Day: May 23, 2025

Lower Saxony Data Protection Officer Denis Lehmkemper has won a legal battle in his push for fairer digital privacy practices in Germany. The Hanover Administrative Court ruled that websites must display a clearly visible "reject all" button on cookie banners if they offer an "accept all" option. Read Entire Article

Astronomers have discovered a remarkable planetary system that challenges long-held assumptions about where planets can survive. Known as ν (nu) Octantis, the system hosts a giant planet locked in a gravitational tug-of-war between two stars – a configuration once deemed nearly impossible. Read Entire Article

The European Cloud Competition Observatory (ECCO) is a monitoring group founded by CISPE, a non-profit trade association of European cloud providers. Created as part of CISPE's antitrust settlement with Microsoft, ECCO now has its sights set on Broadcom and its conduct following the acquisition of VMware and its entry into......

The moratorium applies not only to AI models but also to any products or services integrating AI, effectively banning and overriding state regulations in those areas. The restriction affects several critical sectors, including automotive, consumer IoT, social media, medical equipment, and more. Read Entire Article

The European Organization for Nuclear Research, better known as CERN, is one of the few places on Earth capable of routinely producing antimatter from high-energy collisions with particle accelerators. Researchers there have now developed a novel method to transport small quantities of antimatter to external laboratories. This world-first achievement could......

Movies based on video games have come a long way since Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo appalled the world in the surreally awful adaptation of Super Mario Bros. in 1993. Read Entire Article

"I have long ago informed Tim Cook of Apple that I expect their iPhone's that will be sold in the United States of America will be manufactured and built in the United States, not India, or anyplace else," Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform earlier today.......

With launch just over a year and a half away, one could safely assume that Apple is deep into the development phase. Even if it took through the rest of 2025 to finalize the design, that would still give Apple nearly a full year to try out some prototypes, enter......

There was plenty on offer during the yearly celebration of Warhammer video games. One of the highlights was news that Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, still one of the greatest RTS games of all time more than 20 years after its release, is getting a definitive edition. Read Entire Article

Multiple signs from the last two quarters indicate that sales of Tesla vehicles are declining more sharply than ever. The company is struggling to sell the Cybertruck in particular, as its perceived value has started to plunge. Read Entire Article