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Afrinic crisis forces reform of global IP address management

Africa's regional Internet governance is on the brink of collapse. 25 years after decentralizing IP allocation, the Internet community reacts with new rules.

Fiber optic expansion: Germany will remains a DSL country for the time being

Deutsche Telekom's competitors once again invest less in network expansion, while the Bonn-based giant expands. The industry hopes for the DSL shutdown.

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Revolut announces its own mobile phone offer

Revolut is further expanding its offering in the non-core business. After an eSIM for data, the neobank also wants to offer its own mobile phone contract.

iPhone sales: 16e wins, 16 Pro loses

Apple's new entry-level model is selling well despite its high price. The manufacturer probably needs to do something about the Pro devices.

Intel loses its Chief Sales Officer to Kuka

Christoph Schell leaves the chip company in very turbulent times and takes over the management of Kuka – another challenge for the new Intel boss Tan.

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Meta AI: Sexting in voice mode with John Cena and Judi Dench

You can have sexualized conversations with the AI chatbot on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp – Even minors can do this.

Now official: TSMC not allowed to produce chips with cutting-edge tech in the US

The Taiwanese government is renewing its "Industrial Innovation Law". It is explicitly about TSMC's chip production abroad.

Xiaomi sets up development center for electric cars in Munich

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Blackout in Spain and Portugal: At least three dead after power outage

Historic power outage in Spain and Portugal: cause still unclear

The fully assembled robot arms from Hugging Face.

Hugging Face reveals construction plans for 100-dollar AI robot arm

Intel Foundry: 18A-P and 14A technology for the masses

Intel admits that the 18A production process is aimed at a small target group. Successors will be launched in 2026 and 2027.

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Rare earths: Chinese export restrictions jeopardize Tesla's Optimus Bot

Trade war between the USA and China is also affecting robot production. There is a shortage of rare earths for the production of Tesla's Optimus Bot.

iPhone mirroring in the EU: still waiting for useful macOS function

Due to the EU's Digital Markets Act, iPhone remote control has not been available for the Mac until now. Will this change in April?

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Ubuntu 25.04: Update apparently temporarily stopped

Ubuntu 25.04 was released over the Easter weekend. The upgrade of the KDE version in particular is causing problems, which is why it has now been stopped.

Blood oxygen function on the Apple Watch remains banned in the USA

The pulse oximeter on Apple's US version of its computer watch has been switched off for more than a year. Meanwhile, the patent dispute with Masimo continues.

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He Dreiht: Germany's largest wind farm is being built off Borkum

EnBW is building Germany's largest offshore wind farm off Borkum. The wind turbines are among the largest currently on the market.

13T: Oneplus rejects European launch

Although Oneplus has heard the interest from Europe, the manufacturer will not be offering the 13T in this country.

Spotlight on photo culture – Exhibitions and festivals in May 2025

India in double vision, photography in exile, street photography from Leica archive and photo festival in Zingst – May has a lot to offer for photography fans.

150 billion US dollars: IBM makes the USA look good

IBM wants to invest a lot of money in the USA. However, the promised development expenditure has been this high for years.

Kostenloses KI-Programm erweckt Ideen zum Leben

Wer mit KI-Unterstützung wachsen will, aber fachliche Beratung braucht, kann beim Programm „AI Business Innovation Sprint“ mitmachen. Von den teilnehmenden Teams wird das Beste am 5. Juni geehrt.

It's alive! Dragonfly BSD 6.4.1 released with many bug fixes

The developers at Dragonfly BSD can hardly keep up with the fixes from FreeBSD. A version 6.6 is due soon, but so far there are only enough important patches.

TikTok: User data from the EU was stored in China

The Irish data protection authority imposes a 530 million euro fine and examines further measures after data of EU citizens was stored in China.

Serious AirPlay gap: Users demand firmware update for old AirPort routers

Apple has not sold Wi-Fi routers since 2018, but some devices are still in use. But without a patch, they are now at risk. Users are demanding help.

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Gaming site Polygon sold and numerous employees directly laid off

On Thursday, Vox Media sold the gaming site Polygon, and numerous editors were apparently laid off immediately.

NotebookLM: Listen to audio summaries now also in German

NotebookLM from Google now also creates podcast-style audio summaries in German. Google is also launching mobile apps.

Redis: another license turnaround – from now on the open source AGPL applies

After one and a half years of proprietary marketing, Redis 8 has been given an open source license again. The database also supports new data types.

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Patch now! Attackers are once again targeting older Sonicwall vulnerabilities

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ePA security: BSI had warned of risk

Dell protects PowerProtect Data Manager and laptops against possible attacks

France accuses Russia of cyberattacks aimed at destabilization

Tax money finances attacks with Zerodays

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

Apple's quarterly figures: iPhone sales boom before tariffs hit

US ruling: Apple is not entitled to a share of web purchases from apps

iPhones from India: Apple manufacturers build iPhone factories for billions

Parallels Desktop: New x86 emulation on Apple Silicon

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For Support: AI Joins Wikipedia

Authors and moderators at Wikipedia receive support from AI. Wikimedia explicitly states that AI should not replace anyone.

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Probably won't burn up completely: Soviet Venus probe about to crash to earth

More than 50 years ago, a Soviet mission to Venus failed, and now the capsule will crash uncontrollably to Earth and probably not burn up.

