Siemens closes fiscal year 2025 with a profit of €10.4 billion and record figures in the industrial business. As part of its 'One Tech Company' strategy, the Group is investing €1 billion in artificial intelligence and aims to double its digital business by 2030.
Trend Micro warns of Darknet AI 'Xanthorox'
The AI tool 'Xanthorox' is supposed to generate malicious code automatically and is advertised in criminal forums. According to Trend Micro, it is less powerful than claimed, but shows how easily attackers can use generative AI for cyberattacks.
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An experiment at FAU shows: Neural networks can derive grammatical rules without being explicitly trained to do so. This provides new insights into how language works in both humans and machines.
Step towards the European Quantum Internet
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and European partners are networking a superconducting quantum computer with a spin-based quantum memory for the first time in the 'Superspin' project. The project aims to advance the development of a quantum internet.
Automation for Chip Production
Semiconductor production is one of the most complex manufacturing processes in the industry. Beckhoff shows how precise automation, flexible control systems and open communication standards accelerate production processes and equip manufacturing for future technologies.
The "Nastiest Malware Report 2025" from OpenText names the most dangerous players of the year. AI, social engineering and identity theft are shaping a new wave of targeted attacks - from ransomware to data theft.
Award for Automation in Agriculture
The German Agricultural Society (DLG) has awarded the "Systems & Components Trophy - Engineers' Choice" to the 'ReBeL Cobot' from igus. The compact robotic arm is designed to enable cost-effective automation in agriculture.
The long-standing Basler CEO Dr. Dietmar Ley will be leaving the company at the end of the year and will be succeeded by the current CCO/COO Hardy Mehl. The CTO position will be filled externally by Dr. Kai Jens Ströder.
Schunk initiates a planned change in the management team: Falk Bäurle will take over the role of COO/CFO on December 1, 2025. The role of CSO will be filled by Karl Heckl on April 1, 2026.
TDK-Lambda is expanding the GUS series with compact industrial power supplies with output powers of 600 W and 1000 W.
Quickly and cost-effectively upgrade existing machines digitally without specialist IT knowledge. The EasyData project developed a low-code tool with which SMEs can record their plant data themselves and thus take an important step towards digitalized production and a digital product passport.
The 'Optocontrol 2700' is a compact high-performance LED micrometer from Micro-Epsilon which, according to the manufacturer, offers precision, a high measuring rate and easy handling.
Faulhaber has several new additions to its range of DC micromotors: the GXR 1437 family of motors with copper-graphite commutation and the SXR 1424 and SXR 1437 motors with precious metal commutation.
With the 'OrchestrationSuite', SEW-Eurodrive provides a cloud-based platform for central software management in automation technology.
Grossenbacher is expanding the 'Universal Controller' to include an embedded AI agent that can be executed directly in a container.
With the 'comX 90' embedded module, Hilscher is expanding its industrial communication portfolio with a new generation of compact communication modules.
With the 'Sendix F58 Ethercat', Kübler is expanding its 'Industrial Ethernet Platform' to include an Ethercat encoder with integrated cybersecurity.
Ubito, globally active in Wiegand energy harvesting technology and part of the internationally active Fraba Group, has announced that Dr. Gunther Kegel has joined the company's Advisory Council. As CEO of Pepperl+Fuchs for many years, Dr. Kegel has been a key figure in industrial automation for decades.
MicroControl is launching the next generation of compact analog input modules. The new modules are µCAN.4.ai-BOX for voltage/current, µCAN.4.sg-BOX for strain gauge sensors and µCAN.4.ti-BOX for temperature sensors.
With 'Promesh P24+', Indu-Sol offers a Gigabit Ethernet switch with 24 ports that is designed for both Profinet and Ethernet/IP.
