My company assessment: reappled.at offered a fair solution for saving me from an expensive phone repair
â You need a phone repair? A battery change for your device? Your phone or iPad died suddenly in Vienna, Austria? â When such bad incidents happen, and there is hope inside your eyes, sometimes there is also help around the cornerâŠThe Commodore 64 Ultimate: 99% Compatible, 100% Nostalgia, Bringing Back All Games of the C64
If you want to bring back a legend, you should do it right. The new Commodore 64 Ultimate promises 99% compatibility with original C64 software. You can play your favorite childhood games, ports, or even new titles on this machine, all in 4K.My Favorite Dev Talks of 39C3
The 39th Chaos Communication Congress (39C3) delivered an information-rich engineering feast as usual.Once again, over a hundred talks, several days of intense content, as well as tens of thousands of developers and hackers. As usual for the Computer Chaos Club (CCC), there was a focus on reverse engineering, systems hacking, and software concepts.
This post is about some fascinating talks from the 39C3.
Was Nutzer von Facebook und Social Apps wissen sollten - der Fall Max Schrems
Als Verantwortlicher fĂŒr Automatisierung hat man mit zu schĂŒtzenden Daten und Datenschutzthemen wie Verantwortungsbereichen, Verarbeitern, Auskunftspflichten, Datenschutzbeauftragten, MaĂnahmen und diesbezĂŒglichen Methoden zu tun. In den Lese- und Kursmaterialien zu diesem Thema kommt immer wieder eine Geschichte vor, die mit Ăsterreich zu tun hat.Welche Geschichte das ist, die dem David-gegen-Goliath-Mythos Ă€hnelt, erzĂ€hle ich hier.
Abkehr von Microsoft 365 und Public Clouds: Innovation und digitale SouverÀnitÀt in DACH
Im Jahr 2025 entscheiden sich immer mehr öffentliche Einrichtungen und private Unternehmen in Europa â insbesondere in Deutschland, Ăsterreich und der Schweiz â fĂŒr eine Abkehr von Microsoft 365 und den groĂen Public-Cloud-Anbietern.Treiber dieser Bewegung sind der Wunsch nach Kontrolle ĂŒber sensible Daten, die strikte Einhaltung europĂ€ischer Regularien sowie die Vermeidung von kostspieligem Vendor-Lock-in. Welche aktuellen lokalen Anstrengungen und alternative Anbieter gibt es?
Turning Away from Microsoft 365 and Public Clouds
In 2025, public and private organizations across Europe are increasingly choosing to migrate away from Microsoft 365. The need for control over sensitive data and stronger compliance with European regulations, and the desire to avoid costly vendor lock-in are driving this movement. While hosting Microsoft 365 on-premises or in private clouds is one option, another, more radical alternative is to turn completely away from proprietary platforms and embracing open source alternatives.
BIGGEST data breach ever - concerning all WhatsApp accounts
The BIGGEST data breach ever - if you use messenger apps, you might be interested!Researchers from the University of Vienna and SBA Research obtaained the entire WhatsApp directory: 3.5 billion - yes - 3_500_000_000 accounts. This was not a breach of chat content, but of account metadata such as phone numbers, profile information, and public cryptographic keys. Meta received warnings starting in September 2024 and did not act for roughly 12 months until the pressure to public became high.
Groeszte Daten Panne Jemals Der Whatsapp Fall
Die GRĂSSTE Datenpanne aller Zeiten â wenn Sie Messenger-Apps nutzen, könnte Sie das interessieren!Forscher der UniversitĂ€t Wien und von SBA Research haben das gesamte WhatsApp-Verzeichnis abgefragt: 3,5 Milliarden â ja, richtig â 3_500_000_000 Konten. Dabei handelte es sich nicht um eine Verletzung von Chat-Inhalten, sondern um Metadaten von Konten wie Telefonnummern, Profilinformationen und öffentliche kryptografische SchlĂŒssel. Meta erhielt ab September 2024 Warnungen und handelte etwa 12 Monate lang nicht, bis der öffentliche Druck zu groĂ wurde.
Internet Services
October 20, 2025: When An Outage Went Global
On October 20, 2025, a disruption in AWSâs US-EAST-1 (Northern Virginia) region began as a local issue with DynamoDB. Within minutes, EC2 instances in the same cluster were also affected. What seemed like a local hiccup quickly cascaded into a global outage, disrupting applications, banks, and public services worldwide.DevOps
