New auroras in the coming nightsAfter several severe eruptions on the sun, a plasma cloud is on its way to Earth. The US weather agency warns of a severe magnetic storm.
Opinion on the VMware debacle: Finally rely on open standards!Companies are looking for alternatives to vSphere and ESXi because they don't want to pay Broadcom's prices. It's their own fault, says Martin Loschwitz.
Amazon Prime offers Apple TV+ as a channel in the USAFor 10 US dollars, you will soon be able to add Apple TV+ to your Prime subscription in the United States. Apple and Amazon have been cooperating for some time.
Games: Copy protection for games does not have to last longGame studios benefit financially from DRM for new games, says a study. But after 3 months, DRM-free games could bring in more.
Python 3.13: Better interactive shell and finally multithreading without GILThe new Python release features an interactive command line and allows the global interpreter lock to be deactivated.
Mudslinging over Wordpress – Employees fleeThe dispute between WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg and hosting provider WP Engine is getting uglier: WP Engine is suing, Mullenweg is demanding millions.
Apple optimizes iPhone mirroring on the Mac – but not in the EUApple will deliver important features for its mirroring function for mobile devices in macOS 15.1 and iOS 18.1. Europeans will still have to stay outside.
EU Council launches Cyber Resilience ActIn the future, networked products that are placed on the market in the EU must be protected against attacks and bear the CE mark to indicate this.
Nvidia will reportedly present the GeForce RTX 5090, 5080 and 5070 in JanuaryNvidia will reportedly present the GeForce RTX 5090, 5080 and 5070 in January. Only the top model is expected to make a big leap in performance.
Discord blocked in Russia and TurkeyThe operators of the messenger refuse to remove content classified as illegal in these countries and to hand over user data. Now the ban follows.
Anonymous against pedos: Hackers hijack pedophiles' darknet image serviceAnonymous has claimed responsibility for hacking the darknet upload service PedoBum. Child pornographic images were shared via PedoBum for years.
Northern Lights over Germany - the best pictures are in demandWe are looking for aurora photos from our community. The best photos will be published in a picture gallery.
Photos app: Hope for iOS 18.1 – but only with Apple IntelligenceApple's currently controversial Photos app on the iPhone will soon be getting an update. The beta shows nice new features that can be expected with iOS 18.1.
Critical Fortinet vulnerability under attackThe US IT security authority CISA warns that an older vulnerability in Fortinet products is currently under attack.
WebAssembly, WASI and Rust: Dreamteam for Microservices The WebAssembly System Interface standardizes the interaction of Wasm modules in different programming languages, and Rust is ideally positioned.
Linux: No money for documentationThings are looking bad for Linux documentation. But this could change with the post-Torvalds era, at least if the problem is finally recognized.
Die trügerische Sicherheit vermeintlich starker PasswörterViele Anwender vertrauen auf vermeintlich sichere und leicht zu merkende Kennwörter mit Sonderzeichen und Ziffern wie „!passwort#2024“. Doch Angreifer nutzen die dort regelmäßig zu findenden Muster aus. Mit bestimmten Maßnahmen können Unternehmen hier entgegen wirken.
From delicate insects to screaming goats: The pictures of the weekThis week's selection takes you up into the air with birds and dragonflies, into the undergrowth with spiders and to a goat that makes itself loudly heard.
Malicious Chrome extensions get past Google's security precautionsGoogle has made the API for browser extensions in Chrome more secure. Security researchers recently demonstrated that this was clearly not enough.
NexFundAI: FBI relies on its crypto token in action against crypto fraudstersA novel trick by investigators paid off. Fifteen people and three companies are now suspected of market manipulation.
Big Brother Award 2024: The usual suspectsThe Big Brother Awards 2024 will be presented in Bielefeld this evening. Karl Lauterbach is not the first time a health minister has been honored.
Google claims to have demonstrated quantum supremacy once againResearchers have discovered that error correction may not be necessary for a quantum computer to outperform a classical supercomputer.
The first MicroSD memory card with 2 TByte is on saleThose who like to carry a huge mobile game stack with them can rejoice: 2 TByte MicroSD cards are finally arriving.
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Renault Twingo E-Tech Electric: Small electric car coming in 2026Renault is recycling shapes of its recent history for future e-cars. For the small car planned for 2026 and under 20,000 euros, these are those of the Twingo.
