Intel wants financial Lebensraum from Germans
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Thursday, 09 February 2023 12:39

Intel wants financial Lebensraum from Germans


Please send us more money to help make us rich

Troubled chipmaker Intel is leaning on the German government to provide it with more cash for a planned chip factory in Magdeburg.

Samsung Germany refuses to honor cashback
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Tuesday, 31 January 2023 14:09

Samsung Germany refuses to honor cashback

Claims it on the bad product code, twice

I've purchased a Galaxy Watch 5 to give Samsung a try. The main incentive was 75 euros back, making the purchase a great deal. Well, it didn't go as planned as Samsung rejected the cashback playing it on a technicality. Two times in a row, the cashback form was not accepted, quoting AGB (Standard Business conditions) and claiming that I'd used the wrong product code withing providing more information about it.

Germany's cybersecurity Tsar might have been working for the Russians
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Protecting German government communications since 2016

Germany's cybersecurity chief has been fired after allegations of being a little too close to Russia through an association he helped set up.

Germany and French watchdogs ignored data protection rules
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Companies win

European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued rulings that limit indiscriminate data retention in France and Germany after several watchdogs ignored them

Germany shuts down digital signage
Published in PC Hardware
Monday, 29 August 2022 11:28

Germany shuts down digital signage


Thank Putin and Schroeder

It is not all bad news over Tsar Putin's attempts to control the EU through its gas supply. Germany has ordered overnight shutdowns for non-essential digital signage.

Germany hails on Hydra
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Wednesday, 06 April 2022 11:18

Germany hails on Hydra


Russian darknet marketplace shuttered 

German authorities shut down the server infrastructure for the Russian darknet marketplace Hydra, seizing €23 million (~$25.2 million USD) worth of Bitcoin in the process, Germany’s Federal Crime Police Office (BKA) announced.

Putin ensures German gas dependence by turning off wind turbines
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You see you need us

Tsar Putin’s rampaging hacker hordes shut down 5,800 wind turbines in central Europe to remind them how shaky their green power plans are and how much they need Russian gas.

Germany sends confused messages on semi-conductor industry
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Thwarts take over while promises to spend cash

Germany appears to be sending mixed messages about its technology strategy after promising cash while thwarting a local take over.

Germans to have first driverless train
Published in Transportation
Tuesday, 12 October 2021 12:09

Germans to have first driverless train


Make sure they will run on time

German rail operator Deutsche Bahn and industrial group Siemens on Monday unveiled the world's first automated, driverless train in the city of Hamburg.

Tame Apple Press declares war on Germany
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Thursday, 09 September 2021 11:45

Tame Apple Press declares war on Germany


Reports negative Apple story alongside a Pegasus story

The Tame Apple Press was so furious that the German government attacked its favourite company over its plans to scan its cloud for kiddie porn, that it has released the story alongside one where German police admit to using Pegasus software.