On European coasts 300 gigawatts of wind energy are to be captured The EU Commission has presented a strategy to generate clean electricity on and from European seas on the way to 2050 to become climate neutral. Europe’s capacity to convert wind power into electricity at sea will increase from currently 12 gigawatts to 300 gigawatts will be expanded. On top of that, 40 gigawatts of electricity will be generated from ocean energy and from floating wind and solar systems. The EU Commission estimates that a total of 800 billions of euros would have to be invested. The Commission defines ocean energy as wave or tidal power plants or the use of algae to produce biofuels. European companies and laboratories are currently in the lead here, according to the EU strategy. The development of less mature technology is to be promoted with research funds.

Data leak at TomTom at the end of October sat down an anonymous whistleblower in connection with the investigative team of the Heise editorial team. According to this tipster, a TomTom account was the only requirement for access to the customer data of the navigation system manufacturer. c’t followed up on the tip and found that innumerable online invoices from TomTom customers could indeed be accessed in a trivial way. After c’t informed the company about this data leak, TomTom reacted immediately and closed the vulnerability. There appears to be no evidence of a malicious attack. TomTom reported the incident to the responsible data protection authority in accordance with GDPR and informed the customers concerned.

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Arecibo telescope will be decommissioned The legendary Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico cannot be saved after two damages and will be decommissioned. Apparently, the wire ropes for fastening the instrument platform above the telescope are less stable than assumed. There is always a risk of the platform crashing. Now the telescope should be dismantled and instruments should be saved for future tasks if possible.

Buzzfeed takes over Huffpost The US media group Buzzfeed takes over the “Huffpost” web portal from the US telecommunications company Verizon. The companies announced a corresponding agreement without giving any financial details. Both groups want to work together in a strategic partnership for online content and advertising in the future.

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