TSMC and pals dream of €10B German chip fab UK not included, too busy enjoying Brexit's sunlit uplands instead Systems04 May 2023 | 27
IT giant Bitmarck shuts down customer, internal systems after cyberattack Patient data 'was and is never endangered', says medical tech slinger Cyber-crime01 May 2023 | 6
Germany and Intel both want more from planned Magdeburg mega-fab Chipzilla reportedly wants more cash. Germany wants a bigger facility. And the EU is lurking with a bigger offer Systems14 Apr 2023 | 4
Twitter scores legal hat trick with three cases filed against it in one day Germany alleges systemic moderation failure, more vendors sue over unpaid bills, and a new WARN Act suit Personal Tech05 Apr 2023 | 13
Euro privacy regulators sniff Italy's ChatGPT ban, consider a pizza the action Germany may follow, France and Ireland look for guidance from Rome AI + ML04 Apr 2023 | 20
Germany sours on Microsoft again, launches antitrust review Welcome to the club, says Google, Meta, and Amazon On-Prem29 Mar 2023 | 30
Germany clocks that ripping out Huawei, ZTE network kit won't be cheap or easy More than half of Euro nation's infrastructure would have to go Networks18 Mar 2023 | 58
60% of Germany's 5G network is Huawei, says Chinese embassy Would be a shame if anything happened to it Networks09 Mar 2023 | 40
Intel rattles the tin for another €5B in subsidies to build German fab Please, sir, we want some more Systems08 Mar 2023 | 21
Germany to court Indian IT talent – starting with easier visa application processes Perhaps just in time to give H-1B holders affected by US tech layoffs somewhere to go other than home Legal27 Feb 2023 | 25
Deutsche Bank's takeover of Postbank hasn't gone well, according to customers 4 million contract migration went as planned, spokesperson insists Databases21 Feb 2023 | 9
Intel wants another €3.2b from German gov for Magdeburg mega fab It turns out electricity and heat aren't the only things getting more expensive Systems09 Feb 2023 | 45
Eurocops shut down Exclu encrypted messaging app, arrest dozens German and Dutch authorities say the app was a favorite of organized criminals and drug smugglers Security07 Feb 2023 | 39
Gee, tanks: Russian hackers DDoS Germany for aiding Ukraine in brief Also: a week of leaks; Riot Games says 'LoL' to source code ransom demands; and Yandex source also appears online Security30 Jan 2023 | 12
Germany probes PayPal over cartel claims Bundeskartellamt already had a bite at FAANG firms, now former Musk co is starting to look appetizing Personal Tech24 Jan 2023 | 1
Intel angles for more subsidies to build German mega-fab Still no date for breaking ground, as chip giant reportedly confirms it will build once 'funding' worked out Systems18 Jan 2023 | 4
Intel may delay construction of German mega-fab to cut costs No longer 'a definitive date' for facility scheduled to be built from next year Systems19 Dec 2022 | 10
KFC bot urges Germans to mark Kristallnacht with cheesy chicken Tasteless food chain claims 'semi-automated' process skipped internal review process Bootnotes11 Nov 2022 | 87
China conflicts prompt chip manufacturing battles in Europe Germany blocks sale of fab to Chinese firm, Taiwan's investments challenged in Lithuania Systems08 Nov 2022 | 6
German cops arrest student suspected of running infamous dark-web souk Deutschland im Deep Web destroyed Cyber-crime01 Nov 2022 | 11
Germany stands down cyber boss over Russian ties Involvement with lobby group that welcomed Putin's pals presses buttons Security19 Oct 2022 | 14
Scientists model turbulence to boost space propulsion Running direct numerical simulation on 'an industrial scale' HPC12 Oct 2022 | 10
Germany orders Sept 1 shutdown of digital ad displays to save gas Something to thank Putin for … unless you’re the admin trying to implement buggy and fast-changing rules while avoiding Bork On-Prem29 Aug 2022 | 229
Germany unveils plan to tackle cyberattacks on satellites Vendors get checklist on what to do when crooks inevitably turn up in space Security05 Jul 2022 | 10
Germany to host Europe's first exascale supercomputer Jupiter added to HPC solar system HPC16 Jun 2022 | 3
Germany makes new move to attract chip manufacturers $14.7b in state aid on offer for companies to set up shop in the country Systems06 May 2022 | 11
Germany advises citizens to uninstall Kaspersky antivirus Russian biz founder calls it 'an insult' Security15 Mar 2022 | 102
Deutsche Bank seeks options as sanctions threaten Russian dev unit No data or code stored in Moscow and St Petersburg tech operations, bank says Software04 Mar 2022 | 46
European nations battle to bag some of Intel's billions US giant wants 20% of the world's chips from EU Systems02 Mar 2022 | 6
Intel selects German city for EU semiconductor plant CPU giant was waiting to see contents of European Chips Act before making the decision, say analysts On-Prem28 Feb 2022 | 12
New chip-stuff factories are like buses: You wafer ages then two come along at once GlobalWafers uses cash stashed for stalled Siltronics deal and Toshiba also promises new wafer bakery On-Prem07 Feb 2022 | 3
German regulators nix Taiwanese titan GlobalWafers' acquisition of Siltronic China's slow signoff didn't help matters one bit Legal02 Feb 2022 | 6
What a bunch of bricks: Crooks knock hole in toyshop wall, flee with €35k Lego haul Police still trying to piece everything together Bootnotes02 Dec 2021 | 106
