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Virtual Reality im Studium: Uni Weimar stattet Erstsemester mit Meta Quest 3 aus
Informatik-Erstsemester in Weimar bekommen zum Studienstart eine VR-Brille. Ziel ist mehr Praxisnähe im Umgang mit immersiven Technologien.

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Semafor appoints Andrew Friedman as General Manager and Head of Public Affairs; he joins Semafor from Google, where he served on the US Elections team (Meera Pattni/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/06/22/2025

Semafor hires Andrew Friedman as General Manager and Head of Public Affairs
Industry Veteran from Google, POLITICO, and Axios Joins Semafor’s Commercial Leadership Team as Company Expands Commercial Operations

Amsterdam-based Finom, a neobank targeting SMBs, raised a €115M Series C led by AVP after raising €92.7M from General Catalyst in May (Anna Heim/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/23/smb-focused-finom-closes-e115m-as-european-…

SMB-focused Finom closes €115M as European fintech heats up | TechCrunch
Finom, an Amsterdam-based challenger bank for SMBs that claims to have doubled its revenue in 2024, closed a €115 million Series C equity round (around $133 million).

Seaweed farming as an eco-friendly alternative for Tanzanian fishing communities https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/06/seaweed-farming-as-an-eco-friendly-alternative-for-tanzanian-fishing-communities/

Seaweed farming as an eco-friendly alternative for Tanzanian fishing communities
Climate change, overfishing and habitat loss have caused a sharp decline in fish stocks around Pemba Island, off the coast of Tanzania. To find a new income from the sea, women from Pemba are turning to sustainable seaweed farming, Mongabay’s video team reported in May. Seaweed farming was introduced to the island in 1989. It […]

»Telegram Purged Chinese Crypto Scam Markets—Then Watched as They Rebuilt:
Last month, Telegram banned black markets that sold tens of billions of dollars in crypto-scam-related services. Now, as those markets rebrand and bounce back, it’s done nothing to stop them.«
Is anyone of you surprised? But the real question is, how do I convince people to stop using Telegram?
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Telegram Purged Chinese Crypto Scam Markets—Then Watched as They Rebuilt
Last month, Telegram banned black markets that sold tens of billions of dollars in crypto scam-related services. Now, as those markets rebrand and bounce back, it’s done nothing to stop them.

Google Earth wird 20 und erlaubt den Blick auf historische Street-View-Aufnahmen
Zum 20. Jubiläum führt Google den Rückblick in vergangene Zeiten auch in Google Earth ein. So lässt sich die Historie aus anderen Blickwinkeln betrachten.

Azerbaijan gives eight journalists prison sentences ranging from 7.5 to 15 years, as part of a series of media trials set to obliterate independent reporting (Committee to Protect Journalists)
https://cpj.org/2025/06/8-journalists-g…

8 journalists given lengthy jail terms as Azerbaijan crushes free press - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, June 23, 2025— Eight Azerbaijani journalists have received prison sentences ranging from 7 ½ to 15 years, as part of an ongoing series of media trials likely to obliterate independent reporting in the Caucasus nation. In a closed-door trial on Monday, columnist and peace activist Bahruz Samadov was sentenced by a court in...

Intel lagert Marketing an KI von Accenture aus
Die Kündigungen gehen weiter: Als Nächstes will Intel große Teile seines Marketings an KI-Tools von Accenture outsourcen.
https://www.he…

Videokonferenz-Tool: Nach Thüringen setzt Schleswig-Holstein auf "OpenTalk"
Nach Thüringen will auch Schleswig-Holstein die Open-Source-Videokonferenzlösung OpenTalk in den Landesbehörden ausrollen.