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WhatsApp: Chats mit ersten anderen Messengern ab sofort möglich
Wer in der EU lebt, kann erstmals über WhatsApp mit Nutzern anderer Messenger chatten. Was dabei funktioniert – und was nicht.
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Researchers detail "Pixnapping", a new covert attack to steal 2FA codes and other private data on Android; Google's September patch only partially mitigates it (Dan Goodin/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/

Hackers can steal 2FA codes and private messages from Android phones
Malicious app required to make “Pixnapping” attack work requires no permissions.

from my link log —
Maps of cities coloured by street/road/ave/etc.
https://erdavis.com/2019/07/27/the-beautiful-hidden-logic-of-cities/
saved 2019-10-21 …

The Beautiful Hidden Logic of Cities
After finishing my map of the most common road suffixes by length, I realized I could also map each individual road, colored by its suffix. This has led to the loveliest maps I’ve made. Drivi…

First Circuit reverses block on Trump's Planned Parenthood funding cuts | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/first-circuit-reverses-block-on-trumps-planned-parenthood-funding-cuts/

Hundreds of CDC layoffs reversed, but biodefense preparedness staff hit (Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/10/13/cdc-layoffs-reversed-aspr-samhsa/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzYwMzI4MDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzYxNzEwMzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NjAzMjgwMDAsImp0aSI6IjZkMjFhYjE2LTdmYWYtNDZhMS05YzkzLWNjMjBmYWRkMGM1NSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9oZWFsdGgvMjAyNS8xMC8xMy9jZGMtbGF5b2Zmcy1yZXZlcnNlZC1hc3ByLXNhbWhzYS8ifQ.7Dd1h1o5xCS0EyVwTf1liLs52VswTM_Cbja8uY4AcrQ&itid=gfta
http://www.memeorandum.com/251013/p112#a251013p112

"German emissions cuts slow, North Sea has warmest year on record"
#Germany #NorthSea #Emissions

German emissions cuts slow, North Sea has warmest year on record
Germany's greenhouse gas emission cuts slowed sharply in 2025 as the North Sea experienced its warmest year on record, piling pressure Wednesday on the conservative-led government to boost climate protection efforts.

OpenAI is piloting group chats in ChatGPT in Japan, New Zealand, South Korea, and Taiwan; up to 20 users can be invited to prompt ChatGPT in a shared space (OpenAI)
https://openai.com/index/group-chats-in-chatgpt

As part of its Reality Labs cuts, Meta is closing three VR gaming studios and will stop developing new content and features for its VR fitness app Supernatural (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/861420/meta-reality-la…

Meta is closing down three VR studios as part of its metaverse cuts
Meta’s Reality Labs layoffs include shutting down some of its VR studios, according to employees affected by the cuts.

OpenAI quietly adopted Anthropic's "skills" mechanism in ChatGPT and Codex; ChatGPT's skills include creating and modifying spreadsheets, docx files, and PDFs (Simon Willison/Simon Willison's Weblog)
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/12/openai-skills/

OpenAI are quietly adopting skills, now available in ChatGPT and Codex CLI
One of the things that most excited me about Anthropic’s new Skills mechanism back in October is how easy it looked for other platforms to implement. A skill is just …

Italy's antitrust authority says it reduced the record fine imposed on Amazon in 2021, from €1.13B to €752M, after a recalculation (Elvira Pollina/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/italy-antitrust-cuts-amazon-record-fine-8782-million-20…