German engineering firm KUKA Robotics is prototyping a robotic arm that works with a MakerBot 3D printer to speed up the manufacture of robotic arms. Parts can be printed, retrieved and installed by a robot. Read more…More about Robot, Artificial I…
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World’s oldest message in a bottle found on Australian beach
It’s always exciting to discover a message in a bottle, but rarely ones that are 132 years old.
Found on Wedge Island in Western Australia on Jan. 21, it’s the oldest message in a bottle ever discovered.
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German antitrust office starts asking questions about online ad platform giants
Germany’s national competition regulator has announced it’s looking into market conditions in the online advertising sector, responding to concerns that a lack of transparency could be skewing market conditions. Read More
Lena Headey on her work with refugees and what inspired her to share her #MeToo story
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‘Dark’ is the best new Netflix crime show you’re not watching
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If you like crime, time travel, and head burstingly-complex (but also incredibly well thought-out) plots, you’re probably going to like Dark.
Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese’s rainy, 10-part mystery thriller is Netflix’s first foray into German-language originals. It’s moody, it’s ambitious, and even though I was constantly struggling to remember who people were or understand what the sweet hell I was watching, it immediately had me hooked.
So what’s it all about?
Dark is the sort of show that will have you spending hours trying to figure out what exactly you’ve just watched, then even more hours theorising about why it happened, what it meant, and what’s going to happen next. It’s the type of TV that lengthy, Reddit-based dissection was made for, in other words — and the sort of show that’s very hard to summarise in just a few sentences. Read more…
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View More ‘Dark’ is the best new Netflix crime show you’re not watchingGerman pilots have stopped more than 200 flights to deport Afghan refugees
Germany is still dealing with the overwhelming impact of the refugee crisis, as fresh government data reveals.
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According to Deutsche Welle, in th…
Rita Ora’s attempt to prank a German singing show went hilariously, awkwardly wrong
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If you’re a celebrity making a guest appearance on a show, you’re going to be expecting some kind of reaction.
Well, Rita Ora certainly got a reaction when she guest appeared on the German version of the singing competition The Voice — but mild confusion might not have been what she was hoping for.
In case you’ve never seen The Voice, it’s basically a contest where the four judges can’t see the person singing. They base their decision on whether or not to pick a contestant solely on the voice, and can only see what the person looks like after they’ve pressed a button and their chair has turned around. Read more…
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View More Rita Ora’s attempt to prank a German singing show went hilariously, awkwardly wrongGermany bans kids’ smartwatches that can be used for eavesdropping
A German regulator has banned domestic sales of children’s smartwatches that have a listening function — warning that parents have been using the devices to secretly eavesdrop on teachers at their kids’ school. Read More
German government tells parents to destroy children’s smartwatches
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The German government isn’t just banning some children’s smartwatches — its telling people to “destroy” the gadgets already circulating around the country.
On Friday, Germany’s telecom regulator the Federal Network Agency announced that a number of these devices, designed for ages 5 to 12, can allow someone to remotely tap into the watch’s microphone and clandestinely spy from remote locations (just like a wiretap). The regulator isn’t just concerned about the potential of people spying on children — it’s concerned the devices can be used to spy on anyone.
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The commute of the future could be really sweaty
The “Idea Train” is pulling into the station and with it comes workout stations, a children’s lounge, and relaxation compartments.
Deutsche Bahn, a German rail system, recently revealed its concept train of the future. It includes many amenities beca…
Alexa switches on and decides to have a party so loud the police came
The future belongs to AI-powered devices that will play music and party on their own when we’re not there.
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Plane caught in gust of wind makes intense ‘touch and go’ landing
A windstorm in central Europe made for a scary situation for a plane attempting to land in Salzburg, Austria, on Sunday.
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The Enter Air plane from Frankfurt, Germany, made a …