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heise | Android-Smartphone: Nothing Phone (3) mit Dot-Matrix-Display im Test
Nothing schlägt mit dem Phone (3) den Weg in die Smartphone-Oberklasse ein. Aus den blinkenden LEDs wurde ein zweites Display.

📢 Netanjahu wirft Deutschland Belohnung der Hamas vor
Israels Premierminister Benjamin Netanjahu hat Deutschland vorgeworfen, mit dem teilweisen Stopp der Waffenexporte die Terrororganisation Hamas zu belohnen. Er habe seine Enttäuschung in einem Gespräch mit Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz ausgedrückt, teilte sein Büro mit.
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Netanjahu wirft Deutschland Belohnung der Hamas vor
Israels Premierminister Benjamin Netanjahu hat Deutschland vorgeworfen, mit dem teilweisen Stopp der Waffenexporte die Terrororganisation Hamas zu belohnen. Er habe seine Enttäuschung in einem Gespräch mit Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz ausgedrückt, teilte sein Büro mit.

How crypto executives, lobbyists, campaign operatives, and Trump business partners successfully turned Trump from an outspoken bitcoin skeptic into a supporter (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/us/politics/trump-crypto-lobbying.html

How Crypto Lobbying Won Over Trump
The industry’s courtship of Donald J. Trump resulted in one of the great lobbying free-for-alls in recent Washington history.

Sources: Linda Yaccarino had discussed her plans to leave with X employees earlier this week, before Grok's antisemitic posts (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/technology/linda-yaccarino-x-steps-down.html

X CEO Linda Yaccarino Says She Is Leaving the Social Media Platform
Linda Yaccarino, whom Elon Musk hired to run X in 2023, grappled with the challenges the company faced after Mr. Musk took over.

Nvidia is aggressively opposing Republican-led proposals to limit AI chip sales to China, labeling supporters as "AI doomers", an unconventional lobbying blitz (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/technology/nvidia-china-chip-s…

Nvidia Accuses Rivals of Being A.I. Doomers as US Debates Sale of Chips to China
Rankling national security experts, the chipmaker has stepped up attacks on lawmakers who are pushing restrictions.

Attaullah Baig, ex-head of security at WhatsApp, sues Meta for allegedly ignoring critical security flaws, claims Meta staffers could access sensitive user data (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/technology/whatsapp-whistleblowe…

Whistle-Blower Sues Meta Over Claims of WhatsApp Security Flaws
In a lawsuit filed Monday, the former head of security for the messaging app accused the social media company of putting billions of users at risk.

Hertz and other car rental agencies are increasingly relying on scanners that use high-res imaging and AI to flag even tiny blemishes, angering some customers (Gabe Castro-Root/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/travel/rental-car-ai-scann…

Hertz and Other Rental Car Agencies Turn to AI for Damage Detection
Hertz and other agencies are increasingly relying on scanners that use high-res imaging and A.I. to flag even tiny blemishes, and customers aren’t happy.

A look at the looming DJI drones ban in the US, as some say the ban will be disruptive; no federal agency has undertaken a mandated security risk assessment (Farah Stockman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/business/dji-chinese-drones-ban.html

DJI’s Chinese Drones Face U.S. Ban
Farmers, builders and police officers use drones made by DJI, a Chinese company. President Trump and his allies want to stop all imports.

Microsoft announces a $4B commitment in cash and tech to support AI education in schools and more, and starts Elevate Academy, an AI training program for adults (Natasha Singer/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/business/microsoft-ai-educati…

Microsoft Pledges $4 Billion Toward A.I. Education
Microsoft said it would provide cash, artificial intelligence tools and computing services to schools, colleges and nonprofit groups.

The UAE's Institute of Foundation Models open sources its K2 Think model, trained on only ~2,000 AI chips and designed for math, coding, and science research (Cade Metz/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/technology/uae-emirates-ai-open-sourc…

United Arab Emirates Joins U.S. and China in Giving Away A.I. Technology
The Persian Gulf nation has “open sourced” technology meant to compete with OpenAI and China’s DeepSeek.