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Apple TV+ available for free this weekend

31. December, 2024 - 10:35

Apple is opening up its Apple TV+ streaming service for a free weekend for the first time. From January 3 to 5, interested parties can access the entire media library without a subscription, as the company announced on Monday.

Standardized charging cables

USB-C now officially mandatory for electronic devices in the EU

28. December, 2024 - 11:18

After years of discussion, the EU Parliament approved the introduction of standardized charging cables in October 2022. Two years later, the regulation is now also coming into force.

Security Breach

VW Leaked EV Users’ Daily Routes

27. December, 2024 - 15:11

A security breach at VW’s software subsidiary Cariad exposed sensitive location data of approximately 800,000 Volkswagen Group electric vehicles for months. According to SPIEGEL, detailed GPS data and vehicle owners’ personal information were freely accessible through an unprotected Amazon cloud storage.

Revenue exceeded one billion US dollars

Pavel Durov: Telegram is now profitable

23. December, 2024 - 14:32

The messaging service Telegram has reached a significant milestone: As founder Pavel Durov announced on Monday, the company is profitable for the first time. Total revenue exceeded one billion US dollars in 2024.

Guide from DFKI and Accenture

“Responsible AI”: The key to autonomous driving?

18. December, 2024 - 10:41

AI systems dominate the automotive industry, but the road to autonomous driving is faltering. Weaknesses such as a lack of transparency and robustness are slowing the technology down. Experts see “responsible AI” as the solution.

Cybersecurity division

BlackBerry sells Cylance to Arctic Wolf at a massive loss

17. December, 2024 - 09:07

BlackBerry is selling its cybersecurity division Cylance. The purchase price of 160 million US dollars is significantly lower than the 1.4 billion dollars that the former smartphone pioneer paid for the company in 2018. The buyer is the US cybersecurity company Arctic Wolf.

Quarter of a billion euros

New Blue Lion supercomputer revolutionizes Bavaria

13. December, 2024 - 12:32

The new computer is expected to cost around a quarter of a billion. But it will outperform the Leibniz Supercomputing Center’s current top dog by a factor of 30 in terms of computing power – and serve as a heater.

Alternative to X

Bluesky cracks the 25 million user mark

13. December, 2024 - 12:08

Bluesky continues to gain users as an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. The app has now passed an important milestone.

Hotel search experiment

DMA: Google in a clinch with the EU Commission

13. December, 2024 - 06:47

Google is at loggerheads with the EU Commission over how to adapt its services to the EU’s Digital Market Act (DMA). A hotel search experiment has now been terminated prematurely.

Administrators arrested

27 criminal DDoS platforms successfully shut down

11. December, 2024 - 12:14

There are special platforms on the internet that enable DDoS attacks. Several such “stresser services” have now been identified and shut down. Arrests have also been made.