Kinder programmieren ihr Spielzeug jetzt selbst

https://m.bild.de/spiele/spiele-news/spiele-news/spielemesse-in-nuernberg-kinder-lernen-spielerisch-programmieren-59845620.bildMobile.html

Smartphone consultations to replace hospital appointments under NHS's 'digital first' plan

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/07/nhs-plan-smartphone-consultations-replace-hospital-appointments/

Ring employees were able to spy on customers' camera feeds

https://www.pocket-lint.com/smart-home/news/ring/146731-yikes-ring-employees-were-able-to-spy-on-customers-camera-feeds.amphtml

CES 2019: Did IBM just reveal first commercial quantum computer?

https://www.zdnet.com/article/ibm-at-ces-2019-outlines-q-system-one-quantum-computer/

Robots doing yoga

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Does your job involve working at a computer all day? Here's why it can lead to head & neck pain

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/does-your-job-involve-working-at-a-computer-all-day-heres-why-it-can-lead-to-head-neck-pain/articleshow/67419607.cms

Smartsheet acquires Slope to help creatives collaborate

https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/15/smartsheet-acquires-slope-to-help-creatives-collaborate/

Google Will Start Retiring Hangouts For G Suite Users In October

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/19/01/22/2225218/google-will-start-retiring-hangouts-for-g-suite-users-in-october

Japan’s robot hotel lays off half the robots after they created more work for humans

https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2019/1/15/18184198/japans-robot-hotel-lay-off-work-for-humans

Offline - Kriselnde deutsche Modelabels (Spiegel)

http://m.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/gerry-weber-esprit-tom-tailor-warum-deutsche-modelabels-in-der-krise-stecken-a-1249680.html

82.000 freie Jobs: IT-Fachkräftemangel spitzt sich zu

https://www.dotnetpro.de/82000-freie-jobs-it-fachkraeftemangel-spitzt-zu-1661211.html

BuzzFeed Announces Mass Layoffs to Put Company on a ‘Firm Foundation’

https://www.adweek.com/digital/buzzfeed-announces-mass-layoffs-to-put-company-on-a-firm-foundation/amp/

Oppo will start selling phones in the UK this month

https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/circuitbreaker/2019/1/11/18178117/oppo-phones-uk-launch-date-rx17

Apple dismisses more than 200 staff from self-driving car unit Project Titan

http://www.cityam.com/272140/apple-dismisses-more-than-200-staff-its-self-driving-unit

Jetzt ausgediente Smartphones am Automaten bei Saturn in Berlin gegen einen Gutschein eintauschen

https://www.pt-magazin.de/de/wirtschaft/innovation/jetzt-ausgediente-smartphones-am-automaten-bei-sat_jraapn2i.html

This Japanese Billionaire Just Broke The Record For The Most Shared Tweet In History

https://www.ohmymag.co.uk/viral/this-japanese-billionaire-just-broke-the-record-for-the-most-shared-tweet-in-history_art2890.html

UK Workers Risking GDPR Penalties

https://www.uctoday.com/contact-centre/analytics/uk-workers-risking-gdpr-penalties/

CES 2019: Cisco talks 6G

https://www.zdnet.com/article/ces-2019-cisco-talks-6g/

DHL will invest $300 million to quadruple robots in warehouses in 2019

https://venturebeat.com/2018/11/29/dhl-will-invest-300-million-to-quadruple-robots-in-warehouses-in-2019/

Dyson to move company HQ to Singapore

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/22/dyson-to-move-company-hq-to-singapore

Facebook to create 1,000 jobs at new Dublin campus

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/facebook-to-create-1-000-jobs-at-new-dublin-campus-1.3765257

Pick and Pack Robot Market is Booming Worldwide | Leading Key Players- Fanuc, Motoman, Cisco-eagle, ABB

https://tribuneupdates.com/pick-and-pack-robot-market-is-booming-worldwide-leading-key-players-fanuc-motoman-cisco-eagle-abb/

Avaya CEO: We’ll Be a Customer-Led Organization

https://www.nojitter.com/unified-communications-collaboration/avaya-ceo-we%E2%80%99ll-be-customer-led-organization

Toyota Wants to Put a Robot Friend in Every Home !

