Volkswagen agrees digital transformation roadmap for administration and production

https://www.volkswagen-newsroom.com/en/press-releases/volkswagen-agrees-digital-transformation-roadmap-for-administration-and-production-5052

Brits reveal how much they are willing to pay for 5G - and it's not a lot

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/brits-reveal-how-much-willing-16462924.amp

Walmart debuts in-home delivery service so it can put groceries in your fridge

https://www.pocket-lint.com/apps/news/amazon/148301-walmart-debuts-in-home-delivery-service-so-it-can-put-groceries-in-your-fridge.amphtml

Das passiert, wenn dein Chef eine App ist

https://www.welt.de/kmpkt/article188426473/Das-passiert-wenn-dein-Chef-eine-App-ist.html

Jeff Bezos Says We Need to Colonise The Moon to 'Save Earth'

https://www.sciencealert.com/jeff-bezos-want-to-colonise-the-moon-to-save-the-earth/amp

I Didn’t Even Know I Needed Spotify’s New App, but Damn

https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2019/06/i-didnt-even-know-i-needed-spotifys-new-app-but-damn/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+uk%2Fgizmodo+%28Gizmodo+UK%29

Vodafone's £100 Burner Phones Have Notches Now Too

https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2019/06/vodafones-100-burner-phones-have-notches-now-too/

Instagram down AGAIN – Users vent fury as photo-sharing app crashes for the third time in four days

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/9248530/instagram-down-photo-app-crashes/

Zukunft der Energie – Zukunft der Mobilität: Vortrag von Prof. Dieter Zetsche „Zukunft der Mobilität“ Uni Frankfurt

https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/event/zukunft-der-energie-zukunft-der-mobilitaet/

INTERVIEW MIT NIKE-DIGITAL-CHEF ADAM SUSSMAN - „Wir ticken wie eine Tech-Company”

https://www.textilwirtschaft.de/business/sports/interview-mit-nike-digitalchef-adam-sussman-wir-ticken-wie-eine-tech-company-215905

Toyota kündigt Durchbruch an: Wunder-Akku schon 2020 serienreif

https://www.focus.de/auto/elektroauto/feststoff-batterie-toyota-kuendigt-an-wunder-akku-schon-2020-serienreif_id_10804929.html

How Worried Should You Be About the Health Risks of 5G?

https://www.howtogeek.com/423720/how-worried-should-you-be-about-the-health-risks-of-5g/

Vodafone NZ increases global roaming cost from $5 to $7 a day

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12237283

Vodafone Puts Ex-Ericsson Exec in Charge of UK Networks

https://www.lightreading.com/business-employment/appointments/vodafone-puts-ex-ericsson-exec-in-charge-of-uk-networks/d/d-id/751896

Ericsson promotes from within for new marketing head

http://telecoms.com/497722/ericsson-promotes-from-within-for-new-marketing-head/

AMD and Samsung Announce Strategic Partnership in Ultra Low Power, High Performance Graphics Technologies

https://news.samsung.com/global/amd-and-samsung-announce-strategic-partnership-in-ultra-low-power-high-performance-graphics-technologies

Spotify to introduce a "Social Listening" feature

https://www.gsmarena.com/spotify_to_introduce_social_listening_feature-news-37348.php

Samsung Galaxy Note 10 rumored to ditch headphone jack

https://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-galaxy-note-10-rumored-to-ditch-headphone-jack/

New Nokia phone set to launch on June 6 in Italy, may come to India on the same day

https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/nokia-phone-launch-in-italy-india-june-6-1539105-2019-05-31

Robocrop: world's first raspberry-picking robot set to work

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/may/26/world-first-fruit-picking-robot-set-to-work-artificial-intelligence-farming

Smartphone am Steuer? Chinesische KI verteilt Strafzettel fürs Kopfkratzen

https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Smartphone-am-Steuer-Chinesische-KI-verteilt-Strafzettel-fuers-Kopfkratzen-4432079.html

Wann kommen Laufroboter in der richtigen Welt? (Heise)

https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Wann-kommen-Laufroboter-in-der-richtigen-Welt-4431016.html

Google Assistant launches in Arabic in Saudi Arabia

https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/business/story/Google_Assistant_launches_in_Arabic_in_Saudi_Arabia-SNG_143754790/

Is it time to revive the rumors that Apple will buy Tesla? Here’s why one expert thinks so

