Review der freien 3D-Software: Blender 5.0 unterstützt HDR-Monitore

Die neue Blender-Version ist da. Damit können HDR-Videos etwa für Youtube direkt in Blender erstellt werden. Auch sonst gibt es viel Neues. Ein Hands-on von Gottfried Hofmann (Blender, 3D-Software)

Die neue Blender-Version ist da. Damit können HDR-Videos etwa für Youtube direkt in Blender erstellt werden. Auch sonst gibt es viel Neues. Ein Hands-on von Gottfried Hofmann (Blender, 3D-Software)

Künstliche Intelligenz: Google stellt Gemini 3 vor

Mit Gemini 3 bringt Google ein neues KI-Modell mit Deep-Think-Modus für komplexe Probleme und der Entwicklerplattform Antigravity für autonome Code-Agenten (Gemini, Google)

Mit Gemini 3 bringt Google ein neues KI-Modell mit Deep-Think-Modus für komplexe Probleme und der Entwicklerplattform Antigravity für autonome Code-Agenten (Gemini, Google)

Typeframe PX-88 is a Raspberry Pi-powered CyberDeck inspired by a portable PC from the 1980s

The Typeframe PX-88 is a modern computer with a retro design that’s inspired by the Epson PX-4, a portable computer released in 1985. But this is a fully modern device with a flip-up touchscreen display, a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B for brains, and a…

The Typeframe PX-88 is a modern computer with a retro design that’s inspired by the Epson PX-4, a portable computer released in 1985. But this is a fully modern device with a flip-up touchscreen display, a Raspberry Pi 4 Model B for brains, and a USB Type-C port, among other things. You can’t actually buy a […]

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GOP overhaul of broadband permit laws: Cities hate it, cable companies love it

Cities and counties call Congressional plan an “unprecedented federal intrusion.”

Congressional Republicans angered local government leaders with a plan for what local groups call an “unprecedented federal intrusion” into how municipalities issue permits for construction of broadband networks. The Republican plan drew rave reviews from cable lobby groups, however.

A House subcommittee moved ahead with the plan today despite the opposition from local leaders and criticism from Congressional Democrats. Under the bills, some kinds of local telecom projects would be approved automatically if a city or town doesn’t rule within a deadline set by Congress.

“These bills represent an unprecedented federal intrusion into established local decision-making processes, favoring large broadband, telecommunications, wireless, and cable companies at the expense of residents and taxpayers,” four groups representing local leaders wrote in a letter to US lawmakers. “These bills strip local governments of the ability to effectively manage the infrastructure built on local streets and in neighborhoods, while imposing no reciprocal obligations on providers.”

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Faced with naked man, DoorDasher demands police action; they arrest her for illegal surveillance

Two felony charges for filming man inside his house.

Last month, a DoorDash driver in upstate New York delivered an item to a local house in Oswego—only to find the front door open and a man apparently unconscious or asleep on a couch in the front room. The man was also quite naked, with pants and underwear around his ankles, and he was fully visible from the porch.

The DoorDasher was a 23-year-old woman named Olivia Henderson, and she felt like the whole situation was some kind of creepy exploitation play. Was this guy purposely exposing himself to her? Was he even asleep? Should she have to endure the sight of random male genitalia just to make a few bucks?

She did not think so, and she decided to do something about it. Henderson filmed the man from outside the home, and she later posted the video on TikTok to shame him. Naturally, it went viral.

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CDC data confirms US is 2 months away from losing measles elimination status

Elimination status is lost if the virus spreads continuously for 12 months.

Federal health officials have linked two massive US measles outbreaks, confirming that the country is about two months away from losing its measles elimination status, according to a report by The New York Times.

The Times obtained a recording of a call during which officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed to state health departments that the ongoing measles outbreak at the border of Arizona and Utah is a continuation of the explosive outbreak in West Texas that began in mid- to late-January. That is, the two massive outbreaks are being caused by the same subtype of measles virus.

This is a significant link that hasn’t previously been reported despite persistent questions from journalists and concerns from health experts, particularly in light of Canada losing its elimination status last week. The loss of an elimination status means that measles will once again be considered endemic to the US, an embarrassing public health backslide for a vaccine-preventable disease.

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Meta wins monopoly trial, convinces judge that social networking is dead

People are “bored” by their friends’ content, judge ruled, siding with Meta.

After years of pushback from the Federal Trade Commission over Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, Meta has defeated the FTC’s monopoly claims.

In a Tuesday ruling, US District Judge James Boasberg said the FTC failed to show that Meta has a monopoly in a market dubbed “personal social networking.” In that narrowly defined market, the FTC unsuccessfully argued, Meta supposedly faces only two rivals, Snapchat and MeWe, which struggle to compete due to its alleged monopoly.

But the days of grouping apps into “separate markets of social networking and social media” are over, Boasberg wrote. He cited the Greek philosopher Heraclitus, who “posited that no man can ever step into the same river twice,” while telling the FTC they missed their chance to block Meta’s purchase.

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