Hacker News with Generative AI: Germany

Tesla boycott is gaining momentum in Germany due to Musk's meddling in politics (electrek.co)
A boycott of Tesla vehicles is gaining momentum in Germany due to Elon Musk’s consistent meddling in the country’s politics and promotion of a fringe far-right party.

Boycotts, Germany, Tesla, Politics, Elon Musk

23 points by doener 18 hours ago | 2 comments

Tesla boycott is gaining momentum in Germany due to Musk's meddling in politics (electrek.co)
A boycott of Tesla vehicles is gaining momentum in Germany due to Elon Musk’s consistent meddling in the country’s politics and promotion of a fringe far-right party.

Tesla, Germany, Politics, Boycotts, Elon Musk

14 points by zfg 1 day ago | 0 comments

German army deserts X as Berlin vs. Elon Musk feud rumbles on (politico.eu)
BERLIN — The German defense ministry and the Bundeswehr national army will suspend their accounts on Elon Musk’s social media platform X, citing an inability to have factual debate on the site.

Germany, Social Media, Elon Musk, Politics, Military

10 points by rbanffy 2 days ago | 1 comments

Rossmann Group's consumer protection database Wiki (rossmanngroup.com)
WHERE TO START - WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU!

Consumer Protection, Databases, Germany, Retail, Wiki

30 points by artomweb 2 days ago | 0 comments

German army deserts X as Berlin vs. Elon Musk feud rumbles on (politico.eu)
BERLIN — The German defense ministry and the Bundeswehr national army will suspend their accounts on Elon Musk’s social media platform X, citing an inability to have factual debate on the site.

Germany, Social Media, Elon Musk, Politics, Military

9 points by doener 3 days ago | 0 comments

German economy contracts 0.2% in 2024 in second consecutive annual slowdown (cnbc.com)

Germany, Economy, Recession

41 points by belter 3 days ago | 105 comments

Germany battles to secure 'Russian shadow fleet' oil tanker adrift (theguardian.com)
Germany is battling to secure a heavily loaded tanker stranded off its northern coast, which it says is part of Russia’s sanctions-busting “shadow fleet”.

Germany, International Relations, Shipping, Sanctions, Russia

6 points by howard941 6 days ago | 1 comments

Free-software warriors celebrate landmark case that enforced GNU LGPL (theregister.com)
Sebastian Steck, a software developer based in Germany, has obtained the source code and library installation scripts for his AVM FRITZ!Box 4020 router, thanks to a lawsuit funded by the Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC).

Free Software, Lawsuits, Open Source, Technology, Germany

14 points by guiambros 7 days ago | 0 comments

SFC reports a successful (L)GPL suit in Germany (lwn.net)
The Software Freedom Conservancy is reporting that AVM has released the full source and installation scripts for its routers in response to a lawsuit, filed by Sebastian Steck, based on Lesser GNU Public License rights.

Open Source, Lawsuits, Germany, GPL

7 points by rettichschnidi 7 days ago | 0 comments

German router maker is latest company to inadvertently clarify the LGPL license (arstechnica.com)
A German case clarified that LGPL source isn't enough—it needs to be usable.

Legal Issues, Open Source, Software Licensing, Germany

64 points by tapper 7 days ago | 7 comments

German institutions depart X/Twitter, a day after Musk's Weidel talk (dw.com)
More than 60 German and Austrian academic organizations say they will leave the messaging platform X owned by Elon Musk. The German government has also voiced fears that the platform is warping political discourse.

Social Media, Germany, Politics, Elon Musk, Twitter

13 points by throw0101c 7 days ago | 10 comments

Renewable Energy Made Up 62.7% of Germany's Electricity in 2024 (ecowatch.com)
Renewables are now making up a majority of the net public electricity generation in Germany, according to a new report by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE).

Renewable Energy, Germany, Electricity Generation, Energy Policy, Climate Change

37 points by belter 10 days ago | 57 comments

Germans turn to balcony solar panels to save money (france24.com)
Berlin (AFP) – As snowflakes gently settled on his balcony solar panels on a cold winter's day, Berliner Jens Sax checked his smartphone to see how much electricity they were generating.

Renewable Energy, Solar Power, Germany, Energy Costs, Climate Change

66 points by vinni2 10 days ago | 78 comments

Wends of Texas (wikipedia.org)
The Texas Wends or Wends of Texas are a group of people descended from a congregation of 558 Sorbian/Wendish people under the leadership and pastoral care of John Kilian (Sorbian languages: Jan Kilian, German: Johann Killian) who emigrated from Lusatia (part of modern-day Germany) to Texas in 1854.[1] The term also refers to the other emigrations (and all descendants) occurring before and after this group. However, none came close to the size or importance of the Wendish culture in Texas.

Texas, History, Culture, Immigration, Germany

69 points by benbreen 10 days ago | 45 comments

'Don't feed the troll': German chancellor responds to Elon Musk comments (theguardian.com)
When the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, was asked in an interview about the barrage of insults being directed at him and other German leaders by Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, his reply was: “Don’t feed the troll.”