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-26/toyota-wants-to-put-a-robot-in-every-home-and-make-it-your-pal

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Could Splunk Buy Boost Cisco Stock And Fit With Other Purchases?

https://finance.yahoo.com/m/9e8c283a-6aff-3320-b861-644753f7dfbc/could-splunk-buy-boost-cisco.html

Belgium reviews smartphone use by troops to counter spying

https://tribune.com.pk/story/1877165/3-belgium-reviews-smartphone-use-troops-counter-spying/

Disney's Top Dealmaker Kevin Mayer Talks Fox Plans and that New Streaming Service

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kevin-mayer-disneys-fox-acquisition-new-streaming-service-1169862

Huawei Hits 200 Million Smartphone Sales in 2018

https://www.anandtech.com/show/13743/shipments-of-huawei-smartphones-hit-200-million-units-in-2018

Anki's cute Vector robot will soon get Alexa integration

https://www.engadget.com/2018/12/14/anki-vector-robot-alexa-integration/

Qualcomm gets trial in case that threatens its smartphone dominance

https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2018/12/28/qualcomm-gets-trial-in-case-that-threatens-its-smartphone-dominance/

Google launches new search engine to help scientists find the datasets they need

https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/5/17822562/google-dataset-search-service-scholar-scientific-journal-open-data-access

Hospital bots are gaining ground, but user experience falls short

https://venturebeat.com/2019/01/16/hospital-bots-are-gaining-ground-but-user-experience-falls-short/

Disney releases behind-the-scenes trailer for 'Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge' attractions

http://www.fox13news.com/news/florida-news/disney-releases-behind-the-scenes-trailer-for-star-wars-galaxy-s-edge-attractions

The Very Slow Movie Player shows a film over an entire year

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/the-very-slow-movie-player-shows-a-film-over-an-entire-year/ar-BBRzbEu

HUGO launches range with reversed logos – perfect for mirror selfies

https://metro.co.uk/2018/11/22/hugo-boss-launches-range-with-reversed-logos-perfect-for-mirror-selfies-8168138/

Data now as important a commodity as oil, leading QC says

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/07/data-now-important-commodity-oil-leading-qc-says/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_em

Leaked Galaxy S10 Images Shows off a Notch-Free Design With a Hole-Punch Camera

http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2019/01/leaked-galaxy-s10-images-shows-off-a-notch-free-design-with-a-hole-punch-camera/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+uk%2Fgizmodo+%28Gizmodo+UK%29

Logicalis Ireland plans to double revenues after achieving Cisco Global Gold Certification

https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/logicalis-ireland-plans-to-double-revenues-after-achieving-cisco-global-gold-certification-37702354.html

Amazon debuts Showroom, a visual shopping experience for home furnishings

https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/04/amazon-debuts-showroom-a-visual-shopping-experience-for-home-furnishings/?utm_source=tctwreshare&sr_share=twitter

Die Top Ten deutscher Passwörter

https://hpi.de/pressemitteilungen/2018/die-top-ten-deutscher-passwoerter.html

High-tech seen as key to industrial upgrade in China

https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/12/29/high-tech-seen-as-key-to-industrial-upgrade-in-china.html

Fußballroboter der Goethe-Uni spielen ab sofort im Champions-Cup

https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/studium/fussballroboter-der-goethe-uni-spielen-ab-sofort-im-champions-cup/

Samsung now has a robot for everything: Bot Care, Bot Air, Bot Retail and more

https://www.techradar.com/news/samsung-now-has-a-robot-for-everything-bot-care-bot-air-and-bot-retail-and-more

Retailers’ Gift-Return Problem Has a High-Tech Solution

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-12-26/retailers-gift-return-problem-has-a-high-tech-solution

Heizung an, Beschleunigung aus: Trierer Elektrobus macht im Winter schlapp

https://m.focus.de/auto/elektroauto/stolz-der-flotte-kostete-560-000-euro-heizung-an-beschleunigung-aus-trierer-elektrobus-macht-im-winter-schlapp_id_10176335.html?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=whatsapp-news&fbc=whatsapp-news&ts=201901121841&cid=12012019

New high-tech bandage powers itself, and speeds up healing with electric stimulation

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/new-high-tech-bandage-powers-itself-and-speeds-up-healing-with-electric-stimulation/articleshow/67283960.cms

Beautifully designed 'dumb phone' can only make calls and send texts

https://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/gadgets/101968617/beautifully-designed-dumb-phone-can-only-make-calls-and-send-texts

Gerichtsurteil: Amazon muss Dash Buttons vom Markt nehmen

https://www.wr.de/wirtschaft/verbraucher/amazon-dash-buttons-von-muenchener-gericht-verboten-id216175067.html

Robots Finally Learning to Clean the Bathroom

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/home-robots/robots-finally-learning-to-clean-the-bathroom

Humans Show Racial Bias Towards Robots of Different Colors: Study

https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/robots-and-racism

Data now as important a commodity as oil, leading QC says

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/07/data-now-important-commodity-oil-leading-qc-says/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_em

Smartphone consultations to replace hospital appointments under NHS's 'digital first' plan

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/01/07/nhs-plan-smartphone-consultations-replace-hospital-appointments/

This sun-chasing robot looks after the plant on its head

https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/12/17563688/robot-plant-hybrid-hexa-vincross-succulent

