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heise | Massenspeicherberatung: Festplatten als Datenlager
In vielen Bereichen haben flotte SSDs den lahmen Festplatten den Rang abgelaufen. Doch es bleiben Nischen – und daran wird sich so schnell auch nichts ändern.

A look at the 2025 AI Film Festival, backed by Runway AI and screened by Imax; some cinephiles deride it while others say it's part of a natural tech evolution (John Semley/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/cream-of-the-s

I Went to an AI Film Festival Screening and Left With More Questions Than Answers
Runway AI paired up with Imax to screen 10 AI-generated winning selections. The festival has been derided by some cinephiles, while others insist it’s part of a natural technological evolution.

Fabulous move by Keith Urban
https://countrytown.com/news/keith-urban-tamworth-country-music-festival-launch-rising-star-scholarship/IUSfNTQ3Njk/19-08-25

Keith Urban & Tamworth Country Music Festival Launch Rising Star Scholarship
Attention all emerging Aussie country artists, this one’s for you! Keith Urban has teamed up with the Tamworth Country Music Festival to launch a life-changing scholarship that could catapult your career straight to Nashville.

Ned is a perfectly nice snail, but a rare shell means a doomed love life
https://apnews.com/article/ned-left-coiled-snail-new-zealand-5ffbac35db3bbab99966464b12ab39a8

Ned the snail has a quirky shell that's dooming romance
If you have trouble finding dates, spare a thought for Ned, a perfectly nice snail with dire romantic prospects. Only 1 in 40,000 common garden snails have shells that coil to the left like Ned’s, instead of the right. Their shells have to match to mate, which means Ned faces a life of celibacy unless another left-coiled snail is found. A New Zealand woman discovered Ned in her garden in August and began a campaign to find a match, but hasn't found one so far. New Zealand’s strict biosecuri…

Ukrainian students to protest Navalny widow's appearance at Edinburgh literary festival over her Ukraine views: https://benborges.xyz/2025/08/20/ukrainian-students-to-protest-navalny.html

The Farm Aid music festival will be livestreamed on Saturday, Sept. 20, and broadcast on CNN's channel starting at 7 p.m. ET.
https://bsky.app/profile/usatoday.com/post/3lzbvs7csla2r

USA TODAY (@usatoday.com)
The Farm Aid music festival will be livestreamed on Saturday, Sept. 20, and broadcast on CNN's channel starting at 7 p.m. ET. https://bit.ly/46pq66Q

Pop-Kultur-Festival – Wedding im Rampenlicht https://weddingweiser.de/pop-kultur-festival-wedding-im-rampenlicht/

I had my annual #Medicare wellness appt this morning. Those of you who partake of this ritual will recall the bit where you’re given a sheet of white paper and told to draw a clock face. I was told to make it look like 5:25. So I drew something like the image here. The young man who gave me this task looked at it and suggested I try again. I said it’s right. He said it’s backwards. I showed him th…

heise | Leitfaden: Der optimale Massenspeicher für Ihre Anwendung
Ob SSD, Festplatte, USB-Stick, Thunderbolt-SSD oder Speicherkarte: Die c’t-Kaufberatung aus 2025 führt Sie zum passenden Datenträger.
https://…

heise | Massenspeicherberatung: SSDs als Schnellstarter für Betriebssystem und Apps
Der Wechsel von einer Festplatte auf eine SSD ist unumkehrbar, zu groß sind die Vorteile. Wir klären, wann welche SSD sinnvoll ist.