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Nach dem Cloudflare-Ausfall: Digital völlig unsouverän
Die Ausfälle von AWS, Azure und Cloudflare haben gezeigt: Das Netz steht auf tönernen Füßen. Der Countdown zum GAU läuft. Ein Kommentar.
https://www.<…

November is digital heritage month; in case you need help with your collection, UMaine's all-online graduate certificate has been called "a national standard for the study of digital curation." You can register now for my spring course in preservation or apply for the full certificate at https://DigitalCuration.UMaine.edu<…

I added 3 more pre-order options:
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/11/pre-order-digital-accessibility-ethics.html#CtA
If you have other suggestions, please share so I can update it. I tend to prefer non-Amazon options.
I also linked The S…

Pre-order “Digital Accessibility Ethics”
Lainey Feingold, Reginé Gilbert, and Chancey Fleet gathered 36 authors across 10 countries and a commonwealth to write 32 chapters about ethics in digital accessibility. I am one of those 36 authors. The painting on the cover was created by Ana Maria Vidalon, a Spanish-speaking artist with a disability originally…

Amazon launches a Video Recaps feature on Prime Video that uses AI to summarize a show's key plot points with snippets and music, available in beta for US users (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/amazon-prime-video-ai-video-…

Amazon's Prime Video Launches AI-Generated Video Recaps
Amazon's AI-generated Video Recaps on Prime Video provide 'comprehensive season recaps' to bring viewers up to speed on their favorite shows.

Amid deepening threats to pluralism and free expression, support for innovative civil society organizations that counter digital authoritarianism and build democratic infrastructure is key to carving out a freer future
https://bsky.app/profile/techpolicypress.bsky.so…

Tech Policy Press (@techpolicypress.bsky.social)
Amid deepening threats to pluralism and free expression, support for innovative civil society organizations that counter digital authoritarianism and build democratic infrastructure is key to carving out a freer future, writes Beth Kerley from the National Endowment for Democracy. https://www.techpolicy.press/autocrats-digital-advances-underscore-the-need-for-civil-society/

Laut Microsofts Digital Defense Report 2025 ist Deutschland in der EU das Hauptziel von Cyberangriffen – vor allem von Kriminellen, die Profit suchen, nicht Spione auf Mission. Wer MFA nutzt, ist laut Experten gegen 99,9 % dieser Attacken geschützt. Sicherheit kostet Nerven, aber keine Ransomware-Millionen. #Spiegel

Microsofts Digital Defense Report: Deutschland ist Hauptziel von Cyberangriffen in der EU
Nur drei Staaten werden weltweit häufiger mit Cyberattacken bedroht als die Bundesrepublik. Häufig involviert: Hackergruppen aus Russland, China und Nordkorea. Verbraucher können sich mit einem einfachen Trick schützen.

Amazon launches a Video Recaps feature on Prime Video that uses AI to summarize a show's key plot points with snippets and music, available in beta for US users (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/amazon-prime-video-ai-video-…

Amazon's Prime Video Launches AI-Generated Video Recaps
Amazon's AI-generated Video Recaps on Prime Video provide 'comprehensive season recaps' to bring viewers up to speed on their favorite shows.

Must-read "The mad king's digital killswitch"
https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/20/post-american-internet/#huawei-with-american-characteristics

»Anonyme E-Mails versenden — So schützen Sie Ihre Privatsphäre im Netz:
Anonyme E-Mails können Ihre Privatsphäre schützen. Verschiedene Tools und Methoden bieten effektive Möglichkeiten, um die eigene Identität zu verschleiern.«
Die meisten Menschen hier kennen und nutzen es sicherlich schon. Schade, dass die nicht auch OpenPGP für E-Mail Verschlüsselung erwähnen. Es geht ja immer darum wie was wann weshalb mensch es einsetzt.
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Privatsphäre und Identität schützen: So senden Sie E-Mails ganz anonym
Anonyme E-Mails können Ihre Privatsphäre schützen. Verschiedene Tools und Methoden bieten effektive Möglichkeiten, um die eigene Identität zu verschleiern.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Digital Underground:
🎵 Oregano Flow (Hot Sauce Mix)
#DigitalUnderground
https://therealdjbacon.bandcamp.com/track/digital-underground-oregano-flow-radio-intro-outro

Generative AI is slowly transforming digital curation, so we've integrated lessons on its technology, ethics, and techniques into our online graduate certificate at https://DigitalCuration.UMaine.edu.
Here's a related job as a Critical Artificial Intelligence Librarian at Dartmouth…

