Apple Study: Users Want Transparent AI Agents Instead of Black-Box SystemsA new study by Apple examines how people want to interact with AI agents. The result: transparency and control trump performance.
Disney+ without Dolby Vision: Disney says there are "technical challenges"Disney comments on the lack of Dolby Vision on Disney+: It is due to technical challenges. Meanwhile, the problem is spreading.
Palantir vs. the "Republik": US analytics firm takes magazine to courtData analysis provider Palantir wants to obtain a counterstatement in court – and triggers a wave of solidarity for a small Swiss magazine.
Google's AI Blunder and Fresh Blood for MFT – This Week's Photo News 7/26Google punishes a photographer for good work, while the Micro Four Thirds system gains a new partner from China.
"Diablo 2 Resurrected": DLC with the first new class in 25 yearsBlizzard has announced a new DLC for its action RPG "Diablo 2 Resurrected". For 25 Euros, you get the new Warlock class and convenience features.
Apple comments on renewed Siri delayThe stock market did not take it well: Apple shares fell 5 percent on Thursday following reports of Siri problems. The company is commenting.
The Real Bottleneck: Why Faster Coding Doesn't Speed Up ProjectsThe bottleneck in software development has never been programming, but understanding the problem. On the underestimated ROI of understanding.
Processors: AMD is taking market share from Intel on all frontsThe end of 2025 could hardly have been better for AMD. All units achieved records. In x86 servers, the revenue share is growing to over 41 percent.
Apple's AI Strategy: Data Protection Also Causes DelaysEven after the cooperation with Google for Gemini-based language models began, little has changed in Apple's strategy. The directive comes from the very top.
Anna’s Archive publishes millions of Spotify tracksThe shadow library Anna's Archive is publishing millions of Spotify tracks – despite a temporary injunction. More files could follow.
BMW Recall: Defective Starter Can Cause FireBMW has to recall a range of models again. A defective magnetic switch can, in the worst case, trigger a fire.
German-language Wikipedia considers comprehensive AI banA comprehensive ban on AI-generated content is emerging in German-language Wikipedia. A vote shows a clear majority in favor of a ban.
Spotify Co-CEO: Top developers no longer write code thanks to AISpotify Co-CEO Gustav Söderström is causing discussion: His best engineers no longer write code thanks to AI, but only monitor it.
IPFire introduces free domain blocklist DBLThe IPFire developers have released DBL, a categorized domain blocklist. It aims to block malware, phishing, and trackers.
Backblaze: Hard drive failure rates continue to declineIn its annual report, cloud provider Backblaze shows which hard drives are reliable, which show weaknesses, and how failure rates are developing.
World Computer Day: 80 Years of ENIAC80 years ago, ENIAC was presented to the world. Not the first, but the most important computer of its time.
Beim Internet bleiben die größten Städte zurückEine Analyse von mehr als 100 Städten zeigt: Die höchsten Geschwindigkeiten für Festnetzanschlüsse gibt es nicht in den größten Ballungsräumen, sondern in Zentren mit 30.000 bis 110.000 Einwohnern.
Why the digitalization of the Public Health Service is hardly progressingMore could have been achieved with the millions for the digitalization of the Public Health Service. An experience report.
Mission Lunar Night: Startup plans cost-effective energy for moonWith highly efficient radioisotope batteries, Deep Space Energy aims to multiply the lifespan of lunar rovers and strengthen Europe's sovereignty in space.
Hard Drive Research: Coating Thickness Drops Below 1 NanometerSingaporean researchers grow a 0.8 nm carbon layer on hard drives, bringing the write head closer to the magnetic layer.
Update now! Chrome update closes exploited vulnerabilityGoogle released an emergency update for the Chrome web browser over the weekend. It closes a vulnerability that is already being exploited.
PCIe 6.0: Micron starts mass production of the first SSDPCIe 6.0 has not yet truly arrived in the server sector, and it will take years for desktops. But the first SSDs are coming soon.
Table as keyboard and touchpad: What's Meta's futuristic input method worth?Meta Quest can now project keyboards and touchpads onto any surface. How well does this new control concept work?
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Missing Link: Gas Supply – Between Real Problems and ScaremongeringGermans eye gas storage levels. They're emptier than ever – but is this a problem? Real issues vs. panic.
