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  • Google is shutting down Stadia

    Players will continue to have access to their games library until January 18th 2023, less than half a year from today, reports Engadget.

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    The cloud gaming service was only launched 3 years ago, with many ambitions. Google started it’s efforts with an own game studio. However, the entire service fell back behind the attached expectations and was never considered successful. The game studio already shut down last year, making this move no surprising consequence.

    What is remarkable is the almost prophetic accuracy of http://stadiacountdown.com, a single purpose website built and launched by Jason Scott.

    Stadia Countdown by @textfiles

    The tweet dates back to November 2019, the day before Stadia actually launched, predicting a lifespan of 4 years for Stadia. As of today, the counter has 412 more days for Stadia to go. Google will kill the product earlier than that.

    One thing noteworthy here is that Google products are already notorious for being very mortal. The above is based on Google Cemetery calculates average days for the life expectancy of any life and future product and came up with the ~4 years for the Stadia countdown. While this is kind of normal and necessary in the B2C market, the reputation the company builds is dangerous for its enterprise ambition.

  • War eine erfolgreiche Woche

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    Auf den Abschluss einer erfolgreichen Woche. Ein schönes Wochenende.

    https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ci5fo9OJG8O/

  • (ISC)² Chapter Germany Conference 2022

    Nur noch eine Woche bis zur (ISC)² Chapter Konferenz in Düsseldorf. Die Veranstaltung hat sechs hochkarätige Referenten. Die gesamte Agenda gibt es hier, es gibt noch die Möglichkeit sich per eMail anzumelden.

    Der Hinweis dazu auf der Seite des (ISC)² Chapter Germany: Chapter Conference 2022 in DUS

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    Das Ziel des (ISC)² Chapter Germany e.V. ist es, das Verständnis und die Bedeutung der Informationssicherheit zu fördern.

  • 42% Would Rather Clean A Toilet Than Call Customer Support

    Is calling customer support really that terrible—so much so that the idea of cleaning a toilet is more appealing?
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    It’s been more than four years since I read a stat put out by Aspect that prompted me to write about this very subject, the choice of cleaning a toilet or contacting customer support.

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    We all know the feeling. Shep Hyken, contributer to Forbes Magazine, did a survey among a thousand customers/consumers. The survey apparently was not too diplomatic on the wording and used the exact question. The quota of people who’d rather clean a toilet is a really bad report on the quality of customer report.

    Luckily, Shep does not leave customers to clean toilets, but offers 10 ideas that are guiding towards improved customer service.

    Source: 42% Would Rather Clean A Toilet Than Call Customer Support

  • Innovation makes things smaller

    @fietsprofessor

    Mobility is an increasingly complex matter to society.

  • The History Of Giving Someone The Middle Finger 

    The History Of Giving Someone The Middle Finger 

    Eine Geste, die wir alle kennen. Und noch dazu eine sehr schöne, im Zwischenmenschlichen Verhältnis, wie ich meine. Weird History hat sich in dem gleichnamigen Youtube-Kanal die Mühe gemacht, der Geschichte des Finger-Zeichens einmal nachzugehen.

    Let’s set the scene. You’re livid, you want to scream at someone. But for some reason, you can’t speak. What gesture do you give them? That’s right – the good ol’ middle finger comes immediately to mind, right? The middle finger has been known as a way to display anger for a very long time – going all the way back to ancient Greece. In fact, it’s “one of the most ancient insult gestures known,” according to anthropologist Desmond Morris.

  • Rechtschreibprüfung schickt Passwörter

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    Hey Security-Bubble! Habt Ihr euch auch schon mal Gedanken darüber gemacht, ob die Passwörter eurer Benutzer auch alle richtig sind? Dann gibt es gute Nachrichten für euch!

    Jedenfalls berichtet t3n, dass otto-js Research Team sich einmal den Chrome & Edge Enhanced Spellcheck angeschaut haben. Und dabei stellt sich folgendes raus:

    Sicherheitslücke: Rechtschreibprüfung schickt Passwörter an Microsoft und Google

    Artikelüberschrift

    Source: t3n

  • Kaufland blendet Werbung in Autos ein

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    4.Screen

    Supermarktkette Kaufland hat in einer Pressemitteilung bekanntgegeben, über die Point-of-Interest-Suche in Auto-Navigationssystemen Werbehinweise einblenden zu wollen. Das Vorhaben wird zusammen mit SAP.iO Alumni 4.Screen realisiert.

    Source: Pressemitteilung | Kaufland

  • The Japanese man who gets paid to do nothing

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    A “Dream Job”, writes Reuters. The report has it the man actually charges for doing nothing, making it a real job.

    Shoji Morimoto has what some would see as a dream job: he gets paid to do pretty much nothing.

    From the article

    The service comes at ￥10.000, about 70€, per hour and gives the client the company, or existence of Shoji. While at first glance this is a superfluid job, it wouldn’t fit any of David Graebers categories for bullshit jobs. Being booked for being around and do nothing wouldn’t be a „Flunkie“, a „Goons“, a „Duct Taper“, a „Box Tickers“ or a „Taskmasters“.

    For many, a dream job has to come with purpose. Doing nothing may be different from having nothing to do. Being paid for what you want to do may indeed be a form of a dreamjob. For some.

    Source: Dream job: the Japanese man who gets paid to do nothing | Reuters

  • Künstliche Intelligenz

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    Jura Kaffeevollautomat

    Künstliche Intelligenz ist immer noch in aller Munde, weil es Produkte allein durch Anwesenheit besser macht. Gewissermaßen ist kein Produkt vollständig, wenn es nicht irgendwas intelligenter macht als das Vorgängermodell. Und so braucht auch die Kaffeemaschine irgendwas intelligentes, um sich abzuheben.

    Das aktuelle Gerät von Jura kann sich offenbar merken, was die Benutzer so trinken.

    Irre.

    https://twitter.com/AndreasSchepers/status/1571779205850972165?s=20&t=k3KV5mMeCMPV5LRO3DoV7A