Metacurity is pleased to offer our free and premium subscribers a weekly digest of the best long-form (and longish) infosec-related pieces we couldn't properly fit into our daily news crush.
This week's selection covers
--The time is now to end cybersecurity with AI,
--Prosecutors say PowerSchool hacker was skilled,
--People with facial differences struggle with digital identity systems,
--Autistic teens can't grasp ramifications of digital crimes, …

Best infosec-related long reads for the week of 10/11/25
The time is now to end cybersecurity with AI, Prosecutors say PowerSchool hacker was skilled, People with facial differences struggle with digital identity systems, Autistic teens can't grasp ramifications of digital crimes, Online predator groups can kill teens, Crypto ATMs rip off scam victims

Barmer und AOK bieten Beipackzettel digital in App für E-Patientenakte an
Den Beipackzettel von Medikamenten muss es bald digital geben. Erste Krankenkassen beteiligen sich daran. Bis 2028 soll eine Datenbank aufgebaut sein.

This week, our CEO Lise Fuhr was in New York at the UN General Assembly for the WSIS20 meeting, joining discussions on building a digital ecosystem that is people-centered, inclusive, & development-focused.
She took part in several side events covering different perspectives, and addressed the General Assembly on behalf of the IGF Leadership Panel.
One message was clear: inclusive and strong digital governance doesn’t happen behind closed doors. It works best when it’s built …

Usually digital signs on campus are broken half the time, but the signs in the new Computing and Information Science building knock my socks off -- that's a statue of Ezra Cornell
#photo #photography #cornell

Politico ends its print edition after 19 years, as its early reliance on print ad revenue fades and its audience relies more on digital platforms (Ken Vogel/@kenvogel.bsky.social)
https://bsky.app/profile/kenvogel.bsky.social/post/3maej6u6jls22

Ken Vogel (@kenvogel.bsky.social)
Politico's print paper was always something of a contradiction for an outlet that set out to prove that political journalism could thrive in the digital world. As the digital reach grew, the paper became less important, leading to the decision to end the print edition. Still, I am sad to see it go

International operation traces $55 million crypto trail of digital piracy sites https://therecord.media/international-operation-traces-millions-crypto-streaming-piracy

Svenja Hahn (FDP !!)) fordert im „Digital Omnibus“ den Mut zur echten Deregulierung: Überregulierung lähme Europas Innovationskraft. Statt politische Symbolik – klare, schlanke Regeln für KI & Daten. Europas Wohlstand hänge davon ab. #FAZ (€) #DigitalOmnibus

Digital Omnibus: Svenja Hahn fordert digitale Deregulierung
Europa steht an einem Wendepunkt. In der kommenden Woche präsentiert die EU-Kommission ihre Vorschläge zur Vereinfachung ihrer Digital- und Datengesetze. Das ist die historische Chance, unsere europäische Wirtschaft endlich vom lähmenden Regulierungsballast zu befreien.

Your Digital Reputation
Honest, practical conversations with the leaders getting social media right in the moments that matter most...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/your-digital-reputation/

Your daily reminder that @… are only cunts on days with names ending with day.
“The European Commission will launch its long-awaited bid to simplify digital rules in an effort to reduce the regulatory burden on businesses and to promote European start ups in the global artificial intelligence race.”

TikTok is rolling out new digital well-being features like an affirmation journal and says it will also give users badges for limiting their daily screen time (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/tiktok-will-now-give-you…

TikTok will now give you badges for limiting your doomscrolling | TechCrunch
TikTok is adding new digital wellbeing tools like an affirmation journal, a background sound generator, and badges for using the app within limits

Extremely upset that a throw-away XKCD joke somehow became the organizing principle for the Internet.

Many parts of the Internet I know and loath are mostly down. I hope this helps shake confidence in US BigTech. Probably won't, because if people were rational, they wouldn't have built the digital world we're currently forced to inhabit, but who knows, it might. Even the vague possibility of it has made my day better as I head to bed.

Unser Luanti Video ist fertig Die Schülerinnen und Schüler der Reli digital AG haben sich große Mühe gegeben, endlich ist das Video – rechtzeitig vor Weihnachten – fertig. Viel Spaß beim Anschauen! Auf Peertube: Auf Youtube: Zur Anleitung: Wir bauen die Bibelgeschichte mit den Königen aus dem Morgenland in Luanti Allgemeine Anleitung: https:…

iPhone-Regulierung: Warum Apple mit Japan besser klarkommt als mit Europa
In Japan tritt am 18. Dezember ein Gesetz in Kraft, das dem Digital Markets Act (DMA) in Europa stark ähnelt. Trotzdem ist Apple entspannt. Woran liegt das?

