Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a federal parliamentary republic in western-central Europe. The country consists of 16 states, and its capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 square kilometres and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With 81.8 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state in the European Union.
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Berlin revamps its inner city with new ‘pedestrian protection laws’
This article was originally published by Christopher Carey on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility ...
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Merkel calls Trump's Twitter ban 'problematic'
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has joined a growing list of European politicians who've criticized Twitter's decision to ...
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Thermal cameras tracked Hamburgers on bikes in 2020 — here’s what they found
This article was originally published by Christopher Carey on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility ...
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Germans say 'ja ja ja' to EVs in 2020
Germany bought three times as many EVs in 2020 than they did in 2019. The country is well on the way to putting 7 million ...
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Tesla hit with $14M fine over German battery recycling bungle
Regulators in Germany have handed Tesla a $14 million fine for not helping owners of damaged cars recycle their batteries ...
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German space agency’s modular self-driving truck is just a life-size children’s toy from the '70s
Remember Tomy's Big Loader? Well the U-Shift self-driving truck from Germany's space agency is basically a real-world, life-sized ...
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Bug or feature? New Tesla Superchargers charge other brands' EVs for free
New V3 Tesla Superchargers in Germany have been found to charge non-Tesla vehicles for free. Is it a bug or a feature? It's ...
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Germany wants to permit driverless cars across the country by 2022
Germany is making noise about regulating autonomous vehicles and now wants to be a world leader in the field. It's set its ...
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Germany drafting EU proposal to introduce pan-European tolls to use motorways
Germany is reportedly campaigning to introduce national and pan-European tolls for motorway drivers. It's the country's first ...
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Germany developing legislation to be first to commercialize Level 4 autonomous vehicles
Germany is looking to lead Europe in self-driving cars and is reportedly working on a broad framework to regulate Level 4 ...
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Jailed Wirecard subsidiary exec is ready to snitch, report
Wirecard stock crashed more than 90% last month after auditors refused to sign off on the company's bank balances, citiing ...
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Germans can get a Renault Zoe for free, thanks to beefy EV subsidies
Electric vehicle subsidies in Germany are now so good that some cars are as cheap as a mobile contract, in some cases they're ...
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German court slams the brakes on Tesla’s bogus 'Autopilot' marketing
A German court has ruled that Tesla can no longer market its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving products as autonomous systems ...
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5 reasons why Germany is the best country for startups
While startup ecosystems across the globe have taken a hit during the pandemic, we’re already seeing signs of recovery ...
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Volkswagen now officially runs Europe's biggest electric car plant
Volkswagen has called time on internal combustion vehicles at one of its biggest factories in Germany. From now on, it will ...
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Google to finally pay select publishers for 'high quality' news content
Google has agreed to pay select news publishers for distributing their content, finally bowing to pressure from antitrust ...
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Wirecard's missing billions: Do they exist, or did Germany just get its own Enron?
Mystery surrounds billions of euros missing from embattled German fintech firm Wirecard, a scandal that's caused its billionaire ...
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Germany orders all fuel stations to provide electric charging points
Germany is not just boosting subsidies to improve public interest in electric vehicles, it's also pushing infrastructure ...
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Germany to give citizens up to $10K towards a new electric car — doubling its subsidy
As other countries cut subsidies for battery EVs, Germany is doubling down — literally. It's increasing contributions from ...
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Ensuring Europe's tech startups survive the pandemic benefits us all
Protecting the ‘backbone’ of the economy — small and medium-sized enterprises — is a fundamental part of managing ...
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Lime and Bird halt e-scooter services in Europe and US — guess why...
E-scooter rental companies Lime and Bird are putting their services on hold for an indefinite period of time in cities across ...
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Cluno's co-founder on why her company's growth keeps her awake at night
Cluno co-founder Christina Polleti tells Growth Quarters why her company's growth can get a little scary.
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Want to take your partner on a romantic EV road trip? Head to Norway
Do you want to take your significant other on a romantic getaway in your electric vehicle (EV) but don't know where to go? ...
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New Tesla registrations up 168% in Germany — adding to Model 3's EV dominance in Europe
Tesla's most affordable vehicle, the Model 3, is growing in popularity in Germany, with the number of new car registrations ...
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Research: Germany's gender pay gap is a result of its lack of innovation
Technology has been blamed for a lot recently. Automation and artificial intelligence have supposedly led to substantial ...
