Category: Technology

It may be a new year, but the hacks, scams, and dangerous people lurking online haven’t gone anywhere. Just a day before the ball dropped, the United States Treasury Department said it had been hacked. Officials believe the attackers are an as-yet-unidentified Advanced Persistent Threat group linked to China’s government that exploited flaws in remote…

As promised, I’ve got a special mailbag issue this week. Thanks to everyone who sent in questions. Like last year, I picked a handful that hit some of the themes I plan to continue covering in 2025.  I’m really concerned / worried / curious about the near-term future. Between now and 10 years from now,…

Anthropic has partly resolved a legal disagreement that saw the AI startup draw the ire of the music industry. In October 2023, a group of music publishers, including Universal Music and ABKCO, filed a copyright infringement complaint against Anthropic. The group alleged that the company had trained its Claude AI model on at least 500…

IT-Ausfall an deutschen Flughäfen – Entwarnung nach Stunden Geduldsprobe für viele Passagiere an den deutschen Flughäfen: Ein Technikausfall hat am Freitagnachmittag über mehrere Stunden an den großen Airports bundesweit die automatischen Grenzkontroll-Systeme lahmgelegt. Die Folge waren teils längere Wartezeiten und Schlangen an den Passkontrollen. Anzeige Am Abend entspannte sich die Lage nach den stundenlangen IT-Problemen…

in 2020, Apple’s MacBooks entered a new era. The company announced it was moving away from the Intel chips it had been using since 2006; in their place, it rolled out the first Macs with the Apple-designed M1. Cut to 2024 and the company now offers the choice between 14 custom processors, the latest of…

Ford launched its “Power Promise” initiative in October that included a free home electric vehicle charger with installation for new EV buyers. The promotion was initially scheduled to end on January 2nd, but now Ford is extending it into the first few months of 2025. Starting today, Ford says its Power Promise promotion will run…

Hisense unveiled its latest L9 series laser TV — the L9Q — at CES 2025. The “television” (an ultra-short-throw laser projector paired with a screen) comes with one of five screen sizes, ranging from 100 to 150 inches. The L9Q is the first in the series with auto screen alignment to ease the transition when…

Die perfekte Kamera – c’t Fotografie 1/2025 Aus eigener Erfahrung wissen wir: Wunschlos glücklich sind Fotografen praktisch nie. Auch dann nicht, wenn sie die fähigsten Kameras in der Geschichte der Fotografie nutzen, was mit den aktuellen Spiegellosen der Fall sein dürfte. Und das ist verständlich, denn auch Gutes muss man weiterentwickeln, Suboptimales sowieso. Anzeige In…

Photograph: Simon Hill Honorable Mentions We have tested several other outdoor security cameras. These are the ones we like that just missed out on a place above. Annke C800 for $86: This is a solid PoE (Power-over-Ethernet) camera that supports the Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) and Open Network Video Interface Forum (ONVIF), making it a…

It’s hard to buy a bad pair of wireless earbuds these days, and with constant discounts and deals wherever you look, now is as good of a time as any to splurge on the pair you’ve been eyeing. The market has come a long way since the early era of true wireless earbuds when we…