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Programming language: Rust 2024 is the most comprehensive edition to date

The latest Rust edition brings major innovations for the ownership model, Unsafe Rust and slices, among other things.

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.

Criminal Court: Microsoft's email block a wake-up call for digital sovereignty

Microsoft blocked the email account of Chief Prosecutor of the International Court of Justice after Trump's sanctions. Critics: “We urgently need alternatives.”

EU Commission takes action against Pornhub, XVideos and Co.

Brussels initiates Digital Service Act proceedings due to insufficient age verification. Stripchat loses its status as a very large platform.

TSMC's first European chip design centre to be established in Munich

TSMC's first European semiconductor plant is followed by the first European center for chip design. This is also opening in Germany.

"Sneaky Sasquatch": pretty graphics, funny content

Gaming: Apple buys game studio for the first time, plans its own gaming app

Apple has acquired a smaller game developer for the first time. According to a report, it is RAC7, known from the title "Sneaky Sasquatch".

Charm offensive: OpenAI office opens in Munich

Private users are good, companies make money: OpenAI is setting up a small team in Germany to support corporate customers and developers.

Bundeswehr satellites: Jammed antennas can now be extended after all

Bundeswehr relies on Google Cloud

GNU Coreutils soon to be replaced? Rust Coreutils 0.1 increase compatibility

Access to subscription content blocked: Consumer advice center warns Disney+

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Poisoning training data: Russian propaganda for AI models

Newsguard has found Russian propaganda websites designed to manipulate AI chatbots.

Installing the YouTube app on a smartphone

YouTube auto-dubbing: Robotic translation annoys users and cannot be turned off

YouTube relies on an automatic feature that translates foreign-language videos poorly into German. Even premium payers cannot turn it off permanently.

Starlink antenna in the grass in front of palm trees

Satellite Internet: Apple planned to compete with Musk's Starlink

Apple is said to have considered offering its satellite communication service since 2015. The Starlink competitor then became slimmed-down iPhone functions.

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Attack via GitHub MCP server: Access to private data

The official integration of the Model Contet Protocol in GitHub can expose private information if used carelessly.

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?

Xbox controller in front of TV with games

Microsoft allegedly puts development of Xbox handheld on hold

Microsoft is said to have been working on an Xbox handheld as a competitor to Steam Deck for some time. According to a report, development has now been paused.

GeForce Now: Native app for Steam Deck

Nvidia releases its in-house game streaming service GeForce Now as a native app for Valve's popular gaming handheld Steam Deck.

Photo news: Retro fever and remote production

Fuji has production at "Canon" and Yashica is also reinventing the film lever – The world of photography is turning at a nostalgic speed.

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Developer Snapshots: Smaller news of the week

The overview contains small but interesting reports on Stack Overflow, Aurora, RAD-Studio, Windows 11, ramalama, Curl, Meta, Symphony, Syncope and Ember.

Windows Server 2025 für die moderne IT

Neue Maßstäbe bei der Sicherheit, eine nahtlose Integration von Hybridfunktionen und die Unterstützung der neuesten Hardware: Mit Windows Server 2025 lässt sich die IT effizient modernisieren.

Comic page with Mario and Luigi as people

Comic non-fiction book: A drawn journey through the decades of games

Journalist Jean Zeid and illustrator Émilie Rouge have published an entertaining and informative non-fiction comic about the world of games.

Young woman with reddish-blond curls and orange sweater on her smartphone in a living room.

Data leak at Corplife, delivery services & webshops

There was a data leak at a platform for employee benefits. The Chaos Computer Club reports on this and other involuntary data leaks.

After criticism of Siri debacle: Apple rejects traditional WWDC interview

At WWDC, Apple's head of software traditionally answered questions from a commentator. After the latter criticized, there is no longer an interview.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during an event at Computex in Taipei in June 2024.

Nvidia boss: "Huawei is formidable technology company"

In a video interview, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang discusses Chinese competition. Huawei is said to be well advanced.

Joyn may not simply embed content from ARD and ZDF

A Munich court has ruled in favor of ARD and ZDF in the dispute with Joyn. The broadcasters had filed a lawsuit because ProSiebenSat.1 had linked their content.

The Binance app is displayed on a smartphone.

SEC discontinues proceedings against Binance

The SEC has dropped the proceedings against Binance. It is the next major crypto exchange to benefit from the crypto-friendly US exchange rate.

The latest in Security

Malicious code attacks on IBM Db2 and Tivoli Monitoring possible

Inverted and red colored image of a router from behind

Reboot and firmware update useless: Thousands of Asus routers compromised

iPhone thieves use spear phishing to steal unlock PINs

Windows 10 relocation assistance with "Windows Backup for Organizations"

Security vulnerabilities: IBM Guardium Data Protection as gateway for attackers

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

Opinion: Apple Watch – from tea timer to lifesaver

In the test: MacBook Air vs. MacBook Pro 13"

Next macOS allegedly only supports a few Intel Macs

iOS 26 instead of iOS 19: Divided response to Apple's expected version jump

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Punitive tariffs could drive up iPhone prices: Trump adviser waves off

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New record: "Star Wars Battlefront 2" experiences renaissance

Suddenly the whole internet is talking about it: Although "Star Wars Battlefront 2" has not received any updates for years, there is a new player record.

