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For around 122 million euros: Chinese company buys Beyerdynamic

The Chinese manufacturer Cosonic wants to buy the audio specialist Beyerdynamic. The business will then continue largely unchanged.

Munich Administrative Court: Pornhub and YouPorn remain blocked for time being

The administrative courts in Munich have provisionally upheld the blocking of two erotic websites, following similar decisions by courts in Berlin and Neustadt.

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From Word and Excel to LibreOffice: Danish ministry says goodbye to Microsoft

All employees at the Danish Ministry of Digital Affairs are to work without Microsoft. Instead, Linux and LibreOffice will be used, says the minister.

macOS 26: Native container support delights developers – and not just them

If you don't want to use Docker or Orbstack, you no longer have to under macOS 26: There is native support for Linux containers directly from the terminal.

How AI is changing open source development

AI has an impact on the development of open source software in many areas. It offers opportunities, but also presents the community with new challenges.

Phone and text messages: Apple opens up core iPhone functions in the EU

RCS/SMS messages and telephony have always only been available in Apple's Phone and Messages app. That will change soon.

Digital sovereignty: EU launches its own DNS service with practical functions

The EU project offers filters for the protection of minors and filters with ad blockers, as well as unfiltered DNS resolvers. The service is free of charge.

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

UpdateMassive US cloud outages at Google and Cloudflare paralyze web services

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YouTube is apparently stepping up the fight against ad blockers

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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.

Transparent icon look in iOS 26: Apple adds "Clear" to light and dark

Apple's new, glassy look can also be extended to iPhone icons. Fortunately, this is purely optional, because the overview suffers.

Dance performance by five Spot robots on the AGT stage.

America's Got Talent: Boston Dynamics makes spot robots dance, mishap included

Boston Dynamics proves the special talents of its spot robots on the talent show "America's Got Talent" – even if there was a glitch.

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Autonomous drone beats human drone world champion in race for the first time

An autonomous drone flies through a championship course faster than a human. This is made possible by an AI that uses space technology.

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Anker recalls over 1.1 million power banks due to fire hazard

The recall of Anker's "Powercore 10000" only affects the USA, but the model with the number A1263 was and is also sold in this country.

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Peer-to-peer WLAN by order of the EU: Apple integrates Wi-Fi Aware

With iOS 26, apps can establish direct Wi-Fi connections – also to Android and accessories. This is the preliminary stage for real AirDrop alternatives.

Liquid Glass in iOS 26: Apple allows reduction of transparency

If Apple's new iPhone user interface is too glassy, you can reduce the effect. It's initially meant for the visually impaired, but it's available to everyone.

Amazon plans to bring “Spaceballs 2” to theaters in 2027

A new "Spaceballs" sequel is coming after 40 years, with creator Mel Brooks and some original cast members returning to the cult parody classic.

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Germany wants to lead in AI: Nvidia and Telekom participate in Gigafabrik

Chancellor Merz and Nvidia CEO Huang agreed that the US company will invest in a local AI infrastructure together with German partners.

Aufbruch zur europäischen Multi-Vendor-Cloud

Es ist heikel, zu sehr von außereuropäischen IT-Serviceprovidern abzuhängen. Mit der offenen API-Spezifikation „Sovereign European Cloud API“ (SECA) ist jedoch Flexibilität bei Cloud-Diensten möglich.

Meta AI users publish their requests – apparently without realizing it

In Meta's AI app, users can publish their prompts if they wish. Some examples raise the question of whether this is always done deliberately.

Intel registers new IDs for new Battlemage GPU

Intel has entered a new GPU with the model number "BMG-G31" in databases in two places. This indicates a possible Arc B770.

Construction site of a new development area in Barsinghausen near Hanover, in the foreground a small excavator and a roll of fiber optic cable.

Tele Columbus: It's time to herald the end of DSL

Telekom wants to postpone the DSL switch-off. Tele Columbus opposes this: Switching to fiber optics saves money and prepares for the future.

Photo news: X100 killer, cheap Elmarit and the age question

Fuji's X-E5 gets off to a strong start, Leica launches an affordable standard zoom and Nikon significantly upgrades the Z8 with firmware.

Data access for researchers: court lifts injunction against X

The Berlin Regional Court had forced X to give researchers access to data on the platform, but has now overturned this order.

Report: Emissions and energy requirements of digital companies continue to rise

The "Greening Digital Companies" report shows that there is still a long way to go to achieve climate neutrality in the digital sector.

The latest in Security

Email security: Increased attacks with SVG

Great Britain: WhatsApp jumps to Apple's side in the crypto war

Palo Alto plugs high-risk loopholes in PAN-OS and GlobalProtect

Security updates: Trend Micro's patchy protection puts PCs at risk

Roundcube Webmail: More than 10,000 vulnerable instances in Germany

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

Parental control: iOS 26 and co. expand functions for parents

New disk image format for macOS 15 and 26 goes into turbo mode

iOS 26: Which features are missing on which devices

visionOS support for Sony Sense controllers: Yes, but...

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Developer Snapshots: Smaller news of the week

The overview contains small but interesting reports on Altova, JupyterLite, GUAC, Databricks, Apache Fory, CSS, Python, React Native and Vitest.

