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Nur einmal angenommen, Laptops oder Smartphones würden umso schwerer werden, je mehr Software drauf installiert ist. Das Gewicht von Software hinge natürlich ab von der Größe der Software in Megabytes und Gigabytes. #justthinkin

Today, I buy this one passive USB-C cable that supports 240W/80Gbps to ensure it works for my displays & laptops. (The spec limits cable length to 3.3ft however, the above 4.9' cable has worked fine for me):
▫️Cable Matters 4.9' #USB 4 Cable https://a…

MacBook Pro 2025: Apple streicht das Netzteil auch bei Laptops – nur in Europa
iPhones liefert Apple längst ohne Netzteil aus, jetzt fehlt es auch beim neuen MacBook Pro. Die Änderung gilt allerdings nur für Europa.

IEEE Spectrum writer Dina Genkina compiles this list of top computing stories from 2025. The list includes subjects ranging from the year's top programming languages, to data centers on the Moon.
"The Top 8 Computing Stories of 2025"
https://spectrum.ieee.org/top-computin

Ahhh. I've 'downgraded' to a (dell) laptop with physical touchpad buttons and dedicated pgup/pgdn keys, and it's sooooo much nicer.
When I finally need to upgrade from this laptop (a latitude 5410 which was originally released in 2020), hopefully lenovo will have continued their trend of going back to non-soldered ram in their t14 laptops.

Hohe RAM-Preise: 2026 wird kein gutes Jahr für Smartphones und Notebooks
KI-Boom treibt RAM-Preise. Smartphones und Laptops 2026 kommen mit weniger Speicher oder werden deutlich teurer.
https://www.…

LOL right-Ctl no longer exists on Windows laptops, that’s now the CoPilot key.
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7381341532349661184

Rant: Microsoft took away my right ctrl key and won't give it back. I don't know about you, but I work with typed text a lot. And over past decades I've developed habits. One of them is navigating… | Kuba Wojciak | 10 comments
Rant: Microsoft took away my right ctrl key and won't give it back. I don't know about you, but I work with typed text a lot. And over past decades I've developed habits. One of them is navigating over text with cursor keys while holding right ctrl key down. For those of you who don't do it: it skips over entire words. Now ALL of the Windows laptops you can buy come with a Copilot key replacing right ctrl. On a vanilla machine I end up getting Copilot popups all the time, as I habitually rea…

Trillions of dollars are being invested in AI, while end users and consumers scramble looking for articles such as "How to turn off AI tools like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and more" https://www.consumerreports.org/…

How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More
AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

FOSS power user laptop choice in 2025:
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* 998 people running [Apple] M1 from 2005
* many Lenovo/Framework/Dell users, everything runs great, battery is bad, sound and display are so/so
* 30 people use laptops from all corners of galaxy that no one heard of, they swear everything is great (probably not)
* a few billionaires who moved from M4 to M5, haven't had time to unpack it yet, seems to work fast!"

🚀Unser Team der Cultural Research Data Academy hat sich zu einem Strategietreffen in Eltville getroffen und viele Inspirationen, Ideen, und Impressionen für die nächste Projektphase gesammelt.
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