Moto G86 Power: Motorola's new mid-range with a huge battery

Motorola has unveiled new mid-range smartphones. The Moto G86 Power sounds particularly interesting due to its huge battery.

Two LTO-10 cassettes stand next to each other on a white background

Magnetic storage: LTO-10 loses downward compatibility

IBM announces its own LTO-10 generation drives and tape storage devices. For the first time, this is not compatible with its predecessor.

New e-bike: VanMoof "S6" to be unveiled on June 11

E-bike manufacturer VanMoof plans to present the first new models under new ownership in June. Expectations are high.

BMW i4: First details of the facelift

BMW plans to present a thoroughly revised i4 in summer 2025. Performance and range are to be partially increased.

Photomicrograph of hepatosteatosis showing an accumulation of fat in liver cells, known as fatty liver disease.

AI in medicine: study shows shortcomings of commercial image analysis models

Various commercial AI models for analyzing medical image data can be influenced by written annotations on the images.

EA closes studio and scraps "Black Panther" game

EA has canceled a "Black Panther" game announced for 2023. The development studio founded specifically for the game is being closed.

Return of Palmer Luckey: Meta and Anduril build AR glasses for the US military

After supporting Donald Trump's first election campaign, Palmer Luckey was fired from Facebook. Now Trump is back and Luckey is working with Meta again.

New York Times lets Amazon use articles for AI training, for example for Alexa

The copyright advocate concludes its first license agreement for AI models. Amazon may use content from the New York Times for Alexa, for example.

re:publica: "Into the glass" – but not so fast

"Into the glass" and out of the copper network was the motto at re:publica. Migration remains a long-term project, even under the new digital minister.

Tariff dispute: US trade court puts a damper on Trump

Setback for US customs policy: a court has declared many of the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump to be unlawful. The US government is appealing.

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The latest in Artificial Intelligence

Test station of the Meta Ray-Ban glasses.

For hardware: Meta wants to open its own stores

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AI models do not want to be switched off: What's behind the behavior

Text generation: AI training with protected works becomes a case for the ECJ

ChatGPT Plus for everyone: Alleged gift apparently a hoax

Partnership: Grok joins Telegram – and xAI pays nine figures

The latest in Cars & Mobility

Brazil sues BYD for violation of labor rights

Cadillac Vistiq: Expensive E-SUV charges only hesitantly

Auto industry: New boss for multi-brand group Stellantis

Presentation of the Alpine A390: electric car breaks with tradition

PCIe 5.0 plug-in card for 28 M.2 SSDs: 109 GByte/s and up to 400 watts

The Taiwanese company Utran Technology wants to connect 28 M.2 SSDs with a PCIe plug-in card. With a few tricks, it can achieve 109 GBytes per second.

DOGE: Elon Musk leaves the White House

Musk's time as a "special government employee" is coming to an end. Most recently, the entrepreneur was not without controversy in the White House, either.

Erfolgreicher handeln – mit KI und Cloud Computing

Um im Wettbewerb erfolgreich zu sein, müssen Handelsunternehmen Trends erkennen, Produktionskapazitäten vorausschauend planen und Kundenwünsche schnell umsetzen. Wie das mit der richtigen Kombination aus künstlicher Intelligenz und Cloud Computing gelingt.

Stack memory with 36 GByte per chip: HBM4 mass production from October 2025

SK Hynix is on the home stretch for mass production of the blazing fast HBM4 stack memory for Nvidia's next generation Rubin accelerator.

Screenshot of the notice on the website.

Victoria's Secret has been struggling with a security incident for days

IT is not allowed to log in, the website is down: Victoria's Secret's online business has been at a standstill for days.

Organized crime: the Bitcoin generation

Cryptocurrencies have arrived in the mainstream, including in organized crime: the Bitcoin generation is contributing its experiences from its youth.

Apple wants to standardize version numbers across devices

A uniform versioning of the Apple operating systems for iPhone, iPad, Mac & Co. should make it easier for users to recognize the current version in future.

Windows Update Preview: Small improvements and Copilot additions

The Windows Update Preview in May brings many small improvements and corrections. Microsoft is also expanding Copilot.

Detailed view of the sun's surface in pink colors

Thanks to adaptive optics: By far the sharpest images of solar corona taken

Detailed images of the sun's corona have been hampered by turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere. Adaptive optics now make it possible to compensate for this.

Aroundtown real estate group wants to convert offices into data centers

In view of the growing demand for data centers in Europe, Aroundtown is planning to convert office space. The biggest hurdle is obtaining official approvals.

The history of god sim games: In the beginning was Peter Molyneux

What does it feel like to be an almighty god? These six games give mere mortals the chance to find out for themselves.

Doctors discuss artificial intelligence: how much science fiction is acceptable?

At the 129th Medical Assembly, delegates debated AI's implications, focusing on sovereignty, regulation, and responsibility in healthcare and ethical frameworks

Stock exchange: record for hours with negative electricity prices

In May, prices on the electricity exchange were negative for 112 hours, compared to just 21 hours in 2016. The figure has therefore increased almost fivefold.

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