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Brutal crash of the VMware Explore

VMware Explore counts less than a quarter of past attendees, yet Broadcom’s stock holds firm and even gains praise from investors on the exchange.

UpdateMatrix.org home server back online after outage

Following a database error, the Matrix home server was offline. The backup is currently being restored; individual instances are not affected .

At a child-friendly time: Total lunar eclipse on Sunday evening

On Sunday evening there will be a total solar eclipse in German-speaking countries, the last until 2028. The later the time, the better it can be seen.

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Zero-click attack on Apple devices via WhatsApp

WhatsApp reports a closed vulnerability that allows vulnerable iOS and macOS devices to be attacked by spyware without user confirmation.

Android 16: Google distributes Pixel update with Material 3 Expressive

Google is distributing the first Android 16 update. This gives Pixel 6 and newer the new Material 3 Expressive design.

"Reanimal": Atmospheric co-op platformer

The makers of the creepy "Little Nightmares" games are back with a new brand. Much looks familiar, but there are significant differences.

iPhone: Will there be an iOS 18.7 before iOS 26?

Apple's new, major operating system update should be released in mid-September. However, log entries suggest that a small one could come before then.

TSMC allegedly increases chip prices

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British visits to porn websites without age verification have skyrocketed

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

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Paypal: German banks apparently blocked payments of billions of euros

Apertus: Switzerland presents first open and multilingual AI model

With Apertus, several research institutions are publishing an open, multilingual language model. It is intended to strengthen digital sovereignty.

SSD failures due to Windows update: Silicon Motion not affected

Last week there were reports of SSD failures due to the latest Windows update. SSDs with Silicon Motion controllers are not said to be affected.

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Windows 11 25H2 takes the final step before release to all

The 25H2 update for Windows 11 is due to be released before the end of this calendar year. Windows Insiders can download and test the preview version now.

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Backdoor report: British government wants full access to iCloud

It has still not been finally decided whether Apple must give British law enforcement access to iCloud. The full scope of the data has now been revealed.

Intel Arc Pro B50: Small workstation and AI graphics card in the test lab

With 16 GB, the Intel Arc Pro B50 should beat Nvidia's RTX Pro A1000, especially in AI inference. Initial results from the test lab confirm this.

Paypal disruptions: Light at the end of the tunnel

Paypal is making progress in resolving cases of insufficient funds in accounts following transactions rejected by banks.

IT attack on Jaguar Land Rover: production and sales disrupted

Jaguar Land Rover has shut down its IT systems following an attack. This has brought production and sales to a standstill.

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Critics see Google ruling as insufficient and have privacy concerns

Despite its monopoly position, Google got off with conditions in the antitrust case. Critics describe the ruling as a failure and are calling for stricter laws.

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Windows updates cause unexpected user account control prompts

Microsoft points out a side effect of the August updates. User account control prompts appear when MSI repairs are started.

Was beim Kauf eines Laptops wirklich zählt

Akkulaufzeit, Leistung, KI-Funktionen – die Anforderungen an Laptops sind hoch. Aber worauf kommt es wirklich an? Wir erklären, worauf Sie bei der Anschaffung achten sollten.

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Inspired by water striders: self-unfolding fans make the ‘Rhagobot’ agile

Water strider fans inspire mini robots. The technology is designed to enable lightning-fast maneuvers on water.

Study mode: Google brings AI learning aid to Gemini

Google's AI chatbot Gemini is getting a learning mode. It is designed to help with homework, university assignments and even hobbies.

Class action lawsuit: 288 million US consumers against Amazon.com

Sellers on Amazon.com must comply with all kinds of pricing clauses. This distorts competition and harms consumers, says a now-approved class action lawsuit.

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Court rules email provider not required to disclose user inventory data

As an operator of an interpersonal information service, an e-mail hoster falls under the TKG and not the TDDDG, says the OLG Munich.

Fab in China: USA cancels export relief for TSMC

After Intel and Samsung, TSMC is hit too: the US is revoking export rights in Nanjing, China, a move that could complicate the chipmaker’s local operations.

iPhone 17 Pro allegedly with better battery and higher display brightness

Shortly before the Apple event, more details about the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max are leaked from China. Two user wishes are allegedly being fulfilled.

The latest in Security

Patchday: Critical malware vulnerability threatens Android 15 and 16

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Data leak through Salesloft: Cloudflare, Palo Alto, Zscaler affected

Home automation: ESPHome vulnerability allows full compromise

Google contradicts: No major Gmail security vulnerability

Facebook malware campaign targets crypto platforms and Android

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

iPhone 17: Good news on the price front?

iPad Pro M2 with Pencil 2 and hover function.

Apple Pencil celebrates its 10th birthday – The first stylus is still available

20 billion US dollars a year: Google search deal with Apple can continue

iPhone 12: Transmission power adjustment reaches all EU countries after France

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Electronic patient record: clinics will miss mandatory launch in 2025

The majority of hospitals in Germany are working on implementing electronic patient records. But by 2025, this will no longer be the case across the board.

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Fenix 8 Pro: Garmin presents smartwatch with MicroLED display

Garmin has introduced Pro models of its Fenix 8 series, which push the prices of the sports watches to the €2000 mark thanks to the bright MicroLED display.

Against telemetry data: RubyMine free of charge for non-commercial use

After other JetBrains IDEs, RubyMine is now also available free of charge if users use it for non-commercial purposes.