As usual, STMicro makes silicon I mostly like, but I don't like their packages.
Here's the STM32MP257 TFBGA436 package with balls color coded (somewhat roughly) by power domain/function. I grouped some similar rails together e.g. all low voltage digital core balls are the same color (orange) even though there's multiple 0.8 / 0.82 / 0.9V domains there. All IO power (except dedicated PHY rails) is magenta regardless of which bank(s) it's for.
Things of note:
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«Digital commons is a bigger call than digital autonomy. It’s a better call because digital commons gets you digital autonomy, but not always the other way around. Almost everything we do today is Digitally Uncommon.»
Really great talk by @… on where much of the tech is currently stuck and how commoning can be away out – if paired with the right focus on delivering quality!
#commons

"Supermarket EV chargers in Berlin could improve efficiency by over 250%"
#Berlin #EV #ElectricVehicles

Supermarket EV chargers in Berlin could improve efficiency by over 250%
German researchers say shared-use and digital brokerage models could lift utilization and profitability of supermarket EV charging stations by up to 255%.

Art. 88b of the Digital Omnibus summarizes 25 years of my work in IT.

A good example of how governments can make the roll-out of public charging infrastructure faster and cheaper: by integrating permission for construction work into an existing digital platform for road works.
https://www.independent.co.uk/cars/electri

Red tape cut to speed up rollout of public EV chargers across England
New Planning and Infrastructure Act removes key barrier for chargepoint operators, alongside £600m funding boost and moves to cut costs for drivers

Film maker Duncan Jones is not happy with BlueSky, and thinks "we should built a new app" 🙄 Look at the response I got when I asked why not the Fediverse. I can't understand why Masto is seen that way.

#Steady-#Klimacrew
#Parkinson digital erkennen?
Eine Studie vergleicht die Analyse von Fingertipp-Tests per Webcam durch KI mit der Einschätzung erfahrener

Parkinson-Überwachung per Video: KI gegen Neurologen im Vergleich
Kann KI Parkinson-Symptome aus Videos zuverlässig erkennen? Eine neue Studie untersucht, wie KI-Modelle die Diagnose unterstützen können.

Last night we went to Timbl's interview at the #CheltLitFest on his memoir, This is for Everyone. It was both sad and evidence of courage with his devotion to openness in our little land of Web.
The book tour has evidently been exhausting. Whatever neurological event he's going through with the physical difficulty of speaking and his occasional aphasia, his brain is still ther…

I am trying to renew my US passport. I sent in an application via their online renewal system. It worked well - except that it is picky about photographs.
Well, the rejected the application because they now do not like the photograph that they had accepted.
And now they tell me dimensions - e.g. head 1.38 inches high. Well, I sent 'em a digital photo and unless they tell me the pixel resolution of their printers I can't tell 1.38 inches from a hole in the ground.

Do you compose or publish music in the UK? 'Call for composers and publishers to deposit digital scores' with the British Library and other legal deposit libraries? https://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/call-for-composers-and-pub…

Call for composers and publishers to deposit digital scores
Help us to collect digital scores from composers and independent publishers.

A Spanish court orders Meta to pay €479M to 87 Spanish digital media outlets for unfair competition practices and infringement of EU data protection regulations (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa

Library is Rescuing Historical Treasures Trapped on Old Floppy Disks from the ‘Digital Dark Ages’ https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/library-is-rescuing-historical-treasures-trapped-on-old-floppy-disks-from-the-digital-d…

Library is Rescuing Historical Treasures Trapped on Old Floppy Disks from the ‘Digital Dark Ages’
Iron oxide on the surface of the plastic may corrode material away, or it may lose its magnetism, preventing it from begin read at all.

The monthly Digital Library Federation Committee on #equity and #inclusion mtg is a welcoming space to discuss supporting #libraries,

WIX - The Israeli Engine Behind Some of Your Favorite Websites
https://updates.techforpalestine.org/wix-the-israeli-engine-behind-some-of-your-favorite-websites/

The basic idea of going completely digital is becoming more common these days even with municipal newspapers. But killing an edition 2 days before printing smacks of censorship & looks like IU administration is hiding something.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/20

Indiana University and its student paper are at odds on press freedom
The university administration says dropping the student publication’s print editions was a financial decision; student editors say the 158-year-old paper is being censored.

