The Berlin administration is facing a fundamental change of course in its IT policy. With its newly presented open source strategy, the city-state is attempting to gradually break away from its decades-long dependence on proprietary software solutions from international technology corporations. What was long considered a pragmatic decision in favor of stable and feature-rich systems […]

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Asus will not be making any more smartphones for the time being. This was confirmed by CEO Jonney Shih at an event in Taiwan. Officially, the company is referring to a “break” rather than a permanent exit. In practice, however, this is exactly what it amounts to. A return is neither scheduled nor strategically plausible. […]

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There is no respite for AMD’s AM5 platform. After earlier Ryzen generations had already attracted attention due to voltage problems, there are now increasing reports of sudden total failures of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. After the phenomenon was initially observed mainly on motherboards from another manufacturer, AM5 boards from ASUS are now also in the […]

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Apple’s long-standing special status at TSMC could be at a turning point. The background to this is the changed revenue structure of the world’s largest contract manufacturer, which is increasingly benefiting from the boom in AI accelerators and data center chips. While Apple has been the most important single customer for many years and was […]

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With version 0.97.0, Microsoft is releasing another major update for PowerToys. The focus is clearly on productivity, improved usability, and greater integration between the individual modules. Particular attention is paid to a new mouse tool called CursorWrap and a comprehensively revised range of functions in the Command Palette. CursorWrap is primarily aimed at users with […]

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In 2026, companies will continue to face a tense and highly dynamic threat situation. Current evaluations by security researchers at Ontinue show that cybercriminals are evolving strategically and adapting their methods specifically to changing work environments and technical protection mechanisms. The analyses are based on observations from underground forums, criminal networks, and real attack scenarios, […]

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The Minisforum MS-R1 occupies a special place in the current mini PC market because it is the first commercially available system to use a Chinese ARM CPU called CIX P1 CP8180 that is explicitly not only aimed at the embedded or industrial sector. Right out of the box, the device differs significantly from well-known ARM […]

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Since the end of 2025, there has been a significant increase in the price of current graphics cards on the US market. Models in the upper mid-range are particularly affected, including the Radeon RX 9070 XT from AMD and the GeForce RTX 5070 Ti from NVIDIA. Several international market observations indicate that the street prices […]

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Tesla is significantly stepping up its ambitions in the semiconductor sector. What long sounded like typical Elon Musk rhetoric is now taking on a more concrete technical shape. The carmaker not only wants to design its own chips, but also to compete directly with NVIDIA’s high-end solutions. According to Musk, the Dojo project is back […]

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The concept of sovereign cloud has become a key buzzword in corporate IT. Nearly all major cloud providers now emphasize local data storage or European operating models. Despite this wide range of offerings, it remains unclear which solutions actually guarantee true sovereignty and which merely fulfill formal criteria. For companies, public authorities, and regulated industries, […]

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Auroras are among the most striking atmospheric phenomena on Earth. Over the centuries, they have been interpreted differently depending on the culture, often linked to religious or mythological beliefs. These interpretations had no scientific basis, but arose from attempts to explain a rare and visually dominant phenomenon. With the beginning of systematic scientific research in […]

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NVIDIA appears to be on the verge of taking a step that it has been preparing internally for years but has repeatedly postponed: ARM-based laptop SoCs for the consumer market. According to information from Asian supply chains, the N1 and N1X chips are expected to appear in notebooks as early as the first quarter of […]

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Intel appears to be on the verge of officially announcing a CPU line that, in its consequences, is almost reminiscent of a quiet U-turn. A recent leak suggests that Bartlett Lake will be equipped exclusively with performance cores, without efficiency cores, without hybrid narrative, without marketing embellishments. Pure P-core architecture, designed for embedded and edge […]

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As we all know, after the chair comes before the chair. Anyone who takes a closer look at seating furniture knows that the ideal office chair is not a fixed state, but a continuous attempt to find the perfect solution. No sooner have you gotten used to one model than your requirements, circumstances, or simply […]

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While the memory industry is already struggling with scarce capacity and rising prices, a new, potentially existential threat is looming on the horizon. The US government is considering punitive tariffs of up to 100 percent on DRAM products unless they are manufactured in the United States. For global players such as Samsung Electronics and SK […]

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On January 19, 2026, Microsoft released unscheduled security and stability updates for Windows 11. This was prompted by serious errors that occurred after the installation of regular updates and significantly restricted the operation of affected systems in some cases. According to the company, these were problems that required a short-term response outside the regular patch […]

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From January 19, 2026, the first plastic driver’s licenses issued in Germany will lose their validity. This affects documents issued in 1999, 2000, and 2001. The exchange is part of a Europe-wide regulation that aims to replace all driver’s licenses issued before 2013 with a uniform and forgery-proof EU document by 2033 at the latest. […]

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A short clip, a few seconds of news – and suddenly you’re hooked because the number is so absurd that it seems like a mistake: Helldivers 2 on PC is said to have shrunk from 154 GB to 23 GB. That would be about 85% less storage space. And even if you don’t weigh every […]

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The debate has long since left the comfort zone. Artificial intelligence no longer threatens only simple routine tasks or classic assembly line work, but is advancing directly into the heart of the knowledge economy. At the Digital Life Design Conference in Munich, this was openly discussed, without PR filters or appeasement. Founders and decision-makers clearly […]

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US memory manufacturer Micron Technology has entered into a strategic partnership with Taiwanese contract manufacturer Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. to tap into additional DRAM capacity in the short term. The aim of the agreement is to bridge existing production bottlenecks, as setting up new manufacturing facilities of its own takes several years and demand for […]

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With the two new thermal putties Halnziye HY2610 in gray and HY2310 in pink, two products of the current generation are being tested in parallel for the first time. Despite the same basic idea, they are clearly aimed at different target groups and will certainly soon be widely available. At first glance, both materials show […]

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Micron Technology is digging deep into its pockets to secure production capacity where it is most strategically valuable. For $1.8 billion in cash, the US memory manufacturer is acquiring Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation’s P5 production site in Tongluo, Taiwan. Formally, this is initially an exclusive letter of intent, with the transaction expected to close in […]

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According to available reports, AMD is facing the challenge of offsetting rising costs for graphics memory within the current RDNA 4 generation. At the center of the discussion is the question of whether production and market prioritization will shift more toward the more powerful Radeon RX 9070 XT model, while the non-XT variant loses importance. […]

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OpenAI plant, ChatGPT künftig teilweise über Werbung zu finanzieren. Nach Angaben des Unternehmens sollen erste Tests mit Werbeeinblendungen in den USA starten. Betroffen sind die kostenlose Version von ChatGPT sowie der neue Einsteigertarif ChatGPT Go. Höherpreisige Abonnements wie Plus, Pro, Business und Enterprise sollen weiterhin ohne Werbung nutzbar bleiben. Für Nutzer außerhalb der USA, darunter […]

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