Month: October 2024

Die Ampel hat sich nach starker Kritik auf Änderungen am Sicherheitspaket geeinigt. Nächste Woche soll der Bundestag die Pläne beschließen. (Gesichtserkennung, KI)

If you're going to eat a bear, make sure it's not rare.

You'd be forgiven for thinking that once the beast has been subdued, all danger has passed. But you might still be in for a scare. The animal's flesh can be riddled with encased worm larvae, which, upon being eaten, will gladly reproduce in your innards and let their offspring roam the rest of your person, including invading your brain and heart. To defeat these savage squirmers, all one must do is cook the meat to at least 165° Fahrenheit.

But that simple solution continues to be ignored, according to a report today in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. In this week's issue, health officials in North Carolina report that rare bear meat was served at a November 23 gathering, where at least 22 people ate the meat and at least 10 developed symptoms of a worm infection. Of the 10, six were kids and teens between the ages of 10 and 18.

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Srini Gopalan ist wenig geneigt, von Deutsche Glasfaser verlegte FTTH-Netze großflächig mit zu nutzen. Das machte er auf dem Kapitalmarkttag der Telekom deutlich. (Telekom, Glasfaser)

Auch nach dem Prime Day finden sich spannende Angebote auf viele Produkte. Darunter sind auch einige HP-Laptops, die stark reduziert sind. (Notebook, Computer)

Aber auch Wasserstoffperoxid wurden durch Spektralanalysen des Weltraumteleskops James Webb auf dem größten Mond von Pluto entdeckt. (Pluto, Weltraumteleskop)

On Thursday, AMD announced its new MI325X AI accelerator chip, which is set to roll out to data center customers in the fourth quarter of this year. At an event hosted in San Francisco, the company claimed the new chip offers "industry-leading" performance compared to Nvidia's current H200 GPUs, which are widely used in data centers to power AI applications such as ChatGPT.

With its new chip, AMD hopes to narrow the performance gap with Nvidia in the AI processor market. The Santa Clara-based company also revealed plans for its next-generation MI350 chip, which is positioned as a head-to-head competitor of Nvidia's new Blackwell system, with an expected shipping date in the second half of 2025.

In an interview with the Financial Times, AMD CEO Lisa Su expressed her ambition for AMD to become the "end-to-end" AI leader over the next decade. "This is the beginning, not the end of the AI race," she told the publication.

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After a US court ruled earlier this week that Google must open its Play Store to allow for third-party app stores and alternative payment options, Microsoft is moving quickly to slide into this slightly ajar door.

Sarah Bond, president of Xbox, posted on X (formerly Twitter) Thursday evening that the ruling "will allow more choice and flexibility." "Our mission is to allow more players to play on more devices so we are thrilled to share that starting in November, players will be able to play and purchase Xbox games directly from the Xbox App on Android," Bond wrote.

Because the court order requires Google to stop forcing apps to use its own billing system and allow for third-party app stores inside Google Play itself, Microsoft now intends to offer Xbox games directly through its app. Most games will likely not run directly on Android, but a revamped Xbox Android app could also directly stream purchased or subscribed games to Android devices.

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Das Fernsteuerungssystem der meisten Ampeln in den Niederlanden lässt sich hacken. Die betroffenen Anlagen müssen komplett ausgetauscht werden. (Cybercrime, Sicherheitslücke)

In Civilization könne ihm kaum jemand Paroli bieten, sagt Mark Zuckerberg. Auch andere Tech-Promis sind erstaunlich gut in Computerspielen. (Civilization, Call of Duty)

Die Wiederverwendbarkeit von Raumfahrzeugen steht in China weit oben auf der Agenda. Neben geheimen Raumgleitern wird nun ein Satellit getestet. (Satelliten, Raumfahrt)