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Billion-euro project stopped

Intel officially cancels construction of chip factory in Magdeburg, Germany

25. July, 2025 - 08:12

Intel has officially announced the end of its planned chip factory in Magdeburg. The US company is thus burying one of the most ambitious industrial projects in Germany in recent years. Originally around 3,000 new jobs were to be created in Saxony-Anhalt, but the semiconductor giant is pulling the

Thousands of data records deleted

Vibe coding provider Replit apologizes after deletion fiasco

24. July, 2025 - 13:20

A twelve-day experiment with AI-based software development ended in disaster: Replit’s Vibe coding agent deleted a production database on his own authority and then tried to cover up the incident. The CEO of the service provider has now apologized.

New figures

This is how many prompts users enter in ChatGPT every day

23. July, 2025 - 11:17

Users bombard ChatGPT with an enormous flood of requests every day. Developer OpenAI now reveals impressive usage figures.

Takeover

Darktrace takes over network specialist Mira Security

22. July, 2025 - 13:08

The security platform of the British cybersecurity provider Darktrace is growing: the company has acquired the American network traffic analyst Mira Security. Darktrace wants to use this to better analyze encrypted data streams in particular.

Akira Ransomware

Weak password destroys 158-year-old company

22. July, 2025 - 09:27

A single password that was too weak was enough to destroy the KNP transport company and put 700 people out of work. To this day, the employee concerned does not know that his compromised password led to the destruction of the company – out of consideration.

Legal Director confirmed

Microsoft: EU data not protected from US access

21. July, 2025 - 09:35

Explosive testimony before the French Senate: Microsoft cannot guarantee that European user data is safe from US authorities despite EU hosting.

Firewall error message

Microsoft apologizes for Windows update error

18. July, 2025 - 07:46

Microsoft has apologized for the confusion surrounding a Windows update error after the company falsely claimed to have fixed a critical firewall issue. In fact, the “Windows Firewall With Advanced Security 2042 None” issue was exacerbated by the update.

Botnet

Authorities shut down server of hacker group “NoName057(16)”

16. July, 2025 - 17:27

International authorities take action against a hacker group. Their targets were also in Germany and were intended to disrupt politics and society.

AI startup

Devin developer Cognition takes over Windsurf

16. July, 2025 - 09:16

The AI start-up Cognition buys Windsurf just a few days after the spectacular departure of its CEO to Google. The deal shows the intensity of the battle for AI talent.

Fake e-mail

Phishing attack costs school district 1.8 million dollars

16. July, 2025 - 08:20

Fraudsters posed as a trustworthy supplier and scammed millions with a fake invoice. The investigating authorities were at least able to recover part of the money.