in four sizes and runs locally on mobile devices. Google is also releasing the free ShieldGemma 2 model.

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Sonos: streaming box apparently scrapped before announcement

Sonos wanted to tap into a new market with a streaming box that was never announced. Following internal upheaval, the device is now apparently being scrapped.

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Google DeepMind: Two Gemini AI models for more intelligent, useful robots

The two AI models Gemini Robotics and Gemini Robotics-ER are designed to give robots a better understanding of their environment and make them more intelligent.

OpenAI brings the operator to Germany

OpenAI has started rolling out the AI agent Operator in the EU. This is based on a computer-using agent.

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Roomba robot manufacturer iRobot has serious doubts about its own future

The US manufacturer of household robots has slipped deep into the red. Although there are new products, the company is not convinced of their success.

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Facebook deletes live videos: Journalists concerned

Live videos created on Facebook have been disappearing after 30 days since February 19. Only the respective uploader can save the time documents.

New rules: Google bans secret affiliate links in Chrome extensions

Following the dispute over a PayPal shopping add-on, Google is setting new guidelines. In future, users must be able to benefit from affiliate links in add-ons.

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Federal Trojans at BND: civil rights activists take case to Human Rights Court

Reporters Without Borders and the Society for Civil Liberties complain to the European Court of Human Rights about the BND's surveillance powers.

Free Linux driver for Nvidia GPU will support OpenGL via Vulkan in future

With newer GeForce GPUs, Linux distributions will use a driver for OpenGL applications that hands over the actual work to a Vulkan driver.

Linux multimedia framework Pipewire 1.4: MIDI 2 and new audio codecs

As a sound server for Linux, Pipewire 1.4 addresses music production requirements with an extended JACK API and MIDI 2 and contains new codecs.

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The latest in Artificial Intelligence

Artificial studio look: Google's free AI filter for video conferencing

OpenAI Operator: API for own AI agents published

Report: Meta Platforms tests self-developed chip for AI training

Bit-Rauschen: speculation about Intel's future fuels the share price

Gigabytes for AI: Is Apple hiding Intelligence memory usage on the Mac?

The latest in Cars & Mobility

Electric car Renault Megane E-Tech: Only one drive system left

Waymo's autonomous cabs are coming to Silicon Valley

E-cars: Battery manufacturer Northvolt insolvent in Sweden, German plant remains

Electric cars at the Toyota Kenshiki Forum 2025: Toyota goes electric

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Supermarkets and discounters: Consumer advocates warn against discount apps

The NRW consumer advice center clarifies misconceptions about supermarket apps. And warns: users become transparent for possible small discounts.

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Intel appoints new boss: Lip-Bu Tan

Lip-Bu Tan is now in charge of Intel's fortunes. He left Intel less than a year ago in a dispute, and now he is returning at the top.

IDC Analyst Briefing: Warum Sie jetzt auf KI-PCs setzen sollten

IDC-Analysten erläutern in diesem Briefing, warum Unternehmen bei der Anschaffung neuer Client-Systeme auf KI-PCs setzen sollten und was für eine Investition in diese neue Geräteklasse spricht.

Hannover Messe: Better healing of fractures with smart bone nails

Smart intramedullary nails enable immediate loading and are intended to provide information about the healing process.

Niantic wants to sell "Pokémon Go" to Saudi Arabia

Niantic wants to sell its "Pokémon Go" game division to the company Scopely, which is backed by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund – for 3.5 billion US dollars

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HP: Firmware update paralyzes printer

HP shoots itself in the foot in the fight against third-party cartridges. A firmware update causes problems with own cartridges.

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"Puzzling": Galaxies in the early universe rotate clockwise too often

The James Webb space telescope looks further back in the universe than any other instrument. Now a baffling puzzle has been discovered in the data.

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Researchers print functional artificial muscles with 3D printer

Artificial muscles can replace servomotors, for example, or be used in medicine. However, production is not easy.

Pure Storage: New highly scalable high-performance storage FlashBlade//EXA

Pure Storage aims to meet the special requirements of AI and HPC applications with its new FlashBlade//EXA all-in-one storage system.

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New Zealand: 14.5 billion euros managed with an Excel spreadsheet

In New Zealand, a single Excel spreadsheet is used for the financial management of the public healthcare system.

iOS 18.4: Apple optimizes Photos app

Beta testers of iOS 18.4, which is due to be released in April, have noticed that Apple has tweaked the Photos app. An overview of the new features.

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Undisputed leader: 274 Saturn moons now known after record discovery

Saturn leads the list of planets with the most moons since 2023. Now that a record discovery was published, it seems to be uncatchable at the top.

Contrary to Telekom's criticism: Vodafone takes action against black screeners

Vodafone takes action against black viewers and switches off signals. Telekom had previously accused its competitor of deliberately tolerating black viewers.

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