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Google promised three years of updates at launch but stopped updates after one year.

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Mitunter gilt im Internet das Recht des Stärkeren. Das soll sich ändern. Die EU-Kommission hat nun ein Paket vorgestellt, das die Tech-Giganten in die Schranken weisen soll. Für Bürger und kleine Unternehmen soll alles besser werden.

20 Jahre ist es her, dass die EU umfassende Spielregeln für digitale Dienste und Online-Plattformen aufgestellt hat - nun soll der digitale Raum in der EU generalüberholt werden.
Denn in den vergangenen zwei Jahrzehnten sind nicht nur Amazon, Facebook und Google zu riesigen Konzernen herangewachsen. Soziale Netze werden von Hassrede oder Fake-News-Kampagnen überschwemmt und Marktplätze von gefälschter Ware. Nun hat die EU-Kommission einen neuen Anlauf für fairere Bedingungen im Netz genommen. Es dürfte ein großer Einschnitt werden für das Internet, wie wir es kennen.

Was hat die EU-Kommission vorgestellt?
Genau genommen sind es zwei Vorschläge: das Gesetz über digitale Dienste (Digital Services Act, DSA) und das Gesetz über digitale Märkte (Digital Markets Act, DMA). Weniger Einfluss für die ganz Großen, mehr Chancen für die Kleinen und mehr Rechte für die Verbraucher - so stellt es sich die EU-Kommission zumindest vor. Mit diesem Ansatz will sie auch den digitalen Raum auf globaler Ebene gestalten. Das Paket ist auch deshalb so wichtig, weil die EU-Gesetzgebung der kommenden Jahre darauf aufbauen soll.

Warum sind die neuen Vorschläge aus Sicht der EU-Kommission nötig?
Bislang gilt in der EU online mitunter das Recht des Stärkeren. Damit soll Schluss sein. Die EU-Kommission bemüht sich zwar schon länger um einen konsequenteren Kurs gegenüber Facebook, Amazon, Google und Co. - setzt aber in vielen Punkten bislang auf Freiwilligkeit, etwa bei der Bekämpfung von Fake-News-Kampagnen in sozialen Netzen.

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Hey, remember those deeply unsettling robot dogs that have been creeping out the internet for years and recently went into production? The company that makes them is called Boston Dynamics, and according to a report published Wednesday by The Korea Economic Daily, it just got bought by Hyundai for around $921 million.

Yes, the very same Hyundai that's hammering out eye-catching and affordable automobiles for you to buy will now be getting deeper into the robot business with an eye on future mobility. Does this mean we'll get self-driving cars sooner, or will we get a robot to help us pedal our tandem bikes? Who knows?

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Um sein Backup-Portfolio zu stärken, übernimmt Google den US-Anbieter Actifio. Neben Datenbanken lassen sich auch VMs und physische Server sichern.

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A new AI system can automatically decipher a lost language that’s no longer understood — without knowing its relationship to other languages.

Researchers at MIT CSAIL developed the algorithm in response to the rapid disappearance of human languages. Most of the languages that have existed are no longer spoken, and at least half of those remaining are predicted to vanish in the next 100 years.

The new system could help recover them. More importantly, it could preserve our understanding of the cultures and wisdom of their speakers.

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Adobe prévoit d'intégrer les fonctionnalités de Workfront à sa plateforme de marketing Experience Cloud.

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Boston Dynamics could be set to change hands once again, according to a new report from Bloomberg that cited “people familiar with the matter.”

The deal would make Korean automaker Hyundai the third company in seven years to own the robotics firm, following sales to Google and SoftBank Group. Boston Dynamics is well known inside and out the industry for making some of the most advanced robotics systems on the planet, including BigDog and the humanoid Atlas.

We’ve reached out to Hyundai, Softbank and Boston Dynamics for comment and will update if any respond.

