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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.

DeepSeek challenger: Alibaba Qwen can now also "think"

The QwQ reasoning model is significantly leaner than DeepSeek R1 and is said to be more powerful in many areas.

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

Insecure freeware enabled the attackers to steal billions from Bybit. The problems had been known for a long time.

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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.

How a town in Texas is fighting back against Amazon's delivery drones

A town in Texas fights back against Amazon delivery drones that are too loud. The delivery service should disappear from the city if possible.

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Spam filter: DNS blacklist Nixspam ceases operation

For more than 20 years, Nixspam waded through the flood of unwanted emails and maintained an IP blacklist. Now the iX project is ending its services.

NASA switches off further instruments on the Voyager probes

The 50th birthday is a must, but the Voyager probes should ideally continue to work into the 2030s. To achieve this, however, electricity must be saved.

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RISC-V for cars: Infineon announces microcontroller with new computing cores

RISC-V chips for a digitally autonomous EU: 240 million euros for DARE SGA1

The Godot 4.4 game engine offers useful tools like interactive in-game editing

AMD's Radeon RX 9070 and 9070 XT are here - at least almost

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

Until now, Apple has largely prohibited sideloading, i.e. the installation of apps outside the official iOS app store. This is set to change in Brazil.

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Biometric control: EU entry and exit system to start gradually

The EU member states are set to roll out the entry/exit system for border management, which has faced years of delays, gradually over a six-month period.

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Valve shuts down Steam Family Libraries for good

Valve is finally replacing the family libraries with Steam Families. This has advantages and disadvantages for friends and families.

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TypeScript 5.8 improves interoperability between CommonJS and ECMAScript

The new release allows CommonJS modules to be called from ECMAScript and provides a more detailed check of return expressions.

Google and BSI work on secure cloud solutions for the public sector

With a cooperation agreement, Google and the BSI want to promote the development and provision of secure and sovereign cloud solutions for public authorities.

AMD confirms prices and launch date for Ryzen 9950X3D and 9900X3D

The new processors with stack cache are due to be launched on March 12, 2025. They will cost the same as their predecessors.

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Grok can now also be marked in posts on X – and replies

X users can now also publicly question Elon Musk's Grok AI by tagging it in posts. There are only a few restrictions.

Social media complaints center decides against Facebook in the majority of cases

Since January, the Appeals Centre Europe has issued over 150 decisions on content on social networks – often in favor of users.

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Gigabit funding: Only 91 million of 8.3 billion euros spent

The promotion of high-speed Internet is pushing a billion-euro wave of bugs in front of it. And more and more funding decisions are being returned.

Hybrides UEM: Die Zukunft der Geräteverwaltung

Endgeräteverwaltung aus der Cloud oder lokal? Die Antwort: Sowohl als auch! Am besten ist eine hybride Lösung, die die Flexibilität cloudbasierter Systeme mit der Sicherheit lokaler Infrastrukturen kombiniert.

SMIC from China is the world's third-largest chip contract manufacturer

Chinese chip manufacturers are growing strongly. Because Samsung is lagging behind, second place no longer seems far away.

Saudi Arabia: Neom management allegedly covered up high costs

The Neom settlement project with the band city The Line in Saudi Arabia is controversial. It threatens to become a financial disaster.

Better AI Siri: Did prompt injections slow down Apple's schedule?

Apple's postponement of its better Siri is causing a lot of guesswork. Observers are wondering whether prompt injections may have slowed down development.

Fiber optics: Industry groups oppose regulation on network termination point

Network operators insist free choice of fiber optic terminals applies post-modem and object to the regulator's stance.

No more Nao and Pepper robots? Aldebaran Robotics insolvent

The manufacturer of the humanoid robots Nao and Pepper, Aldebaran Robotics, has slipped into insolvency. Whether and how it will continue is largely unclear.

Super Productivity 12.0 is here: Free task management supports Kanban

Version 12.0 of Super Productivity now supports the Kanban workflow. The open source task management system can be used locally and as a web app without login.

The latest in Security

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BSI study: Lack of information on IT security for networked devices

Akira ransomware slips past IT protection solution via webcam

Attacks on VMware ESXi: Tens of thousands of servers still vulnerable

Security update: Critical malware vulnerability threatens Kibana

Attackers can embed a backdoor in the Commvault backup solution

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

In addition to improved Siri: New Apple "Home Hub" allegedly also postponed

MacBook 12: Round birthday without successor

MacBook 12-inch: Most compact Mac ever turns 10, awaits successor

Promotional promises for the MacBook Air M4

MacBook Air M4: Really 23 times faster than the Intel version?

