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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.

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.

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

The "Digital Autonomy with RISC-V in Europe" (DARE) project brings together 38 partner companies and research institutes to develop high performance and AI CPUs

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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

NASA switches off further instruments on the Voyager probes

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

"Sweet spot": Google founder calls for a 60-hour working week

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

In future, the market leader in microcontrollers for vehicles will also rely on the open instruction set architecture RISC-V, which competes with ARM cores.

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Prime Video tests AI synchronization of films and series

There are already twelve licensed projects with AI dubbing voices in English and Latin American Spanish on Amazon's streaming platform.

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Ariane 6 and Starship: Next attempts for both rocket launches on Thursday

Both Europe's Ariane 6 and SpaceX's giant Starship rocket were due to take off again at the beginning of the week. That didn't work out. But now it should work.

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"Monster Hunter Wilds" is Capcom's most successful game

Capcom has sold eight million copies of "Monster Hunter Wilds" within three days. The player numbers are immense.

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

Google founder Larry Page wants to make factories more efficient with an AI. However, the start-up is still working in secret.

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.

Mobile GeForce RTX 5000: Nvidia denies missing ROPs, OEMs see it differently

Nvidia says that mobile GeForce RTX 5000s are not affected by the problem of missing ROPs. Notebook manufacturers tell us otherwise. And yet everyone is right.

Missing Link: Homebrew Computer Club, nucleus of the digital revolution

In March 1975, a few technology tinkerers meet in a garage in Silicon Valley and found a computer club. Apple would not have existed without it.

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GDPR right to information also applies in case of "disproportionate effort"

The Federal Fiscal Court states that a request for information isn't excessive if the applicant seeks information on their data without factual limits.

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.

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.

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

VW holding company Porsche SE closes 2024 with a double-digit billion loss. However, shareholders will probably not go away empty-handed.

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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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.

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.

According to Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, the electronic patient file should enable telemedicine.

KBV boss: Launch of the electronic patient file could be delayed again

The head of the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians (KBV) does not believe that the ePA will be launched in April and gives reasons.

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.

Rainbow of colors in blue: Apple sells MagSafe power cable in six shades

Outlook problems again: This time it hits iOS users

PCIe extensions for Thunderbolt 5 on the Mac

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Apple Intelligence coming soon to the App Store

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Gender pay gap: women also earn less than men in IT

The fact that women sometimes earn significantly less than men in the same job is much debated. Let's take a look at the situation in IT jobs.

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Gender health gap: "There is a lack of basic research"

While there is a lot of data from men, women were not allowed to take part in clinical trials for a long time. How and why this is now changing.

Super moon, gorges and a new beginning: the pictures of the week

While the spring flowers are sprouting here, other parts of the world have a very different climate. This week's pictures will take you south.

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Radeon RX 9070 (XT): Low-priced RRP models sold out quickly

AMD misses the chance to get one over on Nvidia. The Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 are significantly more expensive than recommended.

McDonalds: More productivity with AI

The fast food chain is rolling out an AI and software update to 43,000 stores to reduce stress for employees and increase customer satisfaction.

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TTArtisan presents foldable instant camera with a retro look

The lens manufacturer TTArtisan has presented a foldable instant camera that combines an eye-catching retro design with modern instant photo technology.

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Medical practices can now report infectious diseases via the DEMIS portal

The Robert Koch Institute is also releasing its German Electronic Reporting and Information System for Infection Protection for use by medical practices.

USA seeks alternative to GPS

The US telecoms regulator is looking for clever ideas for additions or alternatives to the GPS positioning system. This is not sufficiently reliable.

IT workers at the limit: three quarters complain of stress and burnout

High workloads, tight deadlines and difficult bosses are weighing on the nerves of IT staff, according to a survey. But many still enjoy their job.

US Department changes rules for Internet funding program to help Starlink

In a revised version, Starlink will be included in a US funding program that previously only provided for fiber optic connections.

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

In future, DuckDuckGo will offer AI-generated answers as continuous text on request. The chatbot can also use the web.

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The latest in Artificial Intelligence

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

Theia Coder: New AI coding assistant for Theia IDE

What Apple's iPad 11 can't do – and why it's still interesting

Salesforce: New Agentforce version especially for developers

Google: Even more AI moves into the search engine

The latest in Cars & Mobility

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

"Tech neutrality principle": EU rethinks early combustion engine phase-out

20 years ago: heise online takes on the music industry

On March 7, 2005, Heise-Verlag lost in court against the music industry. Because it was a matter of principle, it did not let up and was ultimately vindicated.

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SpaceX loses Starship in orbit, but catches booster of giant rocket again

The eighth test flight of SpaceX's giant rocket was also ultimately unsuccessful. Starship suffers loss of control in space, but at least the booster came back.

Analyse und Lehren: So läuft ein Ransomware-Angriff ab

Das Einschleusen von Ransomware in Firmennetzwerke hat sich zu einem lukrativen Geschäftsmodell entwickelt. Im Webcast am 8. Mai können Sie erfahren, welche Fehler die Opfer machen und was Sie daraus für Ihre Sicherheitsstrategie lernen sollten.

Ryanair postpones the introduction of digital-only boarding passes

The low-cost airline wants to drive forward the digitalization of its passengers and is relying on an app.

ARD and ZDF media libraries no longer on Joyn

ProSiebenSat.1 had integrated the media libraries of ARD and ZDF into Joyn against the wishes of the public broadcasters.

Instagram is probably working on a "community chat" function

In future, Instagram users will be able to chat in groups of up to 250 people. However, the function has not yet been officially announced.

"Flying Batteries" to make micro drones take off

Conventional batteries for micro drones are too large and heavy. A solid-state battery, cell switching technology and energy-storing actuators should help.

React Deep Dive: TanStack Router and TanStack Query - Part 2

TanStack Router and TanStack Query bring a breath of fresh air to React applications. Examples show their use for display, data storage and more.

European rocket Ariane 6 flies into space for the second time

After the aborted launch on Monday, it worked today: Ariane 6 has taken off. The re-ignition of the Vinci engine also worked.

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Lunar lander Athena touches down on the moon

Just over a year after Ulysses, Intuitive Machines has brought Athena to the moon. Will the second lander stand or will it also have tipped over?

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MWC Barcelona: GSMA satisfied with 109,000 visitors

It was packed again: After years of the pandemic, MWC Barcelona has recovered. The GSMA is satisfied with the trade fair, which has many offshoots.

Late whistleblower protection: Germany must pay a fine of 34 million euros

Following objections from CDU, Germany did not implement the Whistleblower Directive until a year and a half later. The ECJ is now punishing the delay harshly.