What if.. what if we kissed by the digital calipers? 🥺⁠👉⁠👈

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #AstralPlane
Darker My Love:
🎵 White Composition
#DarkerMyLove
https://digital.dangerbird.com/track/white-composition
https://open.spotify.com/track/6LwqmOYDqmt1pP92eViOoY

TikTok is rolling out new digital well-being features like an affirmation journal and says it will also give users badges for limiting their daily screen time (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/tiktok-will-now-give-you…

TikTok will now give you badges for limiting your doomscrolling | TechCrunch
TikTok is adding new digital wellbeing tools like an affirmation journal, a background sound generator, and badges for using the app within limits

UK bank Lloyds agrees to acquire UK startup Curve, which offers digital wallets, in a deal set to close in H1 2026; Sky News reported Lloyds is set to pay £120M (Aisha S Gani/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

I don't disagree with suggestions that the UK public sector should have less reliance on the big-three (American) cloud providers. But this has been a concern for more than a decade, and people should at least be aware of both the "GOV.UK PaaS" and UKCloud.

Migrating our data from GOV.UK Platform as a Service (PaaS) to Amazon Web Services (AWS) – MHCLG Digital
After learning that GOV.UK’s hosting platform PaaS is being decommissioned, the Energy Performance of Buildings Register team decided to migrate all their hosting to AWS. In this post, Barry, Developer, explains what they did.

Many digital accessibility practitioners are used to searching for stuff about NVDA and getting results for Nvidia instead, but today I see Nvidia’s earnings tending and I glance at it and think, “Whoah, when did NV Access get such a big donation?”

jazz_collab: Jazz collaboration network
The network of collaborations among jazz musicians, and among jazz bands, extracted from The Red Hot Jazz Archive digital database, covering bands that performed between 1912 and 1940.
This network has 198 nodes and 2742 edges.
Tags: Social, Collaboration, Unweighted
https://

Der Cloudflare-Ausfall extra zur Feier des „Summit on European Digital Sovereignty“ ist schon schön orchestriert.

Kann ja sein, das die Menschen, die keinen Computer haben, aber ein Smartphone, die mobile #EID begrüßen, oder gar als notwendig erachten.
Ich für meinen Teil will nicht davon abhängig sein, dass mein Smartphone funktioniert und der Webservice antwortet. Lt. Vertragsbedingungen der DB-App z. B.liegt die Schuld beim Kunden, wenn etwas nicht geht - jedenfalls hat der Kunde dann eine Bringschuld und…

Digital-Gipfel: Wirtschaft will die digitale Brieftasche vorantreiben
Digitale Ausweise, Führerschein und Krankenkassenkarte im Handy? Die EUDI-Wallet könnte das bald für Millionen Bürger möglich machen – und die Wirtschaft drückt aufs Tempo.

Digital 2026: Internet users pass 6 billion, social media users become a 'supermajority', and AI use tops 1 billion | Financial Post
https://financialpost.com/globe-newswire/digital-2026-internet-users-pass-6-billion-social-media-users-become-a-supermajority-and-ai-use-tops-1-billion

Idag pratade jag i SR P1 Förmiddag, om at vi har lagt våra demokratiska samtal på TikTok, X och Facebook. Plattformar vi inte äger, med algoritmer som tjänar andras intressen. Men öppna protokoll finns redan, tekniken är mogen. Vi behöver bara mod att välja annorlunda.
https://

I mean...

One of the more famous digital investors, Marc #Andreessen, half of the #a16z name, is not only on the board of #Meta, but also investor in

Unser Luanti Video ist fertig Die Schülerinnen und Schüler der Reli digital AG haben sich große Mühe gegeben, endlich ist das Video – rechtzeitig vor Weihnachten – fertig. Viel Spaß beim Anschauen! Auf Peertube: Auf Youtube: Zur Anleitung: Wir bauen die Bibelgeschichte mit den Königen aus dem Morgenland in Luanti Allgemeine Anleitung: https:…

#caturday https://www.boredpanda.com/cute-funny-cats-pics/?cexp_id=137699&cexp_var=18&_f=homepage_featured

