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Meta is expanding the group chat features in WhatsApp. The innovations concern polls, mentions, and subgroups.

The new e-car premium primarily reaches low-income households. However, the used car market is suffering, and experts doubt the climate efficiency.

Significantly lower memory consumption, faster page transitions, Rust-based React compiler: Next.js 16.3 offers comprehensive performance improvements.

Expectations were high, but they were not met: The impact of the Falcon 9 upper stage was not visible. We will have to wait for possible images.

Google offers iterative modernization of mainframe applications to the cloud, supported by AI for analysis and transformation.

Bitkom surveyed teachers on digital education. Digitalization is accepted, AI is used critically, but political support is insufficient.

With HDR10+ Advanced, Samsung is introducing the next generation of its HDR format. Prime Video is kicking things off this month.

In tests, Lockheed Martin used live sensor data to test autonomous flight software. The X-62A Vista jet independently initiated intercept maneuvers.

The antitrust lawsuits against Paramount's Warner acquisition will not be heard until March 2027. The waiting period will be expensive for Paramount.

Microagi wants to revolutionize robotics – and comes from Munich. Founder and CEO Kilic on training by and with humans and a new industrial revolution.

Shortly after the release of “FIFA World Cup”, Refactor Games laid off 85 percent of its staff. FIFA President had seen a great future for it.

Plane 1.4.0 brings lean REST APIs for list views and a new translation architecture. Webhooks and accessibility have also been improved.

Despite high acceptance and CO₂ savings, price increases and regional gaps are taking their toll on the Deutschlandticket. Researchers seek a social tariff.

The consortium led by Saudi Arabia's PIF has completed the acquisition of Electronic Arts. EA is no longer publicly traded.

The cult messenger ICQ is returning as an unofficial fan project, including UINs, contact list, and the "Uh-oh" sound. Little is known about the operators.

Because 4K is missing on some devices and HDR has been completely switched off, some Disney+ customers are allowed to terminate their subscription early.

With the new Impress Remote extension for LibreOffice, presentations can be conveniently controlled via smartphone or browser.

The standardization organization NVM Express has released standards that make storage solutions for AI, cloud, and enterprise more secure and sustainable.

OpenAI responds to Apple's lawsuit over alleged theft of trade secrets by publishing emails and chat logs.

At a university in Mexico, six times more applicants achieved top grades than in previous years. The university administration is scheduling new in-person exams

The weakness of the German economy is becoming increasingly apparent in the IT job market. The number of unemployed is rising while job openings are decreasing.

In the Bitkom digital ranking, Germany falls to 17th place out of 27 EU states. The infrastructure is good, its use is not – and administration is disastrous.

The insane Atlantropa project, conceived by a German in 1931, was intended to satisfy Europe's energy hunger and partially drain the Mediterranean Sea.