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/is-it-time-to-revive-the-rumors-that-apple-will-buy-tesla-heres-why-one-expert-thinks-so-2019-05-22?mod=MW_story_top_stories

2 years after angry Silicon Valley locals chanted ‘build a wall’ to keep the homeless out, Mountain View is reportedly cracking down on a growing RV camp outside Google’s HQ

https://www.businessinsider.nl/silicon-valley-rv-residents-may-soon-be-forced-out-2019-5/?international=true&r=US

How robots and your smart fridge can keep you out of a nursing home

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-new-tech-can-turn-any-home-into-a-retirement-home-2019-05-21

The Google city that has angered Toronto

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/technology-47815344

Vodafone postpones 5G launch event due to Huawei's Google ban

https://www.pocket-lint.com/phones/news/vodafone/148134-vodafone-postpones-5g-launch-due-to-huawei-s-google-ban

'Reinventing' itself, says IBM on reports of sacking 300 workers

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/reinventing-itself-says-ibm-on-reports-of-sacking-300-workers/articleshow/69325235.cms

Deutschland als Blockchain-Vorreiter

https://www.boersen-zeitung.de/index.php?li=1&artid=2019093015&artsubm=ueberblick&r=Banken

20. May - Digitalization Lab two years on ...

We now have 3000 blog posts! What an incredible number!


Exactly two years ago we celebrated our 400th blog post with this post, where we told you readers a bit more about ourselves: http://digitalization-lab.blogspot.com/2017/05/400th-blog-entry-little-retrospective.html

Tinder co-founder Sean Rad puts his sprawling California horse ranch overlooking the Pacific Ocean on the market for $12.7 MILLION

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7041673/amp/Tinder-founder-Sean-Rad-puts-sprawling-California-horse-ranch-market-12-7-MILLION.html

5G signal could jam satellites that help with weather forecasting

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/04/5g-mobile-networks-threat-to-world-weather-forecasting

Inside Huawei’s £1.2billion ‘research and development’ campus

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9051537/huawei-campus-pictures-factory-china-5g-spy-scandal/

Wie Billiglöhner das selbstfahrende Auto mitentwickeln

https://m.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/selbstfahrende-autos-venezulaner-entwickeln-mit-fuer-einen-hungerlohn-a-1267814.html

Künstliche Intelligenz für Diagnosen in der Kindermedizin

https://www.nzz.ch/wissenschaft/kuenstliche-intelligenz-fuer-diagnosen-in-der-kindermedizin-ld.1458900

Künstliche Intelligenz muss entzaubert werden

https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/gadgets/kuenstliche-intelligenz-und-kinder-mit-forscherin-stefania-druga-im-interview-a-1251721.html

The once-hot robotics startup Anki is shutting down after raising more than $200 million

https://www.vox.com/2019/4/29/18522966/anki-robot-cozmo-staff-layoffs-robotics-toys-boris-sofman

Tokyo taxis use facial recognition to show riders targeted ads

https://f7td5.app.goo.gl/3skAc

Laundroid goes broke: the dream of the laundry folding robot is dead

https://f7td5.app.goo.gl/t3zzs

Primark 'set to trial online shopping' - and it could help you get best bargains

https://f7td5.app.goo.gl/UhZQR

This colorful printed patch makes you pretty much invisible to AI

https://www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2019/4/23/18512472/fool-ai-surveillance-adversarial-example-yolov2-person-detection

EU says Google, Facebook and Twitter must do more to fight bots and fake accounts

https://f7td5.app.goo.gl/YZe9E

Deutsche zahlen erstmals mehr mit Karte als in bar

https://www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/bezahlen-karte-bargeld-1.4435643

Experts: IBM's $34B buy of NC-based Red Hat not quite a done deal

https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2019/05/07/experts-ibms-34-billion-buy-of-nc-basedred-hat-not.html

Royal baby SCAM alert: Fraudsters using Baby Sussex to ensnare Facebook users

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/baby-sussex-scam-alert-fraudsters-15014096.amp

Uber strike: when the London, Birmingham, Nottingham and Glasgow walkouts are happening today – and why

https://inews.co.uk/news/technology/uber-strike-london-birmingham-when-where-drivers-walkout-explained/amp/

Snapchat shares climb as user numbers return to growth

https://news.sky.com/story/snapchat-shares-climb-as-user-numbers-return-to-growth-11701992

Binance verliert Bitcoins im Wert von 40 Millionen Dollar

https://m.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/binance-populaere-kryptoboerse-verliert-bitcoin-im-wert-von-40-millionen-dollar-a-1266307.html

