Month: July 2025

Eric Migicovskys neue Pebble-Smartwatches dürfen wieder offiziell Pebble heißen - die notwendigen Rechte wurden erworben. (Pebble, Smartwatch)

Last week, Microsoft announced that it would no longer use China-based engineering teams to support the Defense Department’s cloud computing systems, following ProPublica’s investigation of the practice, which cybersecurity experts said could expose the government to hacking and espionage.

But it turns out the Pentagon was not the only part of the government facing such a threat. For years, Microsoft has also used its global workforce, including China-based personnel, to maintain the cloud systems of other federal departments, including parts of Justice, Treasury and Commerce, ProPublica has found.

This work has taken place in what’s known as the Government Community Cloud, which is intended for information that is not classified but is nonetheless sensitive. The Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program, the US government’s cloud accreditation organization, has approved GCC to handle “moderate” impact information “where the loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability would result in serious adverse effect on an agency’s operations, assets, or individuals.”

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Das BSI hat eine Analyse zu Bias in KI-Systemen veröffentlicht und warnt davor, die Risiken zu unterschätzen. (BSI, KI)

Amazon MGM Studios entwickelt eine auf dem Spieleklassiker Wolfenstein basierende Serie. Produziert wird die Serie von den Machern von Fallout. (Wolfenstein, Amazon)

Anker stoppt Verkauf seiner Ankermake-Modelle und lässt Kunden mit defekten 3D-Druckern einem Bericht nach im Stich. Ersatzteile werden knapp. (3D-Drucker, Technik/Hardware)

Anker stoppt Verkauf seiner Ankermake-Modelle und lässt Kunden mit defekten 3D-Druckern einem Bericht nach im Stich. Ersatzteile werden knapp. (3D-Drucker, Technik/Hardware)

Earth is about 71 percent water. An overwhelming 97 percent of that water is found in the oceans, leaving us with only 3 percent in the form of freshwater—and much of that is frozen in the form of glaciers. That leaves just 0.3 percent of that freshwater on the surface in lakes, swamps, springs, and our main sources of drinking water, rivers and streams.

Despite our planet’s famously blue appearance from space, thirsty aliens would be disappointed. Drinkable water is actually pretty scarce.

As if that doesn’t already sound unsettling, what little water we have is also threatened by climate change, urbanization, pollution, and a global population that continues to expand. Over 2 billion people live in regions where their only source of drinking water is contaminated. Pathogenic microbes in the water can cause cholera, diarrhea, dysentery, polio, and typhoid, which could be fatal in areas without access to vaccines or medical treatment.

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China schlägt eine internationale KI-Kooperation und Regulierung vor. Der Grund dürften die US-Exportbeschränkungen für Halbleiter sein. (KI, Politik)

China schlägt eine internationale KI-Kooperation und Regulierung vor. Der Grund dürften die US-Exportbeschränkungen für Halbleiter sein. (KI, Politik)

Eine KI-Anfrage bei Mistral verbraucht so viel CO2 wie zehn Sekunden Netflix - doch Millionen von Abfragen summieren sich zu messbaren Umweltfolgen. (KI, Software)