Timetable change: Deutsche Bahn wants to run more trains on popular connectionsBy mid-December, there will be more direct connections on Deutsche Bahn's national and international long-distance rail services.
Nobel Peace Prize 2024 goes to Japanese anti-nuclear weapons movementThe Japanese movement Nihon Hidankyo, which was formed after the atomic bombings of 1945, is honored for its efforts against nuclear weapons.
Environmental associations file suit against Schacht KonradThe environmental associations NABU and BUND want to take legal action to have the license for the nuclear waste repository revoked.
Second season of "The Rings of Power": Eternal flood of charactersFabian Scherschel gave Amazon's Rings of Power many chances. After the end of the second season, he is disappointed.
"Underwater": German star director Berger films for Vision ProEdward Berger won the Oscar for best foreign film. Now he has filmed a (short) submarine drama for spatial computing for Apple.
Grasshopper Mobility plans autonomous driving and flying heavy-duty droneA heavy-duty drone from a Spanish start-up that can also be driven is intended to relieve traffic on the roads and enable faster transportation.
Autonomous driving: Tesla announces Cybercab bus and coupéTesla boss Elon Musk shows two self-driving cars and provides them with optimistic announcements. There was no more talk of a new entry-level model.
Zero-day gap in Qualcomm mobile processors already attacked in isolated casesSeveral Snapdragon chips for Android devices have a security vulnerability classified as critical. It has already been exploited sporadically and deliberately.
Soccer games: FIFA signs first contract with KonamiAfter parting ways with EA, FIFA is now forging an alliance with competitor Konami. However, the initial partnership is only about e-sports.
Corruption at A1 Telekom Austria: fine in the millions for tax evasionPeter Hochegger, ex-lobbyist for A1 Telekom Austria, is to pay a fine of one million euros. He did not pay the correct tax on undeclared money.
30 years of blue LED: The blue wonderLEDs in all colors of the visible spectrum have long been part of everyday life. Three Japanese researchers were awarded the Nobel Prize for their work.
EU data protection experts: "Legitimate interest" is not a panaceaThe European Data Protection Board has drawn up guidelines for "legitimate interests". Personal information can be evaluated on this basis.
Vertrauliche Daten vor KI-Tools schützenGenerative KI-Tools kommen immer öfter in Unternehmen und Behörden zum Einsatz. Mitarbeiter machen sich aber kaum Gedanken darüber, welche Infos sie dabei preisgeben. In einem Webcast erfahren Sie, wie Sie verhindern, dass dabei vertrauliche Daten abfließen.
The first Ryzen AI 7 with eight CPU cores is hereAMD Zen 5 mobile processors are now also available for business notebooks. Including the first eight-core from the current generation.
Cartel Office: Meta may not merge user data without being askedA legal dispute has come to an end: Meta has made a commitment to the Federal Cartel Office to make improvements and implement stricter data protection rules.
Data exchange in the healthcare sector: Countries are working on own projectsThe electronic patient file aims to provide essential data. However, this is not fully possible yet, prompting individual efforts by the federal states.
AMD Epyc 9005 server CPU: First test confirms high performance and efficiencyWith up to 16 Zen 5 compute chiplets and 192 cores in the Epyc 9005, AMD wants to reclaim the server crown. The first c't benchmarks partially confirm this.
macOS 15.0.1: How Apple fixes problems with security toolsmacOS 15 Sequoia caused problems right from the start when certain security tools were running on the Mac. This is what the bugfix in macOS 15.0.1 looks like.
AMD explains Instinct accelerator MI355X and cuts memory in MI325XWith 9.2 FP6 flops, AMD's Instinct MI355X is set to compete with Nvidia's Blackwell in the second half of 2025. MI325X "loses" 32 GB of memory.
Core Ultra 200S "Arrow Lake": Intel's new desktop CPUs launch on October 24Intel is not only saying goodbye to the "Core i" brand, but is also changing the structure of its processors. There are five CPUs to start with.
Kaspersky closes business in the United KingdomKaspersky is discontinuing its business in the UK. Apparently, almost 50 employees in London have to go.
Lenovo: Motorola cell phones will be sold in Germany againLenovo was no longer allowed to sell its Motorola cell phones in Germany because of a patent lawsuit. The dispute has now been settled.
2024 Nobel Prize for Literature goes to South Korean Han KangHan Kang had her international breakthrough with "The Vegetarian". Now she has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.