Maker of ATM bombing tutorials blew himself up – Euro cops Vid filming ended in deadly disaster Bootnotes02 Oct 2021 | 155
84-year-old fined €250,000 for keeping Nazi war machines – including tank – in basement Spared prison but must give Panther and AA gun to collector or museum Bootnotes04 Aug 2021 | 306
Germany's competition watchdog to investigate whether Apple's ecosystem damages other businesses Joins queue of regulators peeking into iOS walled garden model Personal Tech21 Jun 2021 | 12
WhatsApp: Share your data with Facebook, or we'll make our own app useless to you Zuck gets tough just as Germany blocks privacy policy roll-out Personal Tech11 May 2021 | 78
NATO's at risk if you go your own Huawei on 5G, US government warns Germany Undersecretary pays a visit to Berlin, Merkel’s not moving despite pressure Networks29 Sep 2020 | 68
Snortical warfare: Wild boar launches amphibious assault against German beachgoers Video Stealing nudists' laptops? An appetite for cocaine? They're evolving! Bootnotes13 Aug 2020 | 49
Google allowed to remember search results to news articles it was asked to forget. Good High court won't nix links to accurate, fair journalism about director of financially rocked charity Personal Tech28 Jul 2020 | 54
UK formally abandons Europe’s Unified Patent Court, Germany plans to move forward nevertheless Analysis But will the UPC be legal – or even worthwhile – without Britain? Science21 Jul 2020 | 122
Born in the USA: German-speaking users fail to take up SAP's acquired business apps They're still more popular in America... even 7 years after shopping spree Software16 Jul 2020 | 7
Ex-CEO of fintech biz Wirecard arrested over missing money: Vanished €1.9bn may not have existed in the first place Founder posts bail as German investigators probe accounting scandal Science24 Jun 2020 | 21
Germany prepares to launch COVID-19 contact-tracing app 'this week' while UK version stuck in development hell Though decentralised Deutsche effort hasn't been without problems either Software15 Jun 2020 | 46
Germany to fund development of edge CPUs as part of 'tech you can trust' plan to home-brew more kit €400m for starters, after recent ban on 'untrustworthy' suppliers that sounded a lot like it was directed at Huawei Legal10 Jun 2020 | 18
Why would someone want to hack Germany's PPE supply chain? We're glad you masked IBM says phishing operation could be effort to get upper hand in negotiations Security08 Jun 2020 | 13
EU court tells prudish IP office to fack off for balking at 'fack ju' trademark application Germans didn't think goofball film title was 'morally unacceptable', judges rule Bootnotes28 Feb 2020 | 27
The dream of a single European patent may die next month – and everyone is in denial about it Updated German Constitutional Court is much more dangerous than people think Science16 Jan 2020 | 51
Das Reboot: Uni forces 38,000 students, staff to queue, show their papers for password reset following 'cyber attack' School in Germany rolls out credential refresh with printed ID requirement Security19 Dec 2019 | 55
600 armed German cops storm Cyberbunker hosting biz on illegal darknet market claims Look, it's CB3ROB – remember them? Security30 Sep 2019 | 85
German ministry hellbent on taking back control of 'digital sovereignty', cutting dependency on Microsoft 'Pain points' include data collection, lock-in and uncontrollable costs OSes19 Sep 2019 | 91
Amazon's bugging of homes has German boffins worried that Alexa may be an outlaw It records everything, even when someone didn't want to be overheard? And it's in your house? Was zum Teufel! Science16 Jul 2019 | 60
Germany mulls giving end-to-end chat app encryption das boot: Law requiring decrypted plain-text is in the works Officials want to upgrade rules from device searching to message interception Security28 May 2019 | 142
We can do this the easy way or the Huawei, US tells Germany with threat to snip intel over 5G fears Tough talk as calls for evidence of China naughtiness grow Networks12 Mar 2019 | 64
Germany tells America to verpissen off over Huawei 5G cyber-Sicherheitsbedenken Europeans can't find any evidence of Chinese spying Networks19 Feb 2019 | 67
Siri, how do you wipe that smug smile from Qualcomm's face? Apple wins patent skirmish with chip nemesis Four of eight lawsuits brought by Qualy against iGiant booted out of German court Personal Tech01 Feb 2019 | 16
Germany has a problem with the entire point of Amazon's daft Dash buttons – and bans them Sour Krauts aren't wrong: Tap-to-order gizmo is really dumb Edge + IoT11 Jan 2019 | 121
Cops: German suspect, 20, 'confessed' to mass hack of local politicians Case not linked to international spying, reckon sources. Hmmm Security08 Jan 2019 | 26
Germany hacked: Angela Merkel's colleagues among mass data dump victims Politicians, journalists and other public figures targeted Security04 Jan 2019 | 39
Chip-for-tat escalates: Qualcomm's billion-Euro bond to block Apple iPhone sales in Germany Some mobes off the shelves pending appeal in international patent battle drama Personal Tech04 Jan 2019 | 17
Huawei CEO defiant on security claims, vows to be so good, 'no market can keep us away' Company 'will never present a threat', claims letter to staff Networks03 Jan 2019 | 17