Politics, Germany, Elon Musk, Social Media

11 points by pantalaimon 12 days ago | 0 comments

German power prices turn negative amid expansion in renewables (businessinsider.com)
German power prices briefly fell into negative territory early on Thursday, extending a trend being seen throughout countries in Europe as a jump in renewable power generation causes energy supply to outpace demand.

Germany, Renewable Energy, Energy Markets, Power Prices

18 points by rustoo 13 days ago | 15 comments

In 2025, German auto industry faces make-or-break year (dw.com)
The German auto industry was in crisis mode last year, amid stuttering sales of electric vehicles in Europe and falling demand for fossil-fuel-driven cars in China. Will it survive another year in the doldrums?

Auto Industry, Germany, Electric Vehicles, Economy

7 points by rntn 13 days ago | 1 comments

German Amazon Workers Can Apply to WFH Despite Company's Global RTO Mandate (msn.com)

Remote Work, Work-Life Balance, Amazon, Germany

6 points by this_weekend 17 days ago | 0 comments

Germany says Elon Musk seeking to sway February election (dw.com)
Germany's government says Tesla tycoon Elon Musk is seeking to influence the country's February election, but downplayed his comments. The X owner and Donald Trump ally has declared his support for the far-right AfD.

Germany, Elections, Politics, Elon Musk, Social Media

14 points by rntn 18 days ago | 7 comments

38C3: Hacker hijacks and repairs Beesat-1 satellites from the ground (heise.de)
The Beesat-1 test satellite launched into space by TU Berlin in 2009 stopped delivering data in 2013. An inventor managed to breathe new life into it.

Space Exploration, Satellites, Hacking, Technology, Germany

19 points by doener 18 days ago | 3 comments

40+ JackOfManyTrades needs advice for job search (ycombinator.com)
Hi peeps. Living in Germany, have a masters in chemical engineering. After working a few years in my own field, got bored and switched sectors. Then realized I really enjoy learning, getting good at a new position, and then get bored. Was young back then so I kept switching jobs, fields, industries. Have also been working as a freelancer on the side for 15+ years.

Career Advice, Germany, Job Searching, Freelancing

78 points by Reflekt 19 days ago | 62 comments

We know where your car is (DE) (spiegel.de)

Privacy, Germany, Automotive, Tracking

10 points by deanc 19 days ago | 3 comments

We know where your car is (ccc.de)
Der Chaos Computer Club (CCC) deckt auf, dass der Volkswagen-Konzern Bewegungsdaten von hunderttausenden Fahrzeugen der Marken VW, Audi, Skoda und Seat systematisch erfasst und über lange Zeiträume speichert. Die Daten, einschließlich Informationen über Fahrzeughalter:innen, waren zudem ungeschützt im Internet zugänglich.

Privacy, Automotive, Data Security, Germany

96 points by uxhacker 20 days ago | 67 comments

38C3: Illegal Instructions (media.ccc.de)
The 38th Chaos Communication Congress (38C3) takes place in Hamburg, 27.-30.12.2024, and is the 2024 edition of the annual four-day conference on technology, society and utopia organised by the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) and volunteers.

Technology, Conferences, Germany, Society

465 points by type0 20 days ago | 81 comments

38C3: Blinkencity, radio controlling street lamps and power plants [video] (media.ccc.de)
A significant portion of Europe's renewable energy production can be remotely controlled via longwave radio.

Cybersecurity, Renewable Energy, Technology, Germany

216 points by aunderscored 20 days ago | 47 comments

Elon Musk doubles down on support for Afd (bloomberg.com)
Elon Musk reiterated his support for the far-right Alternative for Germany party, or AfD, in an opinion piece published by the Welt am Sonntag newspaper less than two months before Germans go to the polls.

Politics, Germany, Elon Musk, Elections

12 points by dlx 20 days ago | 4 comments

Celestial Phenomena in 16th-Century Germany (publicdomainreview.org)
The villagers of Strasbourg may have heard about a war in heaven while reading the Book of Revelation; in 1554, they witnessed one with their own eyes.

History, Astronomy, Germany

25 points by Brajeshwar 21 days ago | 3 comments

38C3: Illegal Instructions (media.ccc.de)
The 38th Chaos Communication Congress (38C3) takes place in Hamburg, 27.-30.12.2024, and is the 2024 edition of the annual four-day conference on technology, society and utopia organised by the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) and volunteers.

Technology, Society, Conferences, Germany

10 points by cookiengineer 21 days ago | 0 comments

They have not been trained for this (ccc.de)
The Chaos Computer Club (CCC) supports the three hackers who explained in detail at 37C3 how the Polish rail vehicle manufacturer Newag had manipulated its trains in such a way that they could only be repaired in the company's own workshops.

Cybersecurity, Hacking, Transportation, Germany, Poland

645 points by hacka22 21 days ago | 155 comments

38c3 Talk: Volkswagen, we know where you parked your car [German] (events.ccc.de)
Bewegungsdaten von 800.000 E-Autos sowie Kontaktinformationen zu den Besitzern standen ungeschützt im Netz. Sichtbar war, wer wann zu Hause parkt, beim BND oder vor dem Bordell.

Data Privacy, Volkswagen, Germany, Cybersecurity

34 points by bitschubser_ 21 days ago | 2 comments