Tech Culture Electronics A startup is using AI to find lithium deposits directly beneath Europe's battery factories Volkswagen and LG have giant battery plants in Germany and Poland. A US startup thinks there's lithium sitting right beneath them By Skye Jacobs, June 2, 2026, 9:51 AM
Security The Web German police identify REvil and GandCrab mastermind now living in Russia They allege Daniil Shchukin ran two of the most prolific ransomware operations and helped rebuild them under a new name By Skye Jacobs, April 9, 2026, 6:15 AM
Electronics Industry Samsung wins in court after German judge says some TCL "QLED" TVs aren't really QLED TCL's televisions fail to deliver the color performance expected from quantum dot displays By Skye Jacobs, March 16, 2026, 8:41 AM
The Web Hardware Asus and Acer block German users from drivers and BIOS updates after patent fallout German PC users are collateral damage in an HEVC patent fight By Skye Jacobs, February 22, 2026, 8:54 AM
Mobile Industry Acer and Asus ordered to halt PC sales in Germany after Nokia wins HEVC patent ruling A court injunction blocks new shipments while retailers sell remaining stock By Rob Thubron, February 16, 2026, 8:39 AM
The Web AI Google's AI health summaries cite YouTube more than any medical source, study finds AI Overview answers rely more on YouTube than the Mayo Clinic By Skye Jacobs, January 26, 2026, 1:03 PM
Electronics Science A German startup is turning cockroaches into cyborg spies Strapping electronics to insects and calling it robotics, but will it work? By Skye Jacobs, December 17, 2025, 8:26 AM
The Web Software Machine learning just helped researchers create the biggest 3D map of buildings around the world Researchers publish GlobalBuildingAtlas, mapping 2.75 billion buildings in 3D By Alfonso Maruccia, December 13, 2025, 11:16 AM
Hardware Industry Cherry's iconic MX switches aren't enough to save the company from steep losses Cherry outsources MX switch production as financial troubles deepen By Alfonso Maruccia, November 28, 2025, 5:22 PM 15 comments
Hardware Vintage PC parts are getting hit with huge tariffs, even when they're worth almost nothing A $355 box of retro Apple boards ended up with a $684 tariff By Skye Jacobs, November 18, 2025, 10:26 AM 8 comments
The Web Google A German court just hit Google with €572 million in damages for juicing its own shopping results Mountain View vows to appeal, saying it has been compliant with regulators since 2017 By Cal Jeffrey, November 14, 2025, 2:56 PM
Security Electronics Germany to authorize police to shoot down small rogue drones Drones are increasingly becoming a security issue in Germany and other EU countries By Alfonso Maruccia, October 9, 2025, 4:50 PM
Industry Electronics TSMC shifts focus to US, postpones new chip plant in Japan US tariff threats have reportedly influenced TSMC's Japan project timeline By Skye Jacobs, July 5, 2025, 10:14 AM
Hardware Gaming Mindfactory customers are overwhelmingly choosing 16GB Nvidia and AMD cards over their 8GB versions For AMD, 16GB models are outselling their 8GB counterparts by as much as 30 to 1 By Rob Thubron, July 2, 2025, 9:03 AM 13 comments
Security AI Germany asks Apple and Google to ban DeepSeek over illegal data transfers to China DeepSeek's failure to follow GDPR puts its future in Europe at risk By Alfonso Maruccia, July 1, 2025, 10:03 AM
Software Microsoft German government moves closer to ditching Microsoft: "We're done with Teams!" Auf Wiedersehen, Microsoft By Rob Thubron, June 16, 2025, 9:07 AM 30 comments
The Web Software German roads thrown into chaos after Google Maps mislabels highways as closed Terrorism, hackers, natural disaster? No, just a Google Maps glitch By Rob Thubron, May 31, 2025, 11:10 AM 8 comments
Software The Web German court rules cookie banners must offer "reject all" button A web without cookie banners would be even better By Skye Jacobs, May 23, 2025, 3:48 PM 16 comments
Hardware Gaming Nvidia RTX 50-series GPU prices drop below MSRP in Germany as demand wanes Strong euro and weak demand push GPU prices down By Skye Jacobs, May 1, 2025, 8:48 AM 17 comments
Tech Culture Science New German "super-ministry" hopes to lure US researchers with cutting-edge science agenda No budget assessments just yet, but ambitions of Europe's largest economy are soaring By Alfonso Maruccia, April 14, 2025, 3:13 PM 8 comments
Hardware Industry Next-gen DRAM+ could transform AI and edge computing, say FMC and Neumonda Ferroelectric hafnium oxide brings breakthrough to DRAM By Skye Jacobs, April 9, 2025, 10:04 AM
Software The Web France and Germany unveil Docs, a homegrown alternative to Google Docs In a push for digital independence, Europe debuts its own collaboration tool By Alfonso Maruccia, March 20, 2025, 1:33 PM 23 comments
Electronics AI Fighting e-waste with AI: The rise of intelligent recycling By 2030, global generation of e-waste will reach 75+ million metric tons By Skye Jacobs, February 6, 2025, 6:14 AM
Hardware Industry AMD keeps crushing Intel in CPU sales on Amazon and Germany's largest PC hardware retailer The MindFactory data comes with a couple of caveats By Rob Thubron, February 5, 2025, 8:46 AM 10 comments
Security The Web German investigators successfully tracked suspects inside the Tor network Tor Browser developers say the program is still safe to use By Alfonso Maruccia, September 20, 2024, 12:57 PM 37 comments