At the opening of the Hannover Messe 2026, Chancellor Merz tries to exude confidence as the industry hopes for real reforms. Meanwhile, Brazil’s president is promoting renewables. The partner country of the industrial trade fair wants to help the European Union reduce energy costs and decarbonize its industry. Energy is also the problem of Voyager 1. NASA now had to switch off another measuring instrument on the probe, which has been flying in interstellar space for 14 years, because the power level unexpectedly fell after a regular flight maneuver. But there is hope for reactivation. Meanwhile, a faulty Edge update has disabled the paste function in the Microsoft Teams context menu. Users apparently have problems inserting images, text and URLs. Microsoft has now confirmed this. A fix is now to be rolled out gradually, but keyboard shortcuts continue to work – the most important messages at a glance.
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The most important in the world Industrial trade fair with more than 3000 exhibitors is in Hannover started. This year Partner country the Hannover Messe is Brazilshe opened accordingly Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz together with that Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Sunday evening. The themes are defining this year TO and roboticswhich offer great opportunities for industry and society, but also the sector armor. At the opening event, however, the Brazilian President emphasized how important it is renewable energy for sustainable economic growth. The trade fair is open to trade visitors and interested parties until April 24th: Merz and Lula open Hannover Messe 2026 between AI confidence and pressure for reform.
The power supply of the Voyager 1 spacecraft has become increasingly precarious almost 49 years since the mission began. After a regular flight maneuver the… Power level the probe surprisingly likedso there was a risk that some components could switch themselves off for safety reasons. That’s why it has NASA in the short term that Messinstrument for charged particles with low energy switched off, to save electricity. However, there is hope that this can be reactivated again in the next few months if it follows the power saving plans NASA goes. The Voyager team wants to replace some parts of various devices with more energy-saving alternatives, which should free up capacity: NASA is switching off another instrument on the first Voyager probe to save power.
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Wer in Microsoft Teams on the Desktop Content Insert by right-clicking wants, looks into the void: The Paste-Option in the context menu is grayed out and not selectable. Both are affected Windows– as well as macOS– Users of the desktop application in version 26072.519.4556.7438. Numerous IT administrators report this User problems with inserting images, text and URLs. Reinstalling the app or deleting the cache didn’t help. Microsoft has now identified the cause: a code regression in a recent Update des Microsoft-Edge-Browsers therefore triggered the error. However, the clipboard itself is not affected, so the usual Keyboard shortcuts still work: Right-click pasting no longer works in Microsoft Teams.
Also no longer work becomes Sideloading with Amazon’s new generation of Fire TV Sticksat least for the vast majority of users. On Amazon’s product page for the new one Fire TV Stick HD a corresponding message is displayed. There had already been signs before that Sideloading under the new Fire TV Stick operating system Vega OS is significantly stricter is treated. Exceptions there is only for developers. Amazon had already made its new course for sideloading clear in the fall. were background massive problems with piracy appswhich can usually only be installed via sideloading. Amazon has taken action against a number of such apps, but Sideloading remains Basically allowed in Fire OSunlike the new Vega OS: Amazon’s new Fire TV Sticks prevent sideloading.
The Pirate adventure “Windrose” starts with one stranded pirate captainwho has to survive on a deserted island. At the same time, he swears revenge, but for that he needs a crew and a boat. After that, nothing stands in the way of your own privateer career. Compass rose is a cooperative survival action RPG for one to eight playersthat a few days ago in a first Early-Access-Version auf Steam has appeared. In particular, these are reminiscent Game mechanics an „Valheim“, the pandemic hit of 2021, but the Chart stands out clearly from the Viking survival model. Windrose combines the successful gameplay of Valheim with the fun of a colorful pirate world and is one very successful implementation of the pirate fantasy: Pirate role-playing game “Windrose” impresses with rum and sabers.
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- For the second time, numerous robots are competing in a half marathon in Beijing. The differences from the first race are clear. The state of the art: Humanoid robots faster than humans in the Beijing half marathon.
- According to the Internal Medicine Congress, a shortage of skilled workers etc. endangers the quality of care. AI should fix it, but people must always be the focus. Because the BMI alone is a “very rough measure”: algorithms are better at predicting who will become very sick.
- For the same slot and compatible with previous DIMMs: There will soon be cheaper memory modules for Intel CPUs. The performance of HUDIMM is questionable: cheaper memory modules for Intel mainboards.
- The VW subsidiary Moia wants to save public transport with autonomous shuttles and is demanding government funding. The group is also examining the entry of investors and wants to stop the driver shortage: Moia is demanding billions for autonomous shuttle fleets.
- A study shows how quickly traditional media is losing ground in the USA. Podcasters like Joe Rogan and late-night talkers are taking over the information monopoly: US voters are relying on influencers instead of news and saying bye-bye to TV news.
- Why should you set up Windows 11 on a 150 euro single-board computer? Because it works. We show you how in this video: Install Windows 11 on the Radxa Dragon Q6.
- Data protection has long been seen as a brake on science. New EU guidelines create clarity on the use of AI, broad consent and the earmarking dogma: How the GDPR is intended to accelerate innovation as a data turbo for research.
- The US government is starting talks with the sanctioned AI manufacturer Anthropic, also to discuss the use of Claude Mythos Preview: Anthropic and US government again in discussions about cooperation.
- Ransomware gangs rely on AI and the dark web to hit critical infrastructure. Investigators in Koblenz are becoming increasingly proactive: ransomware attacks are challenging investigators.
- Canon builds a camera that sees better than a cat in the dark, Ricoh celebrates the GR series and a photographer shows how ephemeral even great white sharks are. These are the photo news of the week 16/26: Canon’s night vision miracle and a shark whisperer.
- NRW reports record number of data protection complaints. Laws are passed hastily, and fundamental rights protection often falls by the wayside, according to the activity report: NRW data protection officer warns against using data at any price.
- OpenAI offers GPT-Rosalind, a biological language model for target discovery and genomics. For now it is only available to US corporate customers: AI model GPT-Rosalind from OpenAI specifically for biology research.
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