49 stories tagged germany, newest first.
36 points by rdmuser | 21 comments
Courthouse News article on a Frankfurt court ruling that Google Earth and Maps aerial imagery of private property without consent violates German privacy law.
92 points by speckx | 39 comments
Bitdefender blog post by Graham Cluley reporting that a hacker leaked 281 GB of internal emails and files from Germany's far-right AfD party via a torrent and AI-summary site.
346 points by dewey | 159 comments
GNU Taler news post announcing Taler Operations AG in Bochum, which will seek a BaFin e-money licence to operate Taler in Germany after GLS Bank withdrew, and is seeking investors.
4 points by zinngr | 1 comments
A notebook-style analysis of the leaked 'hexane archive', covering ten AfD party mailboxes and WordPress databases of afd.de and about 140 other party websites.
242 points by firefax | 569 comments
A Heist Berlin news article on hackers publishing 281 GB of AfD emails as AI summaries, revealing antisemitism, racism, violent fantasies and alleged financial misconduct.
52 points by else42 | 15 comments
Site hosting or describing a leak of roughly half a million internal documents from Germany's far-right AfD party.
6 points by bushwart | 10 comments
A Visual Capitalist infographic article showing the countries of origin of Germany's roughly 17 million immigrants.
50 points by Hooke | 14 comments
A Guardian long read about Otto Z, a German figure involved in a death, a plagiarism scandal, and a quest for revenge.
129 points by paaloeye | 107 comments
UA.News article citing RMF24 reporting that a cyberattack halted construction of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel between Denmark and Germany.
178 points by ohjeez | 96 comments
News article about Germany converting abandoned lignite coal mines into a network of artificial lakes forming Europe's largest man-made lake landscape.
91 points by semiquaver | 81 comments
Reuters news report on a former German intelligence chief being detained on suspicion of espionage and attempted treason; the page showed only a device verification screen.
19 points by AmazingTurtle | 19 comments
News article from Osna.FM reporting that German military intelligence uses AI to screen Bundeswehr applicants for right-wing extremism.
319 points by dachworker | 297 comments
Tech Funding News article reporting that German industrial robotics startup RobCo has reached a $1 billion valuation, becoming Europe's newest robotics unicorn.
44 points by geox | 32 comments
Reuters report that the US told France and Germany to release diesel stocks or face a US export ban; the page showed only a device verification screen.
16 points by marvinborner | 8 comments
A short blog post by Jon Worth arguing that jokes about Deutsche Bahn's unreliability are no longer funny.
782 points by defrost | 749 comments
BBC News article reporting that the US agreed to pay a German firm $1.2bn to halt its offshore wind projects.
539 points by mertbio | 381 comments
Personal blog post by developer Mert Bulan reflecting on moving to Germany for an internship and building a life there, feeling more German than many Germans.
515 points by earcar | 618 comments
Blog post by Carmine Paolino recounting spending €9,600 and 152 days founding a company in Germany without yet being able to send an invoice.
893 points by ahlCVA | 489 comments
The Decoder article reporting on a German court ruling that treats Google's AI Overviews as Google's own statements, making it liable for false answers.
515 points by DyslexicAtheist | 488 comments
Documentation page from the German National EUDI Wallet describing its Mobile Device Vulnerability Management concept, including Android Play Integrity and iOS App Attest signals.
580 points by tietjens | 284 comments
Netzbremse campaign site claiming Deutsche Telekom throttles internet traffic, offering a complaint form, press release, and measurement tool for customers.
367 points by elcapitan | 141 comments
CUIIListe.de page listing domains blocked by German ISPs under the CUII (Clearingstelle Urheberrecht im Internet) copyright clearing body.
1122 points by JeremyTheo | 978 comments
Personal blog post by Jeremy Theocharis recounting a Deutsche Bahn train journey gone wrong, which he likens to being kidnapped, and the 1.50 EUR compensation he received.
557 points by doener | 258 comments
Heise news article reporting that Schleswig-Holstein saves 15 million euros in license costs by migrating its administration from Microsoft to open source software.