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Attackers are staging tax-themed phishing attacks to target businesses in Germany and Italy
Researchers have discovered a social engineering attack targeting organizations in Germany, Italy, and the US by delivering ...
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'Gold-backed' crypto firm ordered to cease operations amid pyramid scheme claims
A German cryptocurrency company has been told to desist its blockchain-based business amid claims that it was operating ...
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EU proposes issuing its own digital currency to counteract the Libra effect
The European Central Bank should look into the prospect of launching its own public digital currency.
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Hundreds charged after takedown of child exploitation site which made $730K in Bitcoin
US prosecutors say the online marketplace was operated by Jong Woo Son, who is currently serving an 18-month jail sentence ...
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Germany won’t ban Huawei from supplying 5G hardware — despite US pleas
Germany's upcoming 'security catalog' will not exclude Huawei from supplying equipment for the country's 5G mobile networks. ...
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Shooter livestreams synagogue attack on Twitch
Ready to be sickened? A gunman in Germany today opened fire on a crowd of worshippers in a synagogue -- and worse, he livestreamed ...
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NiceHash co-founder reportedly arrested over alleged stolen millions (again)
The co-founder of NiceHash, the well-known cryptocurrency hash power broker, has reportedly been arrested in Germany.
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German police raid criminal Bitcoin ring hiding in ex-NATO military bunker
Police in Germany have executed a hi-tech raid on a data processing centre installed in an ex-Nato bunker which hosted a ...
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Over 13.7M US medical test records found unsecured on servers
Medical records belonging to millions of patients across the world, including echocardiograms and X-rays, are stored on insecure ...
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German schools ban Microsoft Office 365 amid privacy concerns (Updated)
The German state of Hesse has ruled it's illegal for its schools to use Microsoft's Windows 10 and Office 365 citing "privacy ...
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German police raid another Bitcoin-powered dark web marketplace
German police have busted Chemical Revolution, a dark web marketplace, which allowed consumers to buy narcotics with Bitcoin. ...
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Spanish police arrest Bitcoin launderers in international credit card fraud case
Spanish police have arrested 35 people allegedly involved in an international counterfeit bank card ring which laundered ...
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A German minister wants access to your encrypted WhatsApp and Telegram messages
Germany's Federal Interior Minister, Horst Seehofer wants encrypted messaging services like WhatsApp and Telegram to provide ...
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German watchdog accuses CoinBene of unlicensed cryptocurrency trading
Cryptocurrency trading platform CoinBene has been put under the microscope again following an announcement from one of Germany's ...
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Prince Charles on Bitcoin: 'It's a very interesting development'
A Twitter user posted a video of them asking Prince Charles what he thought of Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and blockchain yesterday. ...
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UK to regulate social networks to curb the spread of harmful content
The UK is proposing a move to regulate social media platforms, and hold them accountable for the spread of like misinformation, ...
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Moonday Mornings: 30% of cryptocurreny startups failed in 2018
Another weekend has come and gone, meaning there's blockchain and cryptocurrency news to catch up on, thankfully Monday Mornings ...
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3 countries host over 50% of the world’s Bitcoin nodes
Ever wondered which country is running the most nodes on the Bitcoin network? Well here's your answer.
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Here are the 5 hottest startups in Germany
By Marta Dawydzik and Andrea Hak When you hear underground techno clubs with permissive raves and more museums than rainy ...
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Why Germany wants to block Facebook's Messenger-Instagram-WhatsApp merger
Facebook made a splash recently when CEO Mark Zuckerberg's plans to integrate its messaging platforms on Instagram, Messenger, ...
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ShapeShift forced to 'help' police with 60 cryptocurrency inquiries last year
The FBI and the SEC were noted as the most common US agencies to request information related to cryptocurrency users on ShapeShift ...
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Why we will probably never have a perfect clock
We still have to make sure that the time we define matches our everyday experience of day and night and the rhythms defined ...
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German artists brilliantly honeypot 'Nazis' into exposing themselves and their friends
Their site promised people cash to name participants of a violent anti-immigrant protest. But that wasn’t the real goal. ...
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France will tax tech giants in 2019 if EU doesn’t step up
France hasn't given up on creating a tax on digital revenue to prevent the likes of Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and ...
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Germany wants a global 'minimum tax' for tech giants' revenue
Germany's finance minister, Olaf Scholz finally supports global minumum tax on tech giants. France and Germany push for the ...