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GOOGLE PLAY MUSIC died last week. We've known this was coming for some time, and nothing ever happens across the entire Google user base all at once, but many bereaved Google customers are reporting a total loss of life for Google Music. For me the store is gone, speakers no longer work, the app is dead, and the website is dead. It's all gone.

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Having dropped tantalising hints days ago about an "exciting new discovery about the Moon", the US space agency has revealed conclusive evidence of water on our only natural satellite.

This "unambiguous detection of molecular water" will boost Nasa's hopes of establishing a lunar base.

The aim is to sustain that base by tapping into the Moon's natural resources.

The findings have been published as two papers in the journal Nature Astronomy.

While there have previously been signs of water on the lunar surface, these new discoveries suggest it is more abundant than previously thought. "It gives us more options for potential water sources on the Moon," said Hannah Sargeant, a planetary scientist from the Open University in Milton Keynes, told BBC News.

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Soon, astronauts on moon missions won't have any excuse for not answering their texts.

NASA has awarded Nokia of America $14.1 million to deploy a cellular network on the moon. The freaking moon. The grant is part of $370 million worth of contracts signed under NASA's "Tipping Point" selections, meant to advance research and development for space exploration. 

Nokia's plan is to build a 4G/LTE network, and eventually transition to 5G (just like the rest of us). It will be "the first LTE/4G communications system in space," according to NASA's announcement.

"The system could support lunar surface communications at greater distances, increased speeds, and provide more reliability than current standards," the announcement also reads.

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Imagine a world in which youngsters across 6 continents connect virtually and solve one of the world's most pressing challenges: Climate Change. In October students aged 6-22 will collaborate on climate change topics over the course of six exciting weeks: they will study causes and effects, will try to solve issues and take action. Their and societies' mindsets will be changed.
This project is supported by Dr. Jane Goodall, UN Foundation, the Irish president and world leaders. During the past years it was featured by National Geographic, BBC and 40 more national media.

This year, as part of the project, we will do a global tree planting. Will you join PlantED? We planned 2 exciting opportunities for your students. Teachers will become part of a global community and receive badges and certificate.

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(CNN)A Japanese company has announced the successful test drive of a flying car.

Sky Drive Inc. conducted the public demonstration on August 25, the company said in a news release, at the Toyota Test Field, one of the largest in Japan and home to the car company's development base. It was the first public demonstration for a flying car in Japanese history.
The car, named SD-03, manned with a pilot, took off and circled the field for about four minutes.
"We are extremely excited to have achieved Japan's first-ever manned flight of a flying car in the two years since we founded SkyDrive... with the goal of commercializing such aircraft," CEO Tomohiro Fukuzawa said in a statement.

What's more fancy than a Porsche? A flying Porsche. Luxury automakers race to perfect the flying car
"We want to realize a society where flying cars are an accessible and convenient means of transportation in the skies and people are able to experience a safe, secure, and comfortable new way of life.

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The background: Ceres, a dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, was studied intensely by the Dawn orbiter from March 2015 to November 2018. In its final weeks, the orbiter came as close as 22 miles from Ceres’s surface and collected a tremendous amount of data about the dwarf planet’s chemical composition. Dawn found many sodium chloride deposits on the surface, which scientists thought likely came from liquid that had seeped up onto the surface and evaporated, leaving behind a salty crust.

What’s new: But there still remained a question of exactly how that liquid got there. In a new analysis of the high-resolution images Dawn collected during those last weeks, Italian researchers found that the liquid comes from an underground reservoir of briny water, 25 miles below the surface of the Occator Crater, that could measure hundreds of miles wide. The salts found on the surface are important in helping to maintain liquid water within an environment like Ceres. 

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Google quietly buys company that turns your old Windows 7 PC into Chrome OS machine
Google buys Neverware, a startup with Chrome OS variant that squeezes extra life out of old Windows PCs and Macs.

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New York (CNN Business)Leading Covid-19 vaccine developer AstraZeneca agreed on Saturday to buy Boston pharmaceutical firm Alexion (ALXN) for $39 billion.

