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Authorities speak about the end of Windows 10 support

The portal FragDenStaat is receiving an increasing number of inquiries about how authorities are dealing with the end of support for Windows 10:

Denon, Marantz and B&W: Business closure allegedly on the cards

Statements from the company Masimo suggest that the consumer division with brands such as Bowers & Wilkins could be discontinued at the beginning of 2025.

Paris update: Nextcloud Talk now with desktop client and AI

Nextcloud Talk gets a desktop client with the Paris update. Generative AI to make digital meetings more efficient.

iOS and iPadOS 18.2: New reports of problems with Apple Mail

After installing iOS 18.2, some users have difficulties reliably retrieving emails with Apple Mail. This could be partly due to a new function.

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OpenAI's new o3 model aims to outperform humans in reasoning benchmarks

The new o3 model is designed to outperform humans in math and programming benchmarks, o3-mini efficiency and strong price-performance ratio.

Legacy chips: USA investigates possible China market manipulation

China produces billions of tiny chips using older manufacturing technology. The US government suspects unfair methods and launches an investigation.

Google Maps: If you want to keep your timeline, you have to act

Google moves the timeline data to the app and to the respective device. Users must take action, otherwise the data will be irretrievably deleted.

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Real-Debrid: Popular streaming service implements strong anti-piracy measures

Air cab manufacturer Lilium lays off all 1,000 employees – Insolvency failed

Amateur astronomers receive signals from Voyager 1

Apple trouble in Indonesia: With a billion from the iPhone 16 ban

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Technology association: Germany should lead the world with energy-saving AI

The VDE believes that progress in energy-efficient hardware is important to make large-scale AI models a lasting success. This is an opportunity for Germany.

Solid-state batteries vs. silicon anodes: Who will fuel e-cars in the future?

Solid-state batteries were long seen as the future for electric cars. But now another technology could be faster: silicon anodes. What makes them so special.

Streisand effect: Dispute over repair video of expensive phono amplifier

After a Youtuber repaired an expensive phono preamplifier on camera, the manufacturer had the video blocked. The shitstorm follows hot on the heels.

Digital Christmas greetings: video calls and social media are popular, AI is not

On Christmas Eve, the majority send Christmas greetings digitally. People aged 65 and over, on the other hand, prefer to send letters.

LLM acceleration: Apple cooperates with Nvidia

The ReDrafter software is designed to significantly speed up the execution of large language models on Nvidia GPUs. The tool is open source.

Display systems at Denver International Airport down after the faulty Crowdstrike update.

The top 5 security events in 2024 and what they mean

The year is almost over. What has happened, what does it mean – and what do we make of it? Jürgen Schmidt from heise security presents his top 5 for 2024.

License dispute over Nuvia cores: ARM largely loses to Qualcomm in court

Qualcomm may continue to use the CPU cores from Nuvia in its processors. ARM intends to appeal the ruling.

General artificial intelligence: OpenAI's definition has a price tag

The company behind ChatGPT has its very own understanding of general artificial intelligence. It is based on an agreement with Microsoft.

Apple and Google: partners and competitors

Why Apple doesn't want to build a search engine

The US antitrust proceedings against Google are also about Apple's lucrative search deal. Head of Services Eddy Cue has now commented on this in court.

OpenAI publishes details of future for-profit structure

ChatGPT developer OpenAI has announced its new company structure. Non-profit status also plays a role in the new legal form.

Illinois regulates AI use in the legal system

The Supreme Court of the US state of Illinois has adopted principles on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for judges, lawyers and administration.

Bluesky tests Trends feature

Bluesky has introduced trends for Christmas that provide a quick overview of the most discussed topics at the moment.

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"A first step": Iran releases WhatsApp and Play Store again

In the face of a massive wave of protests, the Iranian leadership had WhatsApp blocked in 2022. This has now been lifted and further easing is to follow.

Parker Solar Probe reports back after rendezvous with the sun

On Christmas Eve, NASA's Parker Solar Probe raced past the sun at a distance of six kilometers. It seems to have returned safely during the night.

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Before Finland: Four data cables damaged at Christmas as well as power cables

Once again, several submarine cables have been damaged in the Baltic Sea, including four data cables and a power connection. One of them has just been repaired.

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38C3: Major security flaws uncovered in electronic patient file 3.0

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Stored in the cloud: Terabytes of movement data from VW electric cars found

Current phishing wave: fraud with Magenta loyalty points

Merry Christmas: We wish everyone a relaxing and peaceful holiday season!

