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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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In a recent ruling, the Federal Court of Justice has fundamentally reassessed the criminal classification of card sharing in the area of pay TV piracy. Contrary to previous practice, the 6th Criminal Division denies that the unauthorized use of encrypted television content causes direct financial damage to providers and thus constitutes computer fraud under Section […]

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