Volkswagen will spend $800 million to expand a U.S. factory that will produce the automaker’s next generation of electric vehicles. The factory in Chattanooga, Tenn. will be the company’s North American base for manufacturing electric vehicles, VW CEO Dr. Herbert Diess said during a presentation at the Detroit Auto Show on Monday. The expansion is expected […]
View More VW investing $800M in Tennessee factory to make next-generation electric vehiclesCategory: Germany
Amazon Dash buttons judged to breach consumer rules in Germany
Amazon’s Dash buttons have been found to breach consumer ecommerce rules in Germany. The push-to-order gizmos were debuted by Amazon in 2015, in an attempt by the ecommerce giant to shave friction off of the online shopping process by encouraging consumers to fill their homes with stick-on, account-linked buttons that trigger product-specific staple purchases when pressed […]
View More Amazon Dash buttons judged to breach consumer rules in GermanyOf course Angela Merkel’s hacker was a 20-year-old student who lives with his parents
Just when cyber-espionage was doing so much to turn the image of lone hoodie-wearing hackers around!
German authorities have discovered the identity of the hacker that breached the accounts of hundreds of politicians, including Chancellor Angela Merk…
Hackers leak data stolen from German politicians and celebrities
Maybe we should just stop using the internet altogether.
Germany is reeling following the widespread dissemination of hacked data belonging to celebrities and prominent political figures including chancellor Angela Merkel. The stolen personal i…
Hacker leaks data on Angela Merkel and hundreds of German lawmakers
A hacker has targeted and released private data on German chancellor Angela Merkel and other senior German lawmakers and officials. The data was leaked from a Twitter account, since suspended, and included email addresses, phone numbers, photo IDs and other personal data on hundreds of senior political figures. According to a government spokesperson, there was […]
View More Hacker leaks data on Angela Merkel and hundreds of German lawmakersQualcomm patent dispute forces Apple to pull iPhone 7 and 8 from its stores in Germany
In more bad news for Apple, the company’s iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 models are not currently on sale in its own retail stores in Germany. This follows an injunction issued by a Munich court last month related to patent litigation brought by chipmaker Qualcomm that’s being enforced from today. The patent dispute concerns smartphone power management […]
View More Qualcomm patent dispute forces Apple to pull iPhone 7 and 8 from its stores in GermanyThe annual PornHub year in review tells us what we’re really looking at online
PornHub, a popular site that features people in various stages of undress, saw 33.5 billion visits in 2018. There are currently 7.53 billion people on Earth. Y’all have been busy. The company, which owns most of the major porn sites online, produces a yearly report that aggregates user behavior on the site. Of particular interest, […]
View More The annual PornHub year in review tells us what we’re really looking at onlineFeds like cryptocurrencies and blockchain tech and so should antitrust agencies
Thibault Schrepel Contributor Share on Twitter Thibault Schrepel is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Economic Law at Utrecht University and a reviewer at the Stanford Journal of Blockchain Law & Policy. While statements and position papers from most central banks were generally skeptical of cryptocurrencies, the times may be changing. Earlier this […]
View More Feds like cryptocurrencies and blockchain tech and so should antitrust agenciesApple Pay finally launches in Germany
Apple’s mobile payment technology has finally launched in Germany, some four years after it debuted in the U.S. On its newly launched Apple Pay website for Germany, Apple lists partner banks and credit card companies at launch, with customers from the likes of Deutsche Bank, O2 Banking, N26, Comdirect, HypoVerensbank, Bunq and Boon able to tap […]
View More Apple Pay finally launches in GermanyFreeletics raises $45M for its AI-powered mobile fitness coach
The German startup has raised its first round of venture backing from FitLab, Causeway Media Partners and JAZZ Venture Partners.
View More Freeletics raises $45M for its AI-powered mobile fitness coachFreeletics raises $45M for its AI-powered mobile fitness coach
The German startup has raised its first round of venture backing from FitLab, Causeway Media Partners and JAZZ Venture Partners.
View More Freeletics raises $45M for its AI-powered mobile fitness coachPolyteia launches to help European city governments put their data to work
Local governments collect a lot of data, but they aren’t always great at organizing and using it efficiently. Instead of letting useful municipal insights sit around in disparate databases, some not even digital, Berlin-based Polyteia proposes a platform that would allow city leaders to unify and analyze the data that represents the constituents that they […]
View More Polyteia launches to help European city governments put their data to work