80 Hilarious And Weird Cats To Bless Your Day
They’ve clawed their way into our screens, hearts and possibly even our furniture. Cats the unofficial rulers of the digital world. And we wouldn’t be surprised if they’re secretly plotting to take over the real world too. These feisty felines have been serving looks, chaos and unexpected comedy for centuries. You don’t have to be […]

wow, all the headlines seem to be burying the lede that the newly added recordings are the infamous joe bussard collection (though maybe that's only headline news to record collectors) https://c.im/@didgebaba/115566845008488758

TikTok's first awards show, held on December 18, handed out 14 awards, including Creator of the Year for Keith Lee; at the event, none of the screens worked (Kirsten Chuba/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Inside the TikTok Awards: Paris Hilton and a Labubu Cannon Take Center Stage While Tech Issues Plague Inaugural U.S. Show
The event, which streamed live from the Hollywood Palladium on Thursday, handed out 14 awards and battled problems with its video screens.

Digital adiabatic evolution is universally accurate
Yangyu Lu, Yifei Huang, Dong An, Qi Zhao, Dingshun Lv, Xiao Yuan
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.12237 https://

Digital adiabatic evolution is universally accurate
Adiabatic evolution is a central paradigm in quantum physics. Digital simulations of adiabatic processes are generally viewed as costly, since algorithmic errors typically accumulate over the long evolution time, requiring exceptionally deep circuits to maintain accuracy. This work demonstrates that digital adiabatic evolution is intrinsically accurate and robust to simulation errors. We analyze two Hamiltonian simulation methods -- Trotterization and generalized quantum signal processing -- an…

Continuing work on the PIC12F683 video. Ripped out all of the early rambling guesswork floorplan analysis I did on the top metal and replaced it with a much more in-depth floorplan discussion looking at the substrate-level floorplan.
Video is now just shy of an hour 20 in length and I still need to add:
* Quick intro to digital CMOS layout and standard cells (planning to film this tonight)
* Deep dive on SRAM
* Deep dive on flash
* Deep dive on fuses/configuration…

"Tony Blair is an undeclared lobbyist. Ellison is his client. And TBI is an influencing machine whose tentacles spread across both the political and media establishments: if you read any article about digital ID that doesn’t include the Blair/Ellison connection, ask yourself why."

If Keir Starmer's digital ID is the question, Tony Blair is the answer
The government's wildly unpopular new policy is backed by Britain’s wildly unpopular former PM. It’s also a techno-authoritarian’s wet dream, argues Carole Cadwalladr

Framasoft has started their yearly support campaign. If digital sovereignty is more than a word to you, you're likely to benefit a lot from a donation made there:
https://soutenir.framasoft.org/en/

Support Framasoft
Because freedom doesn’t means it’s free…

* ~78 % der deutschen Bevölkerung nutzen Social Media
* TikTok bleibt in Deutschland die Plattform mit der höchsten Nutzungsdauer, während WhatsApp, Instagram und Facebook (Meta) die größte Reichweite haben
* Short-Form-Videos (TikTok, Instagram Reels) dominieren die Aufmerksamkeit: Deutsche verbringen durchschnittlich 1 Stunde und 41 Minuten täglich auf #SocialMedia
Digital…

Digital 2026: Der ultimative Guide zum globalen Stand der Digitalisierung - We Are Social Germany
Der Digital 2026 ist da – und es ist unser bisher umfassendster Bericht in unserer Global Digital Report-Reihe. In diesem Artikel bekommst du einen ersten Einblick in einige der spannendsten Social-Media-Insights weltweit. Die vollständige Analyse von Simon Kemp bei Kepios (auf Englisch) findest du hier. Wenn du auf der Suche nach den aktuellsten digitalen Trends […]

A Spanish court orders Meta to pay €479M to 87 Spanish digital media outlets for unfair competition practices and infringement of EU data protection regulations (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boa

»Bitcoin bricht weiter massiv ein:
Die älteste Kryptowährung stürzt gerade ab und ist weit unter 100.000 Dollar gefallen. Auch andere Digitalwährungen brechen ein.«
😎🍿 P.S. kein weiteren Kommentar von mir diesbezüglich ausser dass dies bei jeglicher Finanz-Hoffnungen geschieht, egal vom Trump & Co. unterstützt oder nicht.
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Bitcoin bricht weiter massiv ein
Die älteste Kryptowährung stürzt gerade ab und ist weit unter 100.000 Dollar gefallen. Auch andere Digitalwährungen brechen ein.