Plantronics Introduce Waterfalls to Boost Productivity

https://www.uctoday.com/collaboration/plantronics-productivity/

High-tech : le retour du “Dumbphone”

https://www.pratique.fr/actu/high-tech-le-retour-du-dumbphone-1861051.html

Rats can make friends with robot rats and will rescue them when stuck

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2186464-rats-can-make-friends-with-robot-rats-and-will-rescue-them-when-stuck/

Delivery robot spontaneously bursts into flames in California

https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/17/18144304/kiwibot-fire-berkeley-california-thermal-runaway-faulty-battery

Honor’s punch-hole display smartphone to be an Amazon exclusive device

https://www.livemint.com/Technology/OlobekU40RAW75ALdpRQRN/Honor-View-20-India-launch-Amazonin-exclusive-device.html

Jellyfish robots to watch over endangered coral reefs

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45574309

New study finds it’s harder to turn off a robot when it’s begging for its life

https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/2/17642868/robots-turn-off-beg-not-to-empathy-media-equation

Is Ireland the main life raft for UK fintechs as Brexit approaches and could Paris be a reserve

https://www.computerweekly.com/blog/Fintech-makes-the-world-go-around/Is-Ireland-the-main-life-raft-for-UK-fintechs-as-Brexit-approaches-and-could-Paris-be-a-reserve

Datenleck betrifft deutsche Politiker „aller Ebenen“ – auch Merkel

https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article186533478/Massiver-Diebstahl-Datenleck-betrifft-deutsche-Politiker-aller-Ebenen-auch-Merkel.html?wtmc=socialmedia.whatsapp.shared.web

Your High-Tech Car Is a Magnet for Hacking

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-17/your-high-tech-car-is-a-magnet-for-hacking

Apple’s iPhone Warning Comes Years Too Late

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-01-02/apple-s-iphone-warning-comes-years-too-late

Apple ordered to pull iPhones from 15 stores in Germany because of Qualcomm

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-46749566

What Happened the Last Time Apple Had a Panic This Bad

https://gizmodo.com/what-happened-the-last-time-apple-had-a-panic-this-bad-1831455815

Apple and Samsung feel the sting of plateauing smartphones

https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/3/18166399/iphone-android-apple-samsung-smartphone-sales-peak

Happy 10th birthday, bitcoin. It’s amazing you still exist

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/03/10th-birthday-bitcoin-cryptocurrency

Tesla’s new Solar Roof is actually cheaper than a normal roof

https://inhabitat.com/teslas-new-solar-roof-is-actually-cheaper-than-a-normal-roof/

Onlinehandel - Zahl der Retouren steigt deutlich (Spiegel)

http://m.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/online-handel-zahl-der-retouren-steigt-deutlich-a-1245455.html

Googles Hürdenlauf zur Quantenüberlegenheit

https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Googles-Huerdenlauf-zur-Quantenueberlegenheit-4262708.html

DON'T FEAR THE ROBOT OVERLORDS—EMBRACE THEM AS COWORKERS

https://www.wired.com/story/dont-fear-the-robot-overlords-embrace-them-as-coworkers/

Lenovo wants to start a smartphone ‘price war,’ but netizens don’t believe them

https://www.techinasia.com/lenovo-start-smartphone-price-war

Top Amazon boss privately advised US government on web portal worth billions to tech firm

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/dec/26/amazon-anne-rung-government-services-authority

Walmart shoppers will soon see robots gliding through stores — here's what to expect

https://www.businessinsider.de/walmart-robot-scrubs-store-floors-2018-10?r=US&IR=T

Can we live without passwords?

https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Can-we-live-without-passwords

Happy New Year - Frohes Neues Jahr!

Alle guten Wünsche für 2019!

Wir werden ab April an der U3L der Goethe-Universität eine Veranstaltung „Wirtschaftliche Chancen und Risiken der Digitalisierung“ anbieten:

http://databaselab.org/apex/f?p=206:6:::NO:RP,6:P6_SEMESTER,P6_SEMESTER_KURZ,P6_TITEL:411%2CSS%2019%2CWirtschaftliche%20Chancen%20und%20Risiken%20der%20Digitalisierung%20%20%20%0A

Intel unveils Foveros 3D chip stacking and new 10nm ‘chiplets’

https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/12/18137401/intel-foveros-3d-chip-stacking-10nm-roadmap-future

Robots That Make Much More Than A Vaccum Cleaner

https://www.forbes.com/sites/yiannismouratidis/2018/12/28/robots-asking-for-symbiosis/#59736f984089

Need Some Love? Here Are Robot Pets That Use AI To Mimic Emotions

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2018/12/22/need-some-love-here-are-robot-pets-that-use-ai-to-mimic-emotions/#50953bb74ec6