Thought Leadership
Complex, multi-stage tasks
On Monday, Amazon announced Nova Act, a universal AI agent for browser control for simple tasks. At the same time, the company is releasing the Nova Act SDK for developers.
A treasure trove for cyber criminals worldwide
Massive data leak at Samsung Germany: around 270,000 customer service tickets were apparently posted on the Internet by a hacker using the pseudonym “GHNA”. The incident could probably have been prevented with basic security measures.
Money for "Stargate" project
The ChatGPT developer OpenAI has secured 40 billion dollars from investors for further growth. The unprecedented financial injection brings the total valuation to 300 billion dollars, as OpenAI announced.
The invisible danger
More and more free file converters on the Internet are turning out to be treacherous traps. The FBI warns of manipulated online tools that not only convert files, but also smuggle malware or even ransomware onto victims’ computers. Converters for documents, music files and file mergers are particularly affected.
Hanover Fair
Microsoft is presenting new virtual assistants with artificial intelligence for widespread use in industry at the Hannover Messe. The “Factory Operations Agent” is one of the software company’s trade fair innovations.
Service failure
The short message service X (formerly Twitter) once again recorded significant outages on March 30, 2025. According to the incident reporting portal DownDetector, several hundred thousands were received from affected users.
Takeover
The Twitter successor X is also losing its formal independence in Elon Musk’s empire. The platform will become part of his AI company xAI – and is likely to provide a lot of training material for the software.
For the next two years
Among other things, generative AI and greater network security are being promoted. A digital earth model is also being expanded in order to simulate extreme weather events even more accurately.
"Would bring in a lot of money for Europe"
US President Donald Trump is serious about car tariffs. How could Europe defend itself against this? The German Foreign Minister sees a possibility with software updates for cell phones.
Targeted phishing campaigns
Medusa ransomware has posed a growing threat to companies worldwide since the beginning of 2025. Check Point warns of the increasing activity of this hacker group.