Google Maps Now Shows Which Electric Car Chargers Are Free

https://f7td5.app.goo.gl/cb8dy

... as in available, not for free!

re:publica: US-Forscher hält Chinas Social-Credit-System für Propaganda

https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/re-publica-US-Forscher-haelt-Chinas-Social-Credit-System-fuer-Propaganda-4415221.html

Erste Elektro-Autobahn für Lastwagen in Betrieb

https://www.t-online.de/auto/elektromobilitaet/id_85706680/erste-elektro-autobahn-fuer-lastwagen-in-betrieb.html

UK offers government info through Alexa and Google Assistant

https://www.engadget.com/amp/2019/04/22/uk-government-smart-speaker-info/

'Fitbit for cows' set to revolutionise beef industry from paddock to plate

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2018-03-28/fitbit-for-cows-set-to-revolutionise-beef-industry-management/9593624

An exposed database tracked whether 1.8 million Chinese women were “breed ready”

https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/11/18260816/china-exposed-database-breedready-women

How Airbnb took over the world

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/may/05/airbnb-homelessness-renting-housing-accommodation-social-policy-cities-travel-leisure

Microsoft Issues New Windows 10 Update Warning

https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2019/05/04/microsoft-windows-10-update-upgrade-problem-warning-google-chrome-microsoft-edge/#c162f9542bb2

Amazon Quietly Announced a Truly Frightening New Service That May Completely Change How You Think Of the Company

https://www.inc.com/chris-matyszczyk/amazon-quietly-announced-truly-frightening-new-service-that-may-completely-change-how-you-think-of-company.html

Join the World Economic Forum's WhatsApp group

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/04/whatsapp

AI isn’t taking our jobs - but it is changing how we recruit

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2019/01/ai-is-changing-the-way-we-recruit/

EDSAC – Bits im Tank

https://blog.hnf.de/edsac-bits-im-tank/

Gewässerdatenbank für Android-User zugänglich

https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Gewaesserdatenbank-fuer-Android-User-zugaenglich-4411161.html

Facebook Dating macht aus Freunden Paare

https://curved.de/news/facebook-dating-secret-crush-tinder-konkurrenz-654583

S/MIME und PGP: E-Mail-Signaturprüfung lässt sich austricksen

https://www.heise.de/security/meldung/S-MIME-und-PGP-E-Mail-Signaturpruefung-laesst-sich-austricksen-4411230.html

Mit WLAN oder Bluetooth: Ältere Stereoanlagen fit fürs Streaming machen

https://www.t-online.de/digital/fernsehen-heimkino/id_85667224/mit-wlan-oder-bluetooth-aeltere-stereoanlagen-fit-fuers-streaming-machen.html

Particle learning system could help robots make sushi

https://www.engadget.com/amp/2019/04/21/mit-particle-simulator-helps-robots-make-sushi/

Ethics Alone Can’t Fix Big Tech

https://slate.com/technology/2019/04/ethics-board-google-ai.html

WANT A TECH JOB? SILICON VALLEY IS STILL YOUR BEST BET

https://www.wired.com/story/want-tech-job-silicon-valley-still-best-bet/

Apple-Update: Rückrufaktion für ältere Netzteilstecker, Warnung vor drohenden Stromschlägen

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/iPhone-Serie-Smartphone-216880/News/Rueckrufaktion-fuer-aeltere-Netzteilstecker-Warnung-vor-drohenden-Stromschlaegen-1280834/

Arbeit und Digitalisierung: Das Verschwinden der Mittelklasse

https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/digitalisierung-das-verschwinden-der-mittelklasse-kolumne-a-1205746.html

Wahrheit oder Lüge? Warum Medienkompetenz für Schüler so wichtig ist

https://merton-magazin.de/wahrheit-oder-luege-warum-medienkompetenz-fuer-schueler-so-wichtig-ist

"Magellan"-Projekt der Deutsche Bank - So kommt das Business zur IT (2012)

https://www.computerwoche.de/a/amp/so-kommt-das-business-zur-it,2523733

How Tech Actually Saves Jobs

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-18/how-tech-actually-saves-jobs

Insomniac Developer Reveals A Spider-Man PS4 Easter Egg Nobody Noticed

https://kotaku.com/insomniac-developer-reveals-a-spider-man-ps4-easter-egg-1834187252/amp

