Month: May 2025

Zum Wochenende sind bei Amazon Tablets von Apple und Lenovo reduziert. Auch das beliebte klassische iPad gibt es für unter 300 Euro. (iPad, Apple)

In seiner ersten Bundestagsrede stellt sich Digitalminister Wildberger als Praktiker dar. Zentrale Projekte sind ein Deutschland-Stack und die Bürger-ID. (Bundesministerium für Digitalisierung un, Vorratsdatenspeicherung)

Eine beliebte Überwachungskamera für Innenräume mit Pan-Tilt-Funktion, FHD und Nachtsicht gibt es bei Amazon zum Schnäppchenpreis. (Videoüberwachung, Technik/Hardware)

Die Monitorhalterung von Huano bringt mehr Ergonomie und Ordnung an den Schreibtisch und lässt sich flexibel anpassen. (Technik/Hardware)

Fortnite ist aktuell weder in den USA noch in Europa für iPhones verfügbar. Grund ist Epic Games zufolge eine Blockade der neuen Version durch Apple. (Epic Games, Apple)

Durch einige Innovationen rückt die Produktion von Batterien aus Natrium und Schwefel näher. Die Rohstoffkosten wären minimal. (Akku, Energiewende)

When my colleague Kyle Orland submitted Tetrisweeper for a list of Ars' favorite 2024 games not from 2024, I told him, essentially: "Good for you, not for me." I'm a pedestrian Tetris player, at best, so the idea of managing a whole different game mechanic, while trying to clear lines and prevent stack-ups, sounded like taking a standardized test while baking a three-layer cake.

And yet, here I am, sneaking rounds of Drop Duchy (Steam, Epic, for Windows/Linux via Proton) into lunch breaks, weekend mornings, and other bits of downtime. Drop Duchy is similarly not just a Tetris-esque block-dropper. It also has you:

• Aligning terrain types for resources
• Placing both your troops and the enemy's
• Choosing which cards to upgrade, sell, and bring into battle
• Picking between terrain types to leave behind
• Upgrading a tech tree with achievements
• Picking the sequence of battles for maximum effectiveness

Drop Duchy is a quirky game, one that hasn't entirely fused together its various influences without some seams showing. But I keep returning to it, even as it beats me to a pulp on Normal mode, based on decisions I made five rounds ago. It feels like a medium-deep board game, played at triple speed, with someone across the table timing you on how fast you arrange your tiles.

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Wer bei Homes Passed denkt, jetzt schnell Telekom-Glasfaser nutzen zu können, hat sich offenbar getäuscht. Ein Bericht von Achim Sawall (Glasfaser, DSL)

Welcome to Edition 7.44 of the Rocket Report! We had some interesting news on Thursday afternoon from Down Under. As Gilmour Space was preparing for the second launch attempt of its Eris vehicle, as part of the pre-launch preparations, something triggered the payload fairing to deploy. We would love to see some video of that. Please.

As always, we welcome reader submissions, and 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.

Rotating detonation rocket engine takes flight. On Wednesday, US-based propulsion company Venus Aerospace completed a short flight test of its rotating detonation rocket engine at Spaceport America in New Mexico, Ars reports. It is believed to be the first US-based flight test of an idea that has been discussed academically for decades. The concept has previously been tested in a handful of other countries, but never with a high-thrust engine.

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Xs eingebautes KI-Sprachmodell Grok ist durch seltsame Äußerungen aufgefallen. Grund sind laut xAI "unautorisierte Modifikationen" gewesen. (X, KI)