Passkeys: Microsoft forces new customers to log in without a password

Microsoft is continuing to abolish passwords. New Microsoft accounts are now passwordless by default.

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Flying squirrel drone flies better than conventional drones

Can quadrocopters perform flight maneuvers even better? Yes, say South Korean researchers who have equipped a drone with variable wings and AI control.

Meta's LLM conference LlamaCon: Llama goes after the top dog

The conference did not feature any new models, but did include some interesting discussions on the future of LLMs and multimodal models.

"This is corruption": Trump company profits from investment in Binance

The US President's family is likely to benefit financially from an investment worth billions in the crypto exchange Binance. There is already harsh criticism.

Microsoft increases prices for Xbox, accessories and in the future games, too

The recommended retail prices of Xbox game consoles and controllers were raised on May 1. Microsoft also expects more expensive games for the Christmas season.

Payment by QR code: How a Softbank subsidiary wants to assert itself in Japan

In China, most people pay via AliPay and WeChat Pay – using Japanese QR code technology. There, provider PayPay is racing to catch up.

Photonics chip can train AI

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a programmable photonic AI chip that can train neural networks in an energy-saving way.

Film pimps lenses with night vision function

A thin film from the MIT laboratories reacts to heat radiation. This can be used to make lightweight night vision goggles or new sensors for driving in fog.

Meta Platforms: More expensive advertising and lower taxes for more profit

Meta Platforms reports more users and higher advertising rates. This boosts revenue. And if taxes are lower, the stock market is happy.

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The latest in Artificial Intelligence

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Generated online stores: AI deceives customers with false discounts and reviews

Gitex Europe: AI luminaries, start-ups and "exciting night culture" in Berlin

Qwen3: Alibaba makes new AI model freely available

TmuxAI is here: Tmux terminal multiplexer gets AI assistant

Supervisory authority examines Ebay's AI training with user data

The latest in Cars & Mobility

Citroën C5 Aircross compact SUV comes as a hybrid, PHEV and electric car

Numbers, please! 105.882 km/h speed record to sell 12 km/h electric cabs.

Share of freight transport by rail grows only slightly

iPhone as a credit card at a New York subway access barrier

New York City wants to bring subway tickets to the iPhone

Finland and Germany remain loyal to X, statistically speaking

X has lost more than 13 percent of all users in the EU in one year. The number of logged-in users is more stable. But there is a lot of double counting.

Because of Trump: Microsoft expands in Europe and promises more resilience

Many European customers have lost confidence in digital products from the USA due to Trump. Microsoft now wants to invest heavily in Europe.

Warum ChromeOS im Vergleichstest besser abschneidet als andere Betriebssysteme

Eine Wettbewerbsanalyse hat verschiedene Betriebssysteme untersucht. Googles ChromeOS schnitt dabei in Sachen Sicherheit am besten ab, in insgesamt acht Punkten hat es die Nase vorne. Hier lesen Sie, welche das sind.

Bosch Performance Line CX-R: More power for e-mountainbikes

The Performance Line CX-R is the racing version of the CX motor from Bosch. However, the basic model can also be made more powerful on request.

World Password Day: people want two-factor authentication

On World Password Day, GMX and web.de published a survey. It shows that progress is being made in terms of security.

25 years ago: Bill Clinton releases GPS

On 1 May 2000, US President Bill Clinton decided that the civilian GPS signal could no longer be kept inaccurate, thus revolutionizing navigation.

Knocked out of a planet? – Surprising finding about asteroid Vesta

Until now, it has been assumed that Vesta is a protoplanet and has a core. This is contradicted by measurement data that suggest a different origin.

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OpenBSD 7.7 supports Intel E810 up to 100 GBit/s and Radeon RX 9070 GPUs

OpenBSD 7.7 improves the SMP capabilities of the TCP stack. In addition to current Intel network cards and AMD GPUs, Apple M1 MacBooks are also better supported.

Google cleans up: Number of apps in the Play Store reduced by almost half

Google is apparently doing a thorough sweep of its app store: The Play Store has lost over a million apps within a year – that's almost half.

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Open source omnipresent: Ubuntu, Docker and Python popular in companies

The use of open source software in companies is increasing. This is mostly for financial reasons. Ubuntu, Docker and Python are used particularly often.

Terraform competitor OpenTofu joins the CNCF in sandbox status

The open source IaC tool OpenTofu is joining the Cloud Native Computing Foundation. The majority of the OpenTofu community voted in favor of this.

Duolingo doubles its range of language courses

Duolingo launches 148 new language courses, including numerous German courses. According to the company, the number of courses on offer has doubled.

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Quarterly intervals: Exchange electricity prices calculated at shorter intervals

European electricity exchanges are changing frequency in June: instead of an hourly forecast, the price in day-ahead trading will be calculated every 15 minutes.

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The latest in Robotics

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Without a motor: cable car robot moves loads with just infrared light

Report: Robot project also no longer under Apple's AI boss

RoboCake: Researchers create edible robot cake with dancing gummy bears

Axon, the partially humanoid open-source robot from the 3D printer

Text2Robot: Design robots with AI via text prompt

The latest in Enterprise Computing

Firefox: Tab groups are here

Opinion: Is a split imminent? – Synadia demands NATS back from the CNCF

Attacked SAP flaw: Hundreds of vulnerable servers in the network

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