Safety on Rails: The Railway is Upgrading – Data Protectionists Urge CautionFollowing violent assaults, the railway plans the widespread use of bodycams, but experts are calling for strict rules for personal data protection.
BSI and Schwarz Digits together for sovereign cloud solutionsWith a strategic cooperation, BSI and Schwarz Digits aim to strengthen the development of sovereign cloud solutions for public administration.
Bridging the Atlantic: Germany and Canada Forge AI AllianceOn the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Berlin and Ottawa sign an agreement for sovereign infrastructure, ethical AI, and economic synergies.
MCSC: Cyberdefense alone is no longer enoughEuropean military and intelligence services call for a reassessment of counterattacks in hybrid warfare. New mandates and European tools are needed.
GitHub introduces measures against AI slop – without clearly naming the problemMany open-source projects have a problem: they are drowning in code changes created with the help of AI. GitHub is now taking action.
WTF: AI Agent Publicly Attacks Developer After Code Change RejectedAn OpenClaw bot has apparently published a negative blog post about matplotlib developer Scott Shambaugh. Reason: He rejected a pull request.
From Legacy Monoliths to Self-contained SystemsModern architectural systems divide work among independent teams. An existing monolithic application must be decomposed for this purpose.
Moon, Fog, Movement: The Pictures of the Week 7Between Silence and Speed: Seven Photos Play with Light, Lines, and Strong Contrasts.
Meta reportedly plans facial recognition for smart glassesMeta's smart glasses, sold millions of times, could receive facial recognition this year, according to a report. However, it is said to be limited.
RAM: Plastic instead of cardboard packaging to prevent fraudCorsair is changing the packaging of some RAM kits. The previous cardboard made return fraud too easy.
Fight for digital sovereignty: Experts demand free OpenDesk for universitiesUniversity IT warns of US software dependence, demands free OpenDesk licenses from federal government for domestic open-source alternative.
Tiny Core Linux 17.0: A modern distribution in a few megabytesThe minimalist Linux distribution updates its base to kernel 6.18.2 and GCC 15.2.0. Tiny Core remains systemd-free.
Digitale Souveränität muss kein Wunschtraum bleibenViele deutsche Unternehmen sind von ausländischer IT abhängig. Ein Webcast zeigt Ihnen, wie Sie das Steuer auf dem Weg in die digitale Zukunft in die eigene Hand nehmen können.
Indictment in Israel: Betting on Polymarket with insider info from the militaryOn Polymarket, you can bet on all sorts of things, and insider info could be gold. Israel is said to have attempted this using information from the military.
Telekom ends campaign “Im besten Netz” in the network identifierDeutsche Telekom had changed the network identifier to “Im besten Netz” on millions of smartphones. The campaign, planned for 4 weeks, has now ended.
HoloRadar: Robot "looks" around corners using radio waves and AIWhen robots can "see" areas not optically visible, they can detect dangers early. HoloRadar, based on radio waves, aims to make this possible.
Best hint yet: Star collapsed into black hole without supernovaIt is easy to observe when stars explode in a supernova and become a black hole. It is different when they simply collapse.
„High on Life 2“ played: Skate, shoot, smash aliensIn the first-person shooter „High on Life 2“ by Squanch Games, players race around on a skateboard and shoot aliens with talking weapons.
xAI: Company departures and plans for a satellite factory on the MoonTurbulent times for Elon Musk's AI startup xAI: After half of the founding team left the company, Musk is talking about restructuring.
With Keanu Reeves: Saber Interactive develops "John Wick" video gameUS studio Saber Interactive is working on a "John Wick" video game that aims to bring the distinctive action style of the film adaptations to console and PC.
PHP Framework: Tempest 3.0 brings new error handlerThe young PHP framework appears in version 3.0 with mandatory PHP 8.5, a new exception handler, faster ORM, and modernized CSRF protection for web applications.
„God of War“: Sony develops remake of the original trilogyThe "God of War" trilogy is being re-released as a remake. Sony has also surprisingly released the Metroidvania "God of War Sons of Sparta".
Protests in Iran: US likely smuggled 6000 Starlink antennas into the countryIn January, the Islamic Republic shut down the internet and brutally suppressed protests. Then the US smuggled Starlink antennas into the country.