474 points by PhilippGille | 113 comments
An openPetition page petitioning Germany to formally recognize open source contributions as Ehrenamt (civic volunteer service).
391 points by PhilKunz | 135 comments
Article arguing that Vodafone Germany's peering practices are degrading the open internet by restricting interconnection with networks.
327 points by sebastian_z | 104 comments
It's FOSS News article reporting that the German state of Schleswig-Holstein has completed migrating its email systems from Microsoft to open source solutions.
1052 points by SolonIslandus | 464 comments
A tweet (via xcancel) by Patrick Hansen saying Germany's CDU/CSU has declared there will be no EU chat control under the current German government, quoting a video clip.
339 points by bilsbie | 501 comments
Article on how Germany installed solar panels on roughly half a million apartment balconies through plug-in balcony solar systems.
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469 points by greyface- | 107 comments
Signal statement (PDF, Oct 2025) urging Germany to keep opposing the EU Chat Control proposal's client-side scanning of private messages.
350 points by doener | 254 comments
Mastodon post from Fight Chat Control reporting Germany reverted to undecided on the EU Chat Control proposal at the September 12 LEWP meeting.
941 points by xyzal | 302 comments
A Mastodon post by Patrick Breyer reporting that Germany will not support the EU ChatControl proposal, securing a blocking minority.
705 points by shaunpud | 356 comments
Blog post alleging German ISP Telefónica/O2 altered its DNS to return NXDOMAIN for the author's site after she exposed an organization it belongs to.
357 points by olieidel | 444 comments
Blog post by Oliver Eidel arguing that German founders should leave Germany before their business grows large because of the country's exit tax.
601 points by Tomte | 249 comments
Politico Europe news article reporting that a German court sentenced former Volkswagen executives to prison over the Dieselgate emissions cheating scandal.
570 points by mxschll | 157 comments
A visualization of 2024 roll-call votes in the German Bundestag displayed as a GitHub-style contribution heatmap calendar.
520 points by mooreds | 897 comments
CNN news article reporting that an undersea internet cable between Germany and Finland in the Baltic Sea was taken out of service by a mysterious fault.
723 points by mpweiher | 704 comments
MCC news release on an Ariadne project analysis finding Germany's 49-euro Deutschland-Ticket raised rail journeys about 30 percent, with the price rise to 58 euros undoing half.
333 points by dschuessler | 142 comments
Mundraub's interactive map of publicly accessible fruit trees, shrubs, herbs and nuts for foraging, mainly across Germany and Central Europe.
428 points by costco | 242 comments
Tor forum mailing-list post from Artikel 5 e.V. reporting an August 2024 German police raid on its registered office and announcing a general assembly on Sep 21, 2024.
429 points by isaacfrond | 166 comments
TorrentFreak article about a 17-year-old German student who launched a site exposing the domains secretly blocked by German ISPs under a voluntary agreement with rightsholders.
565 points by olieidel | 872 comments
Blog post by Oliver Eidel describing the 14-step bureaucratic process of founding a company in Germany, contrasted with Estonia's e-residency.
353 points by CrankyBear | 246 comments
ZDNet article reporting that a German state is replacing Microsoft Windows and Office with Linux and LibreOffice across its government systems.
355 points by kasperni | 257 comments
Guardian news article reporting that Berlin's techno scene has been added to Germany's Unesco intangible cultural heritage list.
334 points by surprisetalk | 399 comments
Metro article about a young man who spends £8,500 a year on an unlimited rail pass to live on trains instead of renting a home.
1110 points by isodev | 513 comments
Press release from Germany's Federation of Consumer Organisations (vzbv) on a Berlin court ruling barring LinkedIn from ignoring Do-Not-Track signals and other privacy violations.
336 points by janpot | 164 comments
News article reporting that archaeologists in Germany found an exceptionally well-preserved 3,000-year-old sword.
414 points by thunderbong | 162 comments
TorrentFreak article on a German court ruling holding host Uberspace liable for hosting the youtube-dl website, with the owner warning of privatized censorship.
426 points by mfiguiere | 262 comments
Economist article reporting that German regulators banned EY from taking on new audit clients, adding to the accountancy firm's other problems.