Month: April 2025

Bei Amazon gibt es einen höhenverstellbaren Couchtisch befristet ab rund 60 Euro. Ideal für Laptops und Kuchenpausen. (Technik/Hardware)

Die EU solle Trump mit Exportsteuern auf EUV-Systeme drohen, sagt ein Experte. Das niederländische Unternehmen ASML kann diese wohl als einziger Hersteller in Serie fertigen. (ASML, Politik)

Most of Google's AI efforts thus far have involved adding generative features to existing products, but NotebookLM is different. Created by the Google Labs team, NotebookLM uses AI to analyze user-provided documents. Starting today, it will be even easier to use NotebookLM to explore topics, as Google has added a "Discover Sources" feature to let the app look up its own sources.

Previously, to create a new notebook, you had to feed the AI documents, web links, YouTube videos, or raw text. You can still do that, but you don't have to with the addition of Discover functionality. Simply click the new button and tell NotebookLM what you're interested in learning. Google says the app will consider "hundreds of potential web sources" in the blink of an eye, giving you the top ten from which to choose. There will be links available so you can peruse the suggestions before adding them to the model.

The sources you select will be ingested as if they were documents you uploaded, creating a conversant AI for your chosen topic. The content of those sources will also be loaded into NotebookLM so you can refer to them directly. That's not why you use NotebookLM, though. You use NotebookLM for all the nifty AI-assisted features.

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New 25 percent tariffs on all foreign car imports into the United States went into effect this week as President Trump ignited his new trade war. It has caused something of a rush at dealerships around the country as customers descend on existing stock in an attempt to beat looming price increases of thousands of dollars. Now we're starting to see how the automakers are reacting.

Employee pricing for all

Ford is in the rather enviable position of having the least exposure to the new vehicle tariff than all but Tesla; less than 20 percent of the cars, trucks, and SUVs that Ford sells in the US are imported from abroad. And it will lean into that with a new ad campaign with the slogan "From America, For America," which launches today. (Note that this does not take into account the separate parts tariff that goes into effect before May 2.)

Nevermind the slogan, though. The campaign extends Ford's "A plan" pricing, which in plain English is its employee discount, to all its customers. The blue oval is offering A plan pricing on most 2024 and 2025 vehicles, including the all-electric F-150 Lightning and the Mustang Mach-E, as well as its various hybrids.

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Wunderbar stimmungsvolle Grafik, angenehm spielbar: South of Midnight bietet Solospaß im Spieleablo PC/Xbox Game Pass. Von Peter Steinlechner (Spieletest, Microsoft)

Unternehmen stehen vor der Herausforderung, Daten sicher und souverän in der Cloud zu verwalten. Wie Stackit als Alternative zu Hyperscalern genutzt werden kann, zeigt dieser Onlinekurs - mit Strategien und Umsetzungstipps. (Golem Karrierewelt, Internet)

I’ve lost count of the number of companies that have launched software designed to bridge the divide between smartphones and PCs. Microsoft has Phone Link. Samsung has Samsung Flow. And over the years I’ve seen PC makers introduce and eventually discontinue a bunch of proprietary solutions. Last year Intel introduced its entry in this space: […]

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Nokia und A1 haben in Wien Pre6G bei 7.000 MHz getestet. Laut Nokia steht man erst am Anfang eines langen Weges. (6G, Nokia)

US experts who work in artificial intelligence fields seem to have a much rosier outlook on AI than the rest of us.

In a survey comparing views of a nationally representative sample (5,410) of the general public to a sample of 1,013 AI experts, the Pew Research Center found that "experts are far more positive and enthusiastic about AI than the public" and "far more likely than Americans overall to believe AI will have a very or somewhat positive impact on the United States over the next 20 years" (56 percent vs. 17 percent). And perhaps most glaringly, 76 percent of experts believe these technologies will benefit them personally rather than harm them (15 percent).

The public does not share this confidence. Only about 11 percent of the public says that "they are more excited than concerned about the increased use of AI in daily life." They're much more likely (51 percent) to say they're more concerned than excited, whereas only 15 percent of experts shared that pessimism. Unlike the majority of experts, just 24 percent of the public thinks AI will be good for them, whereas nearly half the public anticipates they will be personally harmed by AI.

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Forscher sehen KI im Katastrophenschutz als Assistenten der menschlichen Helfer. Was möglich ist und wo KI Grenzen gesetzt werden sollten. Ein Bericht von Tim Reinboth (KI, Politik)