Apple Intelligence: Apple must move smarter Siri, deletes promotional video

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Opinion: Why credit card payments without a second factor are yesterday's news

All banks require customers to set up Visa Secure, MasterCard Identity Check, Amex SafeKey & Co. So why don't merchants enforce them?

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Health insurance doctors urge less bureaucracy and halt forced digitization

SHI doctors urge the government to reduce bureaucracy and end penalties for not using telematics infrastructure, promoting practical digital health solutions.

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HR professionals remain: Companies are reluctant to use AI in recruiting

AI has not yet played a role in the application process at most companies. Almost half of companies could soon imagine concluding contracts digitally.

Kia improves route planner

With a major software update, Kia promises an improved route planner and further revenue from infotainment packages.

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Seconds instead of hours: AI locates merging neutron stars faster

Merging neutron stars give themselves away through gravitational waves. However, there is not much time left to observe the kilonova. An AI could soon help.

Goliath devastates the market: Google should sell Chrome

Google should sell Chrome, the US justice authorities demand. However, the AI investments in Anthropic are off the table.

Ford Germany receives financial support from the USA

Ford is getting help from its parent company because the e-cars no longer offer the favorable price-performance ratio of their conventional predecessors.

Cologne gets Europe's largest river water heat pump

Cologne is decarbonizing its district heating system. To this end, a heat pump with a capacity of 150 megawatts is being built on the Rhine.

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.

Malfunction: X is down

The short message service X, formerly Twitter, is currently unavailable. The problem appears to be worldwide.

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When AI talks to AI: Gibberlink aims to make phone calls more efficient

When AI talks to AI on the phone, they could communicate in their own language in the future. For some, this sounds like a horror vision.

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The latest in Artificial Intelligence

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

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Google founder Larry Page is working on a new AI start-up

Duck.ai and Assist: DuckDuckGo's AI answers leave the beta phase

Apple Intelligence coming soon to the App Store

AI chatbots in .NET: New .NET AI template to reduce barriers to entry

The latest in Cars & Mobility

Billions in write-downs: Porsche SE records deep red figures

Cooperation: Hyundai builds robotaxis together with Avride

Presentation of the VW ID.Every1 study: outlook on the entry-level model

Renault R4 E-Tech Electric: Small SUV at fair conditions

"Used by enemies": Telegram blocked in Dagestan and Chechnya

Telegram has been unusable in two Russian republics since the weekend. The reason given is an incident from the year 2023.

"Death Stranding 2" is coming on June 26

"Death Stranding 2" by Hideo Kojima will be released at the end of June. A new video gives an insight into the story and game mechanics.

Künstliche Intelligenz erfolgreich einsetzen – die Rolle der CPU

Beim Einsatz von KI (Inferenz) kommt es primär auf Geschwindigkeit und Genauigkeit an. Effizienz und Sicherheit sind dabei aber ebenso wichtig wie die Unterstützung anderer geschäftskritischer Workloads.

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US Space Force X-37B spacecraft has landed again after 434 days in space

The seventh flight of the reusable space probe X-37B ends with a successful landing in California. The largely secret mission was relatively short.

Whistleblower: Facebook wanted to enable censorship in China

Zuckerberg claims to be fighting for freedom of expression. In order to be able to offer Facebook in China, he wanted to help with censorship there.

US business of TikTok: Negotiations are underway with four interested parties

US politicians want to force a sale of TikTok's US business. According to Donald Trump, negotiations are currently underway with four "good" interested parties.

Digital Index: huge gap between AI users and abstainers in Germany

Germany is divided on AI use: 60% of those with higher education use it, compared to just 17% with lower education levels.

Photo news: Smartphone interchangeable lens again and lots of instant photos

The MWC brought some photo innovations, Polaroid and TTArtisan revive instant photos and our podcast goes right back to the beginning.

Unpunctual trains: Deutsche Bahn pays 200 million euros for delays

Negative record for Deutsche Bahn: In 2024, it had to pay more compensation to passengers than ever before due to delayed trains.

RTX Pro 6000 with Blackwell and 96 GB ECC memory spotted

Nvidia apparently wants to present its first graphics card with Blackwell GPU for workstations soon. It can already be found in the HTML code of a partner.

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SEC discontinues important proceedings against Coinbase

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has officially ended its investigation into the crypto exchange Coinbase. Coinbase had already gone ahead before that.