The acquisition is one of the largest deals of the year for the drug industry and would expand AstraZeneca's (AZN) reach in rare diseases. Alexion has an immunology unit in Boston that serves patients with rare disorders.
AstraZeneca, a British-Swedish drugmaker headquartered in the United Kingdom, has partnered with the University of Oxford to produce a Covid-19 vaccine. It's in the final stages of development and is awaiting authorization from European and British governments. Last month, the company found its vaccine was 70% effective on average, but scientific experts raised concerns over a lack of transparency in reporting the vaccine trial data, potentially slowing down the timeline for approval.
AstraZeneca agreed to pay for the purchase with a mix of cash and stock, and said it took out a short-term loan of $17.5 billion from Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs to help pay for it.

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Scientists have discovered a way to store solar energy for several years without the need for electronic components.

After studying a type of crystalline material commonly used for desalinating or filtering water, researchers at the Lancaster University realised it was an extremely effective method of capturing and storing the sun’s energy.

The breakthrough paves the way for a whole new range of applications where batteries or other existing technologies are either impractical or too expensive. 

The material could be used as a coating on buildings to store summer energy that can then be released as heat in the winter, for example.

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Tesla will bis Ende 2022 die leistungsfähigsten Batteriezellen aller Zeiten auf den Markt bringen. Doch nun bekommt der US-Autohersteller Konkurrenz aus Europa. Eine neuartige Akkutechnologie mit dem Namen „Spatial Atom Layer Deposition“-Technologie” (SALD) soll E-Autos künftig zwischen 1000 und 2000 Kilometer Reichweite ermöglichen.

Das revolutionäre Beschichtungsverfahren ist gemeinsam von den deutschen Fraunhofer-Instituten und der staatlichen niederländischen Forschungseinrichtung The Netherlands Organisation entwickelt worden. SALD-Akkus sollen dreimal mehr Reichweite als heutige Batteriezellen bescheren und können fünfmal schneller geladen werden. Die leidige Reichweiten-Diskussion wäre somit ein für allemal beendet!

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Raspberry Pi designer shows off the custom PCB for the Raspberry Pi 4 inside the new $70 Pi 400 keyboard computer.

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If you're not happy with tech giants owning and controlling your data and online habits, Sir Tim Berners-Lee's startup, Inrupt, could provide the answer. 

Berners-Lee, who's credited with creating the web while working at CERN, has announced the first enterprise-ready version of Inrupt's Enterprise Solid Server, an open-source program that aims to embody the World Wide Web Consortium's (WC3) Ethical Web Principles. 

Inrupt wants to steer the web in a new direction, away from its control by a few tech and social-media giants. The company proposes to do this via 'pods' – comparable to a personal USB stick for the web – which aren't locked in to a single platform and give users the controls to access and use their data. 

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La cigarette électronique est devenue la principale alternative au tabac pour des millions de fumeurs dans le monde. Pourtant, elle n'en serait pas moins nocive. Selon une étude menée par des chercheurs de l'école de médecine de Stanford, le liquide qui permet d'aromatiser la vapeur des cigarettes électroniques pourrait augmenter le risque de maladies cardiovasculaires, la première cause de mortalité dans le monde, deuxième en France.

Les scientifiques ont étudié l'effet de ces e-liquides sur les cellules endothéliales. Ces cellules tapissent l'intérieur des vaisseaux sanguins et jouent un rôle essentiel dans la santé cardiaque et cardiovasculaire.

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Victorian hologram keeps music in touch with lockdown audience

LONDON (Reuters) - Musicians are using an interactive hologram based on Victorian technology to reach fans in the locked down world of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered another large cache of unopened sarcophagi in Saqqara, adding to the trove of almost 60 coffins recently recovered from the ancient necropolis.

