Infineon Technologies celebrates the largest single investment in the company’s history: five billion euros flow into a new semiconductor plant in Dresden. The group can hope for public funds. In 2026, the first chips should come out of the “Smart Power Fab”. A nature reserve was damaged during the launch and subsequent explosion of the giant Starship rocket. Now there is a lawsuit against the US Air Traffic Control Authority FAA, which allowed the start. And Tinder and other dating apps are withdrawing from Russia – the most important reports at a glance.
“Dresden is without a doubt one digital lighthouse in Europe“said EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. It was some Political celebrities in the Saxon state capital come along with Von der Leyen and Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The occasion: The symbolic groundbreaking for the largest single investment in the history of the technology group Infineon. After the EU Council and Parliament have agreed on the Chips Act, the company may hope for one billion euros in subsidies. Die State aid review by the EU Commission runs; the Federal Ministry of Economics has meanwhile ggreen light for the early start of the project given. Political celebrities at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Dresden Infineon factory
SpaceX’s Starship is the largest rocket ever built. It started on April 20 for the first time, but after a few minutes it got out of control and had to be destroyed. SpaceX denoted the launch attempt nevertheless as a success. Many experts saw it the same way. After all, the rocket hadn’t just exploded on the launch pad. To the starting place but were sometimes immense damage, after large chunks of concrete, pieces of metal, and other objects were thrown around. Also a nature reserve was affected. Several environmental protection organizations and a cultural preservation group so now go to court. Start and explosion of the Starship: lawsuit filed against the US Federal Aviation Administration
Dating will be a bit more complicated in Russia in the future. After many western companies and internet services already last year due to the Ukraine war withdrawal from Russia announced now Match Group is also taking this step. The US company operates Dating apps like Tinder, OKCupid or Hinge. It just doesn’t look good when a brand based on trust is active in a nation against whose head of state the International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant, according to Match shareholder Friends Fiduciary. Soon you want to say goodbye to the country completely. Match Group: Tinder & Co. are withdrawn from Russia
The airlines reported last year 424 million records to the passenger data center located at the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA). of which were over 121 million airline passengers affected. The unprovoked and en masse practiced over the years Dragnet in the sky but must the authority after various court decisions decrease significantly in the future. The trigger is the landmark judgment of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) of June 2022, with which the Barriers to retention significantly increased become. The Federal Ministry of the Interior has therefore “together with the authorities concerned a package of measures” worked out. Sky search: BKA received 424 million new passenger data in 2022
Security updates on Apple devices much faster in the future take place. On the night of Tuesday, the group for the first time ever a new update technique for iOS 16, iPadOS 16 and macOS 13 applied publicly. With the so-called Rapid Security Responsein German “rapid security measures”, wants Apple security-related updates faster in the future can import without the users for major updates would have to wait. After the download and preparation phase goes a restart much faster than you are used to from normal updates. Rapid update: Apple’s first Rapid Security Response for iOS and macOS
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