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Neue Übernahme: TDK investiert in Smart-Glasses-Geschäft
TDK übernimmt das kalifornische Start-up SoftEye, das wichtige Bausteine für KI-Brillen der nächsten Generation entwickelt.
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Sources: Google reduces its Google TV and Android TV budget by 10% and cuts Android TV and Google TV's ~300 employees by up to 25%, as it focuses on YouTube (Sahil Patel/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/google-cuts-sm…

Google Cuts Smart TV Budget as It Doubles Down on YouTube
Google has cut its smart TV budget and trimmed its team—marking the most concrete signs yet of the company’s waning interest competing with the likes of Samsung and Roku as it centers its TV business around YouTube. The company has reduced the budget for Google TV and Android TV 10%, according ...

Tell you how smart I am. Searching for my posts containing the word "Big", I wondered why this recent post wasn't in the search result: 😳
#dumb #emojis #search

Atlantic article about phone addiction from someone who doesn’t own one. https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2025/06/smartphone-never-owned/683267/

The Perverse Pride of Having Never Owned a Smartphone
I’ve never owned the device, and I’m not sure I ever want to.

I hadn't seen that the EU were mandating 5 years of software updates from the end of sale for smartphones. I assume manufacturers will roll out the patches to the UK as well, but maybe that is a brave assumption?

From June 20: EU gives smartphones a label and a guaranteed update time
From June 20, manufacturers of smartphones and tablets in the EU must include a label with clear information on repairability and update times.

A look at 2025's AI models and what's ahead: OpenAI's o3 is a breakthrough, AI agents will improve randomly and in leaps, but scaling parameters will slow down (Nathan Lambert/Interconnects)
https://www.interconnects.ai/p/summertime-outlook-o3s-nov…

Some ideas for what comes next
As releases slow down, it's time to think about what we got this year and where we are going. o3's search, agent vs model progress, and scaling's settling.

Handy-Linux postmarketOS: v25.06 setzt auf systemd
Die Linux-Distribution fürs Smartphone setzt in der Version 25.06 auf systemd. 60 Geräte unterstützt postmarketOS nun.
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heise | Rolex statt Smartwatch: Warum Armbanduhren auch für Technik-Nerds spannend sind
Rolex, Omega oder Patek: Fast jeder kennt die großen Marken mechanischer Uhren. Lohnt sich das Upgrade von der Smartwatch? Und was kosten und können sie?

Smart Button: Signify kündigt neuen Hardware-Schalter für Philips Hue an
Signify hat eine neue Generation des Hue-Smart-Buttons vorgestellt. Der frei positionierbare Lichtschalter dient als flexible Ergänzung zur Smartphone-App.

heise | Home Assistant: Haus smart steuern mit interaktivem Grundriss
Mit Home Assistant lassen sich Grundrisse erstellen, um das Smart Home zu steuern. Per KI sind die sogar einfach aufhübschbar, etwa im Retro-Pixelstil.