Month: February 2025

Das Förderprogramm Bead sollte Millionen unterversorgten Haushalten in den USA Internet bringen. Doch Donald Trumps neue NTIA-Chefin Arielle Roth ist gegen "woke" Glasfaser. (Donald Trump, Glasfaser)

Die offiziellen Daten zu AMDs neuen Grafikkarten sind da. Versprochen wird hohe Leistung auch bei Raytracing sowie FSR4 und vor allem gute Verfügbarkeit. (Grafikkarten, AMD)

Schützenswerte Orte werden häufig über zentral gesteuerte Zutrittskontrollen abgesichert. In viele davon lässt sich wohl leicht über das Internet eingreifen. (Sicherheitslücke, RFID)

Der A18-Chip des neuen iPhone 16e besitzt einen Kern weniger als die Top-Modelle der Reihe. Die Performance ist dadurch offenbar signifikant schlechter. (iPhone, Apple)

Seven-hundred million years ago, Earth was a frozen, white sphere, its rocky surface buried kilometers under ice. Despite the barren landscape, the evolution of complex life in the oceans was about to pick up steam. New research published this week in Geology suggests that the two realms were more connected than previously thought.

As massive glaciers scratched and scarred Earth’s rocky surface, they freed less-common minerals, which were later flushed into the seas as the ice melted into giant glacial rivers. These minerals in turn may have spurred nutrient cycling in the oceans, boosting the metabolism of microbial life.

“In retrospect, I’m surprised it took [researchers] so long to go and do a study like this,” says Galen Halverson, a stratigrapher at McGill University who was not involved in the work. “It fits with what we understand” about the glaciated Earth.

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Warum wir eher dort nach Lösungen suchen, wo es leicht ist. Von Tim Reinboth (Denkpause, Softwareentwicklung)

Die geringe Vielfalt an Mikroben könnte negative Auswirkungen auf die Gesundheit der ISS-Besatzung haben und ein Grund für Beschwerden sein, unter denen die Astronauten leiden. (Medizin, Nasa)

At a time when many analysts are declaring memecoins dead, the most popular memecoin of all time, Dogecoin, not only perseveres but appears likely to become more mainstream than ever in 2025.

Most memecoins—cryptocurrencies inspired by Internet memes—remain controversial. Their prices can suddenly skyrocket before abruptly crashing, causing extreme gains and losses at a moment's notice, often triggered by a celebrity mention that tenuously amplifies short-term interest.

Donald Trump's memecoin is a recent example. Within two days of its launch, it peaked at above $70 before falling to $17 shortly after, Reuters reported. Seeing that politically backed token take off apparently inspired Argentine President Javier Milei to endorse another memecoin called Libra, which seemed to set off a brief price surge before a devastating crash that caused most traders to endure losses. Only about 34 investors in total reportedly profited $124.6 million from Milei's endorsement, which a federal judge is now investigating as an alleged "rug pull" scheme, Reuters reported.

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Welcome to Edition 7.33 of the Rocket Report! Phew, what a week for Rocket Lab! The company released a bevy of announcements in conjunction with its quarterly earnings report Thursday. Rocket Lab is spending a lot of money to develop the medium-lift Neutron rocket, and as we'll discuss below, a rocket landing platform and a new satellite design. For now, the company is sticking by its public statements that the Neutron rocket will launch this year—the official line is it will debut in the second half of 2025—but this schedule assumes near-perfect execution on the program. "We’ve always been clear that we run aggressive schedules," said Peter Beck, Rocket Lab's founder and CEO. The official schedule doesn't quite allow me to invoke a strict interpretation of Berger's Law, which states that if a rocket's debut is predicted to happen in the fourth quarter of a year, and that quarter is six or more months away, the launch will be delayed. However, the spirit of the law seems valid here. This time last year, Rocket Lab targeted a first launch by the end of 2024, an aggressive target that has come and gone.

As always, we welcome reader submissions. If you don't want to miss an issue, please subscribe using the box below (the form will not appear on AMP-enabled versions of the site). Each report will include information on small-, medium-, and heavy-lift rockets as well as a quick look ahead at the next three launches on the calendar.

Australian startup sets a launch date. The first attempt to send an Australian-made rocket into orbit is set to take place no sooner than March 15, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports. Gilmour Space Technologies' launch window announcement marks a major development for the company, which has been working towards a test launch for a decade. Gilmour previously hoped to launch its test rocket, Eris, in May 2024, but had to wait for the Australian government to issue a launch license and airspace approvals for the flight to go forward. Those are now in hand, clearing the last regulatory hurdle before liftoff.

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Rewe-Kunden erhalten Extra-Rabatte, wenn sie mit der App einkaufen. Verbraucherschützer kritisieren dabei, wie Rewe dabei vorgeht. (Bonussystem, Rechtsstreitigkeiten)