Web browsers: Chrome and Edge to use AI to warn of spam sites

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

Fresh Apple rumors: AirPort successor, doorbell and heart rate AirPods

App Store: Almost half of revenue comes from subscriptions

USB-C becomes mandatory: Apple is actually removing older iPhones from its range

AI in China: Apple allegedly in talks with ByteDance and Tencent

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AI services from Nutanix now also for the public cloud

With Nutanix Enterprise AI, the hybrid cloud provider is opening up its AI service for cloud-native environments from AWS, Google and Azure.

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Windows 11 24H2 prevents new updates when installing via USB stick

Microsoft has confirmed an annoying bug in Windows 11 that prevents further updates of the operating system. There are still only workarounds.

IT law and regulation: what to expect in 2025

AI regulation, a new US government, a new EU Commission and a new German government will shape the agenda for the coming year.

Balcony power plants: Automatic Deye firmware update can paralyze production

Deye inverters have been receiving automatic updates since last week. In some cases, the devices are no longer producing electricity.

Zero XE & XB electric motorcycles: between mountain e-bike and sports enduro

Zero, the world's largest e-motorcycle manufacturer, is presenting two new models. Lightweight and with adequate power, they should perform bravely off-road.

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xAI: Musk's AI company raises six billion dollars in financing round

With xAI, tech billionaire Elon Musk wants to compete with other AI models. In his most recent financing round, he won over further investors.

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Luna Hall: Sensors, rovers and astronauts explore "the moon" – in Cologne

Researchers simulate the moon in a large building in Cologne. They are testing navigation and communication in a network of different participants.

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Zahlen, bitte! All the lights are on thanks to electronic Christmas lighting

Today, December 24th, the Christmas tree lights up the living rooms again. It's thanks to the fairy lights that it doesn't burn down.

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Civil rights activists: Digital passports enable biometric mass surveillance

The EU proposal to digitize ID documents would require the creation of a massive facial database, warns the civil rights organization EDRi.

Printers: Xerox wants to take over Lexmark

Xerox wants to swallow up its competitor Lexmark for a total of 1.5 billion US dollars – and thereby gain ground in certain markets.

Mediatek abolishes the mini efficiency cores in mid-range smartphones

The Dimensity 8400 mobile processor uses eight performance cores. Mediatek promises a major leap in performance.

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The latest in Artificial Intelligence

Generative AI: AWS identifies trends with start-up funding

Google AI Overviews: Generated AI image from search results with WTF overlay

Google's AI overviews are still not to be trusted

FAQ: AI hardware for notebooks and PCs

Top 10 news at iX Developer 2024: AI, developer experience and security

Copyright: UK wants to release protected works for AI training

The latest in Cars & Mobility

Motorcycle registration figures 2024: A race against time

Collective agreement at VW: 35,000 jobs to be cut in socially responsible manner

Stark Future Varg EX electric sports enduro: The electric future starts now

Electric cars: number of charging stations increases by almost 30,000 in 1 year

Photo news: It wasn't all just AI in 2024

Despite hallucinated images, real photography enjoys great popularity, with new and old niches gaining popularity – A look back at a year of evolution.

Debate on digital police powers after Magdeburg attack

Following the attack in Magdeburg, which left over 200 people injured and five dead, a debate is now beginning about German security legislation.

Power Management von Server-CPUs: ein Schlüssel zu energieeffizienten Rechenzentren

Steigende Energiekosten und anspruchsvolle Klimaschutzziele erfordern mehr Energieeffizienz im Rechenzentren. Dabei kommt dem Power Management eine wichtige Rolle zu.

Telephone & digital: medical on-call service increased for public holidays

During the holidays, patients with acute complaints can contact the medical on-call service. 112 should only be called in an emergency.

Critical vulnerabilities threaten Sophos firewalls

Important security updates for Sophos firewalls have been released. They install automatically with the default settings.

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"Out of the education trap": Why digitalization is not a panacea

Big tech is spreading in schools. Education expert Tim Engartner explains what this costs and why we should slow down when it comes to digitalization.

Samsung and TI receive billions in funding for new chip factories in the US

Following extensive talks, two more firms besides Intel and TSMC will get tax funds for new US chip factories. They are already under construction.

Route for autonomous electric bus extended in Bad Birnbach

Autonomous buses in Bad Birnbach will soon no longer be running

The autonomous bus shuttles in Bad Birnbach, Bavaria, were revolutionary, but now they have come to a standstill. The manufacturer is withdrawing.

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Car industry: Bundesrat calls for rapid review of combustion engine ban

Bundesrat proposes reevaluating the decision to ban new petrol and diesel cars from 2035. They suggest adjusting the CO2 fleet limit to reflect current needs.