Das Ende des Nintendo 3DS: Keine neuen hauseigenen Spiele mehr

https://www.zockerpuls.de/3ds-keine-neuen-nintendo-spiele-mehr/

Samsung The Sero: Hochkantfernseher für Millennials

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Fernseher-Hardware-134500/News/Samsung-The-Sero-Hochkantfernseher-fuer-Millennials-1280926/

Pokémon GO: Diese Raidbosse gibt's zum Earth-Day-Event in den Arenen

http://www.buffed.de/Pokemon-GO-Spiel-56108/News/Raidboss-Groudon-Shiny-Arena-1280994/

600 Millionen mal heruntergeladen: Aber diese Android-Apps sollten Sie sofort löschen

https://www.chip.de/news/600-Millionen-mal-heruntergeladen-Aber-diese-Android-Apps-sollten-Sie-sofort-loeschen_167266640.html

Amazon Alexa: In-Skill-Käufe kommen nach Deutschland

https://stadt-bremerhaven.de/amazon-alexa-in-skill-kaeufe-kommen-nach-deutschland/

Nicht überraschend: In Deutschland wird zu wenig in KI-Startups investiert

https://www.gruenderszene.de/technologie/ki-startups-landkarte?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ki-startups-landkarte

Would You Let a Robot Fire Your Employees? Amazon Did, Report Says

https://smallbiztrends.com/2019/05/amazon-automated-firing-system.html

Full moon patents: IBM’s ‘eye contact’ file transfer and Ford’s self-cleaning car

https://thenextweb.com/tech/2019/04/22/full-moon-patents-ibm-ford-nike-disney/amp/

Warnings of a Dark Side to A.I. in Health Care

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/21/science/health-medicine-artificial-intelligence.html

Aug 2016: Angeblich massive Jobverluste durch Automatisierung

https://digitalization-lab.blogspot.com/2016/08/angeblich-massive-jobverluste-durch.html
In den letzten 2,5 Jahren ist die Arbeitslosigkeit zumindest nicht sehr gestiegen

How tech's white male workforce feeds bias into AI

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ai-bias-problem-techs-white-male-workforce/

Amazon Is The First Major Tech Company To Hire Full-Time ASL Interpreters

https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahkim/2019/04/28/amazon-asl/?utm_source=LINKEDIN_COMPANY&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2278189221&utm_campaign=sprinklrForbesMainLI#43315339111b

Cybersecurity - Vodafone Found Hidden Backdoors in Huawei Equipment

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-30/vodafone-found-hidden-backdoors-in-huawei-equipment

Cathy Hummels muss Produktdarstellungen auf Instagram nicht als Werbung kennzeichnen, wenn sie diese selbst gekauft hat. Lässt sich Privates und Werbung auf Social Media trennen

https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/heute/urteil-schleichwerbungsklage-gegen-cathy-hummels-100.html

Big Tech is prepping for California's tough new privacy law

https://www.marketplace.org/2019/04/18/tech/companies-in-california-are-preparing-for-states-tough-new-privacy-law

How to Spend Way Less Time on Email Every Day

https://hbr.org/2019/01/how-to-spend-way-less-time-on-email-every-day

the average American’s inbox has 199 unread messages

https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/average-inbox-199-unread-emails

Microsoft's big win: Pentagon signs massive $1.76bn contract

https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/microsofts-big-win-pentagon-signs-massive-1-76bn-contract/

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp suffer outages

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47927714

YouTube creators are using a hilarious tactic to combat copyright policies

https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/17/18265484/tiktok-youtube-danny-gonzalez-kurtis-conner-react-commentary

TED 2019: 10 years of 'ideas worth spreading'

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-47737613

Tesla video appears to show its full self-driving software at work

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6951767/amp/Tesla-releases-new-video-self-driving-software-action.html

Wie verklage ich einen Roboter? (Spiegel)

https://m.spiegel.de/karriere/kuenstliche-intelligenz-so-koennten-roboter-haften-wenn-sie-fehler-machen-a-1263974.html

Samsung postpones China launch event for its foldable phone amid reports of screen issues

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/22/samsung-galaxy-fold-china-launch-event-postponed-amid-screen-issues.html?__source=upday

Scientists print 3D heart with human tissue in world first

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/scientists-print-3d-heart-with-human-tissue-in-world-first-a4118371.html?amp

Nintendo's first Game Boy ads from 30 years ago are a real trip

https://mashable.com/article/nintendo-game-boy-30th-anniversary-1980s-commercials.amp