Although full details are yet to be announced, authorities said in a statement that "a huge number" of wooden sarcophagi had been unearthed. The country's Tourism and Antiquities Minister Khaled El-Enany said on Instagram that the find amounted to "dozens" of coffins, adding that they have been "sealed since ancient times."
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The collection of sarcophagi, stored in three newly discovered burial shafts, is believed to date back more than 2,500 years. Colored and gilded statues were also found in the tombs, a government press release said.

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Artemis ist das neue Apollo-Programm der USA. Es soll die erste Frau auf den Mond bringen. Mehr ist derzeit nicht finanziert. Aber den Plänen zufolge soll es der Start für eine dauerhafte Erforschung und Nutzung des Mondes sein. Um nicht das ganze Artemis-Programm selbst finanzieren zu müssen, sollen internationale Partner einige Teile zum US- Programm beisteuern. In den Artemis Accords wird beschrieben, wie diese Zusammenarbeit geregelt wird. Die Nasa hat am Dienstag die Unterzeichnung durch acht Mitgliedstaaten verkündet. Anschließend hat sie die Artemis Accords, die bis dahin nur als Werbebroschüre verbreitet wurden, nun auch im Wortlaut veröffentlicht.

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Artemis Accords: Mondverträge mit bitterem Beigeschmack
Artemis Accords: Sicherheitszonen für sicheren und effizienten Rohstoffabbau.

Was in diesen Verträgen geregelt ist - und vor allem was nicht-, lässt tiefe Einblicke in die Weltraumpläne der USA zu und zeigt, wie die Zusammenarbeit aussehen soll. Dabei spielt Sektion 11 der Artemis Accords die wichtigste Rolle. Sie ist dreimal so lang wie die längste andere Sektion und beschäftigt sich vorgeblich detailliert mit Konfliktlösung.

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Microsoft might have failed to get a piece of TikTok during the recent scramble for a US partner, but it just secured a much more valuable prize: ZeniMax. The company has agreed to pay $7.5 billion in cash to buy the game publisher, which comes with Bethesda Softworks and its raft of popular game franchises like Doom, Fallout, and The Elder Scrolls (pictured, top). You might want to reevaluate your next-gen console decisions. 

Bethesda is the biggest name included in the deal, but it’s not the only jewel in the ZeniMax crown. Microsoft will also snag id Software, ZeniMax Online Studios, Arkane, MachineGames, Tango Gameworks, Alpha Dog, and Roundhouse Studios. This isn’t the first time Microsoft has spent big to acquire a developer at the top of its game. In 2014, Microsoft spent $2.5 billion on Mojang developer Minecraft. Microsoft has also managed not to ruin Minecraft after six years, so that gives us some hope. 

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Et ginn nei Erkenntnisser, wat d'Parkinson-Krankheet ubelaangt. En Duerchbroch fir d'Fuerscher vum "Luxembourg Center for Systems Biomedicine".

Um Ursprong steet en eenzegaartege Prozess: D'Fuersche mat gespenten Hautzelle vu Lëtzebuerger Patienten. De Schlëssel zum Erfolleg läit an der Zesummenaarbecht vum "Luxembourg Center for Systems Biomedicine" mat der Parkinson Research Clinic, der Biobank an dem Fond National de la Recherche. Wärend 7 Joer huet d'Team vum LCSB zesumme mat internationale Kolleege geschafft.  "Eng ganz seele Mutatioun, déi um Ursprong vu Parkinson ass, konnt net just identifizéiert ginn. Ma och d'Manéier, wéi déi Mutatioun derzou bäidréit, dat de Patient krank gëtt, konnt entschlësselt ginn", sou den Dokter Ibrahim Boussaad vum Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine.

D'Fuerscher ronderëm de Prof. Dr. Rejko Krüger hunn deemno an den Zelle vun engem Patient Substanzen entdeckt, mat deenen et méiglech gëtt, op d'mannst zum Deel, d'Parkinson-Krankheet ze heelen. Klinesch Tester um Mënsch, wat e Medikament ubelaangt, gouf et bis elo nach keng. Just a Kulturen am Labo.

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