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Draft bill

British government wants to ban ransomware payments

14. January, 2025 - 13:34

The British government is planning far-reaching measures in the fight against ransomware attacks. A new draft law stipulates that public institutions and operators of critical infrastructure will no longer be allowed to make ransom payments to cyber criminals in future.

CES 2025

Project Digits: The 3000-dollar supercomputer for the home

07. January, 2025 - 08:14

Nvidia wants to bring an AI supercomputer to desktops. Company boss Jensen Huang presented the compact device called “Project Digits” at the start of the CES technology trade fair in Las Vegas.

Samsung

CES 2025: Ballie AI mini robot coming this year

07. January, 2025 - 07:55

Five years ago, Samsung caused a stir at the CES technology trade fair with a yellow robot ball. It will soon be available to buy.

Streaming

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.