New Relic's new monitoring service monitors and optimizes MCP sources

New Relic's AI monitoring cloud now includes MCP sources in its analyses. This allows developers to optimize their performance and usage.

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Leaky data protection in the online service "My judicial mailbox"

"My justice mailbox" is to simplify communication with the justice system digitally. However, users' personal data can be viewed centrally by many people.

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OpenAI and Mattel want to bring AI toys for children onto the market

Artificial intelligence for the little ones: The US toy company Mattel wants to make this possible together with OpenAI – in the form of AI toys.

Venu X1: Garmin's thinnest sports watch with a large AMOLED display

Garmin has unveiled its thinnest sports watch to date with a 2-inch AMOLED screen. The Gamin Venu X1 costs 800 euros.

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Android: Google makes the development of custom ROMs more difficult

Google complicates development of custom ROMs such as Lineage for Pixel smartphones. The hardened Android version GrapheneOS is particularly affected.

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Google: Quota regulation for API access led to cloud outage

Faulty quota checks for API accesses triggered the global disruption to the Google Cloud. The company vows to improve.

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PCs: AMD, Intel and manufacturers apparently have no interest in PCIe 6.0

SSDs with PCI Express 5.0 will remain the measure of all things in the coming years. The Silicon Motion boss gives an insight behind the scenes.

Cisco AI solves, humans decide – the future of network troubleshooting?

Fewer tedious tasks, more control: Cisco brings network administration into the AI age with AI Canvas.

New electric car launch Peugeot e-208 GTi: Hot Hatch with role model

A special model of the Peugeot 208 with a 206 kW electric drive aims to emulate the legendary Peugeot 205 GTi models from the 1980s.

New Google tool: Easily migrate emails from Exchange Online to Gmail

In Data Migration for Workspace, admins can now find a new tool that allows them to easily copy their users' emails and calendars from Microsoft.

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The latest in Artificial Intelligence

SAS: With the Unreal Engine to a more efficient industry

Meta invests 14.3 billion US dollars for 49 percent of Scale AI

AI agents and no-code pipelines: Databricks Agent Bricks and Lakeflow Designer

Mac and iPad soon to get telephony app – New anti-spam features for iMessages

Wikipedia: Test of AI-generated article summaries stopped for the time being

The latest in Cars & Mobility

E-mobility: US President to prevent California's exit from combustion engines

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E-car: Ford starts battery production for Explorer and Capri e-models in Cologne

Kia PV5 Passenger electric minibus: Kia announces prices

Electric car: First driving impressions from a pre-series BMW iX3 50 xDrive

HP Dimension: Google's 3D video conferencing solution Beam comes at a high price

HP has announced its first market-ready 3D video conferencing system, the Dimension, which is based on Google Beam, also known as Project Starlink.

Humanoid robot hands: Tesla sues ex-engineer for stealing secrets

A former Tesla engineer is alleged to have stolen trade secrets about robot hands and used them in his own company. Tesla has sued him.

ChromeOS - das Betriebssystem für eine neue Ära

Googles Betriebssystem punktet gleich mehrfach: höhere Sicherheit, geringerer Stromverbrauch im Betrieb - und außerdem lassen sich so Neuanschaffungen vermeiden und Geräte länger nutzen. Informieren Sie sich über die Vorzüge des Betriebssystems in unserem Themenspecial!

Sovereignty: Public health service increasingly relies on open source

Zendis and the Robert Koch Institute want to integrate the MS-365 alternative OpenDesk into a communication platform for the public health service.

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Cisco switches: More security – even if there are no patches yet

Cisco releases new smart switches for the campus market and new Wi-Fi components.

Major update: CarPlay with iOS 26 promises useful new features

Apple is significantly improving iPhone car integration this year, and not just for CarPlay Ultra. However, Android Auto is already one step ahead.

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AMD sacrifices classic computing power for AI in the Instinct MI350X/MI355X

AMD's upcoming data center accelerators MI350X and 355X bring much more AI optimizations, but sacrifice classic floating point arithmetic per clock.

GINT XT: Deutsche Bahn, mobile operators to bring high-speed Internet to trains

With compact radio masts on the track, fast Internet on the railroads is finally set to become a reality. All four mobile phone providers are working together.

Waymo robotaxis are more expensive and arrive later than the competition

Waymo's autonomous cabs are not causing a decline of cab ride prices in LA, at least not yet. According to a study, they are noticeably pricier.

FreeBSD 14.3 with major advances in the WiFi stack

FreeBSD has been somewhat weak in the WiFi stack. With FreeBSD 14.3 and considering the upcoming FreeBSD 15, the developers are focusing precisely on this.

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Study: Warning of lithium supply bottlenecks in Europe, China and the USA

Despite planned increases in production, there is a risk of bottlenecks in supply of lithium in Europe, China and the US – with consequences for electromobility

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PCI Express 7.0 also chases 256 GByte/s via cable

The specification for PCIe 7.0 is ready. There are more options for electrical and optical PCIe cable connections as well as initial ideas for PCIe 8.0.