Digital Health: „Den meisten ist nicht klar, wie existenziell IT‑Sicherheit ist“
Wenn digitale Prozesse im Gesundheitswesen versagen, sind unsichere Workarounds und Dauerstress die Folge. Im Interview erklärt ein Experte, woran es scheitert.

Give yourself the gift of digital permanence by applying for a DPOE grant to pay for digital preservation training this spring.
Students who've applied it to my online DIG 550 class https://DigitalCuration.UMaine.edu say it's easy and paid for the course.
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Hey.
Pre-order “Digital Accessibility Ethics”:
https://adrianroselli.com/2025/11/pre-order-digital-accessibility-ethics.html
Or wait until it comes out if you have to. I’m not your dad / boss / spaghetti monster.

Pre-order “Digital Accessibility Ethics”
Lainey Feingold, Reginé Gilbert, and Chancey Fleet gathered 36 authors across 10 countries and a commonwealth to write 32 chapters about ethics in digital accessibility. I am one of those 36 authors. The painting on the cover was created by Ana Maria Vidalon, a Spanish-speaking artist with a disability originally…

Evernorth, a digital asset treasury backed by Ripple, says it will list on the Nasdaq through a merger with a blank check company and expects to raise $1B (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/ripple-backed-everno…

Big steps for digital connectivity in the Western Balkans 🌐
This week at the EU–Western Balkans Investment Forum, the European Commission, GÉANT and 4iG Group signed a joint declaration confirming their shared commitment to advancing secure, high-capacity digital infrastructure and strengthening connectivity across the region.
🔗 Read more:

Paul Krugman compares the current US policy on digital media to a country trying to sell you illegal drugs: They know that what they sell harms people, but they have the money and power to make sure you will not intervene.
Very powerful comparison. #MustRead
"America has, in practice, become a digital narco-state."

Sources and an internal memo: the BBC puts 80 employees at risk of redundancy across the product teams that build its online services, including iPlayer (Jake Kanter/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2025/11/bbc-84-jobs-risk-digital-iplayer-1236620473/

BBC Begins “Major” Jobs Cull Across Teams That Power iPlayer & Other Online Services
The BBC is planning to make more than 80 employees redundant across the product teams that help power services including iPlayer.

20.11.1985 - 40 Jahre Windows! Von Disketten jonglieren bis zum Lizenz-Abo in der Cloud – Microsofts Reise zeigt: Macht lässt sich prima updaten. Jörg Schieb fragt, wer heute wirklich das Betriebssystem unserer Welt kontrolliert. #Windows #Technikgeschichte

Windows wird 40: Von der Lachnummer zum Quasi-Monopol – und zurück? - Jörg Schieb | Digital und KI
Am 20. November 2025 wird Windows 40 Jahre alt. Vier Jahrzehnte, in denen ein Betriebssystem die digitale Welt geprägt hat wie kaum ein anderes. Für viele von uns ist Windows so selbstverständlich wie Strom aus der Steckdose: Rechner an, Windows lädt, fertig. Doch wie alternativlos war Windows damals wirklich? Und…

Memo: the TikTok US deal is set to close on Jan. 22; terms include retraining the recommendation algorithm on US user data and Oracle overseeing data protection (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

TikTok U.S. Deal to Close Next Month: Oracle and Silver Lake Confirmed in Buyer Consortium
Abu Dhabi's state investment fund will also be a managing investor.

The US Senate confirms Trump pick Michael Selig as chairman of the CFTC, as lawmakers consider legislation to give the agency more control over digital assets (Lydia Beyoud/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Senate Confirms Selig as Chief of CFTC and Hill to Run the FDIC
The US Senate on Thursday night confirmed Michael Selig as chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Travis Hill as chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., installing permanent chiefs of two agencies that play critical roles overseeing financial markets and banks.

FTC v. Meta: TikTok's rise undermined the FTC's antitrust case and helped Meta avoid a breakup; Judge Boasberg said the tech landscape has "changed markedly" (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/technology/meta-google-antitrust-t…

Technology Is Fast and the Courts Are Slow
Silicon Valley has increasingly pointed at rapid digital changes to blunt government efforts to rein in its power.

DC-focused digital news startup NOTUS launches Perspectives, an opinion-focused section with editorial "symposiums", or op-eds from diverse political voices (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/10/19/2025/notus-to-offer-new-op-ed-section

NOTUS to offer new op-ed section
NOTUS said its opinion efforts will be focused on short “symposiums” published weekly, along with longform reported opinion pieces published semiregularly.

