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Venu 4: Garmins neue Lifestyle-Smartwatch mit Taschenlampe und Logging-Funktion
Garmin hat seine Smartwatch der Venu-Serie neu aufgelegt. Die Venu 4 erhält neue Features, eine Taschenlampe und einen höheren Preis als der Vorgänger.

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James Langevin named chair of FDD’s CCTI, set to bolster cyber and technology strategy
https://industrialcyber.co/news/james-langevin-named-chair-of-fdds-ccti-set-to-bolster-cyber-and-techn…

James Langevin named chair of FDD’s CCTI, set to bolster cyber and technology strategy - Industrial Cyber
James Langevin named chair of FDD’s Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation, set to bolster cyber and technology strategy

"Advanced Whale Communication Technology Could Reshape Conservation Efforts"
#Whales #Animals #Conservation

Advanced Whale Communication Technology Could Reshape Conservation Efforts | Happy Eco News
Whale communication technology is advancing rapidly as Project CETI works to translate sperm whale vocalizations in the Caribbean. This technology could transform animal rights law, prevent ship collisions, protect critical habitats, and provide insights into marine ecosystems, while challenging assumptions about the fundamental differences between humans and animals.

⛏️ Behind our screens: The truth about ‘artisanal’ mining and ‘natural’ technology
https://globalvoices.org/2025/10/05/behind-our-screens-the-truth-about-artisanal-mining-and-natural-technology/

Behind our screens: The truth about ‘artisanal’ mining and ‘natural’ technology
“It would be disingenuous to attempt to disentangle the human rights abuses connected to creating technologies from their environmental impacts.”

FPF Releases Issue Brief on New CCPA Regulations for Automated Decisionmaking Technology, Risk Assessments, and Cybersecurity Audits
https://fpf.org/blog/fpf-releases-issue-brief-on-new-cc…

Google says its Willow quantum chip using a new Quantum Echoes algorithm ran computations 13,000x faster than supercomputers, aiding drug and materials research (Cade Metz/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/technology/googles-quantum-computer-…

Google’s Quantum Computer Makes a Big Technical Leap
Designed to accelerate advances in medicine and other fields, the tech giant’s quantum algorithm runs 13,000 times as fast as software written for a traditional supercomputer.

Amazon plans to close all 19 Fresh stores in the UK and convert five of them into Whole Foods Market shops, four years after launching the first in London (Lauren Almeida/The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/23/al…

Reddit files a lawsuit against Perplexity, SerpApi, and two other data scraping companies, accusing them of unlawfully scraping Google for Reddit data (Mike Isaac/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/technology/reddit-data-scrapers-perpl…

Reddit Accuses ‘Data Scraper’ Companies of Theft
In a lawsuit, Reddit pulled back the curtain on an ecosystem of start-ups that scrape Google’s search results and resell the information to data-hungry A.I. companies.

Larry Ellison is turning into a media magnate, potentially controlling CBS, CNN, TikTok, and more, amid a regulatory environment favorable to Trump allies (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/technology/larry-ellison-oracle-tiktok.html…

TikTok Deal Could Make Oracle Founder Larry Ellison a New Kind of Media Mogul
The database billionaire and his son, David, are Trump favorites. The family could soon control an empire that includes CBS, Paramount, Warner, CNN and a piece of TikTok.

Oracle will pay for and oversee the construction of three of the new Stargate data centers, and OpenAI will then purchase computing power from Oracle (Cade Metz/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/technology/openai-data-centers-united-state…

OpenAI to Join Tech Giants in Building 5 New Data Centers in U.S.
Working with the Japanese conglomerate SoftBank and the cloud company Oracle, the A.I. start-up will spend $400 billion over the next five years.