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Monkey Island: Gold Master has turned 35

Monkey Island" is likely to bring back warm, cozy memories for many. Ron Gilbert created the Gold Master 35 years ago.

EventSourcingDB 1.1 offers more flexible consistency control and signed events

The database specializing in event sourcing introduces eventual consistency and signed events in version 1.1.

Presentation of the Audi Concept C: In the footsteps of the Audi TT

The Audi brand has prescribed itself a new design with which the brand is to be perceived differently again.

Grok AI drifts conservative following Elon Musk’s recent "corrections"

Over the past few months, xAI's AI chatbot Grok has been repeatedly revised. An analysis now shows how its answers have changed.

Google must share search data with competitors, may keep Chrome and Android

Judge rules in Google’s monopoly trial: The company avoids breakup but must share some search data with rivals, making its business more open to competition.

YouTube videos for children bring Disney data protection punishment

Disney has to pay millions because Mickey Mouse videos were not labeled as "for children". This should force YouTube to carry out age checks.

Powertoys 0.94 with settings and keyboard shortcut conflict detection

Version 0.94 of Powertoys includes features for searching for settings and keyboard shortcut conflicts.

5K resolution on 27 inches: a monitor wave is coming

Acer and Philips announce monitors with particularly high pixel density. Acer's model will be the most affordable 5K monitor currently available

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The latest in Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence as an economic factor

DeepL presents its own AI agent for companies

Research: AI finds more than 1000 "questionable" science magazines

Humans do it better: study shows the limits of coding agents

Report: Google has had AI glasses developed after all

We want the audience: IFA boss expands trade fair thematically

The latest in Cars & Mobility

Introducing the VW ID. Polo: Late to the party, but still in the running?

Report: Entry-level electric car from Hyundai apparently gets CarPlay Ultra

50 years of the VW Polo: The hereditary prince

Car industry: phase-out of combustion engines by 2030/35 hardly feasible

PC graphics cards are booming, but only Nvidia is gaining market share

Unusually high demand in the second quarter of 2025 continues to fill Nvidia's pockets, AMD Radeon slumps even further and Intel can't seem to get a foothold.

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Judgment: European Court of Justice upholds US data transfer agreement

Sigh of relief for economy: EU court rejects annulment case against the EU-US data transfer adequacy decision.

Offene Ökosysteme – ist Open Source die Zukunft von KI?

Proprietäre KI-Modelle sind leistungsfähig, haben jedoch Schwächen bei Nachvollziehbarkeit, Datenschutz und Anpassbarkeit. Offene Ökosysteme könnten für mehr Transparenz, Sicherheit und Flexibilität sorgen.

Acer shows the first notebook with Intel's Panther Lake

The Swift 16 AI will be available in the coming months with the Core Ultra 300. The particularly lightweight Swift Air 16, on the other hand, relies on Ryzen.

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At several million km/h: White dwarfs can can eject each other from galaxies

After several hyper-fast white dwarf stars were discovered, there is now an explanation. The objects are the product of a double star explosion.

Classification as VLOP: EU court rejects Zalando's appeal

The EU court has dismissed Zalando's lawsuit against its classification as a very large online platform under the DSA. The retailer intends to fight on.

A crane is used to install the huge rotor blades of a wind turbine.

26 megawatts: China commissions world's most powerful wind turbine

China commissions the most powerful offshore wind turbine. In addition to the size, the installation speed is also record-breaking.

Riesige Werbeplakate for "Call of Duty Black Ops" am Timesquare in New York City

Call of Duty comes to the movies

Paramount and Microsoft have reached an agreement: the film studio is to spin a live-action movie out of the first-person shooter "Call of Duty".

Ruling: Even small platforms are liable for copyright infringements by users

A user uploaded a protected image of a photographer to a flight brokerage platform. The operator must take sufficient action against such infringements.

EU Parliament: Call for age control on the internet is hotly contested

A leading MEP negotiator is campaigning for an EU-wide solution to age verification. The EPP group with the CDU and CSU wants even more.

AMD processor in a red-blue illuminated mainboard

Defective Ryzen 9000 processors: Further BIOS updates for Asrock mainboards

With firmware version 3.40, Asrock brings the third update to get the failures of Ryzen 9000 CPUs under control. We have measured it.

Telecommunications secrecy does not apply to private use of company e-mail

Experts and the Federal Network Agency dispute if employers count as telecom providers when staff use the Internet for private purposes.

Apple expands in Germany: More employees wanted for the capital

Apple has advertised at least nine new jobs in Public Relations and Marketing for Germany. The Berlin location will be strengthened.

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The latest in Robotics

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Nvidia's Jetson AGX Thor costs 3499 US dollars as a dev kit

Sprinting robot. The humanoid machine from Unitree achieved gold in the 1500 meters at the games.

Sprinting, fighting, winning: World Humanoid Robot Games in China

Lifelike-looking robot antelope monitors free-living Tibetan antelope herd

TUM: Robot builds climate-optimized walls

Unitree A2: Robust robot dog for heavy loads runs long and fast

The latest in Enterprise Computing

Absolute dominance: Chrome's browser share exceeds 70 percent for the first time

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Working from home: no trend towards returning to the office

Digital Minister advocates for open-source competition to improve administration

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