Noch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Analyse: Verbraucher haben mit dem Digital Markets Act größere Auswahl

Google says it needs more time to upgrade Assistant to Gemini on most Android devices; Google previously planned to complete the transition by the end of 2025 (Mariella Moon/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/ai/google-assista

Google Assistant will stick around a bit longer than expected for some Android users
Google has announced that it needs a bit more time to make Gemini the new default digital helper for most of its users.

Q&A with Variety's new publisher and co-president, Dea Lawrence, on her career, on AI and digital creators being "crucial" for the outlet, and more (Matt Donnelly/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/dea

Variety's Publisher and Co-President Dea Lawrence Sets Her Agenda
Top Variety business executive Dea Lawrence talks about her plans to push the venerable brand forward.

I haven’t tuned into CBS since its morning news promoted that interview (and Weiss) last week. This latest announcement validates my decision.
“CBS News launches town hall series featuring JD Vance following Bari Weiss’ ratings flop”
https://www.indep…

CBS News launches town hall series featuring JD Vance following Bari Weiss’ ratings flop
Following the Bari Weiss-moderated sitdown with Erika Kirk that was a massive ratings flop, CBS News has doubled down on the format and is launching a new town hall series in partnership with Weiss’ “anti-woke” digital media outlet that the network’s parent company recently purchased.

Australiens Verbot sei richtig, meint Nina Müller im #FAZ #Digital Newsletter. Es sei kein Allheilmittel, aber ein Signal an die Branche: Wenn Techkonzerne nicht handeln, werden Regierungen weltweit zu drastischen Maßnahmen greifen. Sie führt Amsterdamer Studie an:i TikTok-Nutzer*innen nutzten einen nic…

Investors pulled $523M from BlackRock's IBIT bitcoin ETF on Tuesday, its largest single-day outflow since launch; BTC fell ~30% from its October all-time high (Sidhartha Shukla/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Bitcoin (BTC) Slide Spurs Record Withdrawals From BlackRock’s IBIT
Investors pulled more than half a billion dollars from BlackRock Inc.’s iShares Bitcoin Trust, the largest single-day outflow since the fund’s debut, marking the latest blow to a digital-assets market already short on confidence.

Memo: the TikTok US deal is set to close on Jan. 22; terms include retraining the recommendation algorithm on US user data and Oracle overseeing data protection (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

TikTok U.S. Deal to Close Next Month: Oracle and Silver Lake Confirmed in Buyer Consortium
Abu Dhabi's state investment fund will also be a managing investor.

Analyse: Verbraucher haben mit dem Digital Markets Act größere Auswahl
Zu den ersten Vorteilen, die die neuen EU-Wettbewerbsregeln bieten, gehören laut Verbraucherschützern vor allem mehr Optionen rund um Apps bei Apple und Google.

Viven, which builds AI "digital twins" that grant employees access to crucial information when coworkers are unavailable, emerges from stealth with a $35M seed (Marina Temkin/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/15/e…

Eightfold co-founders raise $35M for Viven, an AI digital twin startup for querying unavailable coworkers | TechCrunch
Viven's seed funding was led by Khosla Ventures and Foundation Capital.

Digital Health: Experten fordern anderen Entwicklungsprozess bei E-Patientenakte
Datenschutz, Technik und Vertrauen bei der elektronischen Patientenakte. Darüber diskutierten Fachleute im rheinland-pfälzischen Landtag.

Defector reports Year 5 revenue up 1% YoY to $4.65M, including $3.8M from subscriptions; all 19 original co-founders continue to work at the worker-owned outlet (Defector)
https://defector.com/defector-annual-report-year-five

Defector Annual Report, September 2024 – August 2025 | Defector
Published on November 19, 2025 Purpose of this report Defector celebrated our fifth birthday in September 2025. It is a great honor, and something of a burden, to be publishing a fifth Annual Report. The year-to-year story of our business is one of general stability—an incredible luxury in digital media—with incremental and hard-won improvements. But…

India officially notifies its first data protection law to establish a framework for data processing, protection, and governance, including verifiable consent (The Economic Times)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.c…

India notifies its first data protection law to strengthen privacy, security
India has officially notified the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025, establishing a framework for data processing, protection, and governance. These rules, enforcing the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, introduce verifiable consent, breach notification mandates, and data retention limits. They aim to enhance individual control and foster safer digital ecosystems.

