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c’t-Sonderheft Nerd-Haushalt: Haushaltshelfer für Computerfreaks
Das neue c’t Sonderheft Nerd-Haushalt bündelt über 25 Artikel und umfasst alles zum Thema Smart-Home, um Ihr zu Hause besser zu vernetzen.
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Das ist ein Skandal:
Lehrer ohne Job: Ministerium übersah jahrelang 1.440 Stellen - SWR Aktuell -
https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/lehrerstellen-unbesetzt-wegen-computer-problemen-100.html

Peinliche Computer-Panne: Mehr als tausend Lehrerstellen 20 Jahre übersehen
Über 20 Jahre fällt niemandem auf, dass hunderte Lehrerstellen unbesetzt sind. Das Kultusministerium ist peinlich berührt, kann nun aber kräftig einstellen.

Mark Zuckerberg Q&A: Meta's focus on "personal super intelligence", how large compensation packages pale in comparison to AI infra investments, AI glasses, more (Jessica E. Lessin/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/arti…

Inside Zuckerberg’s AI Playbook: Billions in Compute, a Talent Arms Race, and a New Vision for Meta
When I sat down with Meta CEO and founder Mark Zuckerbergto talk artificial intelligence, I expected that he would want to discuss the company’s new supercomputer plans and talk about why he’s been working the phones all summer in a red-hot AI recruiting blitz. We covered all that. But over the ...

Dieser ganze Mythos von Computer-Hackern und Silicon Valley etc stammt aus einer Zeit, in der in den USA kleine Garagenfirmen¹ sich² mit neuen Ideen gegen diese Computerriesen³ und damit auch die Übermacht der staatlichen Bürokratie und ihrer grauen, phantasielosen Kästen stellten, in Deutschland eher der CCC, der sich gegen die staatliche Post mit all diesen Regularien auflehnte.
Computer für alle hieß auch Demokratisierung gegen übermächtige Spaßbremsen.
Und all das hat mit heu…

Why Bell Labs Worked.
Or, how MBA culture killed Bell Labs

Trump Is the Confederacy's Revenge (Mark Hertsgaard/The Nation)
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-confederacy-slavery-racism/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250715/p42#a250715p42

Every year between 40,000 and 60,000 women leave their technology jobs in UK.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/2025/leadership-strategy/2025-lovelace-report-reveals-billions-lost-by-women-leaving-tech

Lovelace Report reveals £2-3.5 billion annual loss from women leaving UK tech
2025 Lovelace Report sets out just how much female attrition from tech is costing, why it happens and what companies can do to stem the ...

oh ha ha i kind of chuckled when i read the first paragraph of an abstract from 30 years ago
"The continuing miniaturization of computer hardware has made mobile computing increasingly popular, and it is a hit with researchers and programmers at CITI. Part of the attraction is the vast need for operating system hacking on these 80x86-based computers -- laptop manufacturers apparently encourage their customers to run MS-DOS and its derivatives!"

OVHcloud Global Environmental Director Grégory Lebourg reveals how a vertically integrated operating model, advanced water-cooling technology, and circular economy practices deliver a cloud that doesn’t cost the earth.
https://www.computing.co.uk/interview/2025

Frugal by design: Why cloud customers shouldn’t have to choose between cost and sustainability
OVHcloud Global Environmental Director Grégory Lebourg reveals how a vertically integrated operating model, advanced water-cooling technology, and circular economy practices deliver a cloud that doesn’t ...

Sources: Chinese AI startup MiniMax files confidentially for a Hong Kong IPO, targeting a $4B valuation and aiming to raise $510M , set to float by 2025's end (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific

Google’s insists data it holds is secure and it won’t create lock-in for the UK government, but do the answers match the ambition?
https://www.computing.co.uk/interview/2025/exclusive-google-defends-uk-deal-data-sovereignty-concerns

Exclusive: Google defends UK deal amid data sovereignty concerns
Google’s insists data it holds is secure and it won’t create lock-in for the UK government, but do the answers match the ambition?