TeamLease Digital: Global Capability Centers in India have grown tech headcount to ~2M from 1.2M in 2022, rising 18%-27% YoY, compared to 4%-6% at IT companies (Tanya Pandey/The Economic Times)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/t

Techtonic shift: GCCs hiring 4x faster than IT cos now
GCCs are expanding headcount by 18-27% year on year, compared with 4-6% for IT services, according to data from staffing firm TeamLease Digital. Together, they employ nearly 2 million people now, up from 1.2 million in 2022, creating about 300,000 jobs annually. In contrast, IT services have added only 25,000-40,000 employees a year on a net basis during this period.

Shares of Super Bank Indonesia, a Grab-backed digital lender, rose by 24% during their stock market debut in Jakarta, after the company raised ~$168M in its IPO (Ismi Damayanti/Nikkei Asia)
https://asia.nikkei.com/business/marke

Superbank trading halted after 24% jump in Indonesia market debut
Grab-backed lender's IPO rides interest in booming digital banking business

Apple and NBCUniversal announce an Apple TV and Peacock Premium bundle for $14.99 per month, a 30% discount over the individual subscriptions (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/…

Apple TV and Peacock Ink Extensive Streaming Bundle Deal
In addition to getting both services at a discount of more than 30 percent, Apple TV will add select Peacock programming, while Peacock will get selected Apple TV shows.

Apple and NBCUniversal announce an Apple TV and Peacock Premium bundle for $14.99 per month, a 30% discount over the individual subscriptions (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/…

Apple TV and Peacock Ink Extensive Streaming Bundle Deal
In addition to getting both services at a discount of more than 30 percent, Apple TV will add select Peacock programming, while Peacock will get selected Apple TV shows.

Forbes launched an AI-powered dynamic paywall on November 14 to help drive subscriptions; print and digital subscriptions make up 9% of its commercial revenue (Jessica Davies/Digiday)
https://digiday.com/media/forbes-launc

Forbes launches dynamic AI paywall as it ramps up post-search commercial diversification plans
Forbes has launched an AI-powered dynamic paywall as it looks to make subscriptions a bigger slice of its revenue pie.

An interview with YouTube CEO Neal Mohan on YouTube as the future of TV, paying out $100B to creators, partnering with the NFL, scripted content, and more (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

YouTube Just Ate TV. It’s Only Getting Started
In two decades, the app has grown from a user-generated circus into the most powerful platform on earth. CEO Neal Mohan on his $100 billion vision for YouTube’s future and the disruption it’s left in its wake.

An interview with Country Life EIC Mark Hedges on 1K print issues under his tenure, expanding the magazine's online presence, subscriptions vs. ads, and more (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/

Country Life editor Mark Hedges crosses 1,000 issues: We're 'the great print triumph'
Interview with Country Life editor-in-chief Mark Hedges as he marks 1,000th issue at the helm with David Beckham guest edit.

Sources: the US has paused a tech trade deal with the UK, signed in September, over disagreements about the UK's digital regulations and food safety rules (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/business/economy/trump-uk-trade-deal-tariffs…

U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal Hits Stumbling Block
The U.S. government has paused a tech-focused trade pledge with Britain over broader disagreements about Britain’s digital regulations and food safety rules.

Kraken raised $200M at a $20B valuation, after raising $600M at a $15B valuation in Sept.; prior to the two rounds, Kraken raised only $27M in venture capital (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/11/18/kraken-citadel-securities-ken-griffin-…

Exclusive: Crypto exchange Kraken raises $200 million from Ken Griffin’s Citadel to notch $20 billion valuation
Once skittish about digital assets, Citadel has warmed towards the crypto business in 2025.

Wall Street clearinghouse DTCC selects the Canton Network blockchain as a real-world asset tokenization partner after receiving a No-Action Letter from the SEC (Ian Allison/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/12/

Wall Street giant DTCC Picks privacy focused blockchain Canton Network for tokenization
Canton creator Digital Asset will help tokenize DTC-custodied U.S. Treasury securities.

Sources: $TRUMP issuer, Fight Fight Fight LLC, is working to raise at least $200M to create a digital asset treasury company to accumulate the struggling token (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-…

Trump Memecoin Issuer Zanker Plans to Create Digital Asset Treasury Company
The startup that issued Donald Trump’s memecoin several days before his second presidential inauguration is working to raise at least $200 million to create a digital-asset treasury company to accumulate the struggling token, according to people familiar with the situation.